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RICHARD COCKBURN MACLAURIN 



TECHNOLOGY'S 
WAR RECORD 



AN INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY 
THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ITS 
STAFF, ITS FORMER STUDENTS AND ITS UNDER- 
GRADUATES TO THE CAUSE OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND THE ALLIED POWERS 
IN THE GREAT WAR 
1914-1919 




PUBLISHED BY THE 

WAR RECORDS COMMITTEE OF THE 

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE 

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 






Copyrighted, 1920 
By Alumni Association 






Massachusetts Institute of Technology 



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BORN A BRITISH SUBJECT, HE GUIDED TECHNOLOGY THROUGH 

THE GREAT WAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 

HIGHEST AMERICAN TRADITIONS 



FOREWORD 

The history of the Great War is, in the last analysis, merely the summation of the 
acts and emotions of the millions of individuals and organizations which participated in 
it. It therefore seems desirable that the part played by the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, its staff, its former students and its undergraduates, should be recorded in 
permanent form, while the events of the struggle are still fresh in the memories of those 
who took part. It is also fitting that tales of skill, self-sacrifice and courage displayed by 
Tech men should be preserved as an inspiration to their comrades and descendants. 
Finally the time appears opportune for directing attention to a fact, which, previous to 
the war, was not generally realized, namely that such an institution as Technology is not 
only a valuable auxiliary in developing commerce and industry in time of peace but that 
in time of national emergency it becomes an indispensable part of the Nation's military 
organization. 

In a sense, the story of the Institute and its men has already been recorded in char- 
acters which cannot be reproduced by the pen of any scribe. The real history is written 
in the shell-torn fields and forests of France; it is written in the blood of our friends and 
brothers. Such is the true record and all that the historian may hope to do is to interpret 
it fully and faithfully. 

The account here set down does not attempt to tell the whole story. The incidents 
described, however, may be regarded as significant and typical, and at least may serve 
to indicate the true nature of the part played by Technology and its men. 

This book has been prepared under the direction of the War Records Committee of 
the Alumni Association of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The work has been 
carried on under the general supervision of Professor H. W. Tyler, '84, while the remain- 
ing members, Walter B. Snow, '82, T. C. du Pont, '84, ex-officio, Harry H. Young, '91, 
G. D.'W. Marcy, '05, Walter Humphreys, '97, ex-officio, and Professor H. G. Pearson, of 
the Department of English, at all times have given the Editor their most hearty co-oper- 
ation and support. The publication of the book has been much facilitated by those alumni 
and others who contributed to the guarantee fund, which practically eliminated all diffi- 
culties in financing the work. Great aid was given by the Institute publications, The 
Technology Review, The Tech Engineering News, Technique, and The Tech. The Editor 
desires especially to thank those gentlemen, several hundred in number, who contributed 
articles relative to incidents in which they took part, or who aided in gathering material 
and in verifying statements. 

John H. Ruckman, Editor. 



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CONTENTS 

CHAPTER , PAGE 

I. The Work of Technology as an Institution i 

Historical Review — The Problem and the General Policies Adopted — United States Army 
School of Military Aeronautics — First Ground School for Pilots — School for Aviation Engi- 
neer Officers — Second Ground School for Pilots — • Cadet School for Ensigns — Naval Aviation 
Detachment — School for Aeronautical Engineers — United States Signal Corps School 
for Radio Engineers — Special Classes for Officers of the Sanitary Corps — United States Ship- 
ping Board Schools — Intensive Course in Naval Architecture — Intensive Course in War 
Bacteriology — School for Warrant Machinists — Research — Undergraduate Education — 
Special Construction and Arrangements — Conclusion 

II. War Activities Associated with the Institute 57 

The Massachusetts Instituteof Technology Committee for National Service — The War Service 
Auxiliary — Technology Workroom of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology War Service 
Auxiliary — Paris Bureau — The Technology Ambulance Unit. 

III. The Roll of Honor 88 

IV. Decorations and Citations 130 

V. Our Men on the Western Front 158 

Tech Men in the Armies of France and Belgium — Tech Men with the British — The First 
American Units — The Defensive-1918 — The Great Counter-Offensive — Sectors Ouiet and 
Otherwise — Montfaucon — The Second Attack — The Third Attack — The Final Attack of 
November First — Pursuit to the Meuse — Our Aviators — Staff and Service of Supply — 
Transportation — Hospitals' — Construction — The Armistice 

VI. Our Men in the Navy 229 

With the Fleets — Naval Air Service — Our Men in Naval Service in the United States. 

VII. Our Men in Military Service in the United States 252 

Chemical Warfare Service — Ordnance — Aircraft — Quartermaster Corps — Sanitary Corps 

— The Development of New Weapons — Other Military Activities — Our Men on Minor Fronts 

VIII. Our Men in the Militarized Societies and Other Auxiliaries . . 285 

The Red Cross — Young Men's Christian Association — Other Relief Organizations. 

IX. Our Men in Civilian Government Service 303 

Purchase, Storage and Traffic — War Industries Board — Construction Division — Other War 
Department Work — Aircraft Production — Shipping Board — Emergency Fleet Corporation — 
Housing Projects — Employment Service — Vocational Education — Development of New 
Materials and Processes — The State Department — Volunteer Workers. 

X. Other Civilian Service 354 

Munitions — Aircraft Manufacture — Air Nitrates — General Construction — Ship Construc- 
tion — The Chemical Industry — Manufacture of Rubber Goods — Electrical Apparatus, Com- 
munication and Power — Manufacture of Machinery — Manufacture of Instruments — Mining 

— Other Industries. 

XI. Register of Military Records 414 

List of Abbreviations — Faculty, Instructing and Administrative Staff — Former Students and 
Undergraduates. 

XII. Register of Civilian Records 608 

Faculty, Instructing and Administrative Staff — Former Students and Undergraduates. 

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CHAPTER I 
WORK OF TECHNOLOGY AS AN INSTITUTION 

The record of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the recent war 
is one of which every Tech man may feel justly proud. The ability of the Institute to 
co-operate in training men for the Nation's service for many years has received a certain 
amount of recognition from the Government. It was not, however, until the late emer- 
gency that the full significance of the Institute and its men as part of the Nation's military 
resources was demonstrated; it has been only since the armistice that measures have been 
taken to insure that in future Technology will not only co-operate with the Government 
during great emergencies, but that in time of peace as well Tech men will receive train- 
ing which will fit them to serve the Nation in war as well as in industry. While mere 
figures can never tell the whole story of the Institute's contribution to the Nation's defense, 
it may be well to summarize briefly the work performed by the Institute and by its men 
during the recent struggle. 

The Institute gave instruction to no fewer than 8,802 men as specialists and experts 
for various Government services, particularly aviators and officers of the Merchant 
Marine. In addition, 156,437 men were trained with the object of fitting them to become 
material for officers of the Army or the Merchant Marine in schools carried on under 
the direction of officers of the Institute. Research work connected with war problems 
was carried on in the laboratories of the Institute, and President Maclaurin is authority 
for the statement that at least one discovery of importance resulted from these investiga- 
tions. Fifty-six members of the staff entered the military or naval service, and many 
of these also undertook work involving scientific investigation. The remaining members 
of the staff, almost without exception, acted in a consultant capacity for the Government 
or were otherwise engaged in work of an essential nature. 

Perhaps the greatest contribution of the Institute was that made indirectly, 
through its former students and undergraduates. From such records as it has been 
possible to gather up to the present date it appears that at least 4,897 were members of the 
United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps, while 79 others served in the military or 
naval forces of the Allies. Among them no fewer than 2,528 were commissioned officers; 
that is to say, fifty-one per cent of the whole, and among these are numbered two major- 
generals and five brigadiers. At least 2,300 others, serving in a civilian capacity, aided 
the Government as dollar-a-year men, consulting engineers or regular employees in govern- 
mental departments. Still others performed work of equally important nature in the 
manufacture of munitions and equipment. It is perhaps a little difficult to say just what 
industries were war industries, but records now at hand prove that more than eighty 
per cent of our men who were not in government service were engaged in work of a more 
or less essential nature. The materials produced by some, notably those engaged in the 
manufacture of explosives, had a great and perhaps decisive bearing on the outcome of 
the war. 

From these considerations it would appear, and the fact will become more apparent, 
that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology actually played a very considerable role 
in the Nation's defense — a role of such importance that it became, as it always must 
become in time of a great emergency, to all intents and purposes an integral part of the 
Nation's military forces. Since the armistice this fact has received official recognition 
through the organization of an Officers' Reserve Training Corps and through the estab- 

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lishment of special courses for officers of the Regular Army and Navy on a permanent 
basis. 

HISTORICAL REVIEW 

Before taking up the story of the Institute and its men in detail it may perhaps 
be well to review briefly certain events connected with the Institute and its alumni during 
the years immediately preceding the war. Ten years previous to the outbreak of hos- 
tilities the possibility of a war appears to have been taken seriously by very few persons 
in the United States; if one examines the life of the American colleges at that date it will 
be found that the tendency was in general to minimize the need of military education 
and to accentuate the ideals of internationalism. As we have since learned, this tendency 
was encouraged by propaganda of foreign origin with the express object of weakening 







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our military and naval establishment, in order that when der Tag arrived the United 
States should be a negligible factor. The Institute may have suffered somewhat from 
this cause, for Tech men will remember that a very determined effort was made about 
the year 1905 to popularize "German student life" at Technology through the inaugura- 
tion of Kommers and the formation of societies for the study of German culture. Our 
graduates will doubtless recollect with considerable satisfaction that neiiher of these 
movements ever became popular, and about the year 1910 dwindled because of lack of 
interest on the part of the student body. 

If Technology and its men failed at this date to realize the military needs of the 
country it was probably due to another cause. Our school had been originally founded 
for the study of theoretical and applied science, and it had risen and expanded during 
that period of our Nation's history when every energy had been placed upon develop- 
ing its natural resources. In this work Institute graduates played a prominent part, and 
quite naturally interest in industry and commerce, and the sciences upon which they 
are based, had a tendency to crowd out patriotism and interest in civic welfare. Among 

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the undergraduates such institutions as the Civic Club dwindled and died for lack of 
interest, whereas various technical societies became larger and more active each year. 
There was a tendency upon the part of both the alumni and undergraduates to become 
so interested in the material arts and sciences as to forget that no progress is possible in 
the material arts without a strong, representative and free government to protect their 
development. 

Shortly after the opening of the Civil War, when the lessons of the first disastrous 
campaign were fresh in the minds of our people, Congress, through the passage of the 
Land Grant Act of 1862, provided that a certain amount of military training be given 
at various educational institutions. Technology was one of those selected, and a course 
in military science was established in accordance with this law in 1865. Courses con- 
ducted under this act in most of our major educational institutions had become more 




The Class of '85 Pledge Their Services to the Nation. Nantasket Beach, 1916 



or less perfunctory, and there appears to have been no attempt made to co-ordinate the 
prescribed courses in military science with other courses designated to fit men for duties 
in civil life, but which nevertheless possessed considerable value from a military view- 
point. In the case of the Institute the military value of certain courses had received 
some recognition. The Navy Department had been for some years sending officers of the 
Department of Construction and Repair to Technology to receive advanced training as 
naval architects. The Army had also sent numerous officers for training in special sub- 
jects, notably those bearing on the electrical problems involved in handling searchlights 
and heavy guns. 

The idea, however, of co-ordinating the military and naval training with the scien- 
tific and industrial training in such a manner as to fit every graduate of the Institute not 
only to perform his duty as a civilian but also to take his place as an officer in the Army 
or Navy in time of war appears to have been considered by no one. 

During the years immediately preceding the outbreak of war little change took 
place, nor do the events of 1914 and 1915 appear to have produced any great impression. 

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Certain alumni had become interested in the problem of preparedness as individuals 
but the officers of the Institute and the greater portion of the alumni found themselves 
too much occupied in making arrangements for the establishment of the new Technology- 
buildings to take up the solution of problems, the very existence of which was only 
beginning to be realized by the public at large. During the exercises attendant upon 
the opening of the new buildings war was almost ignored. To this, however, there was 
one notable exception, when at Nantasket the class of '85 marched out on the beach clad 
in students' gowns and at a given signal representing the call of the national emergency 
threw off their mantles and appeared as soldiers in uniform ready to do their part. 

In explanation of this apathy on the part of our alumni at this time, it cannot be 
said that the war had not been brought home to us. As early as December, 1914, Captain 
Paul G. Vignal, '15, had been killed while leading his company at Ypres; Kenneth Weeks, 
'12, had given his life in the struggle before the Cabaret Rouge in June, 1915; Sergeant 
Henry Lamy, '13, had been killed while leading his section during the great attack at 
Champagne in September of the same year. On May 7, 1915, Arthur H. Adams, '90, 
had gone down with the "Lusitania," while in March of the next year Edward H. Huxley, 
'95, an American citizen, was among the passengers rescued from the channel steamer 
"Sussex" when she was torpedoed. As we look back today it seems almost impossible, 
in the face of such facts, that any Tech man could have believed the United States would 
long escape being drawn into the struggle; yet it would appear that Tech men generally 
shared the belief which appears to have been current throughout the Nation, that in some 
miraculous manner the United States would yet escape becoming a combatant, and, as 
we shall see, in the fall of 1916 the special committee appointed to investigate the possi- 
bility of mobilizing Technology's resources in case of war was obliged to report that the 
average alumnus regarded the European war as merely an interesting subject for con- 
versation. 

This attitude was by no means universal. Everywhere men were beginning to 
realize that the United States could not longer remain neutral. One of the first to endeavor 
to bring home to the public the gravity of the situation was Frederick A. Woods, '95, 
who early in 1915 published a book entitled "Is War Diminishing?" in which he demon- 
strated that not only was war not becoming an impossibility but that wars appeared to 
be increasing, both in frequency and in intensity. Other alumni, as we shall see, at this 
time became associated with the Naval Consulting Board (see page 303), then but recently 
organized, and still others commenced to join various volunteer organizations pledged 
to the national defense. 

These organizations were numerous, but for some time they lacked a leader who 
could direct them toward a common end. Such a leader appeared in the person of Major- 
General Leonard Wood. The history of the Plattsburg camps organized by him is well 
known, but only those who attended them can realize the tremendous influence which 
they had. Upon the roster of the first Plattsburg camp, in 1915, will be found the names 
of C. C. Batchelor (Department of English); L. L. Clayton, '17; J. P. Draper, '00; C. J. 
Emerson, '04; Mansfield Estabrook, '01; Lester D. Gardner, '98; D. W. Gibbs, '10; C. H. 
Gibson, '96; G. A. Hutchinson, '98; J. D. McQuaid, '04; N. A. Middleton, '07; A. F. 
Nathan, '99; R. P. Newhall, '17; Winthrop Packard, '85; J. C. Piatt, Jr., '17; H. A. 
Rapelye, '08; R. D. Salisbury, '14; T. H. Skinner, '92; Harrison W. Smith, '97; E. A. 
Sumner, '97; C. W. Taintor, '93; Giles Taintor, '87; A. B. Tenney, '94; G. R. Wadsworth, 
'98; and C. G. Whitaker, '16. Of these men it is safe to say that every one returned from 
Plattsburg an ardent exponent of the doctrine of preparedness. Every one of them whose 
subsequent record is known performed war work of a more or less important nature. 
With one exception all who were graduated since 1900 were subsequently commissioned 
officers in the United States Army, the majority in the Air Service or Infantry. 

A number of these men became prominent in the preparedness movement, notably 
Charles H. Gibson, '96, and Lester D. Gardner, '98. Gibson, although prevented from 
taking up active service because of physical disability, was a frequent speaker in the cause 
of preparedness during the year 191 5 and was subsequently prominent as an active mem- 
ber of the Military Training Camps Association, the National Security League, and the 

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The First Patrol Squadron, Organized by Loring Swasey, 



Navy League. Gardner undertook the publication of the magazine National Defense, 
the entire object of which was to further the cause of military preparedness. The first 
issue appeared in January, 1916, and the publication continued its work throughout the 
summer. In October it was discontinued, but Gardner had the satisfaction of knowing 
that practically every measure for which the publication had fought had been adopted. 

In the meanwhile interest in naval preparedness was increasing, and in the year 
1915 a so-called "Naval Plattsburg" or training cruise was organized. This move- 
ment was in a way a more or less accidental outgrowth of a piece of work performed by 
A. Loring Swasey, also of the class of '98. In 1915 he had designed a 40-foot express 
cruiser called the "Hoop-La" for Harold Wesson, '01. This boat was entered in the cruise 
of the New York Yacht Club for that year, and with the rest encountered a fearful gale 
which well-nigh destroyed the fleet between New London and Newport. The "Hoop-La," 
however, although she was among the smallest craft, made the trip through the storm 
from New London to Newport in a little over two hours. The performance of the boat 
aroused tremendous interest throughout the United States, naval officers in particular 
seeing in such a boat great possibilities for protecting larger craft from submarines. As 
a result of the interest manifested, Swasey the next year organized the "First Patrol 
Squadron," consisting of five 40-foot boats and later four larger boats, all built by private 
owners for the express purpose of being ready to turn over to the Government in case of 
war. He then started to organize a practice cruise, but the naval authorities became so 
much interested that the whole affair finally became an official matter and a part of the 
naval training cruise of that year. The squadron was the same which took part in 
the ceremonies connected with the opening of the new Technology; it proceeded from the 
dedication exercises directly to the point of mobilization of the Atlantic Fleet for maneu- 
vers. The historical importance of Swasey's squadron may be judged by the fact that 
its members became the first officers of the United States Naval Reserve Force. 

As the question of preparedness for war received more attention from the public, 
the importance of science and industry in warfare began to attract notice. The move- 
ment towards proper preparedness along these lines was greatly aided by two of our 

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alumni — Doctor George E. Hale, '90, and Doctor Hollis Godfrey, '98. At the time of the 
torpedoing of the "Lusitania" Hale came to the conclusion that the United States was 
certain to be involved and proposed to the National Academy of Sciences the formation 
of a council of experts in scientific research to aid the Nation and its allies in mobilizing 
the scientific talent of the country in case of war. The suggestion was not at that time 
acted upon but after the sinking of the "Sussex" his plan was approved and, as we shall 
see, led to the formation of the National Research Council (see page 304), an organization 
which did much toward aiding the Government in the solution of some of the most diffi- 
cult problems with which it was subsequently confronted. Godfrey interested himself in 
the industrial phase of the problem and is credited with having played an important role 
in securing the enactment of the Hay Bill, sometimes called the National Defense Act, 
by which the Reserve Officers' Training Corps was established and the Council of National 




Swasey's Patrol Squadron on the Naval Training Cruise of 19 16 



Defense created (see page 306). The Council, of which Doctor Godfrey subsequently became 
a member, played an important part in the mobilization of the Nation's industrial 
resources, particularly during the opening days of the war. 

Toward the close of the year 1916, therefore four Tech men — Lester D. Gardner, 
'98, A. Loring Swasey, '98, George E. Hale, '90, and Hollis Godfrey, '98, were taking an 
active part in the preparedness movement as it affected military, naval, scientific and 
industrial preparation. The Institute had moved into its new buildings, and the staff, 
alumni and undergraduates were able once more to give attention to the events which 
were taking place in other parts of the world. 

At the October meeting of the Alumni Council, preparedness became the general 
subject for discussion. Doctor Hale had recently returned from abroad convinced that 
the United States would very shortly became a belligerent, and he lost no opportunity for 
bringing this fact home to all with whom he came in contact. In this he was ably seconded 
by Mr. Gardner and by others. At the December meeting of the Council a committee 
was appointed for the mobilization of Technology's resources. This committee from 

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the date of its appointment labored unceasingly to place the Institute in a position to 
render the maximum service to the Nation at the outbreak of hostilities. The committee 
worked in close co-operation with the Council of National Defense and the National 
Research Council, and, through its efforts, at the outbreak of war arrangements had 
already been made which provided for the use of the staff and laboratories of the Institute 
for the investigation of any research problems with which the Government might be 
confronted, and steps had been taken whereby the technical ability of the alumni might 
also be made immediately available. 

As a result of these measures the Institute was probably better prepared than the 
average educational institution for the emergency which arose when the United States 
became a combatant. There were, however, certain matters in which it was not ready. 
Even at the outbreak of war it would appear that those interested in working out a program 
of national preparedness had quite generally failed to recognize that educational institu- 
tions might render service of a most essential nature in performing their normal function 
of education. 

As a result there had been little discussion of this phase of the matter, the people 
at large had not been educated and no definite public opinion had been formed. There 
was no pre-arranged plan which might be followed; there was no predetermined policy. 
It was necessary that the Institute work out its own program and "carry on" until a 
national policy should be developed. 

With the exception of this lack of policy, which affected all educational institutions 
alike, the Institute was well prepared to render service in time of war. Its material equip- 
ment, including laboratories, apparatus and buildings, was probably the most complete 
and well arranged in the world. It possessed a staff splendidly trained, well disciplined, 
thoroughly accustomed to co-operation and made up of men with national and interna- 
tional reputations. Best of all, the Institute possessed as a president a man of unusual 
foresight and force of character, a man who had already seen his own native country strug- 
gling through two years of war and who realized much more clearly than the average man 
of American birth the problems which would arise upon a declaration of hostilities. 

THE PROBLEM AND THE GENERAL POLICIES ADOPTED 

The problem which Doctor Maclaurin faced was simply that of determining how the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, its equipment, its undergraduates and its staff 
could best be used in the interests of the Nation. The most natural tendency at such a 
time was for each individual to volunteer his services to the Government and for the Gov- 
ernment to accept them. Thus the service of many members of our staff was given to the 
Government in their capacity as individuals. Professor William H. Walker became a 
colonel in the Chemical Warfare Service and rendered such valuable aid to the Govern- 
ment as to win the Distinguished Service Medal. Professors Norris, Mulliken, Spear and 
Lewis of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering entered the same corps, 
Professors Spear and Mulliken serving in the research and administrative divisions in the 
United States, while Professors Norris and Lewis saw service abroad. 

Professor D. C. Jackson of the Electrical Engineering Department entered the 
Army as a major of engineers and performed service of a most essential nature in develop- 
ing some four hundred power plants of semi-permanent nature, which supplied the elec- 
tricity for various uses in the American Expeditionary Forces. He also served later as a 
member of the War Damages Board appointed by the Interallied Peace Commission. As 
a result of his work Professor Jackson rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, received a 
personal letter of commendation from General Pershing and was decorated with the Legion 
of Honor. Professor A. E. Kennelly, also of the Electrical Engineering Department, served 
as civilian liaison officer in France, working under special instructions from the Chief 
Signal Officer of the United States Army. 

Of the Department of Biology and Public Health, Professors Whipple, Gunn and 
Prescott were called upon to perform important work. Professor Whipple was sent to 
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TECHNOLOGY'S WAR RECORD 

Gunn served in France in the Bureau of Tuberculosis of the American Red Cross; later as 
associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in 
France he had charge of the educational work of that organization. Professor Prescott 
entered the Sanitary Corps of the United States Army with the rank of major and was 
assigned for duty to the office of the Surgeon-General, where he worked on various matters 
pertaining to food and nutrition and was recommended for promotion on three separate 
occasions. 

Professor J. C. Riley of the Department of Mechanical Engineering became a 
major in the Air Service, serving abroad from October, 1917, to July, 1919. 

The service flags of the various departments show that the following number of 
men served actively as individuals during the war: from the Department of Civil and 
Sanitary Engineering, two; Mechanical Engineering, seventeen; Architecture, two; Chem- 
istry and Chemical Engineering, twenty; Electrical Engineering, eight; Biology and Public 
Health, four; Physics, six; Geology, two; Naval Architecture and Marine Engineer- 
ing, one. 

Many others also were called upon to perform work of a noteworthy nature in the 
capacity of special experts for the Government. A number, notably Professors Noyes, 
Talbot, Sherrill, Spofford, Burton, Miller, Tyler, Russell, Bigelow and Hovgaard rendered 
valuable assistance as civilian consultants. 

Great, however, as was the service rendered by these men as individuals, it was 
clear to President Maclaurin from the start that the greatest power of the Institute could 
not be developed except as a whole. The Institute's organization and equipment repre- 
sented in itself a tremendous investment of time, money and brains. It was an organiza- 
tion which, once destroyed, could not be rebuilt; and it was an organization which was in 
itself a valuable military asset. 

There were three definite ways in which such an organization could be of service 
to the Nation. First, it could use its facilities for technical education in preparing 
experts for Government service or in providing special training for members of the 
Nation's military or civilian forces. Second, it could make use of its immense and 
thoroughly co-ordinated laboratory facilities to carry on research. Last, and not least 
important, it could, by continuing the education of its undergraduates, furnish a supply 
of young men with sound basic education who would be suitable material for officers of 
the Army or Navy. 

In the matter of providing technical training for the men in the government serv- 
ice, particularly the Army and Navy, Technology had already had considerable experi- 
ence. In the spring of 1916 Major (later Colonel) Cole, Professor of Military Science at 
the Institute, made public figures showing that there were serving at that time as officers 
of the Regular Army more graduates of the Institute than of any other school or college, 
West Point alone excepted. These figures showed a total of one hundred and seventeen 
men, distributed as follows: Cavalry, four; Infantry, seven; Field Artillery, seven; Corps 
of Engineers, sixteen; Coast Artillery Corps, eighty-three. In addition to these a large 
number of officers of the Army had at one time or another taken special courses at the 
Institute. How satisfactory the instruction had been may be shown by the following 
extract from a letter written by Major-General E. M. Weaver, at that time Chief of the 
Coast Artillery Corps and himself a former student at the Institute. 

"For a number of years Technology has played an important part in the instruction of Coast Artillery 
officers for duty as instructors in the Department of Engineering and Mine Defense of the Coast Artillery School. 
. . . Technology was chosen because of its record for efficiency and thoroughness." 

Our graduates in the service of the Nation were by no means confined to the Army; 
since 1901 we had been training officers of the United States Navy in the Course in Naval 
Architecture. Indeed, no officer, even though an honor graduate of the United States 
Naval Academy, was considered qualified to enter the Bureau of Construction and Repair 
until he had completed a three-year course at the Institute and taken a degree of Master 
of Science. As a result the Bureau at the outbreak of war contained sixty-three Tech 
graduates, about seventy-five per cent of its total officer personnel. 

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Scene in the Electro-Chemical Laboratory 



In the matter of aeronautics also we had been pioneers and possessed the only 
course in aeronautical engineering in the United States. This course, established in 1913, 
was laid out along lines more or less similar to those of the Course in Naval Architecture 
and was deemed of such military importance that Lieutenant (later Commander) Hun- 
saker, United States Navy, had been placed on detached service by the Navy Department 
and detailed as instructor in this subject at the Institute. In the year 1916 the course 
had attracted the attention of the War Department and five army officers had been detailed 
to receive instruction. Altogether, ten men had been graduated. When it is realized 
that the total number of qualified aeronautical engineers in the United States at the out- 
break of war numbered barely a score, the importance of the training given these men may 
be estimated. 

From the preceding paragraphs it is clear that from a military standpoint Tech- 
trained men were well-trained men. This fact a little later received startling confirmation, 
when in May, 1917, examinations were held for candidates for the United States Corps 
of Engineers. Hundreds of men throughout the country took the examination; only 
thirty-eight passed. It is significant that of these thirty-eight, seventeen were graduates 
of Technology. Still more significant is the relative standing, for the candidate who 
passed first was a Tech man; the candidate who passed second was also a Tech man and of 
the first nine, six were Tech men! 

As we have already seen arrangements had been made to utilize the Institute's 
laboratories and staff upon research problems, and the excellence of the equipment 
and the experience of the staff in this line of work need scarcely to be dwelt upon. 
As is well known, experiments conducted under the direction of Professor Cross in the 
Rogers Laboratory of Physics formed the basis for the development of the modern tele- 
phone, while others also carried on under his supervision were largely instrumental in the 
development of the phonograph. The work of Professor Richards in the Ore Dressing 
Laboratory provided the foundation for modern practice in the concentration of ore. 
Research work in the Laboratory for Testing Materials under the direction of Professor 
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roof trusses and brick piers, by the testing of full-sized specimens; while the investigations 
of Professor W. R. Nichols, completed by Professor Thomas M. Drown and Mrs. Richards, 
had served as the first step toward systematic investigation of municipal water supply, 
From the point of view of the Government in time of war, the Institute possessed facili- 
ties for the investigation of war problems which could be duplicated at few other points. 
Thus in the mechanical laboratory there was ready for use a Universal testing machine 
of four hundred thousand pounds capacity, capable of handling specimens either in com- 
pression or tension, or of breaking a specimen under transverse stress, over a span of eight 
feet. A compression machine of one million pounds capacity had been ordered and was 
actually under construction in Switzerland, but it was impossible to have this machine in 
position before the signing of the armistice. There was also a very large number of smaller 
machines which, as will be seen later, aided materially in carrying on investigations of 
various materials for the Government. Our Metallurgical Laboratory was also excep- 
tionally well equipped with electric, smelting and other furnaces, heat- treatment furnaces 
and welding apparatus. The laboratories of physics, chemistry and physical chemistry 
also possessed equipment of a most unusual character. Finally, Technology was the only 
institution in the country that had taken up the question of aeronautics seriously and, 
while our laboratory facilities proved scarcely equal to the tremendous demands made 
upon them, unique facilities for research work had been provided. The most notable of 
these was a wind tunnel of sufficient capacity to test model aeroplanes and vanes with a 
total span of eighteen inches, in a wind ranging from forty to forty-five miles an hour, with 
results that could be depended upon as reliable. Arrangements had also been made for 
the testing of aeronautical engines with provision for direct exhaust. The main advantage 
which the Institute possesses as a center of scientific research does not, however, rest upon 
the presence of any particular machine, or the development of any particular laboratory; 
it is rather in the close association of allied laboratories and the exceptional opportunities 
for co-operative work, which permit a given problem to be attacked from a great number 
of angles by a staff of experts who are well acquainted with each other and accustomed to 
co-operate. 

In the matter of undergraduate education the situation was not so favorable. The 
problem in this case was to modify the curriculum of the Institute in such a way as to 
include those subjects which are generally classed as being of a purely military nature but 
which would be necessary in order to fit the men to take up at once duties as officers in 
the Army or Navy. The problem was somewhat complicated by the action of Congress 
and the decisions of the Provost-Marshal-General and the General Staff relative to the 
draft. In fact the attempt to continue undergraduate education and to achieve really 
useful ends became not only a struggle to co-ordinate this education with the military 
needs of the country, but also to gain official recognition for the methods adopted. As 
will be seen, for something over one year and a half the Institute endeavored to make 
such an adjustment and attained partial success through the organization of the Students' 
Army Training Corps and the Students' Navy Training Corps, organizations which included 
all collegiate institutions in the United States, under the general supervision of President 
Maclaurin as educational director. 

UNITED STATES ARMY SCHOOL OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS 

Immediately after the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany, to be exact 
on February 5, 1917, President Maclaurin telegraphed to the War Department, placing 
our laboratories and staff at the Nation's disposal for such work as the Institute might be 
considered best fitted to perform. 

On April 6 war was declared, and it soon became clear that the United States could 
render great aid to her allies in the field of aviation, or, to use the phrase so common at 
that time, we could "help put out Germany's eyes." The first essential was a large corps 
of aviators, and these would have to be trained very rapidly. Accordingly, on April 30, 
191 7, the War Department notified President Maclaurin that the Institute had been 
selected as one of six ground schools for cadet aviators; the other five were to be located 

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at Cornell University, Ohio State University and the Universities of Illinois, Texas and 
California. In each school a commandant appointed by the War Department was placed 
in charge, while the technical instruction was under the direction of an academic board, 
the president of which reported to the commandant. 

FIRST GROUND SCHOOL FOR PILOTS 

The First Ground School for Pilots at the Institute opened on May 21, 1917. The 
ensuing months form a chapter of most creditable achievement. The curriculum and 
student personnel underwent changes calculated to break the spirit of the most enthusi- 
astic instructors and had the instructing staff of the Institute been organized along stiff, 
unyielding lines it would have been absolutely impossible to have carried through the work. 
This, however, was not the case. The organization, directed first by Professor C. H. 
Peabody and later by Professor C. B. Breed, proved elastic and every change, no matter 
how sudden or arbitrary, was taken care of promptly, effectively and cheerfully, with the 
result that, in spite of the lack of equipment and the limited number of suitable instruc- 
tors, the courses went on smoothly and with most satisfactory results to all concerned. 

Simultaneously with the announcement on April 30 that a ground school would be 
established at the Institute, Major (later Colonel) E. T. Cole, at that time in charge of 
military instruction at the Institute, was appointed to act as commandant until some 
other officer could be made available for the duty, while Professor C. H. Peabody, head 
of the Department of Naval Architecture, was appointed president of the Academic Board. 




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Instruction in Rigging in the School of Military Aeronautics 

As soon as this had been arranged Mr. Alexander Klemin, instructor in aeronautical 
engineering, who had succeeded Commander J. C. Hunsaker, '12, when the latter had 
been ordered to Washington at the outbreak of war, together with Mr. D. A. Fales (of 
Technology) and Professor R. DeC. Ward (of Harvard) was sent to Canada to study 
the organization and curriculum of the Royal Flying Corps Schools. By the date of their 
return suitable arrangements had been made and the school opened. The first squadron, 
composed of twenty-three men, began its regular work on May 21. Captain B. W. 
Mills, who had been appointed commandant, reported to Colonel Cole on May 24, and 
the instructing personnel was then as follows: Lieutenant Claude H. M. Roberts, '17; 
C. G. Miller, '17; A. F. Benson, '17; Leon L. McGrady, '17; and F. V. du Pont, '17. 

The newly-organized school was seriously handicapped by lack of equipment, 
especially airplanes and engines. Until the Government could supply this need the only 
apparatus available was that which had been used in the Institute's Course in Aeronauti- 
cal Engineering. This was wholly inadequate, for it had been sufficient only to meet 
the demands of classes of half a dozen students, whereas the ground school squadrons, 
each numbering twenty-five men, were arriving weekly. The course was eight weeks 
long, so that soon two hundred men were enrolled. Fortunately, the new du Pont Air- 
drome was ready for occupancy. The Gas Engine Laboratory of the Mechanical Engi- 
neering Department was used for aeronautical motor instruction. An airplane and such 
spare parts as could be obtained promptly from the Government were placed in one of 
the lecture rooms. The Civil Engineering Department Museum was fitted with bunks 
and used as barracks. 

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Lack of facilities, however, was largely neutralized by the quality of the men who 
reported. The requirements for enlistment in this service included at least two years' 
attendance in college and the men enlisted were the very pick of college men. After three 
weeks the supply of men of this class was largely exhausted and it was necessary to lower 
the standard to high-school education or its equivalent, but the men were still, for the most 
part, keen young fellows, intelligent and enthusiastic. 

As the school was a "ground" school no practical training in flight was given. 
Every other subject, however, necessary to the education of the pilot was taken up. The 
work included instruction in the science of flight, the uses of airplanes in warfare, duties 
of squadron and flight commanders, internal-combustion engines, rigging, instruments, 
signalling, use of compass, wireless telegraphy, photography, map-reading, artillery obser- 
vation, bombing, operation of aerial machine guns and topography. The men attended 
classes throughout the morning and took calisthenics and drill in the afternoon. Prepara- 
tions for class work filled each evening until taps. 

Machine-gun ranges were built and many other interesting devices were provided 
to render the training more practical and efficient. Perhaps the most interesting of these 
was a landscape-target for the purpose of artillery observation. This target was located 
in the southerly end of the Steam Laboratory, Room 3-150. It was a painted map of a 
portion of Belgium, which had been drawn to such a scale that, when viewed from a gal- 
lery above, it would appear to the eye as the terrain it represented would appear to an 
aviator at an altitude of five thousand feet. On the underside of the map were incan- 
descent lamps, any one of which could be lighted by an operator, the gunner, who sat at a 
table under the map; these light flashes could be seen through the upperside of the map. 
The student in the gallery was in telegraphic communication with the operator under the 
map, and thus directed "shots," each flash of light representing the burst of a shell. If 
the shot did not strike the target intended, a telegraphic message was sent by the flyer 
(the student) to the gunner (the instructor), who fired the next shot where directed and 
by repeated corrections a "hit" was finally obtained. This practice gave the student not 
only experience in telegraphy, but also in estimating from the airplane distances and direc- 
tions on the ground. The conditions of actual combat, fog, hostile planes, fire from anti- 
aircraft guns and the constant manoeuvring of the pilot could not be simulated, but the 
target gave the men excellent training in instinctively spotting the shot. 

In the first squadron which was graduated on July 14, 1917, was Douglas Campbell, 
the first American-trained ace. This squadron and several of the other early squadrons 
were sent overseas directly from this ground school. Later squadrons, however, were 
sent to the principal flying fields in the United States for practical training in flight. 

On August 1, 1917, Captain F. Seydel succeeded Captain B. W. Mills as comman- 
dant and a little later was himself succeeded by Major A. L. Sneed, a West Point graduate. 
Major Sneed appears to have been a man of considerable force and initiative. He also 
possessed a clear appreciation of the value of thorough technical training and of the expe- 
rience possessed by the Institute in giving this type of instruction. As a result, the Aca- 
demic Board was given a freer hand and a thorough reorganization of the course was thus 
made possible. Equipment furnished by the Government began to arrive and the course 
was broadened and improved. So much additional laboratory space was required that 
it was necessary to build four new engine-testing sheds in the rear of the main buildings 
and adjacent to Vassar Street. It was now possible, by mounting the engines and fitting 
them with the peculiar type of dummy propeller known as "clubs" (so designed as to allow 
the engine to develop approximately the normal torque without developing any great 
tractive effect) to give the men instruction in tuning up engines and "trouble shooting." 

An aviation detachment had also been established at the Institute by the Navy 
Department (see page 20) and it was deemed advisable to build a hangar in the rear of 
the buildings, half of which was to be used by the army ground school and the other half 
by the Naval Aviation Detachment. Here it was possible to give practical instruction 
in aligning airplanes, wing covering and repairing, wire and cable splicing, and other 
operations involved in the proper maintenance of the machines. A new and larger aerial 
observation landscape-target was also constructed. 

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Professor Peabody had up to this time acted as president of the academic boards 
for both the military and naval aviation schools. The work had now become too 
great for him to continue it unassisted and Charles J. Emerson, '04, was appointed to 
assist him, with the title of Dean. As the scope of the work continued to enlarge 
Professor Peabody was obliged to withdraw from the army school, and on Novem- 
ber 19, 1917, was succeeded by Professor C. B. Breed of the Department of Civil 
Engineering. 

The Institute had now become a center of military activity. The cadets were 
kept busy in disciplinary drills and groups of these young men, with their campaign hats 
set off by the white band denoting them to be prospective flyers, could be seen at all hours 
of the day on the Esplanade and the open spaces about the Institute, going through the 
movements involved in school of the squad, school of the company, gas-mask drill and 
military athletics. The work was carried out with no intermission, except that neces- 
sary for meals, from reveille until taps throughout the weekdays. Most of the cadets had 
no friends in the neighborhood of Boston, and on Sundays time might have hung heavily 
upon their hands except for the thoughtfulness of Mrs. Edward Cunningham, the widow 
of Edward Cunningham, '91, whose name will appear so often in the story of Technology's 
work during the war. Each Sunday morning Mrs. Cunningham would arrive at the 
Institute with a fleet of automobiles, numbering anywhere from seven to ten, pack them 
full of aviation cadets and drive them to her country estate in Westwood, where they were 
at liberty to amuse themselves as best suited them, playing baseball, rambling through the 
woods and enjoying the country scenery. For those who could not leave the Institute, 
the ladies of a special committee of the War Service Auxiliary (see page 69) also pro- 
vided entertainment in the Emma Rogers Room, where each Sunday afternoon tea was 
served to the cadets and their friends. 

Unfortunately, just as the ground school was really beginning to do its best work, 
it was necessary for it to suspend operation in order that other government needs might 
be taken care of. Accordingly, on January 5, 1918, this school came to a close, the stu- 
dents being transferred to Cornell and Princeton. Of the 851 students who attended this 
school, 503 were graduated, 74 discharged and the remainder transferred. 

THE SCHOOL FOR AVIATION ENGINEER OFFICERS 

The Ground School for Pilots was abandoned to make way for a new school for 
training engineer officers for the Aviation Section of the United States Signal Corps. The 
Government had already attempted to establish such a school at Kelly Field, Texas, but, 
owing to the lack of laboratory facilities and, more important, to the lack of a suitable 
instructing staff, it had proved a failure. Other experiments being no more successful, 
the War Department therefore determined to establish a single school at which all officers 
of the Signal Corps were to be trained and selected the Institute as the place at which the 
work was to be done. As it was impossible to carry on this school simultaneously with 
that for cadet pilots, it was necessary to discontinue the latter. 

On January 7, although but two days had elapsed, the new school was put in opera- 
tion. It differed materially from the previous school, since matters connected with 
navigation were less important to the engineer officer than to the pilot, and, as a result, 
some rearrangement in the instructing personnel was necessary. The new academic 
board accordingly was made up as follows: Professor C. B. Breed, President; J. C. Mac- 
Kinnon, Assistant to the President; and P. C. Leonard, Recorder. The following men 
on the Board were in charge of the various departments: A. E. Powell, Aerial Observation; 
Lieutenant L. A. Swan, United States Reserve, Aides to Flight; F. V. du Pont, Airplanes; 
D. A. Fales, Engines; Lieutenant W. C. Wood, United States Reserve, Gunnery; Captain 
Rodman Gilden, United States Reserve, Military Studies; and H. N. Carlson, Signalling 
and Radio. Captain (later Major) Gerald Chittenden had reported to assist Major 
Sneed and sometime later succeeded him as commandant. Captain Chittenden had 
previously been a master at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. His experi- 
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and efforts as expressed in management of the technical courses and he co-operated most 
effectively with the Institute Staff, with the result that under his command the school 
became most efficient. 

The first men assigned to the school were those who had started the course in 
December, together with a number of others who had started similar courses at Cornell, 
Ohio and Princeton. They were a somewhat heterogeneous assemblage, varying from 
twenty to fifty years in age and in rank from private to captain. They ranged from men 
who had had years of practical experience in manufacture and were highly specialized 
experts on internal-combustion engines, to men whose sole acquaintance with machinery 
had been gained on the farm. Most of them had long been unaccustomed to regulated 
study and some had had no education other than two or three years in grammar school. 
As to military training, some were recent recruits, while others had seen as much as 
eighteen years' service in the Army. 




Instruction on Motor Cycles — School for Engineer Officers 



Such material presented a difficult problem from an educational standpoint and 
matters were not helped by the rapidity with which the men arrived. A squadron of sixty 
men was started every week, but in some weeks over a hundred candidates reported. This 
over-supply was met, however, by the formation of a preparatory squadron, in which the 
men remained while reviewing the elements of algebra, plane geometry and mechanics, 
until they could take up the regular course, while those who were college graduates were 
given a course in conversational French. Men in the preparatory squadron were classi- 
fied relative to their ability and experience. Those who had already had experience in 
allied lines of work were given comparatively brief courses and graduated into the regular 
course after two or three weeks, while others were held as much longer as seemed neces- 
sary. In this way the maximum number of men was turned out in the time available and 
uniformity of training was assured. 

Many subjects, such as wireless telegraphy, signalling, navigation, aerial observation 
and reconnaissance, which were taught the cadet pilots were omitted from the engineer 
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Cadet Pilots' Testing Engine 



materials of construction and motor transport. An engine-testing shed on Vassar Street, 
which had been used in the previous school as a motor-testing laboratory, was remodelled 
and used for instruction in the care and maintenance of motor transport. During the 
early stages of the school local motor-truck companies lent equipment, but a little later 
government equipment arrived, comprising two three-ton Liberty A trucks, two one-and- 
a-half-ton Liberty B trucks, motor cycles and display sections of automobile parts, such as 
rear ends, differentials, steering gears and magnetos. Excellent and practical training in 
dismantling the machines, overhauling them and reassembling them — every department 
of the work, including tire repairing — was thus made possible. 

By March, 1918, a slackening of the demand for engineer officers made it possible 
to lengthen the course from eight to twelve weeks. The size of the squadrons dropped 
from sixty men to forty and the work was amplified to include training in machine-shop 
practice and woodworking. The course, as finally given, was splendidly adapted to fit 
the students for work under service conditions and the graduates were assigned a great 
variety of duties. Some took charge of the maintenance of the planes at flying fields; 
others were assigned to supervise transportation of the machines; still others were trans- 
ferred to the departments dealing with airplane production. These appointments were 
made by the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, in accordance with the advice of the 
Institute authorities, who interviewed each man and recommended his assignment accord- 
ing to his previous experience and the ability shown by him while under instruction. 

The beneficial results of the training given these men are hard to overestimate. 
Altogether 975 took the course, of whom 695 were graduated, 229 discharged and the remain- 
der transferred to the various branches of the Air Service elsewhere. These men filled a 
long-felt want and it will be found that after they had reported to the squadrons and fields 
a material reduction in accidents took place, despite the fact that more machines than ever 
were in the air. 

SECOND GROUND SCHOOL FOR PILOTS 

As the number of men assigned to the engineer officers' course was reduced an 
opportunity was afforded the Institute to reopen the Ground School. This school, 

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which was generally known as the Second Ground School for Pilots, was accordingly 
opened on May 13. As many of the subjects taught in the school differed radically 
from those taught in the engineer school, further changes were necessary in the staff. 
These changes were quickly effected and on August 1 the departmental heads were 
as follows: Administration, Professor C. B. Breed, President; J. C. MacKinnon, Assistant 
to the President; P. C. Leonard, Recorder; Military Studies, Lieutenant H. G. Knight, 
S. C; Airplanes, F. V. du Pont; Engines, D. A. Fales; Signalling, and Aerial Observation, 
A. F. Murray; and Gunnery, Lieutenant G. W. Wyman, A. S. N. A. 

In some respects the second school opened under much more auspicious conditions 
than the first. Material was abundant; indeed the supply of motors, planes and spare 
parts was imposing. Among the motors there were three twelve-cylinder Libertys, two 
Hispano-Suiza one-hundred-and-fifty-horsepower, three Hall Scott one-hundred-and- 
fifty-horsepower and seventeen others, all of well-known standard types, used either in 
training, scout, reconnaissance or pursuit planes. Moreover, these motors were equipped 
with an abundance of proper tools and spare parts. The army hangar boasted of two 
complete airplanes, including their engines, two more without engines, two Curtiss fuse- 
lages and one of Sturtevant make; also, many spare propellers and wings and a propeller 
balancing stand. The gunnery department was equipped with twenty machine-guns of 
Lewis and Marlin types. Had it been desired to do so, sufficient material was actually 
On hand to put seven planes in the air, each equipped with its proper type of engine and 
carrying a formidable armament. 

In some respects, however, the outlook was not so bright. The human material 
which reported to this school showed very clearly the drain which was being placed upon 
the Nation's manhood. Professor Breed's official report states that: "Taken as a whole 
these men were not so well qualified either in education or personality as the candidates 
who entered the First Ground School, with the result that a larger proportion of them 
failed to graduate. " The candidates reported at the rate of thirty a week, and the course 
given had been increased from eight to twelve weeks, thus bringing the number of men 
attending the Institute to approximately three hundred and sixty. This increase in the 




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length of the course had been necessitated by two factors: first, the men who now 
reported were no longer able to pick up the work as quickly as those of the previous class; 
second, it was no longer desired to obtain the maximum number of men at the maximum 
rate of speed. These men were being trained to pilot the great fleet of airplanes which 
it had been so confidently expected in the early days of the war were to "put out Ger- 
many's eyes," but as time went on this great fleet did not appear. The flying schools 
were overcrowded with pilots waiting only for practice in handling combat planes before 
taking their places on the field of battle and it therefore became increasingly difficult to 
place the men being graduated from the ground schools. At first they were sent to flying 
schools, but later they were sent to concentration camps and offered opportunity to join 
other branches of the service, notably, as aerial observers or balloonists. 

By August, 191 8, the Government was obliged to close some of the schools. The 
school which had been established at the Georgia Institute of Technology was the first 
to go; Cornell and Ohio followed. For the northeastern part of the United States it was 
necessary to drop either the school at Princeton or that at Technology. From the point 
of view of the War Department, Princeton had advantages over the Institute as a ground- 
training school for pilots, being better located relative to the principal flying fields and 
possessing greater dormitory and similar facilities. Most important, however, was the 
fact that should sudden expansion become desirable, it could be easily taken care of at 
Princeton, whereas at the Institute expansion was quite impossible, for the reason that 
so large a proportion of its facilities were absorbed by the Naval Aviation Detachment. 
Accordingly, the school at Technology was discontinued on September 7, 191 8. Most 
of the students who were not graduated were transferred to other schools. Of the 327 
men who had entered the school, 115 were graduated, ninety-six were discharged and the 
remainder were transferred to other branches of the service. 

As one reads over the record established by the Institute in carrying on these 
schools, one cannot but be impressed by the efficient manner in which they were handled. 
Every possible difficulty was present, actually or potentially; there was lack of equipment, 
lack of room, human material of the most heterogeneous nature and throughout the con- 
stant demand for speed. 

Yet every one of these difficulties was overcome. Material was improvised, tem- 
porary buildings were erected, changes in the curriculum were accomplished and changes 
in the instructing staff made to correspond. So great was the success of these schools 
that one feels compelled to ask, "Why was it that the Institute was able thus to accomplish 
results which a year before the opening of the war would have been deemed impossible?" 
The answer is simply this: as an educational institution we were prepared; our staff thor- 
oughly understood the science of education; they understood not only how education was 
usually carried on, but also the basic principles of the art. They understood what could be 
omitted and what must be accentuated where it was necessary to train large numbers of 
men quickly. Moreover, we had had experience in the actual subject which we were to 
teach, namely, aeronautics. We had men in the Institute who understood airplanes not 
merely from reading of them or from mathematical discussions, but who had designed 
them, who had assembled them, who had tested the parts on tensile or compression machines 
or in the wind tunnel, who had carried on research work concerning them and who had 
actually driven the machines in the air. 

The whole lesson of our three schools for the training of aviation personnel for the 
United States Army may be summed up in the words, "We were prepared and therefore 
we were able to do our full duty." 

CADET SCHOOL FOR ENSIGNS 

On the eighteenth of June, 191 7, another government school was opened at the 
Institute. This school was known as the Cadet School, First Naval District, and its object 
was to provide training for candidates for commissions as ensigns in the United States Navy. 
The school was under command of Captain J. P. Parker, of the National Naval Volunteers, 

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an organization composed of those members of the Naval Militia who had qualified in 
certain requirements to serve as officers of the United States Navy in case of emergency. 
For some years previous to the outbreak of war the Naval Militia of Massachusetts had 
maintained schools intended to fit its members to qualify as officers in the National Naval 
Volunteers. These schools lasted a year and a half, the work being carried on during 
week-ends. 

Just before the outbreak of war Captain Parker wrote to the Department of Naval 
Militia Affairs at Washington, suggesting that this course be rearranged as a four months' 
intensive program. The scheme was not at that time adopted, but a few days later, 
President Lowell of Harvard, President Maclaurin of the Institute and President Hollis 
of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute wrote to the Secretary of the Navy suggesting that 
a school be established to train college men for the Navy, similar to the army schools which 
were being established on the Plattsburg model. Captain Parker was then requested 
by the Navy Department to submit a new plan, and this plan which differed very little 
from the preceding one was at once adopted. The task of organizing the schools was by 
no means easy. The total appropriation allotted for the work amounted to only $2000, 
no regular officers were available as instructors and the Navy Department was unwilling 
to guarantee commissions to the graduates. 

Nevertheless, the school was organized. The Institute offered to supply quarters 
and the cadets occupied a wing of the Institute building which, from the chief name on 
the pylon, became known as the U. S. S. "Newton." Captain Parker himself took charge 
of the school as superintendent and succeeded in obtaining for assistants a lieutenant and 
four ensigns, all graduates of the Massachusetts Nautical School, or of the Naval Militia 
School for National Volunteer Officers. Books were obtained from various sources and 
work was started on June 18 with a class of fifty-three men, of an average age of twenty- 
four years, selected from no fewer than five hundred applicants. Of these all with a single 
exception were college graduates. 

Advantage of this fact was taken in laying out the curriculum which was based 
upon the theory that the men should receive approximately the same training as that 
given at Annapolis, but that their previous education could be taken as equivalent to 
about three-quarters of the work given at that institution. The subjects, therefore, 
taught in the school comprised those dealing with the theoretical phases of navigation, 
seamanship, charting, gunnery and naval regulations, while disciplinary drill and signal- 
ling were also taken up, the curriculum as a whole being so arranged as to cover all sub- 
jects required of ensigns for deck duty under General Order No. 153 of the Navy 
Department, as well as some subjects required for lieutenants (junior grade) and lieu- 
tenants. Toward the end of the course, which lasted four months, some practical instruc- 
tion was also given, including one week at the target range, one week at sea on the U. S. 
Torpedo-Boat "Rogers" and one week in harbor on the U. S. Cruiser "Salem." 

Of the first class forty-six were graduated and having successfully passed the examina- 
tions for ensigns, were immediately distributed to their stations, ten going to shore dutv, ten 
to battleships, twenty-three to one-hundred-and-ten-foot submarine chasers and three else- 
where. Of this first class no fewer than twelve subsequently won the Navy Cross. The 
school was so successful that it was greatly increased in size. The second class numbered 
one hundred and fifty and it became necessary to move to the Walker Memorial. 

About the same time the Naval Aviation Detachment also was largely increased 
so that there was no longer room for both schools at the Institute. Inasmuch as the 
School for Cadet Ensigns required little mechanical apparatus, President Maclaurin made 
arrangements with President Lowell of Harvard, by which the school could receive better 
facilities there than at the Institute, while the quarters thus made available would take 
care of the increase in the Naval Aviation Detachment. As a result of this decision it 
became necessary for the School for Ensigns to move to Harvard where it continued to 
expand and became a very important source of officer material. Nearly eleven hundred 
men attended it at one time or another, of whom approximately nine hundred were com- 
missioned into the Navy, while the Navy Department established similar schools in various 
parts of the country. 

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NAVAL AVIATION DETACHMENT 



Toward the close of July, 191 7, the Navy Department requested the use of a large 
portion of the Institute for the purpose of training naval aviators. The success which 
had attended the schools for military aeronautics at the Institute had already attracted 
attention in Washington. Alexander Klemin, '16, instructor in aeronautics at the Insti- 
tute, had for some time been giving evening lectures which had been largely attended by 
pilots from the Squantum Aviation Station, and it is generally believed that these lectures 
had made a very favorable impression on the naval authorities. It seems not impossible 
that the excellent work being done for the Navy Department by Mr. Klemin's predeces- 
sor, Commander Hunsaker, '12, may have also influenced the authorities. In any case, 
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could be established at the Institute for naval aviators similar to that already in operation 
for the Army. Doctor Maclaurin replied at once in the affirmative, and a definite proposal 
was submitted to the Institute by the Navy Department on July 17. This proposal was 
accepted at once and by July 21 everything was in readiness. Work actually commenced 
on July 23. 

The new school was organized upon lines quite similar to those employed in the 
army school. Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Commander) E. H. McKitterick, U. S. N., 
was appointed commandant, while Professor Peabody became president of the Academic 
Board and Professor Harrison W. Smith, '97, acted as dean. As Professor Peabody was 
also head of the army school, Professor Smith was responsible for much of the adminis- 
tration. Those in charge of the various departments were as follows: Seaplane Motors, 
Dean A. Fales, '15; Signalling, H. N. Carlson, '13; Aeronautics, Alexander Klemin, '16; 
Meteorology, Professor Frank Waldo; Calisthenics, J. A. MacDonald, '16; Military Sci- 
ence, Leicester F. Hamilton, '14; Gunnery, G. D. Haskell, and Seamanship and Navigation, 
Harrison W. Smith, '97. 

The school was the first of its kind to be established and was the only one estab- 

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lished on the Atlantic Coast. Later a more elementary school was established at Dun- 
woody Institute, Minneapolis, and still later a number of officers were sent from Tech- 
nology to organize a new school at Seattle. 

When first established the school consisted of a ground school for pilots quite 
similar to that which was being carried on at the same time in the Army School for Military 
Aeronautics. As time went on other schools were added until in addition to the Ground 
School there was a School for Inspectors, a School in Aerography and a Receiving Ship 
School, in which the candidates were given a certain amount of training preparatory to 
entering the more advanced schools. Each fortnight a class was graduated from the ground 
school and simultaneously another class entered. Thus, with an eight weeks' course, four 
classes were always in session; and with a ten weeks' course, five classes were in session. 




Balcony of Walker Memorial Fitted as Sleeping Quarters 



These classes increased gradually from about fifty to nearly two hundred student-officers, 
so that the total enrollment at any given time came very nearly to a thousand. 

At the inception of the schools the Institute was chiefly responsible for the academic 
instruction, but this responsibility was gradually shifted until it rested almost entirely 
upon the naval personnel. It may be said, however, that the change from Institute 
instructors to naval instructors was not so great as might at first seem, for it must 
be remembered that many Institute and other instructors and professors were entering the 
Navy, and the Navy Department, with excellent judgment, was assigning these men to 
educational work. As a result, out of one hundred and fifty-six men who at one time or 
another served on the academic staff, forty had been or were connected with Technology 
either as instructors or as students, while a number of others had been instructors 
elsewhere. 

The main Technology buildings were used by all four schools for a greater part of 
their lecture and laboratory work. In the Aerography School, however, considerable 
instruction was also given at the Blue Hill Observatory. The Receiving Ship School also 
occupied the "Tech Block" on Massachusetts Avenue, which was leased by the Institute, and 

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in addition Walker Memorial, the Institute's dormitories and temporary buildings 
described later (see page 53) were utilized. 

The Ground School was established July 23, 1917, and remained in session until 
January 18, 1919. As in the army school it dealt with those matters of theoretical 
instruction with which every aeronaut should be acquainted before undertaking practice 
in actual flight and was divided into two sections, dealing respectively with heavier-than- 
air and lighter-than-air apparatus. Upon arrival at the Institute the men were at first 
given work in calisthenics, athletics, close-order drill, seamanship, signalling and navy 
regulations, subjects such as would fit them physically for the work which was to follow 
and would inculcate a proper spirit of discipline. These courses were followed by others 
designed to fit them for the special duties which they were to take up, such as observation, 
bombing, gunnery, navigation, aeronautical engines, electricity, theory of ballooning, 
aerography, rigging and theory of flight. The equipment available for instruction was 
very complete, for it included five seaplanes and one flying boat, together with forty aero 
engines of different types, including eleven Libertys, four Hall Scotts and two Hispana- 
Suiza rotaries. 

As fast as the pilots completed their courses they were sent to the naval aviation 
station at Squantum or similar flying school elsewhere and thence abroad. 

Just as in the case of the Army, the Navy soon found that pilots alone would not 
produce a satisfactory Aviation Corps and that it must train officers who would be com- 
petent to oversee the construction, maintenance and transportation of planes. Indeed, 
the Navy seems to have realized this somewhat earlier than the Army, for arrangements 
were made and an Inspection School opened October 21, 1917. It was divided, like the 
Ground School, into two closely related schools in one of which inspectors specialized on 
the structure of the aeroplane and dirigible, while in the other they specialized upon the 
engine. Naturally this course differed somewhat from that taken by the pilots. The 
study of navigation and gunnery was replaced by such subjects as propeller and radiator 
design, metallurgy, electricity and physical measurements; while a considerable portion 
of time was also spent in visiting factories engaged in the manufacture of aircraft or air- 
craft parts in the immediate vicinity. The course was completed by work in actual 
inspection in the great airplane plants at Keyport, N. J.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Pittsburgh, 
Penn.; and Washington, D. C; after which, if the candidates proved themselves efficient, 
they received commissions as ensigns. 

By the winter of 1917 still further additions were necessary. Experience in Europe 
had proved that the navigation of seaplanes was affected by the weather to an even greater 
extent than was the case with the ordinary land machines. Accordingly it was necessary 
to train a certain number of officers in the study of the upper regions of the atmosphere, 
weather forecasting and similar work. For this purpose a School of Aerography was 
established on December 22, 1917, which continued in operation until the close of the 
schools on January 18, 1919. Most of the instruments used were loaned by Harvard 
University though the Institute supplied some of the smaller equipment. The course at 
this school differed radically from that carried on at the others since the work was pri- 
marily connected not so much with airplane construction or flying as with forecasting 
weather conditions. Stress was accordingly laid upon the use of aerographic instruments, 
the structure of the atmosphere and methods of forecasting. The information available 
regarding the upper strata of the atmosphere is still somewhat meagre and as a result it 
was possible for the student-officers to do a very considerable amount of research work with 
the object of improving the methods of making pilot-balloon observations. It was also 
possible to design and improve special aerographic instruments for the use of the Chemical 
Warfare Service of the Army. 

As the schools continued to expand a point was reached where the preliminary work 
relative to discipline and physical training became quite a separate department. In 
recognition of this fact a Receiving Ship School was opened on March 18, 191 8, and con- 
tinued until November 19, 1918. This school performed the duties of a receiving ship, 
that is to say, it served as a place where the incoming candidates could go through the 
necessary red tape connected with the induction into service, could receive their uniforms, 

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be instructed in the rudiments of naval courtesy, close-order drill, discipline, seamanship 
and enough of naval regulations to put them in a position, upon entering more advanced 
schools, to take up their work with the mental attitude of naval officers. Every fortnight 
a class was graduated and admitted to the ground school. The chief function of this 
school was to determine the fitness of each student as officer material and methods of drill 
and discipline were accordingly adapted to this end. 

During the summer of 1918, due to other activities, notably the formation of a 
school for aeronautical engineers (see page 26), Professor Peabody's duties continued to 
increase to such a point that he was able to give but little time to the administration of 
the Naval Aviation Detachment. He accordingly recommended that Professor Harrison 
W. Smith, '97, who had been serving as dean of the Academic Board, should be appointed 




Interior of the Recreation Building of the Naval Aviation Detachment 



to succeed him as president. This action was finally taken on September 1, 1918, and 
Professor Smith continued as president until the close of the school. 

With the formation of the Receiving Ship School the Naval Aviation Detachment 
reached its greatest expansion, there being fifteen hundred aviators training at one time. 
The Institute presented a most military appearance, since all day long groups of army or 
navy cadet aviators could be seen going through calisthenics, quickening exercises, gas- 
mask or close-order drill. All day long from the gunnery sheds came the rattle of machine 
guns, while in the Vassar Street laboratories roared some fifty motors of various types 
running on testing blocks. 

Variety was lent to the uniforms of olive drab of the army and navy aviators by 
the arrival of a squad of candidates for the Marine Corps, Aviation Section, and during 
the summer of 1918 by a detachment of twenty Canadians. These young men had been 
studying in similar schools in Canada to take up work upon the seaplanes of the British 
Royal Air Force. The Canadian schools, however, had become overcrowded and it had 
been necessary to transfer candidates elsewhere. The men who were working on lighter- 
than-air craft were sent to England, but those who were working on heavier-than-air 
machines were assigned to the Institute. Their uniforms, while quite similar to those of 

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our own naval aviators in cut, were of dark blue serge, which made them conspicuous among 
their olive-drab companions. 

Lieutenant-Commander McKitterick was ordered away from the Institute in the 
early part of 191 8 to organize and take charge of the new Seaplane Station at Chatham, 
Mass. He completed this work and somewhat later was sent abroad. He was placed in 
charge of an aviation base at Lough Foyle on the northern coast of Ireland, where he saw 
much interesting service since his command was assigned to patrol work about the 
northern entrance to the Irish Sea where brushes with submarines were almost daily occur- 
rences. 

Lieutenant-Commander McKitterick was succeeded by Lieutenant-Commander 
Robert W. Cabaniss, under whose direction the detachment became a model in discipline 
and in the individual appearance of its personnel. 




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Lieutenant-Commander Cabaniss published a series of orders which were put up in 
pamphlet form and furnished each newcomer, and this pamphlet as a guide for the proper 
conduct of cadet aviators could well be regarded as a model. The best part of it, how- 
ever, was the fact that every rule and regulation laid down therein was enforced with the 
utmost rigor and was strictly lived up to by the Commander himself. Cabaniss was suc- 
ceeded by Lieutenant-Commander Harold C. Van Valzah, under whom the work of devel- 
oping the esprit and appearance of the unit was continued. A band was organized and at 
sundown formal retreat was held, the entire detachment parading on the drill field between 
Walker Memorial and the Institute buildings, while hundreds of spectators from Boston 
and Cambridge stood grouped along the Charles River Road about the Walker Memorial 
or sat in touring cars parked on the drive. 

Another activity of the aviators which attracted attention of the general public 
was the instruction in swimming and in seamanship, which was carried on practically all 
day long at the landing in front of Walker Memorial. At almost any time the passerby 
might see from fifty to a hundred young men engaged in every variety of water sport and 
many of these men were athletes of national reputation. At the same time from six to 

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eight naval cutters were cruising here and there in the basin either under sail or engaged 
in rowing contests. 

While the work of the naval aviators was of an intensive nature it was not entirely 
without features which provided recreation, nor were their activities confined to study and 
military training. Many of the cadets were men of considerable wealth. As a result the 
detachment took a very prominent part in the various Liberty Loan drives, notably that 
of the third, in which the detachment had been assigned a quota of ninety thousand dol- 
lars. When the returns were completed, it was found that the quota had been exceeded 
five times, the total being a little over $450,000. 

The detachment also included a considerable number of well-known collegiate and 
professional athletes and the contests which were organized either between the aviators 
and outside organizations or between various sections of the detachment were generally 




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affairs of the highest order. At the meet of the New England Amateur Athletic Union, 
which was held at Tech Field, September 18, 1918, the naval unit won first place over all 
other organizations entered, one of its members, Edward E. Myers, breaking the New 
England record in the pole vault, when he cleared the bar at twelve feet one and one-half 
inches. Later a contest took place between the Main Ship (the more advanced schools) 
and the Receiving Ship, which provided the onlookers with much entertainment. This 
affair was a typical military meet, including such events as a one-mile race for naval cutters, 
wall scaling, pushball, tug-of-war and the farcical shoe race. 

The spirits of the detachment were always high and many other means of amuse- 
ment were found. An orchestra was organized and amateur theatricals given. 

A special building was fitted up as a recreation building and hostess house, presided 
over by Mrs. King of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology War Service Auxiliary, 
where the student-officers were able to spend such leisure as they had with their friends 
and relatives. The War Service Auxiliary also fitted up a special recreation room in the 
Rogers Building on Boylston Street as a meeting-place for aviators visiting the city, and 
at this "hostess room" each Sunday afternoon during the fall of 191 8 tea was served. 

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As the naval aviation plans had gone forward more in keeping with the original 
program than had those of the Army there was at no time need to decrease the number 
of men under instruction. On the contrary the number grew steadily up to November n, 
1918. The schools were not at once discontinued upon the signing of the armistice but 
remained in operation until January 18, 1919. 

During the time that the Naval Aviation Detachment was at the Institute it had 
been the principal source of ground training for pilots, aerographic officers and inspectors 
for the United States Navy. During this time 4,911 student-officers received in- 
struction, 3,622 were graduated, 728 were transferred elsewhere and 24 died. The 
history of the Naval Aviation Detachment at the Institute is altogether one of the 
most satisfactory which can be recorded in connection with the war. The co-operation 
between the naval and the Institute authorities throughout was all that could be desired. 
The morale was high; indeed, so popular was the service that there was practically 
always a waiting list of between four and five hundred candidates. The men seem to 
have been graduated from the course with the most pleasant recollections of the Insti- 
tute, since they later formed an alumni association and requested affiliation with that of 
Technology. 

Once more it seems proper to ask, "Why was it that this school also proved so 
successful?" and again to reply that it was because we were prepared. Not only were 
we prepared as to general principles of education, the technique of aeronautics, instruc- 
tion in navigation and the use of meteorological instruments, but Professor Peabody, who, 
as we have seen, was the first president of the Academic Board, was thoroughly acquainted 
with the methods of the Navy, many navy officers had become accustomed to the methods 
of the Institute, the co-ordination of the naval and academic needs of the course proved 
a comparatively simple matter and the result was most gratifying to all concerned. 

SCHOOL FOR AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS 

The success which attended the Institute's schools for military and naval aviators 
appears to have made a very strong impression in Washington and, as a result, further 
opportunity for service was soon offered. This opportunity came in the form of a request 
from the War Department, in the spring of 1918, that the Institute establish a school for 
officers of the Army where they might receive in condensed form the instruction regularly 
given at the Institute in the Course in Aeronautical Engineering. The request was com- 
plied with at once and arrangements were made by which members of the Department of 
Construction and Repair of the United States Navy could also participate in the work. 

The first school opened on May 13, 1918, and continued until September 7. It 
was conducted under the direction of Professor C. H. Peabody, who was directly in charge 
of the strictly aeronautical work, being assisted by Professor E. B. Wilson of the Depart- 
ment of Physics, and Messrs. Warner and Denkinger. Instruction relative to the design of 
propellers and wing surfaces was cared for by the regular staff in aeronautical engineering, 
while that pertaining to engines and the selection and testing of materials was looked 
after by members of the mechanical engineering staff, notably Professors Harrison W. 
Hayward, T. H. Taft and I. H. Cowdrey and Mr. Dean Peabody, Jr. In addition Howard 
B. Luther, '08, a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, and Thomas L. Blackmore, '17, 
who were both in government service in Washington, were detailed to the Institute to 
give special lectures in connection with the course. 

The course was so arranged that the men received instruction not only regarding 
heavier-than-air machines, but also in dirigibles and similar lighter-than-air apparatus. 
Similarly, in each class of materiel, training was given not only in theoretical design, but also 
in accepted practice and construction. To enable the men to study all phases of construc- 
tion under actual working conditions, excursions were arranged to a number of works 
throughout the United States, where the manufacture of each part and the final assembling of 
the machines could be seen in detail, these excursions occupying altogether about two weeks. 

In this first school there were twenty-five army and six navy officers in attendance. 
No diplomas were given but those who completed the course satisfactorily received certifi- 

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cates similar to those given in the military schools for instructors and specialists at Fort 
Sill and elsewhere. The entire class returned to service and most of its members in both 
the Army and Navy were at once assigned to work dealing with airplane design and 
production. 

So successful was the school that a new course was arranged for, which began on 
October 7 and continued for fifteen weeks. The new school was again in charge of Pro- 
fessor Peabody, but considerable changes were made in the instructing staff, many of the 
subjects being taught by graduates of the previous school. The instructing staff of this 
school was therefore as follows: Professors E. B. Wilson, H. W. Hayward, G. B. Haven; 




Student-Officers in Aeronautical Engineering Removing Engine from Airplane Fuselage 

Major F. E. Humphreys; Lieutenants Aldrin, Luther, Daumont, Miller; Ensign Brown; 
and Messrs. Warner, Denkinger, Norton and Hanscom. 

The work carried on was practically identical with that of the preceding course 
and was attended by forty officers of the Army and six of the Navy. Inasmuch as the 
course extended long after the armistice, its graduates in many cases did not return to 
active service but were mustered out shortly after the completion of the course. 

The service rendered the Nation by the establishment of these courses was prob- 
ably not as great as would have been the case had it been possible to enter upon the work 
at an earlier date. At the outbreak of war the number of properly qualified aeronautical 
engineers in the United States was exceedingly small and this fact in itself undoubtedly 

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had a very great bearing on the failure of our aviation program generally. Possibly had 
the intensive course at the Institute been arranged a little earlier this situation might 
have been considerably relieved. As it was, before the Institute was able to accomplish 
any appreciable increase in the supply of trained men the armistice intervened. Never- 
theless the school forms an exceedingly interesting incident, for it demonstrated once more 
the ability of the Institute in time of emergency to supply the Government with men 
possessing technical training of the type most urgently needed. 

Another phase, which unfortunately cannot be made public, is the experimental 
work performed in the wind-tunnel. Wind-tunnels of the size and capacity of that of the 
Institute are still very rare in the United States, and upon the experimental value determined 
from them depends the speed and safety of every airplane which takes the air. It is not 
surprising, therefore, that the Government has judged the Institute installation as of 
such importance that a contract was concluded by which the Government remains in full 
control of it; while the Course in Aeronautical Engineering for officers of the United States 
Army and Navy appears at the present moment not unlikely to become a permanent 
feature of the Institute. 

UNITED STATES SIGNAL CORPS SCHOOL FOR RADIO ENGINEERS 

The Aviation Schools established at the Institute and at other American colleges 
had proved such a success that in the early part of the year 191 8 it was decided by the 
War Department to extend the system to other branches of Signal Corps training. 
Accordingly, in January, 1918, Major-General Squier, Chief Signal Officer of the United 
States Army, called a conference of representatives of the eastern technical colleges at 
Washington, and requested the Institute and other technical colleges to establish special 
and intensive courses in radio engineering. 

In accordance with this request, the Institute, in co-operation with Harvard Univer- 
sity, opened such a course in February, 1918. The work was so arranged that the lectures 
and the laboratory work were divided between the Institute and Harvard University, 
an arrangement which was most satisfactory since it permitted the classes to use what 
was probably the most complete collection of equipment in the United States at that time. 
Professor A. E. Kennelly at Technology and Professor E. L. Chaffee, '07, at Harvard 
were in direct charge of the work, the object of which was to train a body of students in 
electrical engineering to become experts in radio construction and maintenance. The 
work included a course of fifteen weeks' duration averaging thirty hours a week of class- 
room, lecture and laboratory work. 

Seventeen fourth-year students, mostly from Course VI, registered for the work, 
and though they had not completed their undergraduate studies the Institute Faculty 
ruled that satisfactory completion of the courses in radio engineering would be accepted 
in lieu of the usual requirements for graduation. Of the seventeen men who took the 
course all graduated, sixteen being commissioned in the United States Signal Corps. One 
took up essential work of civilian nature. 

The school was so successful that a second course of the same nature was arranged. 
This course was carried on during the summer of 1918 under the auspices of Mr. Haines, 
a graduate of the first course, at Technology and Mr. Field at Harvard, the work being 
equally divided, as before, between the two institutions. About twenty-five students 
undertook the work, of whom some twenty-one were graduated and entered the government 
service. 

SPECIAL CLASSES FOR OFFICERS OF THE SANITARY CORPS 

In addition to the Aviation and Radio Schools there were some fifteen officers of 
the United States Army who pursued courses in intensive training at the Institute during 
the war. These officers were nutrition officers belonging to the Sanitary Corps who 
received instruction under Major Samuel C. Prescott, '94. Major Prescott had been 
given charge of certain phases of the work of training officers of the Sanitary Corps to 
fit them to serve as experts on matters relative to food and nutrition. 

As other quarters were not immediately available two classes of these officers were 

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Dean Burton Opening the First School for Deck Officers at Harvard University Observatory 

sent to the Institute, where each received a week's intensive training, which covered 
lectures on various kinds of food, methods of preservation, methods of inspection and 
methods of handling. The course was originally intended to include a certain amount of 
laboratory work but such was the demand for men that it was impossible to take suffi- 
cient time to carry this out; moreover many of the men assigned as students had already 
had excellent training in laboratory procedure. 

At the close of each course the classes inspected the largest food-handling stations 
in the vicinity, notably Camp Devens, the Quincy Cold Storage Plant and the Fish Pier. 

After two classes had attended the school at the Institute Major Prescott was 
moved to Washington. The classes were carried on there for some time, until permanent 
quarters were made available at Camp Greenleaf, where the work continued to enlarge 
until classes of twenty-five men at a time were ultimately under instruction. 



UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD SCHOOLS 
It will be remembered that at the outbreak of war it was not certain that the United 
States would take an active military part. It was, however, well understood that it would 
be called upon to aid its allies in the field of industry, especially in the matter of shipping. 
To use the phrase common at that time, it was proposed that the United States should 
"build a bridge of ships." The first proposal contemplated that a thousand vessels of 
three thousand tons should be constructed and much discussion arose as to whether they 
should be built of wood or of iron. An important question, however, relative to these 
ships seems at first to have been overlooked, namely, that of finding crews, for at that time 
there were scarcely sufficient seamen and licensed officers to man the pitifully small mer- 
chant marine already existing. Green men could be trained as seamen with comparative 
rapidity, but to find competent officers was a more difficult problem. In accordance with 
the law, a ship of three thousand tons should be officered by a master and three mates, 
while each engine room should be taken care of by a chief and three assistants. Accord- 
ingly, if the United States was to construct a thousand new ships, eight thousand 

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additional officers must be trained and licensed before these ships were ready to put 
to sea. 

Henry Howard, of the Class of 1889, appears to have been the first man to grasp 
this fact and act upon it. He saw at once that men must be trained .and worked out a 
scheme to accomplish this result. His plan was brought to the attention of the Shipping 
Board by whom it was accepted, Mr. Howard being appointed Director of the Recruit- 
ing Service of the United States Shipping Board, with authority to recruit and train both 
seamen and officers. His work in the recruiting and training of seamen is described on 
page 329; in this place only his plan for the education of officers will be considered. 
This plan was to establish free schools in all important American seaports, where men with 
practical sea experience could obtain theoretical instruction, notably in navigation and 
marine engineering, and thus become competent to obtain officers' licenses. 

To organize these schools men with an exceptional combination of qualities were 
required. It was necessary that they should be experts in the subjects taught, that they 
should be experienced educators and that they should possess initiative and capacity for 
organization. In order to find the proper men Mr. Howard, being a Technology man, 
naturally turned to the Institute and requested President Maclaurin to recommend two 
men capable of taking over the work of organizing two classes of schools, one for deck 
officers and one for engine-room officers. Doctor Maclaurin recommended Dean A. E. 
Burton, Professor of Topographical Engineering, and Professor Edward F. Miller, head of 
the Mechanical Engineering Department. Dean Burton and Professor Miller had had 
more experience in connection with the sea than is generally known. Dean Burton had 
formerly been in the service of the Coast Survey. For several years he had conducted a 
course in navigation at the Lowell Institute and he had accompanied Admiral Peary on 
one of his earlier arctic voyages. Professor Miller had done a large amount of work in 
connection with shipping as a consulting engineer and had conducted tests on steam boilers 
and engines on nearly every form of vessel from a torpedo boat to an ocean liner. Both 
men had demonstrated their ability as educators and organizers in their work at the 
Institute. 

The task which they were called upon to undertake was by no means easy. For many 
years it had been an axiom among seafaring men that a man must serve nine years before 
the mast before he was capable of becoming an officer. It is true that this condition did 
not exist in the old clipper-ship days, for it is a matter of record that American skippers of 
that date were generally men who had been graduated from colleges or academies and whose 
practical training had been comparatively brief. The clipper days, however, had become 
more or less a memory and the oldest salts were most pessimistic regarding any scheme 
for fitting men to become competent navigators or engineers by means of an intensive 
course of theoretical training. 

Despite unfavorable criticism and despite the fact that no Congressional appro- 
priation was yet available, both Dean Burton and Professor Miller started work at once; 
in fact, the first school of navigation opened in May, 1917, although no appropriation 
was made until the first of June. This school, which was inaugurated under the immedi- 
ate supervision of Dean Burton, was located in Cambridge, and, through the generosity 
of Professor Willson of Harvard University, the classes were able to avail themselves of 
the Student Astronomical Laboratory on Jarvis Street. Its success encouraged the Ship- 
ping Board to open immediately more schools along the Atlantic Coast. Accordingly 
in June, 1917, schools were established by Dean Burton in Maine at Machias, Rockland, 
Boothbay and Portland; at New Bedford, Mass., and Greenport, L. I. In July and Au- 
gust, 1917, Mr. Howard directed him to establish schools along the Atlantic, Gulf and 
Pacific Coasts, and also the Great Lakes, and before the end of August there were navi- 
gation schools in good running order at Providence, R. I.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Atlantic 
City and Cape May, N. J.; Baltimore and Crisfield, Md.; Norfolk, Va.; Charleston, S. C; 
Savannah, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; New Orleans, La.; Galveston, Tex.; 
San Diego, San Pedro and San Francisco, Cal.; Portland and Astoria, Ore.; Tacoma 
and Seattle, Wash.; Duluth, Minn.; Chicago, III; Cleveland, Ohio; and Buffalo, N. Y. 
In order to establish these schools as rapidly as possible, Dean Burton personally super- 

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vised the opening of each. It was necessary for him to secure suitable quarters, to obtain 
equipment and instruments, a matter of great difficulty at that time, and, most difficult 
of all, to secure competent instructors. This required a rapid traverse of the whole coast 
line of the United States and the selection of men properly qualified to teach theoretical 
navigation to practical seafaring men with very limited mathematical training. The 
instructors were secured from all walks of life; they included astronomers, explorers, old 
sea captains, yachtsmen, school teachers and college professors, and, as might be expected, 




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there were a number of Tech men, including the following: Professor A. G. Robbins, 
'86, Professor George L. Hosmer, '97, Professor Harrison W. Smith, '97, Professor John 
W. Howard, '03, Oric Bates, '07, Bradley Jones,'io, William M. Angas, '17, and Rudolf 
Beaver, '18. Naturally the most successful instructors proved to be men who had done 
some teaching and had also had actual experience at sea. 

In establishing these schools the Dean was greatly aided by Mr. Howard. The 
latter arranged for a publicity campaign which preceded the establishment of the schools 
in each port, securing for this purpose the services of Mr. Winfield Thompson of the 
Boston Daily Globe. Mr. Howard also arranged for a local committee of the prominent 
business men in each port, who should interest themselves in the welfare of the schools, 
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a district chief for each of these sections. The district chiefs were men especially dis- 
tinguished for their executive ability and patriotic spirit. Their chief duty was to keep 
up public interest in the schools in their respective districts and to see that outside influ- 
ences did not interfere with the work. Dean Burton was responsible not only for the 
location of the schools and the choice of quarters and personnel, but also for the courses 
of instruction given throughout the United States. In December, 1918, he was called 
upon to make a personal inspection and report on all the schools, and as a result made a 
second circuit of the boundary of the United States; in September, 1919, he was called 
upon to make a further inspection of the schools located on the Pacific and the Great Lakes. 

Each school continued in existence as long as suitable candidates were available. 
In some of the smaller seaports the supply was soon exhausted and new schools were then 
established at other points with the same equipment. In October, 1917, a large school 
was opened in Gloucester, Mass., one in Wilmington, N. C, and another in Los Angeles, 
Cal. In November one was established at Tampa, Fla., and one at Bellingham, Wash. 
A flourishing school was also opened at Detroit, Mich., and the small schools at Cape 
May, Crisfield, Savannah, San Pedro and Charleston were closed. Two private schools in 
New York City were added to the list; at the Seamen's Church Institute and Uttmark's 
School. Brooklyn and Jersey City schools were also added. It will therefore be seen that over 
forty schools for the free teaching of navigation were opened, but at no one time were there 
more than thirty in operation. After the armistice the number of schools was cut down 
to fifteen and at the present time (November, 1919) these fifteen are still at work, with 
an average of twenty to twenty-five pupils a month in each school. 

The men who presented themselves for instruction proved a most interesting 
assemblage. Some were lads whose sea experience consisted chiefly in sailing catboats 
and knockabouts, while others were old salts who in their youth had reefed sky-sails on 
the last of the clippers. The history of some of these men casts a very interesting light 
on the fate of our former merchant seamen. One old chap was discovered on the quays 
of New Orleans bossing a gang of stevedores. Few people knew that he had ever seen a 
ship other than flat-bottomed river steamboats, yet when he presented himself to the 




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inspectors, he showed a record covering practically all the navigable waters of the globe. 
Another old salt some sixty-two years of age, on reporting was greatly surprised to hear 
that he must take a physical examination. When called before the examining board, he 
looked them over and then, before anyone could guess what he was about to do, turned 
a hand-spring, announcing as he lit once more on his feet, "Thar, how'll that do?" Still 
another old fellow was asked whether he didn't consider that a man of his age had done 
his share and whether he would not feel happier at home running a war garden than try- 
ing to take fabricated freighters through the submarine zone. He turned upon the exami- 
ner and with a tone of withering contempt replied, "There ain't never been a ship built 
that sails on the water nor under it as can scare me. The only thing I'm afeard of is these 
gol-durned examinations in mathematics." The Gloucester School, in particular, was 
attended by an interesting assortment of characters, for instance Captain Peter Grant, 
who for twenty-seven years had commanded a schooner of the fishing fleet, and Captain 
Dan McDonald, who, it was said, could buoy a trawl on the Grand Banks before a hurri- 
cane and could come back afterwards and find it and who had never been known to take 
an observation on the sun or stars. Indeed this entire class were inclined to believe that 
nobody but a lubber ever would think of trying to find his way around the sea by the sun, 
for a real seaman ought to be able to know his position by the sea itself. Once they had 
become interested, however, the rivalry was keen and these old skippers proved extraor- 
dinarily apt pupils. 

The original school in Cambridge, soon after its opening, was moved to the Insti- 
tute, where it still continues to flourish. The course of instruction is about six weeks in 
length and from this school alone over twelve hundred men have secured officers' licenses. 

The other schools throughout the country have also served their purpose well and 
it is now a matter of history that, despite the lack of trained navigators at the opening of 
the war, the merchant marine was never handicapped by lack of competent deck officers. 
The total number of graduates frcm the navigation schools up to December i, 1919, was 
considerably over six thousand, of whom four thousand, nine hundred and twenty received 
licenses as deck officers. The schools for deck officers may be said, therefore, to have quite 
fully satisfied the predicted requirements for officering the thousand proposed ships. 

Professor Miller's task as compared with that of Professor Burton was a simple 
one. Schools for training stationary engineers could be utilized for training marine 
engineers and many schools thoroughly equipped for this purpose already existed. Pro- 
fessor Miller accordingly began by asking the co-operation of different technical schools 
and universities. In most cases this was immediately accorded and schools were quickly 
organized in localities most suitable for the work. The method used in selecting these 
localities can best be given by quoting Professor Miller himself. "In every instance we 
had to select a school which was on the waterfront and which had a steam laboratory or 
steam machinery available for use. * * * There was such a demand for a school in Phil- 
adelphia that, under the direction of Mr. Howard, I went to Philadelphia and arranged 
for the establishment of a school on a boat which was secured for the purpose. This boat 
was tied up at a government wharf and accommodated as many as one hundred and sixty 
students, who used the boat as a classroom. In nearly every instance the people selected 
to look after the work of the various schools were trained teachers and the method of 
instruction was left entirely in their hands. The work which they were to cover was 
outlined in detail and the type of questions which the men were likely to be asked was 
sent to each instructor, who was to give the men a thorough grounding in fundamentals 
so that they would be competent to handle questions along lines similar to those sent in 
the syllabus." 

In July, 1917, in accordance with this policy, schools were started at Massachu- 
setts Institute of Technology, Armour Institute of Technology (Chicago), Case School of 
Applied Science (Cleveland), University of Washington (Seattle), Tulane University 
(New Orleans), Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Stevens Institute of Technology 
(Hoboken). The school at Johns Hopkins University gave both day and evening courses, 
but the other schools conducted only the day course from nine until four. Later schools 
were established at Philadelphia Marine Engineering School (instruction given on board 

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the "John Weaver" with headquarters at the Philadelphia Bourse), Seamen's Church 
Institute (New York), Dickinson High School (Jersey City), Pratt Institute (Brooklyn) 
and the University of California (Berkeley). As in the case of the Schools for Navigators, 
these schools were worked until the local material was exhausted. That at the Stevens 
Institute was discontinued in December, 1917, while in April, 1919, those at the Pratt 
Institute and Dickinson High School were also closed, but simultaneously a new school 
was established at the Polytechnic Institute (Brooklyn) with Professor E. F. Church in 
charge. Since this date eight schools have been in continuous operation. 

The course of study in these schools as outlined by Professor Miller was to give 
four weeks of intensive training. At the expiration of the course the candidates who had 




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already had sufficient sea experience took an examination from the United States Steam- 
boat Inspectors, for an engineer's license, either chief, first, second or third assistant, 
according as their previous training might warrant. Men who had had no sea service 
were placed on board vessels as oilers, watertenders or cadet engineers, until they had 
served from three to six months, after which time they took the United States Steam- 
boat Inspectors' examination for an engineer's license. 

Perhaps no better example can be given of the manner in which the schools oper- 
ated than that which was established at Technology under Professor Miller's direct super- 
vision. The instructing staff consisted of Professors E. F. Miller, '86, and Theodore 
Taft, '01, and Messrs. William H. Jones, '09, Kenneth C. Robinson, '10, S. B. Blaisdell, 
'18, Ralph Crosby, '18, and DeWitt M. Taylor, '06. Every morning the men attended 
two lectures of about an hour's duration, which were generally illustrated by lantern 
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each man working at his desk wrote up the details of the lecture which he had just 
attended. While doing so, the instructors circulated about the room, helping men who 
were found to need assistance. This was particularly necessary, since a number of men 
were more or less deficient in mathematical training and without such help they would 
have found the work exceedingly difficult. Beginning at two o'clock the class assembled 
for laboratory instruction, which lasted generally for about two hours. The work in the 
laboratory was so arranged as to fit in closely with the morning's lectures. During the 
early portion of the course marine engines were not available and it was necessary to give 
instruction upon the ordinary central-station types with which the Institute laboratory 
is chiefly equipped, although engines of marine type equipped with marine reversing gears 




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were added as rapidly as possible. It was found, however, that with the help of the lec- 
tures and a few diagrams the comparatively slight differences involved could be made 
negligible from an educational point of view. The theoretical instruction given was 

amazingly complete. It included valve setting with the steam engine indicator, steam 
boi.ers and boi.er room accessories, including the complete calculation of the staying sys- 
tem of the Scotch boiler, the more important calculations in the properties of steam and 
a very thorough course in refrigerating machinery. When it is considered that many of 
the men under instruction had not received a complete grammar-school education, it seems 
astonishing that such a course could be successfully carried through. As a matter of fact 
the success obtained was due solely to the fact that the instructors were with the men 
constantly and gave them the advantage of the closest personal attention, rendering help 
wherever and whenever it was needed. 

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greatest cheerfulness, not to say enthusiasm, many of them staying each evening to take 
extra instruction in the use of the slide rule. Nearly all of them carried their notes with 
them when they took up their duties on board ship, and one of them, in writing to an 
instructor, stated that although he had been torpedoed twice, he had not yet lost his notes, 
for he kept them sewed into one of his pockets in a waterproof package. The men who 
took this course at the Institute are without exception proud of the fact and they have 
formed an association known as the Alumni Association of Marine Engineers trained at 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

The number of these men is very considerable, for no fewer than thirteen hundred 
men have graduated from the Institute School alone. From the United States Shipping 
Board Schools for Engine Room Officers throughout the United States the number is 
approximately six thousand, of whom three thousand, one hundred and seventy-nine have 
received licenses as engine-room officers, while most of the remainder are at present serv- 
ing in the Merchant Marine until such time as they shall have received the experience 
requisite to obtaining the licenses. 

An efficient engine-room force is as essential to a merchant marine as a supply of 
skillful navigators. This point has been forcibly brought home to Great Britain, where 
the number of engine-room personnel who lost their lives was very great as compared with 
the number of navigators who went down with their vessels. The result is that the short- 
age of engine-room officers has become acute, so acute that it has been deemed necessary 
to undertake the extensive training of engine-room men for the British Merchant Marine. 
In this connection it is interesting to note that the British Government has recently sent 
representatives to the United States to study the Shipping Board Schools for Engine Room 
Officers as organized by Professor Miller with the object of instituting similar measures in 
Great Britain. 

When the record of the Shipping Board Schools as a whole is considered it would 
appear that an impossibility has been accomplished. In addition to the thousand ships 
originally planned many others were built, nor were these confined to three-thousand-ton 
vessels. Yet never once has an American merchantman lacked competent men to take 
charge of her. Nor is this all; for in the submarine-infested waters of the war zone these 
officers were frequently called upon not only to sail their ships, but to "fight" them as 
well; yet it is a matter of official record that not one ship was lost by the inefficiency of 
any officer. 

INTENSIVE COURSE IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE 

In addition to the schools carried on at the Institute for the training of government 
personnel with governmental co-operation, a number of intensive courses were also carried 
on to permit undergraduates or recent graduates of the Institute to fit themselves imme- 
diately for certain types of work in which a shortage of skilled men existed. Perhaps 
the most important among these were those carried on by the Department of Naval Archi- 
tecture under the direction of Professor C. H. Peabody, assisted by Professor George Owen. 

When the program of the United States Shipping Board was announced it became 
evident that the supply of naval architectural draftsmen throughout the country was 
altogether inadequate to relieve the situation. Immediately upon the outbreak of hos- 
tilities every one of the six members of the senior class in naval architecture entered the 
governmental or civilian service, three becoming ensigns in the Navy and three taking 
positions in the Fore River Shipyards. The department, however, was receiving many 
letters from various yards asking at once for as many men as could be obtained. 

This emergency had been foreseen by the Institute authorities, and at the sugges- 
tion of Professor Peabody, an intensive course for marine architectural draftsmen, with a 
registration of fifty-one, was in operation by the first of May, 1917. A ten weeks' course 
was given covering the principles of naval architecture and design, practical training in 
naval architectural drafting and instruction in displacement, stability, launching, power 
and speed of vessels. The course appealed particularly to the civil, mechanical and archi- 
tectural engineers who were well fitted by their previous training to undertake it. It was 

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a gruelling course of ten hours a day, five of which were spent in the drafting room and the 
remainder in lectures and preparation. 

The course prepared these men to be draftsmen in the Bureau of Construction 
and Repair of the Navy Department. An arrangement was made with the Navy De- 
partment by which those men desiring commissions reported to the Charlestown Navy 
Yard to take an additional four months' course in the shops of the Hull Division. Here 
they were employed in gaining practical experience in construction and each day's work 
was supplemented by lectures. At the end of the course a report was made on each man's 
ability and they were rated accordingly. Nineteen commissions were issued, fourteen for 
assistant naval constructors, with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade), United States 
Navy, and five for ensigns, United States Naval Reserve Force. 

The first course met with such success that both private and government interests 
urged its repetition; and a similar course was opened to graduates of all technical schools in 
February, 191 8. Approximately thirty Institute men enrolled for this course and were, by 
faculty vote, excused from the second term's work of the fourth year. No theses were re- 
quired, as it was considered a satisfactory completion of the intensive course and entrance into 
the government service or the shipbuilding industry should entitle the men to their degrees. 

So satisfactory were these courses that it seemed worth while to attempt the estab- 
lishment of such a course on a national basis similar to that of the United States Shipping 
Board Schools for Deck and Engine-Room Officers. Great encouragement was given 
to the scheme both by the Shipping Board and by private interests, certain yards even 
offering to pay the expenses of men attending the school provided they could obtain their 
services afterwards. About fifty men enrolled for the course, all of them undergraduates 
or recent graduates of the Institute and it seemed that the scheme might be a complete 
success when the armistice intervened and the demand for men at once ceased. The scheme 
for making this course of naval architecture a national institution proved impossible of 
fulfillment largely due, first, to the armistice, and second, to the fact that only two schools 
in the United States besides the Institute carry permanent courses in naval architecture, 
and as a result the supply of suitable material for intensive training proved most limited. 

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INTENSIVE COURSE IN WAR BACTERIOLOGY 

Another intensive special course was that given by the Department of Biology 
and Public Health, under Professor Sedgwick's direction, for the training of laboratory 
assistants. The establishment of this course was brought about by the tremendous demand 
for trained workers, both in government and civilian hospitals during the summer of 1918. 
It will be recollected that at this time the casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces 
reached their highest point, and for a time slightly exceeded the maximum number which 
had been expected, while many diseases, notably trench fever and dysentery, required 
special attention. Under these conditions the Harvard-Technology School of Public 
Health and similar institutions of training were unable to supply the demand for labora- 
tory workers by means of their usual courses. 

Accordingly, a special intensive course was given commencing in July and termi- 
nating in September. A considerable number of students registered for this course, most of 
them, as might be expected, were women. 

The studies consisted chiefly of public health laboratory methods, as given by Doctor 
Slack, but the students were permitted to take such other work as they desired. Par- 
ticular emphasis throughout the course was laid upon those maladies which had proved most 
serious in military operations, notably typhoid, malaria, dysentery and venereal diseases. 

The course lasted twelve weeks and thirty-one students graduated. Of these, seven 
went directly to military hospitals and the great majority of the others took positions in 
civilian hospitals, including a number connected with essential industries, or in research 
laboratories, or entered nurses' training schools. 

So successful was the course that a second course was arranged, which began in 
October, 1918. Due to the signing of the armistice, it was not necessary to graduate this 
class as quickly as the other, and it accordingly continued its work until June, 1919, gradu- 
ating twenty-nine students at that time. 

While the work was carried on through the Harvard-Technology School of Public 
Health, that part of it which was chiefly performed in the laboratory was practically con- 
fined to the Institute. Students were required to take a certain number of lectures at 
Harvard. 

SCHOOL FOR WARRANT MACHINISTS 

At the outbreak of war the Committee on Public Safety and certain officials con- 
nected with the Naval Coast Defense Reserve of Massachusetts requested the organiza- 
tion of a school to train men in the operation and maintenance of gasoline engines. The 
object of this course was to fit men of the Naval Coast Defense Reserve or men who desired 
to enlist therein to become class B warrant machinists, with training which would render 
them suitable for work on gasoline vessels engaged in coast-patrol work. Professor 
J. C. Riley, with the assistance of Mr. K. C. Robinson, '10, Mr. Charles L. Homer, New 
England representative of the Sterling Engine Company of Buffalo, New York, and Mr. 
Morris Brotherton, of the Sterling shops, took charge of the organization of the course. 

Instruction was given upon two types of motors, both types commonly found on 
sea-going gasoline vessels. One of these, a four-cylinder motor, was used under power 
while the other, of eight-cylinder design, was used for practice in taking down and assem- 
bling. Especially thorough training was given in locating trouble in the engines and making 
quick repairs, such as would be necessary at sea. 

The course lasted a number of weeks and a considerable number of men completed 
it. It would appear that, like many efforts made during the early part of the war, the 
school did not receive the official recognition of the Navy Department. In any case the 
graduates did not receive the grade expected and were called into service as ordinary sea- 
men and held for service on steam as well as gasoline vesssels. 

RESEARCH 

The service rendered by the Institute in the field of research does not appear at 
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preceding pages. This condition is not due to lack of work in research carried on by mem- 
bers of the Institute staff or performed in its laboratories. It results rather from the 
manner in which this work was carried on. It would appear from Doctor Maclaurin's let- 
ters that he had hoped that the Institute might be assigned certain problems for investi- 
gation, thus allowing the well co-ordinated staff and the exceptional association of various 
laboratories to be used in this work with the greatest possible efficiency. The govern- 
ment policy, however, scarcely permitted such an arrangement, for the various depart- 
ments drew into their services individuals rather than institutions. 

As a result Technology can scarcely point to a single piece of work and say, "This 
was performed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Upon the other hand 
practically every member of the instructing staff became associated with some govern- 
ment department, committee or board, acting as a consulting engineer or investigating 
problems of the most vital nature. The majority started work in a consultant capacity 
and conducted their early experiments in the Institute laboratories. As the work pro- 
gressed they became indispensable to the authorities in Washington and one after another 
was absorbed into the civil or military service of the United States. It has been found 
practically impossible to separate the work of these men as members of the Institute staff 
from their work as members of the various committees and boards upon which they served. 
Accordingly the accounts of their achievements will be found in later chapters dealing with 
the work of Technology men as individuals in various governmental boards, committees, 
departments and services. 

In a way this dispersion of our staff may appear unfortunate, but in many respects 
it was beneficial both to the Government and the Institute. It permitted the govern- 
ment to bring to its own service the very best scientific talent of the country and to place 
each man where he could co-operate most directly and efficiently with others working upon 
the same problem. On the other hand, these men carried the name and reputation of 
the Institute with them wherever they went and it seems not improbable that the records 
made by them in every branch of national endeavor have been largely responsible for the 
increased interest which the Government and the public generally have shown in the 
Institute since the close of the war. 

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 

The Institute was prepared to utilize its staff and its equipment in the Nation's 
service, but difficulty was experienced in adapting the undergraduate curriculum to war- 
time conditions. This difficulty lay not in the curriculum itself, for the courses given at 
the Institute prepared its graduates directly to take up work in essential industries and, 
as has been noted, Institute graduates had entered the military service of the United 
States and had served with enviable records. The difficulty lay in the fact that the value 
of the Institute's system of education, as a national military asset, had never received 
the official recognition of the Government. This is not surprising, for it will be remem- 
bered that at the outbreak of the war the preparedness movement in the United States 
had not reached a point where the part which the Nation's educational institutions should 
play had been realized. 

As a result, the Course in Military Science was the only training given at the Insti- 
tute that was officially recognized as having military value. This course had been estab- 
lished in the year 1865 under the Land Grant Act of 1862, and in accordance with the 
provisions of this act military training consisting of two hours of drill per week in the 
M. I. T. Corps of Cadets and one hour per week of lectures was required of each freshman 
under twenty-one years of age who was an American citizen, unless excused for physical 
defects. The work was carried on by an officer of the Regular Army and it was required 
that this officer should report to the Adjutant-General of the Army the names of such 
students as showed special aptitude for military service. At its inception the Cadet Corps 
had consisted of a skeleton company but with the growth of the Institute it had increased 
steadily in size. In the year 1912 Major (later Colonel) Edwin T. Cole, U. S. A. 
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Institute. Colonel Cole, by the use of the skeleton squads, expanded the corps to a 
regimental organization, thus giving the greatest possible percentage of men experience 
in command. During the years 191 5 and 1916 the efficiency and morale of the corps 
increased noticeably, and in the fall of 191 7 the course was extended to two years to con- 
form to the requirements of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. It is evident from its 
provisions that the intention of the Land Grant Act was to provide a registered corps of 
reserve officers. As a matter of fact, however, instruction given under it failed to accom- 
plish anything. The drill lacked snap, discipline was lax and the theoretical instruction 
was superficial. For example, in the final examination for the year 1907 the question 
was asked, "What should be done with the campfire on breaking camp?" Some of the 
replies have been preserved in "Technique 1909" and read as follows: 1. "Feed it to the 
chickens." 2. "Hang it up on a little tree." 3. "Kiss it good-bye." 4. "Wrap it up in a 
piece of paper." The men who gave these replies received P's for the course and were 
later graduated as having satisfactorily completed one year of military training. A sys- 
tem carried on along such lines could scarcely be expected to inspire respect or enthusiasm; 
little could be expected from it as a means of undergraduate military training and 
the Cadet Corps exerted little influence upon undergraduate life during the war. 

Military training at the Institute was not, however, confined to the Cadet Corps. 
In the fall of the year 191 5 there had been established through the initiative of under- 
graduates an engineer company known as the M. I. T. Engineer Corps. Membership 
was voluntary and the men worked solely from patriotic motives, the work beins? done 
in their own time and with their own money. The movement appears to have originated 
with the officers of the Cadet Corps, especially R. E. DeMerritt, '17, and R. O. Lowen- 
gard, '17, who during the winter of 1915-1916 gathered a small group of men interested 
in the subject, and undertook special work under Colonel Cole. The movement pos- 
sessed possibilities and through the efforts of Colonel Cole the matter was brought to the 
attention of General William M. Black, Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. As a result, in the 
fall of 1916, Captain Frederick B. Downing, U. S. A., was detailed to Technology as 
assistant professor of Military Science to take charge of engineering instruction, while 




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two caissons of engineering material were placed at his disposal. Under the direction of 
Captain Downing, assisted by Captain A. S. Smith, U. S. R., the company was divided 
into three sections, each specializing in a branch of military engineering. The bridge 
section was under the command of H. L. Wirt, '18; the fortification section was commanded 
by R. O. Lowengard, '17; and W. L. Dennen, '17, had charge of the reconnaissance section. 
R. E. DeMerritt, '17, was in command of the corps and was assisted by A. E. Keating, 
'17. The corps went into camp during the last week of April at the farm of A. E. Tuttle, '17, 
near Billerica. Here considerable outdoor work was accomplished. The entire section 
was mapped, a stream was bridged by a forty-foot span of pine logs cut in the 
near-by woods and the camp was protected by a dam deflecting the course of the stream. 
Camping trips were limited by the regular schedule of instruction at the Institute; but 
men in the Engineer Corps were sometimes excused from Saturday morning recitations 
in order that the time in camp could be lengthened. That the work done by the organ- 
ization was by no means wasted is sufficiently proved by the fact that practically every 
member of the company entered the Army as a commissioned officer and many served 
with distinction. 

Neither the Engineer Corps nor the Corps of Cadets could be considered as being 
more than very indirect means of service and with the outbreak of war the undergraduates 
became restless. Something more direct was demanded. The students found them- 
selves assailed from every side by regular recruiting sergeants, by persons who did not 
realize that America had entered the war in earnest and who desired to form all manner 
of volunteer organizations, and by others who, expecting a call for volunteers, desired to 
form some kind of Technology unit, for instance, a battery of artillery. The restlessness 
was not confined to Technology, for at that time the undergraduates of American univer- 
sities generally were suffering from what was popularly called "war fever." This condi- 
tion of affairs was serious as there was danger that the men might hastily take action 
which might place them where they would be of comparatively little service. 

Doctor Maclaurin had anticipated such a situation. He had noted the mistakes made 
in his own native land in raising "Kitchener's Mob" in 191 5. He knew how the best of 
England's youth had volunteered in the first hundred thousand and how they had been 
practically annihilated in three months' fighting at Loos and Festubert; he knew how an 
entire battalion had been formed of skilled chemists, and how this "Chemists' Battalion" 
was wiped out in a single action, a blow to England's munition industry from which it 
never recovered. With these examples in mind, even before the outbreak of war, Presi- 
dent Maclaurin set about preventing any stampede on the part of the Institute's under- 
graduates. As soon as diplomatic relations were severed a convocation was called in 
Smith Hall and Doctor Maclaurin addressed the entire body of undergraduates and staff. 
He did not mince words, but emphasized the fact that war was practically inevitable and 
that it was high time for every man to consider what course he should take at the out- 
break of hostilities. He advised seniors to enter government service immediately, while 
the remaining undergraduates should continue their courses and fit themselves to become 
technical experts or officers as rapidly as possible. At the outbreak of war another mass 
meeting was called in the du Pont Court and Doctor Maclaurin again announced his policy 
saying, "The course of the senior is to do everything now; others will find their best ser- 
vice in preparation." 

This policy of Doctor Maclaurin was in agreement with the policy of the Undergrad- 
uate and Alumni Committees on Preparedness and was given definite form on April 25, 
1917, when the faculty adopted the following resolution: 

"WHEREAS: The nation is now at war, 

"BE IT RESOLVED: That the Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hereby records its 
desire to assist and to co-operate with the President and the Congress of the United States by affording every 
opportunity for students to enter for sufficient reasons the service of the United States before the end of the war. 

"In order that its Seniors may be available for Military and Civil Service, it is voted that the candidates 
for graduation whose records were clear at the time of the declaration of war, upon entering the service of the 
Country, be excused from further exercises of the term and be at once recommended for their degrees. It is further 
voted that the cases of other Seniors be referred to the Committee on Faculty Business with power to act. 

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"Upon being ordered into active service, it is voted that students of all classes who, at the time of declara- 
tion of war, were members of the National Guard, Naval Militia and similar organizations will be granted leave 
of absence. If they return to the Institute at the beginning of the school year, they will be admitted provisionally 
to the work of the next year. They will, upon showing their ability to carry on the advanced work, be excused 
from the remaining work of the current term. 

"With regard to students below the fourth-year class, the Faculty strongly urges that they remain at the 
Institute and complete their technical training; it believes that, for them, this is the most effective kind of national 
service that they can perform. Those who desire to do so will probably have the opportunity to enroll next fall 
in the four-year Military Course (R. O. T. C), which, it is e pected, the War Department will establish here." 

These measures, however, did not allay the general restlessness. It was necessary 
that the student should feel himself actually in training for combatant service. For such 
a purpose the Cadet Corps was utterly inadequate while the volunteer Corps of Engineers 
had no official standing. Furthermore, it was evident that four years was too long to wait 




Students at Camp Cunningham Practicing on the Target Range 



before taking up active service. A great deal of discussion took place both among faculty 
and students, the latter becoming more or less crystallized through the Institute Com- 
mittee, of which at that time John M. DeBell, '17, was the chairman; as a result a joint 
committee of faculty and students was appointed by Doctor Maclaurin to take up the 
entire question. The appointment of this committee was announced in a bulletin issued 
in The Tech which reads as follows: 

"Bulletin No. 1 April 27, 1917. 

"In view of the extraordinary conditions created at the Institute by the war, and on the representation of 
various members of the student body and of the Faculty, President Maclaurin has created a Joint Committee of 
Faculty and Students which is to have charge of all matters relating to national service on the part of students. 
The Committee is to serve as a means of co-ordinating all forms of effort, of giving stability to the work of the 
Undergraduate Preparedness Committee, and of providing for the ejfecti:e dissemination of reliable information. 
In its composition the Joint Committee is intended to be thoroughly representative of different elements in the 
student body and of the staff of instruction and administration. It consists of fifteen students and of eleven 
Faculty members, with President Maclaurin as chairman. It is composed as follows: 

"President Maclaurin, Dean Burton, Registrar Humphreys, representing the administrative officers; 
Professors H. Fay, W. K. Lewis, E. F. Miller, C. H. Peabody, H. G. Pearson, W. T. Sedgwick, W. E. Wickenden, 

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representing the Faculty; Major E. T. Cole, Captain J. W. Howard, representing the Military Department; 
E. P. Brooks, J. M. DeBell, J. W. Doon, L. L. McGrady, R. W. VanKirk, representing the Institute Commit- 
tee; A. F. Benson, H. T. Swan, D. D. Warner, A. E. Windle, representing the Undergraduate Preparedness 
Committee; E. F. Deacon, Drill Squads; R. W. DeMerritt, Captain Engineer Corps; A. N. Pray, The Tech.; 
A. E. Tuttle, Rifle Club; K. Reid, Architects; C. H. M. Roberts, Colonel of Regiment. The Joint Com- 
mittee met and organized on April 24. For the more effective transaction of business it appointed an executive 
committee consisting of DeBell (chairman), Brooks, Cole, McGrady, Miller, Peabody, Pearson and VanKirk." 

The object of the committee being primarily to co-ordinate undergraduate effort 
to national service, the most direct means of doing so appeared to be the establishment 
of a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, negotiations for which were already 
under way. This corps, which had been authorized by an act of Congress on June 3, 
1916, appeared to offer an easy solution of ihe difficulty, since it permitted students at 
technical and military schools, by taking a little additional work in military subjects, to 




European Conditions at Camp Cunningham 



qualify as reserve officers of the United States Army. There was, however, one diffi- 
culty, which seems to have been generally overlooked — the fact that members of the 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps did not become reserve officers until the completion of 
their courses and that in the meanwhile they were not part of the military forces of the 
Nation. The Reserve Officers' Training Corps had been planned as a means of develop- 
ing reserve officer personnel under peace conditions only and was foredoomed to fail as 
a means of co-ordinating the undergraduate effort with national service in time of war. 

It is possible that had the Institute taken this matter up earlier, the result might 
have been more satisfactory. As early as April, 1916, Merton L. Emerson, '04, had 
written to Charles A. Stone, '88, at that time President of the Alumni Association, urging 
that the Institute take steps toward the establishment at the Institute of a unit of the 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, but on account of the press of business connected with 
the opening of the new Technology, Mr. Emerson's proposal was not acted on at that time. 

In November President Maclaurin took up the question with the War Department, 
but made slow progress since the Institute was loath to make the necessary changes in 

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its curriculum, while the War Department was unable to modify the provisions of the act 
to accommodate the Institute. Progress, however, was made, and upon March 5, 1917, 
in accordance with War Department Special Order No. 52, a board of officers consisting 
of Colonel Tracy C. Dickson, U. S. A., Retired; Major Edwin T. Cole, U. S. A., Retired; 
Captain Harry C. Barnes, C. A. C; and Captain Frederick B. Downing, C. of E., was 
appointed "to meet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to formulate and 
recommend courses of instruction for Coast Artillery, Engineer, Signal, and Ordnance 
units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps." This board, working in close co-operation 
with the Institute faculty, drew up a very complete resume of the courses of the Insti- 
tute, showing that these courses were already almost identical with those prescribed by 
the Government and that with very slight alterations students could fit themselves to 
become reserve officers, by taking extra work of a purely military nature consisting of 
three hours per week in the sophomore year and two hours per week during the remainder 
of the course. Accordingly the Institute on the thirty-first of May, 1917, made formal 
application for the establishment of a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, being 
the first major educational institution in the United States to do so. There were, how- 
ever, some difficulties yet to be overcome, as the authorities did not entirely agree with 
the findings of the board, and at the time of commencement in the year 1917 the matter 
had not been adjusted. 

Since the Reserve Officers' Training Corps had not been officially authorized, 
effective co-ordination of the Institute undergraduate life with the national service had 
not been accomplished and temporary measures were necessary. One of the first measures 
adopted by the Joint Committee at Colonel Cole's suggestion was the formation of drill 
squads, consisting of men of the senior and junior classes who expected shortly to enter 
the military service. These squads were so arranged that each man was given a chance 
to command and instruct, thereby insuring that upon reporting at officers' training camps 
elsewhere he would already have had some experience in these matters. 

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Arrangements were also made by which the class of 1918 could have an oppor- 
tunity to anticipate some of their fourth-year studies and thus be prepared to complete 
their courses before February, 1918. Starting June 13, 1917, courses in the more important 
and general senior-year subjects were opened under the direction of regular members of 
the Institute staff who undertook this work without remuneration. Over one-third of 
the senior class registered for the course. The schedule was so arranged that seniors could 
take from three to four subjects during the morning hours and have the afternoon free 
to devote to the military work, which was an important part of the scheme. This work 
was a continuation of that of the drill squads, but of course members of the class of 1917 
were no longer present. The one hundred and seventy members of the class of 1918, together 
with the numerous juniors who availed themselves of the opportunity to anticipate some 
of their studies, were organized into three companies under "Captains" H. F. Collins, 
'18, H. W. Fitch, '18, and W. A. Jones, '18; while L. F. Hamilton, '14, former colonel of 
the Cadet Corps, acted as major of the new organization, which was known as the Senior 
Battalion. The academic courses were intensified and required considerable preparation, 
and many of the men, in their anxiety to prepare themselves for government service as 
quickly as possible, undertook as much as fifteen hours' work daily. 

The military work of the battalion required three hours every afternoon including 
Saturday and sometimes extended over the week-end. A target range was built on the 
estate of Mr. W. Cameron Forbes at Norwood for the use of the Institute and there 
instruction was given with the Springfield rifle; on several occasions the battalion camped 
there overnight. Tents were not available and the men slept in the open without cover 
other than that afforded by the cloth gauze which had been provided as an alleged pro- 
tection against mosquitoes. Nevertheless the splendid spirit of the participants rendered 
the summer courses and Senior Battalion most successful, and many received their 
degrees in February, 1918. 

It was also necessary to provide for the sophomores who, it was hoped, by doing 
extra work during the summer could anticipate some of their junior studies and thus be 
able to join the Reserve Officers' Training Corps during the succeeding year. With this 
end in view the Joint Committee on National Service set to work to organize a summer 
military camp. The plan of the Joint Committee was to enlarge the existing plant 
arranged for the regular summer schools in hydrography, surveying and geology on Gard- 
ner's Lake, East Machias, Maine. Every member of the class of 1919 was personally 
interviewed by a member of the committee, and in worthy cases financial aid was 
offered, with the result that one hundred and twenty students, outside the required summer 
courses, registered. The plan could not have been carried on without considerable financial 
support, but Mrs. Cunningham, the widow of Edward Cunningham, '91, appreciating the 
necessity, generously subscribed to the support of the plan, and in memory of her husband 
the camp was named Camp Cunningham. 

On Monday, June 11, the first detachment left for Technology, Maine, followed 
on June 18 by Company A, composed of men of whom summer school was not required, 
but who had volunteered for the course. "Major" (Professor) G. E. Russell acted as executive 
officer and was assisted by "Captain" H. L. Wirt, '18, "Lieutenants" P. C. Leonard, '17, 
J. M. DeBell, '17, F. A. Washburn, '18, A. E. Tuttle, '17, E. H. Clarkson, '16, 
R. O. Lowengard and K. S. M. Davidson, '19. 

When Company A arrived at the camp they received their first experience in real 
military service. The summer rains had swamped the drill field, delayed the construc- 
tion of the barracks and washed out portions of the road to the camp. "Major" Russell 
put them to work repairing roads, building the rifle range and cleaning up debris, thus 
teaching at once the work military engineers are required to do and the truest type of 
discipline. Drill was conducted along the lines universally adopted by the Government 
at the Reserve Officers' Training Camps. Under the direction of "Lieutenant" A. E. 
Tuttle, rifle ranges were constructed with well-protected butts and firing points at ranges 
of two and three hundred yards. Through the efforts of "Major" Russell, Captain Bland, 
an officer of the Royal Field Artillery of Canada, who had seen two years' service in 
France, was secured to give instruction in artillery work with a dummy field battery. 

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For sub-caliber training a miniature Belgian village was built and a small bore rifle mounted 
on a dummy fieldpiece was employed to attack it. The effects produced were realistic 
and were of considerable aid to Captain Bland in demonstrating the theory of artillery 
attack and defence. Taken as a whole the course of training given Company A was very 
nearly identical with that given in the famous Plattsburg camps of 1915 and 1916, and 
members of Company A who have since seen active combatant service have stated that 
they consider their experience at Camp Cunningham as the most valuable training they 
received. 

On July 25 the students registered in courses requiring summer-camp instruction 
arrived at East Machias. Together with those men from Company A who intended to 
take regular surveying courses, these men were organized into a new company, known as 
Company B. It would appear that many objected to the military work as a waste of 




Tug-of-War at Camp Cunningham 



time and to military discipline which they found irksome. As time went on this feeling 
subsided; but the company does not appear to have worked with the same enthusiasm 
or to have obtained the same benefits as the men of Company A. 

The results of the summer camp were most gratifying. The greater majority of 
the men returned to the Institute and completed their courses and practically every man 
in Company A and many of those in Company B ultimately entered the military or naval 
service of the United States. Some twenty-six men went immediately into the Army 
or Navy, of whom two, Malcolm C. Brown, '19, and Donald C. Pero, '19, were shortly 
afterward killed in ser ice. 

Excellent as Camp Cunningham was, it had one serious defect — lack of official 
recognition. Men returning to the Institute from the camp found, as had been expected, 
that a Reserve Officers' Training Corps was about to be established, but they also dis- 
covered that they were not eligible to enter it, because they had not received two years 
of officially recognized training. 

In order to provide military instruction for those upper classmen who were inel- 
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organized an "advanced battalion." Enlistment was voluntary, but a student who 
registered was required by faculty ruling to complete the course. Four companies were 
organized, captained by students, who held their positions permanently, while men acting 
as lieutenants and non-commissioned officers were changed from time to time. Close-and- 
extended-order drill was undertaken as disciplinary exercise. Lieutenant Andre Morize, 
an officer in the French Army who had been detailed to instruct at Harvard University, 
lectured on trench warfare, and F. A.Washburn, '18, an instructor from the Naval Avia- 
tion Detachment, explained the operation and mechanism of the various machine guns 
and their tactical employment. During the second term Major Cole delivered informal 
lectures on military organization and the basic principles of warfare. Instruction given 
in the battalion was in fact of a very practical nature; sixty-five of its members 
received their degrees in February and went immediately into the service of the United 
States. 

In the meanwhile Doctor Maclaurin and the Corporation were continuing their efforts 
to establish a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and by October, 1917, it was 
possible to start work informally. The course, however, lacked official sanction until 
the thirteenth of December, when orders were received authorizing the establishment of 
coast artillery and signal corps units of the senior division; 217 sophomores and 550 
freshmen at once enrolled. The first year's instruction for the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps was the same as that heretofore given to the Cadet Corps, and during the second 
year also three hours weekly devoted to military work was to be required. Thereafter 
men desiring to try for a commission were to spend a minimum of five hours a week in 
military studies prescribed by the War Department. Those enrolling in the Corps for 
their third and fourth undergraduate years were to receive an allowance of thirty cents a 
day for rations and also a uniform, and were expected to complete the work of the course. 
Commissions, however, were to be issued only when the graduates had attended a 
government training camp and demonstrated their ability. 

The establishment of this unit came too late to achieve results. The class of 19 17 
had been graduated, the class of 1918 was about to be graduated, while the class of 1919 was 
ineligible. Furthermore, the draft law had been passed and it had been determined that this 
draft should be selective, those men who were engaged in work of an essential nature being 
exempted, while others were to be drafted at once. The weakness of the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps system was immediately exposed. The members of this corps were not in the 
military service of the United States. They were upon exactly the same status as other 
students and were therefore officially classed as in non-essential work. Once this decision 
had been made by the Provost-Marshal-General's Office, it was clear that education must 
gain official recognition as essential to the Nation's service or cease. It was realized by 
engineers generally that, if the draft law was enforced without exemptions for students, 
the supply of young men trained in technical subjects, upon which the Government would 
have to rely for its officer material, would be seriously interfered with, and a protest was 
accordingly lodged with the War Department by the Society for the Promotion of Engineer- 
ing Education. This protest carried weight, and a compromise was arranged by which 
students in engineering schools might enlist in the United States Corps of Engineers and 
be placed on a furlough status. They would thus be considered as being in the military forces 
of the United States and would not be subject to draft. It was further arranged that 
only those men would be permitted to avail themselves of this privilege who stood in the 
upper third of their respective classes, that they might from time to time be called for 
service and that upon graduation they would automatically return to their former 
status. General William M. Black, at that time Chief of Engineers, used this system 
with excellent judgment and for some months very fair results were obtained. 
About two hundred men in the Institute were certified as coming within the scope 
of the regulations and were duly enlisted, and a number of men were offered special 
work in the Corps of Engineers and left the Institute. The arrangement was on 
the whole quite satisfactory, so far as the students, the Institute and the Corps of Engi- 
neers were concerned. Similar arrangements were made by the Navy and some relief 
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not be permanent. The question as to whether or not education of the youth was or was 
not an essential feature of national service had not been decided. 

The decision which had rendered this arrangement necessary represented in tan- 
gible form the growing demand for men. The mobilization of the National Army was 
scarcely completed, yet it was already evident that the first estimates of the numbers of 
men necessary to fill the combatant divisions were altogether too small, while from every 
side war industries demanded men, both trained and untrained. Accordingly on Decem- 
ber 7, the faculty met with the object of discussing still further speeding up the courses 
of instruction. It was decided that all non-professional subjects be dropped, that the 
work of the junior and sophomore classes be shortened by at least one term and that one 
term's work be given in the summer of 1918, thus enabling the junior class (1919) to grad- 
uate on October 1, 1918, and the sophomore class (1920) in June, 1919. It was further 
arranged that members of the class of 1919 entering government service could omit thesis 
work and thus graduate in March, 1918. A little later another very radical innovation 
was made, namely, that of accepting a freshman class at mid-year. Most of these students 
were received at the Institute on the certificates of their former schools without any 
examination other than physical. The experiment, though certainly radical, proved a 
complete success. Extra physical training was given, particularly in the form of field 
sports and swimming, in which the majority of the class participated, and of this class, 
numbering approximately a hundred, only one was obliged to withdraw because of low 
standing. Arrangements were made during the spring for the new summer courses. These 
opened immediately after the close of the spring term with an enrollment of over six hun- 
dred men and proved so effective that 171 men of the class of 1919 were enabled to graduate 
in October, 1918. 

In spite of these arrangements, however, it was feared that some students in the 
two lower classes would leave the Institute in the summer of 1918 and would not return. 
A scheme was accordingly devised, which seems to have originated with the Joint Com- 
mittee of the Faculty and Corporation, whereby students were to be employed during the 
summer in shipyards. The idea was sponsored by Mr. A. F. Bemis, '93, Chairman of the 
Corporation Visiting Committee of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine 
Engineering, while Professors Spofford, Pearson, and Peabody took a prominent part in 
its development. The plan of campaign, once outlined, was taken up with the Institute 
Committee and a special committee working in co-operation with members of the faculty 
arranged to develop it. 

The program of this committee was framed in April and the campaign was opened 
the first week in May with a convocation which was addressed by Professor F. P. McKibben, 
'94, representing the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The undergraduate committee found 
that practically every student was fitted to be a shipfitter's helper at thirty-five cents an hour 
and that some were fitted for machinists. Most students found little difficulty in obtain- 
ing jobs near their home towns. The following shipyards asked for quotas of fifty or 
over: The New York Shipbuilding Co. of Camden, N. J.; Lake Torpedo Co., Bridgeport; 
Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; The Chester Co., Chester, Pa.; The Bath Iron Works, Bath, 
Me.; The Hog Island Yard at Philadelphia; the Fore River Works, and the Victory Plant 
at Squantum; The Texaco Co., Bath, Me.; later the Charlestown Navy Yard offered to 
take a hundred. The Tech took up the campaign with editorials and original cartoons 
representing the Tech undertakers "canning the Kaiser," Tech men celebrating their first 
launching, and the like. Due to summer school, many men could not work all summer, 
so six weeks was set as a minimum, and many men volunteered for work in the intervals 
of summer school. The question of housing was so arranged that the Technology group 
at each yard should live in barracks under a captain elected by themselves, thus tending 
to make their work not so much an individual enterprise as an Institute undertaking. 
As a final incentive an offer of some nine hundred dollars in prizes was made by Air. Bemis. 
Two hundred and forty-four men enrolled for the work. These young men unquestion- 
ably did a certain amount of service to the Nation, but the most important result seems 
to have been that they kept up their connection with the Institute and returned to finish 
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A number of essays were handed in by the men, and the sum of seven hundred 
dollars was distributed in prizes. The highest single prize was awarded to George A. Wil- 
son, '20, who received the first prize of one hundred dollars for the best essay describing 
the work performed. Leland W. Gilliatt, '20, received the second prize of ninety dollars 
and also won two fifty-dollar prizes for essays on training men for work in the shipbuilding 
industry and for the greatest number of hours of work actually performed during the summer. 
The prizes were distributed at a great smoker held on November 29, 1918, at which the 
student body was addressed by Doctor Maclaurin, Dean Burton and others, and the 
prizes were distributed by Mr. Bemis himself. 

The special courses and shipyard work during the summer of 1918 represented 
the last attempt on the part of the Institute to continue work as an independent educa- 
tional institution. The question as to whether or not education constituted essential-^ 
service had not been decided and the educational situation throughout the United States was 
rapidly becoming impossible. It was evident that unless education was given official status 
as an essential, no school or college, no matter of what nature, could continue to function. 
As this would deprive the Army and Navy of properly educated officer material and essen- 
tial industries of skilled technicians, the matter was taken up by the War Plans Division 
of the United States General Staff, and on May 8, 191 7, presidents of all colleges were 
informed that a plan had been worked out for the co-ordination of collegiate education 
with military requirements. This plan provided for the formation of a Students' Training 
Corps composed of Army and Navy units, which would be administered by the Committee 
on Education and Special Training of the War Department, a section of Training and 
Instruction Branch of the War Plans Division of the General Staff. The scheme was in 
fact nothing more or less than a scheme for a universal school of officer material. Each 
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training centre, in which a uniform program of military training would be carried out, 
but in which the collegiate education usually given would be continued. All men over 
eighteen years of age were to be voluntarily inducted into the service and then, as in the 
case of those previously enlisted in the Engineer Corps, were to be placed on a furlough 
status and given an amount of military instruction considerably larger than that previously 
arranged under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps system. The work of the students 
would thus be twofold — military and academic. 

It now became necessary for the War Department to select the man who was to 
organize this force and direct its academic activities. Doctor Richard C. Maclaurin was 
selected and, on July I, 1918, was appointed by the Secretary of War as educational 
director of the Students' Army Training Corps, under the War Plans Division of the 
General Staff. Doctor Maclaurin at once set about assembling his organization and was 
successful in obtaining as his immediate assistant Professor W. B. Munro, of the Depart- 
ment of Government of Harvard University, and later Professors H. W. Holmes and 
Alexander Inglis, of the Department of Education of Harvard. The next step was the 
division of the United States into twelve districts and the appointment of a district director, 
generally the president of a prominent university, who was assisted by a corps of assistant 
directors chosen from the educational world. Detailed plans for the organization of the 
training corps were then drawn up and tentative regulations were submitted to the various 
colleges. 

Just as the Training Corps was about to enter upon its work, however, all these 
plans had to be laid aside and the whole structure rebuilt from the ground. During the 
past year matters had gone badly with the Allies; in the fall of 1917 had come the Italian 
disaster, during the winter revolution and mutiny had demoralized Russia and finally, on 
the twenty-first of March, 191 8, the German offensive had well-nigh resulted in a decisive 
victory for the enemy. By summer American forces were in action, and the battles at 
Chateau-Thierry, Bois de Belleau, the Second Marne and the Vesle had been fought. 
Our troops had been everywhere victorious, but they had received losses which had stag- 
gered even their military advisers among our allies. At home the great cantonments 
stood empty, while the programs for shipbuilding, aircraft and ordnance had fallen behind 
the appointed schedules. From all sides came the demand for men, a demand which 
culminated in the passage of the Man-Power-Bill by Congress on August 31, 1918, by 
which the draft age was lowered to eighteen years, and in the decision of the War Depart- 
ment to send a maximum number of men to Europe at once. 

A ruling by the Judge Advocate General now made it impossible for members of the 
Students' Army Training Corps to remain on furlough status, and it was accordingly 
necessary that the students should be placed on active duty with full pay and provisions 
for subsistence, housing and instruction at the Government's expense. It also had the 
unfortunate result of placing students entirely under control of military commanding 
officers, although academic work was still to be carried forward under the auspices of the 
collegiate authorities, a situation which proved most difficult for all parties concerned. 

Furthermore, the demand for men was so serious that a policy was soon adopted 
which for the time being nullified the entire scheme. This was a decision by the War 
Department that men twenty-one years of age should be transferred to active units after 
three months, those of twenty years after six months and those of nineteen years after 
nine months of training. To be sure this policy conformed closely to that adopted by the 
Government at the United States Military Academy, for by this time the course there 
had been reduced to a single year. It was at that time believed, however, by the most 
experienced officers in the Army, and experience has amply borne this out, that for most 
boys of eighteen, one year's training is totally inadequate to produce officer material. 
The emergency, however, was critical and drastic measures were necessary. 

The subsequent history of the Students' Army Training Corps was unfortunate. 
It had been intended that the course should start October 2, 1918, but the influenza 
epidemic, which at that time was sweeping the country, prevented this, and the date was 
accordingly set for October 10. When this date arrived, however, it was still found that 
many men who should have reported had not done so. As a result, the process of induction, 

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which should have been completed at the very beginning of the term dragged on for a 
month, being prolonged by the failure of the local draft boards to return the necessary 
papers. Simultaneously came difficulties consequent on the breakdown in the Quarter- 
masters' Department and the failure of supplies, uniforms and bedding, and finally it was 
necessary that the men receive typhoid inoculation and perform other military duties 
which during the early days of the Corps interfered greatly with the academic work. 
Students, military and academic officials, however, did their best under the circumstances, 
and it at last appeared that the system might soon be in good running order, when the 
armistice was announced, leaving the students nothing more or less than a body of some 
one hundred and forty thousand very tired young men who had not yet been sufficiently 
under military discipline to have become used to it and who felt that the war was long 
over and that their education was being interfered with. 




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The unit at the Institute fared rather better than the average. One of the most 
serious difficulties encountered by most of the units was that of finding suitable quarters, 
since the change from furlough to active duty status required that the men should be 
housed in barracks. As this decision came late in August, great difficulty was experienced 
by most schools in putting up buildings in time to receive the students, and in providing 
suitable mess facilities. Thanks to the efforts of Bursar Ford, Mr. J. E. Jobling of Stone 
& Webster, not to mention Toni Tartarini and his unique foundations (see page 55), 
the buildings at the Institute were ready in ample time, while Mrs. McLean's splendid 
kitchen and dining room organization (see page 56) supplied excellent food and service. 

It had been expected by many that with the establishment of the Student Army 
Training Corps the Institute would find it necessary to abolish its usual courses, but such 
was not the case. Courses IX and XII were dropped, but all other courses in slightly 
modified form were continued in such a way that those taking a portion of the course in 
the Students' Army Training Corps could return after the war and complete the work 
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subjects given were chemistry, mechanical drawing and descriptive geometry, surveying, 
mathematics and war issues, the latter being a course in history and English prescribed 
for Students' Army Training Corps units and given throughout the United States under 
the direction of Professor Aydelotte of the Institute English Department. 

During the days of the Students' Army Training Corps the Institute presented a 
strange sight, for practically every student was in uniform and study commenced and 
ended each evening by the notes of the bugle. In addition to the Students' Army Training 
Corps unit, in which some 847 men were enrolled, there was also a unit of the Students' 
Navy Training Corps numbering 363. It had not at first been expected that this unit 
would be formed, but on September 21 its establishment was announced. As there was 
no time to make provision for installing the men elsewhere, the drawing-rooms of the 
Department of Civil Engineering, which had just been vacated by the Army School of 
Military Aeronautics, were assigned to the Students' Navy Training Corps unit and the 
Copernicus Tower became the "U. S. S. Copernicus." The men of both the army 
and navy units were sworn into the service of the United States, wore the regular 
uniform of their service and received the pay of enlisted men or of apprentice seamen, as 
the case might be. The school for naval aviators was at this time in its most flourishing 
condition, and during the forenoon more than four thousand men in the uniform of the 
United States could be seen drilling in the neighborhood of the Institute. Nor were the 
changes confined to the change from civilian to military. The men of the naval unit, 
who seem to have possessed excellent morale, organized a football team, which played 
Exeter and the corresponding unit at Springfield Training School, being beaten in both 
games by close scores. This incident was interesting, for though the team was selected 
from the naval unit only, men of all classes took part. 

After the demobilization of the Students' Army Training Corps many persons 
referred to the organization as a complete failure, both from an educational and from a mili- 
tary standpoint. Such a statement is entirely unwarranted by the facts. The Students' 
Army and Navy Training Corps did not fail in their object. They simply never started, 
and, like so many other excellent war measures, found themselves at the date of the arm- 
istice only beginning to reach a point where results might have been expected. The prin- 
ciple was absolutely correct, for it recognized the fact that men with sufficient ability to 
pursue collegiate education were the men with sufficient ability to become officers in the 
military or naval forces of the United States. It also recognized the fact that such men 
should receive general and technical education as well as military training to fit themselves 
to serve as officers and that their activities should not be diverted into other channels. 
This principle was that which had led to the formation of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps for peace-time training; it was the principle upon which the United States Military 
Academy is based and it is supported by the experience of all European nations during 
the war. Three hundred and fourteen of the institutions at which Students' Army Train- 
ing Corps units were established reported favorably as to the results obtained and where 
failures occurred these failures were, as a rule, due to uncontrollable circumstances, such 
as the influenza epidemic or those difficulties which are unavoidable in starting a new and 
large organization and obtaining proper co-operation between the members thereof — 
difficulties considerably increased by the peculiar dual control which it was necessary to 
establish in connection with the academic and military sides of the work. There can be 
no doubt that had the war continued the Students' Army Training Corps and Students' 
Navy Training Corps would have settled down to smooth-running organizations, giving 
approximately one-year courses in military and educational subjects more or less identical 
with the one-year course which the United States Military Academy had been forced to 
adopt in the fall of 191 8. With gradual adjustments and modifications in the relation 
between the academic and military personnel, the organization would have functioned 
ymoothly and efficiently, and it is quite possible that had experience at the front shown 
that men with one-year's training were insufficiently prepared, the course would have been 
somewhat lengthened. In any case the scheme was one which finally accomplished the 
desired result and obtained official recognition for collegiate training in the United 
States; whatever its mishaps and shortcomings, this fact alone marks it as epoch-making. 

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In this connection the" honor paid the Institute in the selection of Doctor Maclaurin 
as Educational Director of this movement cannot be overestimated. During the period 
covered by the Students' Army Training Corps the total enrollment in the colleges of the 
United States was 253,675, of which 78,550 were women. Of the remaining 175,125, no fewer 
than 144,437 were inducted into the Students' Army Training Corps. Even so the magnitude 
of the scheme does not represent the importance of Doctor Maclaurin's position. It should 
be realized that practically the entire collegiate education of the United States at the opening 
of the fall term of 1918 was carried on through the Students' Army Training Corps; Doctor 
Maclaurin, as Educational Director, was, therefore, the officially-recognized head of colle- 
giate education throughout the United States. 

The history of the Institute's undergraduate education during the war was not 
essentially different from that of the Nation as a whole. To the Nation the possibility of 
a world war seemed too remote to require or even to justify systematic preparation. When 
the emergency finally came the Institute, like the Nation, used every possible means to 
meet it, including shortened courses, summer schools and voluntary and officially-recog- 
nized military courses. In this connection the Institute has the honor of having been the 
first collegiate institution to grasp the fact that official recognition was necessary and to 
take measures to bring about better co-operation through the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps. Furthermore, after the signing of the armistice, measures were taken at once to 
reorganize our courses on a sounder basis, with the result that to-day a Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps has become an important part of the Institute undergraduate life, while 
the co-operation with the Government relative to special graduate courses to officers of 
the Army and Navy also has been placed upon a most satisfactory basis. , 

The Institute has appreciated the fact that the highest possible mission of an insti- 
tution of learning is to prepare men to do their duty as citizens of the Nation in time of 
war as well as in time of peace; if this lesson has been well learned the price has not been 
too great. 

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENTS 

The various measures described in the preceding pages; the formation of the govern- 
ment schools; the rearrangement of laboratories; investigation of special problems for the 
Government by members of the staff and finally the change of the entire student body from 
a civil to a military basis involved other problems than those of a purely academic nature. 
Among these were new construction, and the provision of messing facilities for the four 
thousand five hundred men in uniform stationed at this time at the Institute. Each 
military unit as it was organized or as it arrived required barracks and mess halls. As 
the number grew it was necessary also to obtain offices for administration, hospitals and 
recreation centers. Much of the apparatus employed was of a bulky nature, and additional 
protection both against the weather and from hostile agents was required. 

When the first aviation cadets arrived (see page 12) they were temporarily 
housed by fitting up the drawing-rooms of the Civil Engineering Department as sleeping 
quarters. Such rapidity was required in making preparations that it was impossible for the 
Government to supply the necessary bunks, and spare beds and cots belonging to the Insti- 
tute, or secured by immediate purchase, were utilized until the regulation material arrived. 
The Walker Memorial was at this time nearing completion, and throughout the summer 
work upon it was rushed, with the result that it was turned over early in September for use 
as barracks. Although the building was by no means complete, the walls being still 
unpainted and the woodwork not entirely in place, the gymnasium and locker rooms were 
fitted up as squad rooms and finally the balconies overlooking the dining room were walled 
off with canvas and also fitted up in the same manner, while the dining room became the 
mess hall for the cadets both military and naval. Even these facilities did not prove 
sufficient, and it ultimately became necessary to erect a temporary barracks near Ames 
Street for the naval aviators, while with the organization of the Students' Army 
Training Corps (see page 49) five large barracks were erected on Massachusetts 
Avenue. The Naval Aviation Detachment (see page 20) was able to utilize for 
administrative offices, the building which had been the office of the Stone & Webster Corpo- 

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ration during the erection of the permanent buildings of the Institute but it was necessary 
to build a hospital and a recreation center, while later a landing stage on the Charles 
River and a bandstand were constructed. 

Neither were the Institute's laboratories large enough for the strain now thrown 
upon them, and one temporary addition after another was erected. Through the 
generosity of General Coleman du Pont, '84, Pierre S. du Pont, '90, and Lammot du 
Pont, '01, funds were already available for an aeronautical laboratory known as the du 
Pont Airdrome. The building was rushed to completion and in it the four-foot wind tun- 
nel was installed. Other buildings followed rapidly, including testing sheds for airplane 
motors; a cruciform building, popularly called the "Cathedral," used for instruction in 
observation, navigation and rigging, and two airplane hangars. These in turn were fol- 
lowed by more testing sheds, laboratories, classrooms, machine-gun ranges, and last of all 




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was Built in less than One Month's Time 



a huge "mystery" pen in which experiments of confidential character, which involved 
apparatus of great weight and large dimensions (see page 280), were carried out. 

Altogether this building program cost the Institute $550,929. The entire arrange- 
ments were handled under the President's direction by Bursar Horace S. Ford, who also 
was charged with Liberty Loan and similar work at the Institute. The rapidity and 
economy with which the work was accomplished were due largely to Mr. Jobling, who was 
in charge of the work for the Stone & Webster Corporation and who at all times gave most 
hearty co-operation. The structures were erected at the expense of the Institute, but an 
arrangement was made by which the Government provided compensation based on the 
probable depreciation and salvage value. The rates were well adjusted and had prices 
remained constant would have worked out in such a manner that the Institute would have 
been neither the winner nor loser. As a matter of fact however, prices during the years 
1918 and .1919 rose to such an extent that the ultimate salvage value of the property was 
considerably above that which had been anticipated at the signing of the contract, and as 
a result the Institute may be said to have made a very advantageous bargain. For exam- 

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pie, in the spring of 1917 the space between Walker Memorial and the main buildings was 
practically a marsh and there was little intention at that time of filling it. It was necessary, 
however, that the naval aviators should have a drill ground, and men were put to work 
filling and levelling it off, providing a surface upon which two baseball diamonds and a 
football field have since been laid out. The cost of this work in the summer of 1917 was 
barely half the amount which would have been involved in carrying out the same work in 
1919. 

Nearly all the buildings had to be put up in more or less of a hurry and some under 
conditions demanding the greatest possible haste. It was only upon rare occasions 
that Mr. Ford was able to furnish Mr. Jobling or any of his subcontractors with anything 
approaching a plan. Practically all of the work was based on sketches, the design of the 
building being completed after it was actually in the course of erection. One noteworthy 



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B Gunnery 

C Barracks 

D Hecreat/on 

E Walker Memoria/ 

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F Band Ordnd 

G Landing- Stage 

H Hospita/ 

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K Engine Laboratory 

L Engine Testing 

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example of this was the building of the barracks for the Students' Army Training Corps 
in the fall of 191 8. It was not until just before Labor Day that it was decided by the 
General Staff that these barracks would be necessary. On the morning of Saturday, August 
31, Doctor Maclaurin indicated to Bursar Ford the general location for the buildings. 
Excavation was begun before noon. The next day was Sunday and the next Labor Day, 
but the work continued. About noon on Labor Day, Mr. W. H. Mitchell, who had the 
contract for the plumbing, was furnished with a plan of the buildings and of the required 
plumbing drawn on the lid of a soap box with a* piece of chalk. The plumbers at once set 
to work putting the fixtures together in the open and installing them as rapidly as enough 
of the buildings were completed to permit. In the same way equipment for the kitchen 
and dining room was installed, including stoves, ovens and soup kettles, many of the 
pieces being actually in place before there was a roof above them. 

Speed was of the utmost importance as the barracks and mess hall were needed by 
September 28. The work was much expedited by the quick thinking of one of the work- 
men, Toni Tartarini by name, who hit upon a device which saved many hours. It had 

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been intended to place the foundations of the buildings upon concrete piers cast upon 
ordinary forms and it had been expected that some days would be necessary for the con- 
crete to set. Tartarini had noticed a number of terra cotta electrical conduits lying near 
by and suggested that if these were placed on end and filled with concrete they would 
make excellent piers, as the conduits were strong enough to carry the weight of the floor 
beams while the concrete set. His scheme was adopted and the work continued without 
interruption, several of the buildings being ready within three weeks. On October 10, 
when the Institute opened after some delay, due to influenza, the buildings had been ready 
for occupancy for some days. 

Housing the men was one part of the problem. Another, equally important, was 
that of feeding them. 

With the organization of the Students' Army Training Corps the number of students 
in uniform at the Institute approximated four thousand, and the provision of messing facili- 
ties was an affair of considerable magnitude. This task was placed in the hands of Mrs. 
Helen E. McLean, a graduate of Simmons College, who was given general charge of the 
Walker Memorial dining room, where the military and naval aviators were provided for, 
and of the Students' Army Training Corps mess hall as well. She was also responsible for 
the diet kitchens, serving two hospitals of fifty beds each. She was assisted by Miss Mar- 
guerite Duncan, who had immediate charge of Walker Memorial, and Miss Edna Hamblin, 
who had charge of the Students' Army Training Corps mess hall. Mrs. McLean's organ- 
ization, which included over one hundred persons, was at one time serving no less than 
ten thousand meals per day. Her motto was, "Give them what they want, and plenty of 
it, " and it appears to have been most satisfactory. Not only were the meals excellent and 
the food plentiful, but the rapidity of service was worthy of note. At the Students' Army 
Training Corps hall alone a system was developed by which it was possible to provide the 
students with meals at a rate of one hundred men per minute. 

CONCLUSION 

In carrying out this entire program of education, of research and of construction 
the Institute's authorities were guided by a single policy, namely: that of giving the maxi- 
mum possible service to the' National Government. The results obtained can only be 
described as wonderful, particularly when the condition of unpreparedness under which 
they were undertaken is considered. However, this condition of unpreparedness cannot 
be disregarded; although much was accomplished, much more could have been accom- 
plished had we been ready. It must be recollected that the Government of the United 
States is so organized that quick action in a sudden crisis is almost impossible. There- 
fore, if an institution is to be prepared to co-operate with the Government in an emergency, 
plans for this co-operation must be laid in advance. It was perhaps through no fault of 
the Institute that before the late emergency these plans had not been perfected, but the 
question may well be asked, whether it is not now our duty to make every possible arrange- 
ment for closer co-operation with the National Government, in order that in future time 
and energy shall not be lost in attempting to prepare after the emergency is upon us. 



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WAR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTE 

In addition to the work of the Institute proper a number of war activities were 
carried on in the name of the Institute by various organizations composed of individuals 
more or less closely connected with it. These activities took the form of auxiliary com- 
mittees and associations whose object was to aid the Nation by placing Tech men to the 
best advantage, or to assure the comfort and sustain the morale of those Tech men already 
in service. 

Mention has already been made of the connection of certain alumni with the first 
Plattsburg camp in 191 5 and of the efforts made by these men and others toward national 
preparedness before the actual outbreak of hostilities. The Institute and its alumni, as 
a whole, however, took no really effective action until the fall of the year 1916, because the 
interest of Tech men had been concentrated upon the opening of the New Technology. 
With the beginning of the fall term in the new buildings it was possible for other matters 
to be taken up, and that of preparing for the threatened national emergency was one of 
the first to receive attention. Doctor George E. Hale, '90, Director of the Mount Wilson 
Solar Observatory and Chairman of the National Research Council, had just returned 
from the western battlefront after completing a study of conditions undertaken in con- 
nection with the organization of the National Research Council. His trip abroad had 
impressed Doctor Hale with the absolute necessity for immediate mobilization of the scien- 
tific talent and the facilities for research throughout the United States, for he believed war 
to be inevitable and imminent. With this end in view he interviewed President Mac- 
laurin, Mr. I. W. Litchfield, '85, at that time field manager of the Alumni Association and 
editor of the Technology Review, and many other influential members of the alumni 
and corporation, urging the necessity of immediate action. At the opening exercises of 
the Institute he addressed the students and faculty, driving home the necessity for arrang- 
ing closer co-operation between the Institute, the National Research Council and other 
governmental bodies, summing up the situation with these words: "By the same token, 
no sane nation will remain unguarded, least of all a nation rich beyond all others and 
irrevocably committed to the aggressive dictum of the Monroe Doctrine. We have chosen 
to demand, and we have repeatedly proclaimed in no uncertain tones, that no European 
nation shall acquire a foot of territory in this hemisphere, even if it be more remote from 
us than Europe itself. Are we prepared to enforce this demand?" 

At the October meeting of the Alumni Council preparedness had become the most 
important issue for discussion. The meeting was opened by Charles A. Stone, '88, President 
of the Alumni Association, who introduced Doctor Hale. Doctor Hale addressed the Coun- 
cil, urging upon them, as he urged upon the students and faculty, the need of extending the 
research facilities of the Institute and making the fullest use of them in co-operation with the 
Government in time of emergency. Doctor Hale was followed by Lester D. Gardner, 
'98, who, as we have seen, was one of the first Tech men to attend the Plattsburg training 
camps and who was at this time publishing the magazine, National Defense. Mr. Gard- 
ner attacked the question from every side, drawing attention to the need of immediate and 
definite action which would be of aid to the Council of National Defense. He laid partic- 
ular stress upon the provisions of the National Defense Act and showed how the problems 
which the Government would be called upon to solve, were in almost every case those with 
which Tech men, by training and profession, were accustomed to deal. 

Following Mr. Gardner's speech, President Stone read a letter which Merton 
L. Emerson, '04, had written the preceding April, suggesting that the Council take up 
the matter of preparedness in all its phases with reference to offering the assistance of 
Technology to the Government in case of need and stressing the fact that, under the act 

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of June 3, creating an officers' reserve corps, it might be possible for the Institute to 
render most valuable assistance along purely educational lines. 

I. W. Litchfield, '85, then presented a motion as follows: "That, in the opinion of 
the Council, Technology should assist as far as possible in promoting research and in secur- 
ing such information as may be of service to the National Government along the lines 
suggested by Doctor Hale and Mr. Gardner, and that a committee of four be appointed 
by the chair to make recommendations at the next meeting of the Council." 

The motion was carried and a committee consisting of I. W. Litchfield, '85, James 
P. Munroe, '82, Raymond B. Price, '94, and Merton L. Emerson, '04, was appointed. 

This committee of four utilized the next few weeks in interviewing representative 
alumni and framing a policy for future action, and at the meeting of the Alumni Council, 
on December 18, 1916, reported as follows: 

"To most of us [i.e. the average alumnus] this country appears to be serenely and prosperously intrenched 
within its own borders, the prospects of war extremely vague and European conditions so remote from us as to 
figure merely as interesting features of conversation. This lethargic view is extremely dangerous and even 
menacing. 

"It seems to the committee that the first office of a special committee of the Alumni Association might 
be to present vividly to the members of the association some of the tendencies that are affecting a broad readjust- 
ment of business and social inter-relations in Europe; tendencies so radical that they compel the most open- 
minded, intelligent and earnest thought. The changing conditions abroad are being brought about through the 
stress of dire necessity, and we, far removed from the struggle, are in no frame of mind to comprehend either 
the tendency or its cause. It is particularly an obligation upon us, as an engineering school, to stimulate con- 
structive thought among our members, and by establishing a method of procedure, blaze the way for extending 
the work to other institutions and other fields. 

"The results to be accomplished are equally necessary, whether the nation is at peace or war, and the 
problems presented can only be solved by scientific methods. 

"We believe that an alumni committee can be of service: 

"(1) By studying economic tendencies in Europe produced by the war, and by presenting its observa- 
tions to the alumni for discussion and concerted action. 

"(2) By stimulating research at the Institute itself. 

"(3) By tabulating the various researches that have been and are being conducted by alumni. 

" (4) By suggesting both to the alumni for their consideration, and to the Faculty as subjects for gradua- 
tion theses, the lines for experiment and research which should be of the greatest immediate value. 

"(5) By canvassing the alumni body and creating a personnel index — in effect, an inventory of pro- 
fessional ability and experience with a sort of relative appraisal. 

"(6) By suggesting that the duty of Technology to the national government be made the topic of dis- 
cussion in local centers and among classes wherever Tech men come together. 

" (7) By establishing sub-committees in classes and local centers for the purpose of more effective 
organization, closer co-operation and wider publicity. 

" (8) By soliciting carefully thought-out suggestions from the alumni covering any field within the scope 
of the committee." 

Whatever may have been the state of mind of the average alumnus on this date, 
it must be said that the committee in its recommendations showed evidence of having 
gone into the subject thoroughly, and its recommendations included the very best known 
methods of preparation. In particular it should be noted that recommendations one, 
three and five represent steps of the most basic character — being, in fact, the exact steps 
necessary to determine the resources possessed by Technology, steps which would of neces- 
sity precede the offering of these resources to the Government. 

The report of the committee was favorably received. Upon motion of Harold E. 
Kebbon, '12, seconded by Arthur T. Bradlee, '88, it was voted: "That a committee for 
mobilizing Technology's resources be appointed by the chair, in accordance with the report 
of the preliminary committee presented by Mi. Litchfield tonight; that the committee 
consist of not less than twenty-five members, and that there be appointed from that num- 
ber an executive committee of not less than five, with power to increase its own number 
and also that of the general committee as it may seem fit. This committee shall be 
empowered to adopt its own budget and to raise funds for prosecuting its work." 

The committee appointed was called the Committee on the Mobilization of Tech- 
nology's Resources and consisted of the following: Executive Committee — I. W. Litch- 
field, '85, chairman, Merton L. Emerson, '04, James P. Munroe, '82, Raymond B. Price, 

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'94, and Charles A. Stone, '88; General Committee — Members of the Executive Com- 
mittee and George J. Baldwin, '77, William H. Bixby, '70, W. H. Bovey, '94, Coleman du 
Pont, '84, S. M. Felton, '73. Edward M. Hagar, '93, Edmund Hayes, '73, Morris Knowles, 
'91, P. W. Litchfield, '96, Frank W. Lovejoy, '94, E. C. Lufkin, '85, John L. Mauran, 
'89, H. P. Maxim, '86, E. B. Phelps, '99, T. W. Robinson, '84, E. W. Rollins, '71, F. E. 
Shepard, '87, F. A. Smythe, '89, H. M. Waite, '90, Edwin S. Webster, '88, W. R. Whitney, 
'90, C.-E. A. Winslow, '98, and F. W. Wood, '77. 

Mr. Litchfield naturally, as chairman of the executive committee, was chiefly 
responsible for its work and although busy with other interests he at once took steps to 
carry through the program adopted. Mr. Litchfield kept in touch with Doctor Hale and 
Doctor Godfrey and also had frequent interviews with Howard Coffin of the Council of 
National Defense, who at this time was regarded as one of the chief authorities on pre- 




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paredness. As a result of these interviews Mr. Litchfield was able so to plan the opera- 
tions of the committee as to co-ordinate the demands of the Council of National Defense 
and those of the National Research Council, but little attention seems to have been paid 
to the requirements of Army or Navy. 

One of the first steps taken was to arrange for the use of the January number of 
the Review for the year 191 7 as a forum for discussion of preparedness. All alumni 
were requested to write stating what service, in their opinion, Technology and Tech men 
could render in case of an outbreak of war. The replies received showed every shade of 
opinion and every type of mental attitude, C. H. Parker, of the class of 1895, in particu- 
lar, sent in an excellent discussion quoted from an article written by himself for the June, 
1916, number of Edison Life. A very large number of men, especially from the classes 
about the year 1900, seemed to have already given the matter much thought and to have 
seen clearly that any attempt at preparedness with a volunteer military system would 
be utterly futile. 

Letters were also sent to local associations urging them to organize to aid the move- 

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ment for preparedness, especially encouraging prompt replies to circulars which were to 
be sent out. The replies were as interesting as those from individuals. The association 
at Milwaukee declined to aid the movement. Many of the discussions elsewhere showed 
a tendency to concentrate entirely on the industrial problem, neglecting military needs. 
At least one club three days before the declaration of war held a meeting at which the 
major part of the evening was given up to the discussion of "What is 'Preparedness'?" 
and "Preparedness for Peace." Others on the contrary, notably the association at Pitts- 
burgh, seem to have fully grasped the situation and adopted a program designed not only 
to provide for industrial preparedness, but also to promote universal military service and 
provision of reserve officers. 

Work among the undergraduates was not neglected. On February I a committee 
was appointed by the Institute Committee to determine how the undergraduates of the 
Institute could render most acceptable service. This committee, which consisted of 
K. C. Richmond, '17, chairman, A. E. Keating, '17, and A. F. Benson, '17, acting under 
the advice of Major Cole and Registrar Humphreys, of the faculty, spent four weeks in 
consulting officers of the Army and Navy and men of influence in civil and industrial life 
to obtain a consensus of the best-qualified opinion as to the proper course to be pursued. 
At the close of this investigation a mass meeting of the students was called and the com- 
mittee reported its findings; these may be summed up by stating that it was found that 
the undergraduates could render best service by continuing their education until such time 
as they were qualified to serve either as civilian experts or as officers in the Army or Navy. 
The committee suggested that all men should be physically examined to determine whether 
or not they would be able to serve in the latter capacity, and those found able to do so 
should enlist in the Officers' Reserve Corps as soon as a branch of that organization was 
established at the Institute. 

It has already been shown how this policy, which was identical with that inde- 
pendently determined upon by Doctor Maclaurin, became the guiding policy of the Institute 
throughout the early stages of the war. It has also been shown how after the declaration 
of war many of the functions of the undergraduate preparedness committee were 
taken over by the Joint Committee for National Service, but the policy remained 
unchanged. 

The most important work along preparedness lines, however, was done by the 
Committee on the Mobilization of Technology's Resources, in gathering material for a 
card index of Technology alumni, together with their special qualifications along technical 
lines. The questionnaires sent out included requests for information under twenty-fi-e heads 
and two hundred and thirty-nine subheads, which included practically every type of service 
ordinarily needed in connection with military preparation, with the exception of those which 
were regarded as of a strictly military nature. In this respect the questionnaire presents con- 
siderable contrast to that sent out by the American Legion (not to be confused with the 
present organization of the same name) about a year previously, in which more than half 
the questions dealt with experience which might be considered as military or as forming a 
basis for military training. Military and naval service, however, were provided for under 
the "Principal Question," which was — "In what capacity do you think you can give 
your best service? This service may be in the industrial, professional, or military field. 
Your card will be indexed in accordance with this information." 

That more stress was not laid upon military requirements may seem surprising until 
the attitude in official circles in this country and abroad in the early part of 1917 is taken 
into consideration. It must be remembered that the attitude of the American people up 
to this time had been without parallel in European history, and European diplomats fully 
believed that the American people actually were "too proud to fight." Under these con- 
ditions they had instructed their representatives to give the United States to understand 
that if she entered the war no military aid would be required from her, since it was feared 
that should the American people believe that they would be called upon to furnish men 
they would not enter the war at all. It will be remembered that Mr. Balfour, Ex-Premier 
of England, even at a later date, came to this country with the message to the effect that 
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until Marshal JofTre made his dramatic demand, "We want men," that the true nature of 
our participation in the war was realized. 

The questionnaires were sent out about the first of January. Replies were still com- 
ing in after the middle of April. Upwards of six thousand were received — the largest 
number which had ever responded up to that date to a Technology circular. The results 
were carefully tabulated and card-indexed according to a system worked out by Mr. Litch- 
field. At the outbreak of war the Committee on the Mobilization of Technology's 
Resources had roused Tech men throughout the United States to the necessity of industrial 
and military preparedness. It had insured a definite policy on the part of the undergrad- 
uates and had succeeded in gathering, classifying and indexing a great amount of most 
valuable information of which, as we shall see, the Government was able to make 
excellent use. 

While the Committee on the Mobilization of Technology's Resources was directing 
its campaign from Cambridge, a more or less independent movement originated in the 
Middle West under the auspices of the Technology Clubs Associated. The object of the 
associated clubs had been that of providing reunions at points other than Boston. It had 
been determined to hold the meeting for the year 1917 at Cleveland, and it was decided 
that the chief subject for discussion on this occasion should be "Technology's Opportunity 
for Service." This meeting was held on April 19, 20 and 21, 1917. Many plans were 
proposed for aiding the Nation. It seemed to be the consensus of opinion that the policy 
which had up to this time been followed, of directing all efforts from Boston, was unwise 
and that the Institute should be represented by an office established in Washington, D.C. 
A motion to this effect was carried, and after some discussion it was voted to appoint a 
committee independent of the Committee on the Mobilization of Technology's Resources. 
The chairman of this new committee was Van Rensselaer Lansingh, '98, while Maurice R. 
Scharff, '09, was appointed executive secretary. On April 26 this committee met and 
determined to establish an office in Washington in accordance with the ideas which had 
been advanced at Cleveland. 

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was located in the Union Trust Building. It was planned to issue a weekly bulletin to be 
sent to the secretaries of the Technology Clubs throughout the country and to all men 
who were interested, furnishing the latest information on all the opportunities for govern- 
ment service. The various clubs throughout the United States also organized local com- 
mittees to work on all important problems, notably those relative to manufacture and 
food production, to harmonize the activities of the various committees which might be 
formed and to bring these in touch with the main committees in Washington and Cam- 
bridge. As a matter of fact the co-operation between these committees was very close. 
The card catalogue of Tech men which had been prepared by the Committee on the 
Mobilization of Technology's Resources was found invaluable and was the means of locat- 
ing men needed in various governmental bureaus and departments, and Mr. Litchfield 
was soon spending most of his time in Washington, where he worked in co-operation with 
Mr. Scharff. 

The activities of the Washington bureau seem to have been still more or less con- 
centrated on the idea of industrial service — of protecting industry rather than encouraging 
Tech men to take an active military part, or of providing the military forces with skilled 
men. The first bulletin, issued on May 17, laid stress upon the inadvisability of volunteer 
enlistment and upon the opportunities offered in Civil Service, while others of later date 
laid stress on insuring exemption from military service for skilled men in industry. It 
would appear that the committee overlooked the fact that skilled men were needed in the 
Army and Navy as well as in industry. Had the policy advocated been carried out to the 
logical conclusion practically every man in the United States, except those already in the 
Regular Army, would have been excused from military service, since it was obvious, that 
very few men had been trained as soldiers and that nearly all men would be most skilled 
in the occupations in which they were engaged. Nevertheless, little harm appears to have 
resulted, for the government policy from the start was, so far as possible, to obtain men for 
the military service where they could be ordered to such duties as were required, and as 
a result eighty per cent of the men actually placed by the Tech Bureau were commis- 
sioned as officers in the Army. 

The Technology Women's Association also took up the movement for prepared- 
ness. A meeting was held late in April in the Emma Rogers Room at the Institute at 
which Miss Mabel K. Babcock, '08, President of the Association, was empowered to 
appoint a committee to prepare questionnaires adapted to Technology women, with the 
object of forming an index in the same manner as had been done by the Committee on the 
Mobilization of Technology's Resources. It is interesting to note that practically every 
member of the association was already engaged in work of an essential nature, particularly 
in ship-drafting rooms and in hospitals. 

One of the chief objects of the Washington Bureau had been to distribute informa- 
tion to the various Technology Clubs and Tech men generally through weekly bulletins. 
This method proved rather slow and awkward. Moreover the undergraduates were in 
need of information and the plan did not provide for them. There was not a sufficiently 
close bond between the alumni and the undergraduates, and it was felt that some better 
means of maintaining touch was needed. 

It occurred to Professor Henry G. Pearson of the faculty that The Tech might 
extend its field to include dissemination of information from the Washington office and also 
to supply the alumni generally with information relative to the undergraduates. About 
June 20 Professor Pearson took up the idea with Paul C. Leonard, '17, acting manager of 
The Tech, who was at that time at Camp Cunningham. Details were arranged, and it 
was decided to submit the plan to the Committee on Mobilization of Technology's 
Resources. On the twenty-seventh of June the matter was placed before James P. Munroe, 
'82, who, as we have seen, was a member of the committee. 

It may be well to state here that, largely through Mr. Munroe's modesty, it has 
been very difficult to determine just how .much of a part he played up to this point in the 
work of mobilizing Technology's resources. It may be said, however, that wherever an 
activity was in progress he appears to have been present or was exercising an influence 
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and more or less independent movements which during this period had been working 
toward a common end. He had frequently made trips to Washington to confer with Doctor 
Godfrey and Doctor Hale; he had been present at the meeting of the Technology Clubs 
Associated; and, as will be seen later, he had been carrying on work of an important 
nature in making preliminary arrangements to establish a Tech Bureau in Paris. Further- 
more, as treasurer of the Committee on Mobilization he had been responsible for all 
finances connected therewith. Mr. Munroe approved the new plan and it was at once pre- 
sented to and approved by the committee. 

The first issue of the paper under the new arrangement, which has come to 
be known as The War-Time Tech, appeared on July 3, 1917. In this issue it was 
announced that the publication was prepared to give: 

"News straight from the live alumni center at Washington, in the heart of things. 

"News from the fifty local Technology Associations all over the country. 

"News from the Technology center in Paris, in touch with all those in the fight. 

"News from the Summer Camp, from Plattsburg and from all other training camps where Institute men 
may be. 

"News of various activities of the Institute itself and of its teaching staff. 

"News twice a week, fresh, condensed, accurate, vital to every man and woman closely or remotely allied 
with Technology." 

The announcement was subscribed to by representatives of the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Alumni Association, Mobilization Committee, Technology Clubs 
Associated, The Tech, and the War Service Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Edward Cunningham 
was chairman and of which more will be said later. 

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nent basis until September 2, at which date an alumni editor was appointed for The 
Tech and financial guarantees were given which would insure the success of the program. 
Even before this had been arranged the scheme had worked out successfully and the paper 
was being mailed to subscribers throughout the United States and abroad. Arrange- 
ments were made by which a number of copies of The Tech were forwarded to the 
Paris Bureau, where the names of Tech men in the American Expeditionary Forces were 
kept on file and from which the papers were forwarded. As time went on the overseas 
circulation increased to over six hundred. Through the work of the Correspondence 
Committee (see page 66 ) and the War Service Auxiliary (see page 69 ) the addresses of 
most of our men were available, and The Tech was then mailed directly to the men, 
finding its way to Tech men in every portion of the world — in Red Cross hospitals, in 
posts of command and in dugouts on the battlefront. The experiment of The War-Time 
Tech was an unqualified success and may have paved the way for future and very 
desirable co-operation between the undergraduates and the alumni. 

Another activity which became closely associated with those already described was 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology War Service Auxiliary (see page 69). This 
organization originated, as did so many other Technology activities, with Mrs. Cunning- 
ham and a number of other well-wishers of the Institute. First under the name of " Friends 
of Technology" and later under the title of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
War Service Auxiliary, they undertook to provide for tk~ comfort of Tech men who might 
enter the Army or Navy and to keep them as cheerfui as circumstances would permit. 
To Mrs. Cunningham is also due the establishment of the Paris Bureau, the formation of 
the War Service Auxiliary Workroom, where many articles were made and shipped 
to Tech men abroad and in which relief work was carried on by members of this organ- 
ization during the Halifax disaster and during the terrible epidemic of influenza in the fall 
of 1918. Mrs. Cunningham took up the question of forming the auxiliary with the Com- 
mittee on Mobilization about May 14, and in early June the work was well under way. 
From that time on it continued to enlarge, until it became, with the Paris Bureau, the 
chief auxiliary war activity carried on in the name of Technology. 

The first of July, 1917, found four separate and distinct organizations connected 
with the Institute performing service of one kind or another; namely, the Committee on 
the Mobilization of Technology's Resources, the Washington Bureau of the Technology 
Clubs Associated, the War Service Auxiliary and the committee of the Women's Tech- 
nology Association. The object of these organizations was nearly identical. It was 
natural that they should draw together, and an influence in this direction was The War- 
Time Tech. 

A crisis occurred in July, 191 7. This crisis was brought about by the fact that 
three of the men who had been chiefly responsible for carrying on the work in Washington 
and elsewhere entered the government service. Within a few weeks of one another, 
James P. Munroe was appointed one of three lay commissioners on the Federal Board for 
Vocational Education (see page 341), Mr. Litchfield was appointed one of five directors 
to take charge of the Technical and Engineering Division of the United States Public 
Service Reserve Board (see page 339) and finally, Mr. Scharff was called away to take 
charge of the construction of Camp McClellan, Alabama, as supervising engineer under 
the Cantonment Construction Division of the United States War Department (see 
page 318). 

It was evident that arrangements must be made at once for unifying the various 
activities, and with this end in view on July 19, 1917, a meeting was called in Washington 
at which representatives from the Executive Committee of the Technology Clubs Asso- 
ciated, from the Committee on the Mobilization of Technology's Resources, from the War 
Service Auxiliary and from the Joint Committee on National Service were present. At 
this meeting it was voted to consolidate all of these efforts under a single committee to 
be known as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee for National Service. 
This committee was made up as follows: James P. Munroe, '82, chairman; I. W. Litchfield, 
'85, vice-chairman; F. A. Smythe, '89, vice-chairman; Francis R. Hart, '89, vice-chairman 
(ex-officio); Walter Humphreys, '97, treasurer, (ex-officio) ; A. Farwell Bemis, '93, Merton 

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L. Emerson, '04, Charles W. Eaton, '85, Frederic H. Fay, '93, Lester D. Gardner, '98, 
Morris Knowles, '91, Raymond B. Price, '94, and H. W. Tyler, '84. 

On July 23, 1917, Professor Henry G. Pearson arrived in Washington, as did also 
John M. DeBell, '17, who had up to that time been acting as an instructor at Camp Cun- 
ningham and who had been wired to report in Washington to take charge of the office. 
On the thirty-first Paul C. Leonard, '17, also arrived and remained in charge for a short 
time. The work continued to increase rapidly, though its nature differed somewhat from 
that of the early days. At that time the Government had been able to obtain from the 
Institute card catalogue the names of large groups of men able to perform certain kinds of 
work and had availed itself constantly of this privilege. Inasmuch as Mr. Litchfield 
was now in government service and had taken with him the Institute card catalogue, this 
information was now directly available in the government departments, although it was 
also still available to the Tech Bureau. The Bureau, however, still found an immense 
amount of work in handling individual cases. Tech men were constantly arriving in 
Washington, seeking positions in which they might be of especial value. In the majority 
of such cases the Bureau was able to direct them to the proper officials without delay. 
In the same manner inquiries from Tech men in government service who were attempting 
to complete their organizations were frequently answered by sending the men desired 
within a few hours. Considerable work was also done in determining the status of men 
who through conflicting regulations of various departments had found themselves in 
ambiguous positions. Thus certain members of the Engineer Officers Reserve Corps, 
although commissioned officers, had been called by their local draft boards and ordered 
to report as privates to various cantonments. Inquiries at the Adjutant-General's 
Office brought the reply that they would be obliged to report at once. Inquiries sent to 
the Provost-Marshal's Office brought word that they would not be required to do so. In 
such cases the Bureau was able to give valuable assistance in bringing the discrepancies 
to the notice of the proper officials and obtaining authoritative rulings. 

Work of this kind was continued throughout the summer, but it became increasingly 
difficult to keep up the interest of the alumni in the work. The reason for this was two- 
fold. First, the vast majority of the alumni were putting their entire time upon war 
problems. Second, so many appeals, orders, regulations and questionnaires had been 
sent out that printed matter no longer made the slightest impression upon the average 
mind. It was felt that something must be done to bring to the alumni what the Insti- 
tute and the Institute men were doing. The duty of arousing interest under these con- 
ditions fell naturally to the field manager of the Alumni Association. Mr. Litchfield had 
just resigned this position and no successor had been chosen. It occurred to Mr. Munroe 
that Professor Pearson of the English Department might perform this duty. Professor 
Pearson heartily concurred and early in August, after having examined all data available 
at Washington, he started upon a tour of the United States, visiting the Technology 
Clubs at Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Akron, 
Buffalo, Rochester and Schenectady. At each place he visited as many Tech men as 
possible, went through factories operated by them and in the evening addressed the local 
associations. At each point as he went on his trip he learned more and more of the work 
which Tech men were doing. Thus at Detroit he found Orton W. Albee, '93, who had 
during his younger days done work for the United States Ordnance Department, closing 
up his private business and making preparations to return to government service (see 
page 126, Roll of Honor). Again, in Cleveland, Edward C. Wells, '92, of The Piatt Iron 
Works Co., informed him that the plant had been entirely remodelled to take up the man- 
ufacture of shells, particularly a six-pounder type for naval guns. At each stop he told 
those who gathered what he had seen and heard and so stimulated interest in the Insti- 
tute and its sons. It is hard to estimate the precise value of the results of the trip, but 
an excellent preparation was made for other measures which followed. 

On September 6, 1917, the Committee for National Service held a meeting in Wash- 
ington which was attended by the usual members and also by F. R. Hart, '89, W. Hum- 
phreys, '97, and H. E. Kebbon, '12, representing the Executive Committee of the Alumni 
Association; F. H. Fay, '93, representing the Association of Class Secretaries; A. F. Bemis, 

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'93, and H. W. Tyler, '84 of the Finance Committee of the War Service Auxiliary and J. M. 
DeBell, '17, who was still in charge of the Washington office. Mrs. Edward Cunningham 
and Mrs. A. J. George attended one of the sessions of the committee, representing the 
War Service Auxiliary. Professor Pearson appeared before this committee and rendered 
a report of his experiences in the Middle West and considerable discussion followed. As 
a result it was voted that the Washington office should be continued; that The War- 
Time Tech should continue; that the Technology Workroom and the Paris Bureau (see 
page 75) should be supported; also, that money should be raised to carry on these various 
works; and finally that a complete record should be kept of all Technology men performing 
any kind of service in connection with the war. Arrangements were made for sending 
out forthwith a general appeal for information regarding the location and occupation of 
all alumni and former students and, as will be seen, the foundation was thus laid for the 
ultimate publication of Technology's War Record. 

In October, 1917, Mr. DeBell who had been in charge of the Washington office 
since July, entered the military service of the United States as a second lieutenant of 
Field Artillery. He was subsequently promoted to the grade of first lieutenant, and 
in this capacity served overseas, taking part in the Aisne-Marne offensive, St. Mihiel 
offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive, besides work in several of the defensive sectors. 
Raymond W. Ferris, '08, was appointed to succeed him. 

At the October meeting of the Alumni Council it was necessary for Mr. Munroe 
to resign the chairmanship of the committee and, as a result, a new committee, with the 
following personnel, was formed: Executive Committee — James W. Rollins, '78, chair- 
man; I. W. Litchfield, '85, F. A. Smythe, '89, and Charles W. Eaton, '85, vice-chairmen; 
A. F'. Bemis, '93, M. L. Emerson, '04, F. H. Fay, '93, L. D. Gardner, '98, Morris Knowles, 
'91, R. B. Price, '94, D. G. Robbins, '07, and H. W. Tyler, '84; Finance Committee — H. 
W. Tyler, '84, chairman; A. F. Bemis, '93, George L. Gilmore, '90, and Walter Humphreys, 
'97, treasurer. 

From this time on the activities of the committee took on a markedly different 
aspect. During December Mr. Ferris reported that the work at the Washington Bureau 
had decreased to such an extent that he no longer considered it advisable to continue the 
office. It was closed on January 31, 1918. 

As the importance of the Washington office dwindled, however, the importance of 
the financial requirements of the War Service Auxiliary and the Paris Bureau (see page 
75) increased. Up to this date the War Service Auxiliary had been supported by a com- 
paratively small number of persons. The Corporation, under the leadership of Mr. Hart, 
chairman, had borne the expenses of the Washington office, the Paris Bureau and any 
deficiency in connection with The War-Time Tech, together with most of the over- 
head expenses of the Committee for National Service. The War Service Auxiliary, how- 
ever, had need of an income of at least four hundred, dollars^ a month, while other funds 
were needed for special purposes. Immediately upon its appointment Doctor Tyler's com- 
mittee attacked the financial problem, using every possible means to get results. Circu- 
lars and personal correspondence were used and class secretaries were interested. Dean 
Burton about this time was making a circuit of the United States Shipping Board Schools 
and he aided by addressing the Alumni Associations at various points on the subject, 
and finally Professor C. Frank Allen, '72, made a tour of the various Technology Clubs 
quite similar to that which had been carried out earlier by Professor Pearson. 

The work of the committee was greatly handicapped by the demands of hundreds 
of rival organizations of town, city, state and nation, each engaged in some work for "the 
boys" from the home town. Nevertheless by May 16, 1918, #10,107 had been subscribed 
by 35 members of the Corporation and $22,565.75 by 850 alumni. These results were 
not so large as were desired and the work was continued vigorously. However there was 
sufficient money to keep the various activities moving. 

Another matter which early in December had absorbed the energy of the committee 
was the organization of a correspondence bureau for Tech men in the Army and Navy. 
Many Tech men were by this time in the service and a very large number had been assigned 
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types already in service abroad. It was felt by Mrs. H. P. Talbot that everything must 
be done to keep these men in touch with home. With this object in view Mrs. Talbot 
set about learning their addresses and attempted to keep up a regular correspondence 
with them. The number of men in service increased so rapidly that the work became 
far too heavy for Mrs. Talbot and such volunteer aid as she could obtain, and it became 
necessary to arrange for the organization of a regular bureau to carry it on. 

Mrs. Talbot accordingly took up the matter with Doctor Tyler and, after consider- 
able discussion with the members of the Committee for National Service and the War Service 
Auxiliary, a plan was drawn up for the Bureau of Communication. It was decided to 
make use of the card catalogue in which information concerning all Tech men in the mili- 
tary or naval service of the United States or its allies, and any other Tech men serving 
at the front, was to be recorded and that this information should be obtained by the fol- 




American University Union in Paris 



lowing means — first, a letter should be sent to each man, describing the plan and asking for 
information regarding himself and other Tech men; second, systematic interchange of 
information with class secretaries, local secretaries and members of the professional depart- 
ments should be sought; third, news should be published in The Tech and The Tech- 
nology Review; fourth, personal correspondence with the men at the front and their 
friends and relatives at home should be carried on along the lines already initiated by Mrs. 
Talbot; fifth, especial personal attention should be given in the case of men killed, 
wounded or missing; and sixth, ultimate publication should be made by the Alumni 
Council of the Roll of Honor, giving the names of men who gave their lives in service. 

This program was carried out energetically. The Bureau was organized as part 
of the War Service Auxiliary, in close co-operation with the departmental heads, class 
secretaries, local secretaries, fraternities, The Tech and the Alumni Association, and 
it continued throughout the war to gather and index information relative to Tech men in 
the service at home and abroad. The work of this bureau was particularly valuable in 
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operating a similar bureau, but the War Service Auxiliary was able, through the Paris 
Bureau and through the large number of correspondents at the front, to gain accurate 
first-hand information which at times was of the greatest possible value. 

From this time forward for practically a year there was little change in the work 
of the Committee for National Service. The chief activities of the committee were those of 
Doctor Tyler's sub-committee which had charge of the raising of the finances. This work 
continued through the year, at no time gaining a sufficient surplus to make the situation 
entirely safe, yet never falling behind or necessitating the curtailing of any of the various 
activities. Up to March l, 1919, this committee had raised about $49,000, of which about 
$17,000 was subscribed by members of the corporation. At that date $41,000 had been 
expended, of which $18,000 had been used for the War Service Auxiliary and $11,500 for 
the Technology Bureau in Paris. Hostilities had, of course, by this time ceased but with 
the great number of Tech men still in Europe it was deemed advisable to continue the 
Bureau, which was a part of the American University Union in Europe until August 1, 
1919. The cost of its maintenance was approximately one thousand dollars a month. 

Toward the close of the year 191 8 it appeared that no resumption of hostilities 
was to be expected and that the war was to all intents and purposes over. Under these 
conditions the question naturally came up of recording the history of the various activi- 
ties in which Technology and Technology men had taken part during the struggle. The 
collection of the material for such a history had already been started by the Bureau of 
Communication of the War Service Auxiliary. Early in December Mrs. Sedgwick, 
director of the workroom of the War Service Auxiliary, wrote to Doctor Tyler suggesting 
the publication of a book giving the history of Technology's efforts during the war. Doctor 
Tyler immediately forwarded this proposal to James W. Rollins, '78, Chairman of the 
Committee for National Service. The matter was then taken up at the January meeting 
of the Alumni Council, and it was voted that the President appoint a committee to con- 
sider the preparation of the war record of Technology. The committee appointed was 
H. W. Tyler, '84, chairman; Walter B. Snow, '82; T. C. du Pont, '84, ex-officio; Harry 
H. Young, '91; G. D'W. Marcy, '05; Walter Humphreys, '97, ex-officio; and H. G. Pearson, 
while J. P. Munroe was asked to represent the corporation informally. Five thousand 
dollars, representing the balance of the fund collected for the work of the Committee for 
National Service, was made available as a working capital. The committee held its first 
meeting upon June 6, 1919, and arranged at once for a dinner and meeting of the class 
secretaries on June 12. At that dinner Doctor Tyler outlined the general plan of the 
book, and after considerable discussion a tentative table of contents was drawn up. 

It was originally intended that the book should be compiled by a number of editors 
who should handle respectively the various chapters. It developed, however, that the 
writing of any one of these chapters would be a matter of considerable time and effort and 
practical considerations required that the data be gathered through the agency of a cen- 
tral office. It was accordingly decided to put the entire publication of the book into the 
hands of a single salaried editor. On June 30 arrangements were completed by 
which J. H. Ruckman, '10, just returned from overseas service, was appointed to take 
charge. 

When the War Service Auxiliary passed out of existence (see page 72) the records 
of that organization were turned over to Mr. Ruckman, as a basis for the new publication, 
while members of the staff of the War Service Auxiliary became the nucleus of an office 
force. Work was begun at once and progressed steadily from that date. 

Throughout the period of publication the editor was given the greatest possible 
aid by members of the committee, notably, by Messrs. Young and Marcy on matters of 
publication; by Doctor Tyler and Mr. Humphreys on matters of general policy; and by 
Professor Pearson on matters relating to style and appearance of the book. Great assist- 
ance has also been rendered in the publication of the Record, by the Alumni Association, 
class secretaries, The Tech and the Technology Review, which have steadily kept before 
the alumni the necessity of sending in information. 

At the meeting of the Alumni Council in October, 1919, the Massachusetts Insti- 
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accomplished. It was authorized to pass out of existence, all funds being transferred to 
the War Record. 

The War Service Auxiliary had suspended operations on June first and the Paris 
Bureau on August first. With the publication of the War Record, the war activities of 
the Institute and of the auxiliary organizations carried on in its name are brought to a 
close. 

THE WAR SERVICE AUXILIARY 

The formation of the War Service Auxiliary, which has already been mentioned? 
was first suggested in the spring of 1917 by Mrs. Cunningham, the widow of Edward 
Cunningham, '91. The following history of its activities is given by its executive secre- 
tary, Mrs. A. J. George. 

"In July, 1917, the Alumni Council empowered the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology Committee for National Service to establish the War Service Auxiliary. Mrs. 
Edward Cunningham, in conference with Messrs. Munroe, Tyler, Sedgwick, Bemis, Hart 
and other Technology men, had sought some means of rendering assistance to Tech- 
nology men engaged in the war and to the families they had left behind. 

" At first it was thought that existing committees might carry out this undertaking, 
but it was soon apparent that a new organization must be formed. Therefore Mr. Munroe, 
as chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee for National Serv- 
ice, named a central committee, with Mrs. Cunningham as chairman, also advisory and 
honorary committees to work out some plan which should place at the disposal of men in 
service the practical expression of the good-will of the Technology constituency. Although 
at this time the obvious needs were few, it was the endeavor of those responsible for the 
affairs of the Auxiliary to build up an organization strong enough to bear the load which 
later emergencies might put upon it and flexible enough to adapt its activities to the ever- 
changing conditions incident to a state of war. Every effort was made to co-ordinate 
the work with that of existing organizations, and to this end the Auxiliary at once affil- 
iated itself with the New England Division of the American Red Cross. 

" It was determined in the beginning that the work of the Auxiliary should not be 
confined to Technology men, but just as far as possible should place the full power of 
Technology behind all men in national service. 

" The work was always of an intimate and personal character, much of it too subtle 
to be set forth in printed records; the following summary is given to indicate something 
of the activities of the Auxiliary for more than two years, during which there was a con- 
stant endeavor to furnish to the men in the war a support worthy of the highest traditions 
of the Institute. 

" The initial undertaking of the Auxiliary was to locate the Institute men already 
in service, to add to the list as soon as men entered the service and to offer to their fam- 
ilies every possible assistance in any of the many emergencies incident to war conditions. 
From a roster of less than three hundred, this list expanded to more than thirty-nine 
hundred names which are on record today. By constant interchange with the Tech- 
nology Bureau in Paris and with the Alumni Office, this list was kept corrected as far as 
was humanly possible in a time when ranks, grades and stations were rapidly shifting. 
The list was frequently used by class secretaries, departmental heads, fraternities and 
others to locate special groups of men. 

" From the office of the Auxiliary, correspondence was carried on with the men and 
with their families, and a fund of information was thus assembled which proved of great 
value in many emergencies. Families requested detailed news in the days when the 
crowding of mails and cable wires occasioned great anxiety. Information was usually 
promptly obtained for families who often had waited long weeks because they did not 
happen to know the steps necessary to take to secure this desired information. "I can- 
not tell you how my visit to you eased my mind and heart," wrote a father, who had 
received no direct message from his son for four anxious months; this is an illustration of 
the words of grateful appreciation which came from scores of families of Technology men. 
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or men killed in action were obtained. An 'honor roll' was assembled containing the 
names of all Institute men who had given their lives in the war and a collection of photo- 
graphs and biographical material was made to accompany this 'honor roll.' Similarly 
a list of citations and war honors was compiled. Cards of holiday greetings were sent in 
1917 to the fifteen hundred men then known to be in service, and in 1918 more than three 
thousand Christmas cards were dispatched. 

" When the Auxiliary began its work the organizations which later took over the 
welfare work for the men of the Army and Navy were just beginning their labors. Great 
numbers of men were in officers' training camps; some had already gone overseas; others 
were to go into cantonments. It was soon found advisable to open a workroom where 
supplies might be provided for these Technology men in service and for those under their 
command and where some contribution might be made to help meet the needs of our devas- 
tated allies. This workroom, under the devoted directorship of Mrs. Sedgwick, contin- 
ued its activities until the late summer of 1919; its important work receives treatment in 
a separate section of the chapter. The Auxiliary, through its Book Room Committee, 
sent to the Technology men in camps here or in service overseas more than five thous- 
and volumes of current interest, and mailed to individuals between October, 191 7, and 
February, 1919, more than sixteen hundred parcels of magazines and newspapers. The 
American Library Association was at all times most helpful in reinforcing this phase of 
our work. 

" The unfailing cordial response of Mr. Lansingh and later of Mr. Gibbs made pos- 
sible the closest co-operation between the Auxiliary and the Technology Bureau in Paris. 
This co-operation was so close that it is difficult to disentangle the reports of the work of 
the Paris Bureau and of the Auxiliary, nor perhaps is it desirable so to do. The tribute 
from Doctor Selskar Gunn, M. I. T. '05, written on July 17, 1919, sets forth the accomplish- 
ment of the Bureau and the efforts of the Auxiliary to reinforce its tasks: 'I think I have 
probably had as good an opportunity as any Tech man to see the effect of the distribution 
of the splendid treasure chests sent over to Paris, and the Auxiliary can certainly feel 
proud of what you women did for Tech men.' From men overseas with the American 
Expeditionary Forces, from men who had been long with British and Canadian troops 
came many messages of gratitude for this manifestation of Technology spirit. A lieuten- 
ant of engineers (Light Railways) wrote, 'With what you folks at home have done for 
us along with the Tech Bureau over here, I have yet to meet a Tech man who does not 
feel that he belongs to the best college there is.' A captain of artillery wrote, 'As a 
football team goes into the game with renewed vigor when cheered on by its supporters 
on the side lines, so do our boys go over to France determined to win, for they know that 
the people at home are backing them to the limit.' Mr. Lansingh, after a year of critical 
observation as director of the Technology Bureau in Paris, wrote: 'I wish I could convey 
to you an idea of the value of the work which your Auxiliary has done for the men abroad. 
While the material aid accomplished was great, I feel sure it was exceeded by its moral 
value.' 

"When the Auxiliary began its activities, government schools had already been 
established at the Institute, attended by men who came from all sections of the country 
and who had no previous Technology affiliations. These schools brought not only the 
problems which the administrative and teaching bodies solved so efficiently, but also those 
other problems which must arise when men are suddenly transferred from civilian pur- 
suits to military life. 'One does not appreciate what M. I. T. really stands for until he 
has left it, and finds the spirit of Technology following him,' wrote Dinsmore Ely from 
France just before he was killed. It was to interpret this spirit of Technology to those 
who were for a time stationed at the Institute that the Auxiliary extended its care and 
hospitality to them. A special fund, created by the gifts of those who generously sus- 
tained Technology's work, was used to carry on a Boston clubroom, to provide for Sunday 
teas, to maintain the hospital visiting and to meet other emergencies which could not 
properly be cared for by alumni funds. At the request of the naval authorities, the host- 
ess work at the Recreation Building of the Naval Aviation Detachment was maintained. 

"There were thousands of men in these government schools at the Institute during 

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the period of the war, many of them far from home. With the approval of medical offi- 
cers these men were visited when sick and in hospital; when their parents were sum- 
moned, these were looked out for, and if death came, the Auxiliary, through its workers, 
did all that it could to assist these families removed from home surroundings. This work 
was done with the active co-operation of the Red Cross. From January, 1918, to Novem- 
ber of the same year, a total of 2,709 visits were made in twenty-two different hospitals 
by accredited visitors on 367 men from the government schools. A patient at the Naval 
Hospital wrote, 'We have often said that you looked after the navy pilots at Tech better 
than any other group of boys in the service was looked after.' At the time of the influenza 




Mrs. Arthur D. Little and Mrs. H. M. Goodwin at the Workroom of the War Service Auxiliary 

epidemic in the fall of 1918, the Auxiliary was asked to provide special nursing care at the 
emergency hospitals of the Aviation Detachment, and later convalescent homes were 
established. Mrs. Arthur T. Bradlee and her associates at Chestnut Hill, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry F. Bigelow at Lancaster, Mrs. Cunningham at Westwood and Augustus Hemen- 
way, Esq., at Milton provided for a total of 1,399 days of convalescent care. Special 
contributions of more than four thousand dollars made possible this work and also the 
provision of extra nursing at a time when care and nursing were very large factors in the 
recovery of patients. 

"Through the generosity of Albert F. Bemis, '93, it was possible to respond to Colo- 
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Army Training Corps hospital. From October 31 to December 23, 1918, 151 patients 
were admitted to this hospital, and the application of Mr. Bemis's gift worked a notable 
change in the welfare of these men. 

"During the few weeks when the Students' Army Training Corps and Students' Navy 
Training Corps were mobilized at the Institute, a committee of which Mrs. Henry P. 
Talbot was chairman, extended the hospitality of the Institute to 284 members of these 
corps who used the Emma Rogers Room as a meeting place with families and friends. 

"The financial support of the Auxiliary came in part from the alumni who through 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee for National Service appropriated 
the sum of $18,500 to the Auxiliary treasury. Other friends who wished to sustain the 
work gave the sum of $12,797.40, making a total of $31,297.40. Of this sum $12,387.19 
was applied to the purposes of the workroom, $2,115 was paid from the special emergency 
fund, $1,530.03 was used for the maintenance of the Students' Army Training Corps hos- 
pital and $4,000, as cited above, was available during the influenza epidemic or conval- 
escent care; the sum of $7,449.13 was expended in the twenty-three months from July I, 
1917 to June I, 1919 for ail other activities of the Auxiliary and for printing, postage, 
telegrams, cables, office furniture and clerical assistance. A great part of the work at 
headquarters was carried on through volunteer workers so that the upkeep of the office 
was held at the lowest possible figure. 

"On June 1, 1919 the emergency demands of war, to meet which the Auxiliary had 
been created, had ceased. At that time the Auxiliary turned over to the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Committee on War Records its files and the balance of money 
from all sources remaining in its treasury. 

"It was a high privilege for the members of the Auxiliary to attempt to interpret 
the will of the Committee for National Service in reinforcing the splendid work of the men 
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who bore so noble a part in the war. What- 
ever success attended these efforts was largely due to the generous aid of the many friends 
of Technology who did a part of their work through the Auxiliary, and to the steadfast 
support of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee for National Service." 

TECHNOLOGY WORKROOM OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 

WAR SERVICE AUXILIARY 

One of the most important features of the War Service Auxiliary was the Workroom, 
the activities of which are recorded as follows by Mrs. W. T. Sedgwick, its director. 

"The establishment of a workroom in connection with the War Service Auxiliary 
was suggested by Mrs. Edward Cunningham to Mrs. William T. Sedgwick in a letter of 
July 31, 191 7. Mrs. Sedgwick's co-operation was asked in developing a plan for a work- 
room where women affiliated in any way with the Institute might prepare supplies for 
Technology men in service and for those war sufferers in Europe whose special needs would 
be brought to the attention of Institute men who, like Professor Gunn, were working in 
these stricken areas. 

"The Central Committee had already received from Professor Gardner the offer 
of a large room on the first floor of the Rogers Building; it was felt that with Mr. Lansingh 
at the Paris Bureau to distribute supplies to Technology men overseas and with Professor 
Gunn to advise concerning general relief work a dignified appeal might be made for sup- 
port, and it was hoped that the workroom might undertake an enterprise on a scale 
sufficiently generous to be worthy of the Institute. 

"After personal interviews and further correspondence a workroom was opened 
on October 1, 1917, in a room in the Rogers Building. No more accessible or convenient 
location could possibly have been found. The unfailing courtesy and helpfulness of the 
Architectural Department, and especially of its chairman, Professor W. H. Lawrence, was a 
prime factor in its successful operation. 

"In response to an invitation to all who might wish to identify themselves with a 
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Theodora Dunham, of New York, recently returned from very interesting experiences in 
the hospitals of France. Miss Dunham's vivid and eloquent narrative gave the needed 
personal touch with war conditions that made all who heard her desire to do their utmost 
to relieve our suffering friends and allies across the sea. 

"Mrs. Edward Cunningham was made chairman of the Workroom Committee, 
Mrs. W. T. Sedgwick, director of the Workroom, Miss Evelyn Walker, assistant direc- 
tor, and Mrs. R. P. Bigelow, treasurer, to whom were added Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram, 
Mrs. Harry M. Goodwin, Mrs. Charles T. Main, Mrs. Everett Morss, Mrs. James P. 
Munroe, Professor Harry W. Gardner and Professor William T. Sedgwick, to aid in council 
and decisions. 

"Room No. 16, Rogers, was equipped with convenient cases for holding materials 
on shelves, with long sewing tables covered with white enamel cloth, with drop-lights and 
with sewing machines, two of which were run by motor power. Almost all these necessary 
tools for effective work were loans of friends; and since all rent, heat, light and janitor ser- 
vice were furnished by the Institute, the overhead charges were inconsiderable. 

"A printed appeal stating the scope and purpose of the Workroom was sent out 
immediately after its opening to every woman within a reasonable distance who had any 
connection with Technology through husband, father or brother in times past or present. 
Such volunteers were further informed that ' the program is to be elastic enough for work 
to be done at home by women unable to go to the Rogers Building and to provide for 
emergencies and special cases.' Books were begged to fill portable boxes to present to 
men in camp and hospital, and this detail of the organization proved to be one of the most 
cheering and welcome of all that was achieved. Scrapbooks were made for those too ill 
to hold a bound volume, and magazines and papers in enormous quantities were sent 
wherever it was learned they would give pleasure. Later this department was transferred 
to the Auxiliary proper. 

"Affiliation of the Auxiliary with the Red Cross was one of the first details to be 
arranged, and to their care was entrusted a large consignment of knitted articles and com- 
fort bags, numbering 322 articles, which it was hoped would reach the University Union 
in Paris in time for Christmas distribution. Later, when a ruling was made that the Red 
Cross could not receive anything for especially-designated institutions, the Workroom 
Committee had to rely entirely upon parcel-post boxes, or upon trunks taken over as 
personal luggage by the courtesy of friends going to Europe on war errands. For this 
unselfish and often troublesome service the whole organization, on both sides of the 
Atlantic, stands indebted and here expresses its warmest appreciation and gratitude to 
each of its kind friends. 

"In all, twenty-five trunks containing 6,057 articles and 137 parcel-post boxes con- 
taining 2,840 articles were sent to the Technology Bureau in Paris. One trunk was lost 
upon the torpedoed 'Oronso, ' but practically everything else reached its destination. 
There were in addition 254 articles in parcels of various sizes and kinds taken by individual 
friends to the Bureau, making a total of 9,473 articles distributed there from the Workroom. 

"The Workroom sent to Technology men in American camps 2,994 articles, and to 
men not of Technology 5,266 articles. 

"Besides this primary service, the Workroom shipped directly to Europe, for civilian 
and hospital relief, ten trunks, eleven large cases and fifty-two parcel-post packages; while 
constant donations to European relief work were made through the American offices of their 
societies. The total number of articles thus distributed was approximately 36,382. 

"Funds were generously provided for all strictly Technology purposes . by the 
Alumni Council, and, while the war was actively progressing, the Workroom Committee 
was allowed much freedom to respond to requests from Technology men who were distrib- 
uting relief in Italy, Belgium and Serbia. 

"Technology was the only educational institution in the United States that supplied 
to its Paris bureau at the University Union a 'Treasure Chest' (the name given by the 
men there to the trunk or wardrobe of supplies) in which a man could find almost any- 
thing, except a uniform, for which he might ask. Nothing was too small to buy, nothing 
too large to make, if Mr. Lansingh — or later, Mr. Gibbs — indicated it was desirable. 

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"At first the room was open two mornings and two afternoons each week, but later 
the work increased so much that it was open all day except on Saturdays and Sundays. 

"The old haunt of the Society of Arts presented an active and cheery picture on 
winter days, when a considerable group of women was busy at sewing machines or 
occupied in cutting out garments or in packing trunks and cases to go out on their long 
journeys. Women who burned to help on the work of saving civilization but who could 
not go to the center of the struggle hoped they were doing a worthy service, by diligently 
making up needed packets that would assure those who were more privileged that one 
purpose moved us here and there. Letters would be read aloud from boys overseas that 
kindled enthusiasm to work harder, or whose appreciative words of some gift from the 
'Treasure Chest' more than rewarded all the toil. Visits from Technology boys who 
came to bid us farewell and to whom we could furnish some welcome comfort were one 
of the chief satisfactions of the time — surpassed only by those more rare visits of return- 
ing soldiers and sailors who brought their sober, steady eyes to encourage us never to falter 
and never despair. 

"The Workroom never undertook to make surgical dressings but it did supply cer- 
tain garments for hospital use and it did a somewhat unique service in the nearly three 
thousand pairs of felt slippers that were made and sent to convalescents in hospitals. 
Doctor Manning K. Rand and Mr. Clifton Church, not otherwise connected with Tech- 
nology, cut almost the whole supply of these slippers in our workrooms, and by their 
unflagging industry won our lasting regard and gratitude. 

"Within three months the work outgrew its quarters, and the Architectural Depart- 
ment kindly transferred to the Committee the use of the larger room — No. 10 — where 
the activity of the organization knew no cessation until its close, almost exactly two years 
after its opening: viz, October 9, 1919. Ample storage was always supplied in the base- 
ment. 

"From the beginning the Committee desired to be as useful as possible wherever 
emergencies should arise where it could suitably aid. The first to present itself was the 
terrible disaster in Halifax by an explosion on a transport of munitions in the early days 
of December, 1917. For ten days the whole strength of the Workroom was turned to 
meet the sudden need there, and its doors were open to any and all who were willing to 
help. For this and all other outside calls, special funds were raised from time to time by 
the Workroom Committee as the occasion demanded. 

"The Committee decided very early in its existence that although the Workroom 
must stand first and foremost for the benefit of Technology students and graduates in 
war service at home or abroad, it should also be able to help the needs of our allies. The 
desperate condition of Italian hospitals in the winter of 1918 appealed very strongly to us 
and for many months valuable contributions of garments, new and old, and unmade 
material were sent to the headquarters of the Italian War Relief in Boston for their ship- 
ment. In the same way handsome gifts of garments and materials were given to the 
Serbian relief headquarters, for did not Technology send out in 191 7 fifteen young men to 
that stricken land to fight typhus fever and unsanitary conditions? At various times 
emergency calls from the Red Cross were promptly met. 

"To the loyal devotion of the few faithful women directly affiliated with the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology, who found it possible to make this Workroom their center 
of war service, the success and honor of the whole enterprise are due. To those other 
strong helpers, women who joined us through interest in or friendship for Technology, the 
thanks of Technology are given in heartiest measure. 

"Moreover, in Buffalo, a group of ladies whose husbands were Technology alumni 
formed 'The Western New York Branch' of the War Service Auxiliary and sent to the 
Workroom at different times nearly six hundred articles and a contribution of money for 
kit-bags. Such co-operation from beyond our immediate borders was most welcome and 
encouraging. 

"In May, 1919, the formal closing of the Workroom took place, with an address by 
Mr. Van Rensselaer Lansingh, '98, and a general exhibition of models of all garments made 
and supplies offered for distribution. 

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"Because the end of the fighting came unexpectedly soon a large and valuable 
amount of unmade material remained unused at this time, and a small group of the most 
devoted women offered to continue to cut and sew once a week during the summer when- 
ever they were in Boston. This was paid for by unrestricted funds in the hands of the 
Treasurer and was sent through our usual channels for civilian and refugee relief. Even 
so when the autumn came there was plenty that could be made into useful garments. The 
Assistant Director and the Treasurer made inquiries of the refugee organizations of 
France, Italy and Serbia and ascertained that unmade material to be sent overseas to 
workrooms where the women of these countries were seeking employment would be quite 
as welcome as garments made in America. As a result the Committee voted to sell pri- 
vately all that it could and to distribute the remainder to the relief organizations of these 
three countries. On December I, 1919, there remained in the treasury $1,700, of which the 
Committee has voted to give #1,600 to the American Memorial Hospital in Rheims. By 
adding four hundred dollars more to this sum the war workroom of Massachusetts Insti- 
tute Technology will be considered to have installed in that hospital the room designated 
for all purposes of disinfection with the required apparatus and will then be entitled to a 
brass tablet on its walls stating this to be the gift of Technology's war workroom. Thus 
there will be in France a permanent though modest memorial of our enterprise, while in 
our hearts and minds there will always linger a happy memory of days spent together 
trying to do a small part in the great world struggle." 

PARIS BUREAU 

It would appear that the idea of establishing a bureau to look after the interests 
of college men abroad originated with Doctor Anson Phelps Stokes, Secretary of Yale Uni- 
versity, and at his suggestion Professor George H. Nettleton, head of the Department of 
English at Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, was appointed to look after Yale 
interests in France. A brief account of the scheme published in the New York and 
Boston papers came to the eye of Mrs. Cunningham, who saw in it an opportunity for 
further service and immediately offered to furnish five thousand dollars to provide the 
Institute with a similar bureau. This occurred on June 1 1, 1917. Doctor Maclaurin placed 
the matter in the hands of Mr. Munroe, Secretary of the Corporation and Treasurer of 
the Committee on the Mobilization of Technology's Resources. A conference was held 
on June 13 at which Van Rensselaer Lansingh, '98, was suggested as the most suitable 
alumnus to take charge of such a bureau, provided he could arrange to leave his 
work in connection with the Council of National Defense. Mr. Munroe accordingly 
went at once to Washington, where in company with Mr. Litchfield he interviewed Mr. 
Lansingh, who consented to undertake the mission, and arrangements were made by 
which he was to take up work for the Council of National Defense dealing with 
certain processes used abroad. On June 18 Mr. Lansingh attended a dinner in Boston 
at which Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Frederick T. Lord, Mr. Hart, Mr. Humphreys, Mr. Mun- 
roe, Professor Pearson and others were present and at which final details were discussed. 

The succeeding days witnessed great activity, for the Tech Ambulance Unit (see 
page 85) was scheduled to sail on June 23, and it was decided that Mr. Lansingh should 
accompany it. 

It was felt that the Institute should not act independently in this matter, but 
rather that all American colleges interested should combine their efforts in such a way as 
to form what would amount to an American University Club in Paris. With this end in 
view, while final arrangements were being completed for the farewell of the Ambulance 
Unit and Mr. Lansingh, Professor Pearson by long-distance telephone succeeded in arrang- 
ing a meeting between Mr. Lansingh and the representatives of Columbia, Princeton and 
Harvard. It developed that the representatives of the various colleges were practically 
unanimous in support of co-operative effort, and consequently this meeting may be said 
to have been the beginning of the American University Union in Europe — a movement 
which has since been rated by some French authorities as ranking in importance with the 
American Red Cross and the Young Men's Christian Association. 

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Lounging Room of the American University Union in Paris 



On the evening of June 22 a banquet (see page 17) was held in New York and the 
last good-byes were said. Professor Nettleton of Yale, who had not been able to be 
present at the meeting of college representatives, arrived in time to address the assembled 
Tech men and to arrange the necessary details for co-operation in accordance with which 
Mr. Lansingh was to go abroad at once and open the Technology Bureau, while Professor 
Nettleton remained to organize and develop the idea among other colleges. 

Lansingh arrived in Paris on July 5 and at once set about organizing the Tech- 
nology Club which was to become the basis for the University Union. 

A well-furnished, seven-room apartment at 7 Rue Anatole-de-la-Forge, not far from 
the Arc de Triomphe, was rented and supplied with such comforts as could be obtained. 
There were tennis courts in the rear of the apartment and a stock of balls, shoes and rac- 
quets was provided. Other games, such as chess and checkers, were purchased and finally 
a Pathe phonograph was obtained, although it was found that American records were not 
to be had. The apartment provided sleeping accommodations for five men beside the direc- 
tor. Before leaving the United States Mr. Lansingh had arranged for subscriptions to 
the most popular American magazines, and upon arrival in Paris subscriptions were also 
placed for the London Illustrated News, U Illustration and similar perodicals. To com- 
plete the equipment he obtained a supply of pajamas, bed-slippers, and bath robes, for 
the use of men arriving from the front with nothing but their standard equipment or less. 

As soon as the little center had been established further measures were put in effect. 
The first of these was that of serving hot tea to visitors. Difficulties were encountered, 
for at this time sugar could be obtained in France only by ration card. The ration per- 
mitted was one and one-half pounds of sugar per person a month. This ration was quite 
sufficient for one person but guests arriving at the Union for a brief visit were not entitled 



PARIS BUREAU 

to a ration. This matter, however, was taken up with the American Embassy and special 
arrangements were made. 

Another scheme early put into practice was that of issuing a weekly bulletin giving 
an account of what was going on at the Union. Copies of these bulletins were posted in the 
Club, while others were sent to members of the Committee for National Service at home 
and to The War-Time Tech and to all Tech men. in France whose addresses were known. 

On August 3 Professor Nettleton of Yale, Dr. Paul Van Dyke of Princeton and Mr. 
E. J. Wendell of Harvard arrived. Work was immediately started towards organizing the 
American University Union. Doctor Nettleton was elected director of the Union, and Mr. 
Lansingh assistant director and business manager, and a search for suitable quarters 
commenced. In the meanwhile the representatives of the various universities were the 
guests of the Technology Club at the Rue Anatole, which thus became the center of the 
American university life in Paris. 

The establishment of the Union was by no means an easy matter. Quarters of 
considerable size were necessary and it was therefore deemed advisable to procure a hotel 
as a domicile. To maintain such a place was difficult, particularly in the matter of heat- 
ing. Anthracite coal, when it could be obtained, was selling at seventy-five dollars a ton. 
Moreover the governmental regulations forbade the heating of any hotel or other public 
building above a temperature of about fifty degrees Fahrenheit. It was also forbidden to 
use heat for the purpose of baths except on two nights a week, and in order that no one 
should indulge in this luxury too often the two nights specified were Saturdays and 
Sundays. 

Finally the difficulties were surmounted and the Hotel dTena was selected. Before 
actually establishing the Union there, however, the Technology Club occupied the build- 
ing for a month by way of experiment. The location proved unsatisfactory as it was too 
inaccessible, and a new search had to be undertaken which ultimately resulted in the selec- 
tion of the Royal Palace Hotel located at the foot of the Rue de Richelieu, facing the 
Place du Theatre Frangais near the Louvre. 

With the opening of the Union the Technology Club of Paris became the Tech- 
nology Bureau of the American University Union, as announced by Bulletin No. 5 
of the Technology Club. Six other colleges besides the Institute maintained bureaus at 
the Union; namely, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, Columbia and Virginia, while 
Cornell was also represented. In the new quarters of the Union at the Royal Palace a 
suite of three pleasant rooms was allotted to Tech, one of which became an office, one a 
salon — a general lounging room — ■ and the third the director's bedroom. While the 
general public rooms of the Union were, of course, open to Tech men, the possession of a 
certain suite of rooms which they could call their own produced a sense of "homeiness" which 
could not have been otherwise afforded. 

Lansingh's duties as assistant director of the Union, as well as his other duties 
in connection with the Council of National Defense, absorbed much of his time, but 
luckily he was able to obtain the aid of F. B. Smith, '18, and later that of Robert M. Allen, 
'16, who proved a most able assistant. Both had been members of the Tech Ambulance 
Unit, and on arrival had been placed in the American Field Service as camion drivers. 
Some of the men objected to the change on the ground that they had enlisted only for am- 
bulance work. Smith was one of these. He was accordingly discharged and took 
up work in the purchasing department of the Young Men's Christian Association at Paris, 
which enabled him to give a certain amount of time in aiding Mr. Lansingh at the original 
Technology Club on Rue Anatole. Smith later received a commission as first 
lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps, and was assigned to the medical purchasing office in 
Paris. Allen, on the other hand, had remained with the unit until the camion service was 
taken over by the United States Government. When this action was taken it was neces- 
sary for all men of the Field Service to undergo the usual physical examination before being 
regularly enlisted in the American Army, and Allen, because of some trivial defect, 
was refused. He immediately took measures toward entering the French service but 
there were certain formalities to be gone through, and in the meanwhile he offered his 
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responsible for making it an agreeable home port for Tech men drifting about during the 
early days of the American campaign. 

Life in Paris at this time was not without excitement nor was this provided entirely 
by the gay boulevards. While the terrible aerial attacks which marked the opening of 
the spring campaign of 191 8 had not yet begun in earnest, the enemy were already con- 
mencing to attack the French capital with the idea of breaking down the morale of the 
people and rendering the next spring's drive more effective. One of these raids was 
described in a letter written to The Tech by Mr. Lansingh dated August 15, 191 7. 

"About ten-thirty I was awakened by the noise of sirens, and Smith and I rushed out on our balcony to 
see what was the matter. We are on the top (seventh) floor and commanded a fine view of the sky to the north, 
from which direction the attack came. Also we were where any stray bombs could alight and find us at home. 

"The sky was alight with airplanes but whether or not they were friends or foes we did not know at the 
time. They were darting to and fro like giant fireflies. They were equipped with a powerful searchlight and a 
green and red light on their wings. When the searchlights were turned in our direction they looked like flaming 
meteors, but when turned away they could not be distinguished from the stars, which were shining brightly, except 
by their movement. When they sailed overhead at an altitude of from three thousand to five thousand feet the 
red and green lights showed clearly while the drone of the motors sounded like a hive of bees. 

"Off in the distance we could see the bombs shot by the defenses of Paris. They rose in a parabolic curve 
and would suddenly go out just before they reached their maximum height. The searchlights from numerous 
points were trying to locate the raiders. In the meanwhile the police wagons drove furiously up and down the 
streets, ringing their gongs and blowing their sirens as a warning and order for 'all lights out,' which everybody 
proceeded to obey. The street lights were all out and Paris was dark save for the lights from the stars." 

By the middle of November the University Union was well established and the 
Technology Bureau had become a center of great activity. Numbers of Tech men were 
always in Paris and the Union became a popular rendezvous. The Bureau was at this 
time not only providing a general meeting place but was carrying on a great number of 
other services. For example, where men found themselves assigned to work for which 
they were unsuited, it brought them in touch with the proper authorities to facilitate 
transfer. It kept accurate files of the addresses of all Tech men abroad, forwarding mail 
and packages to them, distributing The Tech and the Technology Bureau Bulletins, 
and seeing that all Tech men knew how to reach the Bureau when in Paris. It did errands 
for men in the field, such as having pictures developed and printed, having eye-glasses 
mended, sending cables and, under certain conditions, lending temporary financial assist- 
ance. One of the most important duties of the Bureau was perhaps that of writing to 
parents of men who visited the Bureau, telling them that their sons had called and reassur- 
ing them as to their health and safety. 

The Bureau also provided a sort of advance station from which relief work of 
various kinds could be carried on in an emergency. Thus when the "Tuscania" was 
torpedoed Mrs. Cunningham immediately cabled Mr. Lansingh, as well as Major Edgar 
H. Wells, Deputy Commissioner of the American Red Cross in London, and the Red Cross 
at Belfast, guaranteeing financial assistance for any Technology men who might be in 
serious straits due to the loss of their property on board the ship. As a matter of fact 
Lieutenant Leland V. Clark, '15, was the only Tech man aboard, and it does not appear 
that he required any assistance, but the advantage of having such an agency ready in 
such an emergency is self-evident. 

Another most important activity of the Bureau was the distribution of the various 
goods sent over in the gift trunks from the Workroom of the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology War Service Auxiliary. These trunks contained sweaters, wristlets, helmets, 
socks, and other useful garments; also, all sorts of other supplies, such as shaving mirrors, 
shaving cream, shaving brushes, candy and chocolate. The trunks were brought across 
as part of the baggage of various individuals and sent to the Bureau, where they were 
unpacked and the contents went to form part of a supply which later, under Mr. Gibbs, 
became known as the "Treasure Chest." Whenever Tech men came to the Bureau they 
were given their choice of material, and it was interesting to see how often they refused 
things which they would have liked very much to have had, saying, "No, I can get along 
without that. Save it for some fellow who really needs it." Notices were placed in the 
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the "Treasure Chest" by mail or messenger. When, as occasionally happened, the supply 
of any articles was greater than the demand among Tech men, the things were given to 
men of other colleges; or, in certain cases, to hospitals, to devastated areas, and to various 
relief organizations. The Institute was the only college which looked after its men in 
this manner. Mr. Lansingh estimates that in the first five trunks brought over the articles 
distributed amounted in value to over five thousand dollars. Needless to say they con- 
tributed immensely to the comfort of the recipients. 

It was not altogether an easy matter to arrange for the shipments of these trunks, 
for importations into France were confined to the barest necessities, and baggage which 
could be brought or shipped in by any one person was very strictly limited. As a result 
of these regulations some rather amusing difficulties were encountered. Thus one box 
containing, together with sweaters, socks, and other articles of clothing, a certain amount 
of material for playing games, was held up because the customs officials objected to a pair 
of dice which were not considered as necessities. It cannot be discovered whether it was 
finally decided that a set of dice was a necessity for the existence of Tech men or whether 
they took up tonnage which should have been used for pig iron, but in any case the box 
ultimately reached its destination. 

In the meantime, the work of the American University Union in Europe was being 
extended and offices were being founded in London and in Rome. Professor Nettleton and 
Mr. Lansingh appear to have had general supervision of the establishment of these bureaus, 
and Gorham P. Stevens, '98, Director of the American Academy in Rome, served on the 
advisory council of the bureau established at that place. 

On November 7 the Tech men held the first college reunion dinner at the Union. 
This dinner proving a great success, arrangements were made by which a Technology 
dinner should be held the first Saturday evening of each month, and after each dinner there 
should be an illustrated lecture in English by some one recognized as an authority on 
various military matters which would be of interest to all. 

With the exception of a short time during the spring of 1918, when all plans were 
interrupted by the German offensive, these dinners continued, a number of the speakers being 
Tech men, notably Professor Jackson and Professor Riley. The average attendance was 
about twenty-five. In March, 1919, however, the number of men attending the dinners 
became much larger and the place of dining was moved from the Union to the Restaurant 
Procope on Rue de l'Ancienne Comedie near the Boulevard St. Germain. This restau- 
rant is one of the oldest in Paris. Opposite was located, before the French Revolution, 
the famous Theatre Comedie Frangaise. This restaurant was patronized by Rousseau, 
Voltaire, Robespierre and Danton, and tables still bear their names. Our own Benjamin 
Franklin was also well known there, and on his death his bust was set up and crowned with 
garlands. 

On Thanksgiving Day, 191 7, the entire Union held a dinner which was attended by one 
hundred and fourteen American college men. The dining room of the Royal Palace was 
crowded not only to capacity but to overflowing, for it was not supposed to seat more than 
a hundred. Everything possible was done to give the affair an American atmosphere, and 
it was difficult for the diners to realize that they were in Paris rather than in the United 
States. A real American Negro orchestra of five men provided entertainment with songs 
and clog dancing. One of the first stunts of the dinner was the singing of the "Stein Song," 
at which the fourteen Tech men present rose according to custom. Men from various 
other colleges, notably Harvard and Yale, replied with various songs and yells, but the 
Institute men outnumbered and, according to their own account at least, outyelled the mem- 
bers of any other college present. Needless to say the dinner was a tremendous success. 

Nor was this the only form of Thanksgiving celebration. Quite a number of Tech 
men had obtained permission to visit Paris for the day but were unable to remain in the 
evening. These men Mr. Lansingh arranged to take to the American Club Dinner at 
noon, where they were able to see, and hear addresses by Marshal Joffre, General Per- 
shing, Ambassador Sharp, Rene Viviani and Andre Tardieu. 

During the winter Mr. Lansingh was able to give practically no time to the Tech- 
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Interior of the Technology Bureau at the American University Union 



Allen, however, had been busy making arrangements to- enter the French service, and on 
February 20 he left the Union to enter the French Officer Candidates' School, from 
which he was graduated with the rank of aspirant and was commissioned in the French 
Field Artillery. Allen's military career was brilliant, for he served, first as an aspirant 
and later as sous-lieutenant in the 4oeme Regiment d'Artillerie on practically every active 
front from April, 1918, until the armistice, during which period his regiment received 
the medaille militaire "for the supreme courage displayed by its members." He took part 
in the actions along the Aisne, Chemin des Dames, Champagne, Ardennes and Champenoux, 
the Second Battle of the Marne and the Meuse-Argonne, for his services in which action 
he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre. 

The resignation of Allen had been for some time foreseen and the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Committee for National Service had made arrangements for 
a successor. Howard L. Coburn, '87, better known as "Pa" Coburn had been suggested 
for the position since his enthusiasm for Technology and all things related to Technology, 
and his ability to meet and make friends with men, was well known to all. Mr. Coburn 
had undertaken the work and was about to depart for Paris when he was prevented from 
doing so on account of business in connection with government work. 

The Reverend George C. Gibbs, '00, was selected to take his place. At the outbreak 
of war Gibbs had been rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Okmulgee, Okla. He had 
been offered a chaplaincy in an engineer regiment but was rejected by the Adjutant- 
General's Department on the ground that no more Episcopalian chaplains could be 
appointed at that time. 

In November, 1917, Gibbs, having resigned his charge in the West, came to New 
York City as assistant rector at St. Anne's Church in the Bronx, and took out a resi- 
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the latter had to give up his much-cherished plan he suggested Gibbs as his successor, and 
after a conference with the committee in Boston, he was appointed. 

After a pleasant, calm and uneventful voyage Mr. Gibbs arrived at Bordeaux, 
France, on March 19, reaching Paris on the following day. Upon arrival he adopted a- 
policy based upon the theory that while the work of the Union as a whole was to extend 
the influence of American universities in France, and to act as a general meeting place for 
American college men, the work of the Technology Bureau was to provide a real home for 
Tech men and by personal interest to bring them into close touch with the Bureau and 
with one another. With this end in view, he inaugurated numerous innovations, of which 
perhaps the most popular was the custom of serving coffee each afternoon. 

It may be wondered how Mr. Gibbs managed to obtain the coffee, though a num- 
ber of Tech men already know some of the details of his little scheme. This coffee was 
contributed to the War Service Auxiliary by Mr. S. Scheinfeldt, the uncle of Joseph A. 
Aaron, 'ri. It was carried overseas under the direction of Mrs. George in five-pound 
packages carried by various individuals whom she was able to persuade to aid her in the 
undertaking. 

What a thoroughly cozy, homelike place Technology's Paris home was during this 
period can best be judged from the following letter written by a Tech man who had 
recently enjoyed its hospitality. 

"One glance at the Tech Bureau makes you feel that you have struck the right place — no one will ques- 
tion that. The atmosphere is full of Tech cordiality and hospitality. Located in a corner room, the best location 
in the building, one looks out over the Place de la Comedie Fran<;aise, the fountain and trees, and the Avenue 
de l'Opera, while the dark gray walls of the Louvre are seen down a short cross street. The interior of the room 
is tastefully decorated with pictures of the Institute, an American flag, and small miscellaneous trifles. Flowers 
are continually kept in the room during the summer months, and it is surprising what a cheerful little touch they 
give and one that is appreciated and often spoken of by Tech men when they come in. A bulletin board near 
the door is placed so that it is seen by every one as he leaves. The latest clippings concerning Tech men and 
Tech affairs are placed there whenever they come in from the States. A file of Techs and some of the later 
'Techniques' are kept on the table. 

"The director, Mr. George C. Gibbs, is fast proving himself the ideal man for the place. His heartiness 
and the knack he has of making every Tech man that comes in a personal friend, is a rare quality and one that 




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is appreciated by all. It is this personal touch which makes the Tech Bureau one of the strongest in the Union 
if not the strongest, for the fellows always come back whenever they are in town. Smokes are provided for the 
men and always without charge, while the 'Treasure Chest' which the Technology women are keeping up is open 
to any of the fellows in need of such things and to those in the field who are otherwise unable to obtain them. 
When one sees what is being done in the office by the director and his assistant, Miss Beakhurst, with the aid 
of a Boy Scout who comes in a couple of days a week, one cannot help but realize that Technology is behind him 
every minute. The readdressing of mail, countless errands and commissions for the fellows at the front, starting 
them on sightseeing trips around Paris, etc., are all in the day's work. Mr. Gibbs is in personal correspondence 
with a large percentage of the men that drop in, and his letters alone, as he has sometimes read extracts to me, 
would form an intensely interesting volume if it were not violating personal confidences, for every man at the 
front dislikes to see his name in print written up as a hero. 

"Evenings are perhaps the pleasantest part of the day's work in the office, for there is always a group of 
Tech men, perhaps two, perhaps six, having a little chat, talking over old times or telling some of their humorous 
experiences in France. The coffee set which was sent over from the States plays an important part in these little 
meetings, for Mr. Gibbs always picks on some one to do the churning while he proceeds to light the alcohol lamp 
and start the brew. The yellow cups and saucers balanced on a khaki-covered knee do not look out of place." 

In August, 1918, the Technology Bureau was enlarged in such a manner as to pro- 
vide room for an extra bed and to give the director a little more privacy should he so 
desire; but one of the two beds in his room and a cot in the office were at the disposal of 
visitors, while his bathroom became one of the most popular institutions in Paris. Indeed 
a gentlemen from one of the other bureaus remarked, "The Institute not only eats and 
sleeps them but also washes them" — a service which can be appreciated only by one who 
has been billeted for a few months in a small French country town. 

When Mr. Lansingh originally agreed to go abroad to take charge of the Technology 
Bureau he undertook to remain in charge of this work for one year. The year was now nearly 
up, and as his work for the Council of National Defense was at this time about completed 
it was necessary for him to return to the United States. The American University Union 
in Europe was now well established and the Technology Bureau of the Union had become 
a running concern. Accordingly, early in June he resigned and shortly afterwards returned 
to the United States. 

The dinner held on June 1 was the first Tech dinner for some months. It served 
both as a welcome to Mr. Gibbs, the new director, and as a farewell to Mr. Lansingh. Mr. 
George Mower, '81, acted as chairman and Professor J. Erskine of Columbia University, who 
was at that time chairman of the Educational Campaign of the Young Men's Christian 
Association, was the speaker of the evening. At the close of the dinner, a handsome 
"Cave Liqueur" consisting of a crystal liqueur set of the Empire period, enclosed in a 
fine mahogany case, was presented to Mr. Lansingh by the Tech men present. 

The interruption of the dinners during the spring of 191 8 had been due to the 
exigencies of the great German offensive. The period was indeed an eventful one for 
Paris. Air raids occurred almost every night while the shells of the famous long-range 
"Bertha" from time to time served to rack the nerves of the inhabitants. It will be 
recollected that one of these shells struck just north of the Madeleine, while another, on 
Good Friday morning, struck the church of St. Gervaise, and it will be found on examin- 
ing the maps of Paris that the University Union was almost between these two and nearly 
in line with them. 

Toward the end of June the work of the Union took on a different aspect. To 
be sure the same men gathered at the Union, the monthly dinners were continued as 
usual, but the correspondence of the Bureau shows that another influence was at work. 
American forces, including some eleven hundred Tech men, had finally become seriously 
engaged with the enemy. Streams of wounded came pouring into the hospital centers 
from day to day and the casualty lists showed the names of Tech men killed or missing. 
Mr. Gibbs was appointed to assist Doctor Van Dyke of the Union in looking after the 
wounded, and was requested by the American Red Cross to add to his other duties that of 
visiting the American Red Cross hospitals in Paris. Two afternoons a week he visited 
Base Hospital No. 1 at Neuilly, and every Sunday morning at eight o'clock he admin- 
istered the sacrament of Holy Communion, according to the custom of the Episcopal 
Church, to those of the sick and wounded who so desired. Toward the close of June the 
wards of the hospitals were filled with American wounded to whom he in his letters pays 
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Not only did the work in the hospitals consist of carrying comforts to those who 
lay wounded, but it included seeing to their welfare after discharge. Most of the men at 
the time they became casualties had the barest field equipment upon them; in many cases 
even their uniforms had been cut away in order that their wounds might be reached at 
the field dressing stations. In most cases their property had been completely lost, and 
many of them were wholly destitute. For the relief of such men an emergency fund was 
gathered originally consisting of two thousand dollars, one thousand of which represented 
the proceeds of the Tech Show of 191 8, while the other was a contribution of Charles W. 
Eaton, '85. 

The fund was to be used by the director to aid Tech soldiers and officers who 
were wounded or ill or in other need, and also to assist men who, on receiving their 
commissions as second lieutenants, had immediate need of money for equipment. 
Until the armistice the director applied these funds wherever he heard of a wounded or a 
sick man in a hospital, the funds being given out as long-time loans. Even after the 
armistice a few men were found in hospitals to whom assistance was given. 

The fund was also used for loans to men who wrote for them or came personally. 
The privilege was never abused and was of great relief to many. No questions were asked, 
no strings were tied to the loan, the man simply put the date and his name under an 
"I. O. U." to the emergency fund. He always paid back the loan, and usually without 
any request to do so. 

In addition to his contribution to the fund, Mr. Eaton himself on many occasions 
made loans greater or less in amount to men temporarily in need of cash. It is said of Mr. 
Eaton that he would never permit a man to give his name. "If you return the money, 
as I believe you will, I shall not need to know your name; if you do not return the money, 
I do not want to know your name." 

Later after the advance to the Vesle, the number of wounded decreased somewhat. 
As it diminished work of another nature began to assume importance. Anxious relatives 
began to inquire as to Tech men reported killed, wounded or missing, and also as to the 
location of the graves of those who had fallen. This work was not completed until July, 
1919, when the fate of the last Tech man was finally decided. 

Toward the end of the summer the continued victories of the allied forces brought 
about a somewhat gayer atmosphere. The number of Tech men in Paris was also increas- 
ing rapidly, for though Paris leaves were still denied, it was possible to spend several hours 
in the city while travelling between any two points in France. As a result quite a number of 
Tech men were present in Paris on the day of the armistice; all of these were the guests 
of Mr. Eaton for luncheon and dinner and took part in the general rejoicing which filled 
the city on the evening of November 1 1. 

Soon after the armistice Paris leaves were permitted, and from this time on the 
University Union was always crowded to its capacity and the extra beds in the Tech 
Bureau were in constant use. 

On December 5 at the regular monthly dinner twenty-six men were present and each 
received an attractive brass cigarette lighter as a souvenir. These lighters were the gifts 
of Mr. Eaton. On December 21 the Tech men held a Christmas party. At five p.m. 
there was held an informal open house with real eggnog, while at seven there was an old- 
fashioned Christmas dinner, after which the "Treasure Chest" was opened and gifts 
were given out to every one present. Nor were the other Tech men, who on Christmas 
Day enjoyed "canned Willie" and moldy bread in their billets amid the ruins of the zone 
of advance or on the march in Germany, forgotten, for one of Mr. Eaton's cigarette 
lighters was sent out as a Christmas remembrance to every Tech man whose address was 
on file at the Bureau — seven hundred in all. 

Throughout the spring visitors continued to come and go. From March until 
June, under the provisions of the United States Army, men were placed in various uni- 
versities in France and England for study. A large number of these were Tech men, and 
a very considerable number were located in Paris, at the Sorbonne, Ecole Polytechnique, 
Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees and at the art training center at Bellevue. Many of our men 
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after afternoon coffee the men would break up into groups and go off to dinner or make 
up a theatre party for the evening. 

Visitors from home were frequent, and in the register of this date we find the names 
of A. F. Bemis, '93, George F. Swain, '77, Charles T. Main, '76, George L. Gilmore, '90, 
and many others well known to every Tech man. 

As the spring of 1919 wore on changes took place. The popularity of the Bureau 
was such that it was necessary to make further enlargements, and in March Mr. Gibbs 
obtained a most efficient assistant in the person of David A. Reed, Jr., '18. Reed had 
been one of the original Technology Ambulance Unit, who had entered the United States 
Army at the time when the American Field Service was taken over by it and had remained 
in the Motor Transport Corps ever since. He had served in the famous "Reserve 
Mallet" and attained the rank of sergeant. In March Sergeant Reed's unit was demobi- 
lized at St. Aignon, and shortly after receiving his discharge Reed went to the Bureau 
to assist Mr. Gibbs. •> p 

In the meanwhile the stream of troops was steadily flowing from France back to 
the United States and with it were going the American college men. On July 1, 1919, 
the American University Union in Paris closed, relinquishing its contract with the Royal 
Palace and retaining only its offices. The Technology Bureau, however, did not close 
until the first of August, utilizing in the meantime the rooms which had previously been 
those of the Yale Bureau. The Bureau had now ceased to be merely a bureau of the 
American University Union; it was once more, as it had been in its early days,, a Tech- 
nology Club in Paris. The new rooms were fitted up as a little dormitory, with beds for 
• the Director and Assistant Director and for visitors, while meals were served in the apart- 
ment — a custom which had been prohibited in the by-laws of the Union. 

When the Bureau closed the Tech men in Paris were not left entirely without a 
home, for the last act of the Director was to insure that some permanent organization 
would be left to carry on the work of the Bureau as long as Tech men remained abroad. 
On July 3 1 he gathered together all Tech men who were in Paris more or less permanently 
and organized the Technology Club of Paris. Edward Stuart, '10, was elected secretary. 
His headquarters were located at the office of the Rockefeller Foundation and for some 
months to come he continued to keep a mailing list of all men in France and to communi- 
cate Technology news to them. Luncheons were planned at regular intervals in Paris 
and it is hoped that from this organization a permanent Technology Club of France may 
result. 

As a matter of fact a permanent organization has been established, for the Ameri- 
can University Union in Europe has been placed upon a permanent basis and is now mak- 
ing arrangements to build a " Maison des Etudiants " in the heart of Paris, which is to 
perpetuate in appropriate form of -memorial the story of the service of American college 
men during the war. This work will be supported by fifty universities, colleges, and tech- 
nical schools throughout the United States, and naturally Technology is among the number. 

Throughout the time of its existence the Bureau had been a model and it aroused 
the envy of every university organization on the ground. Its success may be attributed 
to two factors — ■ the promptitude and the extent to which funds were made available 
and the personnel in charge. 

The original funds, as has been seen, were contributed by Mrs. Cunningham, and 
it is to her generosity that Technology owes the fact that it was the first college to be 
represented in Paris. It would have been difficult, however, for the work to have been 
carried on without further support, and this, as we have seen, was provided through the 
war fund gathered by Doctor Tyler's finance committee of the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology Committee for National Service. The amount of money on hand was always 
adequate and was so well handled as to appear generous in the extreme. In addition to 
the sources already recorded many of our men serving abroad desired to contribute to 
the funds of the Bureau. In most cases contributions from members of the American 
Expeditionary Forces were refused, but many of these men's relations sent heavy contri- 
butions in recognition of little kindnesses done to their sons and brothers; while a large 
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emergencies or in providing funds which would permit enlisted men to enjoy to the fullest 
their furlouehs in Paris. 

The other factor in the success of the Bureau was the personnel. The entire object 
of the Bureau was to provide a home. Its entire success depended on whether or not it 
would be homelike. It was Mr. Lansingh who grasped this fact and saw to it that the 
Technology Club and later the Technology Bureau was in fact the home of the Tech men 
in France. It was he who, when he was obliged to give up direct supervision of the 
work, insisted that the new director should be a man who would insure the continuance 
of a homelike atmosphere. Such a man was George Gibbs. Not only have hundreds 
testified in their letters from abroad to the love of Tech men for him, but many, fearing 
that adequate justice would not be done to his work, in sending in their war records 
neglected to put down any details of their own service but instead sent in notes requesting 
that the work of George Gibbs be given precedence over that of all other Tech men in 
France. He was a mature man, yet sympathetic with youth; he was a man who under- 
stood how to use money and equipment efficiently, yet without allowing this efficiency to 
show in machinelike methods or in apparent stinginess. Upon the contrary he so managed 
the funds at his disposal as to give those who visited the Bureau the impression of bounty 
and generosity. Above all he was a friend. Upon reaching Paris he set about learning 
French and became very proficient in its use. He learned the city, its points of interest, 
its shops, its restaurants and its places of amusement. At first his knowledge merely 
was in demand, but soon it was he himself. Men were no longer willing to simply go and 
visit places which George Gibbs suggested; they desired "George" to go too, and he soon 
became their source of information, their counselor, their friend and companion. He 
has himself said of his work at this time that it was the "best and happiest" he has ever 
done. There are few men in the world today who can boast of as many fast friends. 

The Technology Bureau of the American University Union, to quote the battle- 
cry of the famous American division, was "the first to fight and the last to quit." It 
took a most prominent part in the foundation of the American University Union. Impor- 
tant as this achievement was, however, it would scarcely justify the existence of such 
an institution as the Technology Bureau as a wartime measure. Considered from the 
point of view of war, such an institution could serve the Nation in only one way, namely, 
that of maintaining and improving the morale of the fighting men at the front. Morale 
is a somewhat complex phenomenon and is influenced by many factors, but of all these 
factors there are none so potent as the feeling on the part of the individual that he is fight- 
ing for his home and his fireside, for the land so far away across the seas. No force could 
possibly be so effective in keeping up the morale as one which provided for each individual 
a home, and the success or failure of the Technology Bureau must be judged from this point 
of view. How successful it was can be judged only by the hundreds of letters and testi- 
monials received from men who visited it. It was a home; it brought memories of home; 
and it provided, through its bulletins and correspondence, actual, tangible contact with 
home. Its success, as we have seen, is due first to Mrs. Cunningham, for the inception 
of the idea and for the initial contribution of funds; to Mr. Lansingh, for laying out the 
Bureau and developing it into a running concern; to the Finance Committee of the Alumni 
Association and to those Tech men and friends of Technology who contributed to its up- 
keep; but, above all, to the ability, tact, and sympathy of George C. Gibbs. 

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Almost from the outbreak of war a number of Tech men were serving with the 
American Ambulance Service in France. One of them, Enos W. Curtin, '17, felt that the 
Institute should be represented not only by individuals, but also by a Technology ambu- 
lance unit similar to those maintained by other colleges. He therefore arranged for a 
meeting at the Technology Club of New York, which was addressed by one of the members 
of the service. A subscription was taken up to equip a Technology unit, and a bulletin 
was issued requesting donations to complete the amount. 

This bulletin came to the notice of Mrs. Edward Cunningham, who offered to 

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contribute whatever might be necessary as a memorial to her husband. The amount 
proved comparatively small, and Mrs. Cunningham did not feel that it was really a suf- 
ficient gift; she accordingly made arrangements, through Doctor Maclaurin, by which a 
complete ambulance was presented to the American Ambulance Service. This machine, 
Ambulance No. 754, which bore the inscription — "Given in memory of Edward Cunning- 
ham, M. I. T. 1891," was sent to France and for many months performed valuable service 
as a unit of Section 29. 

On December 13, 1916, Leslie Buswell, an ambulance driver recently returned from 
France, gave an illustrated talk at the Institute entitled "Ambulance No. 10," at the 
close of which he called for volunteers to join the Ambulance Service. Literature was 
also left in the office of the Technology Christian Association, and before long a number 
of undergraduates had become interested in the formation of a Technology unit. 




Tech Ambulance Unit about to go to the Front 



The formation of such a unit was contrary to the Institute's policy as laid down 
by Doctor Maclaurin, and the organizers appear to have received little encouragement, 
official or otherwise. Nevertheless men continued to enroll until the roster contained the 
twenty names required. Early in June a second meeting was held, at which Irving G. 
Hall, Jr., '18, was chosen head, and plans were laid for assembling the unit at New York. 

The arrangements for establishing the Technology Club of Paris (see page 75) 
and the American University Union in Europe (see page 75) were just coming to a head, 
and many prominent Tech men were gathered in New York. On the evening of June 
22 a farewell banquet was held, and among the distinguished guests and speakers were: 
Maurice R. Scharff, '09, head of the Washington Technology Bureau; James P. Munroe, 
'82, Van Rensselaer Lansingh, '98, Professor Nettleton, head of the English Department 
of the Sheffield Scientific School; I. W. Litchfield, '85, Professor H. G. Pearson, Louis Tracy, 
the novelist, and Mrs. Edward Cunningham. 

A day or two later the men sailed on the "Rochambeau." The roster at departure 
read as follows: H. B. Allen, '18, R. M. Allen, '16, F. N. Breed, '12, L. B. Cahill, '19, K. 
H. Day, '17, Dinsmore Ely, '18, E. P. Griesemer, '20, I. G. Hall, Jr., '18, R. J. Henderson, 



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'19, F. W. Holmes, '16, F. L. Kline, '18, J. R. Milliken, '20, D. A. Reed, Jr., '18, G. W. 
Root, '19, F. B. Smith, Jr., '17, D. G. Tarpley, '17, together with four men from another 
institution who had joined them on board the ship. E. N. Winslow, '18, followed on the 
next steamer and joined the unit in France. 

On arrival in Paris it was found that ambulance drivers were no longer in demand; 
on the contrary drivers for trucks were very urgently needed; and that the American 
Field Service had been reorganized, with the intention of supplying this need rather than 
ambulance personnel. Smith and Ely objected to this change and resigned. Of Smith's 
record we have already spoken (see page 77) and of Ely more will be said later (see 
page 162, also Roll of Honor). The remainder of the unit was now sent to a school for 
American camion drivers at Longpont and at the expiration of two weeks' training went to 
the front. Being too small to form a single company they served as replacements for the 
various companies of Section 526 of the famous Reserve Mallet. Although somewhat 
separated the men still saw one another frequently until October, 1917, when the Reserve 
Mallet was taken over by the American Army; the American Field Service was at this time 
disbanded. 

The members were given opportunity to enlist in any branch of the service of the 
United States Army, and as a result the Technology Unit, as such, was completely broken 
up. Of the original group six became members of the Motor Transport Corps, five entered 
the Air Service, one the Sanitary Corps, three the Engineer Corps, one the Tank Corps, 
one the French Artillery, one the Ordnance Corps, and one the United States Navy. Of 
one man we have no record. 

During the period of active service between July 22 and the first of October, Sec- 
tion 526 was engaged in carrying munitions up to the Aisne sector, and hence its members 
can claim to have taken part in the offensives against Crayonelle and Fort Malmaison. 



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RAYMOND VAN EETVELDE. 

Belgian Army. 

Attended the University of Lou vain. 

Entered the Institute in April, 1906, and attended until 1908. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. He was the son of Baron van Eetvelde of Brussels, 
Belgium. While at the Institute he became greatly interested in canoeing. 

Shortly after the outbreak of war he enlisted as a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, but 
later transferred to the Belgian service. There is little further information regarding him except that he contin- 
ued in service until August 15, 1918, when he died in the Military Hospital at LeParne as a result of influenza 
contracted in the trenches. 




PAUL GAUTIER VIGNAL. 

Captain, Chasseurs Alpins, French Army. 

Born in Nice, France, March 7, 1887. 

Graduated from the Polytechnic Institute, Zurich, Switzerland. 

Entered the Institute in February, 19 1 2, and attended until June, 

un- 
studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 
Member of the Cercle Francais. 

In June, 19 14, he left the United States to take up work in China. 
As he was a reserve officer of the French army, he was called home 
immediately upon the outbreak of war, as a captain in the Chasseurs 
Alpins. His unit was sent into the Ypres sector and he there took 
part in several local attacks, and while personally leading his men he 
was killed, in December, 19 14. He was the first Technology man to 
lose his life in the war. 




KENNETH WEEKS. 

Private, Foreign Legion, French Army. 

Born at Chestnut Hill, Mass., December 30, 1889. 

Entered the Institute in 1908 and attended until 1910. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, standing committee 
of the Architectural Society. 

In 19 10 he went to Paris to study at the Beaux-Arts and at the 
outbreak of the war had already published a number of plays and essays. 
He volunteered the first week of the war, was enlisted and assigned to 
the First Regiment of the Foreign Legion, with which he saw service 
in the most critical engagements during the spring of 1915. He was 
cited for distinguished gallantry on May 9, 1915, at the taking of La 
Targette and Neuville-St. Vaast, and received the Croix de Guerre. 
Shortly afterwards he volunteered for work as a bomb-thrower and on 
the sixteenth and seventeenth of June took part in the storming of Hill 
119, just north of "The Labyrinth." Weeks was last seen near the 
German third-line trench in the act of throwing a bomb. 



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HENRY LAMY. 

Sergeant, Infantry of the Line, French Army. 

Born in Normandy, France, in 1891. 

Received his bachelor's degree at the University of Paris. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 1913. 

Member of the Cosmopolitan and Walker Clubs, Mining Engineer- 
ing Society. 

On returning to France he entered the army to receive the cus- 
tomary two years' training, and at the outbreak of hostilities was a 
member of the I32d Infantry regiment. He took part in the fighting 
about Charleroi, in August, 19 14, and in the First Battle of the Marne. 
At the Aisne he was wounded by shrapnel and after one month in the 
hospital entered a munitions factory. Two months later he volunteered 
for the front and served with distinction during the summer of 1915, 
being recommended for commission as sous-lieutenant and receiving 
the Croix de Guerre for gallantry. During the Champagne drive of 
September, 1915, he was mortally wounded while leading his men. 
He was the first Institute graduate killed in the war. 




HARRY CAVANAGH. 

Lieutenant, Canadian Engineers. 

Born in New Glasgow, N. S., February 5, 1886. 

Prepared at New Glasgow public schools and Dalhousie University. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1 and attended until 1912. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineering. 

After leaving the Institute he became assistant engineer on con- 
struction of Eastern Car Works. 

He enlisted in December, 1914, in Ottawa, as a sapper in the Signal 
Corps of the Canadian Engineers. He was commissioned a lieutenant 
at the Engineers' Training Depot, at Ottawa. He was sent overseas in 
1915 and for some time was in charge of the engineer depot at the rail 
head near Ypres. In July, 1916, with his company, he was sent to help 
the Australians build roads and water supply on the Somme. He took 
part in the operations at High Wood and Contalmaison. He was mortally 
wounded by a shell at Pozieres, August 23, 1916, and died in London 
ten days later. 




-, THOMAS ATKINSON TILLARD. 



Captain, Royal Flying Corps. 

Born at Baltimore, Md., February 25, 1884. 

Prepared at Eton and attended Trinity and Kings College, Cam- 
bridge, England. A.B. Cambridge University. 

Entered the Institute in 1906. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineering. 

Member of Chi Phi fraternity, president of the Golf Club, president 
of the British Empire Association. 

In October, 1914, he entered the Norfolk Yeomanry, but in Decem- 
ber, 1915, was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was promoted 
to the rank of captain, Royal Flying Corps, and went to France, where 
he served with great credit. On the afternoon of December 6, 1916, he 
was testing a Morane "Parasol" monoplane at a height of about five 
thousand feet. The machine suddenly fell into a nose dive and crashed. 
Captain Tillard was instantly killed. 



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HENRY FRANCIS LEWIS. 

Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry. 

Born in Chicago, 111., July 10, 1884. 

Prepared at the Chicago Manual Training School. 

Entered the Institute in 1901. 

Graduated in the Course in Physics in 1905. 

Member of Delta Tau Delta. 

In January, 19 16, he enlisted in the British army and went over- 
seas in September of the same year. In November he married Miss 
Kathleen Baker. He served in the trenches from December, 19 16, to 
April, 19 17, and took part in the battle of Vimy Ridge. When his 
battalion — the 44th Canadian — reached its first objective Lieutenant 
Lewis and another officer endeavored to get in touch with the battalion 
to the right. They were wounded and taken prisoners. Lieutenant 
Lewis died the same day at a Bavarian field hospital, April 12, 1917. 




HARRY ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. 

Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry. 

Born on September 7, 1888. 

Attended McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 

Entered the Institute in 1910 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Chemistry. 

In January, 1915, he enlisted as a private in Princess Patricia's 
Canadian Light Infantry and served overseas with that regiment from 
February, 1915, to July, 1916. He then returned to England where, 
having successfully completed a course of instruction, he was com- 
missioned lieutenant and assigned to the 44th Canadian battalion. 
He was killed in action on May II, 1917, while leading a counter-attack 
to regain ground temporarily won by the enemy near Avion. 







BRAXTON BIGELOW. 

Captain, Royal Engineers. 

Born on January 17, 1887. 

Prepared at Morristown and later attended Harvard University. 

Entered the Institute in 1907. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 19 10. 

Member of Delta Psi fraternity, Round Table Club. 

He was engaged as a mining engineer in the silver mines of Moro- 
cocha, Peru, but left this position to enlist in the American Field Ambu- 
lance Service. He was sent to Serbia, where he was decorated, and in 
April, 19 16, he returned to England to receive a commission in the 
Royal Artillery. He was transferred to the Royal Engineers and was 
promoted to captain. In August he was slightly wounded but returned 
to France and was assigned to the Lens sector. In May, 1917, he was 
recommended for gallantry and distinguished service. On July 23 he 
took part in a raid on the "Hairpin," and after capturing a prisoner he 
descended a hostile mine shaft. He never returned. 



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ERIC WIER MASON. 

Lieutenant, South African Artillery. 

Born at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, in 1891. 

Prepared at Rugby, England. 

Entered the Institute in 19 10. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 19 14. 

Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, chorus of Tech Show, 
chairman British Empire Section of the Cosmopolitan Club, Executive 
Committee of class. 

He enlisted in the Imperial Light Horse and saw service in German 
Southwest Africa. He was later commissioned in the South African 
Heavy Artillery, and in April, 1916, he accompanied his unit to France. 
His leg was broken by a runaway gun-team, and he was invalided to 
England. While there he married Miss Sheila Grant of Cape Town. 
He returned to France and saw a great deal of service until he was 
wounded, on July 26, 19 17, while observing for his battery during the 
bombardment preceding the British advance near Ypres. His wound 
appeared slight but septic poisoning and pneumonia developed. He 
died in a hospital at Boulogne on August 12, 1917. 




ALFRED STANDISH MILLIKEN. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in New Bedford, Mass., May 1, 1891. 

Prepared at the New Bedford High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 19 14. 

Member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, Freshman Tug-of-War 
Team, manager of the Sophomore Tug-of-War Team. 

He entered the second Plattsburg training camp, from which he 
was graduated as a second lieutenant, and was assigned to the 6th 
United States Engineers. During the German offensive of March 21 
the 6th Engineers were sent into the line near Villers-Bretonneux, 
and Lieutenant Milliken, who had charge of a section of Company D, 
defended a trench in front of the village of Warfusse-Abaucourt. All 
German assaults were repulsed, but during the afternoon of March 30 
the position was subjected to a heavy bombardment during which 
Lieutenant Milliken was killed. A battery of coast artillery guns at Fort 
Rodman, New Bedford, has been named for him. 




=1 GEORGE LEWIS MACKAY. 



First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born Ocala, Florida. 

Attended the Georgia School of Technology for one year. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1914. 

Secretary of the Architectural Engineering Society. 

At the outbreak of the war he volunteered and was assigned to the 
42d Division. On arrival overseas he was sent to the Army Candidates' 
School for Officers at Langres and was graduated as first lieutenant. 
At the close of the course he was sent to the front to gain experience 
and volunteered to take part in a raid into the German lines, on April 
20, 1918. After the attack MacKay was missing. He was last seen 
engaged in a hand-grenade fight with five of the enemy near the German 
third-line trench. Lieutenant MacKay was posthumously awarded the 
Croix de Guerre. 






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DINSMORE ELY. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Born in Chicago, 111., May 16, 1894. 

Prepared at the Chicago Latin School. 

Entered the Institute in 19 14 and attended until 19 17. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

Member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Sophomore Tug-of- 
War Team, Chorus of the Tech Show, Architectural Club, assistant 
editor of Technique. 

In May, 1917, he volunteered for service with the Tech unit of 
the American Field Ambulance Service. Shortly after his arrival in 
France he enlisted in the Lafayette Flying Corps. He saw service as a 
member of the French Escadrille, Spad 102, in the Toul sector. On 
April 1 he received his commission as second lieutenant in the United 
States Air Service and was reassigned, at his own request, to his French 
Escadrille. While flying to rejoin it at Montdidier, he met with an 
accident near Villacoublay, France, on April 18, 1918, and died three 
days later at Versailles. A phrase used in his last letter to his parents, 
"It is an investment, not a loss, when a man dies for his country," was 
used throughout the United States in aid of the Liberty Loan campaigns. 




ENOS CLIFFORD SAWYER. 

First-Class Private, United States Field Artillery. 

Born in Cambridge, Mass., November 3, 1893. 

Prepared at the Rindge Technical School. 

Entered the Institute in 1912 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Captain of the Freshman Relay Team. 

On May 2, 1917, he enlisted in the 101st Field Artillery, 26th 
Division. He accompanied that division overseas, where he saw service 
in the sector about Toul and on the Chemin des Dames. On the after- 
noon of April 21, 1918, during the artillery duel following the affair at 
Seicheprey, he was killed near Boncourt by a high-explosive shell. The 
Cambridge Post of the American Legion was originally named for him. 







LEWIS WILLIAM PRESCOTT. 

First Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. 

Born in Michigan, on October 12, 1891. 

Prepared at the Washington (D.C.), Foreign Mission Seminary. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1915. 

Member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, Freshman Relay 
Team, Mechanical Engineering Society. 

In July, 1917, he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps at Toronto, 
Canada, being commissioned a second lieutenant, and continued his 
training at Fort Worth, Texas. He sailed for overseas on December 18, 
1917. Having completed his training in England and Scotland, he 
went to the front as a scout pilot of the 23d Squadron, Royal Flying 
Corps, in early April, 1918, and was promoted to first lieutenant. On 
the afternoon of April 22, 19 18, he was assigned a mission in the neigh- 
borhood of Dompierre, France, from which he never returned. 



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WILLIAM KEY BOND EMERSON, JR. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Born in New York City, April 9, 1894. 

Prepared at Middlesex School and was graduated from Harvard 
University in 19 16. He was a member of the Crew and Football 
Squads and was also an editor of the Crimson. 

Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended one term. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

In the spring of 1915 he volunteered for the American Field Ambu- 
lance Service and was sent to France, where he served with Section No. 
3 in the Vosges. In January, 19 17, he again volunteered and was sent 
to Serbia with the same section. While there he received the Croix de 
Guerre for "conspicuous bravery in rescuing the wounded under fire" 
near Monastir. Returning to France in September, 19 17, he was com- 
missioned second lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. He was 
trained as an artillery observer at Valdahon and was later attached to the 
12th Aero Squadron. On May 14, 1918, he set out on a mission, piloted by 
Lieutenant C. M. Angell, '18, and met his death with the latter. Emerson 
Flying Field, Columbia, S.C., was named in his honor. 







CYRIL MATTHEW ANGELL. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Fall River, Mass., April 9, 1895. 

Prepared at the Fall River High School and the Chauncy Hall 
School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1913 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Physics. 

Member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and candidate for the news 
staff of The Tech. 

He enlisted in the Aviation Section of the United States Signal 
Corps in June, 19 17, and received his training with the Royal Flying 
Corps, first at Toronto, Canada, and later at Fort Worth, Texas. On 
February 2, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant and ordered 
to England. A little later he was sent to France, where he served with 
distinction. He was killed on the afternoon of May 14, 1918, while 
on a mission, over the front line near Toul, accompanied by Lieutenant 
W. K. B. Emerson, Jr., '20. It appears that he was shot down by 
enemy anti-aircraft artillery or by a German airplane. 




RAYMOND HENRY FELLOWS. 

Private, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Concord, N. H., January 28, 1887. 

Prepared at the Concord High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1905. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineering. 

Member of the Civil Engineering Society. 

At the outbreak of war he was at work as a contractor in Monson, 
Mass. He enlisted in April, 1917, and received his training at the 
Wentworth Institute training camp. He was assigned to the 101st 
Engineers, sailed for England in September, 1917, and saw service in 
the Toul sector, the Chemin des Dames and at Seicheprey. He was 
killed on July 16, 1918, while his unit was occupying the sector north of 
Chateau-Thierry. 



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JAMES HILL HOLMES, JR., D. S. C. 

Captain, United States Infantry. 

Born in Charleston, S. C, October 9, 1895. 

Graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy, 1915. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and, on account of illness, left a few 
months later. 

In March, 1916, he became commandant of cadets at the Colum- 
bia Military Academy, Columbia, Tenn., in which position he continued 
until November of the same year, when he received a commission as 
second lieutenant in the United States Army. In March, 1917, he 
was married to Miss Anne Adela Folline, of Charleston, S. C. He saw 
service on the Mexican border, and was later transferred to the 26th 
Infantry, 1st Division, for overseas service. He received his captaincy 
and was assigned to command Company G, 26th Infantry, just before 
the offensive of July 18. He was killed in the neighborhood of Ploisy 
on July 19, 19 18, while leading his company, under conditions which 
resulted in his receiving posthumously the Distinguished Service Cross 
and the Croix de Guerre. 




HAROLD CLINTON WASGATT. 

First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Boston, Mass., June 13, 1896. 

Prepared at the Everett High School and Phillips Andover Academy. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

Member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, Freshman and Sophomore 
Tug-of-War Teams. 

He attended the Plattsburg officers' training camp and was 
commissioned in the Officers' Reserve Corps but later resigned to accept 
a commission as second lieutenant in the Regular Army; he was assigned 
to the 59th Infantry. He specialized in machine-gun work and was 
promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to the machine gun com- 
pany of his regiment. He accompanied his regiment overseas and took 
part in the defense of the Marne on the morning of July 15, 1918. Dur- 
ing the advance of the 4th Division north of the Marne, on July 19, he 
was wounded by a machine-gun bullet and while on the way to the 
field hospital was struck by a shell and killed. 




HADYN POTTER MAYERS. 

Captain, United States Infantry. 

Born in San Antonio, Texas, September 15, 1890. 

Prepared at the San Antonio High School, and was later graduated 
from the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineering. 

Member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. 

On March 22, 19 17, he was assigned, as second lieutenant, to the 
57th Infantry, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was promoted to 
captain and sent overseas in April, 1918, with the 60th Infantry, 5th 
Division. On July 31, 1918, he conducted a raiding party in No Man's 
Land, in the Vosges Mountains, during which one of his men was 
wounded and fell into a ravine. Captain Mayers attempted to rescue 
him but was himself mortally wounded. For his bravery Captain Mayers 
is reported to have been recommended for the Distinguished Service 
Cross. 



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JAMES COUNCILL WOOTEN, 2d, D. S. C. 

First Lieutenant, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Born in Columbia, Tenn., August 7, 1896. 

Prepared at the Columbia Military Academy and studied at the 
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from which he resigned 
in 1914. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Mining Engineering. 

Member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, treasurer of The Tech. 
Member of Technique Electoral Committee, ballet of the Tech Show, 
Freshman and Sophomore Tug-of-War Teams and Wrestling Team. 

He was graduated from the first officers' training camp at For- 
tress Monroe in August, 1917, and sailed for France September 6. He 
volunteered as an Aerial Observer. He became a member of the first 
Ail-American Squadron and performed many photographic missions, 
winning the Croix de Guerre and Distinguished Service Cross and being 
recommended for the Legion of Honor. He shot down one enemy machine 
and was himself twice shot down. On August I, 19 18, near Chateau- 
Thierry he encountered a formation of six German planes and together 
with his pilot, Lieutenant Wold, was brought down after a hard-fought 
battle. 




ARTHUR KINDRED ATKINS. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born on October 6, 1895. 

Prepared at the Newton High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1913 and attended until 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, manager of the Fresh- 
man Football Team, and won points in various meets. 

He attended the first officers' training camp at Plattsburg in 
1916 and trained during the winter of 1916-17 at Governor's Island, 
N. Y., and in New York City. In the spring of 1917 he was commissioned 
second lieutenant and went to Plattsburg as an instructor. In 
September he was sent overseas and assigned to the 42d Division. 
He was gassed at Luneville on March 20 and was in hospital for two 
months. He was later assigned to Company C, 126th Infantry, 32d 
Division. On August 30 he led his company against the railway cut 
north of Juvigny but fell wounded by machine-gun bullets and died 
the next day in the field hospital at Villers-Cotterets. 




KENYON ROPER. 

Captain, United Slates Coast Artillery Corps. 

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, March 31, 1895. 

Attended Oberlin College. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

Member of Chi Phi fraternity, manager of Hockey Team, assistant 
art editor of Technique 19 18. 

Enlisted in April, 19 17, and entered the Coast Artillery Corps as a 
second lieutenant on May 2. On August 7 he was promoted to first 
lieutenant. He sailed for overseas December 17, 1917, and the fol- 
lowing March received his captaincy. He took part in the Chateau- 
Thierry and St. Mihiel operations, and was reported "missing" on 
September 14, 19 18, during the latter engagement. It would appear 
that he was shot down together with his pilot, Lieutenant Paul Hughey, 
near Puxieux, though his grave has never been located with certainty. 
He is reported to have been recommended for the Distinguished Service 
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JOHN COWPERTHWAITE TYLER. 

First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Born in Brooklyn, New York, May 25, 1893. 

Prepared at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School and was 
graduated from Williams College in 19 15. 

Entered the Institute in 1915. 
' Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1917. 

He enlisted in the Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps, 
in June, 1917, and went overseas in August, 1917. He received his 
flying training in France and served for two months as bombing pilot 
with the French Escadrille, Breguet 129. On July 16, 1918, he received 
the Croix de Guerre. He was transferred as flight leader to the nth 
Aero Squadron of the United States Army during the latter part of 
August, 1918. On September 18, 1918, Lieutenant Tyler was shot 
down in a combat with the Richthofen Circus not far from Conflans. 




GEORGE NATHAN ALTHOUSE. 

First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Norristown, Penn., February 3, 1894. 

Prepared at Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Penn. 

Entered the Institute in 1911 and attended until 1915. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

Member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Freshman and Sopho- 
more Tug-of-War Teams, Captain of the Corps of Cadets. 

At the outbreak of war he attended the officers' training camp 
at Fort Niagara, N. Y., being commissioned second lieutenant, and 
was assigned to the 79th Division. He was promoted to first lieuten- 
ant, went overseas with his unit and took part in the first days of the 
Meuse-Argonne offensive. Sometime during the afternoon of September 
28 he took part in an attack with tanks on a small woods, probably 
the Bois-des-Ogons. As he was crossing the ridge north of Nantillois 
he fell, at the head of his men, mortally wounded and died next day. 




ROBERT ALEXANDER MACKAY. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Boston, Mass., January 23, 1895. 

Prepared at the Mechanic Arts High School and attended the 
University of Maine one year. 

Entered the Institute in 19 15 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

He entered the first officers' training camp at Plattsburg and 
was graduated with the rank of second lieutenant and assigned to the 
Third Machine Gun Battalion of the First Division. Early in Septem- 
ber, 19 17, he went overseas with his unit and took part in the early 
actions of the division. He was reported wounded on July 20, during 
the Marne offensive, when the First Division was advancing on Berzy- 
le-Sec. He returned to the line in time to take part in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, and was killed by shell fire on September 29, as his 
unit was advancing in close support of the 35th Division. 



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HENRY OSCAR SOMMER. 

First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Alameda, Calif., September I, 189c. 

Prepared at the James Lick High School, San Francisco. 

Attended the University of California. 

Entered the Institute in 1912. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 19 16. 

Member of the Junior Crew. 

Entered the United States Army and served on the Mexican border. 
In the fall of 19 17 he was sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C, with the 
108th Infantry, 27th Division. He went overseas in May, 19 18, and 
was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He saw service in the 
offensive operations south of Ypres in August, 1918, and accompanied 
his regiment in the assault of September 29, against the Hindenburg 
line opposite Le Catelet, and the famous Canal Tunnel. During this 
attack, which caused the 108th Infantry very heavy casualties, Lieu- 
tenant Sommer lost his life. 




SELIGMAN BERNEI AUSTRIAN. 

Corporal, United States Infantry. 

Born in Baltimore, Md., June 13, 1888. 

Prepared at Marston's University School and later attended Johns 
Hopkins University. 

Entered the Institute in 1905 and attended until 1908. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineering. 

President of Special Athletic work: football. 

Entered the service on November 6, 19 17, and went overseas in 
July, 1918. He was a member of Company D, 313th Infantry, 79th 
Division. During the Meuse-Argonne operation he took part in the 
capture of Montfaucon, but was killed by a shell on October 2, shortly 
after the relief of his unit by the 3d Division. 




CHARLES McLEAN SMITH. 
Private, United States Infantry. 

Born in Hartford, Conn., July 6, 1886. 

Prepared at the Hartford High School and was graduated from 
Yale University in 1908. 

Entered the Institute in 1908 and attended until 1910. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

In February, 1918, he was called to the service and assigned to 
Company G, 308th Infantry, 77th ("Metropolitan") Division. He 
went overseas with that division and took part in the engagement 
along the Vesle and in the Meuse-Argonne. In the severe fighting for 
the possession of the Bois d'Apremont, a portion of the Argonne Forest, 
he was mortally wounded, and died October 4, 1918. 



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PERCY ADAMS RIDEOUT, D. S. C. 

First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Ashburnham, Mass., October 16, 1888. 

Prepared at the Concord (Mass.) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1907. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 191 1. 

Engaged for several years as government highway engineer in the 
Southwest. 

Early in 1917 he enlisted in the 101st Engineers, 26th Division. 
On September 25, 1917, he went to France and was shortly afterwards 
commissioned second lieutenant and transferred to the 116th Engi- 
neers. In July he was made a first lieutenant. In the early summer 
of 1918 he volunteered for service with the 30th Engineers, later known 
as the 1st Gas Regiment, and took part in the Second Battle of the 
Marne and the St. Mihiel offensive. From October 4 to October 8 he 
was assigned a mission to aid the advance of the 3d Division from Cierges 
to Bois de Cunel. For his conduct throughout the operation he was 
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, but he was killed on October 
8, while making final arrangements for laying a smoke screen at Bois 
de Cunel. 




EDGAR DORUS BASCOM. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Gill, Mass., August 24, 1892. 

Prepared at the Greenfield High School. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 1915. 

Member of the Civil Engineering Society. 

He entered two training camps but failed to receive a commission. 
He was drafted but refused because he was underweight. He neverthe- 
less enlisted as a private in the 101st Engineers, 26th Division, and 
accompanied that unit to France. He was promoted to second lieu- 
tenant and transferred to the 101st Infantry. He saw service at Seiche- 
prey and at the Marne. He was killed during the Meuse-Argonne 
offensive on the morning of October 24, 1918, during the attack against 
Bois de Wavrille, on the heights of the Meuse. 




HAROLD SCHAFFER. 

Lieutenant, Canadian Engineers. 

Born in Dublin, Ireland, December 25, 1887. 

Studied at the South African College, Cape Town. 

Entered the Institute in 1905. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 1909. 

When the United States entered the war he enlisted as a private 
in the Canadian Engineers. He shortly afterwards received a com- 
mission as lieutenant and went abroad with the 7th Canadian Engi- 
neers. He was killed near Thiers, France, on October 30, 1918. 



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CHARLES BOWEN BUSEY. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Urbana, Illinois, January 22, 1887. 

Graduated from the University of Illinois in 1908. 

Entered the Institute 1908 and attended for one year. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

He entered the first training camp at Fort Sheridan and received a 
commission as second lieutenant. He was ordered overseas in Decem- 
ber, 1917, and made instructor in musketry and bayonet work at the 
Army Specialist School at Langres, France. Desiring to gain experi- 
ence in actual combat, he requested to be assigned to an active division 
for experience. Accordingly, the latter part of October, he was attached 
to the 78th Division, and on November I took part with that organiza- 
tion in the attack from the St. Juvin-Grand Pre Road against the Bois 
de Loges. The advance was held up by a German machine-gun nest. 
Lieutenant Busey, with three others, volunteered to capture the gun. 
The party was successful but Lieutenant Busey and two of the others 
were killed. 




GEORGE ALBERT BEACH. 

Cadet, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corp. 

Born at Fort Collins, Colo., June 25, 1893. 

Prepared at the Fort Collins High School. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1914. 

Member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, chorus of the Tech 
Show, Executive Committee of the class, editor of Technique, chairman 
of Union Committee, member Class Day Committee. 

At the outbreak of the war he was working in South America but 
at once returned and enlisted in the Aviation Section of the United 
States Signal Corps and was given his ground training at the Institute. 
He received his commission and was sent for final training to Italy. 
He was killed at Foggia in a collision above the flying field on January 
20, 1918. 

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CHARLES EDWARD JONES. 

Cadet, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Pittsfield, Mass., January 7, 1894. 

Prepared at The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and was graduated 
from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University with high honors 
in 1915. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

In 19 16 he attended the Plattsburg training camp. He entered 
the 1917 camp also, and while there enlisted in the Aviation Section 
of the United States Signal Corps. He received his ground training at 
the Institute and in October went overseas to train as a pilot. He lost 
his life in an airplane accident in Avord, France, on February 15, 1918. 



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THOMAS CUSHMAN NATHAN. 

First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Dorchester, Mass., January 21, 1897. 

Prepared at the Newton High School and attended Dartmouth 
College. 

Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Engineering Administration. . 

President of the Class of 1920, captain of the Freshman Football 
Team, member of the chorus of the Tech Show. 

Early in the war he enlisted in the Aviation Section of the United 
States Signal Corps and was sent for training to Ayr, Scotland, at which 
place he received his commission as first lieutenant. While engaged 
in a mock combat with the commandant of the training school, on 
March 20, 1918, after a sudden evolution, the wings of his machine 
collapsed and Lieutenant Nathan fell, being instantly killed. Subse- 
quent investigation proved that the machine was defective. 




JAMES DE GRIER MAY. 

Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 31, 1896. 

Prepared at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended until 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

Member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Fencing Team, Executive 
Committee of class, second assistant manager of the Tech Show (1915), 
Tech Electoral Committee, assistant in stage department of Tech Show 
(1916). 

Soon after the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Aviation 
Section of the United States Signal Corps. He became a very expert 
flyer and was detailed as instructor in acrobatic flying at Kelly Field, 
Texas. While engaged in instruction of inexperienced aviators Lieu- 
tenant May lost his life, on May 9, 19 18, when his machine crashed, 
due to the loss of control at low altitude. 




GEORGE ROPER, JR. 

First Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. 

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, May 15, 1893. 

Prepared at the Tome Institute, Md., and MacKenzie School, 
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 

Entered the Institute in 1913. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 1917. 

Member of Chi Phi fraternity, Walker Club, Mining Engineering 
Society, Freshman and Sophomore Football Teams, Freshman Cross- 
country Team, Sophomore Relay Team, Technique Electoral Com- 
mittee, Technique societies editor. 

In April, 1916, he received a commission as second lieutenant in 
the United States Signal Reserve Corps, and applied for active service. 
As he was not assigned to active duty at once he enlisted in the Royal 
Flying Corps and received his training at Toronto and Fort Worth, 
Texas, whence he was sent to England. He had finished his course and 
received his advancement to first lieutenant, but on May 25, 1918, 
he lost his life in an airplane accident in a practice flight. 



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ALFRED THEODORE WYMAN. 

Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. 

Born in Fitchburg, Mass., December 28, 1892. 

Prepared at the Fitchburg High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1912. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1916. 

Member of the Delta Psi fraternity, president of the class in 19 14, 
member of the 1915 Prom Committee, Architectural Society and Osiris. 

Shortly after graduation he entered the Royal Flying Corps. He 
was commissioned and sent, for further training, to England, being 
assigned to the training field at Tangmere. He died in Graylingwell 
Hospital, Chichester, on May 27, 1918, as the result of an airplane acci- 
dent. 




LEROY AMOS SWAN. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Norwich, Conn., July 5, 1894. 

Prepared at the Norwich Free Academy. 

Entered the Institute in 1913. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1917- 

Member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Osiris, Walker Club, Masque, 
Beaver, Mechanical Engineering Society, Theta Tau, Technique 
Electoral Committee, Glee Club, Tech Show, portfolio editor of 
Technique. Class Day Committee. 

He enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in July, 
1917, and received his training at Toronto and at the Institute. In 
September he was commissioned. On November 22 he was married 
to Miss Edna Troland, of Norwich, Conn He was ordered to the 
Wilbur Wright Field in February and lost his life on June 19, 1918, 
when his machine collapsed in mid-air after a nose dive. 




ARTHUR MAXWELL PARSONS. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Gloucester, Mass., December II, 1895. 

Prepared at the Gloucester High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended until 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Sanitary Engineering. 

Member of the Theta Chi fraternity, Sophomore Football Team, 
and Wrestling Team, first lieutenant M. I. T. Corps of Cadets. 

He enlisted in the Aviation Section of the United States Signal 
Corps and was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to 
Taliaferro Field, Fort Worth, Texas. On the afternoon of July 2, 1918, 
he observed a fellow-aviator in trouble and flew to Hicks Field to get 
assistance. In his haste in descending from the machine, he slipped 
and fell in such a manner that the propeller struck his head, inflicting 
an injury from which he died the next day. 



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ALEXANDER HEVIA SANTOS. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Short Hills, N. J., March 19, 1898. 

Prepared at St. James' School, Hagerstown, Md. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of Delta Psi fraternity. 

In the spring of 1917 he joined Battery A of the Maryland Field 
Artillery and was transferred to the Aviation section of the United 
States Signal Corps. He was commissioned second lieutenant and 
sent to the Post-Graduate Ground Officers' School at Brooks Field, 
San Antonio, Texas, for training in acrobatic flying. Being a skillful 
flyer he was made an instructor. While attempting a "forced land- 
ing," on July 15, 1918, his pupil threw the machine into an aileron 
spin. Lieutenant Santos succeeded in regaining partial control and in 
saving the life of the student, but he himself was fatally injured and 
died soon after his arrival at the Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital.. 




MALCOLM COTTON BROWN. 

First Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. 

Born in Chicago, 111., March 26, 1897. 

Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and studied at 
Harvard University for one year. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Physics. 

Member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Tech Show for two 
years, on news staff of The Tech and later associate editor. 

In the summer of 1917 he attended Camp Cunningham. On his 
way home he stopped at Toronto, Canada, and enlisted in the Royal 
Flying Corps. He received training at Fort Worth, Texas, and was 
commissioned. In February, 1918, he sailed for England, where he 
became a first lieutenant and continued his training. While making a 
flight over the airdrome near Gloucester on July 23, 1918, Lieutenant 
Brown's machine, which was of an obsolete pattern collapsed, causing 
his death. A fellowship amounting to one thousand dollars yearly for a 
graduate of the Course in Physics has been established in the name of 
Malcolm Cotton Brown by Lieutenant Brown's parents. 




DONALD CARY PERO. 

Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force {Aviation) . 

Born at Springfield, Mass., January 14, 1896. 

Prepared at the Springfield Technical High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Tech Show. 

With the formation of the Naval Aviation Detachment at the 
Institute he enlisted and after finishing his course in ground work was 
sent to Norfolk, Va., for training in flight. In January he was sent to 
Pensacola. Later he was commissioned ensign and sent to Rockaway 
Beach as an instructor. On August 24, 1918, he was killed in a sea- 
plane collision during the fog, off Fire Island, New York. 



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WALTER FRANCIS BUCK. 

First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps 

Born in Provincetown, Mass., July 18, 1896. 

Prepared at the Brockton High School and entered Wesleyan 
University in fall of 1913. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1916. 

Immediately upon the outbreak of the war he enlisted, although 
under age, in the Aviation Section of the United States Signal Corps, 
and was sent to Kelly Field, Texas, where he became known as a most 
daring and skillful flyer. He was commissioned first lieutenant and 
retained at the field as instructor in acrobatic flying. On April 26, 
19 1 8, he was married to Miss Mab Casey, of San Antonio. He had 
trained forty-four pilots for overseas duty, when on September 7, 
1918, after landing, he was requested by a mechanic to take up another 
ship for a trial. At an altitude of four thousand feet both wings sud- 
denly dropped off and Lieutenant Buck fell to his death. Investigation 
showed that the main wing pins of steel had been withdrawn and 
wooden ones substituted in their place — the work of a spy. 




WILLIAM FRANKLIN HERRICK. 

First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Natick, Mass., July 31, 1890. 

Prepared at the Newton High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1907 and attended until 1908. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering 

Member of the Tech Show and manager of the Golf Club. 

At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Aviation Section of 
the United States Signal Corps and received his ground training at the 
Institute. He was sent to France in November, 1917, and was later 
transferred to Foggia, Italy, where he was commissioned i rst lieuten- 
ant. He had qualified to go to the front and was awaiting orders at 
the time of his death in an airplane accident, on September 16, 1918, 
at Issoudun, France. 




WILLIAM GRIFFITH SPRAGUE. 

Ensign, Naval Res'rve Force {Aviation). 

Born in Chicago, 111., July 13, 1895. 

Attended the University of Michigan two years. 

Entered the Institute in 1913. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1916. 

Member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Architectural Society (served 
as secretary for one year), Executive Committee of class, assistant 
art editor of Technique, Scenery Committee of Tech Show. 

At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the naval aviation serv- 
ice and received his ground training at the Institute. He was sent 
overseas, qualified as a pilot, and was assigned to the Montohic Train- 
ing School at He Tudy, France. On October 26, 1918, while flying 
over the English Channel, he engaged a hostile submarine, being 
accredited with a "probable sinking." As he was returning to the 
station, however, about two in the afternoon, his machine crashed 
and Ensign Sprague was drowned. At his funeral service he was 
awarded the Croix de Guerre. 



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CHESTER ROBINSON TUTEIN. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Revere, Mass., May 17, 1895. 

Prepared at the Winchester (Mass.) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Freshman and Sopho- 
more Tug-of-War Teams, Freshman and Sophomore Hockey Teams, 
Sophomore representative in Athletic Association, member of Tech- 
nique Board, Electoral Committee. 

In June, 1917, he sailed as a member of the American Ambulance 
Service and later became a member of the Camion Service of the French 
Army (Reserve Mallet), but in November he was released from the 
French service and volunteered for the Aviation Section of the United 
States Signal Corps. He completed his training in January, 1918, 
received his commission, and was shortly afterwards assigned to the 
148th Aero Squadron, with which organization he saw service during 
the summer and fall of 1918. He died, in France, on November 17, 
1918, as the result of an airplane accident. 



ERMOND ALBERT TAYLOR. 

Cadet, United States Navy Reserve Force {Aviation). 

Born in Philadelphia, Penn., May 27, 1898. 

Prepared at the Brunswick School, Greenwich, Conn. 

Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and of the chorus 
of the Tech Show. 

In June, 1917, he left the Institute and entered Columbia Uni- 
versity, where he was prominent in athletics and in student activities. 
In 19 18 he enlisted in the Naval Aviation service and received his 
ground training at the Institute, where he was made cadet command- 
ing officer. In October he was transferred to Miami, Fla., where he 
became commander of the cadet beach squadron. He had practically 
completed his training as a pilot and was awaiting his commission and 
wings when, on February 19, 19 19, his engine stopped, from over- 
heating, while he was in flight. The seaplane fell, crashing into the 
bay, and caused Cadet Taylor's death. 




IRVING KENNARD. 

Cadet, United States Air Service. 

Born in Melrose, Mass., March 14, 1896. 

Prepared at the Melrose High School and Mount Hermon 
School. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Electrochemical Engineering. 

Studied at the Pennsylvania State College for two years. 

Member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. 

He entered the first officers' training school at Madison Bar- 
racks, but without completing the course enlisted in the 15th Aero 
Squadron. When the supply of pilots exceeded the supply of planes, he 
was transferred to the Balloon School at Arcadia, Calif. On the morn- 
ing of February 20, 1919, he was doing observation work accompanied 
by five other balloonists. The wind was so high that Kennard's balloon 
was thrown against the cable of his neighbor, and the suspension ropes 
of the basket made a complete turn. He was too low to make a para- 
chute jump. A few minutes later the suspension ropes on the basket 
were severed, and Kennard was thrown to his death. 



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FREDERICK S. HARTMAN. 

Seco?id Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Troy, N. Y., April 12, 1890. 

Attended the University of Saskatchewan. 

Entered the Institute in February, 1913, and left before June of 
that year. 

He became famous for his performance during the great Dog Derby 
Race from Winnipeg to St. Paul, in January, 1917. When his leading 
dog was killed, he himself took the place of the leader and continued 
the race. 

In 19 1 7 he enlisted in the Aviation Section of the United States 
Signal Corps and received his ground training at the Institute. He 
was commissioned second lieutenant and served as an instructor at 
several flying schools in the United States but went overseas just too 
late to take part in the hostilities. He lost his life in an airplane acci- 
dent at Toul, France, on April 7, 1919, just before being ordered home 
for demobilization. 

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FRANCIS MALCOLM FOWLER. 

Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force {Aviation). 

Born in Newburyport, Mass., April 9, 1896. 

Prepared at the Salem High School. 

Entered the Institute in 19 15 and attended until 19 16. 

Studied in the Course in Chemistry. 

During the Mexican difficulty he went to the border as a member 
of the First Massachusetts Field Artillery, and on his return became 
a designer for the Burgess Aeroplane Company. 

He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on December II, 
1917, and was assigned, on January 1, 1918, to the Naval Aviation 
Detachment at the Institute. He received his commission as ensign 
in July and in August was transferred to the Bureau of Construction 
and Repair, Washington, D. C, with additional temporary duty at 
Akron, Ohio. In March, 19 19, he was sent to the Naval Air Station at 
Pensacola, Fla., where he was appointed a student naval aviator for 
duty involving actual flying. He died as the result of a fall in his sea- 
plane on the morning of May 17, 1919, at Pensacola. 




REED HAMILTON HASLAM. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Hyde Park, Mass., July 8, 1896. 

Prepared at the Hyde Park High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1913 and attended until 1915. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

On November 5, 19 17, he enlisted in the Aviation Section of the 
United States Signal Corps and received his ground training at the 
Institute. He received later training at Carlstrom Field, Fla., and was 
commissioned second lieutenant. He was under orders to go overseas 
when the armistice was signed but these orders were revoked. He was 
later stationed at the various fields throughout the United States and 
finally assigned to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, where he had 
charge of assembling and testing planes. On August 23, while testing 
a new plane, the latter fell into a tail spin when only about two hun- 
dred feet from the ground. Lieutenant Haslam was unable to regain 
control and was instantly killed. 



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HENRY OLIVER TOVEY. 

Ensign, United States Navy. 

Born in Watseka, 111., January 8, 1892. 

Prepared at the Watseka High School and was graduated from the 
United States Naval Academy in 19 1 5 with distinction. 

Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended until December of 
that year. 

Studied in the Course in Naval Architecture. 

In December, at his own request, he was assigned to the U. S. S. 
"Maine." While delirious from fever he wandered about the ship on 
the night of March 22, 19 17, and fell overboard. As the ship was in 
the submarine zone and was running without lights, it was impossible 
to rescue him. 




REUBEN AREY. 

Lieutenant {Junior Grade) United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Born at Lowell, Mass., August 6, 1890. 

Prepared at the Rindge Manual Training School, Cambridge. 

Entered the Institute in 1909 and attended until 1913. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineering. 

At the outbreak of war he took examinations for second officer 
in the Merchant Marine and took out a license as a navigator. 
Later he received a commission as lieutenant in the United States 
Navy Reserve Force and was appointed navigating officer on board 
the U S. S. "Wenonah," a converted yacht. He saw service in the 
Mediterranean and was appointed executive officer of the ship. On 
the night of December 23, 1918, he was washed overboard during a 
hurricane, and all efforts to rescue him were unavailing. 




EMILE BERTRAND GAILLAC. 

Private, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Chelsea, Mass., December 5, 1896. 

Prepared at the Chelsea High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Aero Club, Mechanical Engineering Society, and 
Technology Christian Association. 

He enlisted in July, 1917, with the 101st Engineers, 26th Division, 
and trained at the Wentworth Institute, Boston. He was one of six 
men, out of more than eighteen hundred, to receive an award of special 
merit for excellence as an instructor. In September he went overseas 
with his regiment as a member of Company C. He died in France, of 
broncho-pneumonia, on November 7, 1917. 



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CHAUNCEY DAVIS BRYANT. 

Private, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Chicopee, Mass., December 16, 1891. 

Prepared at the Chicopee High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Sanitary Engineering in 1914. 

Member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Class Football Team, 
Technique Electoral Committee, and Class Day Committee. 

At the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 101st Engineers (formerly 
1st Corps of Cadets) and went overseas with that organization in 
September, 1917. He died of ptomaine poisoning on January 5, 1918. 




GORDON STEWART. 

Cadet, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born on March 15, 1896. 

Prepared at the Chauncy Hall School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended one term. 

Member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and of the Swim- 
ming Team. 

He enlisted in the American Ambulance Service when the United 
States entered the war, and after six months' service with that organ- 
ization, during which he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre, he 
joined the Aviation Section of the United States Army. He died, in 
France, of spinal meningitis on January 9, 1918. 




CHARLES SNEAD McDONALD. 

American Red Cross. 

Born in Louisville, Ky., February 19, 1879. 

Prepared at the Louisville High School and at the Newton High 
School, Newton, Mass. 

Entered the Institute in 1895 and attended until 1898. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

When the war broke out he was in business, as an architect, in 
Salt Lake City, Utah, being an authority on concrete construction. 
Not being able to pass the physical examination for the Army on 
account of a stiff knee, he accepted an appointment with the Recon- 
struction and Relief Commission of the American Red Cross and sailed 
for France on March 14, 19 1 8. On his arrival in France he was taken 
ill with meningitis, and died on April 14 in the American hospital at 
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PRESCOTT WILDER GOULD. 

Sergeant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Newton Upper Falls, Mass., February 23, 1894. 

Prepared at the Newton High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1913 and attended until 1915. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity, and of the Freshman 
Football and Tug-of-War Teams. 

Enlisted in Company C, 1st Cavalry, and went to the Mexican 
border. His unit was later reorganized as the I02d Machine Gun Bat- 
talion, with which Gould went abroad in September, 1917. He was 
promoted to a corporal in August, 1917, and to sergeant in April, 
1918. He died at a Base Hospital in France on May 16, 1918. 




FRANK RONALD SIMMONS. 

Captain, Infantry, Second Section United States General Staff. 

Born on May 16, 1885. 

Graduated from Yale University in 1907. 

Entered the Institute in 1907 and attended until 19 10. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

When the war broke out, in 1914, he was a student and artist of 
merit in Paris, having been one of the organizers of the American 
Committee of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In the winter of 1916-17 
he was active in the work with convalescent homes conducted under 
the direction of Mrs. Edith Wharton, the American novelist. In March, 
1917, he became a civilian member of the American Military Com- 
mission, headed by Major Churchill. He was soon after made a first 
lieutenant of Infantry, and later a captain, and attached to the 
Intelligence Service, having charge of the Inter-Allied Bureau in Paris. 
In July, 1918, he had charge of the Intelligence Section, Service of 
Supply, at Bordeaux. He died of pneumonia at the British Base 
Hospital at Camp Mussot, Marseille, on August 12, 1918. 




BRUCE RITCHIE HONEYMAN. 

Captain, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Portland, Oregon, December 30, 1884. 

Prepared at the Portland Academy. 

Entered the Institute in 1902. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1906. 

Member of his class Executive Committee; Class Day Committee; 
Architectural Society; Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Baseball Teams. 

He entered the first officers' training camp at Fort Snelling, Minne- 
sota, in May, 1917. He was commissioned captain of Engineers and 
commanded Company A, 313th Engineers, 88th Division, Camp Dodge. 
He sailed for France in August, 1918, and on arrival was sent to the 
Belfort sector. He was sent forward to reconnoiter a new sector, but 
returned with an advanced case of influenza which resulted in pneumonia. 
He died on October 5, 1918, and was buried near Herricourt, France. 



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ARLO ELLSWORTH GARNSEY. . 

Second Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Born in Red Bank, N. J., April 14, 1895. 

Prepared at the Hackley School, Tarrytown, New York. 

Entered the Institute in 19 15 and attended until 19 17. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, treasurer of the Freshman 
Class, news staff of The Tech, Institute Committee, Technique Electoral 
Board. 

He attended the 1916 and 1917 officers' training camps at Platts- 
burg, and later entered the Ground School at the Institute, finishing the 
course in December. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the 
Aviation Section of the United States Signal Corps in April, 1918, and 
was later sent overseas. He died of broncho-pneumonia in Naval 
Hospital No. 1, at Brest, France, on October II, 1918. 




ERNEST ALONZO WARE. 

Captain, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Somerville, Mass., August 22, 1886. 

Prepared at the Somerville English High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1905. 

Graduated in the Course in Sanitary Engineering in 1909. 

Member of the Freshman Tug-of-War Team. 

Attended the first officers' training camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., 
and was commissioned first lieutenant on May 15, 1917. After train- 
ing at Camp Upton and Camp Lee he sailed with the 506th Service 
Battalion (Engineers) for France, on January 1, 1918. He was stationed 
as a provost officer at and near Bordeaux. On October 1 1 he died of 
pneumonia. After his death his parents received his commission as 
captain, dated September 27, 1918. 




EDWARD PORTER ALEXANDER. 

First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born on November 4, 1891. 

Attended the University of Minnesota. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 1914. 

Member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Wrestling Team, Relay 
Team. 

Entered the service in 19 17 and was sent overseas with the 509th 
Engineer Service Battalion, and was stationed at Montoir, France. 
He was about to be promoted to captain, after six months' service 
abroad, when he died, in October, 19 18. 



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ANDREW JACKSON LOWNDES. 

Captain, United States Quartermaster Corps. 

Born in Baltimore, Md., April 6, 1884. 

Graduated from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, taking the 
full course and also a post-graduate course, and at the close of the 
scholastic year was honor man of the class. 

Entered the sophomore class at Cornell University in 1902. 

Entered the Institute in the spring of 1903, studying in the Course 
in Mechanical Engineering. 

The following year he returned to Cornell University, from which 
he was graduated with high honors in 1905. 

When war was declared he was commissioned captain in the 
Quartermaster Corps and sent abroad in April, 1918, in charge of a 
casual medical unit of 390 men. On arrival in France he was made 
superintendent of transports of the port of La Pallice. He continued 
in this position until his death from pneumonia, on October 17, 1918. 




1 THEODORE RENTROPE PROUTY. 



Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Brockton, Mass., June 5, 1889. 

Prepared at the Chauncy Hall School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1908. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1912. 

Member of the Executive Committee of the Architectural Society. 

Attended Columbia University 1912-13 and later the Sorbonne, 
Paris. 

He attended the officers' training camp at Plattsburg in May, 19 17, 
and received a commission in August, being assigned to Company I, 
301st Infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. He went overseas in January 
on detached service. He died at General Headquarters (Chaumont), 
of pneumonia, on October 23, 1918. 




MALCOLM BRUCE BROWNLEE, JR. 

Private, United States Infantry. 

Born in Butte, Mont., March 8, 1889. 

Prepared at the Middlesex School, Concord, Mass. 

Entered the Institute in 1907 and attended until 191 1. 

Studied in the Course in Mining Engineering. 

Member of the Delta Psi fraternity, Entertainment Committee at 
the Union, secretary of the Technology Christian Association. 

He entered the service April 29, 1918, and was sent to Camp Meade, 
Md. After a few weeks in camp he was assigned to the machine gun 
company of the 313th Infantry, 79th Division, which landed in France 
in July. Brownlee was transferred to the Headquarters' Platoon, 
where he acted as interpreter and runner. He took part in the Meuse- 
Argonne, participating in the storming of MontfauQon, and later saw 
service in a sector east of Verdun. He died in Base Hospital 52, on 
October 26, 1918. 



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KARL CUSHING McKENNEY. 

Captain, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Born in Charlestown, Maine, in 1890. 

Prepared at the Wellesley (Mass.) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1908. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 1912. 

Member of the Freshman and Sophomore Tug-of-War Teams, 
news staff of The Tech, chorus of Tech Show. 

He entered the service in August, 1917, and after three months at 
an officers' training camp was commissioned a captain and assigned 
to E Battery, 49th Coast Artillery, at Fort Andrews, Boston. In 
February, 19 1 8, he was married to Miss Virginia Courtney, of Hancock, 
Mich. In April he was placed in command of Fort Warren, Boston, 
but was later ordered to Camp Eustis, Va., to prepare his men for 
overseas. He arrived safely in France but died of broncho-pneumonia 
October 30, 1918. 




HENRY MORRELL ATKINSON, JR. 

Captain, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Born on February 23, 1892. 

Received an A. B. degree at Harvard University. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

He reported at the First Plattsburg training camp, in May, 1917. 
He was recommended for commission in the Regular Army and accepted, 
declining a higher rank in the Officers' Reserve Corps. He was com- 
missioned provisional second lieutenant, attached to the 30th Infantry, 
at Syracuse, on August 29, 1917. Later his regiment was ordered to 
Camp Greene, N. C, and after a month's service there, he was sent to 
Fortress Monroe, Va., to attend the Artillery School. He was promoted 
to a first lieutenant and in July, 1918, went overseas. While ill with 
pneumonia at Angers, France, he received his commission as captain 
November 2, 1918, but died the same day. 




JAMES BARTON CHADWICK. 

First Lieutenant, United States Tank Corps. 

Born in Waltham, Mass., October 10,1891. 

Prepared at the Waltham High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1909. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 19 14. 

Member of the chorus of the Tech Show. 

He enlisted in the Tank Corps in April, 1918, and was sent to Camp 
Colt. After serving with several units he was transferred to the Head- 
quarters of the 337th Battalion. Just before sailing for France he was 
commissioned first lieutenant. He sailed in late October on board the 
U. S. S. "Leviathan" but while at sea he contracted lobar-pneumonia 
from which he died November 4, 19 18. 



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JOSEPH WARREN HOMER, JR., 

Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force {Aviation) . 

Born in Roxbury, Mass., April 1 1, 1897. 

Prepared at the Brookline High School and at the Stone School, 
Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until December, 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Engineering Administration. 

Member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Sophomore 
Crew and Class Football Team, associate editor of The Tech. 

He entered the United States Naval Reserve on June 26, 19 17, 
and was assigned to the Aviation Detachment at the Institute on Aug- 
ust 20. In October he was one of the fifteen men who volunteered to 
go to England to learn to handle dirigible airships, sailing October 27. 
In March, 1918, he received his pilot's license and was ordered to the 
Royal Air Force Station, Polegate, Sussex, for "active duty," and 
engaged in observation and convoy work over the English Channel. 
In May, 1918, he was commissioned ensign. After being sent to 
other stations he returned to London to study the design and construc- 
tion of airships, but while there he was taken ill with influenza, and 
died of broncho-pneumonia at the United States Naval Hospital, 
London, on November 9, 1918. 




THOMAS RODMAN PLUMMER. 

First Lieutenant, American Red Cross. 

Born in New Bedford, Mass., February 28, 1862. 

Prepared at the Friends' Academy, New Bedford, and received 
an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1884, .and in the summer 
took a course at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, France. 

Entered the Institute in 1884 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

From 1914-16 he was an attache of the American Embassy at 
Paris, where he acted as translator of correspondence and official 
inspector of German and French military prison camps. In Novem- 
ber, 1917, he was commissioned first lieutenant in the American 
Red Cross, and became director of the Franco-American Mobile 
Canteen No. 31, at Moyenmontier. He held this position until the 
armistice, receiving the Croix de Guerre for the valuable services which 
he rendered. The heavy daily physical strain proved too severe a tax 
upon his strength, and he died, after three days' illness, at Raon l'Etape, 
on November 24, 19 1 8. 




AUGUST CARL METZ. 

Private, United States Medical Corps. 

Born in Oshkosh, Wis., May I, 1889. 

Prepared at the Oshkosh High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1907. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 191 1. 

Entered the employ of the American Smelting and Refining Com- 
pany as assistant engineer, and later became superintendent of their 
Reforma mining unit, Mexico. 

He entered the service at Camp Grant in July, 19 18, and made 
application for the Engineer Officers' Training School, but was 
attached to the 36th Medical Replacement Unit, with which he went 
overseas in September. He was stationed at Base Hospital No. 8, 
Savenay, France, where he died of empyema on December 21, 1918, 
after six weeks' illness. 



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GEORGE WELLES ROOT. 

Sergeant, United States Tank Corps. 

Born in Hartford, Conn., November 21, 1896. 

Prepared at the Hartford High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

Member of the general staff of the Technology Monthly and of 
the Freshman Football Team. 

He became a member of the Tech Ambulance Unit, which sailed 
for France on June 25, 19 17. Soon after his arrival he was transferred 
to the Camion Service with the French Army, and after six months' 
service returned to the United States. In the spring of 1918 he enlisted 
in the Heavy Tank Corps, being assigned to Company A, 303d Bat- 
talion, and went overseas in August with his unit. Soon after landing, 
in England he was stricken with influenza followed by pneumonia ,and 
died at Base Hospital No. 40, on the morning of December 25, 1918. 







CARL MARTIN WILLIAMS. 

Captain, American Red Cross. 

Born in Akron, Ohio, March 31, 1884. 

Entered the Institute in 1903 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

At the time he enrolled for service with the American Red Cross, 
in April, 19 18, he was treasurer and general manager of the Chicago 
Coated Board Company, and of the Alton Box Board and Paper Com- 
pany (Alton, 111.), and secretary of the Piermont Paper Company 
(Piermont, N. Y.). He arrived overseas on May 17, 1918, and was 
given charge of the warehouses at Dijon, France. In December he 
was going to give up the Red Cross work and return to the United 
States, when he was taken ill with pneumonia and died in an officers' 
hospital in Paris, on January 23, 1919. 




RALPH READ MALCOLM. 

Sergeant, United States Field Artillery. 

Born on July 14, 1892. 

Prepared at the Chauncy Hall School, Boston, Mass. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 1915. 

Member of the Civil Engineering Society. 

He entered the State militia in New York in 1915 and saw eight 
months' service on the Mexican border. He was mustered into Federal 
service in June, 1917, and was stationed at Camp Madison Barracks, 
N. Y., Camp Wadsworth, S. C, Camp Stewart, Va., and finally 
Newport News, Va. He sailed overseas with F Battery, 105th Field 
Artillery, 27th Division, on July 3, 1918. He took part in the St. 
Mihiel Drive and was then sent to the Saumur Artillery School, where 
he received a certificate of merit after three months' course and 
returned to his regiment. He died of pneumonia on March 8, 19 19, 
while returning from France on the U. S. S. "America." 



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WILLIAM WRIGHT WALCOTT. 

Captain, United States Medical Corps. 

Born in Natick, Mass., in 1880. 

Prepared at the Newton High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1897. 

Graduated in the Course in General Science in 1901. 

Member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Walker Club. 

Graduated from Harvard University Medical School. 

He was on the medical staff of the First Corps of Cadets for ten 
years and went across with that unit (101st Engineers). In July, 1918, 
he was wounded and gassed but after a month in hospital returned to 
his unit. He saw service at Chateau-Thierry, Chemin des Dames, St. 
Mihiel and Verdun, having been in the last-named sector six weeks 
at the signing of the armistice. He was recommended for decoration 
by the French government in recognition of the valuable service he 
rendered. He died, in France, of "military tuberculosis" on March 16, 
1919. 




RICHARD BELMONT CATTON. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Honolulu, T. H., July 12, 1890. 

Prepared at Oahu College, Honolulu. 

Entered the Institute in 1911. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 1915. 

Member of Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity and the Swimming Team. 

Upon graduation from the Institute he offered his services to the 
Royal Engineers, but they were not accepted. He attended the Platts- 
burg officers' training camp in 19 17, and in November was com- 
missioned second lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the United 
States Signal Corps. In June, 1918, he sailed for France, to be 
employed in the construction of airdromes. In October he had a severe 
attack of influenza, recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital, but 
suffered a relapse. An operation for mastoiditis was necessary, and 
shortly afterward another from which he died at Savenay, France, on 
April 14, 1919. 




EDWARD EVERETT HIGGINS. 

Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Born in Chelsea, Mass., April 4, 1864. 

Prepared at the Chelsea High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1882. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 1886. 

Member of the Theta Xi fraternity. 

In April, 1917, he was commissioned as ensign in the United 
States Naval Reserve Force, for the purpose of organizing the Motor 
Transport Reserve on the Connecticut Coast, with headquarters in 
New Haven, Conn. He died on June 20, 19 17, at his home in Clinton, 
Conn., of tonsillitis followed by meningitis. 



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HENRY SOUTHER. 

Major, United States Signal Officers' Reserve Corps. 

Born in Boston, Mass., September II, 1865. 

Prepared in the Boston public schools. 

Entered the Institute in 1883. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 1887. 

Took post-graduate work in metallurgy in Germany. 

He entered the service in 1917 and was commissioned major in the 
Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, and became assistant chief of the 
Division of Aviation. He died at Fort Monroe, Va., August 15, 1917, 
after a surgical operation. Souther Field, Ga., has been named for 
Major Souther in recognition of his valuable work in the Aircraft Divi- 
sion of the Signal Corps. 







JAMES P. CLARKE, Jr. 

Captain, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Helena, Arkansas, October 31, 1900. 

Graduated from the Culver Military Academy ( 1909), attended West 
Point for a short time. 

Entered the Institute in 1912 and attended until 1913. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Ran third on class team in relay race, Field Day, 19 1 2. 

Attended Stanford University, California. 

He was commissioned captain in the Arkansas National Guard but 
because of technical training was transferred for special duty in con- 
structing the water system of Camp Bowie, Texas, which work he had 
just finished creditably at the time of his death, on October 28, 1917. 




FRANCIS PRATT BRECK. 

Apprentice Seaman, United States Navy. 

Born in Boston, Mass., June 6, 1897. 

Prepared at the Moses Brown School, Providence, R. I. 

Entered the Institute in 19 16 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member Freshman Tug-of-War Team. 

In September, 1917, he enlisted in the United States Navy but 
soon afterward contracted measles. Pneumonia developed and on 
November 6, 1917, he died at the United States Naval Hospital at 
Newport, R. I. 



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JOHN HAMPDEN HOLLIDAY, JR. 

First Lieutenant, United States Ordnance Reserve Corps. 

Born in Indianapolis, Ind., June 14, 1883. 

Prepared at the Indianapolis Manual Training High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1901. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1905. 

Member of the Chi Phi fraternity and of the Class Day Committee. 

Received an A. M. degree from Columbia University. 

When war was declared by the United States he applied for admis- 
sion to a training camp but was rejected on account of defective vision. 
In the fall of 1917 he accepted a position in the Ordnance Reserve 
Corps, was commissioned a first lieutenant, and assigned to duty in 
the Gun Division, at Washington, D. C. After a week's illness he died, 
at the Georgetown University Hospital, D. C, of pneumonia, on 
December 23, 1917. 







FRED ERNEST SCHROEDER. 

Private, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born on July 25, 1893. 

Prepared at the Fond du Lac High School, Wisconsin, and the 
Armour Institute, Chicago, 111. 

Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

He entered the service in October, 1917, being assigned to the 23d 
Engineers, at Camp Meade, Md. Shortly afterward, however, he was 
taken sick and died on January 14, 1918. 




RALPH GUNTER WILLIAMS. 

Electrician, Third Class {Radio), United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 13, 1896. 

Prepared at the New Bedford (Mass.) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Electrochemical Engineering. 

Held the position of Sergeant and later Color Sergeant of the 
Technology Regiment. 

He enlisted as a third-class electrician (Radio) in May, 1917, 
and was sent to Newport, R. I. He was transferred to the Naval Radio 
School at Harvard University and later to the Naval Aviation Detach- 
ment at the Institute, where he had completed his ground training when 
he died, of pneumonia, on January 30, 1918. 



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EDWARD SEGUIN COUCH. 

Second Lieutenant, United Slates Infantry. 

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, January 24, 1895. 

Prepared at the Middletown (Conn.) High School and at the Hol- 
brook School, Ossining, N. Y. 

Entered the Institute in 1913 and attended until 1916. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

Member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and of the chorus of 
the Tech Show. 

From the Institute he went to Harvard University for a course in 
Literature. 

On May 7, 19 17, he enrolled in the Harvard Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps. In September he went to Westfield, Mass., with the 
1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery. He was honorably discharged Novem- 
ber 16 by reason of appointment as provisional second lieutenant in 
the Regular Army and assigned to the 22d Infantry. He was ordered 
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was assigned to the 5th Pro- 
visional Officers' Battalion. On February 5, 1918, he died, because of 
an error in a prescription given him while in hospital. 




FRANKLIN TEMPLE INGRAHAM. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Born in Wellesley, Mass., May 23, 1891. 

Prepared at the Wellesley High School and was graduated from 
Harvard in 19 14. 

Entered the Institute in the fall of 1914 and remained until 19 16. 

Studied in the Course in Civil Engineeering. 

When war was declared he took the regular army examination 
for the Coast Artillery Corps, and when this appointment seemed slow 
in coming he took the ground-school training for the aviation service. 
He passed these examinations and was about to go abroad for final 
training, when the coast artillery appointment was received. Upon 
advice of his commanding officer, he accepted the commission and 
applied for transfer to the aviation service but learned that no such 
transfers were being granted to officers of the Regular Army. He was, 
however, later appointed an Aerial Observer, and was about to go to 
the Coast Artillery School when he died at his home on April II, 1918. 




GORDON BAKER GREENOUGH. 

Lieutenant, United States Chemical Warfare Service. 

Born in Beverly, Mass., June 13, 1892. 

Prepared in the public schools of Beverly, Cambridge, and Maiden, 
Mass. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Chemical Engineering in 19 14. 

Member of the Chemical Society. 

He became a research assistant at the Institute and later went to 
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, where he distinguished 
himself in the development of synthetic shoe soles and heels. He entered 
the Chemical Warfare Service, at Washington, D. C, in the fall of 19 17, 
and in two months received his commission largely as a result of his 
work in perfecting incendiary bombs. He died of meningitis at the 
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C, on May 2, 1918. 



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FRANK N. BROWN. 

Inspector, Quartermaster Corps. 

Born in East Brookfield, Vt., January 22, 1849. 

Prepared at the Chauncy Hall School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1868 and attended until 1871. 

He was Sergeant in the Claflin Guards, at the time of the Boston 
fire, 1872, and was promoted to captain of that company soon after. 
He later served on several Massachusetts volunteer militia brigade 
staffs as signal officer, provost-marshal or engineer officer, and was 
one of the original officers of the Massachusetts Naval Brigade. 

In 1901 he was appointed Inspector in the Quartermaster Corps 
and served in various parts of the United States and twice in the 
Philippines. During the war he inspected equipment at Brooklyn, 
New York, where he died of pneumonia, August I, 1918. 




HAROLD KINDER PATTEN. 

Chief Machinist's Mate, United States Navy. 

Born in Meriden, Conn., January 15, 1890. 

Prepared at the Meriden High School, Tilton (N. H.) Seminary, 
and Chauncy Hall School. Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1 and attended until 1913. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Wrestling Team. 

He enlisted in the United States Navy as Chief Machinist's Mate 
in July, 1918, applying for a commission. He was summoned to service 
on September 3 and sent to Pelham Bay, N. Y., where he died at the 
Naval Hospital, of broncho-pneumonia, on September 15, 1918. 




SCOTT PRESCOTT KIMBALL. 

Private, United States Infantry. 

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 27, 1887. 

Prepared in the schools of Paris, and Dresden (Germany) and at the 
Salt Lake City High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1907 and attended until 1910. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Vice-president of the Freshman Class, manager of the Freshman 
Tug-of-War Team, on the Junior Prom Committee, Osiris. 

In May, 1917, he volunteered and was accepted in the first officers' 
training camp at Madison Barracks, N. Y. Just before entering the 
service he was married to Miss Frances W. Rolfe, of Schenectady, 
N. Y. Before completing the course he was honorably discharged from 
the service and returned to the General Electric Company. On August 
30, 1918, he was called for limited service and went to Camp Upton 
for training. Here he contracted influenza and died on September 28. 



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JOHN WETHERELL FRIERY. 

Born in Boston, Mass., October 20, 1896. 

Prepared at the Mechanic Arts High School. 

Entered the Institute in 19 14. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 19 1 8. 

Member of the Civil Engineering Society and the chorus of the 
Tech Show. 

In July, 1918, he passed the examination for provisional second 
lieutenant in the Regular Army, but it was soon after determined to 
make no further appointments to the Regular Army. In August, how- 
ever, appointments were again made, and on October 14, Friery was 
commissioned a second lieutenant, Corps of Engineers. At this time, 
however, he was sick with influenza and before he could accept he died, 
on October 6. His commission was cancelled. 




ORIC BATES. 

Private, United States Infantry. 

Born in Boston, Mass., December 5, 1883. 

Entered the Institute in 1903 and attended one year. 

Graduated from Harvard University in 1905. 

When Professor Burton issued his call for assistants to care for the 
School for Deck Officers which he was carrying on for the United States 
Shipping Board, Mr. Bates responded and was later director of the 
school at the Institute. Feeling that he wished to get into more active 
service, however, he enlisted and was assigned to Camp Zachary Taylor, 
where he died of pneumonia on October 8, 1918. 




CHARLES DANN WATERBURY. 

Captain, United States Quartermaster Corps. 

Born in Sandusky, Ohio, July 27, 1868. 

Prepared at the Polo (Illinois) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1893 and attended until 1895. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

In January, 1918, he entered the service, being stationed at Wash- 
ington, D. C, where on account of his knowledge of architectural engi- 
neering he was assigned work in the Engineering Section of the 
Construction Division of the Army. He was at once made assistant 
chief of the drafting room. In May, 1918, he was commissioned captain 
and continued in the Construction Division of the Army as co-chief of 
the drafting room. He died from bronchial-pneumonia, at the Walter 
Reed Hospital, Washington, on October 9, 19 1 8. 



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VVINTHROP FLOYD SMITH. 

Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force {Aviation). 

Born in Ashmont, Mass., July 28, 1893. 

Prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy and later entered Williams 
College, where he became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- 
nity. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended one year. 

Studied in the Course in Engineering Administration. 

He enlisted in the Navy in May, 1917, and was sent to Newport, 
R. I., and from there to the Naval Aviation Detachment at the Insti- 
tute. After completing his ground training he was sent to Key West, 
Florida, for his instruction in flight and after receiving his commission 
as ensign was sent to Bay Shore, Long Island, as an instructor. While 
there he died of pneumonia on October 10, 1918. 




PHILLIPS GARRISON MORRISON. 

Captain, United States Ordnance Corps. 

Born in Merrimac, Mass., March 22, 1894. 

Prepared at Phillips Andover Academy. 

Entered the Institute in 1912. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 1916. 

Member of the Electrical Engineering Society. 

He was commissioned a first lieutenant in June, 1917, and went 
to the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, where he was in charge of power 
plants and auxiliary shops. In January, 1918, he was advanced to the 
rank of captain, and shortly afterward was transferred to the Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds, Maryland, where he was first a proof officer and later 
assistant to Major Fullam, Chief of the Acceptance Division. The 
order for his promotion to major had been approved and according to 
his superior he was about to take charge of the Division when he died 
of pneumonia at Aberdeen, on October 12, 1918. 




ALBERT LESLIE STEPHENS. 

Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1888. 

Prepared at the Cambridge High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1902. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 1906. 

He spent nine years in Mexico as a mining engineer, leaving that 
country at the time of the Mexican revolution. He then went to South 
America, settling in Venezuela. At the outbreak of war he returned to 
the United States and entered the service as a lieutenant in the Corps 
of Engineers. He died of bronchial-pneumonia at Camp Humphreys, 
Va., October 12, 1918. 



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WILLIAM DAVID STEVENS. 

Corporal, United States Ordnance Corps. 

Born in Ishpeming, Mich., December 18, 1888. 

Prepared at the Chauncy Hall School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1909 and attended until 191 1. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Orchestra. 

Received his B. S. degree from the Michigan College of Mines. 

At the outbreak of war he was engaged in important work for the 
Bethlehem Steel Company and consequently was twice exempted from 
the draft. Becoming dissatisfied, however, with civilian service, he 
resigned and enlisted in the Ordnance Corps as a private in June, 1918. 
He soon became a corporal, and was sent to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 
Md., where he acted as draftsman for the Range Firing Section. He 
was taking care of influenza patients when he was himself taken ill, and 
died of pneumonia on October 13. 




JOHN BEACH GREEN. 

Private, Students' 1 Army Training Corps. 

Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, February 2, 1898. 

Prepared at the Ashtabula High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1917 and studied in the Course in Chemistry. 

On September 31 he became a member of the Students' Army 
Training Corps at the Institute. He died at the Boston City Hospital, 
of pneumonia, on October 14, 1918. 




THEODORE HERVEY GUETHING. 

First Lieutenant, United Stales Ordnance Corps. 

Born in Winchester, Mass., October 15, 1891. 

Prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H. 

Entered the Institute in 1910. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1915. 

Captain of Class Relay Team, temporary captain of Track Team; 
won"T" in meet with Harvard; junior member of Advisory Council; 
vice-president of Athletic Association; member of Institute Committee; 
president Athletic Association; captain of Track Team; editorial staff 
of Technology Monthly. 

When war was declared he volunteered for overseas service; but on 
account of defective vision was rejected. Nevertheless he obtained a 
commission in the Ordnance Corps on July 10, 1917. He reported for 
duty on November 4, 1917, and was stationed at the Picatinny Arsenal, 
Dover, N. J., where he died of pneumonia on October 15, 1918. 



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JAMES PHILIP UHLINGER. 

United Stales Quartermaster Corps. 

Born in Johnstown, N. Y., May 30, 1893. 

Prepared at the Johnstown High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1912. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1916. 

Member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, manager of the Fresh- 
man Relay Team, Architectural Engineering Society, Civil Engineering 
Society, Glee Club, Technique Electoral Committee, Finance Com- 
mittee, Blanket Tax Committee, Technique Treasurer, Class Day 
Committee, Osiris. 

He entered service in July, 1917, and was sent to Camp Dix, N. J., 
but was discharged on account of a slight defect in vision. He became 
a government construction engineer at Lake Charles, La., and Kelly 
Field, Texas, but was drafted and sent to Camp Dix. Being again 
unable to pass the test, he was assigned special service as a draughtsman 
at Camp Meade, Md., where he died of pneumonia on October 16, 1918. 




HAROLD JOSEPH TIERNEY. 

Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in Roxbury, Mass., September 25, 1896. 

Prepared at the Mechanic Arts High School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1913. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 1917. 

Entered the Aviation Section of the United States Signal Corps 
and was sent to Camp Vail, N. J., as a sergeant in April, 1918. In 
October he became second lieutenant of the 29th Service Company, 
I22d Aero Squadron. He died of pneumonia at Camp Vail Hospital, on 
October 22, 1918. 




ERVAY BRONAUGH ERVAY. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Born in Colorado Springs, Colo., October 13, 1893. 

Prepared at the High School at San Diego, Calif., and the Virginia 
Military Academy, Lexington, Va. 

Entered the Institute in 1912 and attended until 1914. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

Entered the service in June, 1917, joining the 21st Infantry, 
Regular Army. In July he took examinations for commission, at Fort 
Rosecrans, Calif., and in November was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, 
Kan., to the Army Service Schools. In February, 1918, he received his 
commission and was reassigned to the 21st Infantry, stationed at Bal- 
boa Park, Calif. Later he was sent to Washington, D. C, on detached 
service, where he died on November 1, 1918, of influenza. 



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HALMER CARLETON CHIDSEY. 

Private, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 
Born in Windsor, Conn., in 1887. 
Prepared at the Windsor High School. 
Entered the Institute in 1916 and attended until 1918. 
Studied in the Course in Sanitary Engineering. 
Entered the service in October, 1918, and was sent to Fortress 
Monroe, Va., where he died, of pneumonia, on November 3. 










ALBERT INGRAM PAINE. 

Private, Students' Army Training Corps. 

Born in North Adams, Mass., August 14, 1899. 

Prepared at the New Bedford High School. 

He entered the Institute in 1918, as a member of the Students' Army 
Training Corps. He died of pneumonia at the Boston City Hospital 
on November 3, 1918. 




ROLAND BABSON GRIFFIN. 

Private, Students' Army Training Corps. 

Born in Gloucester, Mass., June 8, 1900. 

Prepared at the Gloucester High School. 

Entered the Institute in February, 1918, and in the fall of 1918 
became a member of the Students' Army Training Corps at the Insti- 
tute. He died at the Students' Army Training Corps Infirmary, of pneu- 
monia, on November 13, 1918. 






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HOWARD MARTIN COOK, JR. 

Apprentice Seaman, Students' 1 Navy Training Corps. 

Born in Montclair, N. J., January 10, 1900. 

Prepared at the Montclair High School. 

Entered the Institute in 19 1 8, registering in the Course in Naval 
Architecture and Marine Engineering. 

He became a member of the Students' Navy Training Corps at the 
Institute. He died of pneumonia at the United States Naval Hospital, 
Chelsea, Mass., on December 17, 1918. 




DONALD WOODVVORTH CURRY. 

Apprentice Seaman, Students' 1 Navy Training Corps. 

Born in Newton Highlands, Mass., July 22, 1900. 

Prepared at the Newton High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1917, taking the Course in Naval Architec- 
ture and Marine Engineering. 

Member of the Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity and of the Glee Club. 

In the fall of 1918 he became a member of the Students' Navy Train- 
ing Corps at the Institute. He died of bronchial-pneumonia at the 
United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., December 17, 1918. 




GRANDVILLE REYNARD JONES. 

Captain, United States Sanitary Corps. 

Born in Camden, Ohio, November 26, 1883. 

Prepared at the Camden High School and received a C. E. degree 
from the Ohio State University in 1904. 

Entered the Institute in 1904. 

Graduated in the Course in Sanitary Engineering in 1907. 

Member of the Lambda Chi fraternity. 

At the time of his enlistment he was associate professor of Sanitary 
Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. He was 
commissioned a captain in the Sanitary Corps on November 9, 19 1 8 
and ordered to Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, for a brief period of training, 
at the end of which he became camp sanitary engineer at Camp Ben-, 
ning, Columbus, Ga., where he died on December 22, of pneumonia. 



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RALPH TUPPER ROGERS. 

Chief Quartermaster, United States Naval Reserve Force {Aviation). 

Born in Cambridge, Mass., October 9, 1893. 

Prepared at the Medford, (Mass.) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1914 and attended until 1917. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Entered the service in May, 1918, enlisting in the Naval Aviation 
Detachment at the Institute. After finishing his three months' course 
he went to Miami, Florida, and later to Pensacola, for instruction in 
flying. He had passed his final examinations and was about to receive 
his commission as ensign, when he died of pneumonia, at Pensacola, 
on January 8, 1919. 





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LEON HUBERT WEBBER. 

Lieutenant {Junior Grade), United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Born in North Brookfield, Mass., October 13, 1891. 

Attended the Worcester Polytechnic Institute for three years. 

Entered the Institute in 19 10. 

Graduated in the Course in Electrical Engineering in 19 14 and 
received an M. S. degree in 1915. 

He entered the service in December, 1917, and was commissioned 
an ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force, and ordered to duty as 
assistant to the Naval Inspector of Ordnance, Southeastern District, 
Raleigh, N. C. Later, succeeding this officer, he moved offices to Birm- 
ingham, Ala., and in August, 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant 
(junior grade). His duties were inspection and shipment of naval 
ordnance, projectiles and miscellaneous supplies manufactured by 
contractors for the Government in the territory south of Virginia to the 
Gulf and from the coast to the Mississippi. He died of pneumonia, 
in Birmingham, Ala., on January 13, 1919. 




ELMER FORREST THYNG. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Born in Everett, Mass., May 15, 1893. 

Attended Dartmouth College one year before coming to the Institute. 

Entered the Institute in 1912 and attended until 1913. 

Followed special studies. 

He entered an artillery school in Alabama in 1917 and went over- 
seas and was attached to Headquarters of the First Corps, in January, 
1918. He returned to United States in October with dispatches. He 
was sent to Camp Meade, Md., and discharged from Fort Sill, Okla., 
in December. He died of pneumonia at Youngstown, Ohio, on January 
16, 19 19. 



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STUART THOMSON. 

Captain, United States Ordnance Corps. 

Born in Lynn, Mass., August 13, 1886. 

Prepared at the Volkmann School, Boston, and was graduated 
from Harvard University, with highest honors, in 1908. 

Member of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. 

Entered the Institute in the fall of 1908 and attended for one year. 

Studied in the Course in Chemical Engineering. 

During the early months of the war he worked as a civilian on 
many war problems for the General Electric Company. He was loaned 
to the Bureau of Mines, and finally received a commission as first 
lieutenant, Chemical Warfare Service, on November 27, 1917. He 
was transferred to the Aircraft Armament Section of the Ordnance 
Department, working on the design and production of "drop bombs." 
In October, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and retained 
in service until March I, 1919. His strenuous devotion to duty so 
sapped his vitality that he became an easy victim to pneumonia, from 
which he died on March 23, 1919, at his home in Brookline, Mass. 




ORTON WHEELOCK ALBEE. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Ordnance Corps. 

Born in Charleston, S. C, November 21, 1872. 

Prepared at the Marlboro (Mass.) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1889. 

Graduated in the Course in Mining Engineering in 1893. 

He was commissioned major in the Ordnance Reserve Corps and 
called into active service in September, 1917, as traveling supervisor 
of the Inspection Division to organize inspection forces at plants through- 
out the United States and Canada. On March 15, 1918, he was appointed, 
inspection manager of the Toronto District, which included all Canada, 
and had entire charge of the production, inspection and supply of more 
than three hundred munition plants. On October 8 he was promoted 
to lieutenant-colonel. Later he was made Canadian Contract Asses- 
sor and Salvage Officer and Chief of the Toronto District, which position 
he held at the time of his death. He died at his home in Marlboro, 
Mass., after an operation, August 4, 1919. 




J WOODRUFF LEEMING. 



Lieutenant Colonel, United States Quartermaster Corps. 

Born in Quincy, 111., July 14, 1870. 

Prepared at the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Entered the Institute in 1887. 

Graduated in the Course in Architecture in 1891. 

Member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. 

He attended the Plattsburg training camp in 1916 and became 
a major in the Officers' Reserve Corps. He was the Constructing 
Quartermaster of Camp Cole, Gettysburg, and sailed for France in com* 
mand of the 401st Motor Supply Train. He was there transferred to 
the Service of Rents, Requisitions and Claims and for a year was chief 
renting officer of the American Expeditionary Forces, laying out the 
Le Mans area for billeting one million soldiers awaiting transportation. 
In January, 1919, he became a member of the Board of War Damages 
for the allied countries. In February he was ordered to Rome to assist 
the Italian government along the same line. He returned home in May, 
much broken in health, due to his arduous work, and died on November 
20, 19 19. He was subsequently appointed a member of the French 
Academy. 



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CHESTER COOK FORD. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Born in Boston, Mass., November 21, 1884. 

Prepared at the Mechanic Arts High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1907 and attended until 1909. 

Studied in the Course in Architecture. 

In August, 1917, he worked as civilian employee at Camp Meade, 
Maryland, and from there went to the second officers' training camp 
at Plattsburg. He later went to Washington, where he had charge 
of work in connection with the design of the American Ordnance Base 
in France. In November he was commissioned in the Aviation Section 
United States Signal Corps and served at various flying fields. In 
September, 1918, he was sent to Langley Field, Virginia. While serving 
as officer of the day he contracted a heavy cold which resulted in his 
death, from pneumonia, on February 12, 1920. 




CHARLES ROBERT CROSS, JR. 

American Red Cross. 

Born in Roxbury, Mass., June 17, 1881. 

Prepared at Noble and Greenough's School, Boston. 

Entered the Institute in 1898 and remained one year. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Entered Harvard University and was graduated in 1903. 

Received the degree of LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1906. 

Spent the year 1906-07 at the Institute, taking work in General 
Science. 

In January, 1915, he entered the American Ambulance Service at 
Dunkirk, France, and later joined the American Distributing Service. 
He served in Serbia and Montenegro as executive assistant to Doctor 
Richard P. Strong, of the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission 
and on his return to France was again with the American Distributing 
Service. He was injured in a motor accident near Ploubalay, France, 
on October 4, 1915, and died on the eighth in the hospital at Dinard. 
The Geographic Board of Canada has named one of the peaks of the 
Canadian Rockies Mount Cross in recognition of his explorations in 
that section of the country. 




ROYAL ROBBINS HEUTER. 

Lieutenant, United States Officers' Reserve Corps. 

Born in Waltham, Mass., June 8, 1883. 

Prepared at the Waltham High School. 

Entered the Institute in 1902. 

Graduated in the Course in Mechanical Engineering in 1906. 

Member of the Mechanical Engineering Society. 

For three years after graduation he was assistant in the Mechanical 
Engineering Department and spent the following two years at the 
Technische Hochschule, at Charlottenberg, where he completed the 
work required for the degree of doctor of Engineering. He then returned 
to the Institute as an instructor but left after a year and a half to join 
the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, where he 
was employed at the time of his death. On November 6, 19 16, he became 
a member of the Officers' Reserve Corps. While returning to his office 
in Boston, just prior to leaving for the Plattsburg camp, where he had 
been ordered as a lieutenant, he was killed in an automobile accident, 
May 5, 1917. 



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MORTON EDDY COBB. 

Captain, Quartermaster Division, United States Officers' Reserve Corps. 

Born in Newton Centre, Mass., December 5, 1865. 

Entered the Institute in 1883 and attended until 1887. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

He enlisted in Troop A, 1st Squadron of Massachusetts Cavalry 
in 1895 and was later appointed on the staff of the 2d Brigade, serving 
under Generals W. A. Bancroft, J. H. Whitney and W. A. Pew, his 
last assignment being that of Adjutant General of the 2d Brigade. 
He was retired in 19 1 3 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In the 
summer of 1917 he accepted a position in the Quartermaster Division, 
Officers' Reserve Corps, United States Army, with the rank of captain. 
On the evening of August 16, 19 17, he was wounded by the accidental 
discharge of a revolver he was exhibiting to a friend and died on the 
following day. 





WILLIAM EASTMAN, JR. 

Private, First Class, Aviation Section, United Stales Signal Corps. 

Born in Chicago, 111., May 23, 1895. 

Prepared at the Evanston Township High School. 

Entered the Institute in 19 1 2 and attended until 19 17. 

Tutored in the Boy's Travel School 1914-1915. 

Studied in the Course in Mechanical Engineering. 

Member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, ballet of the Tech 
Show, Army Committee, Mechanical Engineering Society, Theta Tau, 
Inter-Fraternity Council, Institute Committee, Walker Club, Osiris. 

In 1917 he entered the service and was assigned as an instructor 
in the United States Army School of Military Aeronautics at the Insti- 
tute. On November 2, he was severely injured by falling into the 
propeller of an engine, and died six days later. 




JOHN GEORGE KELLY, JR. 

First Lieutenant, United Stales Corps of Engineers. 

Born in Grant's Pass, Oregon, in 1889. 

Prepared in the Eugene public schools and later attended the 
University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College. 

Entered the Institute in 1912. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 19 14. 

Member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Wrestling Team in 1912, 
captain of Wrestling Team in 1913. 

In the spring of 1917 he entered the First Officers' Training Camp 
at Presidio, Calif., and received a commission as first lieutenant. For 
a time he did recruiting duty at Portland, Ore., and was then sent to 
Fort Riley, Kan. In June, 1917, he went overseas with the 10th Engi- 
neers, and was killed on March 15, 1918, in an automobile accident in 
France. 



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NEWELL WILLARD ROGERS. 

Cadet, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Born in New York City, June 18, 1890. 

Prepared at the South Orange (New Jersey) High School. 

Entered the Institute in 191 1 and attended until 1912. 

Studied in the Course in Electrical Engineering. 

Member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. 

He enlisted in the spring of 1918 in the Aviation Section of the 
United States Signal Corps and was assigned to Chanute Field, Rantoul, 
111., for training. On August I, 1918, while riding a motor cycle across 
the field he was run down by an airplane and killed 




ERALBERT TALMADGE MILLER. 

Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Born in Columbus, Ga., December 11, 1889. 

Prepared at the Columbus High School and in 1913 received a 
Master's degree from the University of Georgia, from which he was 
graduated in 19 10. 

Entered the Institute in 1913. 

Graduated in the Course in Civil Engineering in 1914. 

Member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. 

In November, 1917, he entered the Aviation Training School at 
San Antonio, Texas, and was later transferred to the Georgia School of 
Technology, at Atlanta, to complete his course in Aviation Mechanics. 
He received a commission as lieutenant, and was sent to Arcadia, Fla. 
While acting as chief instructor of aviation mechanics at St. Paul, 
Minn., he was killed in a motor-car accident on the evening of October 
13, 1918. On that day recommendations had been forwarded to Wash- 
ington for his promotion. 




PAUL DESNOYERS PELTIER. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Sanitary Corps. 

Born in Hartford, Conn., March 12, 1897. 

Prepared at the Berkeley School, N. Y. 

Entered the Institute in 1915 and attended until January, 1918. 

Studied in the Course in Biology and Public Health. 

Member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Freshman and Sophomore 
Tug-of-War Team, Tech Show, Technique Electoral Committee; 
awarded "sTt" for work on Swimming Team. 

In March, 1918, he enlisted in the Sanitary Corps, U. S. A., and 
studied at the Army Medical School in Washington, D. C, the Rocke- 
feller Institute, New York, and the United States Medical Laboratory, 
at Yale University, and in October received his commission. He asked 
for and received his discharge from service in January, 19 19, in order to 
accept a position as bacteriologist with the American Commission for 
Relief in the Near East. The expedition sailed from New York on 
February 16. On April 1, 1919, he died at Eski-Shehir as the result of 
injuries received while boarding a train at Alayund, Asia Minor. 



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DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS 



RALPH B. BAGBY, '16. 

First Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 37, Extract: "Ralph B. Bagby, First Lieutenant, Field 
Artillery, Observer, 88th Aero Squadron. For extraordinary heroism 
in action near Tailly, France, November 2, 19 18. Lieutenant Bagby, 
with First Lieutenant Louis G. Bernheimer, pilot, on their own initiative 
went on a reconnaissance mission, flying fifty kilometers behind the 
German lines, securing valuable information as to the condition of the 
bridges across the Meuse River and enemy activity in the back areas, 
and also harassing enemy troops." 

Lieutenant Bagby has also received seven citations for valor, the 
Croix de Guerre with Palm (French) and is a Chevalier of the Order of 
the Crown (Belgian). 







DOUGLAS B. BAKER, '15. 

Captain, United States Infantry. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 52, Extract: "Douglas B. Baker, First Lieutenant, 30th 
Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Bois de Beuge 
and Bois de la Pultiere, October 9-15, 1918. During the period October 
9-15, 1918, he made frequent trips through heavy shell, gas and machine- 
gun fire to repair broken telephone and telegraph wires, and when they 
could not longer be repaired he personally carried messages through 
the shell-swept area. On October 15 he personally reconnoitered the 
Bois de la Pultiere under heavy machine-gun and shell fire in an en- 
deavor to find a suitable location for his regimental post of command." 

Lieutenant Baker also received an Army Citation and the Croix 
de Guerre with Palm (French) 



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HERBERT W. BARRETT, '19. 

Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

Citation: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Blanc Mont, 
France, October 3, 1918. Reorganizing his company after the other 
officers had become casualties, Lieutenant Barrett led them in an attack, 
capturing a machine-gun nest, capturing or killing the crew. Under 
heavy fire he rescued two of his men who had been wounded and buried 
by a high explosive shell. He was wounded while administering first 
aid to one of his men under machine-gun fire." 




HAROLD BLANCHARD, '02. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Infantry. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 37, Extract: "Harold Blanchard, Major, 327th Infantry. 
For extraordinary heroism in action during the Meuse-Argonne offen- 
sive, October 7-21, 1918. During fourteen days of severe fighting he 
was constantly on duty with his battalion, although suffering severely 
from bronchitis, the result of being gassed. He personally took com- 
mand of a company, after all the officers had become casualties, and led 
them through a heavy artillery barrage and machine-gun fire, gaining 
his objective. Immediately after his battalion was relieved he col- 
lapsed from the severe strain." 

Major Blanchard also received the Croix de Guerre with Palm 
(French) and is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 




ARTHUR R. BROOKS, '17. 

Captain, United States Air Service. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 123, Extract: "Arthur R. Brooks, Second Lieutenant, Air 
Service. For extraordinary heroism in action over Mars-la-Tour, 
France, September 14, 1918. When his patrol was attacked by twelve 
enemy Fokkers over Mars-la-Tour, eight miles within the enemy lines, 
he alone fought bravely and relentlessly with eight of them, pursuing 
the fight from five thousand meters to within a few meters of the ground 
and, though his right rudder control was out and his plane riddled with 
bullets, he destroyed two Fokkers, one falling out of control and the 
other bursting into flames." 



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EDWARD P. BROOKS, '17. 

First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 78, Extract: "Edward P. Brooks, First Lieutenant, 1st 
Engineers. For extraordinary heroism in action at Pont-Mangis, 
France, November 7, 1918. Exposing himself to intense machine-gun 
and artillery fire, Lieutenant Brooks personally reconnoitered the ground 
over which an attack was to be made. He then skillfully led his men in 
a successful attack on the village, which was defended by machine guns 
and a seventy-seven millimeter gun firing on the advancing troops. 
Lieutenant Brooks coolly led his platoon in the face of this fire until 
they were near enough to put the enemy gunners to rout by rifle fire." 




DWIGHT DICKINSON, JR., '08. 

Captain, United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 46, Extract: "Dwight Dickinson, Jr., Past Assistant Surgeon, 
United States Navy, attached to 2d Battalion, 5th Regiment, United 
States Marine Corps. For extraordinary heroism in action near St. 
Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Under terrific shell and machine- 
gun fire, he attended the wounded with utter disregard for his own 
safety. When a shell struck the dressing station which he had estab- 
lished in an advanced zone, he rushed to the assistance of the wounded 
and through his devotion to duty many lives were saved." 

Captain Dickinson also received a Divisional Citation and the 
Croix de Guerre with Palm (French). 




LOGAN FELAND, '92. 

Brigadier-General, United States Marine Corps. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. QQ, Extract: "Logan Feland, Colonel, United States Marine 
Corps. During the operations at Bois de Belleau, June 6-14, 1918, he 
distinguished himself by his energy, courage and disregard for personal 
safety in voluntarily leading troops into action through heavy artillery 
and machine-gun fire. His efforts contributed largely to our success 
at this point." 

Brigadier-General Feland also received the Distinguished Service 
Medal, Croix de Guerre with six Citations (French) and is an Officer 
of the Legion of Honor. 



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HERBERT W. HALL, '12. 

Captain, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 15, Extract: "Herbert W. Hall, First Lieutenant, 44th 
Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps. For extraordinary heroism in action 
near Tiuaucourt, France, September 27, 1918, He was in charge of a 
trainload of ammunition being sent to two eight-inch howitzer batteries 
in active operation against the enemy. Finding that part of the light 
railway track had been destroyed by enemy shell fire, he secured a 
detail of men under an Engineer officer and worked with them to repair 
the track. When the Engineer officer was killed by an exploding shell, 
he assumed full charge and continued the work under heavy shell fiie, 
showing utter disregard for personal danger and inspiring confidence 
in his men by his calmness, decision and courage.' 




JAMES HILL HOLMES, JR., '18. 

Deceased, Captain, United States Infantry. 

Distinguished Service Cross, Posthumous 

G. 0. 132, Extract: "James H. Holmes, Jr., Captain, 26th Infantry. 
After having bravely led his company in three attacks in two days near 
Soissons, France, July 18-19, I 9 I 8, he was killed in a fourth attack 
while charging an enemy machine gun." 

Captain Holmes also received the Croix de Guerre. 




COLIN B. JOE, '23. 

Sergeant, United States Injantry. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

Certificate No. 4.866: "Colin B. Joe, Sergeant, Company K, 23d 
Infantry, Argonne offensive, November 1-5, 1918. With complete 
disregard of his own danger, he went forward alone, when the advance 
was held up by two machine-gun nests, and single-handed reduced these 
positions, capturing nine prisoners. Later, single-handed, he attacked 
the crews of three machine guns, being severely wounded in this action." 

Sergeant Joe also received the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 
(French). 



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GEORGE C. KENNEY, 'n. 

Captain, United States Air Service. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 13, Extract: "George C. Kenney, First Lieutenant, Air 
Service, Pilot, 91st Aero Squadron. For extraordinary heroism in 
action near Jametz, France, October 9, 1918. This officer gave proof 
of his bravery and devotion to duty when he was attacked by a superior 
number of aircraft. He accepted combat, destroyed one plane and 
drove the others off. Notwithstanding that the enemy returned and 
attacked again in strong numbers, he continued his mission and enabled 
his observer to secure information of great military value." 

Captain Kenney also received an Army Citation for Valor. 

{Photograph by Marceau, Boston.) 




JOHN H. LEAVELL, '07. 

Major, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 37, Extract: "John H. Leavell, Captain, Company F, 316th 
Engineers. For extraordinary heroism in action at Audenarde, Belgium, 
November I, 1918. He led a patrol of four men on a reconnaissance 
of the city of Audenarde at a time when it was still occupied by enemy 
patrols and snipers, obtaining important data on destroyed bridges 
and location of materials necessary in repairing them. While on this 
errand Captain Leavell and his men encountered a German patrol three 
times their number, and in the combat which followed several of the 
enemy were killed or wounded and a spy was captured." 

Major Leavell also received the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 
(French). 




NORMAN D. MACLEOD, 14. 

Major, United States Field Artillery. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 138, Extract: "Norman D. MacLeod, Captain, 103d Field 
Artillery. For extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, 
September 26, 19 18. While acting as Artillery Liaison Officer he dis- 
played remarkable courage and judgment under terrific artillery and 
machine-gun fire. In addition to his duties as liaison officer he volun- 
teered and took personal command of a detachment of infantrymen 
who were without officers, and by his personal bravery and resource- 
fulness successfully withstood a violent counter-attack by the enemy." 

Major MacLeod also received the Croix de Guerre with Palm 
(French). 



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LANSING McVICKAR, '18. 

First Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 
Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 44, Extract: "Lansing McVickar, First Lieutenant, 1st 
Battalion Headquarters, 7th Field Artillery. For extraordinary heroism 
in action near Very, France, October 4, 1918. Lieutenant McVickar 
volunteered and took forward a gun to the aid of the Infantry under 
the most hazardous circumstances. Despite the loss of two horses and 
the wounding of several of his men, he continued until he encountered 
an enemy barrage, from which it was necessary to take cover. He 
exposed himself to the barrage on five different occasions to bring in 
wounded men." 

Lieutenant McVickar also received a Divisional Citation for Valor. 




FRED DUNLAP MENDENHALL, '14. 

First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 37, Extract: "Fred D. Mendenhall, First Lieutenant, 7th 
Engineers. For extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, 
October 20, 1918. Although his platoon was constantly under heavy 
shell and machine-gun fire, he courageously directed the wiring of an 
extreme northern outpost line of Infantry. On the night of November 10, 
1918, he skillfully directed the construction of a pontoon bridge over 
the Loison River. So close to the enemy was his platoon that it was 
necessary to lash the bridge together, because the hammering of the 
nails would have drawn instant machine-gun fire from the enemy." 




KENNETH BAUSMAN PAGE, '20. 

First-Glass Private, United States Medical Corps. 
Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 99, Extract: "Kenneth B. Page, Private First-Class, Medical 
Department, 104th Infantry. He displayed conspicuous gallantry 
during the action of April 10, 1918, in running through heavily shelled 
area to rescue an officer who had fallen mortally wounded, and at great 
personal risk carrying him to dressing station." 

Private Page also received the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 
(French). 



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KARL C. PAYNE, '19. 

First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 123, Extract: "Karl C. Payne, First Lieutenant, 20th Aero 
Squadron, Air Service. For extraordinary heroism in action near 
Longuyon, France, September 16, 19 18. Starting on a very important 
daylight bombing mission with five other planes, as observer he went 
alone when the other five planes were forced to turn back. On crossing 
the German line, he was attacked by three enemy planes. Using his 
guns to keep the enemy at bay, he went on, reached his objective, and 
dropped his bombs on the railroad junction, cutting the line. On the 
way back four more planes joined in the attack, but, keeping them at 
bay with his guns, he reached the Allied lines." 




PERCY A. RIDEOUT, '11. (Deceased.) 

First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Cross, Posthumous 

G. 0. 142, Extract: "Percy A. Rideout, First Lieutenant, 1st Gas 
Regiment. For extraordinary heroism in action at Cierges, France, 
October 4, 1918. He made an extended reconnaissance in advance of 
his outposts, fearlessly exposed himself to enemy machine-gun fire, and 
was several times knocked down by exploding shells. The information 
he secured was valuable to the Infantry, giving them knowledge of the 
exact location of machine-gun nests. During the action this officer 
directed the laying of the smoke barrage from an exposed position, 
remaining at his station throughout the operation, in spite of severe 
shell and machine-gun fire, and continuing to display the highest courage 
until he was killed by shell fire." 




TOM W. SAUL, '10. 

Captain, United States Tank Corps. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 46, Extract: "Tom W. Saul, First Lieutenant, Tank Corps. 
For extraordinary heroism in action near the Bois de Remit res, France, 
September 12, 1918. He coolly exposed himself to enemy fire by stand- 
ing on the parapet of a trench and directing his men in the work of 
getting the tanks forward." 



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JAMES E. WALLIS, JR., '17. 

Captain, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 87, Extract: "James E. Wallis, Jr., Captain, Coast Artillery 
Corps, Observer, 1st Army Observation Group. For extraordinary 
heroism in action in the region of Metz, France, September 13, 1918. 
While on a reconnaissance under the most adverse weather conditions, 
which necessitated flying at an extremely low altitude, he, with his 
pilot, penetrated the enemy's territory to a depth of twenty-five kilo- 
meters. Attacked by five enemy planes they destroyed one and forced 
the others to retire. In heavy fire from the ground they continued on 
their mission until it was completed." 

Captain Wallis also received an Army Citation for Valor. 




DONALD D. WARNER, '18. 

First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Distinguished Service Cross 

G. 0. 121, Extract: "Donald D. Warner, First Lieutenant, 96th 
Aero Squadron, Air Service. For extraordinary heroism in action on 
September 4, 1918. While on a bombing expedition with other planes 
from his squadron he engaged in a running fight over hostile territory 
with a superior number of enemy battle planes, from Friauville to 
Lamorville, France. During the combat he was severely wounded, his 
right thigh being badly shattered. In spite of his injuries he continued 
to operate his machine gun until the hostile formation had been driven 
off and one plane shot down, burning." 




EDGAR S. GORRELL, '17. 

Colonel, United States Air Service. 

Distinguished Service Order (British) 

W. 0. List 4.0: "By command of His Majesty the King for bravery 
and distinguished service in the campaign." 

Colonel Gorrell also received the Distinguished Service Medal and 
is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 

{Photograph by Harris & Eiving.) 



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D. M. JEMMETT, '19. 

Lieutenant, Canadian Engineers. 

Distinguished Conduct Medal (British) 

Gazette, June 26, 1916, Extract: "Awarded the Distinguished 
Conduct Medal: 5324, Sergeant D. M. Jemmett, 1st Field Company, 
1st Canadian Divisional Engineers. For conspicuous gallantry and 
devotion to duty throughout the campaign, notably when constructing 
a bridge under heavy shell fire, and on another occasion, when though 
wounded, he remained in charge till he had completed his work, and 
then marched his party back to billets." 




HERBERT W. ALDEN, '93. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, Ordnance Corps. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 77, Extract: "Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert W. Alden, 
formerly Lieutenant-Colonel, Ordnance Department, United States 
Army. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service, first as 
American Engineering Representative at the conference called to 
design the Anglo-American Mark VIII tank, and later as being directly 
responsible for the design of a new, valuable and easily obtained imple- 
ment of mechanical warfare, the fast three-ton tank, susceptible of 
production in America in such quantity as to constitute a most material 
contribution to the effective fighting power of the United States Army." 





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DWIGHT E. AULTMAN, '95. 

Brigadier-General, United States Field Artillery. 
Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 59, Extract: "Dwight E. Aultman, Brigadier-General, 
United States Army. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished 
services. As Chief of Artillery of the 5th Corps in the operations against 
the enemy in November, 1918, by his exceptional skill as an artillerist 
he was largely responsible for the rupture of the enemy's position and 
the breaking of his resistance." 

Brigadier-General Aultman also received the Croix de Guerre with 
three Palms (French), and is a Commander of the Legion of Honor. 

{Photograph by Harris y Ewing.) 



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EDWARD CANFIELD JR., '12. 

Colonel, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 35, Extract: "Edward Canfield, Jr., Lieutenant-Colonel, 
United States Army. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished 
services. He served as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-i, of the 4th Divi- 
sion, and organized the entire system of supply for the division. He 
trained and supervised the personnel and the operation of the admin- 
istrative sections. He handled all problems connected with supply and 
transportation with such efficiency and success that the division was 
never short of either rations or ammunition. He proved himself to be 
an officer of the greatest administrative ability, exceptional foresight 
and tireless energy." 




BRADLEY DEWEY, '09. 

Colonel, United States Chemical Warfare Service. 
Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 47, Extract: "Colonel Bradley Dewey, Chemical Warfare 
Service, for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service as Chief 
of the Gas Defense Production Division in achieving under most trying 
circumstances remarkable results in supplying the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces with sufficient number of gas masks of high grade and 
of improved design." 




SAMUEL M. FELTON, '73. 

Director of Military Railways, United States Army. 
Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 18, Extract: "Mr. S. M. Felton, Director-General of Military 
Railways, for especially meritorious and conspicuous service in super- 
vising the supply of railway material and the organization of railway 
operation and construction troops. By his energetic and loyal service 
he has contributed materially to the success of the Army in the field." 

Mr. Felton is also a Commander of the Legion of Honor. 



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FULTON Q. C. GARDNER, '13. 

Colonel, United States General Staff. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 73, Extract: "Colonel Fulton Q. C. Gardner, General Staff, 
United States Army. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous 
service as Secretary to the General Staff." 

(Photograph by Harris fcf Ewing) 




CHARLES S. GASKILL, '99. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 59, Extract: "Charles S. Gaskill, Lieutenant-Colonel, United 
States Army. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. 
In charge of the locomotive and car-repair shops at Nevers he carried 
out the installation and operation of this plant, exhibiting rare executive 
and engineering qualifications of the highest order." 




FRANCIS F. LONGLEY, '05. 

Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 59, Extract: "Francis F. Longley, Colonel, United States 
Army. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. He 
has been in charge of the Water Supply Service, and commanding 
officer of the 26th Engineers, a water-supply regiment, since the fall of 
1917. His untiring energy, unusual initiative and good judgment have, 
to a marked degree, been responsible for the plentiful supply of pure 
drinking water to the combatant troops, thereby materially assisting 
in maintaining the unusually low rates in sickness among our troops." 

(Photograph copyrighted by Underwood Iff Underwood , New York.) 



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HARRY L. ROGERS, '89. 

Major-General, United States Quartermaster Corps 
Distinguished Service Medal 

G. 0. 12, Extract: "Major-General Harry L. Rogers, United 
States Army. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. 
He has organized and administered with great efficiency the Quarter- 
master Department in France. He was able to meet each emergency 
in times fraught with untold difficulties, and by his energy and untiring 
zeal he has insured to our troops a prompt and constant supply of 
quartermaster stores, without which the ultimate success of our Army 
could not have been obtained." 

Major-General Rogers also received two Letters of Commendation 
for Merit, the Cross of Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgian), 
and is a Commander of the Legion of Honor, and Companion of the 
Bath (British). 




GERARD SWOPE, '95. 

Civilian Aide to General Goethals. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service. As one 
of the principal advisers and assistants to the Director of Purchase, 
Storage and Traffic he accomplished the task of working out the detailed 
plan for bringing under one head the direction and supervision of pro- 
curement, storage and issue of all commodities and articles of equipment 
and supply needed for the Army. It was due to his foresight, ability, 
energy and loyal co-operation that the procurement program for the 
gr:at Army of 1918 was successfully planned, and he assisted materi- 
ally in carrying it into effect, thereby contributing directly to the success 
of the military progress." 




BRAINERD TAYLOR, '99. 

Colonel, United States Motor Truck Corps. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

W. D., Cablegram No. 28 jo: "For exceptionally meritorious and 
distinguished services. Serving as Chief Motor Transport Officer of the 
Advance Section, Service of Supply, he gave proof of excellent judg- 
ment and untiring energy in the performance of his duties. By his 
success in overcoming numerous obstacles involved in the transporta- 
tion of supplies and troops, he rendered conspicuous services to flic 
American Expeditionary Forces." 

Colonel Taylor is also an Officer of the Legion of Honor. 



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HENRY M. WAITE, '90, 

Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Distinguished Service Medal 

Bulletin 43, W. D., Extract: "For exceptionally meritorious and 
conspicuous services. As Deputy Director General of Transportation, 
Headquarters, Service of Supply; later as Constructing Engineer of the 
Transportation Corps and Deputy Director General of Transportation, 
Zone of the Armies, he displayed marked technical ability, initiative 
and judgment of a high order. Subsequently, as a member of the Bridge- 
head Commission of the Third Army, as Chief Motor Transport Officer 
of the Third Army, and as advisor to the officer in charge of civil affairs 
at Advanced General Headquarters, he displayed those same high quali- 
ties which characterized his previous distinguished service." 

Colonel Waite is also made an Officer of the Legion of Honor. 




WILLIAM H. WALKER. 

Colonel, United States Chemical Warfare Service. 
Distinguished Service Medal 

"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service. His 
extraordinary technical ability, untiring industry and great zeal have 
enabled remarkable results to be achieved in the production division of 
the Chemical Warfare Service in the face of many obstacles encountered " 

{Photograph by Bachrach, Boston) 




HERBERT HENRY ADAMS, '99. 

Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Officer of the Legion of Honor 

"The Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of 
Honor certifies that, by decree of April 4, 1919, the President of the 
French Republic has conferred on Colonel Herbert H. Adams of the 
American Army, Chief of the Military Railways in the Zone of the 
Armies, General Headquarters, the decoration of Officer of the National 
Order of the Legion of Honor." 



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W. B. POLAND, '90. 

Director of the Commission for the Relief of the Invaded Regions of 
France and Belgium. 

Officer of the Legion of Honor 

"The Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of 
Honor certifies that, by a decree of January 7, 19 19, the President of 
the French Republic has conferred on Mr. William B. Poland, Director 
of the Commission for the Relief of the Invaded Regions of France and 
Belgium, the decoration of Officer of the National Order of the Legion 
of Honor." 

Mr. Poland is also a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and is a 
Companion of the British Empire and a Commander of the Order of 
Leopold (Belgian). 




WILLIAM T. ALDRICH, '01. 

Captain, United States Ordnance Department- 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 

"The Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of 
Honor certifies that, by decree of April 4, 19 19, the President of the 
French Republic has conferred on Captain William T. Aldrich, United 
States Ordnance Department, Tours, the decoration of Chevalier of the 
National Order of the Legion of Honor." 



MASON S. CHACE, '94. 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 

The decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor was awarded 
on December 27, 1918. It was conferred according to the official noti- 
fication, — "For the service rendered as a member of the French High 
Commission." The original citation is not available. 



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PIERRE S. DU PONT, '90, 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 

The decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor was con- 
ferred by the French Republic upon Pierre S. du Pont on May 15, 
1919, for his service to the Allied cause, particularly during the years 
1915 and 1916. The original citation is not available. 




CASS GILBERT, '80. 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 

"The Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of 
Honor certifies that, by decree of January 3, 1919, the President of the 
French Republic has conferred on Mr. Cass Gilbert, American citizen, 
architect, twice President of the American Institute of Architects, the 
decoration of Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor." 

(Photograph by Gcisler and Andrews, New York.) 




SELSKAR M. GUNN, '05. 

Captain, American Red Cross. 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 

The decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor was awarded 
on December 27, 19 18. It was conferred according to the official noti- 
fication — "For the excellent services rendered to France in the fight 
against tuberculosis." The original citation is not available. 









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DUGALD C. JACKSON. 

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Lieutenant-Colonel, United 
States Corps of Engineers. 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 
"The Grand Chevalier of the .National Order of the Legion o 
Honor certifies that, by decree of April 4, 19 19, the President of the 
French Republic has conferred on Major Dugald C. Jackson of the 
American Army, Chief Engineer of the Technical Board, Paris, the 
decoration of Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor." 




HAROLD W. JONES, '98. 

Colonel, United States Medical Corps. 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 

"The Grand Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of 
Honor certifies that, by decree of April 4, 1919, the President of the 
French Republic has conferred on Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Wellington 
Jones of the American Army, Chief Surgeon of the Hospital Center of 
Beau Desert (Base of Bordeaux), the decoration of Chevalier of the 
National Order of the Legion of Honor." 

(Photograph by Harris and Ewing, Washington, D. C.) 




LOUIS H. MAXFIELD, '06. 

Commander, United Stales Naval Reserve Force. 

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 

"The Grand Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of 
Honor certifies that, by decree of April 9, 1919, the President of the 
French Republic has conferred on Lieutenant-Commander L. H. Max- 
field of the American Navy, the decoration of Chevalier of the Legion 
of Honor." 

Commander Maxfield also received the Life Saving Medal of the 
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The following men are known to have been appointed Chevaliers of the Legion of Honor, but the citations 
are not available 

CHARLES W. ADAMS, '05. Major, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

WILLIAM H. SAGE, JR., '07. Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Navy Cross {United States) 

H. D. SHAW, '14. Lieutenant {Junior Grade) , United States Navy. 

"For heroism, and exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsi- 
bility as commanding officer of a submarine chaser in the exacting and hazardous service of ridding the North 
Sea of Mines." 

E. S. LAND, '07. Commander, Construction Corps, United States Navy. 
(Citation not available.) 

K. C. RICHMOND, '17. Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force 
(Citation not available.) 

Military Cross {British) 

ARTHUR EDGAR G. COLLINS, '14. Captain, Royal Engineers, British Army. 

Royal Gazette, April 2, 1918: "A. E. G. Collins, Royal Engineers. He went forward on his own initiative 
and reconnoitered a road under heavy machine-gun and shell fire. After several attempts he succeeded in entering 
a village which was still in the enemy's hands, and was able to guide our attacking troops into the village through 
the enemy's wire. After fifteen hours' continuous working and fighting he assisted in getting guns forward over 
very difficult ground. He showed magnificent courage and initiative throughout." 

Captain Collins was mentioned in Despatches for services in Battle of Bullecourt, May, 19 17. 

CHARLES DAVIS DREW, '99. Major, United States Corps of Engineers. 

General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, France: "Charles Davis Drew, nth Railway Engi- 
neers. The award of the Military Cross by the British Government to you having been approved by the Com- 
mander-in-Chief, you are authorized to accept and to wear such decoration. 

The award was made for the following services rendered: 

Citation: 'In recognition for Meritorious Services rendered the Allied Cause'." 

Major Drew also received an Army Citation for Valor. 

HOWARD M. EDMUNDS, '05. Captain, Scots Guards, British Army. 

Supplement to the London Gazette, October 4, 1919: "Lieutenant Howard Maurice Edmunds, Scots Guards, 
Special Reserve, Attached 2d Battalion. For conspicuous courage as a platoon leader, near Haussy, on 
twentieth and twenty-first of October, 1918. On the final objective his platoon was met by heavy fire from a 
farm. Realizing that the direct attack was held up he led his party in a flank attack under heavy fire from close 
range, got beyond the objective and inflicted casualties on the enemy, who in consequence of his attack began to 
retire." 

JOHN D. MACKENZIE, '11. Lieutenant, Nova Scotia (Cape Breton) Highlanders. 

London Gazette, December 2, 1918: "Lieutenant John David Mackenzie, 85th Canadian Infantry, Nova 
Scotia Regiment. For conspicuous gallantry and good leadership. During the first phase of the attack he led 
his Platoon to the final objective under heavy machine-gun fire. Two days later, when his Company Commander 
became a casualty he took command, leading his men against machine-gun nests and saving a critical situation 
on his left by forming a defensive flank. He was untiring in encouraging his men." 

DONALD M. McRAE, '16. Lieutenant-Colonel, United States General Staff. 

London Gazette, May 26, 1917: "Lieutenant Donald Marion McRae, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. 
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Vimy Ridge on third, fourth and fifteenth of April, 1917. 

"He was untiring in leading his patrols, both day and night, and the information he gained was of the 
utmost value to his Battalion." 



THOMAS AVERY ROPER, '10. Captain, United States Ordnance Corps. 

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War Office List No. 40, Extract: "Thomas A. Roper, Captain, United States Ordnance Corps. By com- 
mand of His Majesty the King for bravery and distinguished service in the Campaign." 



DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS 

ALAN EDGEWORTH STEWART, '14. Captain, Canadian Engineers. 

Award: "Captain Alan Edgeworth Stewart, Canadian Engineers, attached Canadian Corps Heavy 
Artillery. For most thorough and successful work in laying and maintaining the elaborate system of communi- 
cations necessary to the Heavy Artillery. The excellence of the communications of which he has had charge 
since November, 1916, have largely contributed to the success of the whole operations on the Vimy-Lens front." 



Croix De Guerre 

ROBERT M. ALLEN, '16. Sous-Lieutenant, French Field Artillery. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"A young American Volunteer in an American Sanitary Section took part with this unit in the Battles of 
the Chemin des Dames, 1917." 

"A volunteer in the French Army, promoted to Cadet, took part in the Battle of July 15-20, 1918, during 
which he gave proof, under particularly critical circumstances, of admirable coolness and courage." 

Sous-Lieutenant Allen's Regiment, 40th French Artillery, received the Medaille Militaire (French), giving 
every member of the Regiment the right to wear the Fourragere. 

THOMAS H. ATHERTON, JR., '09. Captain, United States Field Artillery. 

Croix de Guerre with Palm 

"Captain Thomas H. Atherton, 109th Regiment of Artillery. Has shown in difficult circumstances the 
very highest ability in the command of his battery. Received in his shelter a shell, which burst at his side and 
killed one of his lieutenants and wounded the other. Lost in four days thirty per cent of his forces and was able 
notwithstanding, to fulfill his mission of accompanying the Infantry." 

Captain Atherton also received the Belgian War Cross, and a Divisional Citation for Valor. 

DONALD BELCHER, '15. American Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"American Driver Donald Belcher, S. S. U. 619. Volunteered with enthusiasm during the night of 
August 6-7, 19 17, to take his ambulance near a battery which was under violent bombardment by heavy shells, 
which had wounded several officers of the battery. Left his ambulance on the road which was under fire and went 
himself to the rescue of the wounded officers and transported them to the ambulance. Showed courage and devo- 
tion to duty which were beyond praise." 

EDMUND C. S. BIGELOW, '20. First Lieutenant, American Red Cross. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Mr. Edmund Clarence Bigelow, young officer of the American Red Cross, who gave himself without stint 
to assure the distribution of warm drinks to the troops, even in the first line trenches. 

"Showed a tenacity and a devotion to duty without limit to accomplish this patriotic work of mercy with 
enthusiasm, cordiality and without thought of danger." 

DAVID CARB. Instructor, English Department, Second Lieutenant, French Field Artillery. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"David Carb, Cadet, 29th Battery, 244 Regimente Colonial Artillerie, an American citizen having already 
served France as a stretcher-bearer in 1915, volunteered in the French Artillery in 1918, and was during his stay 
in the battery a constant example for the personnel by his enthusiasm, his courage and his high morale." 

S. V. CHAMBERLAIN, '18. Private, American Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Driver Samuel Chamberlain, of the American Sanitary Section 632. During the days of the fifteenth, 
sixteenth and seventeenth of July, 19 18, showed rare qualities of devotion and of courage in generously accom- 
plishing most dangerous missions to evacuate the wounded from the advanced dressing stations." 

W. K. B. EMERSON, JR., '20. Second Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery, Observer 12th Aero Squadron. 

Killed in action, May 14, 1918. 

Croix de Guerre 

"For intrepidity and entire disregard of personal danger in rescuing wounded under fire near Monastir, 
Serbia, during heavy bombardment between the months of March and August, 19 17." 



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COKE FLANNAGAN, '16. Captain, United States Signal Corps. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"Lieutenant Coke Flannagan, 1st Signal Battalion, American. At Vierzy, on July 19, 1918, being attached 
to the 23d Regiment of Infantry, worked without stopping, under violent artillery fire and kept the telephone 
wires in good working order." 

JOSEPH P. GARDNER, '17. Captain, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Croix de Guerre with Palm and Fourragere 

"Captain J. P. Gardner, Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army, Battery H, 2d Brigade, 53d Regi- 
ment of Coast Artillery, U. S. A. Called on to open fire suddenly on July 14, 1918, at a time when the camp 
was under a violent bombardment by shrapnel and gas shells, went almost instantly into action under the com- 
mand of Captain Gardner and did not cease firing until it had exhausted its ammunition although being constantly 
shelled without slackening for an instant its fire in spite of serious losses." 

Note: The mention of Captain Gardner by name entitles him to wear the Croix de Guerre as well as the 
Fourragere. 

HENRY C. GREENE, '97. Major, American Red Cross. 

Croix de Guerre 

"Captain Copley Greene. Gave most precious help in the evacuation of the Communes invaded in the 
German advance in March, 1918. Always ready for the most perilous missions, showed in many circumstances 
superb devotion and a scorn of danger, notably on March 22, when he did not hesitate to enter a Commune under 
most violent bombardment, to rescue the sick and the old." 

Major Greene also received the Silver Medal "Reconnaissance Francaise," the Gold Medal "Femmes de 
France" (French Red Cross) and the Silver Cross of the "Societe de Secours aux Blesses Militaires." 

HORACE M. GUILBERT, '18. Captain, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Palm 

"Lieutenant Horace Moss Guilbert, pilot in the 91st Squadron. Has performed superior service as pilot 
in an Army Squadron. Attacked in the course of a mission, by several planes, he succeeded in putting the enemy 
to flight, and returned with his plane riddled with bullets." 

JOSEPH S. GUPPY, '19. First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 

"Second Lieutenant Joseph S. Guppy, 23d Regiment, United States Infantry. July 18, 1918, near Vaux- 
Castille, he displayed great bravery by aiding in taking a nest of machine guns by storm. He attacked a center 
of enemy resistance, killing four men and taking fifty-three prisoners." 

LYMAN C. HIBBARD, '17. First Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"Lyman C. Hibbard, American Volunteer, showed admirable devotion to duty during the winter 1916- 
17, in the Argonne as well as in the Sector of Hill 304. Gave proof of the finest qualities of endurance, courage and 
scorn of danger, day and night, from the twenty-fifth to the twenty-eighth of January, 19 17, in evacuating the 
wounded, in frightful weather and over a route which was under particularly heavy bombardment." 

CHESTER L. KINGSBURY, '18. Corporal, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Corporal Chester Kingsbury, Military No. 184.223, Company A, 101st Regiment, American Engineers. 
Volunteer for a sally against the enemy trenches, distinguished himself particularly during the operation by his 
courage and devotion to duty." 

ARTHUR R. KNIGHT, '17. Second Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Lieutenant (Bombing) Arthur Raymond Knight. Bomber full of enthusiasm, proved, in a night 
attack back of the enemy lines, that he had fine qualities of daring and coolness. He made several expeditions 
during the night and returned with his machine seriously damaged by enemy anti-aircraft guns." 

Lieutenant Knight also received the Caproni Medal (Italian). 



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SAMUEL L. KUHN, '17. Captain, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 

"Captain Samuel L. Kuhn, Corps of Engineers, United States Army. For his excellent work in the St 
Mihiel attack, September 12-15, I 9 I 8, and for his tireless energy in the Battle of the Argonne, where he showed 
remarkable ability in the organization of the defensive positions of the 3d Division, September 26-October 27, 
1918." 

LAWRENCE E. LOVEJOY, '23. Private, United States Medical Corps. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Soldier Lawrence E. Lovejoy, Military No. 1.922.368, Ambulance Company 16, American Sanitary 
Service. From the fourth to the ninth of October, 1918, near Blanc Mont, gave proof of remarkable courage in 
transporting wounded under fire." 

WILLIAM E. LUCAS, JR., '14. Captain, United States Infantry. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 

"Captain William E. Lucas, 18th Regiment, American Infantry. A courageous and devoted officer, always 
ready to make any sacrifice. Charged with the liaison between the commander of the Regiment, and the attack- 
ing Battalions during the operations of October 1-11, 1918, many times crossed a violently bombarded zone to 
assure the execution of important orders. Gave proof of great energy, calm and bravery, and won the admiration 
of the men of his regiment by his scorn of danger and his devotion to his military duty." 

Captain Lucas also received Citations from Army, Army Corps, Division, Brigade and Regiment. 

GEORGE L. MACK AY, '14. First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

Killed in action, April 17, 1918. 

"The Master Engineer George MacKay, Candidate Officer, attached to the Engineers of the 96th D. O. 
Voluntarily took part in an attack on April 17, 1918; after showing superb coolness and devotion to duty was 
mortally wounded as our troops were returning to their own lines." 

GEORGE R. MARTIN, '19. Second Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Croix de Guerre 

"Helping an Artillery Observing Officer, whose leg had been severed by a shell, back to his post of observa- 
tion, about thirty yards under heavy shell and machine-gun fire." 

AUSTIN B. MASON, '10. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service, formerly of the American Field Ambu- 
lance Service. 

Croix de Guerre with two Bronze Stars 

"The American Automobile Sanitary Section No. 8, for the following motive. Under the direction of 
Lieutenant Robert Charles Paroissien, and of the Commanding Adjutant (American) Austin Blake Mason, the 
American Sanitary Section No. 8, composed entirely of volunteers, assured in a remarkable manner the daily 
evacuation, going as far as possible to get the wounded, in spite of at times violent bombardment; distinguished 
itself particularly June 23, 19 1 6, in crossing several times a field of poison gas, under intense fire, without rest, for 
several hours to bring in as quickly as possible the men poisoned by the gas." 

Note: The mention of Mason by name confers upon him the right to wear the Croix de Guerre as well as 
the Fourragere. 

Second Citation same as first, dated May I, 1917. 

Lieutenant Mason's Ambulance Section received three Citations for the Croix de Guerre. 

DABNEY H. MAURY, JR., '23. Second Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 
"For work during the German Offensive, May 27-June 8, 1918." 

WILLIAM H. MURPHY, '12. First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 

"William H. Murphy, Second Lieutenant, 104th Infantry. Showed remarkable courage and coolness in 
leading his section in two counter-attacks on the night of April 12, 1918." 



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KENNETH B. PAGE, '20. Private, First Class, United States Sanitary Corps. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 

"Kenneth B. Page, First Class Private, Sanitary Corps. Extraordinary bravery during his service at the 
dressing station of the 3d Battalion in the engagement of April 10, 1918. He volunteered with a companion to 
cross two hundred meters of exposed terrain to rescue a mortally wounded officer. They brought him back to the 
dressing station running the greatest personal risk in so doing." 

THOMAS R. PLUMMER, '88. First Lieutenant, American Red Cross. 

Croix de Guerre 

Died from overwork November 24, 1918. 

"Thomas R. Plummer, in charge of the Mobile Canteen No. 31, American Citizen, free from military 
obligations owing to his age, always near the lines, in a sector where climatic conditions are particularly rigorous, 
created and organized several comforting posts in the most advanced spots of the sector, thus making always 
available for the troops in the line the benefit of his valuable canteen." 

GILBERT N. ROSS, '21 now '23. Private, American Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Driver Gilbert N. Ross, American Sanitary Section 638. A driver of great energy and coolness, always 
showed his devotion to duty in going to get the wounded from the relief stations that were violently bombarded 
at Mont Kemmel in May, on the Marne in July and during the last offensives of October, 1918, on the Arne and 
the Aisne." 

Private Ross also received the American Field Service Medal. 

ROBERT H. SCANNELL, '17. First Lieutenant, United States Corps of Engineers, formerly in the American 
Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"Automobile Driver Robert Henry Scannell, for the following motive. On August 9, 1917, learning that 
a telephone operator of the 244th Regiment of Artillery had been wounded at his post, went without hesitation 
and with the greatest coolness to get the wounded man into his ambulance in spite of the most intense bombard- 
ment which was directed upon the trail leading to the battery." 

WILLIAM G. SPRAGUE, '16. Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Croix de Guerre with Gold Star 

Killed in landing at Isle Tudy, France, October 26, 19 18. 

"Ensign Sprague, United States Navy. On October 26, attacked and probably destroyed an enemy sub- 
marine which had been sighted by him near an important convoy which he thus efficiently protected. 
"Killed gloriously when coming back from this brilliant action, in a landing accident." 

KIMBERLY STUART, '19. Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"Kimberly Stuart, American Volunteer in the Medical Service of the American Ambulance, Section 10. 
March 13, 1917, under intense fire of the enemy artillery, picked up and transported gunners of the battery with 
the greatest calm and coolness." 

ALICE WELD TALLANT, '98. First Lieutenant, Smith Relief Unit. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Miss Alice Weld Tallant, M. D., Member of the American Committee for Devastated France. Volun- 
tarily performing the duties of a major-aide, in the French Army at Coulommiers and at Chateau-Thierry, during 
the months of June, July and August, 1918, she showed great devotion, watching night and day during the rush of 
wounded, showing greatest coolness under bombardment, especially at Coulommiers, July 15 and 16, and later 
at Chateau-Thierry, in the beginning of August. 

"Afterwards devoted herself with untiring energy to the care of the civilian population returning to the 
devastated regions, and rendered them inestimable services." 

JOHN C. TYLER, '17. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

Killed in action September 18, 1918. 

"John C. Tyler, Lieutenant, 1st Reserve, American Officer, Pilot of Squadron 'Br. 129.' Excellent 
Bombarding Pilot, gallant and courageous; started in Aviation by bombardments on the field of battle, at low 
altitudes. During a bombarding mission on the sixteenth of July, 1918, helped bring down an enemy plane." 



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KENNETH WEEKS, '12. Private, Foreign Legion (French Army). 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

Killed in action June 17, 1915. 

"Kenneth Weeks, Legionary, Military No. 27.058. Reason for the citation: An American of great intel- 
lectual culture animated by the most noble sentiments and having for France a profound admiration. Volun- 
teered spontaneously at the beginning of hostilities and showed the most brilliant qualities during the campaign 
and particularly distinguished himself on the seventeenth of June, 1915, in an attack on the German positions." 

FRANCIS R. WHELTON, '21. Second Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star 

"Second Lieutenant Frank Whelton, 1 nth Regiment of Infantry (American). Sergeant in the 305th 
Regiment Infantry; during the night of July 6-7, 1918, in the Banal Wood (Lorraine), he contributed greatly 
towards repulsing a strong enemy patrol, which tried to seize the post composed of French and American ele- 
ments." 

This decoration was awarded to Lieutenant Whelton "posthumously," in spite of which circumstance he 
is alive and well at the present writing. 

JAMES M. WHITE, '14. Captain, Chemical Warfare Service, formerly in the American Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 

"James White, Civilian, 'Sous-Chef,' American Sanitary Section No. I. Brave and calm under all cir- 
cumstances. Always ready to personally perform the most arduous tasks. He particularly distinguished himself 
on the seventeenth of August, 1917, before Verdun, by transporting wounded men under the most intense enemy 
bombardment." 

JAMES COUNCILL WOOTEN, 2d, '18. Second Lieutenant, Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps. 

Croix de Guerre with Palm 

Killed in action August 2, 1918. 

"Second Lieutenant (Observer) James C. Wooten, American Squadron No. 1. On July 5, 1918, being 
charged with a photographic mission, he accomplished it perfectly, although he had lost his escort. During the 
mission, he was engaged first in a combat with three enemy aeroplanes, which he drove off; then in a second battle 
with seven machines, during which one enemy plane fell out of control; he was obliged to land in our lines wounded 
in the head. He was killed on the second of August, 1918, in an aerial battle." 

ELLWOOD H. ALDRICH, '19. Second Lieutenant, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available.) Lieutenant Aldrich also received the American Field Service Medal. 

GEORGE L. BAUM, '19. Corporal, American Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available). 

THOMAS C. CLARKE, '93. Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Croix de Guerre with Palm and Silver Star 
(Citation not available.) 

CHARLES S. COTTER, '08. Private, Canadian Infantry. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available.) 
Private Cotter also received the Belgian War Cross. 

GEORGE I. CROSS, '01. Captain, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Croix de Guerre with Two Silver Stars 
(Citation not available.) 

JOSEPH DESLOGE, '12. Sous-Lieutenant, French Army. 

Croix de Guerre 

For work as Liaison Officer with the 21st Regiment, Czecho-Slovak Infantry before Vouziers, September, 
1918. 

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FENTON G. ELWELL, '19. Sous-Lieutenant, French Army. 

Croix de Guerre with Silver Star 
(Citation not available.) 
Sous-Lieutenant Elwell also received the American Field Service Medal. 

ARMIN F. HEROLD, '09. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available.) 

NORWOOD P. JOHNSTON, '19. American Field Ambulance Service. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available.) 

HENRY LAMY, '13. Sergeant, French Army. 

Croix de Guerre 
Died of wounds, in September, 1915. 
(Citation not available.) 

HILTON W. LONG, '18. Captain, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available.) 

ROBERT L. MOORE, '21. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre with Palm 
(Citation not available.) 

GORDON STEWART, '20. Cadet, United States Air Service. 

Croix de Guerre 
Died in France, January 9, 1918. 
(Citation not available.) 

MARCELLUS E. WILD, '14. Ensign, United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Croix de Guerre 
(Citation not available.) 

War Cross {Belgian) 

THOMAS H. ATHERTON, JR., '09. Captain, United States Field Artillery. 

Belgian War Cross 

"Thomas H. Atherton, Jr., Captain, Battery F, 109th Field Artillery. For meritorious and distinguished 
service during the Lys-Scheldt Campaign in Belgium, October 31-November 11, 1918, where near Gaverken, Bel- 
gium, on October 31, 1918, Captain Atherton displayed great courage under shell fire when his battery was being 
shelled during its participation in a rolling barrage, his example of bravery being an inspiration to the cannoneers 
and enabled the battery to successfully complete its mission." 

LEWIS W. DOUGLAS, '17. First Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 

Belgian War Cross 
(Citation not available.) 
Lieutenant Douglas also received an Army Citation. 

Italian War Cross 

R. D. FARQUAHAR, '95. First Lieutenant, American Red Cross. 

Italian War Cross 

Order of the Day, N. 51: "Lieutenant Robert David Farquahar. Among the first to go to the region of 
the Trentino to bring aid and to relieve the suffering of the population, exhausted by four years of war; with inde- 
fatigable energy and in spite of great fatigue, he brought help and distributed personally a large quantity of 
materials of all description. After the signing of the armistice he aided the numerous people who were repatri- 
ated from Austria, to whom he gave precious comfort, both spiritual and material; giving proof of a high sense of 
philanthropy, of self-abnegation and of sacrifice." 



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ELMER L. JOHANSEN, '20. Lieutenant {Junior Grade), United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Italian War Cross 
(Citation not available.) 

Silver Medal for Bravery {Italian) 

GUY LOWELL, '94. Major, American Red Cross. 

Silver Medal for Bravery (Italian) 

"During an intense aerial bombardment, without fear of personal danger he-directed, with exemplary 
calm, the administering of first aid, and with other volunteers helped in the evacuation of the wounded to the 
hospitals." 

Major Lowell is also an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. 



Other Foreign Decorations 

WARREN J. BARKER, '16. Major, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 
Order of Danilo I (Third Class). 
"For meritorious service rendered to the Allied cause." 

CARROLL BENNINK, '99. Major, American Red Cross. 

Medal of the French "Societe de Secours aux Blesses Militaires" 

ALBERT W. BUCK, '13. Major, American Red Cross. 

Order of San Sava (Serbian) Fourth and Fifth Class 

SEVERANCE BURRAGE, M. D., '92. Major, American Red Cross. 

Royal Red Cross Medal (Serbia). 
Order of San Sava (Serbian). 

JEREMIAH CAMPBELL, '91. Major, United States Corps of Engineers. 

Decoration of the Merite Agricole (French). 

CHARLES E. FOX, '14. First Lieutenant, United States Sanitary Corps. 

Two Decorations from Serbian Government 

WILLIAM HOVGAARD, Professor of Naval Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Gold Medal of the Institute of Naval Architecture of Great Britain 
"For important work in Submarine Problems." 

EDWARD Y. KEESLER, '17. Captain, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

Order of Leopold (Belgian). 

L. H. LEHMAIER, (now LEMAIRE), '13. Captain, Australian Infantry. 

Bronze Medal of Honor (French), and Mentioned in Despatches, 1914. 

E. H. MAGOON, '14. Member, American Red Cross Commission to Serbia. 

Gold Medal for Civilian Service from Serbian Government 

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T. RIOJO OHNUKI, '09. Captain, Imperial Japanese Navy. 

Decoration Third Order of Rising Sun (Japanese) 
"By Japanese Emperor on the reason ' I have done splendid efforts to defeat German Navy at Tingtow.' " 

Order of Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro (Fourth Order or Cavalier Ufficiale) 

"From Italian King as I have done splendid efforts to construct submarine which was intended to attack 
German ships." 

LOUIS E. REBER, '85. Director, Army Educational Corps. 

Officer of the Academy, French Republic 

May 28, 1919, Citation. "Mr. Louis E. Reber, Director of the Section 'Engineering' of the American 
University of Beaune (Cote d'Or.), is named an Officer of the Academy." 

EDWARD STUART, '10. Major, United States Sanitary Corps. 

Order of St. Sava of III Class (Serbian). {Ill Class is Commander.) 

"I have pleasure in informing you that his Royal Highness, the Prince Regent of Serbia, Alexander, by 
His Decree of January 17 last, has been pleased to bestow upon you the Serbian Order of St. Sava of III 
Class, in recognition of your sympathies for our Country, and for your efficient work during the campaign of 1915 
in combating the contagious diseases as a member of the American Red Cross Mission in Serbia." (Signed) 
L. Michailovitch, Serbian Minister to the United States. 

Red Cross Medal (Serbian) 

Awarded to Edward Stuart, Director of the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission, November I, 
1915, in Nish, Serbia, by Lieutenant-Colonel Soubotitch, Vice-President of the Serbian Red Cross, for his valuable 
assistance to the Serbian Red Cross and to the Serbian Army during the invasion of Serbia by the Germans, Aus- 
trians and Bulgars. 

ARTHUR K. TYLEE, '07. Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Air Force. 

Officer of the Order of the British Empire 



Citations from General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces 

BURTON A. ADAMS, '98. Major, United States General Staff. 

"Major Burton A. Adams, Infantry. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services in connec- 
tion with operation of the Office of Base Censor, American Expeditionary Forces." 

DOUGLAS B. BAKER, 'is. Captain, United States Infantry. 

Citation. G. 0. I, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, 1919. 

DAVID F. BENBOW, '12. Captain, United States Ordnance Corps. 

"Captain David F. Benbow, Ordnance Department. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service 
as Ordnance Officer of Base Section No. 6, American Expeditionary Forces." 

WILLIAM M. BOUKNIGHT, '18 and '19. First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

"First Lieutenant William M. Bou knight. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the 
C2d Infantry, France, American Expeditionary Forces." 

"First Lieutenant William M. Bouknight. For distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Saint Mihiel, 
France, on September 15-16, 1918, in the operations of the American Expeditionary Forces." 

Lieutenant Bouknight also received a Divisional Citation for Valor. Lieutenant Bouknight states that 
Saint Mihiel should read Gerardmer Sector, Vosges. 



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E. E. DAWSON, JR., '14. Major, United States Ordnance Corps. 
(Citation not available.) 

ALLEN D. PETTEE, '16. Master Engineer, Senior Grade, United States Ccrps of Engineers. 

"Master Engineer, JuniorGrade, Allen D. Pettee, Company D, 74th Engineers. For exceptionally meri- 
torious and conspicuous services in Sound and Flash Ranging Service, France, American Expeditionary Forces." 

FRANK W. SNOW, M. D., '98. Lieutenant-Colonel, Medical Corps. 

"Major Frank W. Snow, Medical Corps. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services at Camp 
Hospital No. 12, American Expeditionary Forces." 

PAUL H. TAYLOR, '14. Captain, Ordnance Department. 

"For especially meritorious services as commanding officer, 101st Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop, operat- 
ing with the 26th Division throughout the campaign. He personally inspected the divisional artillery, frequently 
under hostile shell fire. Through his energy, foresight, capable management and excellent judgment his organiza- 
tion accomplished not only its regularly prescribed duties, but rendered valuable assistance in the maintenance 
of the corps artillery and tractors and of the horse-drawn vehicles of the 26th Division other than ordnance vehi- 
cles. The methods devised by this officer have been a valuable contribution to those which were later prescribed 
for the operation of mobile ordnance repair shops." 

Captain Taylor also received a Certificate of Merit from the Chief Ordnance Officer, American Expedi- 
tionary Forces. 

GEORGE R. WALLACE, JR., '13. Major, United States Field Artillery. 

"For gallantry in action near Laneuville, France, November 6-7, 1918, and for his brilliant leadership." 

JASPER WHITING, '89. Major, United States Chemical Warfare Service. 

" Major Jasper Whiting, Chemical Warfare Service. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous ser- 
vices as Liaison Officer with the Chemical Warfare Service in England, American Expeditionary Forces." 

THOMAS H. WIGGIN, '95. Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Corps of Engineers. 

"Major Thomas H. Wiggin, D. C. and F. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services at 
Tours, France, American Expeditionary Forces." 

FORREST E. WILLIFORD, '17. Colonel, United States Coast Artillery Corps. 

"Colonel Forrest E. Williford. For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service in Trench Artillery 
Section, Chief of Artillery, France, American Expeditionary Forces." 

Colonel Williford also received two recommendations for Distinguished Service Medal. 

CHARLES H. WOOLLEY, '16. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

"First Lieutenant Charles H. Wooley, Air Service, 49th Aero Squadron. For distinguished and exceptional 
gallantry at Aincreville, on October 23, 1918, in the operations of the American Expeditionary Forces." 

Army Citations, American Expeditionary Forces 

JOHN R. COFFIN, '17. First Lieutenant, United States Aviation Section, Signal Corps. 

G. 0. 42, 1st Army, Extract: "First Lieutenant John R. Coffin, Air Service United States Army, Pilot 
104th Aero Squadron. On November 3, 1918, at the special request of the Corps and Division Commanders' 
made an Infantry reconnaissance, unprotected and at a low altitude, and although attacked by three Fokkers' 
returned with most important information to the advance of our troops." 

HAROLD F. MARSHALL, '19. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 

G. 0. 45, 1st Army. Extract: "First Lieutenant Harold F. Marshall, Air Service, United States Army, 
Pilot, 88th Aero Squadron, served with never failing loyalty and spirit. By his ability and initiative he contrib- 
uted greatly to the success of the squadron." 

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WILLIAM G. PERRY, '07. Captain, United States Air Service. 

G. 0. 30, 1st Army, Extract: "Captain William G. Perry, Air Service, United States Army. Organized 
and commanded the 477th Aero Construction Squadron which made such an enviable record for itself. Under 
his direction it built airdromes at Autreville, Amanty, Bicqueley and St. Mihiel. At Bicqueley by superb organ- 
ization and morale he was able to build the field in ten days. At these headquarters, as Equipment Officer during 
the latter part of the operations West of the Meuse, he successfully and with great tact handled the very difficult 
proposition of obtaining and allocating to the units of this Command, Air Service material, transportation and 
equipment of all kinds. His extreme conscientiousness was an example which all may well emulate." 



Divisional Citations, American Expeditionary Forces. 

F. O. BILLINGS, '23. United States Field Artillery. 

G. 0. 43, Second Division, Extract: "Corporal F. O. Billings, Battery E, 12th Field Artillery. * * * Occu- 
pying an observatory in a most advanced portion of the infantry lines, performing their duty under heavy shell 
fire, these four men were able to furnish invaluable information to our Artillery." 

G. 0. 88, Second Division, Extract: "Corporal F. 0. Billings, Battery E, 12th Field Artillery. * * During 
the operations near Blanc Mont these non-commissioned officers were on duty as observers in Second Battalion 
outpost, and exhibited extraordinary courage and coolness under heavy shell fire." 

GEORGE B. DANENHOUR, '22, Major, United States Infantry. 

Citation: "On September 14, 1918, near Vilcey Sur Trey, in an advance it was necessary to cross an open 
valley which was covered by enemy machine guns. Captain Danenhour fearlessly exposed himself to fire in direct- 
ing the reduction of these machine guns by the units under him, thereby saving many lives and facilitating the 
safe advance of two battalions." 

HENRY S. DERBY, '19. Corporal, United States Field Artillery. 

G. 0. 28, 26th Division, Extract: "The following named officers and enlisted men are herewith: Cited 
for gallantry and especially meritorious service in action against the enemy and are recommended for the award 
of the Distinguished Service Medal. . . . Private Henry S. Derby, Battery A, 101st Field Artillery." 

WILLIAM A. GRAY, JR., '17. First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 

G. 0. 81, 5th Division, Extract: "First Lieutenant William A. Gray, Jr., 6th Infantry. Having been 
wounded in the arm by high explosive on the night of November 9, 19 1 8, in moving to the Bois-de-Mincil, near 
Remoiville and Jametz, refused to go to the dressing station and remained with his company, placing it in posi- 
tion. On November 10, 1918, he led his company through a shell-swept area into the Bois-de-Jametz. Upon the 
signing of the armistice he reported to the first aid station and was evacuated. Lieutenant Gray displayed great 
courage and bravery under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and is deserving of the highest commendation." 

W. H. MESSENGER, '92. Captain, United Slates Corps of Engineers. 

Reported recommended for Distinguished Service Medal. (Not awarded.) 

F. G. STRITZINGER, JR., '92. Colonel, United States Infantry. 

G. 0. 46, 6th Division, Extract: "The following named officers are hereby cited for courageous and meri- 
torious service and devotion to duty while serving with their organizations during the periods the Division was 
in the Gerardmer Sector, Vosges Mountains, and in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: . . . Colonel Frederick G 
Stritzinger, 53d Infantry." 

GEORGE L. SUTHERLAND, '16. First Lieutenant, United States Air Service. 
Reported to have been cited for Distinguished Service Medal. 

ROBERT S. COOK, '21. Second Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery. 
Cited in G. O. 94, First Division, December 13, 1918. 

CHARLES B. GLANN, '16. First Lieutenant, United States Signal Corps. 
(Citation not available.) 

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CARL MALMFEST, '17. Private, United States Corps of Engineers. 
(Citation not available.) 

H. A. RAPELYE, '08. Captain, United States Infantry. 
(Citation not available.) 

Other Citations 

CARROLL R. BENTON, '10. Sergeant, United Stales Corps of Engineers. 

Cited June 2Q, IOIQ. "For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services in Sound and Flash Ranging 
Service in France." 

This citation is supposed to have been issued by General Headquarters. 

MAURICE E. DENNY, '08. Major, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, British Expeditionary Forces. 
Mentioned in Despatches. C. B. E., July, 1918. 

W. E. DUGAN, JR., '12. Captain, United States Air Service, iqi8; French Army and French Aviation, 1014. 
(Citation not available.) 

NUGENT FALLON, '06. Lieutenant {Junior Grade), United States Naval Reserve Force. 

Citation for Navy Cross (not yet awarded). 

"This officer was one of the first American Naval Aviators to reach Europe and was attached for some 
time to the Royal Air Force Station at Felixstowe, England. He participated in several successful offensive patrols 
over the North Sea and made one of the first experimental flights from towing lighters. Made one raid over Hel- 
goland Bight in company with several other British seaplanes, during which one enemy seaplane was destroyed." 

Lieutenant Fallon was also mentioned in Despatches to the Admiralty (British) and by Admiral Sims. 

EARL R. HATTEN, '18. Ensign, United States Navy. 
Mentioned in Admiralty (British) Despatches. 

AUSTIN Y. HOY, '04. Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery. 
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches, November 8, 1918. 

JOHN R. HUNNEMAN, '16. First Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 
Cited "For work at the Marne." (Citation not available.) 

THEODORE MAIN, '16. Sergeant, First Class, United States Quartermaster Corps. 
Cited for Croix de Guerre (Cross not yet received). 

C. E. A. WINSLOW, '98. Major, American Red Cross. 
Medal for Distinguished Public Service. 



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CHAPTER V 
OUR MEN ON THE WESTERN FRONT 

In considering the work of Technology's former students as individuals the place 
of honor belongs to those men who, forsaking business or study, became members of the 
combatant forces of their respective nations. This war was won, as every other war has 
always been won, by those nations which were able to exert the greatest actual fighting 
power on the field of battle and, while this power depended largely on munition supply 
and transportation facilities, it depended even more on the number and character of the 
men who made up the combatant forces. The successes of the allied armies in Europe 
were due in part to the work of learned committees, clever inventors and industrial organ- 
izers, but they were due far more directly to " poilus," " tommies " and " doughboys" who 
held on or went forward, but who never went back, and who, when overwhelmed or sur- 
rounded, like the Old Guard, never surrendered, but instead fought on to death or victory. 

To evaluate the work of each individual in the fighting machine is impossible and 
is in fact undesirable. The men themselves would be the last to wish it. They are not 
proud of their own acts, for such pride is contrary to the very spirit of the fighting unit; 
rather the soldier is proud of his regiment, his division, and above all his nation. He has 
learned that these larger units can succeed only through the sacrifice of the individual, 
for the slightest thought of self on the field of battle means dislocation of the general 
plan and ultimate destruction of all. 

Yet the story of these men should be recorded, both as a tribute to their sacrifice 
and as a memorial to future generations who may gain inspiration from the courage, 
loyalty and devotion of their forefathers, and it is for this purpose that the ensuing pages 
have been written. 

Altogether 451 Tech men took part in battle during the war. Under such cir- 
cumstances it is impossible to tell every man's history, nor can their service be described 
as a whole, for each was but an infinitesimal part of some larger organization, and the work 
of one is but little related to that of the others. The account here set forth is simply a 
collection of incidents; not the greatest services rendered, not the most important deeds, 
nor yet the acts involving the greatest self-sacrifice, but rather those of which circum- 
stantial accounts are available, and which may be regarded as typical of the work of all 
Tech men who took part in the same engagements or were members of the same branch of 
the service. 

TECH MEN IN THE ARMIES OF FRANCE AND BELGIUM 

While most of our men naturally served in American units, there were many who, 
long before the United States entered the war, were fighting in the armies of our allies. 
To these men all honor must be paid. It was they and their comrades who stemmed the 
German hordes at the Marne and at Ypres. It was they who sacrificed themselves at 
Verdun and at the Somme. It was they who gave their own flesh and blood in wearing 
down the enemy, thus rendering much easier the task of the American forces when they 
finally took the field. Raymond van Eetvelde, '09, served in the Belgian forces, but we 
know little regarding him except that he died from pneumonia, contracted in the Dix- 
mude sector. A number of Tech men were at one time or another members of the armies 
of France. These include Henry Lamy, '13, P. G. Vignal, '15, Kenneth Weeks, '12, W. 
E. Dugan, Jr., '12, and Joseph Desloge, '12; later R. M. Allen, '16, H. A. de Bonneval, 
'19, F. G. Elwell, '19, and A. R. Knight, '17, also entered the French forces and, in addi- 
tion to these, a very considerable number of Tech men served with the French as members 
of the American Field Ambulance Service and later of the Reserve Mallet. 

It will be recollected that the first serious action of the war took place at Charleroi, 

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on the twenty-second of August, 1914, and in this affair at least one Tech man is known 
to have taken part, namely, Henry Lamy, '13, a citizen of France. Lamy had been grad- 
uated from the Institute the year before, and hence was taking his two-years service with 
the colors as a member of the 13 2d Infantry Regiment, an active unit of the French army. 
With his regiment he participated in the retreat from Charleroi, in the First Battle of the 
Marne and in the advance to the Aisne, where he was wounded sometime late in 
October. 

In the meanwhile the fighting had extended to the north and the first struggles 
about Ypres and the Yser had occurred. Both sides had called their reserve divisions, 
and among them we find Captain Paul G. Vignal, '15, a reserve officer in the famous 
Chasseurs des Alpes. Vignal had entered the Institute in 191 1 to pursue special work in 
mechanical engineering and remained until June, 1914. At the outbreak of hostilities he 




(Underwood & Underwood) 



Chasseurs Alpins. Comrades of Paul G. Vignal, '15 



returned to France and rejoined the "Blue Devils," who were classed among the best 
"shock troops" in Europe and who were generally thrown in wherever the Allies under- 
took the offensive. In November they were ordered to the Ypres sector. The type of 
fighting may be judged by the official communiques, one of which, for December 2, states 
"West of Dixmude, allied attacks have revealed a strengthening of the German line," 
and again, on the seventeenth, "Along the River Lys, attacks by our troops launched 
with the intention of testing the enemy's line, attained local successes." 

Shortly before Christmas Vignal wrote to Mr. Walter Humphreys conveying his 
Christmas greetings to the Institute and giving some description of the conditions under 
which he was fighting. In this letter he says: "I am still alive after a very bad time. 
We have a two-days rest, but tomorrow everything will start again. I was very lucky, 
but this cannot always last. I hope, but I cannot think it possible, to get out of it. I have 
seen death too near. The weather is terrible. We are around Ypres in the water and mud. 
Dead bodies are close to us. The smell is horrid. We will get the best of them in this war 
but it will last long." 

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A day or two later Vignal was called upon to lead one more attack to "test" the 
German defense. A comrade, Captain Petitpas, gives this account of his behavior: 

"I was near him in the trenches at the moment when he was about to go out to 
charge the enemy. He was not unaware that it was almost certain death — indeed, we all 
knew it. He had already spoken to his men with the utmost coolness and had explained 
to them all which was to be done, as though he ignored the fact that rifles were awaiting 
them; then superbly he sprang over the trenches, followed by all, drawn on by his splendid 
example." 

In order to protect himself somewhat Vignal had dressed as a common soldier and 
carried a rifle and bayonet like the others. He had not counted, however, upon the fact that 
his attitude and gestures of command would immediately mark him as a leader. He went 
down in the first rank, being the first Tech man to give his life, but the assault of his company 
was such as to evoke cheers from their comrades. 

Early in September two Tech men who had been studying abroad joined the French 
army. These men, Kenneth Weeks, '12, and W. E. Dugan, Jr., '12, enlisted in the Foreign 
Legion, both being assigned to the Second Regiment "de Marche" of the First Regiment of 
the Foreign Legion. 

Throughout the winter of 191 5 this regiment was used as a unit for assault along 
the entire front and finally in April, 191 5, it was sent to a point near Arras to take part in 
the great spring offensive. After a few days of rest the Legion took over a sector of the 
line which lay south of the village of Neuville-Saint-Vaast, and on the morning of May 9, 
after some five hours of bombardment, it assaulted that terrible maze of trenches which 
has since become known to history as the "Labyrinth." The first battalion to go over 
was swept away almost to the last man, but the others followed, carrying the first, second 
and third lines of the enemy trenches and finally capturing the village of La Targette. The 
fighting which followed was terrific, for it was the first time that the Germans had ever 
been thrown on the defensive on a large scale, and it was a point of honor with them not 
to yield a foot. The first regiment of the Legion lost its colonel and nearly all of its officers, 
while among its American members four were wounded. Nevertheless, at the close of the 
day the line had been advanced several kilometers, and for the first time since the previous 
August the French Infantry cheered as it saw its artillery limbered up and trotting for- 
ward to new positions. 

The Legion was soon withdrawn for rest and reorganization. The fighting had been 
of a severity of which the war up to this time had furnished few examples. It seems, 
therefore, a special tribute to Weeks that he was cited for conspicuous valor at the taking 
of La Targette. He soon gave further proof of his courage by volunteering as a bomb- 
thrower. The work of the bombers at this period of the war was of a desperate character; 
no quarter was asked or given and the danger was not decreased by the type of bomb 
then in use among the Allies. The Germans were far better equipped and, as a result, 
the French grenadiers had become known as the "Suicide Club." 

For several weeks the opposing forces struggled for the possession of the Labyrinth. 
This position was dominated by Hill 119, directly north of it, and on June 15 the Legion- 
naires were recalled to storm this point of vantage and carry the advance to the Cabaret 
Rouge. At noon of the sixteenth the Legion "went over," the leading battalion being 
that to which Weeks and most of the other Americans were assigned. They suffered not 
only from the fire of the enemy, but from that of their own artillery, since most of the 
observers had been killed and the shrapnel burst short. Nevertheless, they pushed on, 
some driving the enemy from the Labyrinth, while the main body stormed Hill 119 and a 
few, crossing it, rushed on down the reverse slope to the Cabaret Rouge. All night without 
food or water and under merciless fire the Legion hung on, and on the morning of the 
seventeenth they again advanced carrying a good portion of the German third line at the 
point of the bayonet. It was apparently in this affair that Weeks met his death. When 
last seen he had just hurled a bomb and was running toward the third line of the German 
trenches. The ground where he fell was not reached by his comrades, but in the ensuing 
November his body was found in No Man's Land. 

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The French Infantry at Verdun 



merits. In August, 1915, the Legion, much depleted and reorganized, was concentrated to 
take part in the great Champagne offensive. The artillery preparation, which lasted 
some seventy-two hours, was the most terrific yet attempted, the roll of sound giving rise 
to the term "drum-fire." Early in the morning of September 25 the first French regiments 
.assaulted. The Germans, utterly stunned by the artillery fire, gave way on a front of six 
kilometers. All their lines were pierced and French Cavalry poured through into open 
•country beyond. For a few hours it seemed that the "day of glory" had arrived, but it 
was not to be. The gap was too narrow, and even in its midst isolated centers of resist- 
ance held out doggedly sweeping the country to left and right and firing on the rear of the 
more advanced French units. 

Towards evening the Legion moved forward as a reserve. Rain began to fall and 
all night the men crawled thiough the mud, receiving machine-gun and artillery fire from 
-flank and rear. The same thing occurred throughout the twenty-sixth, while on the twenty- 
seventh the regiments were caught by artillery fire and badly cut up. On the twenty- 
•eighth the commander, impatient at his losses, obtained permission to attack and accord- 
ingly at three in the afternoon the Legion went forward, the 1st Regiment assaulting the 
Bois Sabot, while the second attacked the Ferme Navarin. The artillery had not cut the 
-wire and the Germans were ready. The scene which followed is thus described by Rock- 
well, the historian of the Legion: 

"Men pitched forward into graves newly dug by bursting shells, to be immediately 
■covered deep by a fresh explosion. At points in the line the stream of lead was so thick 
that falling men were turned over and over and rolled along the ground like dead leaves 
driven before a late autumn wind. Of the battalion leading the assault only one man got 
through the entanglement and he fell headlong into the trench with a bullet through his 
knee. Other men were at his heels, however, and leaped into the desired trenches." 

Dugan survived this affair also, but his unit was literally cut to pieces. The two 
regiments of the Legion were consolidated and many individuals were transferred else- 
where. Dugan went to the 170th Infantry Regiment of the line and later to the aviation 
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the struggle he was commissioned in the American Air Service and served until June, 191 8, 
as a member of the 103d Aero Squadron. Later he was sent to Orly Seine and placed in 
charge of repairs and tests. In March, 1919, he was finally mustered out as captain, United 
States Air Service, after fifty months in the field. 

During the Champagne Drive of September, 1915, Dugan was fighting not far from 
Henry Lamy, who has already been mentioned. Lamy, after a month in hospital, although 
still unable to use his left hand, had been given work in a munition factory. When his 
hand recovered he once more volunteered for service at the front, and in the summer of 
1915 he served as a non-commissioned officer of Infantry, rising to the rank of sergeant, 
being recommended for a commission and receiving the Croix de Guerre. His unit was 
among those selected to break the German lines in Champagne. As in the case of the 




French Infantry of the Line. 
Comrades of Henry Lamy, '13, Moving to the Attack in Champagne. 



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Foreign Legion, it was held up by isolated strong points and by fire from positions on the 
flank, each of which had to be reduced in turn. While attacking one of these Sergeant 
Lamy, leading his section, was shot down, mortally wounded, being the first graduate 
of the Institute to fall, for neither Vignal nor Weeks had received degrees. When hit he 
was well in advance of his comrades, and throughout that day and the next night they 
were unable to reach him. On the ensuing morning they advanced to the point where he 
had fallen, but he was beyond human aid. 

After the United States entered the war an increased number of Tech men entered 
the French service. Some of these, as in the case of Robert M. Allen, '16, did so because 
of some slight physical defect which prevented them from entering the American service. 
Others who had been previously in the American Field Ambulance Service had come to 
feel that this type of duty was not sufficiently active and, since the United States as yet 
had no combatant units in the field, had preferred to fight for their country in the uniform 
of France. Among these were David Carb (formerly an instructor in the English Depart- 
ment) and Dinsmore Ely, '18. Carb, who had been a member of the Ambulance Service 
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Artillery and received the Croix de Guerre "for his courage and enthusiasm." Ely, it will 
be recollected, was one of the two members of the Technology Ambulance Unit who 
resigned, rather than drive a camion. Ely enlisted in the Lafayette Flying Corps of the 
French Army and after taking his preliminary training was assigned to Escadrille, Spad 
102. He saw service in the Moselle sector and became known as an exceptional machine 
gunner. Later he was commissioned in the American Air Service, but at his own request 
was reattached to his old French squadron. He was flying to rejoin it at Montdidier when 
he met with the accident which killed him. 

There may have been occasional misunderstandings between the French and 
American units abroad, and perhaps since the armistice the diplomatic representatives of 
the two countries may not at all times have been in complete harmony on matters of policy, 
but during the war, our undergraduates and alumni, both French and American citizens, 




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fought side by side in the armies of France, and today there will be found no more 
enthusiastic supporters of France and of all things French than those American Tech men 
who fought in the uniform of horizon blue. 



TECH MEN WITH THE BRITISH 

It is not until Neuve Chapelle that we find a Tech man engaged with the British 
Forces in France. This man was D. M. Jemmett, '21, at that time a corporal in the First 
Field Company of the Canadian Engineers. At the Second Battle of Ypres he again 
appears as our sole representative. Jemmett seems to have escaped the worst part of the 
gas cloud which has made that affair famous, for he survived to fight in many subsequent 
actions, including Festubert, May, 1915; Givenchy, June, 191 5; Ploegsteert, July, 1915; Loos, 
September, 1915; Sanctuary Wood, June, 1916; and Souchez, November, 1916. He was 
wounded three times in the year 1916, and was promoted until he attained the rank of 
lieutenant. He also received the Distinguished Conduct Medal of the British Army, for 

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(U. S. Official) 
The Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt. Notice the bands of barbed wire 

It was here that the comrades of L. H. Lehmaier, '13, first pierced this formidable position 



coolness and gallantry in constructing bridges under heavy fire, remaining at work in one 
case after being badly wounded. 

A considerable number of Tech men served with the Canadian Expeditionary 
Forces, among whom we find the names of Harry Cavanagh, '12, C. S. Cotter, '08, F. S. 
Carson, '17, J. N. DuVernet, '20, S. B. Lane, '10, P. H. Lazenby, '08, H. F. Lewis, '05, 
J. A. McKenna, '03, J. D. MacKenzie, '11, T. H. Mace, Jr., '13, C. B. Magrath, '11, D. M. 
McRae, '16, E. H. Moffatt, '18, F. A. O'Leary, '05, A. G. Ray, '13, C. F. Reilly, '15, 
L. A. Richardson, '19, W. B. Riddell, '18, H. A. Robertson, '10, W. W. Russell, '22, Harold 
Schaffer, '09, Edward Steere, '14, A. E. Stewart, '14, S. E. Storey, '14, and W. M. Thomson, 
'22. Of these, Lewis, Robertson, Schaffer and Cavanagh lost their lives; MacKenzie, 
McRae and Stewart won the British Military Cross. 

Reilly and Robertson were members of the famous Princess Patricia's Canadian 
Light Infantry. Both of these men, together with Jemmett and Storey, went through the 
fighting in early June, 1916, when the Germans made their third attempt to crush the 
Ypres salient, and to break up preparations for the Battle of the Somme, an engagement 
sometimes called the "Canadian Ypres," but referred to by most of its survivors as "Sanc- 
tuary Wood." It has been stated that in this battle the Princess Patricias were practically 
wiped out; some of their units doubtless were, but Robertson and Reilly escaped. Reilly 
was wounded in September of the same year, and was later commissioned and placed in 
charge of a labor company, only to be wounded again near Passchendaele during the Third 
Battle of Ypres. Robertson, after winning a commission, returned to the line as a member 
of the 44th Canadian Battalion, but was killed while leading his men in an attack on the 
town of Avion, a suburb of Lens, May 11, 1917. 

Another Tech man who saw service at an early date was Captain L. H. Lehmaier, 
'13, of the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion. Lehmaier served in the New Guinea cam- 
paign in August, 1914, and later at Gallipoli and in Arabia, after which he went with his 
regiment to France, in time to take part in the Battle of the Somme. 

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were called upon to storm Pozieres. The village was reduced to rubble by the artillery 
fire, and before dawn was carried by assault. On the twenty-sixth the advance was 
resumed and the Australians plowed their way steadily north, fighting from redoubt to 
redoubt, along the communication trenches, with Stokes mortar, bomb and bayonet. 
Water was scarce, and the Royal Engineers, together with some Canadians, were kept 
busy building a pipe-line to supply the advancing units. One of the Canadians was 
Lieutenant Harry Cavanagh, '12, already a veteran of Contalmaison and High Wood. 
The work was performed under continual fire from the German batteries, whose observers 
could sweep almost every inch of the ground. On the twenty-fourth of August the head 
of the pipe-line had been brought almost up to the village of Pozieres, when a shell burst 
among the detachment, and Lieutenant Cavanagh received a wound from which he died 
a few days later. 

Our men were not, however, all colonials. Several served with the most famous 
regiments of the British Army, and one, a captain in the Scots Guards, has given us a 
very interesting account of his experiences: 

"When the war started, I was a lieutenant in the Territorials attached to the Royal 
Engineers and was sent down to Plymouth (England) to work on coast-defense searchlights. 
Two interesting things occurred during my stay there which lasted until July, 1915. One 
was the sailing of Admiral Sturdee's expedition, of which the "Invincible" and "Inflexi- 
ble" were the principal ships. As every one knows, Admiral Sturdee met and engaged 
von Spee off the Falkland Islands and scored a complete victory. The other event was the 
arrival of the Canadians. 

"In 1916 I was glad to get an opportunity to change into an infantry regiment — - 
the Scots Guards. In the early days of October, 1916, I was assigned to the Second 
Battalion and went to France to undergo a series of experiences very different from those 
with the searchlight section. On joining the battalion I found them out of line, at rest 
in a place called Vergies, where life was very pleasant. We had plenty of riding and sport, 
and even the work, which consisted of field duties and sham battles, was most interesting 
and very good fun. 

"At the end of October word came that we must go back to the Somme battlefield, 
and the battalion marched off at full strength and in very good condition, to take its place 
in the front lines. We went into the trenches in front of Le Transloy, which was then in 
the hands of the Germans. I was destined to occupy many different types of trenches 
subsequently, but this first experience was quite the worst — in fact soldiers who had 
been with the battalion throughout the war agreed that holding such a line was far more 
trying than many battles. Thirty-five men were killed or wounded in the first twenty- 
four hours, one man was actually drowned in the mud, and the Germans spent one pleasant 
afternoon trying to blow up our position with 5.9 howitzer shells. They passed along about 
one mile of the front with an average of three shells a minute for four hours; there was 
nothing for us to do but smoke cigarettes, watch the correction which they applied 
occasionally to their shooting, and wonder whether they would give just the right amount. 
Several shells came right into the trench, but luckily we had relatively few casualties, as 
the mud was so very soft that nothing but a direct hit did more than cover one with mud. 

"We were glad to learn that we were to leave this very unhealthy spot and take 
over from the French a point about three miles away. I was sent on in advance with a 
corporal and two men, to be in line with the French and learn the way about before the 
battalion came in. This line was opposite the famous town of Saillie-Sailliesel, which 
had recently been captured by the French. I remember that the welcome was very cordial, 
and the captain of the French company opened a bottle of the best champagne, which 
was quite an unusual beverage to find in front-line trenches. 

"The evening that my battalion came in the Germans sent over a party of an 
officer and four men at a point about two hundred yards from our extreme right, who 
entered a trench occupied by grenadiers. They shot a French machine gunner and 
bombed their way down the trench, wounding eight grenadiers, till a French officer rushed 
forward and killed the German leader with his revolver. The four German soldiers then 
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were noticed by a corporal in my platoon in charge of a Lewis gun. He got onto them 
very quickly and gave them half a drum, killing them all. The following night he brought 
back the machine gun and the papers of identification of the Germans." 

Early in the next year the Canadians, including, as we have seen, a very consider- 
able number of Tech men, again won fame in the capture of Vimy Ridge. The attack 
began on April 9, and during the first day all objectives were taken. Hill 145, at the north- 
ern end of the ridge, was in possession of the Canadians next day. The original objectives 
were by now exceeded, but though Hill 145 was now in Canadian hands, its defenders were 
suffering from machine-gun fire from flank and rear. 

Accordingly, on the morning of April 12, the Canadians and the British attacked 
under cover of a snowstorm, sweeping over the northern slope of Vimy Ridge and carry- 
ing the various outlying hills and woods upon their front. One of the battalions taking 
part was the 44th. This battalion, at one phase of the engagement, fighting its way along 
through the blinding snow, arrived at its objective, only to find that no friendly troops were 
visible either to the right or left. Volunteers were called for to work out to the flanks and 
locate the nearest British organizations, and among those who responded was Lieutenant 
H. F. Lewis, '05. With another officer he started upon the perilous mission but, so far 
as can be ascertained, they had gone no great distance when they were intercepted by a 
counter-attack. Lewis was mortally wounded and taken prisoner, and died the same 
day in a Bavarian Field Hospital. 

Of the other Tech men who served with the British and Canadian forces only a 
few can be mentioned. One unusual incident, of which a fairly detailed account has been 
preserved, is the death of Captain Braxton Bigelow, '10. Bigelow, who was the son of 
Major John Bigelow of the United States Army, at the outbreak of the war was engaged as a 
mining engineer in Peru. He enlisted in the American Field Ambulance Service and later 
had been commissioned in the Royal Artillery from which he transferred as captain to 
the Royal Engineers. He had been once wounded and had been recommended for gallan- 
try and for distinguished service. On July 23 he took part in a raid upon a portion of 
the line near Lens, the object of the raid being to investigate a series of mine craters exist- 
ing in a salient of the enemy's line known as the "hairpin," where it was believed that 
a mine shaft existed. At two minutes after zero Captain Bigelow, with six sappers, 
followed the raiding party across No Man's Land. Almost at once one of his men was 
killed and two were wounded, and Bigelow left a fourth to look after them. He soon 
discovered the mine shaft and descended with one of his remaining men, leaving the other 
at the top as sentinel. They captured a prisoner who was forced at the pistol's point to 
act as guide and the three proceeded to a junction of two galleries where they were fired 
on from the northernmost. Bigelow stationed his last man at this point and turned south 
with his prisoner. Presently the sentinel heard Bigelow's voice, and then a shot. He 
followed and recaptured the prisoner, who was now alone. When asked where Captain 
Bigelow was, the German replied by pointing up a second shaft. Captain Bigelow's men 
waited until the signal for recall but he was never seen again. 

Another of our men who had a most unusual experience was Lieutenant John D. 
MacKenzie, '11, of the 85th Nova Scotia (Cape Breton) Highlanders. MacKenzie, who as 
instructor in geology had been one of the most popular members of the Institute staff, had 
resigned early in 1916 and enlisted in the Canadian Army. He rapidly rose to the rank of 
lieutenant, serving at Fampoux and in the counter-offensive before Amiens in 191 8. This 
attack began about the twentieth of August and continued until by the first of September 
the British were in contact with the famous Queant-Drocourt switchline. On September 
2 a general assault was ordered which carried the position. During this affair MacKenzie 
served with distinguished gallantry, leading his platoon to the final objective on the first 
day, and for two days afterwards, when his captain had become a casualty, he directed 
the attack of the company with skill, upon one occasion saving the entire situation by 
quickly forming a defensive flank. He also was conspicuous in his efforts to rescue 
wounded, in some cases from the enemy's barbed wire, and throughout the affair set a 
splendid example to his men of courage and perseverance, and for his conduct he subse- 
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fragment which pierced his chest, inflicting so ghastly a wound that he was left on the 
field for dead. He was discovered before life was quite extinct, and after several 
days in a critical condition began to mend, although at the present date he has by no 
means fully recovered. 

One more man who saw service during this period deserves mention, for probably 
no man in the Institute has such a record of promotions. This man is Donald M. McRae, 
'16. McRae enlisted as a private in the Canadian forces on December 30, 1915- He had 
previously studied for three and a half years at West Point and in a few months he rose 
in rank to that of major. Finding that he was not likely to get to France for some time, 
he resigned, went to England, and re-enlisted as a private in a Canadian regiment there. 
He was again quickly promoted to major, but feeling that it would be unjust to his men 
to take them into action with his brief training, he succeeded in having himself reduced 
to a lieutenancy and with this rank accompanied his unit to the battle-line. He subse- 
quently fought in the Battles of the Somme, Arras, and Vimy Ridge, as a member of the 
14th Battalion of the First Canadian Division. He was slightly wounded at Vimy and 
received the Military Cross. On recovering from his wound, as the United States had 
entered the war, he resigned, returned to the United States and was commissioned a cap- 
tain in the United States Army. On reaching France he was sent to the Army General 
Staff School, at Langres. Upon graduation from this course he became Assistant Chief of 
Staff G-2 of the 78th Division, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. 
While in the American service he took part in the St. Mihiel drive and the Meuse-Argonne 
and was twice recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal. 

It would not be proper to leave the exploits of the British Army without some 
mention of the aviators. Of these, several were Tech men notably, D. E. Bell, '17; M. C. 
Kinney, '11; L. W. Prescott, '15; L. A. Richardson, '19; S. E. Storey, '14; T. A. Tillard, 
'09, and A. K. Tylee, '07. Tillard, as we have already seen, lost his life while trying out a 
new machine near the front. 

Tylee has a somewhat unusual record. Entering the Royal Air Force in August, 
1915, he flew for approximately a year with various English squadrons along the front, 
becoming a flight commander. In 1917 he was sent home, was promoted to the rank of 
major, and was placed in command of Camp Borden, Ontario. Subsequently, after 
advanced work in England, he became inspector of training for the Royal Air Force in 
Canada, continuing in this capacity to the end of the war, being promoted to the rank 
of lieutenant-colonel and being decorated as an officer of the Order of the British Empire. 

Of the others we have comparatively fragmentary records, with the exception of 
Kinney, whose letters furnish most interesting reading. In one of these, dated April 20, he 
tells of his first aerial combat in the following words: 

"This afternoon I had my first fight. At a quarter after five we went out in two 
flights ■ — twelve machines — the C. O. leading. I was in the last flight, the tail end of the 
show. Before we started the sky was full of big black clouds, which we struck at about 
eight thousand feet. 

"After we had been flying for about half an hour I saw that the first flight had 
broken up, some were diving, some were climbing, and there seemed to be more planes 
about. Then it dawned upon me that it was a fight. 

"By that time I was nearly up to it. There was a burst of flames ahead, and I saw 
a Camel turn on its side and go down. Then I was in the midst of it. There was a big red 
Hun, the ghastliest thing I ever saw. I certainly did not want to pick a scrap with him. 
I wanted to run, but something would not let me. So I jammed my nose down, pressed 
my controls, and pop-pop-pop-pop-pop my guns went, and I saw my tracers streaking 
after the red devil. 

"Then I heard something from another quarter. Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. I saw 
fine threads of thin blue smoke passing between my planes. I looked back, and a big green 
and white triplane was diving on me. I put my head down, turned the bus on its side, 
and did a climbing turn. Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop, I turned around again and he was still 
after me. I do not know what I did then, but I threw the bus around some more, and 
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"The fight seemed to be over, so I pointed my nose toward the setting sun and 
soon ran into other Camels, and together we hustled home. 

" I wish I could stop here. I wish that was all there was to it. The worst part of a 
show is frequently the return home. And so it was in this case. The machine I saw go down 
in flames was the C. O.'s — the finest, whitest major in the British Army. We also lost 
another who went down inside the Germans' lines. 

"My flight commander, who has been flying in France for two years, said it was the 
hottest scrap he was ever in. As it was my first, I know it was the hottest I was ever in. " 

It developed that the "big red Hun" in this affair was none other than the famous 
Baron von Ricthofen, and the next day the German communique credited the Baron 
with his seventy-ninth and eightieth victories. Kinney remarks that he came very near 
being the Baron's eighty-first, but the Baron never brought down his eighty-first opponent, 
for the next day he was himself sent to earth within the British lines. 

It may be safely said that all the men who served in the Royal Air Force had very 
similar experiences, and not the least typical was that of Kinney a few months later, 
when the enemy caught him at a disadvantage and succeeded in landing a bullet in his 
gasoline tank. The bullet and four pieces of the tank entered his right hip inflicting a 
frightful wound, while at the same moment his engine went dead and the machine fell to 
an altitude of fifteen hundred feet. Here he succeeded in switching on the reserve gasoline 
tank and getting safely back within his own lines. His wound, however, was of such a 
nature that he was obliged to remain at the hospital through practically all the remainder 
of the war. 

Another of our men who saw service with the British was Lieutenant L. A. Rich- 
ardson, '19, who says: 

"I was very fortunate in lasting four months with the Royal Air Force in France 
before I was shot down. My good luck is largely due to Major 'Mick' Mannock, who is 
now officially recognized as the leading British airman. At the time of his death in France, 
July 26, 1918, he had officially seventy-three Huns confirmed, the Distinguished Service 
Order with two bars, the Military Cross and bar and since has been awarded the Victoria 
Cross. I would just like to say a word about 'Mick.' Few have heard of him, as he did 
not seek publicity, but those who knew him, knew the greatest flight leader who ever went 
to France, as well as one of the squarest, jolliest, and finest of men. Several times I have 
seen him get three Huns in one scrap, in less time than it takes to tell. Largely to him, our 
squadron (74) made a record for any squadron that ever went to France, by getting offi- 
cially confirmed one hundred and ten Huns in eighty-six days and losing only seven men over 
the lines ourselves." 

THE FIRST AMERICAN UNITS 

Among the first Americans to take an active part were the railway engineers, 
notably the nth, 12th and 14th Regiments. In the Technology Review for July, 1917, 
we find the names of eleven Tech men, all members of the First Battalion, 14th Railway 
Engineers, a body of men recruited from the railways of New England, and commanded 
by Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) B. W. Guppy, '89. Among the officers of the nth 
we also find Captain (later Major) C. D. Drew, '99. These railway units were not sup- 
posed to be combatant troops, and they were not armed nor trained in the use of weapons. 
Nevertheless, certain of them quickly saw service of a most active variety, for the nth 
and 12th Engineers took part in the Cambrai offensive in the fall of 1917. 

Of this affair Captain W. S. Etheridge, '12, has given us a most interesting account: 

"The Hindenburg Line before Cambrai was supposed by the Germans to be tank- 
proof in that the principal trench was some fifteen feet wide and nearly as deep. No tank 
then in the service could cross it. However, the British were brainy as well as determined. 
Certain of the tanks, every fifth one, as I remember, carried a huge "fascine" on its top. 
This bundle of brush and poles was cylindrical in shape, about ten feet long and perhaps 
eight in diameter. It was so carried that by pulling a chain inside the tank it could be 
rolled off in front of the machine. 

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(U. S. Official) 



out any preliminary fire and the tanks started with it, following right up to the shrap- 
nel fringe. Immediately the planes came over. It seemed to me that there were a mil- 
lion and that they were flying tip to tip. The fog permitted close tank formations and the 
wire was cut as per schedule. Jerry probably laughed as he thought of his 'tank-proof 
line, but if so, the laugh was short, for the 'fascine tanks' ran up to the big ditch, hesi- 
tated, dropped their bundles into the trench and proceeded. 

"About four in the afternoon the cavalry started in. Can you visualize two roads, 
parallel and close together? Picture lines of horsemen riding two abreast and head to tail 
at a fast trot and then picture this for over seven hours. Colonials, British and Indians, 
riding every colored horse except white, something over thirty thousand of them. It was 
the greatest sight I ever witnessed." 

As every one knows, the very success of this drive proved its undoing. As a diver- 
sion to prevent the enemy from sending reinforcements to Italy it was highly successful. 
There was, however, no chance to gain ground permanently, for no troops were available 
to hold the extended line. 

Etheridge remarks: "November 30 Fritz counter-attacked from both ends of the 
salient that we had created. He had the poor taste to drive his southern wedge less than 
two miles from where we (12th United States Engineers) were snugly dug in for the 
winter. Also I had the poor taste to be between Gouzecourt and Gonnelieu when he came 
through our first line. As a surprise this attack was an immense success, and we were 
forced to drop back a mile. The last of the Boche dead lay within a stone's throw of our 
camp. By miraculous luck our casualties were negligible, but a detachment of the nth 
Engineers made a glorious name in their valiant fight with picks and shovels, against the 
best trained fighting machine in history. " 

In the meanwhile the other Americans had begun to arrive. In order to provide 
a continual supply of officers and specialists, training schools were established at certain 
points, one of the most notable being that at Langres. Theoretical instruction could, 
however, not take the place of practical experience, and so at the close of each course, the 
graduating class was sent to the front to see war as it was actually being fought. 

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Among the Tech men who thus went to the front was George Lewis MacKay, '14. 
MacKay had been a master engineer in the 117th Engineers of the 42c! Division and 
after being graduated from the school at Langres, as a 1st lieutenant, in company with 
other candidates he went to the front where he was attached to a French unit. Hearing 
that a raid was to take place, together with his chum, Sergeant H. B. Moody, he volun- 
teered to take part. Moody in writing to Lieutenant R. A. D. MacKay, '19, says: 

"It was on the morning of the seventeenth that he and I went over the top with 
French engineers and infantry. We were to stay together until we came to a certain 
trench; then George was to go with one French engineer and I was to go with another, 
each of us carrying two bombs, for use in blowing up dugouts. 

"Our barrage started about five a. m., just at the break of day, and we all started 
over the top together, your brother just ahead of me. We had not gone more than about 
one hundred feet when the Germans started to bombard us with Jj mms., 105 mms., trench 
mortars and machine-guns. 

"We reached the first-line trench of the Germans where there was a small fight. 
It was at this place that George and I were separated. 

"I went up a communication trench where I got tangled up with some Boches and 
after using both bombs in blowing up dugouts, I started out looking for George. The 
barrage fire was sure hell. I was knocked down three times by shells exploding at my 
side. I did not return to the trenches until a Frenchman told me that your brother had 
returned, so I started back looking for him, but he never showed up nor does any one 
seem to know just what happened." 

As to what occurred to MacKay after he became separated from Moody little is 
known, except the statement of two French soldiers. He was seen engaged in a furious 
hand-grenade fight around a dugout which was still resisting, and it is believed that he 
was either killed during this fight, or while attempting to return through the heavy coun- 
ter-barrage which had been laid down by the enemy. 

American fighting units soon commenced to occupy sectors, and several minor 
brushes occurred. One of these affairs, a raid staged by the 1st Division, was the first 




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offensive operation carried out by the American Army. Several officers of the 1st Engi- 
neers were assigned the duty of destroying the enemy's wire with Bangalore torpedoes. 
Among them was Lieutenant T. W. Ryan, Jr., '17. 

Similar raids were carried out by the 26th Division. A statement by Corporal 
Chester L. Kingsbury, '18, gives an idea of what such an affair sometimes was. "We 
were with the French at the Chemin des Dames. While in this sector a volunteer detail 
was called from the engineers to build a bridge across a canal patrolled by the enemy, to 
allow the infantry to cross for a raid. Eleven of us went out and one of us came back. 
The papers tried to kill me too, but even they were unsuccessful." Another affair was 
that at Seicheprey, in which 16 of our men, all of the 26th Division took part, and in 
which Enos C. Sawyer, '18, was killed. Lieutenant Samson K. Cohen, '10, of the 101st 
Engineers reports that his company on this occasion "stood to" for fifty-five hours in the 
rain and cold, without overcoats, and much of the time in gas masks. 

THE DEFENSIVE— 1918 

In the spring of 1918 the Germans broke through the allied defense in one last 
desperate effort to reach Paris and to snatch victory from defeat. About eight o'clock 
in the morning on the twenty-first of March, aided by a thick morning mist, they advanced 
upon the thinly-held British line in the Cambrai salient, and before evening had pene- 
trated to a depth of sixteen kilometers. The British were outflanked and swept back; 
by the twenty-fourth of March they had lost touch with the French. In the gap remained 
a mass of troops — ordnance personnel, men from remount and supply depots, and labor 
units including the nth, 12th and 14th United States Engineers, among whom were 
some fifteen Tech men. Captain Etheridge reports that his regiment lost its entire 
equipment, and was for four days reported as annihilated. 

An officer of the British Army, General Cary, arrived upon the scene and set about 
reorganizing the heterogeneous mass of troops into something which might be considered 
a fighting organization. So successful was he that for six days "Cary's Chickens" main- 
tained contact between the French and British Armies, and took the full force of the 
German advance toward Amiens. 

On the evening of March 21 the Canadians launched a gas attack against the city 
of Lens which served as a diversion and which was the greatest projector attack ever 
attempted. They were assisted by the 1st Battalion of the 30th United States Engineers 
which subsequently became the 1st Gas Regiment. The battalion was commanded by 
Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Louis E. Robbe, '05, who has given this account of the. 
affair. 

"Four British gas companies, assisted by one American company from the 1st 
Battalion, installed six thousand projectors and forty-eight Stokes mortars. This work 
was done entirely at night, and it was more than a week before the installation was com- 
plete. Everything was in readiness on the night of the fifteenth of March, but weather 
conditions were adverse until the night of the twenty-first — then at 11.00 p.m., in a 
very light wind, 4,500 projector drums and nearly 3,000 Stokes mortar bombs were 
discharged upon the enemy inside of three minutes; the total amount of gas discharged 
was about seventy-five tons. There was immediately formed a dense cloud of gas approxi- 
mately forty feet high which was brought into strong relief as the enemy signal lights 
went up. 

"An artillery barrage was laid down at 11.08 p. m. by the field guns and at 1 1.30 
p. m. by the heavy howitzers and long cannons. What a din there was — and what a 
spectacle! The colored lights of the enemy right in front of me and the flashes of the many 
field guns near me, together with the illuminating flashes of the heavies in the rear, which 
caused a ruined building or a small hill to stand out lighted as by day, was a sight I 
shall never forget. 

"The artillery barrage stopped at 11.45 P- M -> thus completing the largest projector 
attack ever gotten off by either the Allies or the Boche during the entire war." 

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sions which had been sent there to receive training. When the Germans broke through 
these divisions were organized into the Second Corps of the American Expeditionary 
Forces. The Inspector General of this corps was Colonel (later Brigadier General) George 
D. Moore, '88. Speaking of his experiences at that time, he remarks that there were "lively 
times all along the line." At one time the corps included ten divisions. Later it was reduced 
in size to two. These two, the 27th and 30th, saw heavy fighting in the fall of 1918, and 
with them General Moore took part in the attack against the Hindenburg Line and the Canal 
tunnel (see page 193). He was subsequently promoted to the rank of brigadier general 
but did not have opportunity to command a brigade before the armistice. 

After several days the force of the German drive began to abate somewhat, and 
the efforts to hold became more successful. By the thirtieth of March the Germans had 
almost reached Villers-Bretonneux, but numerous troops from training areas and from 
England were now being thrown into line, among them, portions of the 6th United States 
Engineers. 

Serving as a lieutenant in D Company of this organization was Alfred S. Milli- 
ken, '14. The regimental sector lay in front of the little village of Warfusse-Abaucourt, 
and Company D was assigned a trench about four hundred yards west of the village, 
covering the road to Fouilloy. The 6th Engineers were sappers or combatant engineers, 
thoroughly trained as infantry, and when the Germans attacked they were given an 
exceedingly hot reception. A letter written by Private Cornelius Connors of D Company 
after this affair has been preserved, in which he gives this short but picturesque account: 
"Saturday came and I will remember it as long as I live. We were under barrage fire all 
day. Fritzie tried to come over several times, but how we did pepper those Dutchmen. 
Fritzie tried everything while we held the trenches to drive us out. Aeroplane raids, gas 
shells and every other thing. But he did not succeed. We got some fine target practice 
peppering those square-heads, take it from me. It is a great life if you don't weaken." 

Foiled in their assault, the Germans resorted to bombardment. About three in the 
afternoon they registered a direct hit with a high-explosive shell in the firing bay of the 
trench in which Milliken was standing, killing him and several of his men. Of this affair 
Private Connors says: "What Sherman said war was is nothing compared with that 
Saturday. I lost my bunky, also a lieutenant from New Bedford [Milliken] who was 
stationed with our company. He died a man, and his dear mother should be proud of 
him, for the bravery he showed." 

Early in the offensive, the world was amazed by reports that Paris was being inter- 
mittently shelled by a German gun from a distance of sixty-five miles. While this gun 
never did any great damage, it was most annoying and occasionally, as upon Good Friday, 
when a shell struck the church of Ste. Gervaise during the hours of worship, caused serious 
loss of life. It was important to destroy it as soon as possible, but it was first necessary 
to find its approximate location, a problem solved by determining the path of the shells 
and then figuring backwards. Various French and American officers worked on the prob- 
lem, and among these was Captain R. A. Seaton, '11, who succeeded in working out the 
trajectory within thirty-six hours after the firing began. 

Captain Neal E. Tourtelotte, '17, gives an account of what next occurred. "I 
was sent up to the French front near Soissons May 22, 1918, and was engaged in observing 
the artillery action for the succeeding week. One battery of two big railroad guns hidden 
in the woods was after 'Big Bertha,' which was protected in a novel manner. Seven 
different emplacements were connected together electrically so that at the instant 'Bertha' 
fired the other six fired also. This made it exceedingly difficult for the aviators to tell exactly 
which was 'Bertha.' They had other troubles as well, since the Boche had the air filled 
with their planes and attacked all observation machines. Since it was impossible to 
locate 'Bertha' by aerial observation, sound ranging was resorted to. By this method 
the heavy vibrations of the big gun were readily separated on the chart from those of the 
six lighter vibrations of the protecting batteries. The railroad guns [with which Tourte- 
lotte was serving] then opened up and put thirty-five shots within twenty-five meters of 
'Bertha;' seven of them struck on the actual gun platform itself — as later photographs 
showed. 'Big Bertha,' needless to say, was put out of action. However, a few days 

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later when the Boche came through the Chemin des Dames on his way to Chateau-Thierry, 
'Big Bertha' number two appeared in a different position in the Foret de St. Gobain and 
resumed firing. We got number one though." 

Early in the morning of May 27, the enemy assaulted the allied line at the Chemin 
des Dames, overrunning all resistance, and by May 30 they were but fifty miles from 
Paris. The French were practically without reserves and the 2d United States Division 
was called upon to check the enemy's advance. There followed the struggle around 
Bouresches and Bois de Belleau, which has come to be popularly known as the Battle of 
Chateau-Thierry. 

When the Americans arrived on the scene they found the more or less disheartened 
French organizations retreating, covered by an exhausted rear guard. The Germans had 
already seized the heights overlooking the towns of Torcy, Bouresches, Boussieres and 
Belleau and were exerting heavy pressure against the French outposts in these villages. 
So critical was the situation that the Americans were ordered to take up a defensive posi- 
tion immediately. For some reason the Germans after discovering our men did not attack 
at once. On June 3, however, they made a reconnaissance in force, and followed this with a 
series of determined assaults. 

The first attack was completely broken up by the French and American artillery. 
Regarding this incident Franklin 0. Billings, '23, who was serving with Battery E, 12th 
Field Artillery says: "It was on the afternoon of June 3 that we arrived on the front. The 
Division had been ordered into the Chateau-Thierry pocket to stem the onward push of 
the Huns, who found it easy work to force back the exhausted French. The roads were 
filled with French artillery and infantry going to the rear, and precious little of any nation- 
ality coming up. Most of our infantry and the marines had reached the front the day 
before, and had done some fighting unaided by their artillery. On the afternoon of the 
third, Batteries D and E of the 12th Field Artillery went into position in a small orchard 
about seven kilometers west of Chateau-Thierry and about two south of Torcy. 

"We were ready to open fire when a supposed Frenchman, mounted, came gallop- 
ing across the fields in front of us crying 'Le Boche, le Boche, parti, parti!" We were 
immediately given orders to limber up and prepare to move. We had no more than done 
so, however, when orders came to unlimber and get back into battery. The Hun spy 
(for such the supposed Frenchman undoubtedly was) had nearly accomplished his work, 
for even while we were limbering up the enemy had launched an attack against our infantry. 
As quickly as we were again in battery, co-ordinates were telephoned to us locating a line 
on which to lay a barrage. As soon as the officers had the firing data figured, we opened 
fire. Every one felt that the outcome of the war might depend on the work of our guns 
during the next few minutes, and the 75's were worked up to their maximum rate. 

"In this section of France there are large sink-holes, — some filled with water. 
In the rear of my battery there were two large ones filled to the brim. The boys were 
shoving the shells in so fast that the gun barrels soon became piping hot, and it was 
necessary to keep them cool if any kind of accuracy was to be obtained. The rolling 
kitchen was raided and every kind of a pan, kettle, or pail (canvas or metal) was put into 
use. Four bucket brigades were formed from the sink-holes to the guns - — one to each. 
This was a scene a moving picture concern would have given a good many thousands of 
dollars to have filmed; four bucket brigades to four guns; four gun crews working franti- 
cally to fire the greatest number of shells in the least amount of time; four guns spitting and 
blazing forth fire, snapping back in recoil and up again into firing position every two sec- 
onds; four columns of steam rising from the overheated tubes; everybody not serving the 
guns rushing up boxes of ammunition. Even the weary war-worn Frenchmen paused to 
watch the scene. 

"Soon the whole regiment and a brigade of French artillery were blazing away 
and the air was echoing back and forth with the metallic 'pangs' so familiar to all who 
have been in action with field artillery. 

j:|j "We fired steadily for seventy-two consecutive hours before the Boches realized 
they had run up against a wall which would require more force than they possessed to 
bend, let alone — break." 

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Bois-de-Belleau 



By June 6 all units of the 2d Division including the 5th Marines, which had not 
been able to get up in time for the first action, had arrived. The divisional sector was 
shortened and preparations were made to counter-attack. There were at this time with 
the division a considerable number of Tech men besides Billings. Among these may be 
mentioned Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) Logan Feland, '92, who was 
second in command of the 5th Marines; Lieutenants Walter B. Littlefield, '16, Joseph S. 
Guppy, '19, and G. W. Furbush, Jr., '23, all of the 23d Infantry, and B. M. Reynolds, 
'20, of the 6th Marines; Sergeant-Major James R. Fisher, '19, of the 23d Infantry; Ser- 
geants G. C. Babcock, Jr., '23, of the 6th Marines, A. D. Goodall, '23, and Colin B. Joe, 
'23, both of the 23d Infantry, and P. F. Kershaw, '23, of the 9th Infantry; and Pt. C. F. 
Parker, '21, of the 5th Marines. There were probably a number of others. 

On the morning of the sixth of June the 5th Marines moved forward in unison 
with the French upon their left, and by 7.10 a.m. had carried their objectives, making 
what was termed by observers a perfect attack. It was found, however, that their right 
flank was exposed, and the 6th Marines were obliged to move forward to cover it. The 
Germans immediately launched a counter-attack against the 3d Brigade consisting of 
the 9th and 23 d Regiments of Infantry which lay to the right of the Marines, and the 
struggle lasted through that evening and night. It was during this fighting that Hill 181, 
the highest point of Bois-de-Belleau was taken, and it marked the turning point of the 
engagement. Although the Americans had on a previous occasion taken the offensive 
at Cantigny, the fighting in Bois-de-Belleau represented their first attempt at a sustained 
attack without the aid of surprise. The Germans even at this date had not yet realized 
what dangerous antagonists the Americans were, and fought with a stubbornness seldom 
displayed later in the campaign. 

It was here that General Feland first distinguished himself, for he was conspicuous 
throughout the affair not only for his personal valor, but for his ability and resourceful- 
ness as a leader. He subsequently received the Distinguished Service Cross and in the 
accompanying citation is credited with having contributed very largely to the success at 
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promoted to the rank of colonel on the eighteenth of July and commanded the 5th 
Marines throughout the remainder of the campaign, including the Aisne-Marne 
Offensive, St. Mihiel Offensive, Champagne Offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne. In 
addition to the Distinguished Service Cross, he subsequently was awarded the Dis- 
tinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Honor, and was six times cited for the Croix 
de Guerre. 

The results of this engagement are hard to gage, but it is certain that after the night 
of June 6 the Germans never again had the same confidence in their ability to master 
the Americans. During the next few days the whole of Bois-de-Belleau was cleared. In 
the course of the fighting no fewer than eight German divisions were successively thrown 
back, among them units of the famous Prussian Guard. The story of the engagement 
received great publicity and it had a tremendous effect in restoring the badly shaken 
morale of the Allies. 

Perhaps not so famous, but in all probability even more important as regards the 
outcome of the war was another engagement, — the real battle of Chateau-Thierry, 
which was being fought at about the same time. While the 2d Division was halting the 
German advance to the westward of Chateau-Thierry, French troops, aided by the 7th 
Machine Gun Battalion of the 3d Division were falling back through the streets of the 
town itself. They were ultimately forced to cross the river, but every attempt of the 
Germans to follow them proved futile. Apparently there was but one Tech man present 
with this organization, Lieutenant Donald N. Swain, '17. Swain and his companions were 
strung out along several miles of the river front and again and again the Germans 
attempted to find a weak point in their slender line. Every attempt, however, was frus- 
trated, and with the victories of the 2d Division the line became temporarily stabilized, 
with the Marne still presenting an obstacle to the German advance. 

On the night of June 14 and 15 the battle was reopened, the Germans making one 
last effort to break through. This affair is regarded by many as having been a decisive 
action of the war, and certainly if any organizations can claim to have made the greatest 
contribution toward victory they are those which successfully resisted this desperate 
attempt of the Germans to cross the river and sweep down upon Paris. The blow fell 
with particular violence on the sector directly opposite Chateau-Thierry and Jaulgonne 
which was held by organizations of the 3d and 28th United States Divisions. Swain and 
his comrades in the Seventh Machine Gun Battalion were again heavily engaged from the 
start. Perhaps the most glorious chapter of the whole American campaign was written 
this day by the 30th Infantry, with which Lieutenants John R. Hunneman, '16, and 
Douglas B. Baker, '15, were serving. The 9th Machine Gun Battalion in which Captain 
Bruce M. McDill, '18, was at that time a lieutenant, also took an active part, as did the 
6th Engineers of which, it will be recollected, Alfred S. Milliken, '14, had been platoon 
commander at the time of his death, and with which Captain Richard E. Heffler, '16, 
was serving as a first lieutenant. 

A number of Tech men were also in command of artillery units in the sector, and 
one of them, Captain Joseph P. Gardner, '17, won the Croix de Guerre and his battery 
was given the Fourragere for the promptitude with which they got into action despite 
the hostile gas and high explosive shell. 

Early on the morning of July 15, after a terrific bombardment, the enemy pushed 
across the river and gained a foothold on the southern bank. The struggle which fol- 
lowed is simply beyond description, particularly in the sector of the 30th Infantry. 
The fire of the French and American artillery fell upon friend and foe alike and in one 
phase of the engagement various battalions of the regiment found themselves surrounded 
by Germans who were attacking from both sides, endeavoring to cross the river in their 
front, and filtering through behind them. Nevertheless, they continued to hold, at 
times fighting as independent individuals or groups, but always outwitting their oppo- 
nents, and scorning to accept quarter when overwhelmed. Against such spirit the attackers 
could make no headway and by evening the attack was utterly broken up, hundreds of 
prisoners and machine-guns remaining in American hands. Never again did the Germans 
attack; with their defeat on the Marne their last chance of victory vanished. The battle 

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(U. S. Official) 



An American Division Embussing in French Camions for a Quick Concentration 

Before an Offensive 



was in fact the turning point of the war, and those Tech men who took part in it can well 
be proud of having done so. 



THE GREAT COUNTER-OFFENSIVE 

The German advance was now definitely halted. Marshal Foch had already 
arranged the counterstroke, and it was dealt with lightning-like rapidity. How quickly 
the plans were carried into effect may be judged by this account given by Lieutenant 
Joseph S. Guppy, '19, who was serving as a platoon commander in the 23d United States 
Infantry, 2d Division. 

"July 15 found the boys doing a little pick and shovel fighting, digging reserve 
trenches along the Paris-Metz highway. At 2 a.m. on the sixteenth, a company runner 
disturbed a short snooze by punching me in the ribs and telling me to 'hop to it,' that we 
were to move out directly. In half an hour's time, the men had taken their turn at the 
rolling kitchen for coffee, and we were ready to go. We marked time in the woods until 
that evening, however, and then hiked about seven kilometers to Montreuil where we 
embussed on French camions. 

"When we reached our destination it required several minutes to untangle our- 
selves, and as many more to collect our scattered platoons, which had been left in the 
custody of the 'poilu' camion drivers. The general opinion had been that we were bound 
for a two-weeks rest near Paris; those happy thoughts were soon dispelled. We were in 
the forest of Villers-Cotterets and headed toward the line. Near noon a halt was called, 
and we had a small, but much appreciated, amount of 'chow' consisting of coffee and 
'monkey meat.' It was the first bite in thirty-six hours and the last for about the same 
period of time. Fighting packs were made, and we then resumed our journey toward the 
line in single file. The road was plugged with artillery and trucks, and on the opposite 
side an outfit of our compatriots, the Marines, were wading along through the mud. 

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"The sun disappeared and it became inky black in the woods. In order to keep 
to the road it was necessary to take hold of the rifle of the man ahead. Loud talking had 
ceased and it was a death penalty for one who lit a cigarette, since we were nearing the 
lines. In this darkness a very smooth piece of detail was executed by our commanding 
officer. Each man received two bandoliers of ammunition and the C. 0. had so arranged 
his place and method of distribution that we obtained it in about the same manner as 
an express train picks up a mail bag at a local station. It was up to us, however, to 
throw a wrench into the well-running machinery. At frequent intervals a message would 
come from near the end of the platoon, 'Pass the word the line is broken.' This time the 
line broke in the company ahead and we were lost. It was no less a personage than the 
Colonel who found us, and conducted us to our point of attack in time to jump off on 
schedule." 

The experience of the Tech men who were members of the 1st and 26th Divisions, 
which were moving into position for the attack, must have been very similar to those which 
Guppy describes. 

By the next morning practically everything was in readiness. The barrage was 
to start exactly at zero hour; simultaneously the infantry were to leap from the woods, 
and the entire success of the operation depended on whether the attack proved a com- 
plete surprise to the enemy. Everywhere officers crouched amidst the brushwood, shell- 
holes or the remains of trenches, glancing at the illuminated dials of their watches. Four 
o'clock came and went and there were no signs of suspicion. Four-twenty passed and still 
there was no sign. It was five minutes to zero and there was no counter-preparatory 
fire. One minute to zero and deathly silence; there could be no longer any doubt, the 
enemy would be taken utterly by surprise. The barrage fell, the infantry leaped forward. 

Guppy continues, "At four-thirty on the eighteenth our artillery opened up, and 
hell let loose couldn't have done any better. We were half way across No Man's Land when 
the Boche 77's opened and picked off one of my automatic-rifle teams. Overhead the sky 
was filled with air bursts, and three enemy planes pounced on our lone contact machine 
and sent him crashing to the earth. 

"Our artillery fire had wrecked the German forward positions and the enemy 




Kamerad! Kamerad! 



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More Kameraden! 



appeared to be too scared to offer any serious resistance. One in particular who had been 
hiding in a shell hole knew one word of English. It was 'Here! Here!' and he yelled it 
out with great gusto, with his hands high in the air. It was easy travelling to our first 
objective, Beaurepaire Farm, except for the machine-gun bullets which clipped off the 
tops of the wheat and gave one a queer sensation in the pit of the stomach. 

"At the ravine of Vaux-Castille we stopped. This spot was strongly organized 
with machine-guns, placed on both sides of the gulch and hidden by the underbrush and 
trees. My platoon was designated as one of several to reduce these 'nests.' It was a 
hard proposition since any gun we would spot and go after was flanked on each side by 
other guns, and ground not open to their fire was well covered by snipers. By sneaking 
through the underbrush four of my men managed to reach a defiladed space in front of 
one of the guns that was spitting continuously, and when belts were being changed they 
rushed. I don't believe the men in that gun crew ever realized what hit them. Directly 
behind this gun, which was a heavy Maxim, were two of the lighter type, and their crews 
just naturally hauled out when they saw what was coming. One of my corporals was an 
expert rifleman and he brought down several of these birds as they scurried through the 
woods. 

"A short distance beyond was a dugout where it was possible that several of the 
enemy might be lurking. Having no grenades we poured a few bursts of fire from the 
automatic rifles down the entrance and yelled 'Heraus.' One soon emerged with his 
hands up and then another and then yet another until they outnumbered us ten to one. 
A rather decent appearing chap stepped forward, exclaiming, 'Ha, I see you are an 
American,' and had the audacity to tell me he had spent a number of years in our country. 
He expressed a desire to introduce me to one of his officers, but at that time I wasn't 
seeking introductions to prisoners of war. Even though they outnumbered us, they hopped 
to attention with great alacrity when I called 'Achtung.' One of our men who had been 
slightly wounded led them back toward the rear where they were organized into carrying 
parties for our severely wounded. The dugout contained a gold mine in the form of some 
cognac, besides a bite to eat which worked wonders on a very empty stomach. 

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"The town of Vierzy was our next objective. We came out on the edge of the 
precipice overlooking the place and on about the same level as the tops of the stand pipe 
and church steeple. Running down the face of the cliff was a narrow road and thereby 
our only means of entry. There was nothing to do but chance it and we did, one at a time, 
twenty yards distance, all travelling a hundred yards in about ten flat and either dodging 
bullets or bumping into them. Our progress through that town has always been a night- 
mare to me. We couldn't step into a yard without meeting a flock of egg grenades or 
' potato mashers ' and if we kept to the street it was a bullet from a window. The men 
were fighting mad and due to their expert sniping and a number of bayonet parties, the 
enemy finally quit and were made prisoners. 

"We reformed our attacking waves on the outskirts of Vierzy and were preceded 
by French tanks until they ran into direct artillery fire in front of Parcy-Tigny where five 
of them were blown to bits. Then everybody, including the C. O., figured it was time 
to dig in. 

"We had advanced nearly twelve kilometers in as many hours, although official 
figures allow an average of eight for the division. The strength of my platoon had been 
reduced from 33 to 16. The regiment had captured 75 German officers and 2100 men, 
and had suffered casualties which reduced the number of officers from 99 to 37, and that of 
the men from 3400 to 1478." 

It may be of interest to the reader to know that Guppy's work in breaking up 
the machine gun nest in the Vaux-Castille ravine, and in capturing the dugout resulted 
in his being awarded the Croix de Guerre. Another of our men who distinguished him- 
self after the capture of Vierzy was Lieutenant Coke Flannagan, '16, who, upon June 19 
worked continually under the heaviest artillery fire in keeping telephone lines from the 
front in working order. He also received the Croix de Guerre. 

While the 2d Division which was near the center of the allied advance had been 
plowing ahead, the 1st Division, fighting upon the extreme left flank of the allied advance 
had been having an equally successful, but even more stubbornly contested career. In 
this division there were a large number of Tech men, including Colonel (later Brigadier 
General) Dwight E. Aultman, '95, who commanded the 5th Field Artillery, Major 
Emile G. DeCoen, '13, at that time a captain commanding a battery of the 5th Artillery, 
Captains J. H. Holmes, Jr., '18, Erford M. Potter, '10, at that time a first lieutenant in 
the 1st Engineers, and William B. Lucas, Jr., '14, Lieutenants Louis E. Wyman, '17, 
Lansing McVickar, '18, E. P. Brooks, '17, Robert A. Mackay, '18, Preston H. Early, '15, 
William S. Russell, '15, who was at that time a private in the 5th Field Artillery, and 
Sergeant Theodore G. Brown, '15. Practically all of these men had already taken part 
in the attack on Cantigny and the other early exploits of the division. 

Going over the top behind French tanks the division advanced almost due east 
with the object of cutting the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry Railway. The enemy were 
taken completely by surprise; the assaulting battalions travelled no less than two thousand 
meters in the first sixty minutes and in so doing cut their way through the 6th, nth and 
1 2th German Divisions. The town of Missy was carried by storm, and the 16th and 
1 8th Infantry on the right continued for some distance at little reduced speed. 

To the left of the 1st Division was the 153d French. These troops had to fight 
their way across a succession of steep ridges and ravines leading down to the Aisne River, 
and flanked from the North by German guns beyond that obstacle. As a result this 
division had been greatly slowed down and the American left flank was correspondingly 
exposed. The fire from the heads of these gorges became so heavy that the 26th and 
28th Regiments of the 1st Division were obliged to turn aside and fight their way into the 
ravine leading north from Missy, and by this means silenced some of the guns. The fire 
from the ravines ahead, especially that north of Ploisy, continued so terrific, however, 
that it was impossible to get forward. 

Next morning the Americans, aided by French tanks, again assaulted. The fight 
which followed was terrific. A platoon of the 1st Engineers commanded by Lieu- 
tenant E. P. Brooks. '17, had been ordered to aid the tanks and was so effective during 
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commander. Now, however, they beheld the great machines which they had helped 
forward with such labor suddenly caught by point-blank artillery fire and blown into the 
air before their very eyes. In spite of the loss of the tanks the Americans pressed on. 
It was here that Captain Holmes lost his life, and won the Distinguished Service Cross, 
when after having bravely led his men in three attacks he was killed in the fourth while 
charging a machine-gun. Ultimately, such spirit was too much for the enemy; the head 
of the Ploisy ravine was carried, and the division found itself in possession of its first 
objectives. 

Early in the morning of the twentieth the attack was renewed. There followed 
one of the bloodiest days in the history of the American Army during which, hour after 
hour, ground was taken and retaken, while the fight went on in the fields and hedges 
with bayonets, clubbed rifles, trench knives, and fists. By the morning of the twenty- 
first practically all the officers of the 2d Brigade had been killed or wounded, but General 
Buck reorganized the remnants of his command including portions of the 1st Engineers 
and led them in one final assault which carried the town of Berzy-le-Sec and cut the 
railway. Altogether, the division in these four days' fighting had suffered over 7,000 
casualties of which not a man had been captured. It had taken 3,500 prisoners including 
125 officers, and 68 field guns of all calibres. It had advanced 11 kilometers in four days 
against the most desperate resistance and had beaten its way through seven German 
divisions, a number of them rated as first-class units. As a feat of arms the history of 
the American Army contains few parallels and those of our men who took part in it may 
well be proud. 

Further south, the 26th Division, including as we have already seen a number of 
Tech men, was also engaged. Their advance was as fiercely contested as was that of the 
First and Second but no part of it demanded more desperate fighting than the storming of 
Hill 190 by the 1st Battalion of the 103 d Infantry. This organization jumped off from Bois 
de Belleau, crossed the brook beyond and fought its way up the slopes of the hill, which 
were swept by machine-gun and artillery fire. One of those in the first wave was Lester A. 
Williams, '17, a member of Company C. The losses were heavy, but a few minutes after 
the jump-off Williams found himself at the top of the hill unscathed. Of Company C, 
however, which had consisted of two hundred and fifty men, nearly all from the same 
home town, there remained but twenty-two to answer the roil call. 

SECTORS QUIET AND OTHERWISE 

Preparations were soon in hand for the great drives at the St. Mihiel salient and the 
Argonne. Roads had to be built, light railways laid, water-pipe lines installed; emplace- 
ments were constructed and carefully camouflaged for the heavy guns which were to add 
weight to the expected offensives. This work was difficult and somewhat dangerous since 
any deficiency in camouflage discipline was likely to result in a sudden deluge of anni- 
hilating fire by hostile counter-battery guns. One of our men in the camouflage corps, 
Sergeant Mark W. Reed, '13, states that during this period he did nothing but preach 
"Conceal, or yours may be the Kingdom of Heaven." 

At times the work had its ludicrous side. Captain Harold Connett, '18, says, "My 
debut on the line was 24 cm. centimeter railway guns on a quiet sector northeast of 
Nancy in the forest of Champenoux. Each gun with its ammunition wagon was brought 
into position at night after camouflage screens had been erected over the emplace- 
ments. As we were about a mile and a half from the front line the fires in the locomotives 
were kept banked so as not to betray our movements by sparks. But all precautions 
were in vain! The camouflage on the fourth gun position had been constructed an inch or 
so too low and as the engine came beneath it a piercing shriek rent the stillness of the 
night. The wire had caught the whistle and pulled it wide open. We got it shut after some 
five seconds, but I fear that if any of the squareheads were awake they must have had a 
pretty fair idea as to what was on foot. 

In the St. Mihiel offensive 225 Tech men are known to have taken part, 
and several won distinction. Captain Tom W. Saul, '10, received the Distinguished 

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Service Cross for his coolness in bringing his tanks over the fire-swept ground near 
Mont Sec. 

At the close of the operation troops were withdrawn to take part in the Meuse- 
Argonne offensive and those which remained were at all times outnumbered, especially 
in the matter of artillery, with the result that in some units the most serious casualties 
occurred, not during the offensive, but during the period of reaction which followed. It 
was at this time that Captain Herbert W. Hall, '12, received the Distinguished Service 
Cross for his courage and perseverance in repairing narrow-gauge railways under fire at 
a point near Thiaucourt, which subsequently became known as Dead Man's Corner. 
Speaking of the incident he says: "Lieutenant Plimpton was just turning to say something 




A Detachment of the First Engineers Commanded by E. P. Brooks, '17, Cutting their Way through 
the Wire at St. Mihiel, September 12, 1918. The tops of the posts were being 
chipped by machine-gun fire when the picture was taken 



when one of the big shells landed hardly twenty yards away. The crash was terrific. One 
splinter struck Plimpton in the back, severing his spinal column. Another struck the cor- 
poral in the face, tearing off one side of his head. Both men were killed instantly. For a 
second I was dazed. I could not make up my mind whether I was dreaming or not. I 
ran up and made certain that nothing could be done for them, and then went on with 
the work though it was more difficult than ever to keep the men steady. By the time we 
had finished that night there had been ten men killed at this fatal corner." 

Another Tech man in writing home about the same time makes the statement, 
"The Boche Artillery is good. Especially its work with planes is very good. During the 
first rush it punished us little, but since then each day we have learned to respect it more. 
Their machines fly as a rule in teams which work well together, but their observation 
planes often come over alone. They fly right down, inviting fire, — anything to find out 
where you are. Sometimes you bring them down — if so, good. Otherwise in about an 
hour s-s-s-s-bang! They know the roads, the springs and the observation-points. They 
know what points we must occupy and pretty nearly when we must go to them and it is 
a tough proposition." 

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THE MEUSE-ARGONNE 
The memory of the Meuse-Argonne is dear to every American soldier's heart. It 
is to him what Gettysburg is to the veteran of the Civil War. The very name serves as 
a reminder, a memorial as it were, of the unselfish devotion of comrades living and dead. 
It was a time of self-sacrifice and of comradeship such as few Americans have ever been 
privileged to experience. It was a time when death was a member of every company 
and when his presence came no longer to be especially dreaded. It was a time when petty 
jealousy, personal ambition and rivalry were slowly washed away in the blood of heroes; 
those who survived to the last days were able to catch a glimpse of what our nation and 
perhaps the world might be if all men could lay aside their individual interests and work 
as brothers for the common good. It was a vision such as few of us had imagined. It was 
one which we hope may never be entirely lost. 

The mission assigned to the Americans was to advance toward Sedan, and thus 
to cut all lines of retreat to the eastward before the German Army in the neighborhood of 
Laon and Cambrai should have time to withdraw. As a pathway for this advance the 
more or less open plateau between the Forest of Argonne and the Aleuse River was 
selected. This stretch of country presented few natural obstacles. It possessed, however, 
one source of immense military strength, for on the east it was overlooked and commanded 
by the C6tes-de-Meuse, while from the west it was equally dominated by the heights of 
the Forest of Argonne. To make the problem still more difficult, in the very center of the 
pathway rose a high isolated hill, Montfaucon, which commanded a view from the val- 
ley of the Aire to the valley of the Aleuse, and from the Forges Brook in front of the allied 
lines to the Bois-de-Gesnes, some twenty kilometers to the northwest. 

There were two possible methods of passing through this defile: first, the Forest of 
Argonne and the heights of the Aleuse might have been seized, after which the American 
Army could have passed through to Sedan practically unopposed; second, the Argonne 
Forest and the heights of the Aleuse might be neutralized by artillery fire, while the infan- 
try rushed through the gap. For the purpose of Marshal Foch, namely, to take Sedan in 
time to cut off the retreat of the German Army, the former method was out of the ques- 
tion and the latter was that actually attempted. 

The entire scheme had the audacity of genius, and save for the miscarriage of cer- 
tain details might have resulted in the greatest victory the world has ever seen. The first 
day's program failed. As a result the second day's program became impossible. Before 
the evening of the third day the German re-enforcements arrived and the affair from that 
time on became a ferocious and sanguinary struggle with the combatants on nearly equal 
terms. The nature of the contest can best be surmised from the words of General Persh- 
ing's report, in which he says: "The demands of incessant battle which had been main- 
tained day by day for more than a month had compelled our divisions to fight to the limit 
of their capacity. Combat troops were held in line and pushed to the attack until deemed 
incapable of further effort because of casualties or exhaustion; artillery once engaged was 
seldom withdrawn and many batteries fought until practically all the animals were casual- 
ties and the guns were towed out of line by motor trucks." 

MONTFAUCON 
At about noon on September 26, a certain Tech man and a French staff officer 
emerged from the entrance of a dugout near the Moselle. The Tech man shook himself, 
blinked his eyes and remarked that it was good to get away from the endless jangling of 
the telephone and to be once more in the open air. The French officer smiled, and touch- 
ing the American on the shoulder said, "Listen!" He did so and became conscious of a 
sound, a faint sound, yet curiously distinct and all-pervading. It was not exactly like 
breaking surf, nor distant thunder, nor the roar of a great waterfall, yet it was like all 
three. The Frenchman waited for a few moments and then said, "My friend, in my life I 
have heard that sound but once before. In February, 1916, I stood in this same spot and 
heard that same sound. The sound which I heard then was the cannonade which opened 
the great German attack on Verdun. The sound which you hear now is the cannonade of 
your own army advancing into the Argonne." 

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The Argonne Trail 



In the foreground is Montfaucon and its ruined church. The first dark streak of brush beyond the cloud 
shadow is the Bois-de-Beuge. The faint patch of woods to the right is the Bois-de-Cunel and the Bois-de- 
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The French captain was right, for at 5.30 on the morning of September 26, the 
Infantry of nine American divisions, that is to say, approximately 150,000 men sprang 
from their trenches, and under one of the most tremendous barrages ever laid down started 
across the shell-pitted No Man's Land north of Verdun. These divisions reading from right 
to left were, the 33d, 80th, 4th, 79th, 37th, 91st, 35th, 28th and 77th. Among them were 
59 Tech men, divided as follows: 33d, 5; 80th, 7; 4th, 7; 79th 8; 37th, 2; 91st, 6; 
35th, 2; 28th, 5; 77th, 17, while as corps or army troops and in the air service, 239 
other Tech men were rendering assistance. 

The 33d and 80th Divisions moved forward with little difficulty. The 4th Division 
also advanced rapidly throughout the forenoon. As they continued, the going became more 
difficult, for the division to their left was not keeping up. Still they got on fairly well until 
they had reached the town of Septsarges northwest of the German citadel at Montfaucon, 
whence fire began now to take them in flank and rear. Nevertheless they pushed on, 
sweeping through the Bois-de-Septsarges, reaching the day's objective and bringing their 
left flank to a position on the bare hillside east of Nantillois. Here they lay utterly exposed 
to every variety of fire, separated from the nearest support by something like four miles 
and suffering very heavily. The natural tactics of the Germans would have been to attack 
this exposed flank from the rear; that they did not do so successfully seems to have been 
in part at least due to the 10th Machine-Gun Battalion commanded by Major Francis 
R. Fuller, '12. 

The battalion had originally been in position on the famous Hill 304 near Esnes, 
and by firing a barrage of machine-gun bullets had aided the division materially in its 
rapid advance. As soon as it was seen that all was going well, the battalion was ordered 
forward, carrying its guns and ammunition by hand, past Montfaucon around Septsarges, 
and finally into a position on the hills north of that place from which it could protect the 
exposed flanks of the infantry. For the next twenty-four hours its guns were in almost 
constant action. 

The ammunition consumed was enormous and, had not the supply service of the 
division been exceptionally well organized, the supply might have run short. The Assist- 
ant Chief of Staff, G-i of the 4th Division, however, was Lieutenant-Colonel (later 
Colonel) Edward Canfield, Jr. '12. In the citation accompanying the Distinguished 
Service Medal which was subsequently awarded Colonel Canfield, it is stated that "He 
proved himself to be an officer of the greatest administrative ability, exceptional foresight 
and tireless energy." He had personally trained the entire personnel connected with the 
supply system of his unit, and as a result its combatant troops were never short of ammu- 
nition or rations. 

The division to the left of the 4th was the 79th. Captain L. E. Knowlton, '16, at 
this time commanding the machine-gun company of the 316th Infantry, gives this 
account of what occurred: "It seemed as if the whole world behind us was a chaos of leap- 
ing flashes and thunderous detonations. Luckily the German reply was feeble, and our 
troops were deployed and started with very few casualties. My regiment was to follow 
the 313th Infantry in reserve at one thousand meters on the left of the division sector. 

"During the first day we had to cross a desolate and barren waste — a four-years 
No Man's Land; during five-hours steady advance we saw not a sign of trail or road. 
Beginning at what had been their front line, the Germans had scattered snipers and 
machine-gun crews through the underbrush, in shell holes and in concrete pill-boxes to 
delay us while stronger defenses were organized farther to the rear. The attacking troops 
disposed of most of these without stopping until they neared the German line of resist- 
ance near Malancourt. Here, with the aid of French light tanks our infantry, despite 
heavy casualties, finally wiped out the machine-gun nests, and the advance was resumed 
to within striking distance of Montfaucon when darkness fell." 

The 79th Division had put in a day's fighting which under ordinary conditions 
would have been considered brilliant, but under the particular conditions of this attack 
it proved fatal. Evening had come and Montfaucon had not been taken. The plan had 
demanded that it should be carried the first day, and so confident was the staff that it 
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cannon had been based upon the theory that the roads which radiate from Montfaucon, 
of which there are no fewer than eight, would be available. The American front line had 
now advanced from five to eight kilometers; its artillery could no longer give support 
until the guns could get forward across the quagmire of No Man's Land. Even then the 
ammunition supply would be limited, since the great road center of Montfaucon was still 
in the hands of the enemy. 

The situation can be gathered from some notes taken by Captain George C. Dan- 
forth, '03, 6o2d Engineers, U. S. A., who followed the 5th Corps, which formed the center. 
"The attack went over at 5.30 a. m. September 26, with the Corps Engineers in Avo- 
court, and the night of the twenty-sixth found the Infantry held in front of Montfaucon 
and Cierges, and the guns having great difficulty in advancing to their support. The fol- 
lowing notes are taken from the official records of the 5th Corps Headquarters: 'Septem- 
ber 26. At 9.10 A. M. the 79th Division in north of Bois-de-Montfaucon. At 12.00 m. 91st 
Division takes Very. 79th south of Montfaucon. At 1.30 p. m. right of First Corps held 
near Cheppy, and 79th Division by machine-guns near Montfaucon. At 2.30 p. m. for- 
ward movement of artillery and supplies delayed by badly cut-up roads over No Man's 
Land. At 5.00 p. m. aviation reports roads blocked with traffic, bridges destroyed. At 
6.30 p. m. road north through Avocourt reported open for animal transportation one and 
a half kilometers north of Avocourt. Great road congestion reported all along corps 
sector. 

"'September 27. At 5.30 a.m. attack continued. At 11.20 a.m. 79th still held 
by machine-gun nests south of Montfaucon. Roads clogged with artillery and ammu- 
nition going north. At 1.20 p.m. shortage of ammunition and impossible to get it over 
roads in present condition. Using pack animals. At 3.00 p. m. troops in Montfaucon.' 

"It was fortunate that the enemy did not apprehend heavy troop movements 
through Avocourt. The roads to the north existed only on the map, having been under 
four years of shell fire, and for over two kilometers were nothing but mud, shell holes, 
trenches and wire. Back of the German main line of resistance, there were remains of 
roads, but the Boche used 60-centimeter railroad for supplies, and paid little attention 
to keeping up highways, although mines and other obstacles were left as he retreated. 
Some of the mines were found and removed by the engineers; some exploded, the craters 
forming serious obstacles. 

"Road material (rock) had to be obtained from any source available; it was carried 
on wagons, pack mules and stretchers formed of two poles with canvas between. In the 
woods to the north the ground was badly cut up and soft, and about a kilometer and 
a half of road was built of double layer of two-inch plank which had been used as dugout 
lining by the Germans. 

"During the entire period the Boche had control of the air and used bombs and 
machine-guns from low altitudes. The work was under shell fire most of the time, our 
regiment having its first casualties in this offensive on September 24." 

As it was impossible to bring up 75 's, the long 155's of the Coast Artillery were used, 
and after a bombardment by these, the 79th succeeded in storming and holding Mont- 
faucon about 10.00 o'clock on the morning of the twenty-seventh. The town was actually 
carried by the 313th Infantry among whom it is known were Corporal Seligman B. Aus- 
trian, '10, and Malcolm B. Brownlee, '11. Their regiment was now relieved by the 316th. 
Captain Knowlton has again given us some account of what occurred. " Soon after dawn 
the assaulting waves were sent out across the plain extending northward from Mont- 
faucon. About a mile and a half from our starting point was a little patch of woods (Bois- 
de-Beuge). Just as the battalions had deployed the Boche came to life. Then for the first 
time our men saw comrades fall; for a space of perhaps twenty minutes the greater part 
lay crouched in shell holes, terrified and dazed, uncertain whether to go forward or back. 
At last Major Harry D. Parkin, commanding the 1st Battalion, seeing that his first wave 
was fast approaching the woods from which the machine-gun fire was coming, gave the 
order to advance and strode stolidly forward himself. With him went his own battalion, 
walking in zigzag lines while shells burst all round. 

"The 3d Battalion on our right, which had already lost two of its captains, saw its 

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The Tanks with which George N. Althouse, '15, was Advancing when Mortally 

Wounded near Nantillois 



major killed and a third captain badly wounded, but nevertheless encouraged, perhaps 
by our progress, it moved forward with us. The first ridge was soon gained, but before 
us stretched an open field with another ridge (Hill 268). The lines were quickly reformed 
and pushed forward, for now our scouts could see the Boches running before them. This 
time there was little artillery to delay the advance, but for some time the machine-gun 
nests in the woods and behind the ridge made progress slow. They were finally cleaned 
out and the 1st Battalion moved up to reorganize under cover of the woods. 

"Then came my machine-gunners' turn. For three days they had carried their 
heavy burdens, striving to keep up with the fast-travelling and more lightly-burdened 
riflemen with never a chance to get back at the Boches, who were picking them off in ever- 
increasing numbers. Suddenly about one thousand yards away along the foot of the hills 
about Romagne a battalion of Germans appeared in the open, and moved toward us in 
rather close lines — -the heaven-sent machine-gun target! We opened up on them until 
they began to scatter and seek cover and then ceased firing, hoarding our scanty supply 
of ammunition. 

"In advance of us now was a valley and across it a wooded slope full of minen- 
zverfers, machine-guns and even 77's (Hill 250). With apparently no support on our flanks 
we dared not move farther. Late in the afternoon four large tanks lumbered out from our 
lines toward the northeast, where lay the Bois-des-Ogons in which the 80th Division 
fought so desperately later on. One lone infantry platoon followed these tanks, but, 
seeing two of them hit by shells and set on fire, retreated, causing us no little appre- 
hension, for in the gathering dusk we were uncertain whether these men were friends or 
enemies. That night we formed to resist counter-attacks and tried to get a little sleep in 
the midst of a cold rain and Boche shells." 

This "lone platoon" was what remained of Company H, 315th Infantry, and with 
it was Lieutenant George N. Althouse, '15. As the detachment moved over the top of the 
hill it was greeted with a storm of machine-gun bullets and direct artillery fire from the 
outlying patches of the Bois-des-Ogons, and Lieutenant Althouse was mortally wounded. 

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His orderly succeeded in getting him to a dressing station from which he was removed to 
a field hospital, but he expired a few days later. 

In the meanwhile an equally hard struggle had been going on to the westward. 
On the extreme left the 77th Division found itself in an inextricable tangle of barbed wire 
and blackberry bushes in the Argonne Forest. The 28th, to their right, were obliged to 
advance with their left flank traversing the deep ravines of the Argonne escarpment, while 
their right worked along the valley of the Aire, which was commanded by the heights on 
both sides. The 35th was in a similar position on the opposite side of the river, its left 
being in the valley and its right upon the heights. These three divisions were under orders 
of the 1st Corps, and the corps engineer troops were the 111th Engineers commanded by 
Colonel Horace Baker, '03. The chief difficulties encountered were mines and craters, 
but these were rapidly bridged or detoured. Around the edges of the larger craters the 
Germans had placed mines which were not discovered till a gun and its crew were blown 
up by one of them but the engineers quickly located and removed the remainder. By 
evening of the twenty-sixth the road to Varennes was open for general traffic. 

Thanks to the rapid repair of the roads, the artillery was able to keep well forward. 
Each infantry regiment was supported by a battery which advanced as rapidly as pos- 
sible, sometimes even to the front line in order to counteract the direct fire of the enemy's 
cannon and to break up their machine-gun nests. 

One of the batteries selected for this work was Battery F of the 109th Field Artil- 
lery commanded by Captain Thomas H. Atherton, Jr., '09. Atherton's account of the 
affair follows: "We got as far as Petite Boureuilles in good time, but were held up there 
while the engineers who were travelling with us filled in and bridged the German trenches. 
Here many tanks had come to grief in shell holes or craters. We were soon in the open, 
and as the smoke and fog lifted we began to draw fire; a couple of hundred yards in front 
of us our infantry were lying flat under a shower of rifle and machine-gun bullets. By 
quick work the men unhooked our horses and got shelter just off the road on the bank of 
the Aire. To our left front tanks were working along the edge of the forest; across the 




(U. S. Official) 
Heavy Artillery of the 28th Division Supporting the Infantry from the Ruins of Varennes, 
September 28, 1918. The guns have just fired a salvo 



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river another group was manoeuvring, resembling a flock of ducks waddling along in 
single file. There was great activity in the air, and several of our observation balloons 
came down in flames. Toward evening we passed Boureuilles and bivouacked on the road 
to Varennes. 

"The next morning, leaving the battery with Lieutenant Lyon, I rode on to Var- 
ennes. It was a bad day for our infantry, and when I found Colonel Miller of the noth 
he seemed very glad to know we were coming up. He directed me to General Darragh's 
headquarters. The General said the battery should not have come farther than Varennes, 
as our infantry to the left was not up. I started back and encountered another battery 
which was returning. I did not want to lose my guns, but I did not wish the infantry to 
see us turn and go back, so we did not. About dusk we occupied the emplacement of a 
German battery; the guns were still there, as well as boiled cabbage, clothing, boots, 
blankets and instruments. Our mechanics cleaned and repaired one of the German 77's, and 
in the morning we opened up with it, firing German gas shell. 

"We remained here a day and then moved forward beyond Montblainville. We 
went in daylight over an exposed road, but by taking the exposed part on the gallop, one 
platoon at a time, we got to our new position safely. While in this position Lieutenant 
Grubbs was killed, also my orderly, John Bake, and Lieutenant Lyon were wounded." 

In the meanwhile the 35th was fighting its way along the opposite side of the 
valley and the 91st was ploughing through the Bois-de-Cheppy. Although a number of 
Tech men and Harold H. Burton, son of Dean A. E. Burton were in the 91st, no detailed 
accounts are available. What occurred to the 35th, however, has been recorded by Colo- 
nel T. C. Clarke, '93, commanding the noth Engineers, who says in part: "When the 
assaulting troops went over the top on the twenty-sixth the engineers were held back 
until the infantry had advanced about a quarter of a mile. The intense artillery prepar- 
ation had forced the Germans back to their second line, so that the first seven kilometers 
were covered rapidly and a report came in from my battalion on the left that they were 
in the town of Boureuilles opposite Varennes. The commander of the right battalion had 
a harder task and was still in No Man's Land at noon. 

"There had been a heavy fog all morning, but the sun broke through just as the 
infantry were in front of the hostile line of resistance and they were subjected to merci- 
less fire which cost them a number of their high officers. Nevertheless they eventually 
took the line, including the town of Cheppy. The following day they again advanced, 
taking Charpentry, but received heavy punishment in so doing, as our artillery had been 
unable to keep up with them, and they were exposed to most terrific fire from the Ger- 
mans. The third day the infantry units were badly scattered; I should say a majority of 
the higher officers were out of action and the junior officers commanded groups — - some- 
times of their own and sometimes of other companies. On this day the infantry got as far 
as Exermont, my regiment of engineers acting as Division Reserve." 

Up to this time the advance of the 35th had been brilliant, for Exermont was 
several kilometers beyond any other point held by American troops, but to hold this 
position appeared to the division commander impossible. The infantry were practically 
demoralized, and Colonel Clarke was directed to organize a line of resistance which his 
regiment, with the aid of machine-guns, could hold while the scattered remnants of the 
infantry retired through it. The position selected appears to have extended from the 
Aire River to the woods near Eclisfontaine, stretching in a salient along the crest of Baulny 
Ridge. Colonel Clarke says: "I picked the crest of a hill, and put the men in shell holes, 
either natural or artificial; I might add that there was very little digging to be done — 
the natural ones were being dug for us. I had about eleven hundred rifles on the line and 
the liaison, which had very generally broken down because of the telephone wires being 
cut, was still effective in my own case because we relied on couriers — either mounted 
men or motorcyclists. 

"I was notified of a counter-attack being planned for 5 a. m., but it proved only a 
demonstration. At eleven o'clock a counter-attack of strength was lodged against us, but 
by this time I had a telephone in and could direct the artillery. We inflicted heavy pun- 
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three-quarters of an hour the Germans broke and took cover in the woods, where the Artil- 
lery shelled them. 

"My regiment suffered 260 casualties, but was extremely fortunate to get off with 
that. The Germans on the last night shelled us with mustard, but as it was bitterly cold 
and rainy the gas hung close. The next morning we were relieved by the 1st Division, and 
the regiment that occupied our shell holes had 500 casualties before ten o'clock." 

THE SECOND ATTACK 

The first phase of the Argonne had now come definitely to a close. The Germans, 
by withdrawing from their front lines before the artillery preparation, had suffered small 
losses, while those of the Americans had been very severe. By this time the American 
intentions were quite evident, and hostile re-enforcements had been brought up. Already 
the delay in the American advance had been so great as almost to destroy any chance of 
a really decisive action. It still seemed possible, however, that, exhausted as the Ameri- 
cans were, their opponents might be in a worse condition; accordingly certain of the 
American divisions, namely, the 37th, 79th and 35th were withdrawn and were 
replaced by the 32d, 3d, and 1st, in which one, five and seventeen Tech men 
respectively were serving, and a new advance was ordered. General Pershing in his 
report says: "At 5.30 a. m. on October 4 the general attack was renewed. The enemy 
divisions on the front from Fresnes-en-Woevre to the Argonne had increased from ten in 
first line to sixteen, and included some of his best. The fighting was desperate, and only 
small advances were realized, except by the First Division on the right of the First Corps. " 
What this means can be appreciated when one realizes that on this morning some eighty- 
thousand Americans marched over the crests of the hills, or out of the brushwood which 
had sheltered them, to be met with a murderous blast of machine-gun fire from the front 
and artillery fire from both flanks. Generally speaking, they crossed the first ridge, worked 
down into the valleys beyond, and there, exhausted and with half their number casual- 
ties, dug in. 

Th<=. day was a creditable one for the Institute. Lieutenant Percy A. Rideout, '11, 
in particular won distinction. Rideout had originally been a member of the 101st Engi- 
neers of the 26th Division. He had later transferred to the 1st Gas Regiment and was 
placed in charge of a battery of Stokes mortars. For the attack on the fourth he was 
ordered to take up a position near Cierges and assist the 3d Division with smoke screens, 
and by thermit and phosphorus bombs. During the night of October 3 he made a recon- 
naissance far in advance of his own front line; although knocked down several times by 
bursting shells, and under constant machine-gun fire he located a great number of hostile 
machine-guns. Next morning, in unison with the Artillery, he opened fire, destroying 
them with great rapidity. His position was heavily shelled from almost the first minute. 
Nevertheless his battery succeeded in carrying out its mission, and for four days there- 
after, though constantly bombarded by artillery and on some occasions fired into by 
machine-guns, they continued to aid the advance of the Infantry. On October 8 prepara- 
tions were made to lay a smoke screen to cover the attack against Bois-de-Cunel. Rideout 
gave the necessary orders and then took a detachment to the rear to bring up ammuni- 
tion. The little party — seven in all — had almost regained the battery with their load 
of bombs when a shell exploded in their midst, killing Rideout and wounding five others. 
The barrage, however, was laid in accordance with his orders, a foothold was gained in 
the outlying sections of the wood, and the next day the entire position was cleared. For 
his splendid courage throughout the affair Lieutenant Rideout was posthumously awarded 
the Distinguished Service Cross. 

Lieutenant Lansing McVickar, '18, of the 7th Field Artillery, also won the Cross 
by bringing a cannon forward in support of the Infantry. Although he lost two horses 
and several men, he continued until he encountered a hostile artillery barrage which 
forced the party to take cover. Nevertheless McVickar left this position of comparative 
safety on five different occasions to bring in wounded companions. 

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the ground, the 1st Division advanced somewhat further than the rest of the line. Their 
immediate front as far as Exermont was bare of cover and gently rolling, and they reached 
forward with great rapidity, though suffering from artillery fire from the heights of the 
Argonne in and around Chatel Chehery. By nightfall they had achieved an advance of 
over four kilometers — - a feat repeated upon the next day against positions in wooded 
and brushy country — nor did they cease to advance until October 10. By this date they 
had penetrated the enemy's lines along their entire front to an average depth of six kilo- 
meters, but they had sustained losses amounting to more than nine thousand men, that is 
to say, over one-half of their total rifle strength. A number of Tech men took part in this 
affair, but it is impossible to obtain any very detailed account of their experiences, although 
it is known that Lieutenant E. P. Brooks, '17, aided in the attack on Hill 269, and the 




(U. S. Official) 
Field Artillery Supporting the Infantry at Close Range. Sixth Field Artillery near Exermont, 
October 4, 1918. a shell has just burst, and one man is already wounded. 

defense of that position against the desperate counter-attacks of the enemy, and it is 
believed that Lieutenant T. W. Ryan, Jr., '17, had a hand in the same affair. 

Some idea of the fighting may be gained by a consideration of what was occurring 
somewhat to the left in the sector of the 28th Division. The diary of Captain Atherton 
runs as follows: "Took part in a big shoot at 1.40 a.m., then reported at regimental 
headquarters and was told that 'F' Battery would again go forward as infantry battery. 
Sent for limbers, but the men were somewhat scattered and they did not arrive until day- 
light. Fortunately there was still some smoke and haze. Limbered up under fire; shelled 
all the way to Apremont, many horses wounded and several men. Reached Apremont, took 
the first platoon, left the second to Willey, a new lieutenant. Colonel Miner assigned 
us a position on a road on the crest, with a line of machine-gunners and infantry. Were 
in full view from all German territory, and from the first under hot fire from machine- 
guns and one-pounders. Kubelus, Janis and I served the second piece; most of the crew 
had been gassed on the way up. We pulled the gun behind a wrecked tank which gave 
some cover from the machine-gun fire from the left flank. Then came a shower of H. E.'s 

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and finally gas. There were about a dozen hits in a radius of fifty yards; one buried my 
maps and instruments. Gus Laning was hit. Things were as bad at the other platoon. 
The Colonel was wounded and Lieutenant Willey, who was replacing Grubbs and Lyon. 
I got off eighty-four rounds with the first platoon and later forty-four with the second. 
The road we occupy is littered with German and American dead, two wrecked tanks, 
uniforms, guns, equipment and filth. October 5 — Pulled guns off road just before day- 
light and put them under cover of some brush where they do not show. Have not been 
shelled so much today. The infantry company left — mostly gassed — - so we have their 
pits in the bank and are more comfortable, especially as they abandoned their arms, equip- 
ment and blankets. Tried to bury Healy, who was killed on the road, but the shelling was 
too hot. 4.25 p. m. — Tried to help a wounded man in with litter and Germans immediately 
opened fire with a one-pounder. October 6 — Nothing to do but hug the ground and hope. 
It is a torment — no use denying it. Corporal Randall and Sergeant G. Janis wounded 
during afternoon. October 7 — ■ Fired for an hour starting at 7.30. Sergeant Benny Taylor 
killed, cut all to pieces by a shell. Corporal George Bowen wounded. The 2d Platoon 
stuck to their pieces, though it looked like suicide, till they got 'cease firing.'" 

During this day Etheridge's battery fired to support the attack of the 28th and 
82d Divisions against Chitel Chehery. The infantry, particularly that of the 82d Divi- 
sion, was obliged to advance over the flat plain of the Aire Valley practically devoid of any 
kind of shelter, to cross an unfordable river to carry a town thoroughly organized for 
defense and finally to storm the almost vertical cliffs of the Argonne escarpment. In this 
struggle and the days which followed another Tech man won fame. Major Harold 
Blanchard, '02, of the 327th Infantry, although suffering from severe bronchitis as a result 
of having been gassed, continued to lead his battalion, and when all the officers of one of 
his companies had become casualties, he himself took charge of the company and led it to 
its objective in spite of artillery and machine-gun fire. Although suffering severely he 
maintained command of his unit for fourteen days, collapsing when his battalion had 
been relieved. For his gallantry he received a well-earned Distinguished Service 
Cross. 

After the attack of October 4, it was evident that the plan to break through could 
scarcely hope to succeed. Nevertheless the American divisions continued to force their 
way forward foot by foot. Thus from October 4 until October 12 the 3d and 80th Divi- 
sions cut their way toward the Kriemhilde Line. How fierce was the struggle can be realized 
only by actually seeing the ground, but some idea of it may be gained from the fact 
that when the combined operations of the two divisions had isolated the Bois-des-Ogons, a 
little patch of woods scarcely half a mile square, there were found in it more than 150 
machine-guns, besides a plentiful supply of minenwerfers and a quantity of artillery. A 
number of Tech men were serving with the Artillery of the 80th Division during this oper- 
ation, but no detailed accounts of their actions are available. We also know comparatively 
little of what happened to Tech men in the Third, but it was during this fighting that 
Lieutenant Richmond Young, the only son of Harry H. Young, '91, was killed while 
endeavoring to lead his platoon around the western edge of Bois-de-Cunel. 

The nature of the fighting during this period can perhaps best be compared with 
that of the Wilderness Campaign of our Civil War. There was no front line, and little 
groups of men held out for days, entirely surrounded by the enemy. Small patrols felt 
their way through the brushwood, sometimes stumbling upon the enemy and sometimes 
finding no one. A typical adventure befell a member of the class of 191 7, serving in the 
3 2d Division, who says, "We crossed several fields thick with shell holes, and in every 
other hole was a dead Boche, evidently caught as he was retreating. Finally we came to 
the Gesnes-Romagne highway, which the enemy was covering with indirect machine-gun 
fire. We found an American moaning in the middle of the road, apparently with a bullet 
wound in his lung. We carried him to one side where he would not be so likely to be hit a 
second time, but could do nothing more for him. At the edge of the woods we found an 
American lieutenant. Fortunately he had a map. Yes, Transvaal Farm was only a few 
hundred yards away, just around a corner of the woods. 'But, man,' the lieutenant said, 
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foothold here. The woods around the farm are thick with Boches.' Not satisfied with his 
report, I foolishly thought that I should see for myself. 

"Just as we appeared at the corner of the woods, crack — crack- — crack, — 
apparently Boche snipers right in the farm buildings. Once in the farm buildings, it might 
be possible to clean them out, but it was quite evident that an American could not cross 
the open space between us and the house. There were scores of Boche shacks along the 
edge of the woods around the clearing; if they were not occupied, it might be possible to 
get at the farmhouse from the rear. 

"I borrowed a rifle and bayonet and picked one man to go with me. Leaving the 
other men in a reasonably safe hole, the two of us started along the edge of the clearing. 
With bayonets fixed, rifles at 'ready' and fingers on the triggers, we went through shack 
after shack, occasionally coming to a small dugout which we had to make sure was clear. 
It was quite evident from the manner in which equipment was strewn around that the 
Boches had been in these shacks only a short time before. Underbrush prevented us from 
seeing more than fifteen or twenty feet. Not knowing when we might run onto the enemy 
we moved on tiptoe, scarcely making a sound and increasing our caution as we advanced. 
If ever a man sweat blood, I think I did then. My knees shook, and my hands were so 
moist that I could scarcely hold my rifle. I suppose the man with me felt the same way, 
and I think either one of us would have run had it not been for the other. 

"Finally we came to a sunken road. We lay quiet at the edge of this artificial 
ravine and listened. We could hear voices beyond the other bank, but I could distinguish 
no words. I told my companion to stay where he was; I would dash across the ravine, and 
if all was clear, I would signal for him to follow. As I jumped up the path on the opposite 
side I saw a Boche not fifteen feet in front of me. He was a little fellow, wearing the round 
gray cap with the red band; I could hear his boots clatter on the ground as he swung 
around to face me. In his right hand was a potato-masher and he was just reaching with 
his left to jerk the string. I pulled the trigger of my rifle and ducked. 

" I had the sense to jump to one side before I clambered back on my side of the road 
and dropped into a hollow under a bush. I had scarcely hit the ground before a machine- 
gun just across the ravine opened up and made me squirm into the dirt. All the machine- 
guns on the ridge to the left picked up the rat-tat-tat-tat-tat. Jerry must have thought a 
general attack was coming over. 

"It was several minutes before things quieted down enough so that I dared move. 
I looked for my comrade but could find him nowhere. I started toward our line and had 
gone back possibly halfway when I saw a Boche ahead of me. He was kneeling against a 
tree, facing our lines, and he held a rifle. 'Sniper,' I thought. I might have shot him but 
I did not dare give an alarm. I went up to him on tiptoe and slipped the point of my bay- 
onet over his shoulder. He did not move. I looked over his shoulder so that I could see his 
face. He was dead. 

"Believing that I had lost my comrade, I made my way^back to the hole where I 
had left my men. To my great relief my companion hailed me with the exclamation, 'I 
never expected to see you again.' I asked him if I had gotten the Boche. 'Well,' he 
said, 'he did not throw the grenade.'" 

THE THIRD ATTACK 

The American forces were now in contact with the Kriemhilde Line and on the 
morning of the fourteenth another general attack was ordered. Though many Tech men 
participated in the affair, few have given any account of it. Lieutenant Fred D. Menden- 
hall, '14, of the 7th Engineers, in a letter to Professor Spofford says: "On October 14 we 
went over the top with the Infantry, our mission being to put footbridges over a small 
stream when they arrived there. However our barrage did not destroy the enemy machine- 
guns, and the machine-gun and counter-shell fire was so terrific that most of our men were 
killed or wounded before we could gain our objective." 

A few days later Mendenhall highly distinguished himself by wiring in the outpost 
line of the 5th Division. The position, which was on an exposed ridge north of Cunel, was 

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under machine-gun fire from the Bois-de-Rappes and was raked by artillery from Bois-de- 
Bantheville and the Heights of the Meuse. Nevertheless the position was wired success- 
fully, and for his skill and perseverance Mendenhall received the Distinguished Service 
Cross. 

Another of our men who won the Cross about this time was Douglas B. Baker, '15. 
Baker was a lieutenant in the 30th Infantry, and had already served with distinction 
at the defense of the Marne, where he had been wounded. During the fighting in Bois- 
de-Cunel, and the first attacks on Bois-de-Pultiere, he had charge of the communications 
of a portion of the 3d Division. He was constantly under heavy fire, repairing telephone 
wires, and on many occasions personally carried messages through shell-swept areas. 

The maintenance of telephonic communication under fire was always difficult, 
and many other Tech men were engaged in it. The work is well described by Private 
Minot R. Edwards, '22, who served as a member of the 101st Field Signal Battalion. 
"There were sixteen of us on line work and we worked in pairs, the officer in charge send- 
ing us out in order as we came on the list whenever the lines were broken by shells or by 
ammunition caissons. In a quiet trench sector, the wires were laid in the trenches, but 
in an active sector, where there were no trenches, they were just laid on the ground. In 
the Beaumont- Verdun sector, the lines changed every day; our infantry of the 26th 
Division would attack and capture a front a quarter of a mile deep, but the casualties 
would be so great that it would be lost to the counter-attack. 

"The signal men always had work to do when the shelling was going on. When 
it was quiet, they rested in a corrugated iron house piled on top and at the sides with earth. 
During the last month before the armistice I averaged three trips a night to hunt for 
breaks in the line. We would be called by a runner and told what line was broken; we 
picked up a test 'phone, rubbed our eyes and were ready. We started from the dugout 
where the switchboard was installed, got hold of the wire and ran along with it trailing 
through our hands, till we suddenly came to the end and stumbled in the hole the shell 
made when it broke the line. Then we groped for the other broken end, spliced the ends 
together, tested the line and tried to get away before another shell hit in the same place." 

Meanwhile important events had happened elsewhere. When the great attack 
against the Argonne position had been launched by Marshal Foch, arrangements had also 
been made to strike at the opposite end of the German salient. This plan included an 
attack by the British and Belgians at the extreme northern end of the line, and an attack 
on the famous Hindenburg position about midway between Cambrai and St. Quentin. 

The events leading up to this attack have been briefly recorded by our friend in the 
Scots Guards, who says, "In the early days of August a setpiece battle was arranged for 
the front between Arras and Achiet-le-Grand. This battle was a big success, and my bat- 
talion was engaged at the Dudas Farm and St. Leger. The actions which followed this 
in quick succession brought us to the Hindenburg Line — about five miles in front of 
Cambrai and astride of the Canal du Nord. The battle of the Canal du Nord, which took 
place on September 27, was another big setpiece affair. My battalion was engaged, and 
we had an excellent shoot in the early afternoon against the Germans at Graincourt, just 
south of Bourlon Wood. We captured a German field gun and used it with considerable 
effect against the German troops retiring from this village. The Guards Division sus- 
tained a good many casualties on this day, but took a large number of prisoners and cap- 
tured the objectives which had been assigned to them. 

"We were withdrawn after this battle and had quite a time to refit and make up 
casualties before getting in again, on October 11, for the Battle of St. Hilaire." 

In the action at the Canal du Nord, two American divisions, the 27th and 30th, 
took part. The sector assigned to them was opposite the town of Le Catelet where the 
Canal passes through a three-mile tunnel. The canal was now a great empty ditch and was 
impassable to tanks save on the hill above the tunnel, where it had been especially well 
fortified against just that type of attack. 

Before the main positions could be assaulted it was necessary to capture certain 
•outlying positions, especially, Gillemont Farm and the "Knoll." To carry these positions 
the 106th United States Infantry went forward on September 27. The German lines were 

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Infantry of the 27th Division, Comrades of H. O. Sommer, '16, Following a 
British Tank through the Hostile Wire, September 13, 1918 



(U. S. Official) 



quickly penetrated, but almost immediately the defenders issued from numerous dugouts 
and attacked the Americans in the flank and rear. To make matters worse, the British 
to the left were unable to get forward. The American organizations were quickly broken 
up and the fight went on for hours, becoming steadily more confused. Sergeant James H. 
Evans, '23, after being badly wounded, became isolated with a number of others in German 
territory. His little party held out for some hours but, being all more or less severely 
wounded, were unable to make any very effective resistance and were finally taken pris- 
oners and sent to Germany. Evans was imprisoned in Westphalia where he lived on a 
daily ration consisting of a bowl of thin soup, a piece of black bread, and coffee made of 
burnt barley until food reached him and his companions from the Red Cross. 

At 5.50 on the morning of the twenty-ninth, the 107th and 108th Infantry went 
in to carry the assault through. Owing to the fact that members of the 106th were 
still holding out among the shell holes and barbed wire, it was not deemed advisable to lay 
down a barrage close in front of the advancing infantry, and as a result the artillery 
fire merely served as a warning to the Germans that the attack was coming. The 
assault proved one of the hardest pieces of fighting in history. The Americans went on 
climbing over the barbed-wire, crawling around pill-boxes, and advancing inch by inch, 
only to find when they had penetrated some distance that the Germans had appeared 
from holes and tunnels, and were pouring in a murderous fire from the rear. The British 
were not yet up, and counter-attacks came from the left flank. The advance continued, 
but slowly the organizations dissolved. By two o'clock in the afternoon the crest of the 
Bellicourt and Noroy ridges had been crossed and the north end of the tunnel was in 
American hands, but the whole territory was the scene of a free-for-all fight. Americans 
and Germans of all ranks were mixed together. They fought with clubbed rifle, bomb and 
bayonet, or hugged the ground to escape the streams of machine-gun bullets and splinters 
of bursting shell. In this struggle the 108th Infantry is said to have lost practically one- 
half of its strength; among those killed was Lieutenant Henry O. Sommer, '16. 

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had also attacked to the westward of the Argonne Forest in Champagne, and with them 
two American divisions were serving, namely, the 2d and 36th. We have little account of 
this affair from the Tech men who took part in it, but a number, nevertheless, won dis- 
tinction. On October 3, Lieutenant Herbert W. Barrett, '19, when all the officers in his 
company had become casualties, reorganized the men and led them in an attack which 
captured a machine-gun nest; he later rescued two of his men who had been wounded and 
buried by a high explosive shell, and was himself wounded while administering first aid to 
another while under machine-gun fire. Past Assistant Surgeon Dwight Dickinson, Jr., '08, 
distinguished himself near St. Etienne, by attending to his wounded under the most 
intense fire, even though his dressing station was hit and destroyed. Both of these men 
received the Distinguished Service Cross. Sergeant Colin B. Joe, of whom we shall hear 
more later, received the Croix de Guerre, while Colonel Feland of the 5th Marines, and 
many of the other Tech men already mentioned in connection with the fighting at Chateau- 
Thierry, once more won recognition. 

As was subsequently learned from prisoners, this action, together with that of the 
British further north, had a powerful influence upon the Argonne operation, for on October 
6 orders were sent to the German forces to remove heavy materiel and to prepare to destroy 
that which could not be moved as a preparation for a general retreat. From this 
time on the action of the Argonne was a rear-guard action on the part of the Germans, 
of frightful severity, it is true, but like all rear-guard actions bound finally to be 
broken off. 

Toward the end of October the American Army brought in comparatively fresh 
troops: namely, the 89th and 90th Divisions, and each upon arrival immediately attacked 
and carried limited objectives with comparatively small losses. On the evening of the 
twenty-third great fires could be seen burning behind the German lines. The hostile shel- 
ling in the American rear areas began to slacken, and the American artillery moved for- 
ward to take up positions for the final attack. Hundreds of guns were brought up around 
Romagne and west of Bois-de-Bantheville, while the roads through Cierges and Romagne 
were choked with ammunition trucks and cannon. A new spirit seemed to be coming over 







Infantry of the 32c! Division Going Over the Top in the First 
Unsuccessful Attack on Bantheville, October 18, 1918 

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the men. Discouragement and fatigue began to give way to excitement and elation. It 
seemed to be in the very air. 

Captain John H. Ruckman, '10, describes how on the afternoon of the twenty- 
eighth he saw a battery of 75's standing in the open, with not a particle of camouflage. 
A few hundred feet above circled a German plane. Two Hotchkiss machine-guns were 
pouring a continuous stream of bullets at the German, but otherwise no one seemed to 
pay the least attention. The battery commander stood behind his guns, megaphone in 
hand, calling the data, and the gunners were firing salvo after salvo as though no German 
counter-battery guns existed. 

The sound of the American guns swelled steadily; activity in the roads and bare fields 
became more apparent. All at once the sound of the artillery fire altered and was almost 
drowned by the anti-aircraft guns. The light from the setting sun changed color and wavered ; 




(U. S. Official) 

Supports of the 32c! Division Taking Cover on the Reverse Slope near Romagne, October 18, 1918 



in the west the great balloon of the 5th Corps was coming down in flames, collapsing slowly 
and turning over and over. Perhaps a hundred feet below outlined against the crimson 
sky could be seen a faint half-sphere of purple, the parachute of the observer, while above, 
in a cloud of bursting shrapnel a tiny black German pursuit plane was twisting and sliding 
its erratic course toward home. As the balloon swept downward it seemed for a moment 
that it would fall squarely upon the parachute, yet by some good fortune it missed and 
sank into the woods, leaving behind a great pillar of smoke. 

The occupant of the parachute was Lieutenant Arthur R. Stubbs, '14, and his own 
account of the affair is most interesting. "The visibility had been poor but about two 
o'clock on the twenty-eighth the mist rose sufficiently to make observation practicable 
and the 'Sausage' of the 8th Balloon Company was sent aloft with myself in the basket. 
Many encouraging remarks were supplied by the onlookers, such as, 'Bet you twenty 
francs he isn't up over an hour.' 'Aw go on, bet you five to one it isn't burned before 
four o'clock.' As the afternoon progressed, a heavy haze which hung at about six hundred 
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directed that the cable be let out to twelve hundred meters. Generally speaking, the 
Boches always attacked balloons flying higher than eight hundred, so that it was not sur- 
prising that shortly afterward word came from the ground, ' Look out for yourself, there's 
a Boche up there,' and a little later, 'It's all right now, he's turning away.' As this 
warning had been heard three times before during the afternoon, no special attention was 
paid to it. Furthermore, an aerial conflict was about to occur in the north between fifteen 
allied planes and some twenty Boches, which undoubtedly distracted the attention of 
the ground lookouts, as well as my own. 

" Suddenly there came the rattle of machine-guns and the burst of anti-aircraft 
shells. I searched vainly for a hostile plane, at the same time straining my ear at the tele- 
phone for warning from the ground. After a considerable period a voice yelled, 'Why in 
hell don't you jump?' No time was lost in disconnecting the telephone and vaulting over 
the side of the basket; as I jumped I could see coming down the sun-streak from the rear, 
a Fokker plane which was pouring forth incendiary bullets, a few of which had penetrated 
the balloon, and set it on fire. 

" Soon a slight pressure on the body harness was felt, and I saw that the parachute 
had opened after a drop of four or five hundred feet. The balloon was by now completely 
ablaze and was being dragged down at a tremendous velocity by the winch. Since there 
was absolutely no wind the parachute did not drift off, but was nearly in line with the 
flaming gas bag. The two passed each other by a very narrow margin, the parachute and 
I being obscured from the ground by the smoke of the burning mass. 

"A little later I landed safely at the edge of a little clearing. Conversation with 
the manoeuvring officer indicated that the command which I had heard was the fourth 
instruction to jump. The first three apparently were not spoken into the transmitter 
because of the excitement of the operator. 

"Bets were settled on the basis of an elapsed time in the air of an hour and fifty- 



nine minutes." 



THE FINAL ATTACK OF NOVEMBER FIRST 



Early on the morning of the first of November the guns of the American Army 
commenced to chant their final song of triumph. At 5.30 a.m. the infantry surged forward. 
This time no unforeseen obstacles interfered. There was no shell-torn No Man's Land, 
no masses of barbed wire, merely country and woods held by men and guns. It is true 
that the positions were of great natural strength, but this advantage was completely 
neutralized by the work of the American artillery. The artillery of the 5th Corps, which 
had been assigned the deepest advance, was commanded during this operation by Briga- 
dier-General D. E. Aultman, '95, a regular army officer who several years ago had come to 
the Institute to study special technical problems, and of whom we have already heard as 
the commander of the 5th Field Artillery during the Soissons offensive. For his skill as an 
artillerist displayed on November I, he received the Distinguished Service Medal, and 
never was it more justly given. German captives when questioned as to the effect of the 
American fire stated, "Das war nicht ein Sperrefeur. Das war ein Munitionskellerexplo- 
sion," or in other words, "It was not a barrage, it was an ammunition dump explo- 
sion." The fire was arranged not only to bring a deluge of shell upon the defenders but 
also to play upon their psychology. Several barrages followed one another at more or 
less irregular intervals. The Germans, hearing one barrage pass, would lift their heads 
expecting to see the advancing infantry, only to be immediately beaten down by another 
tornado of shell. 

Another phase of the preparation more directly under General Aultman's super- 
vision was the counter-battery and neutralization work of the big guns, particularly the 
long 155's of the Coast Artillery. Thanks to the Air Service, the Sound and Flash 
Ranging Engineer details and the work of the men of the Intelligence Section, the 
positions of many of the German batteries were known with considerable accuracy. 
Furthermore, it was possible to forecast every possible line of retreat. Accordingly, with 
the opening of the bombardment, a terrific counter-battery fire was laid upon every hostile 
position known: the deep ravines in the rear of the Germans, through which their principal 

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Long 155's Supporting the Infantry with Long-Range Fire 



(TJ. S. Official) 



paths of retreat lay, were smothered in phosgene, while the points which might serve as 
emergency centers of resistance, or as shelter for reserves, were rendered untenable by 
mustard gas. 

The work of the Artillery was not confined entirely to long-range firing. Many 
guns were assigned to accompany the Infantry. One battalion of the 314th Field Artillery, 
a regiment in which a number of Tech men served, supported the attack of the 180th 
Infantry Brigade. These guns in breaking up machine-gun nests galloped forward with the 
front line of the infantry and, in spite of casualties, unlimbered in the midst of a hand-to- 
hand fight and literally blew the hostile guns and gunners off the map. Every man in the 
battalion was subsequently cited for valor. 

The Infantry also went forward with great spirit. An incident may serve as an 
example. Lieutenant Charles B. Busey, '12, had been assigned to the Army Specialist 
School at Langres, where he had charge of instruction in musketry and bayonet fighting. 
Feeling that he could not properly teach these subjects until he had actually seen service 
at the front, he had repeatedly asked to be attached to a division during active operations. 
As a result, the latter part of October, he was sent to the 78th Division, and temporarily 
attached to Company L in the 310th Infantry. This particular company on the morning 
of the first jumped off from the St. Juvin-Grand Pre road and advanced northward against 
Bois-de-Loges. The attack started up the smooth slope, but was quickly stopped by a 
single machine-gun so placed as to command the path of advance of the entire battalion. 
Busey volunteered with a corporal and two privates to capture the gun. The two privates 
were both killed, but Busey and the corporal succeeded in outflanking the gun and rushing 
it. The Germans at once fled, but as they did so hurled grenades, one of which burst at 
Busey's feet and killed him. 

By nightfall the advance had penetrated the German lines to a depth of nine kilo- 
meters and the enemy was retreating rapidly upon the left of the American forces. He 
still held on the right, however, and the average advance of the 2d, 89th, and 90th Divi- 
sions on November 2 was only about two kilometers, while some of these divisions suffered 
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assault. In the last paragraph of one of the orders for this attack we find it stated that 
" Captain J. H. Ruckman will establish an observation post and advance center of infor- 
mation on Hill 243." The next morning, just before zero hour, which was set for eight 
o'clock, he was in position. At about fifteen minutes to zero the American heavy artillery 
had begun to pound, and along the front edge of Bois-de-Tailly, earth, sod, pieces of brush 
and splinters of tree trunks were being hurled into the air. A few stray shells from the 
enemy's batteries across the Meuse fell on the smooth, grassy surface of No Man's Land 
where the scattered bodies of Americans and Germans told of yesterday's struggle. Zero 
hour came nearer and nearer. There was no increase in the enemy's fire. Finally it was 
eight o'clock and the American barrage began slowly to roll through the forest. Still there 
was no response. The observer looked to right and left and saw two battalions of infantry 
rising from the shell holes and starting toward the edge of the woods. Further and further 
they moved. Still there was no hostile fire. Was it a trap? The leading wave of the 
battalions was within twenty feet of the brush. There was a flicker of bayonets and a 
rush, but there came not a sound save the lessening roar of the barrage as it marched north- 
ward. The enemy had fled. The battle of the Meuse-Argonne was over. The day of 
glory had arrived. 

PURSUIT TO THE MEUSE 

The defile of the Argonne had been forced. The American Army now set out to 
pursue the enemy to Sedan and the Meuse. The advance was so rapid that it was next 
to impossible for the artillery to keep up, and many commanders had experiences similar 
to that of Major Chauncey F. Ruoff, '14, who says, "That evening — November 1 — we 
learned that one of the other battalions was moving forward, and next morning orders 
came directing a reconnaissance in the vicinity of Landreville. As we passed through the 
Landres et St. Georges, which had been in the German front line the previous morning, we 
noticed that the enemy had been completely surprised, as there was an utter lack of indica- 
tions of resistance. Our shells had torn up the ground in every direction and it seemed as 
if every twenty square yards contained at least one shell hole. Further on, in the Imme- 




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court-Landreville valley, we came across six enemy batteries with the guns still placed 
just as they were when captured by our infantry the day before. Around only one of them 
were there any signs of resistance, but this one made up for the rest, as there were ten 
Germans and four Americans lying on the ground, the majority killed by bayonet or rifle 
ball. 

"It commenced raining about noon, and though we left our old position at 6.00 
p.m. of the second, owing to the poor condition of the roads and the jam of vehicles it was 
nearly 7.00 of the third before the battalion arrived at Landreville. At 1.00 a.m. on the 
fourth orders were received to move to Nouart. This we did, arriving at that place about 
one that afternoon, after a hard march over roads which were in a frightful condition. 
Upon returning, we were informed that orders had been received for the regiment to march 
to Le Gros Faux and accordingly, at one in the morning November 5, we set out, reaching 
there shortly after noon to learn that our division had attacked that morning and that the 
front lines were supposed to have reached the Meuse. Immediately we started out on 
another reconnaissance, to select positions for supporting a crossing of the Meuse at 
Mouzon. 

"When we returned we found that orders had been received directing the entire 
division to march on Sedan immediately and to seize the heights south and southwest of 
that city. The 5th Field Artillery began its march about six o'clock but at once ran into 
trouble. Every available road had been rendered impassable except to foot troops. The 
bridges were all blown up, and large sections of the road had been destroyed by mines. 
As a consequence, even though the Engineers did excellent work, it was 5.00 p.m. on the 
seventh before we reached Chemery and there learned that the division was ordered 
back. 

"In looking over my diary I find that we marched eighty-three kilometers from 
November 2 to November 10 and the division report states that some of the infantry 
regiments marched seventy-one kilometers from November 5 to 7. Considering the poor 
weather (it was raining nearly all the time), the lack of food (for two entire days we 
received no rations at all and for three others we received only half rations), and the long 
waits for orders, the way in which both men and animals stood up under the strain was 
remarkable." 

The rapid advance of the infantry was largely due to a brilliant piece of work on 
the part of the Infantry Brigade of the 2d Division, which on the evening of November 3 
succeeded in secretly penetrating the enemy's lines to a distance of some six kilometers, 
throwing his whole plan of defense into utter confusion. The great problem during this 
advance was to locate the hostile machine-gun nests, fall upon them Indian fashion, and 
dispatch or capture the defenders before they could give an alarm. In this work Sergeant 
Colin B. Joe, '23, of K Company of the 23d Infantry distinguished himself, for we read 
that "in the operations between the first and fifth of November, with complete disregard 
of his own danger, he went forward alone when the advance was held up by two machine- 
gun nests, and single-handed attacked the crews of the three machine-guns, being severely 
wounded during this action." For his skill and bravery Sergeant Joe was awarded the 
Distinguished Service Cross. 

In the meanwhile it became important to force a passage of the Meuse, and for 
this work the 5th Division was selected. Lieutenant Fred D. Mendenhall, '14, was detailed 
to build the bridge. In a letter to Professor Spofford he says, "On the nights of 
November 4 and 5 we forced a crossing of the Meuse River and Canal between Brieulles 
and Dun-sur-Meuse. In accomplishing this feat we used pontoon foot-bridges, launching 
them and quietly pushing them forward section by section. The heavy pontoon bridges 
were then constructed for the artillery to cross on." 

Across these bridges on the evening of November 4 the 6th Infantry made its way. 
A member of this command, Lieutenant William A. Gray, Jr., '17, has furnished us with 
an excellent account of what followed. 

"The 3d Battalion of the 6th Infantry, less company *M, ' marched out of the woods 
south of Brieulles-sur-Meuse about dusk November 4. Upon reaching the river, it was 
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and found temporary shelter under the bank of the canal two hundred yards beyond. 
The engineers had also launched a pontoon in the canal and it was used as a ferry. 

"It was decided to move up the canal, climb the bluff, which was about sixty feet 
high and dig in for the remainder of the night. The column had proceeded about a quar- 
ter of a mile when a machine-gun commenced to fire. Word was presently received that 
'I' Company had lost several men and could not advance further, due to a German 
machine-gun being in the way. A patrol was sent to the top of the bank to reconnoiter 
and one of the men quickly returned, shaking a German by the collar. The prisoner was 
too frightened to tell more than that they had only a few companies to oppose our advance. 
Companies 'I' and 'L' then climbed the bank and commenced digging in side by side 
but were interrupted by another machine-gun. A patrol went out to get this gun and 
about two hundred yards to the left ran into the 1st Battalion of the 6th Infantry, both 
parties receiving some casualties. While returning, members of the patrol threw them- 
selves into some fox holes to avoid a shell and fell upon a German machine-gun crew 
waiting to open up when the darkness lessened, and a few minutes later a sergeant brought 
in three prisoners he had found asleep in a covered trench which ran right through our 
position. This continued during the remainder of the night and netted in all twenty- 
eight 'Kameraden.' 

"Promptly at 6.30 a.m. Companies 'I' and 'L' attacked, encountering little resist- 
ance. The enemy machine-guns had been sited on the bank of the canal to defend the 
crossing and could not be turned around rapidly enough to halt the advance; six or eight 
guns were captured before their crews realized what was happening. The advance led 
through the Bois-de-Chatillon where some very close fighting took place but the superiority 
with the rifle was with the Americans and casualties were slight. The Kriemhilde Line 
was pierced to a width of a mile and the Germans could be seen running over the hills, 
throwing away equipment as they went; about two o'clock in the afternoon the Bois-de- 
Chatillon was reported free of Germans." 

It may be noted that Gray was wounded a little later but continued to lead his 
men for several days. In fact he did not report to the dressing station until assured that 
the armistice had been signed; he was then evacuated, and later was cited in divisional 
orders for his courage and grit. 

OUR AVIATORS 

Aviation appears from the start to have been popular with our men, and no fewer 
than 386 were members of the Air Service, the majority of whom were pilots. 

Tech men frequently found themselves working with other Tech men by accident 
both in the air and between the air and ground. Thus it came about that one day in 
May, 1917, a battery of 270 mm. mortars was registering upon an enemy target. The fire 
was being regulated by an airplane from which Lieutenant Jimmy Wooten, who 
later on was killed, was sending the data. His signals were received by Lieutenant 
(later Captain) William H. Eaton, '17, who was a battalion signal officer. He decoded 
the messages and forwarded the data to Captain Gardner E. Johnson, '18, who commanded 
the battery. 

In some cases a considerable portion of a squadron was made up of Tech men, and 
it is very interesting indeed to notice how familiar names occur in the records of certain 
organizations. Thus in the "History of the 91st Aero Squadron" we find the names of 
Captain Horace M. Guilbert, '18, and Captain George C. Kenney, '11, who shortly after 
reporting earned the nickname of "Bust-em-up George" by a very neat forced landing 
in the top of a tree; later we find this same squadron joined by Captain James E. Wallis, 
'17, and Captain Kenyon Roper, '18, whose brother, George, was also in the Air Service. 
To read of the adventures of these men it is only necessary to open the "History of the 
91st Aero Squadron." 

In recording the St. Mihiel operation it says, "Worse flying weather can hardly be 
imagined than that in which we flew during the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth of 
September, the three main days of the attack, but missions left and returned with their 
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rain. On account of the low clouds it was almost impossible to keep formations together, 
but in every case when a ship became separated from the others, it went over the course 
and performed the mission, most of the time flying just under the clouds, and zooming back 
into them whenever the fire from the ground became too hot or whenever the enemy chasse 
attacked. On the thirteenth Diekema and Hammond flew to Mars-la-Tour, then over to 
Gorze, and back to Chambley, at no time being over one hundred meters up. At the same 
time Strahm and 'Cap' Waliis, while on a mission southeast of Metz, were attacked by 
a Fokker at about eight hundred meters altitude. About seventy-five rounds from 'Cap' 
Wallis's pair of Lewis guns, however, sufficed, and the enemy machine crashed near Orly 
Farm, making the second official Boche for this team. Paul Hughey and Roper went out 
on a visual mission early in the morning, and five months passed without word of them. 




(U. S. Official) 



Two Members of the 91st Aero Squadron, Comrades of Kenyon Roper, '18, and 
James C. Wooten, '18, about to start on a Photographic Mission 



Strahm and Waliis had a combat with six red-nosed Pfalzes, and 'Cap'n Abe' Tabachnik 
had his machine-guns shot out of his hands during another fight." 

The death of Captain Roper was a loss to the Army and Institute Alumni, but above 
all to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Roper had two sons, George and Kenyon, both of whom 
at the outbreak of the war volunteered for the Air Service. A few weeks before, Kenyon 
had succeeded in meeting his brother while on leave, and they had spent a few days together 
before returning to duty. Kenyon had gone to the front, and George to a flying field in 
England where he was killed in an accident shortly afterward. After Kenyon's trip on 
the fourteenth, for many days it was hoped that he was a prisoner, but after the armistice 
investigations indicated only too clearly that he had lost his life, having in all probability 
been brought down near the village of Puxieux. 

Another Tech man who gained considerable fame at this time was Captain A. R. 
Brooks, '17, who says of himself, "Love to fly. Did fly. Do fly." Brooks was a pursuit 
pilot, and later a flight and squadron commander. He is Technology's only "Ace," hav- 
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Perhaps his most interesting experience was an aerial "dog fight," described by 
him more or less, as follows: "At three o'clock, our patrol was over the Salmson meeting 
place; no Salmsons were in sight. Three Fokker groups were visible however, numbering 
five, six and twelve planes respectively and the squadron commander, whom I call 'Big 
Fellow' for more reasons than his stature, headed for the center group of six to drive them 
beyond the depth that we were ordered to keep clear. 

"I was riding in the deputy leader position, which was first on the left in the 'V.' 
Intent upon the center group as we were, we permitted the last formation of twelve Fok- 
kers to get around on our right, and 'jump us'; I saw them but had not time to warn the 
rest. The center group of enemy aircraft was still far enough away not to matter, but the 
twelve had to be reckoned with immediately. By heading into them, I could draw their 
fire or could separate them, thus giving all members of our patrol a chance to look them 
over as they piled on. Before a second had passed I had penetrated the Boches' formation, 
the leader of which withheld his fire just too long. From that time on I never saw another 
one of my mates. 

"We were still at about five thousand meters, 'we' in this case referring to myself 
and eight red-nosed Richthofen Circus planes. We were ten miles behind the lines and 
my chances of escape were so slight that I figured I had come to the end. I was frankly 
scared, but by nature of my training, I suppose, I calculated to get as many of the Fokkers 
as possible before the inevitable. The only thing that saved me was that as I was entirely 
surrounded, the Germans could not shoot at me without shooting at one another, but 
nevertheless, white ribbons from their tracers cut through my wings. 

"I side-slipped continuously and upon occasion — as when one of them shot me up 
by swinging in to ride my tail- — I went through the most absurd evolutions. Twice I tried 
to ram the Fokkers that had me in a direct line with their guns. One red-nosed 'Night 
Mare' came in from my right and endeavored to draw me under by a swoop to my level 
and then perceptibly below. I had just time to dip enough to see his features before I let 
him have a few incendiary bullets. I turned upon a second and after a short, close burst 
was satisfied that he had quit, although he did not, like the first, go down in flames. 

"The pressure in my gas tank failed in certain positions and my gravity feed was 
low. Once my propeller almost stopped before I could switch from one tank to the other. 
I stared at the blade and instinctively nosed down when a bullet swept across my fore- 
head and 'slickered' through my wind-shield and into my right-hand gun, rendering it 
useless, except for single shots. 

"Two more of the Boches happened to get in my line of fire, and I finally had the relief 
of finding myself with a good two thousand meters altitude, directly over the Lachaussee 
Lake with only four of the enemy still paying me attention. Two of these, and finally one, 
kept up the chase but retreated before crossing the lines. I do not know how I got back. 
One incendiary had burned itself out in the main spar of my upper wing. Five bullet 
holes went clean through the fuselage within four inches of my back and others were scat- 
tered in several parts of the machine. " 

Later on Brooks also saw service during the Argonne, and, needless to say had 
many thrilling experiences. He ultimately became a captain and was awarded the Dis- 
tinguished Service Cross. At the present writing he remains one of the most enthusiastic 
flyers in the American service. 

The pursuit pilots, whose sole business was to hunt down and destroy hostile avi- 
ators, naturally received more notice from the public than those of their comrades engaged 
in less spectacular professions of infantry contact patrol, photographic work and short- 
distance bombing. While the pursuit pilot made it his business in life to hunt for trouble, 
he generally engaged under circumstances more or less favorable to himself. On the con- 
trary, when photographic work and short-distance bombing took place, it was generally 
under conditions favorable to the enemy. 

No work which an aviator is called upon to do is more dangerous than that of the 
infantry contact patrol. His duty is to discover the position of the friendly front line in 
order that artillery may be safely directed upon the enemy beyond. The infantry planes 
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peppered by hostile machine-gunners and light artillery, and not infrequently are obliged 
to fly so low to achieve their missions as to come into their own artillery barrage. 

It was upon a mission of this sort that Lieutenant Armin F. Herold, '09, commis- 
sioned in the Infantry but acting as an aerial observer, was wounded on June 24, 1918. 
During the preceding night the enemy had raided a portion of our lines in which the 42d 
United States Division was being relieved by the 77th United States Division and the 
61st French. On the following morning the 12th Aero Squadron was directed to locate 
the front line. The first observer to go out returned because of a serious wound caused 
by anti-aircraft artillery fire. 

Herold was then sent. On arriving at the presumed position of the front line he 
fired the usual Very signal but, as was so frequently the case, received no reply. Under 
these conditions there was but one thing to do, namely, to fly low enough to recognize the 
uniforms of the men, but by so doing he immediately drew fire from hundreds of enemy 
machine-guns. The colors of the French, German and American uniforms appear much 
alike from a short distance, especially on a misty morning, and Herold had not yet 
succeeded in establishing the position of the front line troops, when he was hit and 
severely wounded. For his work upon this occasion, however, he received the Croix de 
Guerre. 

Day bombing was also an interesting and exciting type of work. Perhaps no more 
typical example can be given than the following account by Lieutenant Donald D. Warner, 
'18, of the 96th Aero Squadron of his last bombing expedition in the Moselle sector. 

"By ten-thirty we had reached an altitude of forty-two hundred meters and were 
approaching Verdun. Passing over the ruined city we crossed the lines and were over 
German territory. That the enemy suspected our mission was quickly indicated by a 
savage burst of anti-aircraft shells all around us. Gundelach was a wily old leader, however, 
and had no intention of losing any of his planes to 'Archies.' He side-slipped to the 
right, losing a hundred meters' altitude and was followed by the rest of the formation. 
The success of this ruse was manifest when the next burst of shells took place far above 
us and to the left. We now climbed back to our original altitude and kept on, although 
Archie constantly obliged us to repeat the manoeuvre. 

"Our objective, Conflans, soon came into sight. Conflans was a German railroad 
center where several lines which carried supplies to the front formed a junction. As we 
approached the city we were startled to see a red signal light floating off behind us indi- 
cating that some one had discovered enemy aircraft and fired the warning, and upon look- 
ing behind and below we saw them coming in two formations of five and six respectively. 
They were Pfalz scout planes, single seaters, and with speed enough to fly circles around 
us. Gundelach, however, had orders to bomb Conflans, and he intended to do it if the 
whole German air force came after him. We were now in position to drop the bombs, 
and at a signal from the leading observer let them go. Half a minute later we were grati- 
fied to see black puffs of smoke rising from among the tracks; we had cut the lines. 

"Our attention was immediately distracted by the rat-tat-tat of machine-guns, as 
tracer bullets began to stream by uncomfortably close. Our friends the Pfalz were upon 
us, resolved to make us pay dearly for spoiling their town. The formation of six had 
climbed above us and was now diving headlong, while the other five were attacking from 
the rear and below. The machines from above swept by like a hurricane, and swinging 
round joined the other formation a hundred yards to our rear. Meantime Gundelach had 
headed back toward the lines, which were about twenty miles distant. At the same time 
our old friends the Archies attempted a diversion, but we had no time to pay any atten- 
tion, for the Pfalz were still with us as was evidenced by the little rips and tears appearing 
in the wings and fuselage of our planes. 

"Our observers were also doing good shooting, for three minutes after the German 
attack began one of the Pfalz started to smoke and then, bursting into flames, disap- 
peared from sight. A few minutes later another followed. We had not lost a plane as yet 
and were keeping close together in good formation. My pilot, however, kept me in a state 
bordering on nervous prostration by persistently looking round to see how the fight was 
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and grinned at me as though it were the best joke ever. When the third Hun plane went 
down in flames I was afraid he was going to jump off the machine. " 

In this affair one of the pilots and two of the observers, including Warner, were 
seriously wounded, while another observer had his goggles shot off. The affair took place 
so far over the German lines that only one of the German planes was seen to fall by ter- 
restrial observers, and officially credited to the squadron. Captain Warner, for his pluck 
and for the splendid manner in which he led his squadron, holding it together and beat- 
ing off the hostile attacks received the Distinguished Service Cross. He was, however, so 
badly wounded that he was unable again to take part in hostilities. 

It has been said that the pursuit pilots received more notoriety than those engaged 
in bombing and photographic work, but this was not always true of squadrons. Every 
one has heard of that most extraordinary organization known as the Independent Air 
Force of the Royal Air Forces. This group of squadrons was a complete unit in itself, 
acting under orders of the Allied General Staff. Its special duty was that of bombing mili- 
tary objectives within Germany. As these objectives were frequently in the centers of 
large and populous towns, civilians were sometimes killed by their bombs. Their work 
served to bring home to the German people the results of their own attacks on London and 
Paris, and the increasing activity of the unit undoubtedly was one of the strongest influences 
in breaking down the morale of the German population and bringing about the armistice. 

One Tech man, Lieutenant Kenneth M. Cunningham, '19, although a member of 
the American Air Forces, was attached to this squadron. He writes: "Many people have 
visited Cologne, Coblenz and other Rhine cities since the signing of the armistice, and they 
have remarked on how small an amount of damage was done in these places. True, for the 
cities themselves were not the objectives, and although they sometimes were favored with 
our gifts, the usual targets were the encampments surrounding and in the vicinity of 
the cities. These camps were continually being destroyed and were almost equally as fast 
replaced. During the month of August, 1918, the aerodrome at Morhange was completely 
destroyed on two occasions, and each time entirely rebuilt. In cases like this one, it became 
almost a game to see if we could destroy as fast as they could replace. 



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"A certain raid on Cologne will always remain in my memory for it was one time 
when, to us3 the popular phrase, we 'slipped one over on Heinie.' The raid took place 
sometime during July, 1918, and on the particular morning we were aroused from our 
beds about three o'clock. It was a clear night, a magnificent one for a raid, and we were 
eager to get back at Heinie, for only three hours previously he had been paying his respects 
to us. At four-thirty everything was ready and off we went, up, up and up. When we 
reached ten thousand feet I looked down and saw we were over Nancy and headed north- 
west. As the twelve machines flew along in two flights of six each they were indeed a 
pretty sight. At twelve thousand feet we were crossing the lines over Verdun, and then 
headed northeast. As usual we picked our way north of Thionville, for that spot was a 
nest of Archies, then back to Moselle and on past Ehrang, Treves and Cochem. Soon 
we were just west of Coblenz. Clouds were gathering fast; far below we could see them 
rolling by and noted that they came from the north. By this time we had reached our 
maximum height (about fifteen thousand feet) for the load of bombs which we carried, 
each machine having an average of about two hundred and fifty pounds. 

"At seven-thirty we were over Cologne, or at least thought we were, for not a 
glimpse of the earth could be had. I began wondering what to do, for after coming one 
hundred and eighty miles we could ill afford to drop our gifts anywhere; they must be 
placed in a suitable spot in order to be appreciated. While I pondered this problem Heinie 
came forth and solved it. How? Oh, so easy, that when I think of it now I smile. It so 
happened that surrounding Cologne were batteries of anti-aircraft guns and when they 
heard us hovering about they put up a box barrage around the city to scare us away. 
Instead of doing this they were unwisely showing us its exact location. All that was nec- 
essary was to fly into the center of the barrage and 'pull plugs.' 

"The German 'official' next day gave us credit for some destruction and much panic 
among the inhabitants with slight casualties. I do not vouch for the truth of their state- 
ments, but do know that about a month later, when on another raid on Cologne and 
encountering nearly the same atmospheric conditions, Heinie did not put up a box barrage. 

"Another raid, that on the powder factory at Oberndorf, was as spectacular a one 
as I have ever seen. In a large wood to the north of the town were scattered many small 
wooden buildings, each one for powder storage. In this wood on one fine morning in 
August, 19 1 8, we scattered some three thousand pounds of high explosive and incendiary 
bombs. The result was indescribable. Belches of flame and smoke many hundreds of 
feet in length shot up into space, and before we could get away the effect of the enormous 
explosions could be felt even in the machines. 

"On the way back we encountered some Huns from Offenburg and our journey 
became a running fight. We ran out of ammunition and then observers took to shooting 
Very lights. Whether or not the Hun thought we had some new kind of hell I do not 
know, but at any rate the lights had the desired effect and he soon left us and drifted back 
home." 

Another of our men who took part in work of a very similar nature was Lieutenant 
Arthur R. Knight, '17. Knight was a member of the American Air Service and at the 
completion of his training was assigned to a French squadron, and took part in bombing 
the Austrian fortresses on the opposite coast of the Adriatic. He later qualified as a night 
bomber and was attached to a squadron of Capronis near Chalons. As a member of this 
squadron he participated in the long distance night raids upon the Rhine towns especially 
Cologne, Frankfort, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Carlsruhe, Mayence and 
Strasbourg, and even had the distinction of bombing Essen. 

The instances which have been given of the work of Tech men in battle, either on 
the ground or in the air, have not been chosen because they were conspicuous examples 
of valor. Indeed, it will be noticed that a comparatively small number of those acts for 
which our men received citations and decorations have been included. The incidents 
have been selected rather with the object of recording, for the benefit of those who were 
unable to participate and those who will come after, the average or typical nature of the 
duties performed by our men in various units. 

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OUR AVIATORS 






A ' AMERICAN BRIDGEHEAD BOUNDARY. 



J 



PASSACE BEYOJfJ) THIS POIff-T f OH 1MB DEN 
EXCEPT BY PROPER AUTHORITY. 




The End of the Trail 



As we pass on to other men connected with the army we shall find them, for the 
most part, occupying administrative positions or carrying on scientific investigations. 
These men, in large part, are of the older classes, and their work as individuals may appear 
more "important" than that of these younger representatives of the Institute, many 
of whose duties consisted merely of rising from a wet shell hole, rifle in hand, and starting 
forward through the morning mist towards they knew not what, or plunging headlong 
through banks of cloud, scarcely conscious whether they were right side up or upside 
down. Yet, in another sense, no work could have been more important, for it was upon 
their skill, their patience and their unflinching courage that the safety of the Nation rested. 
It was they who cheerfully faced death and worse than death in the service of their coun- 
try. Their acts were, for the most part, performed in the sight of but a few faithful com- 
rades, and what experience they gained will be of little use to them in future years. Yet 
it is to them and to their comrades that such measure of success as attended the allied 
arms must be mainly attributed, and the Institute, the Nation, and the World owe to them 
a lasting debt of gratitude. 

STAFF AND SERVICE OF SUPPLY 

An army of two million men cannot be controlled by a single brain. No human 
being possesses sufficiently wide and exact knowledge to perform such a feat. The com- 
mander-in-chief, to be sure, determines the general policies, but even in this he must be 
guided to a certain extent by the advice of experts, that is to say, by a staff. Furthermore, 
the execution of the policies must be left largely in the hands of other experts — chiefs 
of departments and services. Neither can these carry out the commander's orders without 
additional information and aid supplied by other specialists. Many Tech men acted both 
at home and abroad as members of the General Staff or as chiefs or assistant chiefs in the 
various services. Those whose activities are here recorded are for the most part those con- 
cerning whom the best information is at hand or those whose work may seem the most 
noteworthy and typical, the instances being chosen in part for the importance of the work 
performed and in part for its general interest to the reader. 

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Among our graduates and former students who served as members of the Staff of 
the American Expeditionary Forces perhaps the most conspicuous are Colonel Edgar S. 
Gorrell, '17, and Colonel Forrest E. Williford, '17. Previous to the outbreak of hostilities 
both had been captains in the Regular Army, Gorrell being commissioned in the Aviation 
Section of the Signal Corps, and Williford in the Coast Artillery. In the fall of 1916 they 
had been ordered to the Institute for post-graduate work. 

Colonel Gorrell was one of the army officers who studied in the Course in Aero- 
nautical Engineering, and in the spring of 1917 he had qualified for his master's degree, 
when, at the declaration of war, he was ordered to the office of the Chief Signal Officer of 
the Army at Washington. In May he was promoted to major and shortly afterward was 
sent to England, together with Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Clarke, '15, as a member of the 
Boiling Mission. This mission was one of the greatest importance, for its duties were to 
select the best European equipment which could be manufactured in the United States, 
and with this as a basis, to formulate the entire airplane production program. Gorrell 
evidently performed his duties with exceptional vigor and efficiency, for he received the 
Distinguished Service Medal. 

In October, 191 7, he became a lieutenant-colonel and still later was promoted to 
colonel. He saw active service at the front and won the British Distinguished Service 
Order, being the only Tech man to do so, and was also appointed a chevalier of the Legion 
of Honor. He held a series of important positions culminating with his appointment as 
chief of staff of the Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces. 

Williford also received his master's degree from the Institute in 1917; he was shortly 
afterwards ordered to Newport, R. I., where regiments of Coast Artillery were being formed, 
and subsequently went to France. He was rapidly promoted to major, lieutenant-colonel, 
and finally colonel, and was placed in charge of all instruction in trench artillery for the 
American Expeditionary Forces. While occupying this position he frequently visited the 
front and participated in the fighting about Chateau-Thierry and the battle of the Argonne. 
Under his direction and in co-operation with work performed by our allies, and by other 
departments of our own army, the range, accuracy and general effectiveness of the trench 
mortar was very greatly increased, and in recognition of his services he was cited by the 
Commander-in-Chief. 

Another officer of the Regular Army who was engaged in staff work was Colonel 
James L. Walsh, '07. Walsh, as a captain, attended the Institute from 1903 to 1905 and 
was assigned to the office of the Chief of Ordnance. During the war he served as chief 
of the Personnel Division, as a staff observer with the armies of England, France and Italy; 
he was also confidential assistant to the Chief of Ordnance in charge of military intelligence 
relating to weapons and ammunition. 

Military intelligence work has two distinct phases; first, learning the methods and 
intentions of the enemy; second, preventing them from obtaining similar information. 
The latter phase is carried on in part by a secret service work and in part by censorship. 
Of the work of Tech men in secret service, nothing can be said, although a number appear 
to have held positions, the titles of which suggest such activity. Of their activities in the 
matter of censorship, however, we are much better informed, for Major B. A. Adams, '98, 
was the base censor of the American Expeditionary Forces. He had general supervision 
of the enforcement of censorship regulations as well as the examination of correspondence. 
So well did he carry on his work that he was cited by the Commander-in-Chief. Speaking 
of his work he says: "The occurrences ranged from sublime to ridiculous. 

"Once I received a letter from a mother in the Middle West, who requested that I 
intercept all letters going to her son, from two women in his home town; she stated that 
these women were married and 'had absolutely no business to pester her son' with their 
correspondence. She mentioned the names of the two ladies, but neglected to give either 
the name or the organization of her son and signed herself Mrs. Blank! 

"On another occasion a soldier, who had the common impression that we were the 
source of nearly everything, applied for the issue of a sewing machine and an electric flat- 
iron, stating that he had arrived at a permanent station and had the opportunity to become 
a post tailor. 

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"The Tower of Babel had nothing on our foreign-language section. We handled 
exactly fifty languages aside from English, and did it all in one office with the exception 
of Welsh, Japanese and Chinese. We had a working arrangement for the first and second 
with our allies, and the other was taken care of by a ' Y' secretary with a Chinese labor 
camp. Our readers were all taken from the enlisted or officer personnel of the Army, and 
one or two had the record of being able to translate twelve different languages. The whole 
department was, however, puzzled twice, once when we received a letter from an illiterate 
French-Canadian soldier which was written in phonetic French. The other was similar, 
but was an English letter written by a Swede." 

Another of our men engaged in similar work has recorded an equally difficult cryp- 
togram which proved to be a telegram written in Welsh, sent by an operator in American 
Morse, and received by a German acquainted only with Continental code. 

Another branch of the General Staff abroad was the Chemical Service. It handled 
problems of all natures, not only analyzing "duds" and doing similar work in connection 
with the usual work of the Chemical Warfare Service but also solving all chemical problems 
which were presented to the American Expeditionary Forces, of whatever nature. The 
personnel of this service was selected by Colonel William H. Walker (see page 255) who 
was its first director. The laboratory of this service which was located at Puteaux was 
directed by Major Frederick G. Keyes, our associate professor of physico-chemical research. 
His problem was a difficult one, for apparatus from the United States was not easy to 
obtain and that which could be obtained in France was both scarce and of a type to 
which most members of the staff were comparatively unaccustomed. Nevertheless, the 
laboratory was organized and administered with great efficiency; Keyes, who had ori- 
ginally entered the service as a captain, was promoted to major and recommended for 
a lieutenant-colonelcy. However, he did not receive the last promotion, because of the 
policy adopted after the armistice by which only a few selected men were promoted. 

Before leaving the work of our men on the Staff of the American Expeditionary Forces, 
it may be mentioned that Lieutenant Colonel D. B. Sanger was assistant chief signal officer. 
Previous to the war he had no connection with the Institute, but has since been assigned 
here for graduate work with the class of 1920. 

The Staff selects the equipment of an army and determines its movements, but the 
procurement of the material and the actual transportation rest with other departments 
and services. Of these none is more important than the Quartermaster Department, 
which sees to the supply of practically all equipment except weapons, ammunition and 
airplanes. Probably the highest purely military office held by any Tech man during hos- 
tilities was that of chief quartermaster of the American Expeditionary Forces, a position 
filled by Brigadier (later Major) General Harry L. Rogers, '89. Rogers attended the 
Institute for two years, 1885 and 1886, taking special work. At the outbreak of war he 
was a colonel of the Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. In August, 1917, he was com- 
missioned brigadier-general and was almost immediately appointed Chief Quartermaster 
of the American Expeditionary Forces. In this position he had charge of the supply of all 
subsistence, clothing and equipage for the two million men in France, and also had the 
duty of evolving a system by which the additional two million who were to be sent over 
should be taken care of. The work involved what amounted to the planning of a national 
railway and canal system, the estimate of the size and location of storehouses and depots, 
refrigerating plants, and remount depots, the purchase of land, building material, food, 
horses and thousands of other articles, the disbursement of funds and many minor matters. 

The general scope of the work can be judged from a few items noted in the report of 
Benedict Crowell, Director of Munitions. In November, 1918, General Rogers' depart- 
ment was distributing not less than nineteen tons of coffee per day; tobacco was also part 
of the ration, and each month twenty million cigars and over four hundred million cigar- 
ettes were consumed. Candy was a minor component of the soldier's diet, and in Novem- 
ber, 191 8, nearly one million four hundred thousand pounds of this material were handled. 
Altogether, up to December 1, 1918, over one hundred and twenty-five thousand tons of 
beef (from which bones had been removed) and two hundred and seventy thousand tons 
of flour were landed in France and either stored or distributed. 

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Clothing was handled in similar quantity, three million blankets and nine million 
shoes being among the items. Under General Rogers a new method of clothing distribu- 
tion was inaugurated. Previously American organizations carried a supply of extra cloth- 
ing with them, the men washing the old clothing and changing to the spare set from time 
to time. In France units moved so often that the transportation of this clothing would 
have entailed excessive demands on railways and truck trains; moreover, there were few 
opportunities to wash; finally the clothes of the men coming from the trenches were not 
only dirty but full of vermin, and so required special treatment. The new system was so 
arranged that when a division came out of the line, the men discarded every stitch of old 
clothing, washed themselves, and on leaving the bath house were supplied with fresh uni- 
forms, clean, pressed and free of vermin. The old clothing was then sorted, that which 
was too bad for further use being sent to salvage stations, while that which was still good 




(U. S. Official) 
Quartermaster Supplies Being Loaded on Light-Railway Cars to be Sent to the Front 



was steamed in a "cootie cannon," washed and saved for the next unit. The "cootie 
cannons," laundries and bathing units were all arranged as traction engine or motor 
trailers, and probably did more for the comfort and health of the soldier than any other 
one device. 

The great salvage depots were also developed under General Rogers. The size of 
these may be judged from the fact that they occupied over seven hundred thousand feet 
of floor space and employed over eleven thousand workmen. The number of French women 
alone engaged in this work was greater than the total personnel of the United States Quarter- 
master Corps in 1916. In these depots the clothing sent in from the mobile laundries, 
and from the wreckage of the battle field was sorted. The best portion was again made 
over into uniforms and equipment for American troops. The rest was either sold or, in the 
case of uniforms, was dyed green and issued to prisoners of war. 

One might very easily write a number of volumes on the work of General Rogers 
and his subordinates abroad, but space does not permit. It is a very significant fact that, 
in view of the difficulties under which he labored, in this war for the first time American 

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troops were sufficiently fed and clothed, and while occasionally certain units during rapid 
advance did not receive their complete rations or were unable for a few days to obtain 
shoes of comfortable design, nevertheless in general supplies were adequate, and this despite 
the fact that the total amount which could be drawn on was much smaller in proportion 
to the number of men supplied than has been the case in preceding wars. In recognition 
of his services General Rogers received the United States Distinguished Service Medal, 
was made a Companion of the Bath, Commander of the Legion of Honor, and a Commander 
of the Belgian Order of the Crown. On July 22, 1918, he was appointed a major-general 
of the Quartermaster Corps, and since February, 1919, has served as quartermaster-gen- 
eral of the Army, and director of purchase, storage and traffic. 

Closely connected with the work of the Quartermaster Corps was the Service of 
Rents, Requisitions and Claims, and, like the former, it was headed by a Tech man, Lieu- 




Rations Going to the Front 



(U. S. Official) 



tenant-Colonel Woodruff Leeming, '91. Leeming had served as a corporal in the Plattsburg 
Camps of 1916 and had later been commissioned major. He had acted as constructing 
quartermaster at Camp Colt, and went overseas in command of the 401st Supply Train. 
Leeming had especially desired to remain in this outdoor work, but his ability was too well 
known and he was quickly ordered to report to the Chief of Lines of Communications at 
Tours, where he was placed in charge of all leases of land or buildings in France. Under 
him the work enlarged until it became a separate service, that of Rents, Requisitions and 
Claims. He saw service in every part of France, negotiating for docks, camp sites, and 
hotels for hospitals or recreation centers, generally closing the larger contracts in person. 
After the armistice he was appointed a member of the Commission on War Damages in Allied 
Countries and was sent to Rome, where he served as Assistant Chief, Economic Branch 
of War Damages Board for Italy. The work was of a most exacting nature, and Leeming 
appears never to have spared himself when duty was to be performed. His health finally 
gave out and he was obliged to return to the United States in the spring of 1919. He was, 
however, unable to recover, and died November 20, 1919. After his death he was made 
an Officer of the French Academy. 

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(U. S. Official) 



The Locomotive Assembling Shops at St. Nazaire, Showing some of the 
i,8oi Locomotives sent over by Samuel M. Felton, '73 



TRANSPORTATION 

The entire railway transportation of the American Expeditionary Forces was under 
the direction of Samuel Morse Felton, '73. Mr. Felton has long been known as one of 
America's foremost railway men. His father, also Samuel Morse Felton, was Superintend- 
ent of the Fitchburg Railroad in 1843, and later directed the secret passage of Abraham 
Lincoln from Harrisburg to Washington in 1861, being at that time President of the Wil- 
mington and Baltimore Railroad. The son continued to follow the father's profession 
until he became one of America's foremost authorities on railroad operation. 

In June, 1916, Mr. Felton, then President of the Chicago and Great Western, was 
asked to organize troops to operate railroads in Mexico, in case our Army advanced south 
of the Rio Grande. His title at that time was Consulting Engineer and Adviser to the 
Chief of Engineers. 

When war was declared with Germany he was requested to organize nine railway 
regiments for service abroad. Five construction regiments were soon assembled and two 
more were later recruited. The colonel of each was an engineer officer from the Army. 
The lieutenant-colonels of the first five had been chief engineers of large American rail- 
roads; the captains, thirty of them, had been engineers of maintenance of way; the lieu- 
tenants had been supervisors or road-masters; the sergeants and corporals had been 
track and bridge foremen; while the privates were experienced track laborers. 

Shop and operating regiments also were organized. These too were composed of 
experienced men. The officers had been general managers, division superintendents, 
trainmasters, master mechanics and chief dispatchers. Each company included twelve 
locomotive engineers, sixteen brakemen, eight conductors, together with switchmen, tele- 
graph operators, clerks and stenographers, signal mechanics, car inspectors, track foremen 
and others. 

When this work had been completed, on July 15 Mr. Felton was appointed direc- 

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tor-general of military railways, United States Army. His duties were enlarged to 
include not only the organization of railway troops, but also the procurement of equip- 
ment, supplies, machinery and floating equipment connected with the transportation serv- 
ice abroad. At the time of his appointment he moved to Washington and made his resi- 
dence there until February 15, 1919, when he returned to Chicago, having been relieved 
from the service at his own request on December 31, 1918. 

A general idea of the amount of work that was handled by Mr. Felton may be 
gained when it is realized that 83,181 officers and men were organized in the Transporta- 
tion Corps and actually in service, and an additional 49,768 had been authorized at the 
time of the armistice. Up to that date there had been purchased 3,750 standard-gauge 
locomotives, 1,547 light railway locomotives, 91,519 standard-gauge cars and 8,530 cars 
for the light railways. Of this number, 1,395 standard-gauge locomotives, 406 light rail- 
way locomotives, 19,163 standard-gauge cars and 4,831 narrow-gauge cars were either in 
France or on the ocean. Two general repair shops were equipped for standard-gauge loco- 
motives; two for the narrow-gauge. One extensive car erecting shop was completed; thirty- 
six engine houses were designed and partly built and 749,345 tons of eighty-pound rail 
purchased, sufficient to lay 5,961 miles of single track. Of this amount, 298,923 tons had 
been sent overseas at the time of the armistice. In addition to this, 979,526 tons of narrow- 
gauge and light railway rails and tracks were purchased. The total tonnage of all com- 
modities amounted to 3,830,377 tons, of which at the time of the armistice, 1,043,766 tons 
was in France or on its way. In addition to the organization of the railway troops for 
France, 288 railway officers were sent to Russia from San Francisco, on December 30, 
1918, to aid in operating the Trans-Siberian road. 

The total purchases made by the office amounted to #612,000,000. The material 
left over at the time of the armistice in this country was practically all disposed of at cost. 
The material and equipment abroad has since been disposed of by international agree- 
ment. 

During the summer of 1918 Mr. Felton crossed the ocean and inspected all our 
transportation facilities in France, visited the ports where we handled our troops and 
supplies, and inspected the standard-gauge and light railways on the English, French and 
American fronts, covering about 12,000 miles in his trip. 

Upon his resignation he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal — - the first 
one granted a civilian. The French Government later conferred upon him the title of 
Commander of the Legion of Honor. 

The construction and administration of the railways was largely in the hands of 
another Tech man, Colonel H. M. Waite, '90. Waite in his younger days had been a 
railroad man and later had become city manager of Dayton, Ohio. He arrived in France 
early in 1918 as a lieutenant-colonel of engineers, and soon afterwards became engineer 
of construction for the Transportation Corps and had charge of all railroad, port, and 
harbor construction. Transportation was one of the greatest problems at this date, and 
Waite was soon appointed a member of a commission acting under the Supreme War 
Council to report on possible improvements in French and Italian railroads. Later he 
was promoted to colonel and served on commissions appointed by General Pershing to 
report on improvements in the Service of Supply and in this connection to decide how and 
where French railways could with advantage be placed under American management. 
His reports seem to have made a favorable impression, for a little later he was appointed 
deputy director-general of transportation, in charge of all work in the Advance Zone. 
After the armistice he served as a member of the Bridgehead Commission and was one of 
the first Americans to reach the Rhine. In January, 1919, he was assigned to the Depart- 
ment of Civil Affairs, at Advanced General Headquarters, Treves, and was placed in charge 
of all public utilities in American-Occupied Territory. For his efficient service Waite 
received a citation from the Commander-in-Chief, was appointed an Officer of the Legion 
of Honor and very recently has received the Distinguished Service Medal. 

The light railways of the American Expeditionary Forces were directed by Colonel 
Herbert H. Adams, '99. Colonel Adams had entered the service as the Lieutenant-Colonel 
of the 1 2th Engineers. He had charge of the light railways supplying the British near 

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Interior of the Railroad Repair Shops at Nevers, which were 
Directed by Charles S. Gaskill, '99 



(U. S. Official) 



St. Quentin during the summer of 1917, but in the early part of November he was placed 
in charge of all American light railway troops and of the entire light railway service in the 
Zone of the Armies; he was also the representative of the Director-General of Railroads 
of the American Expeditionary Forces on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief. His 
appointment took him away from the St. Quentin sector, and thus he did not take part in 
the fighting about Cambrai. He saw service later, however, along the entire American 
front, was promoted to the rank of colonel, and was appointed an officer of the Legion of 
Honor. 

Mention has already been made of the locomotive and car-repair shops established 
in France, and few will be surprised to know that another Tech man, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Charles S. Gaskill, '99, took charge of one of the most important among these. 
Gaskill went overseas as a member of the 19th Engineers, one of the regiments especially 
organized by Mr. Felton for repair-shop work. He was shortly afterwards promoted to 
the rank of lieutenant-colonel and placed in command of the locomotive and car-repair 
shops at Nevers, France. Altogether, the transportation service assembled some 20,000 
cars and 1500 standard-gauge locomotives, and also assisted the French by repairing 
57,385 French cars and 1947 locomotives. Of these, the largest portion was handled 
at the Nevers shops, and so well did Colonel Gaskill perform his duties that he received 
the Distinguished Service Medal. 

After leaving the railroads, motor vehicles form the principal means of trans- 
portation in the zone of combat. In addition to giving the necessary mobility to personnel 
and materiel in actual operation against the enemy, motor transportation iorms an 
important auxiliary to railway transportation in the zone of armies. The work of the motor 
trains was particularly heavy and particularly important in that zone known as the Advance 
Section, Service of Supply, and the chief motor transport officer of this section was 
Colonel Brainerd Taylor, '99. Colonel Taylor was a member of the Regular Army, and 
of the Coast Artillery Corps, having entered the service in 1902. At the outbreak of war 
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shortly after was appointed chief motor transport officer of the Advance Section. Under 
his guidance the service rapidly developed from nothing to a command of 10,000 officers 
and men. Five overhaul parks, nine service parks, and two automotive supply depots 
were constructed and thoroughly organized for the overhaul, repair and supply of all 
motor vehicles in the Advance Section, including the three American armies. Forty-three 
operating groups of motor vehicles, garages, dumps or other motor transport facilities 
were established for service to the armies and Service of Supply. Over 20,000 motor 
vehicles were received, conditioned after overseas shipment and delivered to the 
armies. 

In the various parks 37,800 vehicles were repaired or overhauled, and a stock 
of 87,000 different kinds of spare parts, tools or automotive accessories maintained. In 
addition to vehicle repairs 22,000 miscellaneous parts and assemblies were repaired. 

At the date of the outbreak of war, Colonel Taylor held the rank of captain, but 
was soon promoted to major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel. He saw service in the St. 
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations, and for his excellent work in connection with 
motor vehicles he received the Distinguished Service Medal and was appointed an officer 
of the Legion of Honor. 

While the motor trucks handled the materials between the railheads and the supply 
dumps near the front, the materials were transferred from transport to railway by steve- 
dore battalions, made up of American Negroes. Major Percival M. Churchill, '95, com- 
manded a battalion of these fellows. His unit was originally the 538th Engineer Service 
Battalion. He and his officers spent much time in disciplining their organization to make 
it fit for work for the zone of advance, but on arrival in France the battalion was broken 
up, the companies transferred to the Transportation Corps and sent to the docks at Mar- 
seille, where they became stevedores. Speaking of the work Churchill says: "The gangs 
used for unloading the ships generally had about twenty men per hatch and each had its 
regular men for work below, on the winches and on the dock receiving freight. The 
freight cars were shifted by hand and these gangs — according to the Negroes — didn't 
work — they just 'played engine.' 




(U. S. Official) 



A Convoy Entering Brest 
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"My experience did not include the handling of the men on the docks. A separate 
body of officers took charge of that work, while the troop or 'military' officers as they 
were called, handled the men in camp, cared for them, fed, clothed and disciplined them. 
One or two troop officers took the men to the docks — in trucks — turned them over to 
the dock officer for work and took them back to camp when work was over. They were, 
however, responsible for the discipline on the docks. None of the troop officers believed 
in this system, and my own opinion, after having had a chance to think it over from a 
distance, is that better results would have been obtained if the men had worked entirely 
under their own officers. 

"The troop officers with stevedores had perhaps the most unsatisfactory duty the 
American Expeditionary Forces had to offer. They did not have the excitement of front- 
line service, nor the satisfaction of accomplishing a good piece of work with their own men, 
as did many Service of Supply organizations. I cannot say that they always did their 
work cheerfully, but they did it well. 

"The record for moving freight at Marseille so far as I know was one ship unloaded 
at the rate of 3600 tons per day by two companies, one on the day shift with about 235 
men, and one on the night shift with about 150 men." 

HOSPITALS 

Another very important service of the American Army was that which cared for 
the sick and wounded. The great hospital center of Beau Desert was commanded by 
Colonel Harold W. Jones, '98. Colonel Jones entered the Institute in 1894, and took up 
special work with the Class of 1898. He subsequently was graduated from the Harvard Medi- 
cal School in 1901, entered the Army and was graduated from the Army Medical School in 
1906. At the outbreak of the war he was secretary to the faculty, and Professor of Admin- 
istration and Tactics at the Army Medical School at Washington, D. C, but in the spring 
of 1918 he was placed in command of Base Hospital No. 114, which he organized and took 
overseas. Upon his arrival there he was placed in command of Beau Desert Hospital 
Center, one of the five largest in France. 

The tract of land upon which this great center was built comprised some 550 acres, 
and was situated about five miles west of the city of Bordeaux. It was originally selected 
as the site for ten base hospitals of 1,000 beds each, with an emergency expansion to 1,500 
each, but enough land was reserved to increase the- number of hospitals to sixteen. As the 
war progressed and American participation in it became greater, it was seen that to provide 
the necessary bed capacity it would be necessary to make extraordinary efforts, and during 
the summer of 1918 final authorization was given to complete seventeen units. 

The construction plan of Beau Desert called for nearly 1,000 buildings, the laying 
of miles of railroad track, of many miles of roads, walks, and sewers, the installation of 
what was practically a city water system, fire system, telephone and telegraph systems, 
electric-light service, the construction of mills (lumber and cement), the opening of gravel pits 
and sand pits, and the construction of large warehouses and a large modern steam laundry. 

On November 12, the day after the signing of the armistice, including the conva- 
lescent camp and with but two base hospitals operating, the center had 12,558 patients, 
the total population being over 21,000. If one stops to consider what it is for the personnel 
of a hospital designed to care for 1,000 patients to care for and feed over 5,000, it staggers 
the imagination. This was simply one of the things which was done because it had to be 
done; and that it was not only done but done well, and that no patient actually suffered 
from neglect, is a high tribute to the efficiency of the organization. The other hospitals 
making up the center arrived either at the time the armistice was signed or shortly after. 

Altogether during the period of hostilities there passed through this hospital center 
47,238 cases, of whom 45,398 came from outside the center itself. During the month of 
October no fewer than twenty-one hospital trains arrived, bringing in, as is needless to 
say, chiefly men wounded in the operations in the Argonne. Of all the cases admitted up 
to April 1, 1919, but 304 died. The work of Colonel Jones compels especial admiration, 
for it was found frequently during the recent war that a man may be an excellent surgeon 

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or doctor and yet lack the administrative and organizing ability to handle work of the 
magnitude here involved. Colonel Jones at the outbreak of the war held the rank of major 
in the Medical Corps, he was promoted to that of colonel, and was awarded the Cross of 
the Legion of Honor by the President of France, the presentation being made by no less a 
person than Marshal Petain. 

Base Hospital No. 44 was organized by Doctor Allan W. Rowe, '01. In the spring of 
19 1 7, acting in accordance with the request of the director of the Evans Memorial (Massa- 
chusetts Homeopathic Hospital), Rowe assembled this unit and was responsible for 
its maintenance until March 10, when it passed into federal service. Doctor Rowe performed 
this work as a civilian, his personnel being inducted through the regular enlisting officers 
and later by one of his own officers, who was empowered to make such additional enlist- 
ments as were necessary. The hospital was ordered to foreign service and was situated 




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The Hospital Center at Beau Desert, Commanded by Harold W. Jones, 'c 



first at Pougues les Eaux, and later became the headquarters unit at the center at Mesves. 
It was Rowe's intention to enter the Chemical Warfare Service, and he endeavored 
to obtain a commission, requesting overseas duty. He was refused because of some trifling 
physical disability, and was obliged to remain in civilian capacity, doing such work as was 
possible in connection with the draft, the Students' Army Training Corps, and similar 
activities. 

One of the members of Base Hospital No. 44 was Major J. A. Rockwell, Jr., '96, 
who is well known because of his strong advocacy of athletics at the Institute. Doctor 
Rockwell was chief of the medical service at the hospital. 

Another of our former students who saw service in hospital work was Miss Gertrude 
T. Spitz, '17. She describes herself as being officially a staff nurse in the British service, 
but in reality "Jack of all trades." Her duties were to make herself generally useful and 
she turned her hand to laboratory work, statistics and assistant to the dietitian. The 
hospital handled about 150,000 casualties, was visited by Queen Mary, was quite fre- 
quently bombed, but, so Miss Spitz says, otherwise there were no striking events to record. 

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Of course the building of these hospitals, depots and machine shops required an 
immense amount of construction work, and Tech men were very prominent in all depart- 
ments. A certain amount of this work was performed by civilians but much of it was 
also performed by engineer troops. Perhaps that branch of the work in which Tech men 
in the Army appear to have been most active was water supply. Every hospital, camp, 
storehouse or shop had to have its supply, and in addition the troops at the front had 
to be provided with points at which their water carts could refill. 

This work was entirely in charge of Colonel Francis F. Longley, '05. Colonel Long- 
ley was graduated from West Point with the Class of 1902, but shortly afterward resigned 
and entered the Institute, where he took up post-graduate work in sanitary engineering. 
He later had charge of numerous projects throughout the United States and Canada, 
notably in connection with the water supply of Toronto, Ontario, and Washington, D. C. 
In July, 1917, Longley was commissioned major and shortly afterwards became a lieu- 
tenant-colonel in command of the 26th Engineers, a unit specially organized for water- 
supply work. He subsequently became colonel of the same regiment. 

As commanding officer of this unit Longley had charge of the entire water-supply 
service of the American Expeditionary Forces. He personally superintended the work of 
the most active fronts and as a result took part in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse- 
Argonne operations. So efficient was his service that he received the Distinguished Service 
Medal. The exact nature of the work can best be judged by the accounts given us by 
some of his subordinates and companions. 

Major Thomas H. Wiggin, '95, was one of Colonel Longley's most important assist- 
ants. Of his work he says: "I have been since September, 1917, in charge of the Water 
Supply Section of the Service of Supply. This section is simply one of the several branches 
of the engineering department. We are mixed up with every project, whether hospital, 
dock, air field, artillery shop, ice plant, railroad terminal or roadside stop, because water 
supply is an appurtenance of them all. Incidentally, the Water Supply Section also handled 
sewerage. 

"Latterly the Service of Supply was divided into nine sections, each in charge of a 
section engineer. 

"In nearly all of the sections is a fully equipped chemical and bacteriological labora- 
tory for water analysis, reporting to the engineers. This is an innovation in the United 
States Army, as such work has in the past been done by the medical department. Some 
very broad-minded medical department officials, among whom are the new Surgeon-Gen- 
eral, Major-General Ireland, and the new Chief Surgeon, American Expeditionary Forces, 
Colonel W. D. McCaw, co-operated with Colonel F. F. Longley, in placing the water 
laboratory work of the American Expeditionary Forces on a similar footing to that of 
cities and states in America. Laboratory men were commissioned in the Sanitary Corps 
or Engineer Corps, and placed in charge of these laboratories, and all the water supplies 
in France are subject to their periodic inspection and analysis. 

"At first we allowed twenty-five gallons per capita for hospitals, and ten gallons for 
camps. Later we cut the hospital allowance to fourteen gallons. Some hospital centers 
will have a total population of about fifty thousand people, but they are expected to use 
only about the same amount of water as an American town of ten thousand inhabitants 
and no important manufacturing interests. The work includes dams, pipe lines up to 
twenty-four inches in size, rapid sand-filter plants, tube wells up to a depth of fifteen hun- 
dred feet, an occasional water-softening plant and many purification units for applying 
liquid chlorine. Pumps are mostly centrifugal, driven by automobile type gasolene 
engines. Many of the centrifugal pumps are made by the well-known French firm, Rateau, 
and we get heads up to three hundred feet in a single stage pump; they are small, light and 
not inefficient." 

Water-supply problems at the front were somewhat different, and varied from the 
improvement of natural springs to the building of six-inch pipe lines behind the advancing 
infantry. One phase of the work is thus described by Captain Edbert C. Wilson, '07. 
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Corps, which was relieving the 2d American Corps. My assignment was Corps Water 
Supply Officer. My special duty was to keep in touch with the water supply situation so 
as to have the matter in hand when the 2d Corps should be brought back into line. 
It was our duty to provide for all the men and animals in the corps area, so that ordinarily 
we provided for 35,000 horses and 75,000 men. Water had to be secured by drilling wells 
one hundred feet or more in depth through the chalk formation and the water was brought 
to the surface by deep-well pumps or air lift. The usual disadvantages of front-line service, 
shelling, bombing and delayed-action mines were experienced. All our pumping machinery, 
so far as possible, was placed below the level of the ground. 

"All drinking water was treated with chlorine. Even water in the deep wells was 
sometimes polluted. In a part of the area, streams and canals furnished the water supply 
and this water was highly polluted. For drinking purposes, the water from streams or 
old wells was treated in mechanical sterilizers. This work had to be pursued right up to 
the front line." 

These sterilizers, or mobile water purification laboratories, as they were called, were 
designed and manufactured by William Orchard, '10. It has been said that without the 
work of these units the St. Mihiel offensive would have been practically impossible. Ser- 
geant M. C. Balfour, '19, says of the work: "The Water Tank Train was a mobile water 
supply unit attached to the Second Army. The base trucks, which we operated, had an 
engine, pump, filter, chlorinating apparatus and complete laboratory for bacteriological 
and chemical water analysis." Lieutenant H. W. Hamilton, '17, was also engaged in the 
same type of work of which he says: "My time is spent in laboratory work largely confined 
to water, typhoid, dysentery, special problems and inspection in the surrounding territory." 

The supplies necessary for this work were immense, and were handled largely by 
Major Leonard P. Wood, '01. His work was chiefly in the office of the Chief Engineer of 
the American Expeditionary Forces, forecasting needs, standardizing and initiating whole- 
sale procurement of water-supply materials of all kinds. He says: "The water-supply 
installations of the American Expeditionary Forces ranged from a canvas tank fed by a 
hand pump through a line of hose, installed during an advance alongside the 75 's to a 
plant involving five miles of twenty-four-inch pipe, large impounding and storage reservoirs, 
pumps and permanent filtration plant. The two thousand items of water supply stores 
on the simplified stock list ranged from quarter-inch plugs to nine-ton steam -tractor well- 
drilling machines. Although two hundred miles of cast iron pipe, many hundred gasolene- 
engine-driven pumps and, in the aggregate, much other material was obtained in Europe, 
the monthly requirements from the United States had reached eighteen thousand tons 
when the armistice was signed." 

Captain Maurice R. Scharff, '09, writes: "My work with the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces in France was mostly devoted to the design and construction of water- 
supply projects. Among the more important of these, were those of the American camps 
and depots at Brest and La Rochelle, the supply of the docks, railroad yards, camps, 
refrigerating plants and depots at Bassens, near Bordeaux; the supply of the twenty-thou- 
sand-bed hospital at Beau Desert near Bordeaux; the installation of a number of locomotive 
watering stations along the main line of the Paris-Orleans Railroad between Bordeaux 
and Chateauroux. This work was done under the direction of Colonel F. F. Longley, '05, 
and more directly of Major T. H. Wiggin, '05, and in it I was closely associated with 
Major L. P. Wood, '01, Captain R. Suter, '00, Lieutenant E. H. Gage, '13, and many 
other Technology men." 

As has been stated, our men were engaged in every variety of construction work, 
and it is only unfortunate that all their activities cannot be recorded. Lieutenant-Colonel 
D. C. Jackson, head of the Electrical Engineering Department, was called from the Reserve 
Corps to active duty and charged with the co-ordination of procurement of mechanical 
and electrical power requirements (other than motive power) of the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces, as a member of the staff of the General Purchasing Agent. This staff, which 
was called the "Technical Board" in seven months drew up a program of mechanical and 
electrical power to meet the requirements of the great port developments, erecting plants, 
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horsepower. It was necessary to obtain almost all the equipment in allied and neutral 
European countries. The board, of which Jackson was chief engineer, scoured France, 
Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal, and obtained mechanical and 
electrical power equipment from all, and was looking into the possibilities of Scandinavian 
countries when the armistice halted the work. The board also had a program for obtain- 
ing an additional twenty-seven thousand horsepower during the first half of the year 1919 
had the war continued, in order to meet the additional requirement of the larger army 
which was to be sent to France. In this work Professor Jackson was aided by a number 
of Tech men, notably E. H. Sargent, '07, Edward L. Moreland, '08, and A. S. McAllister, '18. 
During Professor Jackson's absence from the Institute, Dr. A. E. Kennelly, Pro- 
fessor of Electrical Engineering, became the acting head of the department, but he too 
was soon afterwards called into service abroad, not as a commissioned officer, but as a 




Storage Dam at Savenay 
A Water-Supply Project Carried out under Direction of F. F. Longley, '05 



(U. S. Official) 



special civilian agent or liaison officer. The exact duties of a liaison officer may not be 
clear to the reader. He is, as a rule, a confidential representative of some higher 
authority who is assigned to some other command or department to represent his chief. 
We, unfortunately, have not at hand details of Professor Kennelly's work. It may be 
said, however, that it was also connected with purchases, and it seems very probable from 
the nature of his previous work that these purchases involved radio apparatus and similar 
material. In any case his duties were of a highly confidential and responsible nature, 
and were performed directly under the orders of the Chief Signal Officer of the United 
States Army. 

Another type of construction work was the location and erection of airdromes and 
flying Fields. This work was carried on under the Designs and Projects Division of the 
Air Service, of which division Captain Charles G. Loring, '06, was chief. His duties con- 
sisted of the selection of suitable sites for airdromes, obtaining approval from American 
General Headquarters, and from French headquarters, and their transfer from the civilian 
owners. This latter task was no small one, for French farms are so minute that the pur- 

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chase of a single field involved settlement with from five hundred to one thousand owners. 
He was also responsible for the preparation of plans and supervision of the construction 
by engineer troops. Captain Loring has written some description of these airdromes in 
the Architectural Record for April, 1919. In this article he brings out the fact that all 
airdromes were not exactly alike, but that each was located and built so as to be best suited 
for its purpose. Perhaps one of the most interesting features common to all was the 
irregular arrangement of the buildings to prevent them from becoming easy targets to 
hostile bombing planes. The sites generally selected were very flat, smooth hilltops, 
but even then much preparation was necessary before the fields were suitable. Shallow 
ditches marking the boundaries of the French farms had to be levelled off carefully, and the 
pebbles removed from the surface, since otherwise they would have been sucked up and 
so would have caused injury to the propellers of the machines. 




A Filtration Plant a few Kilometers from the Front — 
at Euvezin. October 22, 1918. 



(U. S. Official) 



Lieutenant J. C. Bollenbacher, '09, was engaged in this work as commander of the 
45th Construction Squadron. He helped to start work on Air Service Production Center 
No. 2 at Romorantin, the greatest in France. The buildings in this case were of steel 
construction, and Bollenbacher was in charge of erection. He says that, thanks to the wonder- 
ful spirit and versatility of his men, and by their splendid teamwork his organization, 
erected and braced with purlins forty steel trusses, each of fifty-foot span, in one hour and 
thirty-eight minutes, an average of one truss every two and a half minutes. It is not 
known whether this constitutes a record, but it was certainly a most creditable performance. 

Another branch of engineering work in which a number of our men were engaged 
was that of the 20th Engineers, the Forestry Regiment. Of this work, Captain A. M. 
Mutersbaugh, '13, says, "The Forestry Division, so called, consisted entirely of the 
20th Engineers. This regiment was increased by additions after arriving in France until 
it was larger than an ordinary combat division, made up almost entirely of engineer troops 
and labor battalions. I was assigned to this regiment soon after arriving in France, and 
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Toul. There were a large number of these units just back of the lines and scattered all 
over northern and eastern France. The country was divided into districts, the largest 
of which was the Epinal district under Major S. O. Johnson. 

"The job of these units in the Advanced Section was to get out railroad ties, and 
during the time we were using them, trench slats. They usually consisted of a little 
boulder mill of ten to fifteen thousand feet capacity, although by pushing and all-night 
work we increased this to twenty and thirty thousand. Their location usually depended 
upon our ability to find the timber, especially in places where it could be removed as 
speedily as possible, for the constant cry was for more ties. The usual timber cut was 
oak, beech, and ash, predominating in the order named. These forests were located, 
bought, and cut with the assistance and under the supervision of the forestry branch of 
the French Army. The forests were located as near as possible to the engineer dumps, and 
several times we were within a few miles of the front line trenches and subjected to bomb- 
ing and shelling by the enemy." 

There were vast amounts of other construction work, and it is unfortunate that we 
have comparatively meagre details regarding it. A few instances, however, have been 
recorded. Thus, we know that Major Nathan A. Middleton, '07, of the 23d Regiment 
of Engineers, had charge of the construction and maintenance of roads, directing the 
operations of some 17,000 troops. Major John H. Caton, 3d, '08, has given a few statis- 
tics which show the magnitude of the 'work performed under more or less similar condi- 
tions. In addition to his duties as battalion commander, Caton was highway and street 
engineer of Base Section No. 5. He gives a short account of some of their work as fol- 
lows: "Twelve miles water-bound macadam road and fifteen miles corduroy (railroad 
ties) road were built; 46 miles French road were re-enforced; 30,000 square yards Belgian 
block pavement and 25,000 square yards concrete streets were laid; six quarries were 
opened, machinery installed and operated for crushed rock, producing 150,000 cubic yards." 
The stone used in this work was chiefly quartz and trap. 

Another of our men who should be mentioned is Captain T. K. Meloy, '17, of the 
604th Engineers, later transferred to the 1st Engineers. Captain Meloy assumes the 
responsibility for having built the "Rest Camp" at Knotty Ash, Liverpool. If one may 
judge from the replies sent in by Tech men, there are few indeed who saw service abroad 
who have not vivid recollections of this stopping place. Perhaps they will be interested 
to know under what difficulties the camp was constructed. Captain Meloy says: "I had 
the honor to be engineer officer and had the Royal Engineers to work with; construction 
of this camp had lagged for about six months without result, due to change of com- 
mand and strikes. By the inspiration of one battalion of American engineers who broke 
the British workmen strikes, the speeding up by the Royal Engineers, heavy pressure 
from General Biddle and the English authorities, and the 'flu' panic, we managed to 
accomplish more in the two weeks than in all the time previous. We built about five miles 
of road and drained the camp — and it was some reclamation job, too." 

Many of our men were assigned to fire protection duty. In January, 1918, Lieu- 
tenant Alexander Ellis, '08, submitted a report on the protection of all American docks, 
warehouses, and hospitals, against fire. This plan was adopted and Ellis was trans- 
ferred from the 101st Engineers to the office of the Chief Engineer of the American 
Expeditionary Forces as chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. 

In the meantime, Major Edward V. French, '89, was sent abroad, in response to 
a cabled request for a fire-protection expert, to take up this same work. The bureau, as we 
have seen, had just been organized by Ellis, when Major French arrived and suc- 
ceeded Ellis as chief. His problem was a very severe one, and he says regarding it, 
"There were very large concentrations of value, and in places, serious hazards. Efforts 
were made to make the best possible use of all available means; water pails, barrels, and 
like small equipment, were developed as rapidly as possible; while large quantities of 
heavier apparatus were ordered from America. Contracts for automatic sprinklers in 
some shops were made, fire pumps and hydrants were added to water supplies built by 
our Army, wells and tanks were provided for fire engines and fire trains, and boats were 
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service to this most important work of preserving invaluable supplies and safeguarding 
facilities vital for handling equipment." 

How efficient the system produced was, may be judged from the statement of 
Lieutenant Garland Lufkin, '18, one of the men working as a member of it, who states 
that the total loss from fire in the entire American Expeditionary Forces was approxi- 
mately five million dollars. As there was practically no way of extinguishing a fire once 
started, and as almost every warehouse contained more than the above-mentioned quantity 
of material, it can be seen that the work of prevention was most effective. 

THE ARMISTICE 

The signing of the armistice brought new problems. Immediately following its 
announcement the German army temporarily lost its organization and discipline. The 
first refugees and released prisoners of war entering the American lines brought stories 
of wholesale mutiny and disorder, and the first towns entered by the advancing troops 
showed evidences of the same. The German troops had broken their rifles against the 
trunks of trees, thrown away their trench helmets, and even in some cases, machine- 
guns. Ammunition belts and wicker shell-baskets were scattered in every direction, 
while such heavy equipment as guns, steam tractors, and automobiles lay everywhere 
abandoned. On many of these were written the words, "Parol ist Heimat" in other 
words, "The watchword is home." As time went on, however, these evidences of dis- 
organization disappeared, and as our armies pressed onward through Luxemburg and the 
Rhineland there was little evidence that they were following a beaten or demoralized 
foe. Upon the contrary, there was every reason to believe that discipline had been 
restored, and that the retreat in the main had proceeded in an orderly and efficient 
manner. 

The temporary breakdown in the German army did not become general till after 
hostilities had ceased, and up to the last minute systematic measures were taken to 
prevent a further advance by the Americans. Sergeant W. W. Hosmer, Jr., '06, 16th 
Railway Engineers, says: "The destruction of the Meuse River railroad to me appeared 
a shining example of the thoroughness with which the Germans carried out 'destructive' 
engineering. For a portion of the right-of-way nearest Verdun, everything was gone, 
rails, ties, bridges, culverts; next came a section where rails were in place, but every other 
rail joint on alternate sides was blown, as were the culverts. Further on, the unexplored 
charges were still in place at every other joint in the single line of rail. Further on, two 
lines of rail were in place, joints not mined, but the holes dug; all switches were blown. 

"In a similar way you could trace, along the highway from Verdun toward Metz, 
commencing at the Hindenburg line, their methodical preparation for retreat. Tall Lom- 
bardy poplars lining the highway were incised at about head height on the road side, and 
loaded with dynamite. The exploding charge blew the trunks inward and the trees 
falling across the road from opposite sides blocked passage most effectively." 

The roads were repaired as rapidly as possible. Private Roland H. Eaton, '17, 
of the 37th Engineers, gives this brief description of how the first trains were put through: 
"When the Army of Occupation started for the Rhine a detail was sent to Conflans, where 
it assembled two trains. These were fitted with bunks and a German electric lighting 
set, and we set out for Coblenz. We crossed into Germany at 6.00 a.m., December I, 
being thus the first United States troops in Germany. We reached Coblenz on December 
6, in time to see the last German troops march out the following morning." 

Although his unit was perhaps the first section of American troops to cross the 
border, another Tech man was there before Eaton. As has been mentioned, Colonel H. M. 
Waite, '90, had been appointed a member of the Bridgehead Commission, and he had 
motored into Coblenz to arrange the details of the transfer with the officers of the German 
Staff, and had been assigned quarters at the Coblenzerhof. He says: "Next morning we 
had a wonderful opportunity to see the German Army cross the Rhine. The hotel was 
directly in front of the old pontoon bridge. They passed in review in front of the hotel. 
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(U. S. Official) 
Repairing Standard-Gauge Railway Destroyed by the Enemy during their Retreat. 
In the foreground is a mine crater caused by a charge 
placed beneath a small culvert 



were flying, wagons and horses were trimmed with green and colored paper; some wagons 
had four Christmas trees, one at each corner, decorated with paper. There was a notice- 
able lack of trucks, and many little Russian horses. 

"As the officer at the head of each company reached the reviewing officers, drawn 
up on horseback in front of the hotel, every man in the company, as of one voice, yelled 
'Hock.' Women were in the street giving the men cigars, cigarettes, and postcards. As 
they approached the bridge the band played 'Wacht am Rhein.' The men would sing 
and they, with their colors, would disappear into the fog, all in wonderful order and 
discipline. This was the defeated, humiliated, and crushed German Army!" 

Immediately after the occupation of the Rhineland, a provisional military govern- 
ment was set up, and quite a number of Tech men occupied important positions in connec- 
tion with it. 

As we have seen, Colonel Waite took charge of all public utilities in American Occu- 
pied Territory. After his return to the United States in February, 1919, the control of 
public utilities seems to have been placed under the headquarters of the Third Army at 
Coblenz. Major John H. Leavell, '07, then took charge of the work. Leavell had started 
out as a captain in the 316th Engineers of the 91st Division. He had taken part in the 
operations at St. Mihiel, the Argonne and the Escault, and had received the Distinguished 
Service Cross for valor at Audenarde, Belgium. In connection with his work in the 
occupied zone he acted as agent for the Inter-Allied Coal Commission, being charged 
with the distribution of all coal entering American Occupied Territory. 

Colonel Stewart Godfrey, '07, became executive officer to the Chief Engineer of 
the Third Army. Godfrey, after leaving the Institute, entered West Point and at the 
outbreak of war was a captain in the Corps of Engineers. He went overseas with the 
318th Engineers, but was sent to Tours as engineer personnel officer of the American 
Expeditionary Forces. Later he participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive as 
assistant to the chief engineer of the First Army. 

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Major Harry N. Williams, '92, served as president of the Inter-Allied Railway 
Sub-Commission, in charge of the German Imperial Railways in occupied and neutral 
territory, and as such was directly under the orders of Marshal Foch. 

Captain David L. Sutherland, '14, was also a member of the headquarters at 
Coblenz and has achieved a somewhat remarkable record. It would appear that he has met 
more famous personages than any other Tech man of whom we have information. Among 
those mentioned by him are: the Prince of Wales, Marshal Foch, General Pershing, Mar- 
shal Petain, Marshal Haig, General Liggett, General Mangin, General Gouraud, General 
Rawlinson, General Plummer, General Ludendorf, and ''last but not least, Fred Karns, 
'14," whom he met at Varennes and also at Wiesbaden. 

After the occupation of the Rhineland had been completed, the Peace Conference 
at Paris settled down to arrange a "permanent peace." It was generally understood that 
Germany would be compelled to pay for the damage she had inflicted on the various allies 
by a heavy indemnity, but it was considered that this indemnity should be founded upon 
the actual damage inflicted, and accordingly, a committee of engineers was appointed to 
estimate the amo'unt. The board appointed for this work was divided into various sec- 
tions. One of these was the textile division. Three American members of this committee 
were: Chatles T. Main, '76, of Boston, who was at that time president of the American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers, Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Dugald C. Jackson, 
head of the Electrical Engineering Department, and Major James F. Monaghan, '01. 
This work occupied some weeks. The commission visited France, Belgium and Italy, 
where their work touched that of Major Leeming. The head of the War Damages Board 
was General C. H. McKinstry and Colonel T. H. Dillon, now a professor of electrical engi- 
neering at the Institute, served as his deputy. In recognition of his co-operation with the 
French in the duties prior to the armistice, Colonel Jackson was awarded the grade of 
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French Government. 

Immediately after the cessation of hostilities, the entire American Army suffered 
from a severe depression of morale. This depression was due to several causes, among 
which may be mentioned hostile propaganda, physical exhaustion, the loss of comrades, 
disappointment at the unspectacular finish of the campaign, and nervous reaction, but 
above all to the fact that the men now found themselves with little to keep their minds 
alert, in a foreign land, and homesick. Under such conditions it would seem only neces- 
sary for a few hostile agitators to pass among the men to produce serious results; that 
this did not occur appears chiefly due to two factors, the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion entertainments, and the Army Educational System. This activity was also originally 
under the direction of the Young Men's Christian Association, but it was so integral a 
part of the Army that it seems proper to mention it at this point. 

In September, 1918, Louis E. Reber, '85, Dean of the Extension Division, Univer- 
sity of Wisconsin, was asked by the Young Men's Christian Association to go abroad as 
director of trade and engineering education of the American Expeditionary Forces. Dean 
Reber was at that time director of the Section on Education and Training, of the Emer- 
gency Fleet Corporation of the United States Shipping Board, being charged with keep- 
ing the shipping yards supplied with men educated along the various lines necessary. 
When the armistice was signed, he accepted the position abroad, and by January had 
actually begun the establishment of an educational system. In January, the only work 
that was being done was at army posts. Although over two hundred thousand text-books 
had been ordered for the engineering and trade work before Dean Reber left America, no 
books were on hand: in fact, they did not come for some months. The result was that 
teachers had to be found who were capable of improvising their own text-books. 

Later, divisional schools were organized. These divisional schools were devoted 
largely to trade and vocational education, and the courses had to be adapted to the actual 
conditions which existed at each point. Before they were established the Army organized 
an "Educational Corps" and took over the Educational Commission and its work. At 
the same time arrangements were made by which Americans would study in the universities 
and schools of both England and France. 

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Hangars at one of the Flying Fields laid out by Charles G. Loring, '06 



Dean Reber took direct charge of the engineering college of the University as director, 
and retained general charge of the field work in engineering and trade instruction. Sixty- 
three courses were offered in the College of Engineering. One hundred and ten teachers 
were selected from the Army, and about a thousand students who had at least high-school 
preparation were entered; besides, about three hundred who did not have high-school 
preparation were given instruction in vocational subjects. Laboratories — mechanical, 
electrical, civil and mining — covering about twenty-five thousand square feet of floor 
space were equipped. The equipment was secured from the army depots throughout 
France, and was thoroughly up-to-date. 

The subjects taught in the College of Engineering were similar to those taught in 
the technical schools of the United States. No effort was made to differentiate the years of 
a college course, but prerequisites were required in every case for any subject chosen. The 
admission requirements to the University were the completion of a high-school course. 
The placing of engineering students for the American Expeditionary Forces in French and 
English universities and technical schools came under Reber's supervision. The entire 
program was an immense success and Dean Reber was made a member of the French 
Academy. 

Many other Tech men were involved. Colonel F. F. Longley, '05, appears to have 
occupied an important position, for in the Technology Review, for July, 1919, George 
A. Mower, '81, mentions meeting him at a dinner at the London American University and 
refers to him as being at the head of the army educational system, though the Colonel 
does not mention this assignment in his reply to the Record. Lieutenant Philip L. Small, 
'15, was one of the younger men engaged in the work, regarding which he says: "In Feb- 
ruary, 1919, I went to Paris with the Fine Arts Commission, and when the fine arts school 
at Bellevue opened I was in charge of all pencil sketching and all of the sketching trips 
throughout France. It was the finest educational enterprise in the fine arts that the 
United States has ever attempted and it was gratifying in the extreme to note that a pre- 
ponderance of the staff and instructors were Tech men, as were also the best men among 
the architectural students." 

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While the educational program was being perfected, the Peace Conference was 
continuing its work and the United States was soon drawn into the maelstrom of old- 
world politics. It was quickly found that information from European sources was unre- 
liable, and it became necessary to arrange a service of information controlled by the 
United States. This service took the form of a service of intelligence, of which little is known 
and of which nothing can be said, and of a courier system, the nature of which can perhaps 
best be described by one of its members, Major Leslie W. Snow, '14, who says: "From the 
duties of its personnel, and the necessary privileges which it enjoyed, it sometimes 
reminded one of the King's Messengers of the past. There wasn't the glamour — the cour- 
iers didn't gallop in on noble steeds, but they did sometimes soar through the air at a rate 
which would have troubled Pegasus. 

"They wore as insignia on their left sleeves a little greyhound embroidered in silver 
on a blue field; hence they came to be known in the Army as 'Silver Greyhounds.' 

"In January, 1919, American Missions, political and economic, were to be sent to 
Vienna, and ultimately to many of the important cities in eastern Europe. It was impera- 
tive that a line of communications be established, by which messages could pass quickly 
and positively to and from these missions, no matter how far away they went; couriers 
either accompanied or preceded the first officials of a mission into new territory and the 
service commenced operating immediately. 

"We opened up one route after another from Vienna, irregularly at first, then on 
approximately exact schedules, until finally we had connection with Prague, Crakow, 
Warsaw, Danzig (from Warsaw), Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade and Trieste, and three 
times a week to Berne, for relay to Paris. There was no through telephone or telegraph 
service which approached the rapidity of the couriers themselves, so once they had departed 
they were lost until they turned up again. 

"Between Vienna and Warsaw the railroad passed over a strip of territory which 
the Czechs had wrested by force of arms from the Poles, in spite of the armistice. The 
situation was one which required the greatest tact and firmness on the part of the couriers, 
but they always got through. It was not uncommon for a courier to secure a special train 




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or engine to give him a lift. 'American Courier' became a magic word and the leather 
mail pouches of the State Department were more effective than passports. 

"The Poles, in all our association with them, were delightful people to meet and 
know. One of the most pleasant incidents which I remember occurred in the small border 
town of Sosnowice. I had been obliged to make a detour through Germany to pass around 
the disputed territory where Czechs and Poles had torn up the track and were fighting. 
The German officials had been diplomatically polite and the people openly hostile, but 
once across the border we were warmly welcomed. We arrived in Sosnowice quite early 
in the morning, and as the train was not scheduled to depart until the following midnight, 
we were guests of the Polish officers, whose hospitality came to a climax that evening in a 
banquet. Course after course came on in magnificent style until we wondered whether 
'starving Poland' was real after all; certainly nothing like it in Vienna. The finale came 
in in the form of genuine American ice cream, a huge brick perched on a large block of ice 
which was sparkling brilliantly from the light of candles burning in holes scooped out 
from the under side. 

"When it was all over they took us to the station and put us aboard the train, which 
had been held waiting our somewhat tardy arrival. We had the best compartment, and a 
Polish sergeant accompanied us to Warsaw to guard the compartment from the mob which 
filled the rest of the train and tried to force its way in at every stop. There were no lights 
or heat (the night was twenty degrees below zero) and the windows had been knocked 
out and partly boarded over. 

"The Courier Service was not without its dangers and there were close and curious 
escapes from death, especially during hostilities, but there were no fatalities. 

"We were surrounded by spies, very frequently in the guise of charming women, 
who approached the couriers under pretext of asking information concerning relatives 
in the United States." 

There were altogether 712 Tech men in the Staff and Service of Supply and 
their activities are numberless. The incidents which have just been given, however, 
it is believed are among the most representative and typical. There are many other stories 
which might be told and there are a number of these which have been omitted purely 
because space was not available. The various types of work described, however, it is 
believed give a very accurate picture of the work performed by those Tech men who 
served with our forces in France, but whose chief activities were other than actual combat. 



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CHAPTER VI 
OUR MEN IN THE NAVY 

While the work carried on by the Army was more spectacular than that of the 
Navy, it must not be forgotten that all military operations in France depended upon the 
maintenance of the command of the sea — a command maintained by the combined navies 
of the Allies. Only once during the war was this command of the sea ever seriously threat- 
ened, this crisis being occasioned by the immense increase in submarine activity in the 
spring of the year 1917. It was very largely the arrival of the American naval forces at 
this critical time which changed the situation from almost certain defeat to victory. In 
the American Navy there were 1063 Tech men. 

The first great problem was to get across. Lieutenant Raymond D. Borden, '00, 
says, "I went over in a 176-foot converted yacht. It is nineteen hundred miles from Ber- 
muda to the Azores and my ship had a steaming radius of nine hundred miles. You can 
imagine the nineteen days at sea that it took us to make the trip." However, the forces, 
including converted yachts, destroyers, and one-hundred-and-ten-foot submarine chasers, 
succeeded in reaching their destination and before long were patrolling the waters of the 
Bay of Biscay and the Irish Channel. 

Ensign John S. Ferguson, '21, has given us some description of a typical day's work 
on a destroyer. 

"Eight bells and mess. Eating when it is rough is an achievement. How the mess- 
cooks ever manage to prepare a meal on a pitching, tossing ship which threatens to roll 
over every instant is beyond understanding. 

" Clang-clang-bang — bang-bang — bang. Transport sirens screech. 'Periscope two 
points on the port bow!' Transports and destroyers fire. The periscope disappears. The 
destroyers race about and drop depth charges. 

"A wireless code-message announces that a group of sub-chasers a few miles away 
has located a U-boat; the captain requests and receives permission to join them. We 
find them waiting for the reappearance of the submarine, which they believe is damaged. 
A lengthening streak of oil appears on the surface. We steam across its head and drop two 
depth charges; the streak widens into a large smear, which continues to spread. 

"We are recalled to the convoy. About five o'clock the white shores of Charente 
Inferieure appear on the horizon. The transports form single column, and piloted by the 
destroyers enter the Gironde. 

"Radio reports French cruiser torpedoed and sinking. The captain puts to sea 
again to pick up survivors, but learns that a nearer ship has beaten us and we head for 
Brest, where we are due next morning. After sundown a thick fog settles on the water; 
nothing but gray can be seen. A dark shape suddenly appears, the bow of a ship, almost 
upon us. 'Hard right rudder.' 'Emergency speed ahead!' We miss her. About four in 
the morning the fog lifts. A warm off-shore breeze carries to us a sweet, languid odor of 
flowers, the breath of France. A star shell flares for an instant on the horizon, the signal 
of some lurking submarine. We pass the flashing lights of Belle Isle and Isle des Yeux. 

"'Torpedo on the starboard bow!' yells the lookout, as a straight line of foam darts 
toward the ship, leaving a bright wake in the phosphorescent water. It is followed by a 
dozen others. Porpoises! 

"As day is breaking we sight the Raz de Sein, and proceed through the Toulonguet 
Passage into Brest Harbor." 

Once the convoy system was firmly established, the principal duty of destroyers 
consisted in escorting these groups of ships. Sailing a large number of vessels in company 
is in itself a difficult feat, requiring a high degree of seamanship. Furthermore, luck may 
at times play most uncanny tricks, as the following yarn from Lieutenant Clarence .1. 

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Justheim, '18, may indicate. "We were steaming in single column and the Commodore's 
ship had already passed over the bar, when, without any warning, our steam steering gear 
refused to work. The after division was rushed to the poop deck and with the captain on 
the bridge directing we proceeded, steering by hand. There was no alternative, with the 
ship astern, bearing down on us and shallow water on either side. In heaving in our port 
anchor, which had been lowered nearly to the water's edge in readiness for any further 
trouble, the wild-cat on our windlass snapped and our anchor and chain were carried away." 

The troop ships were manned entirely by navy men, and their responsibilities were 
only a degree less than those in the destroyer crews. Those who remained long on this duty 
had encounters with those terrible summer hurricanes which sweep the Atlantic. One 
of our men, a soldier, in writing home tells of such an adventure. 

"There weren't many at breakfast. As police officer I had to inspect the ship immedi- 




(From The National Geographic Magazine) 

A Submarine-Chaser in Heavy Weather 



ately afterwards and you can imagine what I found. Those poor cow-punchers and farmer 
boys crowded in the 'tween decks' with the ship plunging and surging like a wild bronco 
— well, you can imagine. The officers were all sick too, the General and myself being the 
only two, I think, who stuck it out, and that inspection nearly cost me my breakfast. 
Luckily the weather was warm, and the men, though drenched to the skin by spray, were 
able to stay on deck. Towards noon the wind increased and soon was blowing from nearly 
dead ahead at about fifty miles an hour; the ship was making fifteen, and the driven spray 
stung till it could not be faced. Pretty soon things began to break loose. A life raft was 
blown from the after deck-house and fell among the men. Still the old boat plugged ahead. 
The ships on each side rolled and pitched like skiffs and we could see one taking water 
over her bows, while her propeller beat the air at every lunge. " 

More serious weather conditions were sometimes encountered, as in October, 1918, 
when the transport "Otranto" went down. Although a number of Tech men were in the 
convoy, none actually saw her sink for reasons quite clear from an extract from the diary 
of Corporal Forest K. Foster, '10. "Sunday, October 6, 1918. 8 a.m. We are kept below 



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decks, and the air is suffocating. The storm is at its height, and we cling to some support 
to prevent having our brains dashed out. Occasionally water comes flooding down the 
hatchway to our deck, where it washes the debris from side to side. With a tremendous 
roar, a huge wave hits the vessel, and we think she has capsized, but no, — she slowly 
rights herself. 

"n.oo a.m. We are now in the Irish Sea, and it is much calmer. We are allowed 
on deck, and how cool and refreshing seems the air! The high headlands of Ireland and 
Scotland are on our right and left. At last we have reached Europe. But the 'Otranto' 
which sailed so gracefully on our left is missing." 

Once a transport, or any other vessel, separated from its convoy, it was liable to 
have plenty to think about besides weather, as the following story, contributed by Second 
Lieutenant Arthur E. Page, '19, may indicate. "The capping event of a voyage already 




(U. S. Navy Official) 



A Typical Convoy 



filled with mishaps occurred on the last day of August, 1918, one hundred and eighty 
miles south of Cape Race. The west-bound convoy had split up several days before, so 
we were traveling alone. The day was so hazy that one was unable to make out an object 
more than three or four miles. I saw an object which on first glance appeared to be a sail- 
ing vessel. A few seconds later there was a flash and then another; two splashes followed 
between the stranger and our ship. Acting on my first impulse I reported to the bridge: 
'Vessel holding target practice four points off port beam.' This was often repeated as a 
good joke on me. We were the target. 

"As a third splash appeared much nearer, the general alarm was rung. While we 
were swinging our stern to the 'sub' our little six-pounder forward cracked four times, 
the last two shells going through our own rigging and passing over the bridge so close that 
the gunnery officer said afterwards he felt the breeze. Meanwhile, our five-inch fifty-one 
gun aft got into action. The last two six-pound shots and one from the five-inch landed 
together with but two small splashes, both very close to the 'sub.' We believe the U-boat 
was damaged by this group of shots, for immediately it swung broadside to. 

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Planting the North Sea Mine Barrage 



Navy Official) 



"Just as we came around a couple of shots landed about where we would have been 
if we had not changed our course. The 'sub' was using both its guns; we were making short 
zigzags with only the after gun in action. There was a delay of a few seconds to cool the 
piece with water, and the gunnery officer on the bridge roared, 'Fire, for God's sake, 
fire. ' On the instant a Negro mess attendant who was stationed amidships grabbed a fire 
extinguisher and dashed madly aft. After the 'sub' was out of our range a smoke screen 
was made, and half an hour later we ran into a fog bank. It seemed a miracle to all aboard 
that we escaped without a scratch to either the men or the boat. 

"We found out later on that no other vessel reported this U-boat after this time; 
while before, the naval authorities were receiving reports about its operating in that vicin- 
ity. Although we do not know for certain what we did to the 'sub,' yet this fact seems to 
indicate we put it out of business." 

When the destroyer accompanied the transport, the affair was quite different, for 
no Hun however bold then dared to show his conning tower, let alone attempting to use 
his guns. Nevertheless, the German undersea commanders were skillful, and occasionally 
they succeeded in getting in with a torpedo even in the midst of a convoy. Lieutenant 
Charles K. Cummings, '96, had a part in one of the best known of these encounters. He 
says, "On September 5, 1918, the U. S. S. 'Mount Vernon' (formerly ' Kronprinzessin 
Cecilie'), while homeward bound from France, was torpedoed by a German submarine. 
She had sailed for New York on the afternoon of September 4 in company with U. S. S. 
'Agamemnon' (another transport) escorted by six destroyers. On the morning of the 
fifth, there was a light southerly breeze, smooth sea, an unusually clear atmosphere, and 
a bright sun. At 7.57 a.m. the convoy was proceeding in line abreast, 'Mount Vernon' 
guide with 'Agamemnon' a thousand yards on her starboard beam, at a speed of eighteen 
knots and zigzagging. The destroyers were stationed according to custom ahead and on 
the flanks, except that the flagship, ordinarily used as an advanced scout, was out of 
position astern owing to temporary engine trouble, a circumstance that undoubtedly had 
much to do with what followed. 

"A submarine's periscope was sighted by 'Mount Vernon's' lookouts, distant five 

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hundred yards. A shot was instantly fired from the starboard forecastle gun, the pro- 
jectile falling close to the periscope. Immediately afterward from the same direction, a 
torpedo was seen approaching. The officer of the deck, acting with great coolness, in a 
space of seven seconds sent for the captain, put the rudder hard right in an attempt to 
avoid the torpedo by paralleling its course, sounded the whistle, signalled for emergency 
full speed, glanced at the master-valve to make sure all water-tight doors were shut (which 
they were) and rang the general alarm calling all hands to collision quarters. The torpedo 
struck abreast of a bulkhead, separating the two after groups of boilers, tearing a ragged 
hole in the side twenty feet long by twelve high, through which approximately seven 
thousand tons of water poured in, flooding three compartments and causing the ship to 
settle within twelve inches of her limit of buoyancy. Thirty-five men, all members of the 
engineer force, were killed outright and thirteen more were injured, two of whom died 
later. The loss was particularly large owing to the fact that the morning watch was being 
relieved and had not left the fire-rooms. Those who were not killed by the force of explo- 
sion were burned to death by flames sucked from under the boilers, suffocated by gases, 
or drowned by the inrushing water which gave little time for escape, especially as the 
hatchway ladders had been blown away. 

"The engines, however, fortunately continued to run, and the forward boilers as 
well as all the main steam lines were found uninjured. Owing to the rupture of the pres- 
sure feed-lines most of the water in these forward boilers was lost, with a consequent drop 
in steam, but the emergency salt-water feed was quickly connected, allowing steam to be 
gradually built up. 

"To maintain speed was now all important to prevent the submarine from trailing 
the ship submerged. 'Agamemnon' according to doctrine sheered off at full speed with 
three destroyers, the other three standing by 'Mount Vernon,' spiralling around her and 
firing depth-bombs which, if they did not destroy the submarine, probably went far toward 
discouraging further attack. The limiting bulkheads (those forward and aft of the flooded 
compartments) were tight and showed no signs of weakness, but as the safety of the vessel 
new depended on their holding, they, as well as the deck above, were heavily shored and 
braced. By nine o'clock 'Mount Vernon's' speed began to increase, and an hour later 
reached fifteen knots, which was maintained. 

"The ship under escort of three destroyers was headed for Brest. During the after- 
noon the wind freshened to a stiff blow, raising a steep, choppy sea, and the vessel, which 
hitherto had been practically on an even keel, began gradually to list to port. T,his list, 
due probably to wind pressure and accumulation of water on the lee side, steadily increased 
until by midnight it had reached eleven degrees, causing a good deal of alarm; but fortu- 
nately before matters grew worse, the ship gained the southern approaches of Brest, where 
early on the morning of the sixth she was brought safely to anchor." 

On arrival in port it was found that the "Mt. Vernon" was nearly broken in two, 
being held together below the water line only by a few plates of the keel. That she did not 
sink is due in part to Professor Hovgaard, of the Course in Naval Architecture. Early 
in the war Professor Hovgaard had been called to Washington to give expert advice on 
various matters pertaining to ship construction. Two of the questions upon which he was 
called in as a consultant were methods of ballasting transports to counteract the effect of 
their immense movable loads, and the design of bulkheads and special sub-divisions of 
the hull for better protection against torpedo attack. 

Any one familiar with ship construction, who has read Lieutenant Cummings's 
account must have been struck with the fact that the "Mount Vernon" did not sink in 
spite of the fact that three of her compartments were flooded, for, generally speaking, when 
a merchant vessel receives such injury she is beyond hope. In the case of the "Mount 
Vernon," thanks to Professor Hovgaard's suggestions, a number of changes has been made. 
The longitudinal bulkhead which divided the ship was pierced in such a manner as to per- 
mit water entering one side of the vessel to flow across and thus prevent her from capsizing. 
As an additional precaution, on the No. 2 deck a special wooden bulkhead had been 
installed which prevented the water from spreading to other portions of the ship — a 
contingency which would have been exceedingly dangerous. 

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It is interesting to note that these alterations were under the supervision of Stephen 
B. Boyd, '91, Chester W. Wilson, '10, and Lieutenant-Commander George A. Andrews, '17, 
who had charge of the work involved in converting the "Mount Vernon" from a German 
merchantman to an American transport. 

The work of protecting our ships was by no means confined to purely defensive 
measures; but of all the methods which were tried for defeating the undersea boats prob- 
ably none was so unique, or involved so many interesting situations, as the work assigned 
to Commander R. C. Grady, '05, who was in charge of a division of American submarines 
which operated from the southwest coast of Ireland, and whose duty it was to hunt down 
and destroy hostile U-boats. Grady states that his principal diversion was making sar- 
castic reports on the marksmanship of American destroyers. He says: "We made four 
attacks on the Huns and they made two on us. Two of our attacks should have been suc- 




The Effect of a Torpedo 
This Picture was taken by John D. Wright, '23, after the fight at Durazzo 



cessful, but in one a premature explosion of the torpedo about one hundred yards before 
reaching the target spoiled the chance. In the other, remarkably fast manoeuvring on the 
part of Fritz caused two close misses. The AL-4 just dodged a German torpedo by diving, 
the men in the forward compartment hearing the torpedo pass overhead as the boat went 
under. 

"The AL-2 was returning from patrol when an object was sighted. Her course had 
just been changed toward it when an explosion occurred on the starboard quarter about 
eighty yards distant, about five feet of periscope being plainly visible on the outer rim of 
the disturbance. AL-2 turned and dived toward the periscope in order to ram. Nothing 
was hit, but the listeners could plainly hear the signals and propellers of another submarine 
— then silence. It was assumed that the German submarine had been sunk by a recurv- 
ing shot fired by itself. The British Intelligence Service later confirmed the loss of a Ger- 
man submarine that had been operating in that area. 

"AL-10 got mixed up with two American destroyers and one dropped several 
charges on her, which threw everything out of kilter. However, she managed to blow her 

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air tanks, come to the surface, and make her recognition signals before the destroyer opened 
fire. The destroyer captain and the submarine commander had been roommates at Annap- 
olis, and the remarks exchanged over the incident nearly spoiled a long friendship. 

"My own chance for a patrol came only when one of the commanding officers was 
laid up, when I would take his boat out. On two occasions my recognition signals were 
answered with four-inch shell. Two auxiliaries once fired about twenty shots, finally forc- 
ing us to dive, which was a violation of orders under those circumstances, but which seemed 
to be our only chance." 

Another means of checking the ravages of the submarine was the laying of the great 
North Sea mine barrage. In addition to the fact that mines were of an entirely new model, 
and that once armed they were unbelievably sensitive, the ships had every possible diffi- 
culty to contend with in the way of fog, rough weather, uncertain tides, currents, and hos- 
tile interruption. 

Some of the difficulties can be realized from the diary of Lieutenant Raymond D. 
Borden, 'oo, extracts from which follow: "July io. Had the sun about n.oo this morn- 
ing, just long enough to get a sight and get back on our course. Found the northwest 
end of the field about midnight. July n. Still very cold, windy, and raining. About i.oo 
this afternoon picked up a periscope on our starboard quarter. Owing to boiler trouble 
could not manoeuvre, and did not go back for the 'sub.' August 27. Came off watch at 
midnight. After turning over deck to my relief went below and turned in without undres- 
sing; fog very thick. At 1.5 1 awakened by a crash. Looked out of port and saw we were 
alongside a large camouflaged steamer. Going on deck found we had mixed up with a 
large convoy travelling at full speed and without navigation signals or lights. The ship 
showed up through the fog not over fifty yards ahead, and in order to avoid being cut in 
two the officer of the deck struck him on the starboard bow. Drove our stem into his 
number one hold for about ten feet. Backed away and 'stood by' until the captain of the 
freighter reported that the lumber in his number one hold would float him until he reached 
port. Then turned around and stood out to sea on duty. Our stem is a sight but we are not 
making much water. Arrived at the rendezvous in time and immediately commenced plot- 
ting premature explosions. On this excursion three rows of mines were planted for a stretch 
of about fifty-four miles. Plotted a great many 'prematures' on this tiip. After reaching 
the end of the field we started back for Inverness. Weather still thick but clearing." 

A number of other Tech men served in the mine-laying fleet, while others watched 
the enemy to prevent him from interrupting the work. This was notably the case with 
our men in the seaplane patrol, at Killingholme, England, from which Knight B. Owen, 
'16, William G. Sprague, '16, and a number of others operated. Lieutenant (J. G.) John 
F. Staub, '15, was engaged in this work and was lucky enough, on July 10, 1918, to discover 
a German submarine and bomb it. 

During the later operations the Germans were allowed to get news of the opera- 
tions of the mine-planters, as it was hoped that their main fleet could be drawn into final 
action. With this end in view, the mine-planters were secretly convoyed at a considerable 
distance by battleship fleets, including the Sixth Battle Squadron, composed of American 
ships, and on board of these a number of Tech men were serving, including Lieutenant 
J. H. Currier, '14, on board U. S. S. "Wyoming," Lieutenant (J. G.) Eugene P. Chase, 
'06, on board the same ship, and Lieutenant Percy E. Tillson, '06, on board the U. S. S. 
"Florida." As we all know, the German fleet never came out, but the barrage proved 
a most effectual weapon against submarines, accounting for at least twenty-three of 
these vessels. 

Mine planting was regarded as the most dangerous duty in the navy. A base hos- 
pital was established to take care of casualties, but oddly enough, so Lieutenant Borden 
informs us, only one man was lost, a fact largely due to the skill of another Tech man, 
namely, Ambrose M. Merrill, '04. Merrill was superintendent in the drafting rooms of 
the Hull Division at the New York Navy Yard. His problem was to arrange for the stow- 
ing of one thousand mines on each planter in such a manner that they could be dropped 
over the stern in a continuous stream at the rate of one every twenty seconds. At the same 
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(From The Literary Digest) 
Diagram of Engagement in which Samuel S. Otis, 'i6, took part on Submarine-Chaser 258 



sea. How successful he was is indicated by the fact that not a single serious accident 
occurred aboard any of our ships engaged in this work. It is also interesting to note that 
the firing mechanisms of the mines were manufactured under the supervision of Lieutenant 
J. K. M. Harrison, '10, and that the floats which were used as buoys to mark the limits of 
the mine field were designed and manufactured by Alexander H. Twombly, '87. 

Another means of attacking the submarines was that of hunting them with sub- 
chasers and electrical listening devices. The one-hundred-and-ten-footers or sub-chasers 
of the United States Navy were the direct outgrowth of the famous "Hoop-la" designed 
by Commander A. L. Swasey, '98 (see page 5). These boats had originally been 
designed for coast patrol work, but with the development of listening devices (see page 
275), they were able to actually trail the U-boat, and it is said that these craft destroyed 
more of the enemy's submersibles than any other single type of vessel. 

A great many of our alumni and undergraduates helped man the sub-chasers, and 
one of them, Samuel S. Otis, '15, took part in the encounter described in the Literary Digest 
for June 12, 1919. Otis was on board sub-chaser No. 258, and the following account of the 
fight is quoted from the article just mentioned. 

"The engagement which is illustrated occurred early one morning in the English 
Channel. A small squadron of chasers discovered an enemy craft moving slowly up the 
channel submerged. Forming for the attack, they rushed over the spot where their list- 
eners indicated the U-boat to be, dropped a pattern of depth bombs and then withdrew 
to take observations. 

"Feverish activity and the sound of hammers ringing against the ship's side were 
heard. The submarine engines would then start up and stop, start and stop again. 

"Further attacks were delivered, and more noise came to the listeners from the 
hold of the submarine. Evidently the first depth charge had taken good effect and the 
enemy's crew were making a last desperate effort to reach the surface. 

"Then there was a dead silence, broken at last by twenty-five sharp reports like 
revolver-shots. The crew, giving up in despair, had committed suicide. The loss of this 
submarine was later substantiated by the British Intelligence Department." 

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Later on Otis served aboard one of our own submarines and had a narrow escape, 
when a British destroyer came very near running her down as a result of misunderstand- 
ing recognition signals. 

The sub-chasers generally hunted in packs, and they have the honor of participating 
in what may be termed the only real naval' engagement in which American ships were 
engaged — the raid on the German submarine base at Durazzo. A brief account of the 
affair has been contributed by Chief Machinist's Mate John D. Wright, '23. 

"The town of Durazzo is situated on the western coast of Albania, and was the 
largest Austrian submarine base in the Adriatic. Twelve American submarine-chasers 
were detailed with four large cruisers, two English and two Italian, to raid and destroy it. 

"The expedition started, divided into two groups, the submarine-chasers in the 
lead, in fan-shape formation, with the cruisers half a mile in rear. The sea was calm and 
the sky was overcast. Overhead an Italian airplane preceded us on the lookout for 
floating mines. At eleven o'clock the Albanian hills were sighted and shortly afterward 
the white houses of Durazzo. Half an hour later the fleet was on the edge of the great 
Austrian mine field. 

"A highly dangerous task was now entrusted to the American submarine-chasers, 
namely that of steaming in close to Durazzo, and thus drawing out the Austrian destroyers 
which guarded the base. The cruisers could not proceed further on account of the mine 
fields, and halted about seven miles off shore. However, it was perfectly possible for the 
submarine-chasers, owing to their light draft to advance within two miles of the great base. 

"The four Austrian destroyers soon steamed out and gave chase. Ten of the sub- 
marine-chasers turned around and went at full speed toward the supporting cruisers. One, 
however, steamed north and another south, at the same time taking careful bearings on 
the channel which the Austrians were using through the mine fields. The destroyers kept 
on in hot pursuit, thereby accomplishing their own downfall. When they were almost five 
miles at sea, and had nearly overtaken the 'chasers,' to their great surprise the cruisers 
appeared above the horizon and opened a deadly fire which got rid of two destroyers imme- 




Austrian Destroyers Leaving Durazzo in Pursuit of Submarine-Chasers. 
The picture was taken by John D. Wright, '23, from the crow's nest 

OF ONE OF THE CHASERS, WHICH HAD TURNED TO ONE SIDE 



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diately. The cruisers now gave chase and the destroyers which had been the pursuers 
became the pursued. They were soon overhauled and dispatched with a broadside apiece. 

"In the meantime, the channel leading into Durazzo had been located and signals 
were sent to the ten fleeing submarine-chasers to turn about and proceed to Durazzo 
through the designated channel. The way now lay open for the cruisers to follow and they 
accordingly closed to a range of about one mile of the submarine base, firing steadily. 

"The Austrian land batteries replied weakly upon the submarine-chasers and the 
larger ships, but fortunately for us, the Austrians were apparently very ill at ease. Had 
they been perfectly cool it is doubtful whether the chasers would have been hit, sines the 
batteries were situated too high on the hills to reach us when we were close in. Three Aus- 
trian submarines came out, but they were quickly put out of business by depth charges, 
and at the end of an hour the Austrian batteries ceased firing. Three submarine-chasers 




A British Cruiser Overhauling Austrian Destroyers at Durazzo 



were then detailed to proceed right up to the base and sink any vessels in the harbor by 
gun fire. They did so, accounting for two torpedo boats and numerous harbor craft by 
lively manoeuvring and superb gunnery, in spite of the fact that the torpedo boats were 
more heavily armed than any of the chasers, and that their crews put up a spirited resist- 
ance. By three o'clock in the afternoon the submarine -chasers and the cruisers threaded 
their way back again through the narrow passage in the mine field, leaving behind the 
great Austrian sea base a heap of smoking ruins — its port a cemetery of sunken ships. 

"One British cruiser had fifty feet of its stern blown off by a torpedo from one of 
the three submarines which came out of the harbor. No men were injured and this was the 
only scar left upon the allied fleet." 

When the armistice was announced it would appear that the celebration of the 
Anglo-American Grand Fleet equalled anything in Paris and London; Lieutenant Percy E. 
Tillson, '06, at that time serving on board the U. S. S. "Florida," gives this account of it. 

"The 'Silent Fleet' is no longer silent. 

"This afternoon the following signal was received: 'C in C to General, negative 
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splice the main brace at nineteen hours.' This meant that, with the exception of the dry 
American squadron — the Sixth — an extra ration of rum would be served at seven o'clock 
and the jubilation would begin. 

"During dinner the celebration started and, cutting dessert, I rushed to the 'top 
side.' There was a continuous din of whistles and sirens; rockets and colored signal bombs 
were in the air; many huge fingers of light (searchlights) were sweeping the sky. Our own 
darkened ship had its rails jammed with impatient ' gobs,' eager to enter the fray, while our 
immediate neighbors, both British and American, also began to show signs of restlessness. 
Finally the 'old man' gave the word and we were off. Our eight big searchlights opened 
up; truck lights and blinkers began to wink and the siren and steam whistles roared; even 
the Klaxon on the gig was manned. 

"The band was broken out. The quarter deck became a thing of the past. The 




A British Cruiser Sinking the last Austrian Destroyer 



'gobs' just swarmed and yelled. A 'peerrade' was formed, the band in double file, followed 
by a most disorderly mob of 'gobs', and around and around they went. Finally, led by a 
regular 'two-striper' with broom in hand, a considerable gang of officers joined in, much 
to the satisfaction of the 'gobs.' A number of ships, including our own, broke out our 
flag and the 'white ensign' (Britain's naval flag) each in the beam of a searchlight. Fin- 
ally a picket boat from H. M. S. 'Inflexible' ran alongside, and up came a party of officers 
to secure a bunch of us to celebrate on their ships, champagne being one of the induce- 
ments. Their leader was hoisted up on shoulders, where he remained, a broad grin on his 
face, while his national air was played." 

Later on Tillson with a number of other Tech men was present at the surrender of 
the High Seas Fleet. His description of it is interesting, not only from the idea it gives of 
the spectacle presented, but also because of the light it throws upon the precautions against 
surprise or treachery. 

"About nine-fifteen, word came from the tops that a Hun balloon and smoke were 
off the starboard bow. General quarters call was sounded and we had to go to our battle 
stations below. (Later we learned that the blimp was a Britisher acting as guide.) 

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(From The National Geographic Magazine) 

Sweeping up the North Sea Mine Barrage 



"Until about twelve-thirty, I was on duty at the plotting board keeping the range 
of our 'target' Hun so that the sights might be set for instant action. Our turrets were 
not trained, but their indicators were set at the correct angle, their sights at the correct 
elevation, and the ammunition hoists loaded and at the breach of the guns. Our first 
target was the battle cruiser ' Seydlitz,' at a range of about forty-five hundred yards. She 
passed on, and for a while we had the third in line and finally the last of the capital ships, 
a battleship of the Koenig class. We kept her at between thirty-five hundred and five 
thousand yards and each ship ahead of us covered a partner in the same way. On the other 
side at approximately the same range they were being covered by British column. During 
most of this time the visibility was poor, and when I was relieved for about five minutes, 
and ran to the 'top side' for a glimpse, only three of them could be seen, the foremost one 
just melting into the mist. I had been relieved for luncheon and, while I was eating, 'secure' 
was sounded as we were then well within the Forth. 

"As we passed further up the Forth, they slowed down and we steamed along their 
entire line and finally passed through the inner nets while they hove to without. It was 
a remarkable sight. Here was a strong navy, well equipped and apparently in excellent 
condition, being turned over without a shot. Comparisons were made by our officers with 
the action of the Spaniards at Santiago, who had not feared to take a chance against almost 
certain defeat, and indeed one could not look upon these ships without feeling that the Hun 
seamen must have lacked courage." 

Hostilities had now ceased, but the Navy was faced with another and a very serious 
problem, namely, that of sweeping up the great North Sea mine barrage. These mines, 
an American invention, were in some respects the most fiendish engine of destruction ever 
devised by mind of man. They exploded not upon contact, but upon the mere approach 
of iron or steel. There were seventy thousand of them distributed over an area of about 
six thousand square miles and each carried a charge of three hundred pounds of T. N. T. 
The Germans had discovered the frightful nature of these mines soon after they were put 
in place, but had never been able to devise a means by which they might even closely 
approach them. It now became the duty of some one to experiment on the best means of 
sweeping up this horrible menace to shipping. 

The first attempt was made with two small wooden sailing vessels, the "Red Fern" 
under command of Lieutenant Noel Davis, and the "Red Rose," commanded by Lieu- 
tenant H. D. Shaw, '14. An account of their first attempt is given in the National Geo- 
graphic Magazine as follows: "The little vessels stood up to each other, passed the sweep, 
and headed across the field beneath a threatening gray sky, while the barometer went 
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by the explosion of three hundred pounds of T. N. T. sprang high above the masts of the 
'Red Rose.' The explosion virtually lifted the little vessel from the water shaking her 
until it seemed as if the timbers in her hull would fly apart. When she settled down again, 
the sea gushed in between the planks until the pump could scarcely keep the vessel dry. 

"This was the first mine. Five others followed, most of them, fortunately, further 
astern. It was indeed a pretty sight to see these tiny vessels tacking and wearing in perfect 
unison, keeping station on each other by furling topsails or streaming sea anchors." 

The work was halted when the gale foretold by the morning's sky broke with the 
fury of a hurricane, early in the afternoon. 

Shaw tried to heave- to under storm-jib and staysail forward and triple-reefed mizzen 
aft. First, the jib went, followed by the topmast, then but a bare pole. A few hours later 
the mizzen-boom snapped, and for the next thirty-six hours the "Red Rose" wallowed 
at the mercy of the waves. 

A number of British men-of-war were sent out to give aid but most of them could 
not weather the gale and returned. Nevertheless, the "Red Rose" reached port on Christ- 
mas morning. 

Describing the later work Shaw says, "During the final sweeping of the barrage, 
I was in command of a division of six sub-chasers. These craft followed astern of the 
sweepers and sank floating mines by rifle and machine-gun fire; most of them were mined 
several times." 

Shaw also calls our attention to the fact that Ensign K. C. Richmond, '17, served 
throughout this affair on the staff of Rear Admiral Strauss, under whose direction the 
operations were conducted. His work appears to have been of a distinguished character, 
as he was decorated with the Navy Cross, as was also Shaw. 

Our graduates were not entirely confined to the American Navy. One of them, 
Captain T. Riojo Ohnuki, '09, of the Imperial Japanese Navy has given us this account 
of his activities: "While I was serving as an Engineer of Japanese repair ships at Tsing 
Tau, China, on the beginning of this great war with German navy, engaged so often with 
enemy. At last we Japanese navy captured German colony at Tsing Tau. After finishing 




(U. S.'Navy'Official) 

The German Fleet Steaming to its Surrender, led by a British Blimp 



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this war, I remained at Tsing Tau to organize captured dock-yard and also to refloat cap- 
tured German ships which were sunk by the enemy. 

"In the spring of 1916, I went to Italy to inspect our submarine which was built 
by Fiat San Georgio for our Navy. 

"I was decorated by Japanese Emperor with 'Third Rising Sun decoration' in 1916, 
and also decorated by Italian King with 'Fourth Order of Saints Cross' [San Maurizio and 
San Lazzaro] by above reason." 

NAVAL AIR SERVICE 

One important method of hunting down submarines was that of locating them by 
means of seaplanes. Tech men were in the United States Naval Air Service, and to some of 
these, rather remarkable adventures befell. Particularly was this the case with Ensign 




One of the Surrendered Fleet, seen in the distance, passing H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" 

ON THE LEFT, AND THE U.S.S. " WYOMING " ON THE RIGHT 



[later Lieutenant, j. g.] Knight B. Owen, '16, and a companion, both of whom were 
stationed at Killingholme, England, near Hull. On the fifteenth of May, 1918, while on 
patrol duty one hundred and fifty miles from land, the motor suddenly went dead. When the 
machine fell, their wireless apparatus went out of commission, and to make matters worse, 
a fog soon shut down, which made their chance of being picked up exceedingly slim. The 
position of the two men was desperate, for they had neither food nor water on board. For 
four days and nights, they lay in this manner, practically at the mercy of wind and wave. 
Under ordinary circumstances it seems probable that they would have died of thirst, for 
the water from the radiator was undrinkable due to rust and grease, and it would appear 
their lives were saved by the moisture of the fog. They succeeded in breaking some of the 
stays in one of the wings, and thus made sort of a cradle, in which one of them could sleep, 
while the other watched. 

Another day and another night passed, and their situation became critical in the 
extreme. Finally, early on the morning of the fifth day, a faint shadow loomed through 

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the fog. Owen, who was on watch at the time, scarcely knew at first whether it was a ship 
or not. However, he took a chance and fired the last three signal cartridges from his Blair 
pistol. In a moment, a shadow swung toward them, and they were able to make it out as 
a British destroyer. A moment later came the hail, "Who are you?" "Two American 
aviators. We have been adrift five days and nights," was the reply. "Well I say, do you 
want any help?" came back from the destroyer. It is needless to say that help was very 
grateful. 

Another of our pilots who saw service of the most active type was Ensign Nugent 
Fallon, '06. Perhaps the most noteworthy incident in which it is known that Fallon was 
involved was a combat with a submarine which took place in the North Sea. It is not 
clear from descriptions of this action whether hostile aircraft were also present or not. In 
any case, Fallon's pilot received a bullet through the neck which seemed likely to cause 



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a short time before his Death 



his death. Fallon, however, left his own seat at the machine gun, and succeeded in crawl- 
ing to the pilot, to whom he administered first aid and then brought the seaplane safely in. 
For this and other acts, he received the highest commendation from his commanding officer 
and from Admiral Sims. 

Another of our men who did a great deal of patrol work was Ensign Joseph W. 
Homer, Jr., '19, son of Joseph W. Homer, '75. Homer's work was chiefly that of escorting 
transports through the danger zone and searching for hostile submarines. Although his 
career was not so spectacular as those of Owen and Fallon, he nevertheless had several 
rather exciting experiences. On one occasion he was blown some eighty miles off his course 
and found it necessary to land on the coast of France, a short distance west of the trenches. 
If he had been blown a bit more to the eastward, he would have found himself either 
interned or a prisoner of war. Homer did an unusual amount of flying, for among the 
American pilots assigned to this work he stood second, having to his credit three hundred 
and one hours and ten minutes. He was highly thought of by his commanding officers, and 
it was expected that he would have a brilliant record, but in October he was taken with 
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As will be recollected, however, it was not until after the armistice was signed that 
the Naval Air Service came fully to the attention of the public in general, its debut at that 
time being chiefly due to the spectacular trip of the NC planes, the first aircraft to cross 
the Atlantic. The whole affair was conducted by the United States Navy Department, 
the design and construction of the boats being in the hands of the Department of Con- 
struction and Repair. 

Since the actual design of the boats was carried out by officers of the Navy Depart- 
ment working in conjunction with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company, the whole credit for the 
design cannot be given to any one man. Three men, however, who were perhaps most 
largely responsible for it, were Commander J. C. Hunsaker, '12, formerly instructor in 
aeronautical engineering at the Institute, Commander G. C. Westervelt, '08, and Com- 
mander H. C. Richardson, '06. Lieutenant (j. g.) Charles J. McCarthy, '16, also had a 
prominent part in the design, particularly in the calculation of stresses and the design 
of certain parts, while Donald R. Husted, '16, of the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, 
made extensive tunnel tests as a check on the design. The hulls of the boats were built in 
several different places, that of the NC-4, the only one which completed the trip, being 
constructed by the Herreshoff Company, where it came under the general supervision of 
James Swan, '91. The wings and tail surfaces were built by Locke & Co., under direction 
of Edward C. Locke, '72. It would appear that some of the engines, which were Libertys, 
were built by the Packard Motor Car Company, and these were officially accepted by 
William H. Turner, '18. The parts were then sent to Garden City, where they were erected 
in large hangars, which had been built for that purpose by Captain S. J. Stone, '01, 
while the actual construction of the machines was supervised by Lieutenant (j. g.) George 
T. Woolley, Jr., '15, Lieutenant (j. g.) Theodore P. Wright, '18, also acting as inspector. 
When the planes had been completed, they were moved to Rockaway Beach, where they 
were housed in hangars built by John G. Ahlers, '10. In preparation for the flight the 
engines were under the care of Lieutenant (j. g.) Raymond P. Miller, '18, who had been 
detailed as power-plant inspector for the ships by Lieutenant A. E. Tuttle, '17, executive 
officer of the New York Naval District; Lieutenant C. J. McCarthy, '16, was present as the 
representative of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

When the boats were ready to put to sea, Commander H. C. Richardson, '06, was 
assigned as one of the pilots of the NC-3, while McCarthy accompanied them during the 
flight to Newfoundland. Here, after refitting, the ships set out upon the great adventure, 
in which as will be seen, the forces of nature were able, to some extent, to upset the calcu- 
lations of man, with the result that during the latter portion of the voyage, the crew of the 
NC-3 were obliged to battle with the elements, under much the same circumstances as 
their Viking ancestors. Commander Richardson's account of the affair follows: "The 
three seaplanes left Trepassey on Thursday, May 16. Both the NC-i and the NC-3 landed 
on account of the thick weather, but the NC-4, which was more fortunate, sighted land 
and reached Horta safely. 

"When the Nc-3 landed the wind was blowing about twenty-five knots, and the 
seas were running eight feet high. We quickly discovered that the front edge of the wings 
had settled. The engine foundation, for the center forward engine was badly damaged; the 
hull also was leaking. 

"We shifted the radio generator to a position in the wake of the port propeller, and 
attempted to communicate our position to the patrol vessels. Owing to some failure in 
the electrical connections, however, no signals were received from us. On the other hand 
we could hear destroyers not over forty miles away, and shortly after landing we caught a 
radio compass signal from the U. S. S. 'Columbia' at Horta, which showed that we were 
southwest of that place. We next took account of our provisions. Besides an emergency 
ration apiece we had a few jelly sandwiches and some chocolate almond bars; the only 
fresh water was that in the radiators. 

"Saturday afternoon we put over two canvas buckets as a sea anchor and these 
served to keep us head to the wind, and also prevented us from drifting astern too rapidly. 
Sunday morning the wind began to increase. About eight o'clock the rear edge of the left 
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got it cleared when the starboard wing caught in the water and had to receive the same 
treatment. About eleven o'clock the left wing tip pontoon broke loose and rapidly drifted 
away. It was now difficult to keep from rolling over to port, and to insure against this one 
member of the crew stood watch on the right tip to keep the float in the water. During 
the course of the afternoon the wind reached the velocity of close to sixty miles an hour and 
the sea reached a height of thirty feet. It held throughout Sunday night and Monday 
morning till it seemed only a question of hours until the wing structure would disintegrate, 
and we should capsize. 

"Lavender kept on trying to get communication through the wireless, but without 
success, though he heard the patrol vessels almost constantly. In this manner we learned 
that the NC-4 had arrived at Horta and later that the crew of the NC-i had been rescued 
by the Greek steamer 'Ionia.' We then heard that the search for us was starting one 




NC-3 Ready to Start upon her Flight 



hundred and fifty miles to the west of where we were and was headed still further west 
because we had last been heard of in the vicinity of Station 18. 

"We found that we could steer about ten degrees to the right or to the left of the 
wind and Sunday afternoon and night we were able to lay a course toward the passage 
west of San Miguel. In the height of Sunday's storm we made speed astern averaging 
twelve knots, and at times when we failed to reach a wave crest before it broke, we would 
be driven like a surf board at thirty knots or better. About four o'clock Sunday after- 
noon when the clouds lifted we saw the slopes of Pico forty-five miles to the northwest. 
As night approached the wind eased up a bit and changed direction so that we could hold 
a course towards Ponta Delgada, and early Monday morning Towers got a star sight 
which showed that we might reach port that day. While Towers was communicating his 
information to me, Moore, who was on the lookout on the right wing reported land in sight. 

"During the afternoon we could see a storm building up towards the northwest and 
about two o'clock it broke in a squall with heavy rain which again drove us off towards 
the southeast. This squall lasted about an hour and very nearly capsized us once when 

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(U. S. Navy Official) 

The NC-3 at Ponta Delgada. Notice the naval cutters placed under her wings to prevent capsizing 



our sea anchor carried away. With a view to reducing the violence of the seas we started 
to drain oil overboard, but we drove so fast to leeward that the oil slick was ineffective. 
At another time we tried to put over the standard sea anchor, but its action was so violent 
that it carried away in about three minutes. We also tried to make a sail by spreading 
torn wing cloth over the guy wires, but we soon found that this was hazardous as it 
destroyed our power to control our course and made the ailerons ineffective. As soon as 
our sea anchor carried away we improvised another from a bundle of cloth and wires, 
using the radio antenna as a tow line, and this contrivance behaved satisfactorily. 

"When the squall was over we found we could again steer for Delgada, but were 
in danger of being driven on the beach, which is very steep and rocky. About two miles 
west of the harbor the wind drove us in so strongly that we had to head across it, and, as 
a result, almost at once lost our starboard float, and nearly capsized. We then started up 
the center rear engine, while Moore crawled out on the wing and cut loose the float. 
McCullough and I had our hands full trying to keep the ship balanced by use of the ail- 
erons. 

"We were not sighted until within six miles of the Island when the U. S. S. 'Hard- 
ing' got underway from the harbor of Ponta Delgada and came driving toward us, with 
the seas breaking clear over her bridge, for the wind was still blowing twenty-five knots. 
Towers signalled her by Aldis lamp to stand by and be ready to lower a boat, and also 
requested her to ask the 'Melville' to have two boats ready to go under the wings as we 
came in the harbor. The wing engines were now started which greatly improved our con- 
trol, and by use of the ailerons we were able to work safely across the wind to our mooring. 
Here launches from the destroyers were so anxious to aid us that several of them fouled 
each other and our sea anchor but they soon got clear. Two cutters from the 'Melville' 
were lashed under our wings and we were safe in port." 

OUR MEN IN NAVAL SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES 

While many Tech men were thus defying submarines and the elements, upon, 
below, and above the Atlantic Ocean, others were busy in the United States, helping sup- 

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ply their comrades with ships to sail or fly. Mention has already been made of the large 
number of Tech men included in the personnel of the Department of Construction and 
Repair. One of the first problems which confronted that department was the repair of 
those German ships which had been damaged by their owners to prevent their being used 
by the United States as transports or freight carriers. 

A number of our men took part in this work. The only one, however, who has given 
us a detailed account is Commander R. D. Gatewood, '06. Gatewood was in charge of 
the shops, dry docks and repair facilities for the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad. 
His two most interesting jobs, however, were the repairs on the transport "Von Steuben" 
and on nine ex-German merchant vessels which had been interned at Balboa and Cristo- 
bal and in Peruvian ports. The extent and nature of these repairs can be judged from 
Commander Gatewood's account which follows: 

"The 22,500-ton transport 'Von Steuben' was damaged in a collision with the 
'Agamemnon.' 

"The vessel arrived the day before New Year's, and without stopping proceeded 
through the Canal and into dock. After pumping down it was found that the entire bow 
would have to be rebuilt, involving a new stem to be forged in Panama, one new hawse 
pipe, the pattern and casting for which would have to be furnished by the Balboa shops, 
and the renewal of between twenty-five and thirty plates, and about eight to ten frames 
on each side abaft the item. 

"Work was started with two twelve-hour shifts, there being insufficient men avail- 
able to work eight-hour reliefs. A conference of the foremen and the leaders among the 
men was called and the extreme urgency of the case explained. So well did the force respond 
that these repairs, together with others to the stern of the vessel made necessary by a 
second collision, and about one hundred thousand dollars' worth of minor repairs and 
alterations were all completed in nineteen days. The vessel left the plant on the morning 
of January 20 in all respects ready for sea, to resume her work in transporting American 
troops to France. 

"Four of the nine ex-German vessels handled were those interned in Colon harbar 
when the declaration of war with Germany was made. All of the four vessels were com- 
pleted within ten weeks after the declaration of war. The other five were much larger 
vessels, one of them being a ship of eleven thousand tons. It would be hard to imagine 
more wide-spread and deliberate destruction to a vessel than was found when these ships 
were examined at Balboa. All the cylinders of the main engines except the high pressures 
had been cracked by exploding dynamite in them or by the use of hydraulic jacks and batter- 
ing rams. All the essential parts of such auxiliary machinery as pumps, steering engines, 
anchor engines, and winches, had been broken or thrown overboard. The boilers were 
particularly bad, having been dry fired until in many cases the tubes and furnaces were 
melted together and the shells so warped as to be beyond repair. 

"Repairs were pushed with energy. The engine cylinders were repaired by oxyacet- 
ylene and electric welding processes, by cast-steel and cast-iron patches and in one case 
by a forged patch of boiler plate; where necessary new liners were cast. The auxiliary 
machinery was also put in shape almost entirely from material produced in the canal zone. 
Fourteen new boilers, however, were purchased in the United States, shipped to the Isthmus 
and installed. In this connection it is pertinent and curious to note that the old boilers 
were removed, and the new boilers were installed by two 250-ton floating cranes designed 
and made in Germany." 

The transfer of these ships from the Peruvian Government was arranged for by 
J. H. Gardner, '94, who was special representative of the United States in charge of the 
examination and appraisal of enemy tonnage in Peruvian ports, and who was also charged 
with the general supervision of their repair. 

Work was carried on at the Boston Navy Yard quite similar to that at Panama, 
and a number of our men were involved in it. For instance, Stephen B. Boyd, '91, as 
assistant chief draftsman of the Hull Division, had charge of the drafting work in con- 
nection with the repair of the "Mount Vernon" (formerly the " Kronprinzessin Cecilie"), 
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(U. S. Navy Official) 



Launching of the Destroyer "Ward" 



conversion into transports. The actual repairs were largely under the direction of Chester 
W. Wilson, '10, assistant shop superintendent, while the outside work was under the 
direction of Lieutenant-Commander George A. Andrews, '17, an officer of the Regular 
Navy in the Construction Corps, who served first as assistant outside superintendent, 
and later as outside superintendent of the Hull Division. 

The next problem was that of speeding up the construction of destroyers, and in 
this connection a group of Tech men performed at least one brilliant feat. The idea of 
building fabricated ships with great rapidity had received considerable attention, and some 
had been launched in extremely short time. It may be said that there is no radical dif- 
ference in the method of building a fabricated ship from that employed previously, except 
that the various parts are completed with such accuracy before being assembled _ that 
practically no work is necessary on the ways except to rivet the parts together. Until the 
war it had been generally believed impossible to perform this feat, and even after it had 
been successfully accomplished in the case of freight steamers, the idea of applying it to 
the building of a destroyer, the most complicated and most delicate of all ships, appeared 
nothing short of revolutionary. Nevertheless, this idea was conceived by a Tech man, 
and put through by other Tech men. The result was a world's record in rapidity of destroyer 
building — a record which has not since been equalled. 

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The incident in question was the building of the United States torpedo-boat 
destroyer "Ward." An account of this affair is given by one of the participants, Lieu- 
tenant Irving B. McDaniel, '16. "Every one in authority connected with the 'Ward' is 
a Tech man. They are — Commander James Reed, '07, George Atkins, '04, Commander 
Paul Fretz, '08, Lieutenant Charles Colby, '17, W. R. Wood, '97, Commander J. 0. Gawne, 
'10, Lieutenant H. E. Saunders, '16, H. M. Hunt, '02, and yours truly. 

"The keel was laid on May 15, 1918. This Navy Yard had the record for launch- 
ing a destroyer, the ' Shaw,' in forty-two days, but we decided to beat our own record by 
launching the 'Ward' in thirty. On May 17 Camden, N. J., came out with a world's record of 
twenty-eight days for a fabricated freighter. [This was also built under the supervision 
of Tech men.] Orders were then given to put the 'Ward' in the water as soon as possible, 
and seventeen and a half days (sixteen and a half working days) after the laying of the 
keel she was launched. We had originally considered launching a 'tin-can,' that is, just 
the hull, but to make our record unquestionable, we finished practically all the work on 
the ship, including deck-houses, masts, skidbeams, boats, railings, deck fittings, gun 
foundations, and stays, which were all in place and permanently riveted up. 

"I think the best way to appreciate Mare Island's record is to compare the 'Ward ' 
with Camden's freighter. A freighter has straight lines and the majority of her sections 
are identical, even her bow and stern are formed on straight lines. A destroyer is like a 
yacht, very fine lined; the plates and frames are constantly changing and have to be 
worked. A freighter is composed largely of cargo holds and has few decks. A destroyer 
has four decks that are built for fighting; the space is confined and does not allow the 
use of many men. Oil-tight tanks, gun foundations, magazines, many bulkheads, and 
special steel to withstand battle-fire are a few of the many problems that are unknown to 
freighters. Camden used three eight-hour shifts and had all the men needed. Our supply 
was limited owing to local conditions — private yards got most of the men as they pay 
them more. The first five days we worked two shifts and the rest of the time we worked 
only one. Camden's freighter probably weighed about two thousand tons when launched, 
while the 'Ward' weighed only 471. This comparison would seem to our disadvantage 
but not to those familiar with the two types of ships. The Camden ship was fabricated 
all over the East and assembled at Camden; the 'Ward' was built entirely at Mare Island. 
Every rivet and tank was tested before launching. 

"The credit belongs first to the workmen, because nothing can be done without 
them, and their performance was above praise. The rest of the credit goes to the system 
and supervision of Tech men. Commander Reed and George Atkins had charge of the 
mold loft and might be termed the efficiency engineers on the job. They broke nearly 
every axiom in the ship-building game; they proved for the first time that with good super- 
vision an entire destroyer may be ' lifted ' directly from the loft. Washington prevented 
them from making more than ninety-five per cent of the templates in this manner, but, 
nevertheless, they revolutionized the system. Colby and Wood had charge of the material; 
it was on hand before it was needed. Commander Fretz was outside superintendent and 
in charge of all the work, and it was my luck to be his assistant. He knows how to handle 
men and get work out of them. He has also had wide experience, and he used every bit 
of it on the 'Ward.' Not a second was lost, and yet no other ship suffered in the amount 
of work going on her, and we were working on over twenty ships at that time. Commander 
Gawne was shop superintendent and was responsible for all shop work on the 'Ward.' 
Lieutenant-Commander Saunders was planning superintendent and had charge of the 
drafting room, and Hunt was in the machinery division drafting department. My job 
consisted mainly in getting the boat ready on the ways and launching her. Usually you 
have thirty days to prepare; they gave me five. My gang sweated blood and the man 
greasing the end of the ways had to run to get out of the way as the 'Ward' came down." 

Perhaps next in importance after the building of the destroyers was the 
construction of submarine chasers and mine planters. The one-hundred-and-ten-foot sub- 
marine chaser was developed from the patrol boats designed by A. Loring Swasey, '98. 

In February, 1917, about the time that diplomatic relations were broken off, 
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with the submarine menace — a boat which should be possessed of such speed as to out- 
strip a submarine, which should be able to carry guns sufficiently heavy to sink a submarine, 
and which should be able to keep the sea in all kinds of weather. The resulting design 
was the one-hundred-and-ten-footer, of which mention has already been made and which 
actually accounted for more hostile U-boats than any other single type of craft. 

Just prior to the outbreak of war Swasey offered his services to the Government 
and was promptly commissioned a lieutenant-commander in the Construction Corps of 
the United States Naval Reserve Force. He was then made superintendent constructor 
of the New York District, having charge of the construction of something like six hundred 
and fifty ships, and was also appointed a member of the Appraisal and Commandeering 
Boards, the duties of which consisted of selecting yachts and similar vessels to be acquired 
by the Navy and fixing the prices which the owners were to receive. As superintendent 




Submarine Chasers and Mine-Planters Built under the Supervision of Loring Swasey, '98 



constructor of the New York District he had supervision over the construction of one 
hundred and fifty submarine chasers of his own design, and also some five hundred other 
vessels, including a large number of mine planters. Most of the vessels engaged in laying 
and sweeping up the North Sea ban age were fitted up under Swasey's supervision. 

In addition to this, he was charged with the inspection of all paravanes — a device 
for decreasing the effectiveness of German mines — ■ and also the inspection of all hull 
material for the New York District, which was the largest in the country. 

After the armistice he was made a member of the Board of Review, to arrange for the 
sale or return of vessels which had been taken over by the Navy to their former owners. 

Some of the activities of Hunsaker, Westervelt and Richardson in connection with 
the design of naval aircraft have already been mentioned. The Naval Aircraft Factory 
at League Island was organized and commanded by a Tech man, and among his assistants 
there were a number of others. The factory was built and organized under the direction 
of Commander Frederick G. Coburn, '08. He was ably assisted by Major G. R. Wads- 
worth, '98, who, it will be remembered, was one of our pioneers at the Plattsburg Camp in 

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1915. Wadsworth was originally assigned to Langley Field, where he spent some time in 
the summer of 1917, testing out Italian, French and British planes, with the idea of deter- 
mining which was best suited for quantity production in American plants. He was transferred 
to the Naval Aircraft Factory at League Island as chief engineer, and had charge of the 
organization and operation of all engineering activities at the plant. These activities 
included the design and direction of drawings, and the testing and inspection of the 
machines, which were chiefly large flying boats, designed for patrol and bombing purposes 
in the North Sea. Paul T. Thompson, '98, and M. William Weiscopf, '18, also served at 
the factory as civilians. Both acted as aero-mechanical engineers, Johnson being especially 
charged with work in connection with electro-plating, galvanizing and heat treatment, while 
Weiscopf handled the design of various parts of the planes and flying boats under construction. 

Interesting work in connection with the aircraft was also carried on by Lieutenant 
R. A. D. Preston, '10. As we all know, since graduation he has been engaged in work on 
balloon and airplane fabric for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. At the declara- 
tion of war he was building a dirigible hangar and testing field. As these were the only 
places in the country where instruction could be given with dirigibles, the company was 
asked to train a company of twenty naval officers as dirigible pilots. This class of officers, 
together with the enlisted men who handled the balloons, was commanded by Lieutenant 
(later Commander) L. H. Maxfield, '06. Preston trained the men, managing to work in 
spite of the severe winter of 1917-1918, and at last developed the school into a self-sus- 
taining organization. By June, 1918, he was needed elsewhere, and was commissioned a 
lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve Force, being assigned to the duty of develop- 
ment and maintenance of coast patrol dirigibles throughout the United States. He tuned 
up our largest dirigible, the C-l, and as pilot flew the big ship which was under command 
of Major Smith, United States Marine Corps, from Akron to Rockaway, Long Island, via 
Washington, the first successful airship flight from Akron to the coast. 

Before leaving the work of the Navy, something should be said of a much less 
spectacular activity, concerning which the average civilian never heard during the war, 
namely, the work of those assigned to the patrol of the United 'States coast line, sweeping 
for mines, and aiding vessels in distress. Lieutenant Fred B. Thurber, '04, was engaged 
in this duty from August, 1917, to March, 1918. On February 2, 1918, he had charge 
of the relief expedition to Nantucket Island, which had been frozen in for two weeks and 
was running short of provisions. For the remainder of the war he was engaged in patrol- 
ling and sweeping for mines in the neighborhood of Nantucket Shoals; during this 
period his vessel actually saved twelve ships totalling 21,000 tons, and assisted in salvaging 
others amounting to 414.CCO tons. Lieutenant Thurber received a citation for the aid 
rendered by him on September 25, 1917, to the U. S. S. "Texas," which had grounded. 

Just as in the case of the other services, those of our men in the Navy, whose work 
has here been mentioned, simply serve as examples. The whole story, if written, would 
require many books the size of this one. Nevertheless, it is believed that these accounts 
will show how our men by courage and skill aided their Nation in the great struggle. 
Casualties in the Navy were not high as compared with those in the Army, and perhaps 
living conditions, except on the smaller vessels, were not so severe as those among the 
troops at the front; yet if any man who served in the Army should feel that perhaps his 
friends in the Navy had an easier time than he, let him recall the dull, foggy stretches of 
the North Sea, the swaying masts, the reeling deck of the transport, the submarine guard 
on forecastle and bridge. Let him remember the nights when he stood by the rail, strain- 
ing his eyes for a single speck, and let him remember the shock which he felt, when a streak 
of foam appeared and a long, dark shape shot across the trough of the sea — a shock none 
the less severe because the "thing" was merely a porpoise. 

It is to our men and to their comrades in the navy of the United States, and in the 
navies of the Allies, that we owe the fact that after the sinking of the "Lusitania" not one 
Tech man's life was taken by a submarine. It is to them that we owe our success in Europe, 
and it is to them that we owe our safe return to our native land. 

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MILITARY SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES 

Of our men whose work was chiefly performed in the United States, the place of 
honor belongs to Lieutenant Frank W. Peers, '18, of the Sanitary Corps. Early in 1917 
Peers joined a Red Cross ambulance unit, which was transferred to the Army and a year 
later he obtained admission to the Army Medical School, Washington, D. C. Having suc- 
cessfully completed the six months' course, he was graduated in October with a commission 
of second lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, and sent to the Yale Laboratory School at New 
Haven. It will be recollected that it was about this time that the frightful epidemic of 
influenza was sweeping the United States. Volunteers were called for to become subjects 
for experimentation to determine the cause of the disease and its method of transmission. 
Six officers offered themselves for this duty, among them Peers. The data obtained proved 
of value, and it is pleasant to relate that, unlike a more famous experiment in the case of 
yellow fever, none of the volunteers succumbed to the disease. It should be realized, how- 
ever, that, in offering themselves for the test, they placed themselves deliberately in the 
path of death; a death horrible in form, and encountered without the support of comrades, 
or the excitement of strife. They have said of their action, "We were denied foreign serv- 
ice by the machinery of the Army, but in this way we found opportunity to go over the 
top." 

It is unnecessary to describe conditions in the United States at the outbreak of war. 
There was general insufficiency of supplies; many indispensable weapons, developed dur- 
ing the fighting abroad, were entirely non-existent. Had they been present, there were no 
trained men to operate them; let alone complete organizations ready to take them into 
battle. Furthermore, our army was inexperienced in work on a large scale, and there was 
no precedent upon which to determine many important policies. As we might naturally 
expect, the most important work of Tech men in the United States consisted of aiding in 
the supply of arms, ammunition, equipment, and shelter for the Army, in organizing new 
units and services, and in experimental work to devise new weapons. 

The United States Army depended for its supply of materials chiefly upon two 
departments, namely, those of Ordnance and Quartermaster, though the Signal and Sani- 
tary Corps also looked after the procurement of much of their own material. In the Ord- 
nance Department, those Tech men who were members of the Regular Army, were natur- 
ally the first in action. Thus Major (later Colonel), C. M. Steese, '08, who had been working 
as an ammunition expert at the Frankford Arsenal, had been recently returned to the 
Coast Artillery for a year's work in the line. At the outbreak of hostilities, he was recalled 
and sent abroad to erect an ammunition assembling plant. 

First Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Henry C. Davis, 'n, at the outbreak 
of war was stationed at Benicia Arsenal, but was recalled to Washington, where he became 
chief of the Loading Section, Ammunition Division, being placed in charge of engineering 
work in connection with loading high-explosive shell, drop bombs and trench warfare pro- 
jectiles. 

The most interesting work, however, seems to have fallen to Captain (later Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel) E. J. W. Ragsdale, '10. Ragsdale, previous to the war, had been at work 
on the design of heavy railway artillery, and is in fact responsible for some of the features 
which were incorporated into the sixteen and eighteen-inch howitzers, the first of which, 
at the date of armistice, were nearing completion. He had become intensely interested in 
the European war, and frequently urged upon his superiors the necessity of experimental 
work in gas and flame warfare, particularly the necessity of devising defensive measures 
against these innovations. He met with little encouragement, being informed that the 
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these methods were contrary to the laws of land warfare, there was no use investigating 
them. 

With the outbreak of war, however, the situation was altered, and Ragsdale quite 
naturally was appointed chief of the Trench Warfare Section, Ordnance Department. For 
a captain, the assignment was a somewhat large one, for the Trench Warfare Section was 
at first expected to develop practically all weapons peculiar to European warfare, though 
articles of individual equipment such as trench knives, shot-guns and helmets were not 
included. Some experimental work had already been done, and preliminary designs were 
quickly drawn up, but at this point the difficulties began. Of them Ragsdale says: "The 
work was not easy, owing to the fact that this type of weapon was subject to seasonal, 
national and temperamental changes. Unanimity of opinion as to the value of different 
types simply did not exist. The representatives of our allies were intemperate in their 
condemnation or praise of types in use or discarded. In August, 1917, for instance, the 
Mills hand grenade received notations indicating the sixty-third revision of Mark 2. The 
revision of our own types was preserved in the secret archives and no significant data 
appeared on the drawings. Our experimentation and research had to be basic, owing to 
the fact that nobody — no matter how supposedly expert — could be believed. 

"Another difficulty arose from the fact that, while some munitions for allied govern- 
ments had been manufactured in this country prior to our entrance into the war, no trench- 
warfare material had been placed here. Our manufacturers were, therefore, not educated 
along these lines. Furthermore, where foreign designs were employed, we found their 
drawings and specifications hopelessly inadequate. During production, many of our 
advisers in the American Expeditionary Forces became converted to the schools of opinion 
abroad, and there are none of the one hundred and fifty odd articles which we put out 
that were not changed during production. Tactical changes also influenced quantity and 
design.'* 

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It would appear that the hand-grenade and allied problems should have been suffi- 
cient for one ordinary man, but gas was considered a weapon of trench warfare and thus 
Ragsdale became responsible for the supply of gas-warfare material. Inasmuch as there 
had been no experiments carried on along this line by the American Government previous 
to the war, it was necessary to place sections of the work in the hands of different depart- 
ments which had previously dealt with matters more or less allied; thus while the Ordnance 
Department took charge of the supply of materials, the Corps of Engineers undertook to 
organize and train troops in the offensive use of gas. Gas defense was placed in the hands 
of the office of the Surgeon General, while research was conducted by the Bureau of Mines 
which had been previously working on toxic gases encountered in industry. Luckily this 
division of authority did no damage, for all research was carried on at the American Uni- 
versity, Washington, and by common consent at this point, representatives of the Bureau 
of Mines met with officers of the Engineer Corps, Ordnance Department and Surgeon 
General's office, carrying on the work in excellent co-operation. 

Colonel Ragsdale's duty involved arrangements for the manufacture and loading of 
gas shell. He encountered difficulties, some of them more or less amusing. Thus one man- 
ufacturer was only too glad to produce gas of the most poisonous nature, but flatly refused 
to allow shells to be loaded anywhere near his plant. When asked why, he replied: "Well, 
we are used to handling gases, but I don't like these shells. I understand that they some- 
times go off and blow people all to pieces." Nor did any amount of explanation change 
his views. It finally became necessary to arrange for a government loading plant, and offi- 
cial sanction was obtained for the erection of such a unit upon a portion of the Aberdeen 
Proving Ground, known as the Gunpowder Reservation. The project was first approved 
in June, 1917; construction was commenced on November 15. The scheme at this time was 
to secure the toxic gas in bulk from various chemical concerns, but few manufacturers 
cared to produce the gases in large quantities; no community desired to have such stuff 
in its vicinity and the dangers involved in transportation were most serious. As a result 
it became necessary to plan not only for loading, but for manufacturing as well. 

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General View of the Edgewood Arsenal, The Government Loading Plant for Gas Shells 
Built and Administered by Professor William H. Walker 



In the meanwhile other phases of the work were also being carried forward. The 
research had been placed in the hands of the Bureau of Mines, under Director Van H. 
Manning, who at once set about organizing a staff, and naturally called in men who had 
been previously associated with the Bureau. Among these was George A. Burrell, a grad- 
uate of Ohio University. It seems to have been through him that the Surgeon General's 
office first heard of Bradley Dewey, '09. In any case soon afterward, Dewey's assistance 
was requested in a consulting capacity, and a little later he was commissioned major, a 
rank from which he ultimately rose to that of colonel. Dewey in turn suggested that Pro- 
fessor W. K. Lewis would be a good man to have on the work, and he was called, together 
with William Green, '05, Professor Lewis' partner in business, Professor, (later Colonel) 
William H. Walker, Professor (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James F. Norris, and a very con- 
siderable number of Technology graduates and graduate students. The work was now 
carried on in three main divisions: research directed by Mr. Burrell, assisted by Professor 
Lewis; the production of offensive gas directed by Ragsdale and the production of gas 
defensive equipment under direction of Dewey. 

It was during this period that many Tech men rendered most important service. 
Thus in defense work, Lewis and Dewey were particularly prominent. Dewey, as we have 
seen, was placed in charge of gas defense measures and the production of equipment for 
the Medical Corps, while Lewis soon became the foremost authority on defensive research 
problems. Both of these men literally worked night and day, generally traveling from one 
city to another during the night, and spending the day in visiting various laboratories and 
factories. The chief object of Lewis was to direct the work of laboratories all over the 
United States toward perfecting the necessary chemicals for gas defense, while Dewey 
conferred with rubber companies, and other possible producers of masks, instructing them 
in the requirements for the manufacture of these articles. It is said of Lewis that his par- 
ticular ability lay in separating the good and essential from the bad or unessential in 
research work, and it was very largely due to him that an ample supply of absorbent char- 
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said that no man could possibly have contributed more of his bodily energy, and the testi- 
monials from various men in his department relative to his unfailing enthusiasm and devo- 
tion to duty, are certainly most sincere tributes to his unselfish devotion. 

Dewey's field of activity was slightly different, being that of producing the articles 
called for by the researches of Lewis and his associates. It is said of him that he was one of 
the few men in Washington who realized that the country was at war, and that matters of 
personal inclination, private ambition, or the expenditure of a few hundred thousand 
dollars more or less, were of no importance when compared with the one great problem of 
developing a sufficient supply of protective apparatus. Like Lewis he worked night and 
day, and did not hesitate to exceed his authority whenever he deemed it necessary to hasten 
production. Many of the first contracts for masks were placed by verbal agreement, it 
being well understood by the makers that no money had been appropriated for the work, 
and they might never receive payment. The first supply of masks was not up to the stand- 
ard which might have been desired. Upon the other hand, they were delivered only about 
one month from the time that they were first called for, and the experience gained in man- 
ufacturing them was such that there was subsequently no difficulty in obtaining exactly 
what was wanted promptly and in practically unlimited quantity. 

When American troops reached Europe, an ample supply of masks was ready, and 
these masks, while not so good as others subsequently developed, represented the highest 
state of the art at that time, and throughout the war furnished our men better protection 
than that afforded either by the masks of our allies or our opponents. 

Green became Burrell's executive. His work during the summer of 1917 was chiefly 
that of securing men, classifying them, getting them through the red tape required by the 
Civil Service and other laws relative to appointments to governmental bureaus, and assign- 
ing them to the various tasks which they were best fitted to perform. He also gave assist- 
ance in questions relative to accounts, purchases, and in administrative details in general. 

Other interesting work which was taken up at this time was that carried on by 
Colonel William H. Walker ('89, by adoption). Colonel Walker had joined the research 
organization in August, 1917, having been asked to assume the direction of the investiga- 
tions in the possibility of obtaining helium in commercial quantities for use in airships. He 
studied the natural gas fields of Texas and Oklahoma, and contracted for the erection of a 
large plant in which helium was extracted from this source. A little later on, with the 
formation of the Chemical Service Section in October, 1917, Doctor Walker was commis- 
sioned lieutenant-colonel and placed in charge of this work as director. In this capacity he 
organized, equipped, and dispatched to France a complete chemical service for the Amer- 
ican Expeditionary Forces. 

In January, 1918, a general reorganization of the Ordnance Department was 
effected and, as a result, Doctor Walker was promoted to the rank of colonel, transferred 
from the Chemical Service Section to the Ordnance Department, and appointed com- 
manding officer of the newly-organized Edgewood Arsenal on Gunpowder Neck. This 
work, as we have already seen, had been under the trench warfare section of the Ordnance 
Department but the continued increase in the magnitude of gas warfare operations abroad 
had made it imperative that this work become an independent branch. 

This arsenal had originally been designed as a filling station for toxic gas shell and 
incendiary bombs. It was first hoped that the manufacture of toxic and other chemical 
warfare material would be conducted in private chemical plants throughout the country 
and the material sold as such to the filling plant. This plan was early found to be imprac- 
tical; not only were the chemical manufacturing industries of the country fully taken up 
with the increased demands upon them for their standard products, but they realized 
that both the experience gained and the plant necessary for manufacturing toxic gas would 
be obsolete when the war was over, and also, that it would be extremely difficult to main- 
tain a labor organization to work with poison gas while the demand for labor throughout 
the country was so intense. Edgewood Arsenal was quickly expanded to manufacture 
phosgene, chlorpicrin and mustard gas. The manufacture of these materials is difficult 
under peace conditions, and, under the stress of war, it required most careful oversight to 
insure types of construction, discipline and methods of operation which would insure com- 

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parative safety to the operators. The methods employed for loading toxic material into 
shell were of necessity different from those in common practice in the manufacture of high 
explosive shell and shrapnel, and required much thought and extreme care. The supply 
of raw material for the production of toxic gas presented an added difficulty for the reason 
that the chemical industries in the United States had never been developed on the scale 
sufficient to produce the quantity of basic material required. 

It was necessary, therefore, to construct at Edgewood, for example, the largest 
chlorine plant in the world. This plant had a capacity of one hundred tons of chlorine per 
day with an equivalent amount of caustic soda, and was in operation when the armistice 
was signed. On this date, Edgewood Arsenal was manufacturing, monthly, 2,100,000 
pounds of phosgene, 3,000,000 pounds of chlorpicrin, and 1,800,000 pounds of mustard gas. 
The production of this latter material was being rapidly increased so that, by January, 



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Filling Hand Grenades with White Phosphorus — Edgewood Arsenal 



the arsenal would have produced at the rate of 8,000,000 pounds per month. The shell- 
filling plant had an enormous capacity which was never reached because it was impossible 
to get the shell. However, large quantities of gas were sent overseas, in bulk, and filled into 
shell for the use of our Army by both the British and the French. The amount of gas thus 
sent was 2,900,000 pounds of chlorine, 3,800,000 pounds of chlorpicrin, 840,000 pounds of 
phosgene, and 380,000 pounds of mustard gas. Much larger quantities were either on the 
docks or in transit when hostilities ceased; it was due very largely to this enormous reserve 
supply that the French during the latter part of the campaign" supplied the American 
artillery so generously with gas shell, especially during the later phases of the operations 
in the Argonne. 

The design of the plant was by no means Colonel Walker's most serious difficulty. 
Labor conditions throughout the country were very bad, and the fact that this plant was 
to manufacture and handle poison gas acted as a barrier to the employment of the better 
class of artisans. It soon became evident that the operation of the plant with civilian labor 
was entirely impossible, and the arsenal was authorized to employ enlisted men for this 

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purpose. It is to the conscientious and loyal work of soldier-labor that the success of Edge- 
wood Arsenal was largely due. The work required the employment of from 6,000 to 8,000 
civilians, and 7,000 soldiers throughout the spring and summer. Although the number 
of casualties was relatively large, the effects were not serious, and throughout the entire 
operation, but three men lost their lives through working with toxic material. 

Following the reorganization in January, 1918, the work as a whole was divided 
into three branches, research, development and production. The Research Section was 
headed as before by Mr. Burrell, assisted in defensive work by Professor Lewis, '05, and 
in offensive work by Lieutenant-Colonel James F. Norris, Professor of General Chem- 
istry who was later succeeded by Professor Kohler of Harvard. The Development 
Section was headed by Colonel Dorsey with Captain William H. McAdams, '16, as his 
assistant. Inasmuch as Colonel Dorsey was for a considerable length of time sick with 




Painting and Striping the Filled Shell — Edgewood Arsenal 



influenza, the administration of the department fell largely upon Captain McAdams. 
The production work was divided into two branches, the defensive work being in charge 
of Colonel Dewey, and the offensive, including the production of the gases themselves, 
was handled as we have already seen by Colonel Walker. Dewey and Lewis continued to 
improve the gas mask, and as a result, at the date of the armistice, a really wonderful 
design had been produced, a mask which could be worn for as much as sixteen hours per 
day for a week without causing any serious discomfort. Indeed certain men when put 
to this test gained weight. 

In this work they were assisted by numerous other Tech men, particularly those 
serving at the great gas defense manufacturing and experimental plant at Long Island 
City. Among these men was Norman J. Vile, '16, whose most interesting work was per- 
haps that of making practical tests on the model 1919 mask referred to above. 
k Lieutenant-Colonel Norris' work was of a different character, being the develop- 

ment of new and more deadly gases. Perhaps his most brilliant achievement was in con- 
nection with the discovery of Lewisite. He had reason to believe that certain chemicals 
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any of the gases hitherto in use. With this purpose in view he drew up a series of experi- 
ments to be performed, and the work was assigned to Doctor Lewis of Northwestern Uni- 
versity. The experiments were a complete success and resulted in the discovery of a new 
gas. Later on Professor Norris was sent to England to co-operate with English chemists 
upon gas problems, and while serving there contributed much to the science of gas warfare 
both in England and the United States. He was later joined by Lewis, and at the date of 
the armistice these two had made further investigations, which it is said would have been 
invaluable during the next year's campaign. Lieutenant-Colonel Norris was also a member 
of the committee which investigated various chemical factories in Germany in connection 
with work for the Armistice Commission. 

After the discovery of Lewisite and other gases of a similar nature, the next step 
was to make preparations for production, and this work fell to the Development Section, 
directed as we have seen by Colonel Dorsey, who was not a Tech man, but who was assisted 
by Captain W. H. McAdams, '16, and by William Green, '05, who has already been men- 
tioned. It has been said that Green was so anxious to obtain the best possible product 
that he allowed himself to be used for experimental purposes in determining the physio- 
logical effects of the new gas, with the result that he was ultimately obliged to spend a 
considerable period in hospital. 

Perhaps the most interesting piece of work carried on in this section was the devel- 
opment of secret plants at which the new gases were manufactured. Lieutenant Charles L. 
Gabriel, '12, gives us some description of this work, for he says: "The work was the con- 
struction and erection of apparatus for making the new weapon of gas warfare known as 
Lewisite. This was absolutely a secret post, mail being censored, and no permission given 
to go any distance from camp up to the time of the armistice." 

It is interesting to note that many of Colonel Walker's admirers state that his most 
important work was not that of organizing the Edgewood Arsenal, but rather the con- 
stant example which he gave the authorities in Washington of the fact that high scientific 
attainments and technical skill may be combined in the same individual with great ability 
as an administrator and organizer. It is believed by many that it was his example which 
made possible the organization of the Chemical Warfare Service. This service became a 
separate branch of the Army in July, 1918. To it were transferred practically all of the 
men who, as members of the Ordnance or Engineer Corps, or as civilians, had aided in 
developing the American gas program, and in its ranks we find many Tech men who have 
not previously been noted. It is to be regretted that space does not permit an account 
to be given of all of them. A few, however, can be mentioned as examples. Major George 
A. Richter, '13, was placed at the head of the Pyrotechnic Section of the new organization 
and was responsible for signalling and illuminating flares, and for the various incendiary 
bombs and shells which were available in quantities for use in the fall of 1918. Under his 
direction phosphorus and thermite bombs were developed to a point which permitted 
them to play a very appreciable part in the battle of the Argonne. 

Professor Robert E. Wilson, '16, under the direction of Doctor Lewis had organized 
the first research laboratory devoted exclusively to war gas problems in June, 1917, 
at Pittsburgh, Pa., as a part of the Bureau of Mines installation. When this work was 
moved to Washington he was placed in charge of the investigations on soda lime and 
special toxic gas absorbents as well as the development of defensive measures against 
mustard gas and toxic smokes. To the results obtained by him were dtfe the very active 
soda lime and impregnated charcoal used in the gas mask canister of the American Army. 
Upon the formation of the Chemical Warfare Service he was commissioned captain, and 
quickly was promoted to the rank of major. 

Professor Ellwood B. Spear, although not commissioned, became a consulting 
chemist in the Research Division, working upon certain problems connected with gas 
defense, notably anti-dimming compounds, absorbent charcoal, and similar materials. 
Professor Frederick R. Kneeland also worked upon research work of the Chemical Warfare 
Service, handling more especially the investigation of new toxic gases. He was later 
appointed chemist at large of the Ordnance Department, but was unable to accomplish 
much before the signing of the armistice. 

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Another member of the Institute Staff who had service of a very interesting nature 
in this connection was Major Samuel P. Mulliken. Professor Mulliken was chief of the 
Confidential Technical Section of the Chemical Warfare Service, being a member of the 
staff of Major-General William L. Sibert, Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. His 
title sufficiently describes Major Mulliken's work, which included everything relative 
to the care and classification of records of a confidential nature dealing with 
technical methods of manufacture, and latest discoveries relative to gases in use by the 
enemy. 

It will be noticed that the development of the Chemical Warfare Service was almost 
entirely in the hands of Technology men. Indeed to such an extent was this the case that 
some mild protests were made. Had the administration of the service been anything but 
exceptionally efficient, severe criticism would undoubtedly have come upon it from all 
sides. As a matter of fact instead of criticism there has been general commendation. This 
organization, made up as it was chiefly of men who had worked with the Medical Corps, 
the Bureau of Mines, or the Ordnance Department, had taken up a problem regarding which 
there was no available data at the start. They carried on the necessary investigation and 
brought the manufacture of materials through the small production state and had devel- 
oped plants capable of supplying an army of 5,000,000 men or more. As we pass on we 
shall find many accounts of similar attempts, but not a few will end with the words, "The 
plant was just beginning to operate effectively when the armistice was signed." Happily 
this is not the case with the Chemical Warfare Service. It is true that the tremendous 
plans for gas warfare which were under consideration were never put in operation, but 
upon the other hand in all the great attacks launched by the American Army in the fall 
of 1918, gas troops were present with Stokes mortars, phosphorous bombs, thermite and 
gases, and the American artillery although using ammunition manufactured abroad, was 
firing gas from the Edgewood Arsenal. There is probably no feature of the entire war which 
was so largely a Technology enterprise, and it is one of which Technology men may well 
be exceedingly proud, and it will be felt by all that the Distinguished Service Medals 
awarded Colonel Walker and Colonel Dewey were indeed well merited. 




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In January, 1918, the Ordnance Department underwent a general reorganization. 
A number of "Divisions" were created among which may be mentioned those of Estimates 
and Requirements, Engineering, Production, Supply, Inspection and Personnel. Each 
of these was subdivided into "Sections" dealing with Ammunition, Loading, Trench 
Warfare Material, Artillery and the like, which in turn were further subdivided into 
"Branches." The work of the whole organization was co-ordinated by a control bureau 
which was itself subdivided. After the armistice, further reorganization took place result- 
ing in a new arrangement of seven divisions. Of these, four were ultimately commanded 
by Tech men; the Personnel Division under Colonel James L. Walsh, '07, the Gun Division 
under Colonel Harry B. Hunt, '97, the Tank, Tractor and Trailer Division under Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Herbert W. Alden, '93, and the Supply Division under Colonel J. C. Heck- 
man, '00. Something has already been said of Colonel Walsh, and more will be said of 
Colonel Alden and Colonel Heckman presently, but of Colonel Hunt's record we know 
comparatively little. 

Among the various divisions under the old system, perhaps the most important work 
was that of the Control Bureau. Lieutenant-Colonel Sanford E. Thompson, '88, a member 
of the firm of Thompson & Lichtner, consulting engineers, accepted a commission as major 
in the Reserve Corps in December, 1917, and with the first reorganization was promoted 
to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and placed in charge of the Progress Section of the Con- 
trol Bureau. In organizing this section he personally selected much of the personnel, 
including some two hundred officers and civilians. The duties of this section consisted 
in the co-ordination and follow-up of the work of the Procurement, Production, Inspection, 
and Supply Divisions, and keeping track of the demands of our forces in Europe. The 
principal report was compiled by the different branches, calling attention to "choke points," 
that is to say, conditions of delay or shortage existing anywhere in the manufacture of an 
article as a result of which the final product might be delayed. 

George Aymar Taber, '94, was engaged in similar work, being in charge of Artillery 
Branch No. 2 of the Progress Section, Estimates and Requirements Division, and his 
special work was to keep in touch with all details connected with design, requirements, 
production and shipment of a number of heavy guns. Later on he took charge of the Sta- 
tistical Branch, Administration Section of the Artillery Division, where he was responsible 
for all records of artillery manufactured during the war. 

The work of Tech men in engineering and production seems to have been very 
largely concentrated upon material which was subsequently turned over to the Tank, 
Tractor and Trailer Division, but under the first arrangement it was carried on by Tank. 
Tractor and Trailer Sections of various other divisions. A considerable number of our men 
occupied positions of importance in this work, notably, Lieutenant-Colonel Aurin M. 
Chase, '00; Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert W. Alden, '93, who, before the war was Vice- 
President of the Timken-Detroit Axle Company; Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Wall, '96; and 
Lieutenant-Colonel George K. Hooper, '91. Chase, at the start, had charge of the Motor 
Equipment Section of the Engineering Division, and designed and exercised general super- 
vision over the production of field-artillery tractors, trailers, and motor cars; also, trucks 
fitted with special bodies to adapt them to various uses, such as carrying munitions, carry- 
ing guns, carrying range-finding instruments, and pioneer cars. Nearly all of his designs 
were adopted, and cars of those types with which all Tech men who served abroad are 
familiar were chiefly designed by him. He also took a very prominent part in designing 
field-artillery and other tractors and the various types of mobile machine shops. All plans 
and specifications, together with the instruction of the inspectors who were to supervise 
the manufacture, were under Colonel Chase's direction, and it is largely due to him that 
toward the close of the war the American Army was better equipped in the matter of special 
trucks and tractors than that of any of our allies. 

In June, 1918, Colonel Chase went abroad to take charge of similar work in the 
American Expeditionary Forces. Under his direction a staff of about eighty-five officers, 
composing a section, worked on matters of design of necessary emergency equipment in 
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of necessary supplies from the United States. They also supplied experts to give instruc- 
tion in the field regarding the use of the new equipment and organized schools for the same 
purpose. Colonel Chase states that no particular man in the section can claim the entire 
credit for the work accomplished. However, as he was chief, it would seem that he is 
entitled to a very considerable portion of it. 

Colonel Alden specialized on tank design and, after considerable work in the United 
States, went abroad, where he studied the question with the foremost English and Ameri- 
can authorities and visited the Belgian front to study the problem in the field. He was 
chosen, together with two officers in the British Army, to design a new Anglo-American 
forty-ton tank, and later designed two smaller machines which were just about ready for 
quantity production on the date of the armistice. He also exercised general supervision 
of the design of military tractors, and after the reorganization in 1919, he became chief 




A 240-MM. in the Maryland Sector 



of the Tank, Tractor, and Trailer Division. His services to the Nation were considered of 
such importance that he received the Distinguished Service Medal, though the tanks 
designed by him were not produced in time actually to take part in hostilities. 

Colonel Wall was engaged in work on tractor mounts for heavy guns, studying the 
subject abroad and serving as president for a board which investigated the general question 
of caterpillar mounts for heavy guns. One of the guns adapted for this mount was the 
French St. Chamond 24omm.-howitzer, the re-design of which was handled by Daniel M. 
Luehrs, '06. 

Colonel Hooper's work was in the Production Division, where he was charged with 
getting out the material designed by Alden, Chase, Wall and their associates. Compara- 
tively little difficulty was encountered manufacturing the special tractors and trucks 
including mobile ordnance machine shops, mobile field power units, and artillery tractors, 
but the tanks proved a much harder proposition, apparently due to difficulties very similar 
to those described by Lieutenant-Colonel Ragsdale in the case of hand grenades. Changes 
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in a constant state of alteration. Apparently at times changes were made which required 
other changes which were overlooked, with the result that the machines, when ready for 
assembling, could not be put together. It should be understood that this difficulty was due 
not to Colonel Hooper's organization, but to the drawings furnished by another division. 
In any case, in marked contrast to the rapidity with which tractors and special trucks were 
produced, the tank program fell so far behind as to have no influence upon the campaign. 
Speaking of it, Colonel Hooper says: "It may be that these matters will shortly be sub- 
ject to congressional investigation at which time the facts will be brought out. The gen- 
eral condition of affairs may be inferred from the fact that, although work on the design 
of these projects began early in 1917 and some orders for production were, in fact, placed 
before 1918, there were no usable tanks produced previous to 1919, long after the need for 
them had ceased. There were, in fact, but a few dozen six-ton tanks completed just as the 
armistice was signed and these were so defective that no practical use could be made of 
them." 

Another of our men who did noteworthy service in ordnance production work was 
Captain Andrew L. Fabens, '10. At the outbreak of war Fabens was occupying a position 
of responsibility with the Northern Aluminum Company, but at once resigned to accept a 
lieutenancy in the Ordnance Corps. Almost the first piece of work he was given was that 
of arranging for the production of one million aluminum canteens, cups and mess kits for 
delivery within three months. The only plant in the United States capable of handling 
this order was that with which he had just been connected, and he immediately took the 
matter up with his successor there, but received a reply that the production of such an 
amount of material in the time allowed was an absolute impossibility. Had Fabens himself 
not been an expert along this line of work, the matter would probably have ended there, but 
as matters stood the results were very different. Within twenty-four hours he had returned 
to the factory, arranged for the reorganization of several departments, pointed out choke 
points, indicated new machinery necessary, and a few days later returned to Washington 
to report that the entire contract would be delivered to the Government according to speci- 
fications and on time. 

Large as was the quantity of material produced under contract, it should not be 
forgotten that the Government had many machine shops of its own in which many can- 
non and similar equipment were turned out. One of the most important of these was the 
Arsenal at Watertown, and among the Tech men working at this place was Arnold W. 
Heath, '08. Heath was assistant purchasing agent for the Arsenal, his duties being that of 
procuring building material, tools, both large and small, all kinds of factory equipment, 
and raw material for the manufacture of guns and carriages. At the outbreak of war 
this was no easy task and some very extraordinary measures were found necessary, one of 
which is described in the following sketch provided us by Heath: "During the winter of 
1917-1918, Watertown Arsenal was confronted with the problem of obtaining fuel oil in 
sufficient quantity for its needs. The oil companies protested that there was a shortage of 
tank cars in New England, and charged a per diem rental on cars until they were returned 
to the loading point. 

"The Arsenal found a lot of fifty standard oil-tank cars of 10,000-gallon capacity 
nearing completion at an Ohio factory and purchased them — instructing the manufacturer 
to letter them, 'Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.' and to number them serially from 
1 to 50. Just 1 before the cars could be delivered, Washington advised the Arsenal that 
cars known to be government property or to contain war material were being side-tracked, 
wrecked, or otherwise waylaid to interfere as much as possible with delivery of material 
for war purposes and for that reason the Arsenal name should not appear on the cars. 
This necessitated a new coat of paint and the cars were marked 'G. P. R. X.' numbered 
from 3000 up. At this same time, orders were given to discontinue the cardboard placards 
which the Arsenal furnished to shippers to tack on car doors, advising that the car con- 
tents were intended for the Arsenal, as trouble-makers were using the information to the 
disadvantage of the Government. 

"Two trains of twenty-five cars each were sent from the Ohio factory to the Okla- 
homa oil fields and the cars loaded and the trains shipped through to the Arsenal by way 

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Watertown Arsenal's Disguised Tank Cars 



of St. Louis. Each train made the run east in practically ten days, losing only one or two 
cars en route because of hot boxes." 

Another rather interesting piece of work performed by one of our men was a process 
developed by Major Nathaniel C. Walpole, '98, at Watervliet Arsenal. He first won notice 
by the rapidity with which he succeeded in locating various types of machine tools needed 
by the government shops, and was detailed at Watervliet to organize and train the per- 
sonnel, both enlisted and commissioned, which were to operate the base ordnance depot 
for relining cannon in France. He trained no less than four ordnance battalions for this 
work, but he appears to have become more or less indispensable to the Arsenal and as a 
result found great difficulty in getting overseas himself. While awaiting the opportunity 
he was given charge of the new liner shop which was making finished liners to be sent abroad, 
and while there he developed a new and greatly improved method of relining light guns. 
Speaking of it he says: "With the seventy-five field piece by the existing process, we could 
hardly get a hundred shots. It was to overcome this difficulty that I conceived of the new 
idea in relining cannon, which has proved very successful. This process was electrically 
welding liners in place both at the muzzle and breech end. The first gun lined by this 
process was No. 6, 1916 Model, American 75. The life of the barrel of one of these guns 
is about six to seven thousand rounds. This gun, after relining, has fired over nine thou- 
sand rounds." 

When arrangements had been made to produce material, its further supervision 
rested with the Inspection Division. Lieutenant-Colonel Orten W. Albee, '93, was engaged 
in this work, and perhaps occupied the most responsible position of any Tech man in the 
Ordnance Department. Albee's record is also an example of most sincere patriotism. 
During his younger days he had been connected with the Ordnance Department as 
inspector at the plant of the Midvale Steel Company. Later as superintendent of the 
Ordnance Department of the Benjamin Atha Illington Company he had manufac- 
tured guns for the Navy during the Spanish War. For the ten years previous to the war 
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Early in 191 7 he felt it his duty to return to government service, and accordingly closed up 
his business and accepted a commission as major, in the Ordnance Reserve Corps. He 
was assigned to work in the Inspection Division as a traveling supervisor, going from 
plant to plant in the United States and Canada, assembling and instructing the inspection 
forces at each point. In March, 1918, he was appointed Inspection Manager of the Toronto 
District, which included the entire Dominion of Canada. He was given entire charge of 
the procurement of material for, and production of, and inspection of every type of prod- 
uct, including shells, ranging from three to twelve-inch, all kinds of fuses, rough forgings, 
and even ingots produced by more than three hundred munition plants. In October he 
was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. 

The United States has no diplomatic representative at the Canadian capital, yet 
during the war an immense amount of correspondence of a semi-diplomatic nature was 




The "Firing Front" at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, where the big Explosion Started 



necessary in arranging various details for the co-operation of the two countries in carry- 
ing out the common object, and Colonel Albee became the representative of his nation in 
these negotiations. After the armistice, when it was necessary to adjust claims and pro- 
vide for the cancelling or completion of contracts, the matter became even more important. 
He was then appointed chief of the Toronto District as well as salvage officer of the dis- 
trict, and contract assessor for Canada. His work from that time on was one requiring the 
greatest conscientiousness, skill and judgment, and was performed in a wholly creditable 
manner. 

He had started work in Canada as an inspector, and with no actual command. 
At the date of his death, on August 4, 1919, he commanded a staff of fifty officers and twenty- 
four hundred men and had handled contracts amounting to no less than $400,000,000. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur S. Douglass, '08, was engaged in work of a remarkably 
similar nature, first in a civilian capacity as a consulting engineer for the British War 
Mission, and later as a supervising inspector. Like Albee he became an inspection manager 
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he adjusted some #100,000,000 worth of contracts, representing the current business of his 
office. 

Several other men held positions of importance in the inspecting staff of the Ordnance 
Department, but only one or two can be mentioned here. Major Charles S. Cole, '03, had 
supervision at the United States Cartridge Company's works at Lowell. This plant pro- 
duced approximately thirty-six per cent of all small arms ammunition delivered to the United 
States Government during the war, that is to say, about nine hundred million rounds. 

Another man who did interesting work along this line was Captain John A. Root, 
'06, who served as assistant to the inspector of ordnance at the Peters Cartridge Company, 
and later became himself inspector at the Old Hickory Powder Plant at Nashville. This 
was the largest smokeless powder plant in the world, and had it been completed before the 
armistice, Captain Root would have had one of the biggest jobs in the country on his 




the "Firing Front" after the Explosion. 



hands. As it was, after about half the plant was in operation, the armistice put a stop to 
further activities. 

Another very important branch of inspection was the final acceptance tests on pro- 
pellants and explosives, performed in part at the factories and in part at government prov- 
ing grounds. Captain Charles S. Reed, '16, was assigned to such work, and among other 
duties had charge of the tests on powder for the fourteen and sixteen-inch guns. These 
tests were carried on, not at the proving grounds, but at Panama, since sixteen-inch guns 
were not available elsewhere. It should be mentioned that the inspection and testing of 
explosives is by no means uneventful or safe. Many newspapers have apparently labored 
under the impression that an officer of the Ordnance Department had nothing to do but 
sit in comfort in a large revolving desk chair, but there were other sides to the work. Thus, 
Lieutenant B. P. Lyons, '15, who by the way was working as assistant to Captain A. G. 
Hawes, '98, had the misfortune to have a grenade explode in his hand. By far the most 
interesting experiences in the way of accidents, however, fell to Lieutenant Alvin G. 
Thompson, '12, and some of his associates. 

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Thompson started as a private but was later commissioned and was assigned to 
work in testing trench artillery ammunition at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, working 
in co-operation with Lieutenant C. E. Dodge, '12, Lieutenant A. E. B. Hall, '14, Lieuten- 
ant William H. Tapley, and Lieutenant C. P. Fiske, '14. What occurred can best be 
judged by Thompson's own account. "It was frequently necessary to disregard 'safety 
first' methods to get things done in a hurry. On this particular occasion 240-mm. 
shell were being filled with T. N. T., melted in an improvised boiler and poured by hand. 
It is not known definitely just what started the affair, but the small house where the boiler 
was located caught fire and thus detonated eight or ten 240-mm. shell standing just 
outside. An extremely high wind was blowing at the time and this was no doubt respon- 
sible more than any other factor to the destruction which followed. 

"The burning embers from the shed were scattered by the blast and one of the 
powder magazines containing about 500 pounds of loose T. N. T. which stood about 
twenty-five feet away caught fire, the explosive burning fiercely with a heavy black smoke. 
Soon afterwards a second magazine filled with black powder went up, and 700 loaded 240-mm. 
shell containing each ninety pounds of T. N. T., which were piled between this magazine and 
the storehouse went off with one grand crash. The air for a radius of half a mile was filled 
with 75-mm. shell, three-inch trench mortar bombs and eight-inch Livens barrels. One piece 
of shell went through the roof of the proof department office one mile away and split a chair 
into two pieces. All the windows within a mile radius were blown out, sash and all. 

"The next place to go was the storehouse, the latter being filled with about 15,000 
three-inch loaded shell and 25,000 rifle and hand grenades. Just outside the storehouse 
15,000 more three-inch shell were stacked up, and for about an hour the shell, together 
with the grenades, kept up a constant din which sounded like a super-machine gun. Every 
once in a while, a 240-mm. shell would be tossed up about 100 feet, and go off with a roar. 

"The constant temperature magazine went up next with one grand puff of black 
smoke; power house, office and observing tower were soon blazing. 

"Fortunately, only a few men were injured by the explosion, these being carpen- 
ters who were working on a house about three hundred yards away from the storehouse. 
The whole side of this house was blown in, some of the shells going clear through the house. 
The explosion had at least one good point, it got rid of a lot of rejected material that would 
have had to be destroyed sometime." 

Once the material had been accepted, it was turned over to the Supply Division 
which was responsible for delivering it as needed to the troops. Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. 
Norton, '07, was for some time assistant chief of this division and was charged with the 
work of shipping. His staff at Washington consisted of some seventy-five officers and 
five hundred civilians. Later he was sent to France to handle work of a similar nature and 
was cited by the Commander in Chief for meritorious and conspicuous service. Colonel 
J. C. Heckman, '00, also assisted in organizing the Supply Division. Heckman had entered 
the service shortly after the outbreak of the war, becoming a major in the Ordnance Corps, 
and he subsequently was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His special work 
was that of selecting sites for and supervising the design and construction of five large 
and several smaller ordnance depots for the purpose of handling explosives, the whole 
project involving an expenditure of some fifty million dollars. He later became head of 
the Construction and Operating Section and directed the organization and operation of 
some thirty-five depots handling supplies of all kinds, and still later spent some three 
months in Europe, studying ordnance supply systems of the American, English and French 
Armies. Upon his return to the United States he was appointed chief of the Supply Divi- 
sion, with the rank of colonel. After the armistice he took part in reorganizing the Ord- 
nance Department and placing it upon its present basis, occupying the position of chief 
of Field Service in the new organization. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L. Rice, '93, was 
also engaged in supply work and saw some service abroad. His most important duty 
appears to have been supervising the remarking of all American ammunition. 

The men heretofore mentioned have been, for the most part, those who were chiefs 
of Divisions or Sections. Altogether 269 Tech men were enlisted or commissioned in the 
Ordnance Corps, while others were closely associated with it as civilian consultants. 

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Mention has already been made of Professor Mueller. Another member of the 
faculty who was active in research work, though, like Professor Mueller, acting in a civil 
capacity, was Professor Miles S. Sherrill, '99, who says: "The most interesting problem, 
and the one which took my greatest effort, was an investigation of a catalytic process for 
producing picric acid directly from benzene. This process was carried out on a semi-plant 
scale, under my charge, at the Nixon Nitration Works, an isolated spot between Perth 
Amboy and New Brunswick, N. J. 

"The plant was capable of producing about a hundred pounds of picric acid per run. 

"The essential feature of this process was the direct oxidation and nitration of 
benzene in a single stage to form picric acid. In the standard process phenol is first made 
from benzene and subsequently nitrated." 

The results obtained were most valuable and, had the armistice not intervened, 
might have resulted in considerable changes in accepted processes for producing explosives. 
The work was not entirely without incident either, for, to use his own phrase, he witnessed 
the tremendous explosion that wrecked the Gillespie Loading Company at "close range." 

There is of course one rather sad phase of the work of the Ordnance Corps, for, as 
is but too well known, many of the projects which they attempted were not completed in 
time to influence the result of the campaign. The chief reason for this, however, was not 
incompetence as many persons suppose, but the result of an agreement with our allies by 
which, for the first year, they were to furnish equipment immediately required except 
propellants and explosives, while the United States prepared for quantity production on 
a monstrous scale, a scale which would have been futile until increased ocean tonnage made 
it possible to transport the products. The preparations were made, the first models of the 
new equipment were produced, and in most cases production in quantity and of satisfactory 
quality had begun at the date of the armistice. 

AIRCRAFT 

The shortage existing in ordnance material in the United States was no greater than 
that in aircraft, and the development of an airplane program was from the start one of 
the most severe problems with which the Government was faced. During the twelve 
months preceding the outbreak of war the total production of the airplane factories in 
the United States had been less than eight hundred machines, yet our people believed 
that they could produce these machines in immense quantity and undertook to 
furnish twenty-two thousand planes for use at the battle front, which, allowing for spare 
parts and replacements, could not amount to less than forty thousand complete machines 
actually built. It was proposed to accomplish this work by quantity production. It would 
appear that those responsible for this scheme had very little idea of the essentials of quan- 
tity production or of the conditions of warfare on the Western Front, for to produce any 
machine in quantity, stabilized design is absolutely essential, whereas during the entire 
war the design of the machines on the Western Front underwent constant change, superiority 
in the air resting first with one side and then with the other as each new model was produced. 

It is interesting in this connection to note that when the scheme was first suggested 
the technical experts of the Signal Corps planned not upon the production of forty thou- 
sand, but upon a maximum of thirty-seven hundred. 

Regarding the technical staff of the Signal Corps at this date, Benedict Crowell, 
Assistant Secretary of War, and Director of Munitions, says: "The American Air Service, 
which was then part of the Signal Corps, had had a struggling and meager existence, 
working with the old pusher type of planes until in 1914 an appropriation of $250,000 
was made available for the purchase of new airplanes and equipment. Shortly after this 
appropriation was granted, five officers were sent to the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology for a course in aeronautics. When the war broke out in Europe in August, 1914, 
these men constituted the entire technically trained personnel of the Air Service of the 
United States." 

Among the officers who had taken this course were Lieutenant-Colonel V. E. Clark, 
'15, and Colonel Edgar S. Gorrell, '17. At the outbreak of war Clark was on duty in the 

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The First Squadron of American-Built Planes to Cross the German Lines 



(U. S. Official) 



office of the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, acting as chief aeronautical engineer of 
the United States Army. Gorrell was ordered to the same office shortly after the declara- 
tion of hostilities. 

Early in June the immense program of aircraft production started and, as might 
have been expected, difficulties were encountered very quickly. None of the commercial 
planes at that time being built in the United States were suitable for purposes of combat; 
none of the excellent combat planes abroad were suitable for quantity production with 
American machine tools. Nevertheless, a sincere attempt was made to utilize them, and 
the agents of the various foreign machines brought their models to McCook Field, the 
aeronautical experimental and engineering station, where, under Colonel Clark's super- 
vision, they were tested out. 

It will be recollected that Major George R. Wadsworth, '98, was also engaged in 
similar work for the Navy (see page 251). 

It soon became evident that if any one of the foreign machines was accepted, by the 
time the United States was ready for quantity production the machine adopted would be 
obsolete. It also developed that there were not enough skilled workmen in the United 
States to build the necessary engines and other parts. 

Accordingly, in June a mission was sent abroad to study conditions. This mission 
was known as the Boiling Mission. Clark was naturally a member of this mission together 
with Colonel Gorrell (see page 208), and spent the rest of the summer in studying machines 
and tactics in use in the French, British and Italian fronts. By July the mission had 
begun to select types of machines, endeavoring so far as possible to choose types which 
seemed to be those of the future rather than those of the past. 

It was still found, however, that in order to produce these planes in American fac- 
tories and make them suitable for American armament and engines, it would be necessary 
practically to re-design the entire machine. By the time the first De Haviland planes were 
in service they were already out of date as combat machines, although with the experience 
gained in building them a new De Haviland was designed — the De Haviland 9-A, which 
would probably have proved much better. 

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In September, 1918, the Air Service was reorganized and Clark was made chief of 
the Airplane Design and Technical Division. Shortly after his appointment, a number of 
machines of entirely American origin and especially suited to American manufacture, 
began to appear, such as the Lepere, the Loening, the Thomas-Morse, the Glenn-Martin, 
and others. With the experience gained, rapid progress was made toward quantity pro- 
duction, and had the war continued the United States would probably have had an abun- 
dance of very excellent machines of purely American design. 

Several other Tech men were engaged in work connected with the Air Service, 
notably Major Henry Souther, '87, who subsequently died in the service, and Major George 
L. Norris, '87. Shortly after the outbreak of war Souther was commissioned a major and 
was appointed assistant chief of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. He was closely 
associated throughout with Clark and worked with him upon various problems. His most 
important work, however, was in connection with aviation intelligence and with the design 
and selection of motor vehicles of all types for the Aviation Section, a work for which his 
previous experience as an automobile engineer had well fitted him. 

In July, Souther interested his classmate Norris, and the latter became chief 
metallurgist of the Aviation Section. During the next four months he was engaged in the 
preparation of specifications and in investigations having to do with specifications of new 
materials. During this time he was a member of the International Aircraft Standards 
Board. Perhaps this most important work during this time was in connection with the 
re-design of a Liberty motor. It will be recollected that this engine had originally been 
designed with the advice of the best foreign experts as an 8-cylinder, 225-horsepower. 
Nevertheless, within ninety days it had become necessary to increase it to 12-cylinder, 330- 
horsepower, and finally to alter the design to deliver 400-horsepower, a change which not 
only required alterations in the dimensions of the engine but also, in certain cases, 
necessitated a change in the quality of the material as well. 
}■• , In December Norris was commissioned a captain in the 
Corps and later he became a major in the Air Service. In 



detailed as district manager of production in the Pittsburgh 



Signal Officers' Reserve 
January, 1918, he was 
District for the Avia- 




(Underwood & Underwood) 



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tion Section, which later became the Pittsburgh District of the Bureau of Aircraft Prod- 
uction. 

He remained in general supervision of all metallurgical work of the Air Service 
and the general laboratories of the service, which were located at Pittsburgh were under 
his charge. The inspection and production of Le Rhone aircraft engine came under his 
jurisdiction. 

Frank W. Caldwell, '12, seems also to have done important work in connection with 
propellers, being charged with the design and drafting of specifications of all propellers 
used by the Army and many of those used by the Navy during the war. He built and 
supervised the propeller-testing plants aggregating over two thousand horsepower, and 
introduced many ingenious improvements. 

There were numerous other Tech men serving in the Army associated with this work, 
but the work of those mentioned here would seem to be sufficiently typical of the whole. 
In every case it is the story of an attempt to standardize design and produce in quantity 
a machine for which the specifications were being changed from month to month, or even 
from week to week, by the development of new tactics or new machines abroad. Had the 
United States at the start of the war had a fairly large supply of planes of any one standard 
type and had those planes been steadily re-designed to suit American manufacture and 
European conditions, it would still have been difficult to have carried out the pro- 
gram demanded by a public with little knowledge of the basic principles of engineering 
or of military requirements. As it was, to attain the program set was an utter impossi- 
bility. 

Despite the conditions, however, it will be noted that a degree of success was 
attained, for quantity production of engines was finally started in June, 1918, reaching a 
production of 3878 for October, an abundant supply of training planes was provided, and 
a very considerable number of De Haviland 4's were actually sent to France, the production 
having amounted in October, 1918, to over one thousand. 

Work in connection with the air has a peculiar interest to the Institute, for practi- 
cally all design of military planes was checked by work in our air tunnel and aerodynamical 
laboratory. On November 1, 1917, the United States Government concluded a contract 
with the Institute by which the tunnel was leased by the former, and so valuable has been 
the work accomplished that the Government has retained control. 

One of the most interesting pieces of work done in the wind tunnel during the war 
was that performed by C. B. Hanscom, '18, in a long and careful investigation having for 
its object the reduction of experimental errors in tunnels of this type. Mr. Hanscom also 
did some interesting work in research on wing design, with special regard to high-altitude 
flight, which has probably contributed to the present superiority of American machines 
in high-altitude work. 

Mr. George M. Denkinger, '13, the present instructor in aeronautical engineering, 
was appointed under the Civil Service as a civilian aeronautical engineer with the Air 
Service. He was detailed to work in the Institute's aerodynamical laboratory, his work 
consisting chiefly of testing model machines and component parts, with special reference 
to stability and the prediction of performance of the full-scale machine from model tests. 
To carry this work out he was detailed at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, at irregular inter- 
vals to observe machines in flight and to gain data regarding them, as compared with that 
gathered in the laboratory. 

Another phase of the Air Service work in this country was that of training pilots to 
handle the machines and of organizing squadrons to be sent overseas. The orders were to 
organize squadrons and send them across; the one demand was haste, and under such con- 
ditions it was no easy task to turn out efficient organizations. Among those of our grad- 
uates who were engaged in this work was Lester D. Gardner, '98, of whom we have already 
heard in connection with the preparedness campaign before the war. Just before the out- 
break of hostilities Gardner applied for and received a commission in the Aviation Section. 
He was rapidly promoted to first lieutenant, captain and finally major. During most of 
his period of service Gardner was stationed at Kelly Field, Texas, and while there organ- 
ized no fewer than eighty-three aero-squadrons. Later he was transferred to Waco, Texas, 

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where he commanded an aviation camp of some twenty-seven hundred men. Lieutenant 
H. Kenneth Franzheim, '13, had charge of training bombardment pilots at Ellington Field, 
Texas, and succeeded in developing an excellent course. 

The pilots themselves, while doomed to a life of more or less monotony, going through 
a regular series of exercises day after day at the various flying fields, were in almost as 
great danger as their brethren at the front line. Their machines were of comparatively 
low power and of antiquated type, and during the early days of the war the mechanics 
charged with the repairs were not of the best quality. Cadet Pilot Lewis P. Sanborn, '17, 
writes: "I regret to say that I accomplished nothing while in the service except the expendi- 
ture of considerable government money, when, within five days of receiving my commis- 
sion as pilot, my ship slipped into the inevitable tail spin and for the usual inexplicable 
reason I was unable to get it out. The ship, which was a beautiful bird was a total wreck, 
while I, who was not much of a bird, escaped with a broken nose and a few scratches. Two 
weeks in the hospital fixed me for further experiment, but my next flight proved my nerves 
to be slightly upset, and four months elapsed before they became 'as they were.' By this 
time the Chemical Warfare Service, with the aid of the American Chemical Society, from 
which I promptly resigned, discovered my whereabouts and succeeded in having me trans- 
ferred for temporary duty with the fountain pen army in Washington, D. C. Before the 
necessary red tape could be untangled, the Kaiser quit his job, so I also received my dis- 
charge and came home, none the worse for wear." 

Not all of our men escaped as luckily as did Sanborn. Among the names upon the 
Roll of Honor will be found no less than ten who died directly through accidents while 
training, among them Lieutenant Walter F. Buck, '12, who lost his life through the act of 
a spy, probably a mechanic in his own hangar. 

Another phase of aircraft work was that involving balloon production. One of our 
men, Lieutenaut Edward Schoeppe, '15, served as assistant chief of the Balloon Produc- 
tion Branch of the Air Service and had charge of the design and production of gas cylinders 
and generators and of the procurement and production of hydrogen gas. Later he served as 
chief of the Balloon Inspection Branch. 




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The Office at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, After the Explosion Described by Alvin G. Thompson, '12 



While our men in the Air Service were busy organizing and training squadrons and 
developing equipment, others in the Corps of Engineers and the Coast Artillery Corps 
were working on anti-aircraft devices. One of the most noteworthy pieces of work in this 
line was that performed by Major Alexander Macomber, '07. He had entered one of the 
first officers' training camps, but when his experience in connection with electrical work 
was discovered, he was transferred to Washington to develop searchlights for field warfare. 
At this time the American Army had no searchlight units, except a few rather experimental 
affairs. Major Macomber, therefore, had to build from the ground up, being obliged to 
write out the tables of organization and tables of equipment, and in many cases to design 
material and follow it up. He saw that equipment was delivered and also assembled the 
necessary personnel by draft, requisition, or voluntary enlistment, organized it into com- 
panies, and sent them one at a time overseas. These units served with the French and 
British Armies, remaining with them until they were consolidated, with the formation 
of the American First Army, with which they saw service in both the St. Mihiel and Meuse- 
Argonne drives. Macomber himself went over in June, 1918, and commanded some of his 
units during the operations just mentioned. So satisfactory was their work that they received 
a citation from the Chief of Engineers of the American Expeditionary Forces. 

C. G. Abbot, '94, was also engaged as a civilian in improving our searchlights and 
is responsible for many of the features of the very light, cheap and efficient unit with which 
our men began to be equipped in October, 1918. 

Some work of a rather unique character was performed by Francois E. Matthes, 
'95, of the United States Geological Survey. At the outbreak of war the United States 
Army possessed many officers with experience in indirect fire, both on land and at sea, 
but all had been trained to work from accurate charts and maps which, as subsequently 
developed, were not always available abroad. It had been found necessary by the French 
to have an especially trained corps of officers, known as "orientation officers," to re-survey 
and check up maps of the fields of battle, and a similar corps was found necessary by the 
United States Army. As it was impossible to train men in such work at short notice, the 
corps was selected chiefly from the personnel of the Geologic Survey. As a text-book 

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for training these men, Matthes translated the French "Manual for the Orientation 
Officer." The value of the translation was quickly recognized by the War College which 
ordered a large edition. 

QUARTERMASTER CORPS 

The Quartermaster Department provided food, clothing and equipage. Previously 
it also handled the construction of barracks and depots, but shortly after the outbreak of 
war a new organization, the Construction Division was authorized for the express purpose 
of caring for the immense program adopted. A great number of Tech men served in this 
division, many of whom were commissioned, but since it is next to impossible to separate 
their work from that of civilians the whole story is given in the chapter dealing with civil- 
ians in government service. (See page 315.) 

It is also found that most of our men engaged in handling subsistence and equipage 
were civilians and their work is described in the same chapter. (See page 324.) 

There are, however, one or two who should be mentioned here. One of these is 
Captain Gardner Alden, '13. Alden, previous to the war had been a chemist with the 
United States Rubber Company and was especially commissioned to organize the rubber- 
boot repair shops of the Salvage Depots in France, but through some mischance was instead 
sent to Washington, and thence to the Base Salvage Depot at Atlanta where he became 
adjutant and later commandant. During Alden's tour of duty, over five hundred thousand 
articles of clothing and equipage were turned back to the Army, and this, at a time when 
to have obtained the same material by manufacture was impossible. 

E. Southworth Church, '08, though commissioned as a captain in the Motor Trans- 
port Corps, worked on a quartermaster problem and has the honor of developing the 
present standard army rolling kitchen. 

SANITARY CORPS 

The Quartermaster Corps was also responsible for the supply and inspection of food. 
In this work it was assisted by the Nutrition Section of the Sanitary Corps, which acted 




(U. S. Official) 

Scene in the Salvage Depot at Tours, which was Organized under Harry L. Rogers, '89 



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under the direction of the Surgeon-General and which was in turn aided by food laboratories 
throughout the United S:ates. Some of the most important work carried on at this 
time was that conducted by Major Samuel C. Prescott, '94, who says: "On being 
detailed to the Surgeon -General's Office in the Division of Food and Nutrition, I was 
assigned to three distinct duties; (1) investigation work, (2) instruction of nutrition office 
and inspectors, (3) inspection service. The investigation work had to do with food materi- 
als and new food compounds which had been brought into the Surgeon-General's Officers 
with reference to their availability for the army ration. Later the whole subject of dehy- 
dration of food was referred to me. This work kept a number of officers and enlisted men 
busy; part of the investigation was also done in the laboratories of the Institute. In Octo- 
ber, 1918, the investigation of dehydration was taken over by the Department of Agricul- 
ture and on special request of the Secretary of Agriculture I was detailed to serve as chief 
of this division of dehydration until discharged from the service. Work was carried out 
under my general direction at Technology, University of Rochester, Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity, Bureau of Chemistry laboratories at Washington and in a number of plants through- 
out the country. 

"The work of instruction was largely confined to the officers who were assigned to 
the various training camps and to overseas service as nutrition officers. (See page 28.) 
To these men a course of lectures was given dealing with inspection of food, proper condi- 
tions of storage, and spoilage and waste as well as some instruction in the organisms 
causing the deterioration of food materials. In addition to instructing these men, I spent 
a short time at the Medical Officers' Training Camp at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., where I lec- 
tured on food conservation and inspection to all the medical, veterinary and sanitary 
officers in the camp, which at that time numbered seven thousand. 

"Because of experience which I had had with food manufacture and examination, 
the inspection of the conditions of storage of quartermaster subsistence supplies was 
placed in my charge. Several visits were made to each of the larger camps east of the Miss- 
issippi and recommendations were made as to improvements of conditions of storage and 
transportation. Because of the close relation of this work to that of the Quartermaster 
Department, I was made liaison officer between the Food Division and the Division of 
Purchase and Supply of the Quartermaster Department. 

"As a result of the work of the Dehydration Division and its recommendations, 
about forty thousand tons of dehydrated vegetables were sent to France for the use of 
the American Expeditionary Forces. The specifications for these foods were first written 
by me and later, practically without modification, were accepted by the Division of Pur- 
chase and Supply of the Quartermaster Department." 

This problem was a most important one from the point of view of supplying the 
troops abroad for which tonnage, as is well known, was very scarce and the saving made by 
dehydrating the food supplies was tremendous. The work was carried out in laboratories 
throughout the United States, some of the most interesting work being that done at the 
Institute by Doctor Robert P. Bigelow, assisted by J. M. Strang, '19. It may be inter- 
esting to note at this point that Doctor Bigelow's activities were not confined to the dehy- 
dration problem, but that he also devised a means for obtaining very fine threads of rubber 
which were used in connection with very important and remarkable apparatus, of which 
at the present date it is impossible to say more. 

A very different type of work was assigned to Major Michael W. Murray, '08, whose 
peculiar mission was that of finding work for "limited service men" and in making prep- 
arations for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled soldiers. The work was closely 
connected with that of Major Arthur D. Dean, '95, who was charged with the physical recon- 
struction of the wounded, especially that which was effected by orthopedic shoes, psycho- 
therapy, education and vocational work with the blinded soldiers, instruction in lip reading 
for the deaf and special work for the shell-shocked and others suffering from various defects. 

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WEAPONS 

One of the most interesting phases of military activity both in the United States 
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period of hostilities the war was to some extent a struggle between inventors and scientists 
of the opposing nations to devise new means of offense and defense, and upon several 
occasions new inventions, when they appeared unexpectedly in the theatre of operations 
well-nigh proved decisive. In no phase of the war was this struggle between inventors 
and scientists better illustrated than in the contest between those engaged in increasing 
the efficiency of the submarine and its torpedoes, and those engaged in the development 
of anti-submarine devices. The Allies were naturally more especially interested in the 
latter phase of the problem, and a number of Tech men were actively engaged upon it, 
both as civilians and as members of the allied armies or navies. 

Perhaps the most successful among these was W. W. Jacques, '76. Jacques served 
as an expert for the anti-submarine division of the British Admiralty throughout the 
war. He originated and developed a submarine detector which must have been one of 
the first, if not the first, practical instrument of its kind. The device proved so effective 
that Jacques has since received a formal letter of thanks from the Admiralty and many 
informal notes of appreciation from British naval officers and scientists. 

When the United States entered the war it was faced with the necessity of develop- 
ing submarine detectors. The problem was one of the first submitted to the National 
Research Council for solution and before long, laboratories, scientists, and inventors 
throughout the United States were engaged. The work was organized in a peculiar manner. 
To insure secrecy, each man or group of men worked independently, reporting from time 
to time to an officer of the Navy who had general supervision of the whole problem. When 
a comparison of these reports indicated the advisability of bringing two or more investiga- 
tors together, an interview was arranged. Except when such an interview took place 
the various workers seldom saw each other, and to this day the majority are unaware of 
the part played by others. As a result, many men and groups of men perfected similar 
devices, and it is impossible to state definitely where the credit for any particular move- 
ment really belongs. 

The chief experimental station of the Navy was the submarine base at New London. 
One of the first scientists to arrive was Professor Max Mason, of the University of Wis- 
consin, who some years ago was a member of the Mathematics Department of the Insti- 
tute. Professor Mason had foreseen the submarine crisis and since 1916 he had been per- 
fecting a device which might be used to detect U-boats, his experiments being performed in 
the waters of Lake Michigan. During the first few months he was practically the only man 
at the station who really had any practical experience, and the first devices which were 
brought out were largely, if not entirely, of his design. Later on he developed a device 
known as the MP-tube, which proved somewhat difficult to operate but which had the 
greatest range of any instrument designed during the war. American submarine chasers 
were equipped with some of his devices, which were a great improvement on those in use 
abroad at the time. There seems, however, to be some question as to whether these instru- 
ments were ever actually used in combat with a submarine. 

Later on Professor Pierce, of Harvard University, took charge and the organiza- 
tion was enlarged to include not only experiments at New London but also research in 
civilian laboratories at a distance, notably those of Kalmus, Comstock and Wescott of 
Boston and the Submarine Signal Company. In both of these laboratories Tech men were 
prominent. Doctor H. T. Kalmus, '04, and Doctor Daniel F. Comstock, '04, will both be 
remembered as having at one time been members of the staff of the Department of Physics, 
while a number of other Tech men assisted them. Among the latter may be mentioned 
Leonard T. Troland, '12, J. A. Ball, '15, E. A. Weaver, '15, E. A. Gallison, '98, and A. G. 
Smith, '19. Doctor Kalmus had comparatively little to do with submarine-detection work 
as he was busy in developing a process for producing abrasives and refractory material, and 
in supervising the construction of plants in the United States and Canada to furnish these 
essentials. The submarine work was directly in charge of Doctor Comstock. Troland 
appears to have acted as a liaison agent between the laboratory and the New London 
station. His work included practical tests on vessels at New London and the development 
of the instruments at the laboratories at Boston. 

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259, which made various cruises, to test out various devices, using the port of Boston as 
headquarters. 

The particular work which Kalmus and Comstock undertook was that of eliminating 
the noises originating on the ship which carried the listening device. The earlier instru- 
ments required that the ship should be brought to a standstill and complete silence main- 
tained on board, while listening to a submarine. The submarine, by going carefully and 
slowly, could frequently escape. The new device, when perfected, however, enabled the 
operator to listen with the ship driving at full speed, a result obtained by balancing out the 
ship's vibration by means of an electric compensator. In the laboratories of the Submarine 
Signal Company G. R. Stevens, '17, worked upon the same problem, having been assigned 
to this duty by the United States Signal Corps, of which he was a member. He helped to 
equip the first submarine chaser to go across with oscillators, tension-tuned microphones, 




Battleships Shelling Durazzo from Long Range, the Fire Being Directed by Wireless Telephone 

from Submarine-Chasers and Airplanes 



C-tubes, V-tubes and MV-tubes. It would appear from the statements of Admiral Sims 
and others that the C-tubes were actually used in action and gave an excellent account of 
themselves. 

Practically all of the devices developed at New London were based on acoustic 
detection of submarine while in motion. If the submarine remained quiet upon the bottom 
there was no way of discovering its position. 

Two other Tech men, Doctor F. H. Williams of the Corporation and Elof Benson, 
curator of instruments in the Department of Physics, undertook work upon a device for 
locating the submarine while lying quiet. They attacked the problem somewhat late in the 
game, and as a result their devices were never put into actual service. The results obtained, 
however, showed that such a device could be developed and that the submarine would 
have a negligible chance of escaping a ship so equipped. 

A portion of the research staff of the General Electric Company, both at Lynn and 
Schenectady, was also working on submarine detectors. In particular, Doctor Elihu 
Thomson of the Corporation and Lawrence H. Allen, '20, studied this problem. Doctor 

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Thomson's work consisted chiefly of exercising general supervision of work at the Lynn 
laboratory; Allen who was a member of the Naval Reserve Force, worked up the details. 
Doctor Thomson and Allen together did considerable work in co-operation with Benson 
and Doctor Williams of Nahant, and also in development of the C-tube. Their particular 
contribution was the arrangement of the delicate apparatus so as to prevent injury and to 
permit manufacture in quantity. 

Another of our men who was a member of the General Electric staff and who worked 
upon this problem was Doctor W. R. Whitney, '90, who directed the work of the laboratory 
at Schenectady upon the same problem, being aided by W. D. Coolidge, '96, who is 
the assistant director of the laboratory. 

Work was also carried on in the laboratory of the Western Electric Company, and 
here Captain Reginald L. Jones, '09, was engaged. We have no account of the details of 




The Italian Seaplane which Bombed Durazzo and Directed the Fire of the 
Allied Ships by Wireless Telephone 



his work but as it was associated with mechanism for the detection of airplanes and of 
hostile mining operations, it appears probable that it dealt with microphones. 

The microphone also played a prominent part in sound ranging, and in this work 
also a number of our men were engaged. Lieutenant Joyce R. Kelly, '17, reports that he 
worked at the Palmer Laboratory at Princeton in developing American apparatus, while 
Lieutenant Merrill J. Smith, '13, and Master Engineer Allen D. Pettee, '16, were engaged 
in the same service abroad. The American apparatus was closely modeled after a suc- 
cessful British device, but improvements were introduced, and toward the close of hostili- 
ties an entirely new machine was sent to the front, which proved very successful. 

Sound ranging is accomplished by obtaining a record of the concussion of a gun by 
means of microphones placed at several different points. The difference in the time at 
which the detonation is recorded fixes the position of the battery within less than fifty 
yards. Every improvement aimed at greater accuracy and the elimination of sound which 
did not aid in locating the hostile guns. Pettee was among those who conducted the field 
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reach France. The apparatus, after rebuilding, proved satisfactory, and Pettee was ordered 
to Paris to reconstruct a number of other sets at the factory of Le Materiel Telephonique, 
a branch of the Western Electric Company. 

Sound-ranging work at the front was in the hands of the 29th Engineers, and a 
number of our men served in this regiment. In order to get accurate data the sound-rang- 
ing microphones were always placed as near the front line as possible and in positions which 
enabled the records to be checked by direct observation. As a result, those in charge of 
the sound ranging at the front saw service of a most active type, and a number of them 
were injured. Among these was Smith, who took part in the fighting at Seicheprey, Cha- 
teau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and the early part of the Argonne, being finally severely wounded 
and gassed during the night of October 2. 

Another type of sound ranging was that involved in locating the position of hostile 
airplanes. In order to permit searchlights to be thrown upon them it is necessary to locate 
the direction of the plane. Perhaps the most satisfactory device developed was a parabolic 
surface containing a microphone at the focus. Lieutenant Winfred W. Smith, '17, assisted 
in the development of this device. Upon his arrival in France, in May, 191 8, he was imme- 
diately assigned to the Division of Research and Inspection and stationed at Paris. He 
was shortly afterwards sent to the front to make actual tests on the instrument. He 
reports that the results were most satisfactory, as it was possible in most cases to point 
the searchlight directly at the plane at the first attempt. 

Another field of research during the war was that dealing with wireless telegraphy 
and telephony. Most of this work in the United States was carried on at the radio labora- 
tories of the Signal Corps at Camp Vail, New Jersey, although as usual private laboratories 
throughout the United States co-operated. Sergeant Leo B. Miller, '15, working with R. S. 
Burnap, '16, were in charge of the calibration and standardization of all the equipment 
and instruments used in connection with this research work. In addition to this, they did 
a considerable amount of experimentation upon radio apparatus for the army and upon 
various component parts. Sergeant J. Van H. Whipple, '21, who had previously been 
engaged as a structural engineer on the government nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals, worked 
in the radio laboratories on the adaptation of the various models to the standards required 
for quantity production. 

Oddly enough, one of the most difficult problems in radio work in connection with 
airplanes was not electrical but acoustic. The airplane could generally signal to the ground 
but the roar of the engine was such as to make it practically impossible for the observer to 
receive. John P. Minton, '12, was placed in charge of this problem at the laboratories of 
the Western Electric Company. After many disappointments, he finally succeeded in 
developing a sound-proof helmet by means of which it was possible for the pilot to hear 
nothing except what came through the telephone receivers. This improvement is of great 
importance as it enables the pilot not only to receive radio telegraph messages from the 
ground but also permits him to communicate with pilots from other planes. So satisfactory 
has the device proved that there has been serious discussion of allowing artillery battery 
commanders to take their position habitually in airplanes and conduct the fire of their 
batteries by radio telephone. 

The problem of improving radio transmission included that of developing a system 
of signals which could not be intercepted by the enemy. The importance of such a system 
may be realized when it is considered that practically all secret codes can be deciphered 
and that the failure of the German offensive of 1918 was largely caused by the interception 
of their carefully coded radio messages. The United States signal corps was successful 
in developing a new system which was not only secret but which was practically free from 
interference by the enemy. This system was the invention of E. Leon Chaffee, '07. The 
device was perfected and demonstrated in France but its use on the fighting line was pre- 
vented by the armistice. 

Some mention has already been made of the work of Frank W. Caldwell, '12, in 
connection with the design of propellers for the air service. In addition to designing and 
testing practically all of the propellers actually used, he did considerable work in develop- 
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most remarkable of all, he perfected a propeller of variable pitch and a reversible propeller 
for use as a brake in landing. So far as is known, Caldwell's are the only designs of this 
type which have ever proved successful. 

Lieutenant Godfrey L. Cabot, '81, was also engaged in experimental work in con- 
nection with airplanes, his particular problem being that of picking up burdens in flight. 
The experiments were in the main satisfactory and the results increasingly successful. 
He finally succeeded, on October 3, 1918, in picking up a burden of one hundred and fifty- 
five pounds from a moving seaplane and rose with it to a height of one hundred and fifty 
feet. It is interesting to note in this connection that Cabot is somewhere in the neighbor- 
hood of sixty years of age. Nevertheless, he generally pilots his own plane and states that 
he found considerable difficulty in mastering the standard control of the Navy seaplanes, 
which differs somewhat from that of the Burgess-Dunn machine, which he generally flies. 

Peter Schwamp, '78, worked on improvements in airplanes and succeeded in develop- 
ing a special covering of ply wood for use on airplane wings. The material had a high 
factor of safety and was giving satisfactory results when the armistice put a stop to further 
experiment. 

A rather unique invention, which, however, unfortunately never received a trial in 
action, was a man-lifting kite devised by Welles M. Partridge, '96. The kite was so arranged 
that it could rise from the water when towed by a torpedo boat destroyer, and it was 
intended to be used to locate hostile submarines. 

Daniel W. Willard, '70, designed a net for the purpose of entangling submarines. 
The device worked well in models, but Willard states that so far as he knows it was never 
adopted. 

While many of our men were thus engaged in improving listening devices and air- 
craft, others were at work in devising new types of ordnance. One of the most successful 
among these was H. W. Kenway, '05, who adapted a one-pounder gun for use as an auto- 
matic rifle upon airplanes equipped with the Liberty motor. The gun was so designed that 
it could fire through a sleeve inserted in the cylinder head casting. Arrangements were 
made by which the aviator could range upon the hostile machine with tracer bullets, and 
having found his target could quickly fire eight high-explosive shells. The gun was found 
entirely satisfactory when tried at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds but it had not been 
tested aloft at the date of the armistice. 

Lieutenant Samuel Sewall, '17, was also engaged in improving ordnance but was 
given a very different problem. He was assigned to the Bureau of Inventions at Paris to 
work out a scheme for increasing the range of heavy guns. The method used was entirely 
different from that employed by the Germans in the seventy-five-mile "Bertha," but it 
would appear to have proved most satisfactory, for an announcement has recently been 
made from Paris that a new gun is contemplated which will have a range of upwards of a 
hundred and fifty miles. 

The problem of increasing the range of the torpedo was also one in which consider- 
able progress was made. It is understood that owing in part at least to the work of a group 
of Tech men, the range of the American weapon was increased by several thousand yards. 

Among these men may be mentioned, James S. Currier, '04, who worked in civilian 
capacity and Lieutenant James A. Flint, '18. Their duties were of course of a strictly 
confidential nature but Flint, who was in charge of the long range torpedo work during the 
summer of 1918, states that some of the longest shots ever made were accomplished at 
the station under his direction. 

Arthur W. Thayer, '77, also invented an improvement in firearms intended to better 
the automatic firearms, but his scheme does not appear to have been adopted. 

A rather unique investigation was undertaken by Ensign Charles Bettinger, '01. 
He worked at the research laboratories of the Eastman Kodak Company, making a 
study of the properties of various paints and pigments. Not only was a large amount of 
valuable data obtained relative to the value of different pigments for camouflage, but it 
was also found possible to develop secret identification signals for ships and aircraft. 

Another piece of work which attracted considerable interest among Tech men was 
the design by Professor E. F. Miller, '86, of a steam-driven tank. It may be said that the 

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The Steam-Driven Tank Designed by Professor Edward F. Miller, '86 



attention attracted to the tank has somewhat overshadowed the invention which gave 
rise to its design. Early in 191 8 Major A. S. Smith, Superintendent of Buildings and Power, 
at the Institute, read of certain equipment used by the Germans in the spring drive. He 
saw opportunity to make a great improvement and took the matter up with the Chief of 
Engineers. Major Smith's idea was considered of such importance that he was placed at 
the Institute on special duty to develop his invention. At this time it appeared to render 
the device serviceable a tank driven by steam would be necessary. Professor Miller was 
asked to design such a machine, and in accordance with this request a fifty-ton tank, some- 
times known as the "America," was designed and built. It should perhaps be stated that 
the "America" was not, as many people supposed, a combat machine. She was merely a 
model, her steel sides being of common boiler plate and the shoes of her caterpillar treads 
of the ordinary steel castings, which were not even annealed. She, however, served her 
purpose of demonstrating that a tank of that type could successfully be built and driven 
by steam; with Major Smith's device, in action she was a most terrifying spectacle. 

Numerous tests were carried out in the great stockade in the rear of the Institute 
buildings and proved most valuable. Many improvements were made upon Major Smith's 
device, and finally Professor Miller introduced one which rendered the use of a steam-driven 
tank unnecessary. The weapon, of which little more can be said, was quickly put on a 
basis for quantity production and a number of units were being shipped overseas at the 
date of the armistice. 

The tank "America" had a somewhat less fortunate career. She was ordered to 
perform during one of the Liberty Loan drives in Boston, and upon this occasion a link in 
one of her unannealed caterpillar treads broke, seriously damaging her machinery. Repairs 
were subsequently made and she took part in a number of subsequent tests, but, as has 
been seen, her usefulness disappeared with the improvement in Major Smith's invention. 
There were certain features in her design however, which will probably be adopted in 
future machines. 

Some of our men worked upon most extraordinary problems during the war: a 
number appear too fantastic for belief, although they were based on sound scientific prin- 

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ciples. Perhaps none was more remarkable than a scheme for destroying submarine bases 
which was studied by D. C. Davis, '06, in the laboratories of the Westinghouse Company. 
It is perhaps best not to state what this method was since it may some day prove a very 
remarkable and terrible weapon in the hands of the nation perfecting it. 

All of these inventions had to be kept more or less secret and arrangements had to 
be made by which patents could be obtained without making public the nature of the new 
devices. Important work in this connection was assigned to Sidney F. Smith, '86, principal 
examiner of the United States Patent Office. His particular duty was to take note of the 
various patents applied for, and where an application seemed to offer possibilities, to b.ing 
the inventor and the proper government officials together. In this work Smith co-operated 
with the Naval Consulting Board and the Inventions Section of the General Staff. He was 
also active in home defense organizations. 

Before leaving the matter of inventions it would perhaps be proper to call attention 
to a phase of the work perhaps as valuable as the invention of new devices, namely that of 
preventing worthless or fraudulent inventions from absorbing money and energy 

Immediately after the outbreak of war a person by the name of Garabed T. K. 
Giragossian announced the discovery of a new source of power and the invention of a 
remarkable engine which ran upon nitrogen and "free energy." The real significance of 
this invention will probably never be known. Whether Giragossian really believed that 
he had invented such an engine, whether he was merely a person attempting to make 
capital out of the Nation's misfortune, or whether he was acting under the influence of 
persons interested in delaying our program for preparation will probably remain uncer- 
tain. The announcement appealed to many persons who shrank from the prospect of a war 
conducted by the usual means, and the inventor received more credence than he perhaps 
deserved. 

Congress wisely determined to place the investigation of the invention in the hands 
of a committee of experts. The men appointed were: James A. Moyer, Edward F. Miller, 
M. DeK. Thompson, Edwin B. Wilson, and Charles L. Norton. Of the five, four were 
members of the Institute faculty, namely, Professors Miller, Thompson, Wilson and Norton. 

It is quite needless to say that the committee reported that Mr. Giragossian's 
"invention" offered no immediate possibilities. All serious discussion of the matter was 
dropped, and it was possible to go ahead with designs for weapons based upon more well- 
tried devices. 

OTHER MILITARY ACTIVITIES 

While perhaps the most conspicuous military work of Tech men in the United 
States was that connected with the production of munitions and equipment, and the devel- 
opment of new weapons, there were many Tech men performing work quite as essential, 
though perhaps not so conspicuous. 

One very important matter was the maintenance of the morale of our men. Morale 
may be defined as the desire and determination to obtain victory. At the outbreak of 
war a very poor state of morale existed among the men first called to duty by the selective 
draft. Many of those reporting to the cantonments could not speak English and under- 
stood little or nothing of what the war was about. Many, comparatively fresh from Europe, 
had brought with them all their national prejudices, and the policy first adopted of placing 
men of different race and language in the same companies resulted in every variety of 
internal trouble and lowered the spirit of both the men and officers. Through the work 
of the Intelligence Section of the General Staff, this quickly came to the notice of the 
military authorities and steps were taken to better matters, which ultimately resulted 
in the formation of a separate organization known as the Morale Section. 

Major Grafton B. Perkins, '05, was placed in charge of this work and soon demon- 
strated its importance to such an extent that it became a separate branch of the General 
Staff, General E. L. Munson being placed in charge as Chief, while Major Perkins continued 
as Executive Officer. His principal duties were to travel throughout the United States, 
Hawaii, the Philippines and Siberia to better the conditions under which our soldiers were 
working and inaugurate measures to improve their fighting spirit. This work was sub- 

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sequently extended to the American Expeditionary Forces in France and Germany. It 
was necessary to do away with the time-honored military methods involving correspond- 
ence "through channels" and the work was carried on in a very different manner. It 
proved, however, most effective. The causes of the discontent were quickly located and 
remedied. Later on, Captain Grosvenor D'W. Marcy, '05, was transferred to the Morale 
Branch and became chief of the Military Section. Under him the work was carried and 
extended to the American Expeditionary Forces with most beneficial results. During the 
occupation of Germany it was possible in many cases to discover influences which were 
lowering the morale of our men and to remedy them before the men themselves realized 
that anything was wrong. 

In closing this sketch of the work of our men in the United States, something should 
be said of those whose work, much against their will, was that of purely routine duty; those 




The Kite Invented by Welles M. Partridge, '96 



who, for various reasons or for no reason at all, found it their lot to carry on the uninter- 
esting but necessary administration of the Army at home, while their comrades were 
fighting abroad. 

Major-General William H. Bixby, '7°, previously Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, 
returned to the service, taking up work on river and harbor improvements at Kansas 
City, St. Louis and Chicago, thereby allowing a number of younger officers to organize 
engineer regiments for service abroad. Lieutenant Dugald C. Campbell, '19, as a member 
of the 1st U. S. Infantry was unable to go overseas, but just after the armistice we find 
him guarding the hydro-electric plants at Electron, Washington, against the Bolshevik 
uprising in Seattle. Perhaps the most unfortunate lot of all befell Lieutenant Joseph A. 
Boyer, '12. He says of his record, "Even though I obtained a commission in the Infantry 
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I had 'wished on me' an assignment as assistant staff judge-advocate at Camp Mac- 
Arthur, and the duties of that job together with those of trial judge-advocate of general 
courts-martial continued to belie the crossed rifles I wore on my collar until long after 
November 1 1. In those capacities, I advised on all sorts of problems ranging from how 
to create a new development battalion to preparing in Texas a power-of-attorney for a 
Montana citizen concerning the acquisition of mineral lands in the province of Manitoba, 
Canada, and I prosecuted all kinds of cases from one day's absence without leave to first 
degree murder." 

OUR MEN ON MINOR FRONTS 

When one thinks of the war, he generally thinks of the battle lines in France, but the 
armies of the United States and our allies were fighting in many other parts of the world. 
Mention has already been made of the New Guinea Campaign, in which Captain Lionel H. 
Lehmaier, '13, participated, and when the United States entered the war, our forces also 
were engaged in many other places than those from which we most often heard. Lieu- 
tenant J. W. Kennard, '18, United States Marine Corps, served first in Cuba, and later 
in Haiti. Captain Hallet R. Robbins, '05, acted as assistant to the Military Attache, 
Pekin, China. Edward H. Moffatt, '18, served with the Canadian Field Artillery in Asiatic 
Russia. 

Captain David P. Minard, '19, of the 8th United States Cavalry, who was stationed 
in the Big Bend district of Texas, tells of the pursuit of a party of Mexican bandits. He 
says: "We followed the trail of about one hundred and fifty raiders nearly fifty miles into 
Mexico; made dry camp that night and again took up the trail at dawn. The march 
became more and more difficult as the bandits circled back through the mountains towards 
the Rio Grande (the only source of water). We trailed them over mountains and through 
canyons where it seemed impossible for a horse to obtain footing. Our horses were begin- 
ning to break down under the heat and lack of water, when finally as we emerged from the 
mouth of a long, high-walled canyon the bandits opened fire from a dominating ridge. 
We went into dismounted fire action and succeeded in dislodging them. A five-hour run- 
ning fight ensued, with the bandits retiring higher and higher into the mountains. The 
scene of the skirmish was a country full of deep gorges and high mesas. The Mexicans took 
full advantage of it, they would retire rapidly, climb the mesa and keep up a continual 
sniping until we were within six hundred yards and were forced to dismount. A further 
advance would cause another retirement. This continued until darkness, when the exhaus- 
tion of our horses and supplies forced us to head back for the American side of the river. 
We went into camp late that night after having marched over eighty miles since daybreak. 
Our only casualty resulted when the bandits first opened fire, killing one of our men. 
The Mexican casualties were twenty-five dead; the number of wounded is unknown." 

Another very different but none the less typical incident is recorded by Lieutenant 
J. Barton Nealey, '11, who, after his discharge from the Army, took charge of the supplies 
for the Young Men's Christian Association with our troops in northern Russia. Of this 
sector he says: "Along the coast the country is a treeless, barren waste (tundra), farther 
south a stunted growth of evergreen trees appears, which as we go still farther south gives 
place to heavy forests not unlike our own. Everywhere are vast swamps, and the water, 
even in the rivers, is so unhealthy that it has to be boiled twenty minutes before drinking. 

"The principal front where was concentrated the largest allied force was spread like 
a fan from the Dvina and Vaga Rivers some two or three hundred versts south of 
Archangel with Beresnick as the 'Base.' The front line was made up of a series of positions 
consisting of one or two lines of trenches guarded by rifles, machine-guns and trench mor- 
tars, fronted with wire entanglements and supported in the rear with some artillery. Many 
of the positions were in the outskirts of villages where the log houses were used as block- 
houses, others were in the woods and swamps. Raiding patrols were frequently sent out 
and the fighting much resembled our Indian warfare. During the summer these raids were 
of course conducted in broad daylight, as the sun shone twenty-four hours of the day, but 
later when the sun never appeared at all or between seasons, when it merely dipped below 
the horizon, raids were made under cover of darkness. 

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"One more or less humorous incident occurred when I was in the front line one 
night at Mala Beresnick. A party of us went out on patrol, gained contact with the enemy 
in their trenches and fired upon them just as a battalion of reserves were marching up in 
their rear to relieve them. This reserve battalion hearing and seeing the firing in the dark- 
ness thought it was the Allies firing upon them and attacked their own front line from 
the rear — the front line units in turn thinking they had been flanked and cut off 'about 
faced' and engaged their own reserves. We quietly withdrew and they maintained the 
fight for some two hours or until the sun came up and showed them their error. 

"Several times the 'base' at Beresnick was cut off from Archangel by Bolsheviks 
capturing villages between, although they never controlled the river for long. On account 
of this we who traveled constantly from place to place alone had 'our wind up,' as the 
British say, most of the time. 

"In October, the allied forces were withdrawn and thus ended the North Russian 
Expedition and a country most admirably adapted to its former use, the enforced abiding 
place of desperate criminals and political enemies, was given over to the Bolsheviks. May 
they enjoy its charms as much as did the Allies." 

The story of the work of Tech men in the Army and Navy of the United States as 
here set forth is at best but fragmentary. The original manuscript contained only the 
stories of those men who seemed to have done something or left some record of unusual 
interest. This manuscript has been cut, first in half, then in quarters, and what remains 
does not tell the one-hundredth part of the actual work performed by our men. It is to 
be hoped, however, that the reader will remember that there were very nearly 5.000 men 
in the service, the condensed account of whose records will be found in the Register of Mili- 
tary Records. (Chap. XI.) If the reader desires to know what some individual did, let him 
look in this record, and notice in what place his friend served, and the nature of his service, 
then let him return to these chapters and read therein the account given of any one of 
his comrades in the same branch and in the same work, and he may feel reasonably sure 
that he is reading a fairly accurate account of the deeds of the man in whom he is inter- 
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TECH MEN IN THE MILITARIZED SOCIETIES AND 

OTHER AUXILIARIES 

Up to this point the narrative has dealt chiefly with those of our alumni who served 
in the armed forces of the United States and the Allies, but wherever these penetrated 
there were present certain civilians, whose duties were so closely connected with those of 
the military that it is in many cases difficult to separate them; the organizations to which 
they belonged were considered so vital to the combatant forces that they were given 
official status, their men were uniformed, and in some cases actually enlisted; several of 
them were known as "militarized" organizations. 

Among these societies, that which came most closely in contact with combatant 
troops, and whose activities cannot in fact be separated from those of the various fighting 
units, was the American Field Ambulance Service, and its successor, the American Field 
Service. As will be remembered, the object of this organization was to provide ambulance 
drivers to handle the wounded, bringing them from the dressing stations near the front 
line to the hospitals in the rear. The life was one of hardship and excitement, and for the 
most part the personnel was made up of young, adventurous men. There were, however, 
some interesting exceptions to this rule; for instance, B. B. Crowninshield, '89. Crownin- 
shield was a volunteer driver in Section 7, from January to July, 1916, serving during most 
of this period in the Verdun sector, during some of the most desperate German attacks. 
Later on he was refused by Roosevelt, and also by the United States Navy, upon the ground 
that he was too old; but there was certainly nothing in his previous record to suggest 
incapacity for active service. Another of the older men who aided in this work was Roland 
W. Stebbins, '99, who was a member of the service almost from the beginning in 191 5 
and some of whose experiences will be recorded a little later. 

The work of the ambulance men was of every kind and type, varying from monot- 
onous drudgery to most exciting adventure. The following extract from a letter written 
by Kimberly Stuart, '19, gives a very fair idea of the average type of work: "Imagine 
on some rainy, stormy night that you are in France. Go out and look down the street. 
Think of driving over it without lights, when there is as much traffic as there is in the 
middle of town in broad daylight. Then sprinkle the street with huge trucks loaded with 
shells in place of the delivery wagons, and put guns, caissons, and supply wagons for the 
other things one might meet at home on the street. Then cover the whole roadway with 
slimy mud, and shell holes varying in size from a foot and a half to six feet in diameter 
and from a foot to five feet in depth. Then turn out all the lights, have everything going 
like the deuce, trucks skidding (for chains are unknown here) and guns and caissons 
bouncing all over everything with the horses on a stiff trot. Then picture the batteries, 
their flashes lighting up the outlines of the loaded trucks or glinting on the long muzzle 
of some seventy-five. Add columns of men, soup-kitchens, other ambulances, speeding 
staff cars, motorcycle dispatch riders, cavalry and no end of big two-wheeled carts. Just 
imagine the job it is to drive through this mess. Sometimes one has to go in low for a mile 
or more, the traffic is so bad. The other night I was forced to stop for half an hour to let 
the procession of stuff pass me. I counted one batch of trucks and there were thirty-two 
of them, and that was only one group out of several miles of 'ravitaillement' (that is supply- 
trains), that one meets." 

However, while this was the usual experience of an ambulance driver, there were 
occasions upon which far more exciting incidents occurred, and one of these as described 
by Stebbins gives a vivid picture of the scenes connected with the German gas attack at 
the second battle of Ypres, and the shelling of Dunkirk. "On the morning of April 22, 

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about ten o'clock, a wonderfully beautiful, quiet day, we were overhauling our cars in the 
freight-yard in front of the evacuation sheds, while waiting for a train of wounded and sick. 
Suddenly the siren out in the harbor belched out the warning that Taubes were coming 
and for every one to seek cover. In a few minutes we saw two Taubes circling around 
with beautiful balls of white cotton appearing about them — shrapnel shells from the forts 
and from the British anti-aircraft guns stationed along the beach at Malo-les-Bains. 
Immediately a terrific explosion occurred in a roundhouse of the freight-yard; simulta- 
neously, the Taubes dropped something that looked like tinsel, and immediately beat it 
up the coast. 

"Then started the first big bombardment of Dunkirk with seventeen-inch shells, 
weighing twenty-eight hundred pounds, and coming from more than twenty miles away. 
The shells dropped almost vertically and with no warning, and landed at exactly seven- 
minute intervals, until about three p.m. with one or two let-ups. The second shell struck 
just outside the fieight-yard gates. With two men I jumped into my car and started for 
the gate, when we were deluged with bricks and glass, having to cover our heads with our 
arms for protection. This shell had landed in a courtyard back of some large houses and 
had wrecked them pretty badly. In the cellar of one we found three badly frightened 
women in a little bomb-proof cell; in the next house was a badly injured woman. Just 
as we got into the st eet, a shell landed across a canal, two hundred yards away, absolutely 
demolishing a three-story corner house, which was next to a very large hospital filled with 
wounded. 

"We raced from explosion to explosion, when we could find them, driving over 
glass, bricks, timbers and household utensils, taking the dead to the station and the 
wounded to any hospital that could take them in. Some ambulances had gone to an explo- 
sion alongside a canal. On the opposite bank was a six-story tobacco warehouse, splendidly 
built of modern mill-construction. It was used as a billet for hundreds of convalescent 
soldiers who were resting before returning to the front; most of the men were in front of 
the building receiving their rations. At the seven-minute interval, a shell dropped through 
the rear of that building, tearing away portions of the roof and of five floors, together with 
a large part of the rear wall. It absolutely demolished a house back of it, and wrecked a 
house across the street. Some men who were still in the building were drawn by suction, 
down into the wreckage behind. By the time we had crossed the canal the dead were 
being brought out, some killed by concussion. Cadets were called to help the soldiers 
and they dug for many hours for those buried. We returned off and on until evening to 
carry away any dead found. 

"About three o'clock as the bombardment had apparently ceased, we went to our 
billet for food, to find our faithful cook (we were then receiving officers' raw rations) had 
beaten it for the open country. She never returned. 

"After lunch I started for the town, when I had the luck to overtake a charming 
nurse, who got up on the seat and began questioning me. She asked if I were an American; 
then if I thought that the Boche would bombard us again or bombard Malo. To the 
second question I replied, 'probably', to the third, 'no, because they want to get the rail- 
road station, evacuation hospital sheds, the bridge and the docks, which are over a mile 
and a half away.' She replied, 'But a shell landed just outside my hospital this morning 
and I do not know what to do. My daughter refuses to go unless I go also. I can't leave 
because I have all the nurses under my care!' I then tumbled to the fact that this charm- 
ing, pretty, and courageous lady was the Duchess of Sutherland. 

"Next night, April 22, we had only two men on duty at the station. I rolled into 
my blankets about nine, but could not sleep. About eleven-thirty one of the men brought 
orders to have the whole squad at the station at one a.m. All that he knew was that a 
tremendous attack had been made, and that many 'blesses' were coming. 

"We were prepared for a shock, but not such a one as we received when the long 
train rolled in, laden with men, many badly mutilated, who had been subjected to the 
first asphyxiating gas attack. The men unloaded from this train were coughing fearfully, 
and most were continually nauseated. If they lay down or sat on the edge of their cots, 
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always coughing. Their eyes, which were protuding, and their skin were the color of a 
potato peel. When we had evacuated these poor devils to different hospitals, we were 
ordered to line up in the freight-yard at four-thirty a.m. Rumor had it that we were going 
to the front. 

"Our route led through Poperinghe to Woestende. When we entered the narrow 
streets of Poperinghe, the traffic was superbly handled by London military police. As we had 
right of way, we progressed fairly well until we came to the big Public Place — and what a 
sight! It was absolutely filled with refugees from Ypres and its suburbs, four miles away. 
The Boche had started shelling Ypres and the near-by country, putting 30,000 shells into 
the city and suburbs. These poor people had fled to Poperinghe, bringing what they could 
carry. Here, one beheld an old two-wheeled cart containing a stove and a hen-coop, on 
top of which was a feather bed, on which was seated an old shrivelled-up woman, chatter- 
ing from fright, the whole outfit pulled by a little donkey and a cow, guided by an old 
man; there, another two-wheeled cart, filled with little children, drawn by a man and some 
boys and girls, and the family cow tied to the back of the cart. On all sides people were 
sitting on their bundles or standing patiently, but every face a picture of despair. Later, 
the Boche shelled the city. I have often wondered what became of those thousands of 
refugees. 

"When we came to Woestende, a small Flemish village built along the military 
road running from Ypres to Furnes, we were met by a sad sight. Lying, sitting, or stand- 
ing on both sides of the broad street were hundreds of wounded men, waiting to be carried 
to the railroad some ten miles away. Many of these had dragged themselves four miles 
from the trenches. I saw one soldier making slow progress, using a golf club for a crutch. 
We loaded our ambulances and started for Poperinghe. 

"That day and for the next ten days we often were obliged to wait an hour at a 
time before we could unload our wounded, due to the great numbers of French, British, 
Belgian, and American ambulances coming from the Yser Canal and Ypres districts." 

Shortly after the United States entered the war, the American Ambulance Service 
was reorganized as the American Field Service, many of its drivers being transferred to 
drive trucks instead of ambulances, and most of the new recruits of the corps were assigned 
to this class of work. We have already seen how the men of the Tech Unit were for the 
most part absorbed into this organization as replacements to Section 526. This camion 
corps became part of the motor transportation of the French Army, and from the name of 
its commandant received the name "Reserve Mallet." This organization is one of the 
most famous which took part in the war. It was "reserve" only in the sense that it acted 
under the orders of General Headquarters only, and hence was thrown into action at any 
point on the front where its services were required, needless to say, behind the most active 
sectors. Some idea of its work may be gained from the fact that, while the American 
Expeditionary Forces expended altogether a little over three and a half million shells of all 
calibers, the Reserve Mallet transported between June 6 and November 11, 1918, no less 
than six million shells and something over twenty-three thousand tons of small arms 
ammunition. Its activities were not confined to ammunition; one of its most important 
duties was to rush infantry to threatened points, or to aid in making a strong concentra- 
tion for an offensive, such as we have already described on page 176. 

One of the most important opportunities for this kind of work came just after the 
German drive in the spring of 1918. The following account of this affair given by Irving 
G. Hall, Jr., '18, is a very typical example, not only of the kind of work, but also of the 
strain upon the men which resulted from the almost continuous day and night driving. 
He says: "Probably the hardest piece of work, but far from the most exciting, which I 
did in France was driving a five-ton Pierce-Arrow truck in a certain troop convoy in March, 
1918. During the five days previous to this convoy we had been working along the front 
near Compiegne and had managed to get only about eight hours' sleep in that time, most 
of it being in the driver's seat waiting to be loaded. On this particular morning, March 
26, we started at three in the morning to Vitry-le-Frangois by way of Rheims, Epernay, 
and Chalons. We loaded with troops about 8.30 p.m. and went on toward — nobody 
knew where. We passed through Chalons and Epernay again that night, and got to 

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A 42-Centimeter Shell, with a Comrade of W. W. Hosmer, Jr., '06, Standing Beside it 



Chateau-Thierry about eight in the morning. The progress was very slow on account 
of there being over 8,000 trucks in the convoy and traveling at night without lights. That 
night we were back in Compiegne and finally unloaded our troops about 1.30 a.m. at 
Montdidier. Then, empty, we returned to Soissons by another route, arriving about 
1.30 a.m. the next day. We had been on the road driving continually for seventy hours 
and during that time had only three meals, one of them being hot, besides what we 
could pick up along the route. That night we had twelve hours' sleep and were sent off 
on another trip." 

In many cases the Ambulance Service served as a stepping-stone toward enlistment 
in the combatant forces of Great Britain or France, especially the latter. Lieutenant 
David Carb, formerly of the English Department, has already been mentioned, as has 
Lieutenant Robert M. Allen, '16, who after his discharge from the Field Service, and before 
he entered the French Army, acted as Mr. Gibbs' assistant in the Tech Bureau at Paris. 
(See Chapter II.) 

Another with much the same record was Fenton G. Elwell, '19. Elwell, finding 
himself unable to enlist in the United States Army, followed in the footsteps of Kenneth 
Weeks and Dugan, by entering the Foreign Legion. He subsequently graduated from the 
artillery school at Fontainebleau, and took part in practically all of the later actions of the 
war, including Villers Bretonneux, July, 1918, Moreuil, August, 1918, Plessier, August, 
1918, Noyon, August, 1918, La Fere, September, 1918, and St. Quentin, October, 1918. 
Others who remained in the ambulance work to the end have sent us some rather interest- 
ing information. Frank E. Parsons, '15, in particular, who has a most notable record, 
including five major operations and much service in defensive sectors, happened to be 
assigned duty which took him into Strasbourg just after the armistice, whence he was 
moved to Mannheim, and attached to the 1st Colonial Division, that is to say, the Foreign 
Legion, with which Elwell and Allen were at that time serving. Part of his work consisted 
in evacuating the wounded allied prisoners as they came in by train from the interior of 
Germany. Regarding them he says: "One incident will always remain foremost in my 
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every one of them was tubercular, and had a limb amputated, the wound nearly always 
being septic, and in such a condition that they knew they were going to die. Nothing but 
skin and bones, their eyes staring out of their sockets, and with the hectic flush of men 
near death, they made few complaints, and for the most part only wanted to live long 
enough to see 'Blighty' once more. Several, however, begged the French surgeons to put 
the knife through their hearts to end the suffering." 

Altogether 47 Tech men served in the Americin Ambulance and American 
Field Service, and their record is one of which they may well be proud. They were classed 
for the most part as privates in the French Army, and their pay consisted, as a rule, of 
five cents a day, French rations, and a few ounces of tobacco. The incidents described 
above give a sufficient picture of the sleepless, nerve-racking work; yet these men served 
not for money, nor for glory, but purely in the belief that they could alleviate human 
suffering and help the cause of distressed freedom against the forces of an evil autocracy. 

By joining the forces of foreign powers before the United States was taking an 
active part in the war, many of them lost opportunities for advancement in their own ser- 
vice, yet in their letters there is not one word of complaint; rather one notes pride in their 
organization. Perhaps it is the best measure of how unselfish was their service that most 
of them considered their work with the Ambulance Service was not sufficient, and sooner 
or later entered the combatant units of the various powers. Not a few lost their lives 
later in the war, and in this connection we may especially mention Lieutenant Dinsmore 
Ely, '18, Cadet Pilot Gordon Stewart, '20, Lieutenant W. K. B. Emerson, Jr., '19, all of the 
air service. Ely and Emerson were killed in airplane accidents. Emerson and Stewart 
had both won the Croix de Guerre, and it would appear that Stewart won his while in the 
Field Service, although it is not certain. Sergeant George W. Root, '19, also later lost his 
life after having transferred to the Tank Corps in the United States Army. The gallant 
death of Braxton Bigelow, '10, has already been described. (See page 166.) 

THE RED CROSS 

Somewhat less closely associated with the fighting front, but nevertheless more or 
less a part of the military organization, was the Red Cross. In the militarized branch 
of this organization 52 Tech men were engaged, and many were given duties of the 
greatest importance. It will be recollected that shortly after the outbreak of war, 
missions were sent by the United States to nearly all of the European powers, particularly 
those which for one reason or another were suffering from lowered morale and showed a 
tendency to give up the struggle. 

The Red Cross was strongly represented in these missions by well-known sanitary 
engineers, for many of our allies at this period were especially harassed by epidemics 
caused by lack of proper sanitation. As a result a goodly number of the men chosen were 
graduates of our courses in biology and sanitary engineering, or members of the Institute 
staff. Perhaps the most important of these missions was that sent to Russia. 

Among the members of this committee we find Doctor George C. Whipple, '89, 
Professor of Sanitary Engineering at the Institute, Professor C. E. A. Winslow, '98, of 
Yale, and Henry J. Horn, '88, formerly Vice-President of the New Haven Railroad. Their 
object was first of all to do something immediately to restore the morale of the Russian 
people. The Red Cross Commission was intended to work in connection with the Ameri- 
can Railroad Commission already in Russia, to insure that shipments of relief supplies 
might reach their destinations without delay. It was also intended to outline an organiza- 
tion for the Red Cross, which should handle relief work throughout Russia and Siberia, 
but as a matter of fact, the mission was unable to accomplish as much as might have been 
desired, owing to the interference of the Bolsheviki. Professor Whipple has given us an 
account of some of his experiences which may prove of interest. 

"One of my assigned tasks as a member of the American Red Cross Mission to 
Russia was to investigate the sanitary condition of a part of General Korniloff's army, 
and, as a member of a committee headed by Major McCarthy, to report on the need of 
field-hospitals, medical supplies, ambulances, and sanitary service. We went to the Rus- 

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sian front near Minsk during the latter part of August, 191 7. Fighting was then going 
on and the sector visited was regarded as fairly active, though becoming quiet. Air raids 
on the hospitals of the Russian Red Cross were still of daily occurrence, and shells were 
dropping near us when we were in the trenches. I had no thrilling adventures worth talk- 
ing about, but had opportunity to learn much about the Russian army and the Russian 
soldier. 

"We visited the 10th Army, composed largely of Siberians — fine-looking, good- 
natured fellows, largely of the peasant class, with officers who appeared to be well educated. 
Most of our time was occupied in inspecting hospitals, first-aid stations, Red Cross stores, 
and so on. Major Grow, of our party, had been with the 8th Siberian Regiment two years 
before and took delight in visiting his old comrades in arms. He remarked on the lessened 
discipline and the lower morale of the army under the Kerensky regime — no salutes from 




(U. S. Official) 



Typical Refugees 



privates and a corresponding attitude of 'I don't care' and 'I am as good as you' about 
the Colonel's headquarters. 

"Before joining the Mission at Petrograd we called upon Korniloff, then General- 
issimo of the Russian armies, at his headquarters at Moughilov. He was expecting us 
and a large French automobile with a red square painted on the door met us at the station. 
This had been one of the cars of Czar Nicholas, and the red square covered the old double 
eagle, which had been painted out by the revolutionists. After passing many imposing 
sentinels, the last of whom was a big Caucasian dressed in a tall, black fur cap and standing 
as straight as a ramrod, we entered the General's room. He was a small, thin, wiry man 
with almost oriental features, a short black beard, a small head, small steely eyes and 
hands as delicate as a woman's. His face was kindly. He wore a simple gray coat without 
ornaments, but with a wide red stripe on his breeches, one of the marks of a general. He 
looked to me like a crafty man, but not like a dictator. We came away feeling that he 
was not 'the man of the hour.' The conversation was in Russian, through an interpreter, 
but we afterwards learned that the General spoke good English. 

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"During our trip we met a good many officers. Later we were surprised to see a 
number drift into the hotel at Petrograd. A few days after that came the march of Korni- 
loff's army against Petrograd — without doubt a counter-revolutionary movement. I can- 
not help feeling that the plot was brewing while we were with his army at the front." 

A similar mission was that dispatched to Roumania, but it too found itself almost 
powerless, because of despondency and treason. One of the members, George W. Bake- 
man, '13, Special Assistant to the American Ambassador to Russia, and a captain in the 
Red Cross, has furnished us with some extracts from his diary, which give us an interesting 
picture of conditions. 

"Jassy, Roumania, January 25, 1918. I have just returned from a trip through 
Roman, Sascut, Tecuci, and Galatz, where I went to see what is being done in the way of 
preventing the recurrence of typhus, and to help lay out plans for the extension of our 
food distribution to the civil refugees. In and around Sascut, Topping is already dis- 
tributing food and clothing to about fifteen thousand people weekly and thereby doing 
much to alleviate the suffering. Of course we can't do very much and our supplies would 
hardly keep the poor beggars alive, but they go a long way in helping out. At Tecuci, 
where George Twose and I went to set up a new distribution center, we had great difficulty 
in getting down to real work because of the hospitality of and rivalry between 'Madame 
la Presidente de la Croix Rouge,' and 'Madame la Generale.' We were wined and dined in 
grand style and generally spoiled, but in spite of that I feel that we did much good, as we 
made preliminary arrangements for a distribution of food to about six thousand refugees 
next week. Between Tecuci and the front, we found colonies of refugees living in caves. 
They are horribly crowded, dressed in rags or nothing at all, and some of them reported 
that they had eaten nothing but soup made from the entrails of animals which they had 
found behind the front lines — for three weeks. Dozens of little tots are to be seen run- 
ning about in the cold with nothing on more than an extremely ragged shirt, and some 
haven't even that. In one cave which I entered, lived a widowed woman and her three 
half-grown children. It was a mere hole in the side of a hill, not over eight feet by ten in 
area and was not high enough to stand up in. No food was to be seen anywhere except a 
few grains of corn, and the only clothing or bedding was a pair of very thin blankets. 

"As if there was not trouble enough already in this poor country, Russia has 
declared war on her and Roumania has been forced to send troops over the line in an effort 
to insure a food supply. It is really awful to think of what is going on here. This country 
came into the war largely at Russia's behest, gave extravagantly of her meager food to 
feed the Russian armies, and then when the time came for repayment the latter declares 
war. We are now cut off on all sides. Tnank God that we brought in that train-load of 
fish. Every one laughed when they saw so much salt herring, but now I guess that it will 
be appreciated. 

"January 29. Odessa is once more in the hands of the Bolsheviks, having been 
recaptured from the Ukrainians. 

" February 8. To-day the Bratiano Ministry resigned as a result of another German 
ultimatum. 

"March 6. The end seems to be drawing near. 

"General Berthelot has ordered the preparation of trains with which we are to 
depart if peace is made. How to go thrcugh is a question, The Germans say that they 
will allow us to depart through Austria only on condition that the Allies release an equal 
number of German officers of equal rank. I am not at all sure that we could even get 
through the lines in Besarabia; at any rate, we shall start for somewhere sometime. In 
the meantime we are carrying on our distributions as usual. 

"March 12. En route from Jassy to God-knows-where. On the morning of the 
ninth when I arrived at the office I was notified that we were all to be ready by ten o'clock 
to go to the station to the trains. 

"The final picture of the Queen keeps coming back to me with her last words when 
she had at last summoned us all to her palace to say 'Goodbye'; how she had broken down 
and wept and hoped that we would sometimes remember that there was still at least one 
loyal soul in Jassy that longed again to see a friendly uniform and hear an English phrase. 

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"By cutting across country on a new railroad that has just been finished — or 
rather almost finished — we reached Nikolaev, where all of the first four trains came 
together for the first time. We have learned that General Berthelot had gotten through 
safely and that German advance-guards had missed our last train at Razdyelnia by only 
a few miles. They are now rapidly approaching Odessa from Kiev. 

"March 13. Passed through Kharkov last evening and are apparently now safely 
on the road to Moscow, as the track is clear from here on." 

These political convulsions in Europe had most serious effects upon all the Red Cross 
missions, but perhaps none found themselves in so desperate a case as those attached to 
the Servian front. Major Edward Stuart, '10, who did splendid work as a member of this 
mission, has given us some short account of his experiences, which follows: "I was in the 
Balkans most of the time during the war, and had a few Tech men with me, Bates, Bake- 
man, and Gage, '13, Fox, Magoon, and Berger, '14, and Doctors Osborne, Cornelius, and 
Mendelson of the Harvard-Tech School of Public Health. 

"The great epidemic of typhus in Servia of 191 5 was interesting enough, but its 
interest was overshadowed by the invasion by the Central Powers the latter part of that 
year. We all pitched in and did emergency field-hospital work at the front while the 
retreat was taking place; strange work for engineers, dressing wounds and performing crude 
surgical operations. It had to be done, as there was no one else to do it at the time, the 
three hundred doctors whom Servia had at the beginning of the war having been reduced 
to one hundred by the epidemic. 

"Finally, when the whole Servian army, all the prisoners of war, and a large por- 
tion of the civil population were pushed back into the valley where Servia joins Montene- 
gro and Albania, we were all obliged to take to the trackless, snow-covered mountains 
to make the best way we could to the sea. Probably the worst horror of the war was the 
Armenian massacres in Turkey, but the crossing of Albania by the troops, prisoners and 
refugees was, in my opinion, next. No transport, no food, no roads, no shelter, cold, and 
thousands of deaths daily; to make matters worse, bands of Albanian bandits were ambush- 
ing and shooting at the ragged file for plunder. 

"Our group managed to lay in a stock of sardines at Nish as we passed through, 
so we had, at least, a sardine diet for about six weeks. It took me about two years after 
that to get to the point where I could look a sardine in the face again. 

"The narrowest escape we had was one night when we came upon a small stone 
hut in the mountains, with nothing but loopholes as windows. We were put up for the 
night by the proprietor, a bandit by profession. We slept in peace, but the following night, 
a group of Servian officers slept in the same place, and all had their throats cut during the 
night. The old Albanian evidently respected Americans." 

While many of our men were thus engaged in missions of diplomacy and mercy 
among our allies, others were attached to a very different branch of the Red Cross, namely 
that which provided for the welfare and comfort of wounded and convalescent soldiers. 
One section of this work was the canteen service, and one or two of our men have given 
some account of it. Some of the most interesting work seems to have fallen to Lieutenant 
Thomas R. Plummer, '88. In the fall of 1914, Plummer had been appointed attache of 
the United States Embassy at Paris, and for the next three years was busy in handling 
correspondence for various refugees and prisoners. Later on he was assigned the inter- 
esting work of inspecting and reporting on the condition of prison-camps in France, and 
also in Germany. In November of 1917, he apparently felt that the work of the American 
Embassy was not sufficiently active and, having obtained a commission as lieutenant in 
the Red Cross, he took charge of canteen work, not as might have been expected, in some 
large city, but with a mobile unit, Canteen No. 31, at Moyenmoutier in the Vosges. 
Although fifty-seven years of age, and finding the duty a severe physical strain, he con- 
tinued at work until the armistice. Shortly afterward, perhaps in part as a result of the 
sudden relief from the nervous tension and excitement of hostilities, he fell ill, and died 
after some three days of sickness, on November 24, 1918. So faithful was he in his duties, 
and so energetic, that he won from the French government a citation and the Croix de 
Guerre for his unceasing activities in his sector and those neighboring. 

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It would be interesting to know what Plummer's impressions of the various prison 
camps were. We have already mentioned the feeling produced in Parsons of the American 
Field Service by the returning British prisoners, and it is worth while to notice how his 
observations are corroborated by other Tech men, working with the Red Cross. Major 
Carroll Bennink, '99, writes: "While at Nancy we met the first returning prisoners from 
Germany, who had been turned from camp to walk forty miles. With the very efficient 
help of Lieutenant Lord (or rather I helped him) we got beds, cocoa, food, and new wool 
underclothing, and fed and clothed the chilled and famished men. The first four who 
arrived had left two comrades dying on the road. All were like skeletons." 

Benn'nk, who by the way had been refused by the American Army because of his 
age, enlisted in the Red Cross upon condition that he should be sent to the war zone. In 
July of 191 8, he was sent to the front near St. Mihiel. As will be recollected, in early 
July, the Germans, although checked in their advance upon Paris, were still upon the 
offensive, and were preparing for their greatest effort. With this object in view, they 
were maintaining a heavy pressure along the entire line. The French were decidedly 
nervous and Bennink was called upon to take his motor transportation to the front, in 
order to be in readiness to haul away hospital equipment in case of a sudden and success- 
ful hostile attack. Fortunately, the attack never developed; but the artillery fire was at 
times heavy, and a 210-mm. shell nearly disposed of the largest motor truck in his train. 
Later on, when the 26th ("Yankee") Division moved into the vicinity, Bennink was able 
to render them considerable assistance, distributing no less than 15,000 packages of cigar- 
ettes, and considerable quantities of chocolate, coffee, and other delicacies. He was also 
able to aid in supplying hospitals with ether, cots, gasoline, and a certain amount of motor 
transport. 

While the work of the Red Cross in caring for the wounded soldiers was most valu- 
able, it was doing an even more important work in the relief and care of civil populations 
behind the lines. Perhaps nowhere was this work more necessary than in France. The 
conditions are too well known to need description, yet it is possibly well to record the 
salient facts. The population of the great manufacturing districts had been driven from 




(Underwood & Underwood) 



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their homes and forced to take refuge where they might. Housing in France is generally 
poor, most of the dwellings being some hundreds of years in age and entirely unequipped 
with the most rudimentary sanitary conveniences. The refugees were obliged to find 
such dwelling-places as they might, and the best, according to American ideas, would 
scarcely be considered fit for human habitation. The worst can hardly be described. 
Families and groups of families were huddled in canal-boats, cellars, and abandoned dug- 
outs and fortifications. Moreover, food, while fairly abundant, was lacking in certain very 
important constituents. In particular, eggs, butter, and milk were almost impossible to 
obtain. 

Nor was the condition of the population behind the German lines as good, for here 
every available dwelling was taken over by the conquering army and transformed into 
barracks, the people being obliged to find shelter in the meanest and smallest houses. The 
quantity of food remaining when the conquerors had made their requisitions was not 
enough to support human life. 

Under such conditions, there could be only one result, the spread of that terrible 
scourge of the human race, tuberculosis, which accounted for more human lives than ever 
did machine-gun bullet, shrapnel fragment, or poison gas. To fight this dread disease 
the Red Cross established in Paris a Bureau of Tuberculosis which co-operated with the 
Commission for Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Rockefeller Foundation. One of the 
members of the Bureau of Tuberculosis was Doctor Selskar M. Gunn, '04, who was placed 
in charge of the educational work in connection with this commission, a work which he 
continued later in a civil capacity as assistant director of the Tuberculosis Commission of 
the Rockefeller Foundation. The one great means of checking the disease was to make 
the French peasant realize that it is preventable and curable if proper steps are taken in 
time. Every possible method of accomplishing the desired result was used by Doctor 
Gunn, including the best practice in modern advertising, and all those measures which 
have been tested out and found effective in the United States. The educational work 
was carried on very largely by traveling exhibits. These exhibits were transported in 
trucks, each unit including a moving-picture ou'fit, with the necessary motor generator, 
an American directress, two lecturers, a man and a woman, a mechanic and an advance 
agent. The whole outfit travelled from town to town, much after the manner of the small 
circus; in the small farm villages of France nothing could have made such a sensation as 
the arrival of one of these units. In addition, millions of pamphlets were distributed, and 
practically every village in France either has been or will be visited. The results, Doctor 
Gunn tells us, have been most encouraging, for the people have taken hold more quickly 
and seem to have a better understanding of the situation, than has generally been the 
case in the United States. Later on, Doctor Gunn also did work of a most important 
nature among the Czecho-Slovaks, for whom he has conceived the warmest admiration. 
For his services he received from the grateful people of France the title and decoration of 
a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 

Doctor Gunn, in sending in his record, points out that the fight against tuberculosis 
in France will be very hard indeed unless something can be done toward properly planning 
the rebuilding of the cities of France, and it is pleasing to note that among the special 
commissioners of the War Council of the Red Cross sent to Europe to report on condi- 
tions, arrange for the work of reconstruction and organize plans to aid in France and 
Belgium, is Major George B. Ford, '00. Mr. Ford has for some years been one of the lead- 
ing city planners of the United States, and has shaped some of our largest civic recon- 
struction work. 

It may be noted that the Director of the Bureau of Construction of the American 
Red Cross who had charge of the expenditure of the funds for reconstruction was Major 
William Emerson, who has since taken charge of the Department of Architecture at the 
Institute. Professor Emerson was charged with organizing a staff composed of Belgian, 
French, English. American and Canadian men and women who drew up plans and secured 
the necessary labor and material for erecting buildings of all types required by the Red 
Cross in France and Belgium. Some of the work was carried on for the American Red 
Cross. The greater portion, however, was undertaken for French relief societies. 

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Another member of the commission for reconstruction and relief was Charles S. 
McDonald, '99, President of the Utah Association of Architects. McDonald, unfortu- 
nately, was never able to take up the work, for shortly after his arrival in France he fell 
ill; meningitis developed, and he died, on April 14, at Neuilly. 

A certain amount of reconstruction and relief work was carried on by separate 
college units. One of these, the first from a woman's college, was the Smith College Relief 
Unit, which came over in August, 1917, and was later absorbed by the Red Cross. Doctor 
Alice W. Tallant, '98, was a member of this unit, and served as its director for some four 
and a half months in 1917, while occupied in the work of civilian relief for the people in 
the devastated regions in the department of the Somme. Later on, she returned to the 
United States, but once more went to France in May, 1918, when she was stationed in 
the receiving ward of a French military hospital some twenty miles from Chateau-Thierry. 
Here on the nights of July 15 and 16, during the crisis of the last great German offensive, 
she watched day and night, and aided in the disposition of the wounded even during heavy 
aerial bombardment. She received the Croix de Guerre, and also the honorary rank of 
aide-major, premiere classe, that is to say, a first lieutenant in the French hospital service. 
Later on, she did much civilian work, giving medical aid and directing relief in no fewer 
than one hundred and thirty villages in the partially devastated regions between the Marne 
and the Aisne. 

Doctor Anna M. Gove, '91, was also connected with this unit in the summer of 
1919, as medical director, having worked for the previous year with the Department of 
Civilian Relief of the American Red Cross. 

Relief work was, of course, by no means confined to France. Guy Lowell, '94, 
who was serving as a major in the Red Cross did valuable work in Italy, and was decora- 
ted for his courage in evacuating wounded during an air raid. Gorham P. Stevens, '99, 
held the rank of captain, was engaged on the permanent relief work, and was for some time 
the only Red Cross official in t 1 at country. This was in the month of October, 1917, at 
about the time of the great Italian military disaster, and much of the work of organizing 
immediate relief for the Italian refugees fell upon Stevens' shoulders. Later on, he did 

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work in Greece, and on the Island of Mitylene, altogether handling about six hundred 
thousand dollars in cash, and three hundred thousand more in supplies. Ben E. Holden, 
'94, also a captain in the Red Cross, and later a major, carried on work in southern France, 
and in Czecho-Slovakia, while Major Robert B. Wallace, who classes himself either as 
'98 or '99, handled work in the Balkan States after the armistice. 

Some of the most interesting adventures appear to have befallen those who worked 
in the Near East. Alfred D. F. Hamlin, '78, who during the war had been an instructor 
of the Columbia University Students' Army Training Corps, shortly after its close was sent 
to Asia Minor to study the condition of the devastated regions inhabitated by Greeks, 
particularly the regions about Smyrna, Trebizond, and the Marmora Islands. He appar- 
ently was lucky, for he states that at one time or another he just managed to miss a 
colossal explosion, the robbery of a treasure ship by pirates, and a massacre of the Greeks 
by the Turks. He apparently performed valuable services in helping Greeks, Armenians, 
and Servian refugees, who he states were in many cases in great suffering, for King 
Alexander of Servia conferred upon him the Cross of George I. 

Of those working in this district, by far the most romantic story was that of James 
A. Patch, '00. Unfortunately, we have no detailed account of his adventures, but his 
mere statement of the work performed, which follows, speaks for itself. "At the opening 
of the World War, I was, in addition to my regular college duties, vice-chairman of the 
Beirut Chapter of the American Red Cross, the first of the foreign chapters of that organ- 
ization. I was actively engaged in organizing first, a civilian relief, and second, a hospital 
unit for service with the Ottoman Army. 

"Our civilian relief continued, with some interruptions, throughout the whole 
period of the war. At the start, when America as a neutral country was giving medical 
and civilian aid to both sides, our Beirut chapter was authorized by Washington Head- 
quarters and by the governments concerned, to send a medical unit for aid to Turkish 
sick and wounded soldiers returning from the first Suez Canal expedition. I was in charge 
of the preparation of the equipment of this unit, which was later pronounced by both 
Turkish and German officers to be the most complete hospital unit at the time with the 
Turkish army, and a model of its kind. 

"In 1916, I was elected chairman of the Beirut Chapter. As chairman of the 
executive committee, I directed its civilian relief. Our committee, working with the 
Lebanon government, made a census of the needy and inaugurated a system of govern- 
ment distribution of aid. This work was brought to a sudden close by the breaking off 
of diplomatic relations with the United States. 

"During succeeding months we conducted American Red Cross relief, unauthorized 
by the Turkish government and often secretly, because of government opposition. When 
finally the American Red Cross was forbidden to work, I became secretary of a secret 
group, who still attempted to mitigate the terrible conditions of starvation when thirty 
to forty per cent of the population died." 

Before passing to other civilian activities, it may be well to say a word regarding 
the work of the Red Cross. When the medical supply and sanitary service of the army 
has been brought to a really efficient point, there may be room for argument as to whether 
a Red Cross organization is needed to care for the wounded. There is one field of activity, 
however, in which the Red Cross never has had and probably never will have, a rival or 
any adequate substitute, namely, the care of refugees. 

One of the most terrible aspects of war is the fate of the non-combatant, trapped 
within the zones of combat, as those Tech men who commanded or directed units of the 
allied artillery in the fighting of November 9, 10, and 11, 1918, will well remember. The 
towns which formed the German strong points were full of friendly civilians, yet to spare 
the lives of these meant the loss of many among the attacking troops, and probable defeat. 
Combatant forces cannot do anything for the civilian population, except to destroy every- 
thing which they hold dear, and leave their homes and fields a wilderness. Under such 
conditions, some organization separate from the army is absolutely essential, and the work 
carried on by the American Red Cross in this field during the recent war is one of the 
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view the work of their comrades in this line of endeavor, particularly as so much of it lay 
directly in that class of work which proved most effective. 

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 

Another of the great American societies which took so prominent a part in auxiliary 
war activities was the Young Men's Christian Association. The great educational cam- 
paign in the American Expeditionary Forces has already been mentioned. 

Of equal importance with the educational campaign was the organization which 
provided entertainment for the members of the American Expeditionary Forces, particu- 
larly during the period following the armistice when the men had comparatively little in 
the way of military duties to take their minds off the discomforts of their surroundings 
and general homesickness. 

Perhaps the most successful means of entertainment was the circuit of amateur 
theatricals in which men from the various units visited others and performed for their 
amusement, but by far the most popular diversion, when obtainable, was moving pictures. 
The arrangements for showing moving pictures to the Army and Navy both at home and 
abroad were made by the Community Motion Picture Bureau of the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association and of this bureau Elmo C. Lowe, '05, was the overseas director. He 
had charge of the motion pictures in the American Expeditionary Forces, where he was 
responsible for supplying equipment to the various Young Men's Christian Association 
huts and canteens in France, England, and Italy, and later in the Occupied Territory of 
Germany. In addition he was charged with obtaining pictures of action at the front and 
elsewhere which were combined and shown both at home and abroad under the title of 
the "Overseas Weekly." 

How great was the service rendered by these pictures can only be realized by those 
who enjoyed the entertainment provided. Perhaps its greatest function was that of keep- 
ing the men abroad in touch with events at home and vice versa. 

Another branch of the work was the Young Men's Christian Association canteen 




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service. In this connection it should be noted that this service was much more extensive 
than that of any other society, and that to it, indeed, were assigned many duties which 
should have fallen normally upon the Service of Supply of the United States Army. 
Among those Tech "men" who were engaged in this work, we may first mention one who 
is not a man at all, namely, Abby W. Christensen, '17. Of her work Miss Christensen 
says: "I organized picnics, I made 13,000 doughnuts, and I danced hundreds of miles 
with boys who said it was the first dance they'd had in anywhere from six months to two 
years." Most of her work was in the big hotel for enlisted men at Nancy, where she fur- 
nished the rooms, engaged the French help, installed the stoves, rustled for provisions, 
and kept things going generally, particularly handing out hot chocolate and coffee, bread 
and jam and cookies, and running the hotel office and check room. She tells one story 
which illustrates the usefulness of such recreation rooms. "Before we were nearly ready, 
we opened up for the sake of a party of 'Tommies' and one 'Jock' under charge of a British 
Red Cross man, who were coming down from a German prison camp on their way home, 
all sick in mind and body. There was a Victor in the canteen and some one put on a Harry 
Lauder record for the sake of the little Scot, who was huddling over the fire quite apathetic 
and oblivious to the world. It waked him up all right, and his smile was fun to see. I 
think it was his first realization that he was going back to Scotland." 

The activities of the canteen personnel varied greatly with the time and place, 
but they have been very briefly and accurately described by Harold H. Gould, '04, engaged 
in motor transportation work for the Association, who says: "I ran: automobiles, cocoa 
boilers, field meets, garages, taxi service, canteens, sight-seeing tours, boxing matches, 
and into debt. I got: into England, France, Germany and Italy, fine physical con- 
dition, a lot of hot water, and the Tech overseas bureau, where one always found a warm 
welcome that sure did a man good." 

Perhaps one of the most interesting experiences was that of W. H. Butler, '99. 
Butler, as a director of Theodore Butler, Ltd., of London, for some time during the early 
years of the war was engaged in obtaining American machine-tools for the British and 
other allied governments. At the outbreak of the war he became one of the first volun- 
teer workers in the American Eagle Hut, and remained there until it closed. This "hut," 
which in fact was a large Young Men's Christian Association canteen, was opened to 
cater to all soldiers and sailors of the Allies, but with the arrival of the Americans it soon 
became an almost strictly American institution. It was the only place in London, and 
almost the only place in the whole continent of Europe, where the words, soda-water, 
ice cream, buckwheat cakes and maple syrup were understood. American dishes including 
pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes, corn bread, and corn fritters, were served whenever possible; 
the menu made the average American soldier's mouth water when he heard it mentioned. 
Indeed, so entrancing were the delights of this place that many an American soldier has 
returned from a trip to London and has admitted that he really knows very little regarding 
the place, as he has never left the Eagle Hut. 

It may be interesting to Tech men to know the impression made upon Butler and 
his companions, among whom were members of the British nobility, who s rved these 
lads of the American Army and Navy. One of them says: "We Americans living in 
London were apprehensive, as we awaited their coming. Europe had be^n in the throes 
of a desperate conflict for three years. The long strain had told on the feelings and tmper 
of the people here. Would our boys come over with the bluster and brag t'at they so 
widely believed to be characteristic of our nation? Would they announce their arrival in 
the Old World with the boast: 'Now we're going to show you how to do it?' Our appre- 
hensions were without foundation. How proud we were of our boys and of our country! 
The great majority were modest, sober, and temperate in their attitude and expressions. 
They seemed to realize the seriousness of their task, and their great eagerness was to learn 
how they could best do it. Such men it was a pleasure to serve." 

Two of our men may be noted as being somewhat more mature than the average 
Young Men's Christian Association worker, namely Ernest S. Tappan, '91, who served 
with the Union Franco-American, and Charles W. Eaton, '85, of the Tech Bureau at Paris. 
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He was considered too old for the Army or Navy, and even the Young Men's Christian 
Association endeavored to keep him on duty in the United States, but he finally succeeded 
in getting across as a director, being assigned work in Paris. Here, as we have already 
seen, he was prominent in all activities of the Tech Bureau, and was a veritable good angel 
to all Tech men in misfortune or financial distress. 

Perhaps the most unique work performed by any of our men in the Young Men's 
Christian Association work on the western front was that of W. Lock Wei, '18, who served 
as an overseas secretary for the American Young Men's Christian Association in England 
and later at Rouen, France. He was charged with the Young Men's Christian Association 
work among the Chinese laborers, in particular looking after their athletic work. Early 
in 1919 Wei was transferred to the Educational Department and until April was busy 
instructing members of the Royal Engineers in athletics and electricity. 




In the Path of the Argonne Offensive. Typical scenery between the Aire and the Meuse 



Adventure was seldom the lot of the Young Men's Christian Association secretary, 
but two of our men saw service of a most unusual nature. We have already described the 
adventures of Lieutenant J. Barton Nealey, '11, fighting against the Bolsheviki, and it 
may be interesting to record some incidents in the career of E. W. Bonta, '07, who at a 
little earlier stage dwelt and worked among these people. At the time the United States 
entered the war he set out with a Young Men's Christian Association unit for Russia, 
working in Nijni Novgorod, Moscow, and Petrograd. The work of the unit was as usual 
to bring cheer and comfort to the hearts of the Russian soldiers; in addition no opportunity 
was lost of impressing upon them the friendship of the United States, and the aid which 
would soon be forthcoming from that quarter. Speaking of his work during this period, 
Bonta says: "It was discouraging; they so often failed to grasp what we were and seemed 
unresponsive, many of them, poor souls. So many were 'from the mind gone out,' as the 
Russians say. Of course they couldn't understand. Others, particularly among the 
officers, understood very well and many times there were tears with their smiles when they 
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"Then, of course, I could not use the language, and I was never sure that our 
Russian secretaries were painting us right. But the greatest damper on my enthusiasm 
in Moscow was the food situation. What the men needed was food, and food we could 
not get. It was hard giving out cigarettes made of hay, and letter paper, and games, when 
you saw them watching with hungry eyes for a meager bowl of soup and a dish of porridge. 
Another thing that made it hard for me in Moscow was the feeling that ours was a 
'paternal' sort of work. I had looked forward to a world where there no longer would 
be one class that gave and another that received, but where all would be 'tovarishchi' 
together. That is what I thought we had found in Russia. I have since learned differently. 
That cry about condescension was nothing after all but the cry of the under dog, and, 
when he got on top, was there equality? On the contrary, he was only too glad of the 
chance to do a little condescending himself. His idea of getting equal was 'getting even.' 
I am afraid that happy state is the work of a generation more highly civilized than yours 
and mine." 

Later on, after the Bolsheviki got control, matters became more difficult, and when 
the United States determined to send troops to Archangel and Murmansk, further work 
became impossible. The position of Americans at this time was rather delicate. How- 
ever, all escaped without serious injury, although the margin of safety was at times 
unpleasantly small. Bonta says: " I found the consul, a revolver on his desk, destroy- 
ing his code books and otherwise preparing to turn his affairs over to the Norwegian con- 
sulate. Word from Moscow informed us that Mr. Poole had turned over his consulate 
and applied for a train to take all Americans out of Soviet Russia. I had come as consular 
courier from Moscow to Petrograd, with orders to go on to Vologda; a few Americans were 
still there and we could see it through together. 

"I established myself and baggage in a 'wagon-lits' and the train pulled out of the 
Nikolayevski station. Sharing the compartment with me was a rather flashy and dirty 
young man, reading a newspaper that would mark him as a Bolshevik. He looked across 
his paper with a sly leer and indicated a short item from Vologda. 'Commisar Khedrov 
orders all foreigners to leave Vologda at once. Any found in the town after twenty-four 
hours will be imprisoned!' The finger moved across the page and marked this item: 
'Americans with the forces occupying Archangel make war on the armies of the Soviet' 
and then to this: 'In view of the present opposition to the authority of the Soviet, TT. 
Lenine and Trotsky announce a rei^n of terror. All prisoners taken will be held as hos- 
tages and for every Red Guard killed by enemies of the Republic, by the forces of any other 
party or government, ten hostages of that party or government will be put to death.' He 
was a pleasant travelling companion, this young man! 

"The news from Vologda was three days old. The last foreigner was out of there 
forty-eight hours since! My permit read to Vologda. Without a permit to Petrograd it 
would be as difficult to return to that city as to storm Verdun! My friends from Vologda 
were undoubtedly arrived in Moscow by this time. In Moscow they thought me safe in 
Petrograd. In Petrograd they thought me safe in Vologda. In Vologda, Petrograd, or 
Moscow, the American flag no longer flew over government offices and afforded us no 
further protection. 

"When the young Bolshevik went out to supper, I hustled open my baggage, fished 
out and destroyed every scrap of literature that might brand me as counter-revolutionary — 
letters, articles, government credentials, even my complete little diary, with illustrations, 
that I had kept faithfully ever since leaving England, all torn to bits and strewed along 
the track for versts. Then I selected from my wardrobe the shoes and clothing I thought 
would prove most serviceable for general utility and prison wear (they might not shoot 
me at once) and got into them. 

"Arrived in Vologda, I pulled myself together, took a deep breath, and 
marched shakily out to meet my captors-to-be. Everywhere was bustle and activity, 
swarms of peasants toting unbelievably big bundles in and out of trains — but no 
captors. 

"It was nightfall and no train to Moscow until morning. I dared not venture into 
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hours to morning, I determined to lose myself in sleep, when something pulled at my leg 
and a voice said to come with him. Taken at last! 

"So much depended upon the man into whose hands you fell. An American arrested 
in Vologda just after me languished in jail for weeks and nearly died of under-nourish- 
ment and illness before he was discovered by another American who had kept the good 
will of the Bolsheviki. My captor was the kindly sort, and I suffered no worse fate than 
being hustled over to the commissar, who gave out travelling permits. Then I was left to 
wait my turn in a line of a hundred and fifty, for Russia today, in spite of rigorous restric- 
tions, is the travelingest country in the world. As I waited I could read the advices on the 
' walls 'No permits granted to Moscow. — Positively no one permitted on lines north toward 
Archangel. — No one allowed to travel into Petrograd. It is forbidden to go to Nijny. ' 
And no foreigner allowed to remain in Vologda! I had always heard they had a sense of 
humor — these Bolsheviki. 

"The line in front of me grew shorter, and the man directly ahead reached the 
desk. 'Please may I go into Moscow?' 'You may not!' 'Why may I not?' 'It is written 
on the wall, you may not.' A burly Red Guard took the suppliant by the coat collar and 
set him in the street — 'Where to, comrade?' asked the commissar. 'Moscow,' said I, 
and only the desk kept him from seeing my knees beating together. His eyes narrowed. 
I wasn't a Russian. No. (I had never before wished I was.) What was I then. English? 
American! And I wanted to go to Moscow. Yes! The pen scratches across the paper, a 
permit was thrust at me, and I read across the face, 'Moscow.' 'Next'! called the com- 
missar. 

"I hate to write the rest of this. As I hurried back toward the station to catch 
the Maxim Gorky, a carriage rolled past me and a perfectly good American voice 
shouted my name! I looked to see an American man, and if you please, an American 
girl, stopping their cab, and beckoning to me. They were from our special train [which 
was to carry the Americans out of Russia] which had pulled into the yard the after- 
noon before and was going out toward Moscow that noon. It had stood in the yards all 
the night I lay under a bench in the waiting room." 

OTHER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS 

In addition to the various activities already described, there was another r 'lief 
organization in which Tech men did most humanitarian work in the early days of the 
war and continued to do so throughout hostilities, although it was later managed chiefly 
through Spanish agencies. This organization was the Belgian Relief Commission. One 
of the most important positions under this commission was held by William B. Poland, 
'90. In 191 5 he became interested in the Belgian Relief Commission, and in the spring 
of 1916 went abroad under Herbert C. Hoover, where he became charged with the 
administration of relief in occupied northern France. Altogether, he had about 10,000,000 
people under his care. His position was somewhat delicate, and the work was fraught 
with great difficulties. Nevertheless, it was discharged with great courage and ability. 
In particular, Poland showed the stuff that was in him, at the time of the deportations 
from Northern France, when he denounced the whole proceeding as an outrage against 
civilization. His act required no small degree of courage and subsequently won for him 
the rank of commander of the Legion of Honor. So well did he fill his position that when 
Hoover became Food Director of the United States, Poland became Food Director of 
Europe, and from that time has directed the distribution of American food throughout 
the continent, a work the importance of which cannot be overestimated. 

Herbert Jaques, '77, was also associated with the Belgian Relief, and later became 
chairman of the Servian Relief Commission and served as chairman of the executive com- 
mittee of the National Allied Bazaar held in Boston in December, 1916. He put practically 
all of his time and energy into this work, and it was largely due to him that this bazaar 
proved so successful. The strain, however, was excessive, and on the day following the 
closing of the bazaar he died from heart failure. Plans have been made to endow a ward 
for the treatment of injuries to the eye in one of the hospitals in London or Paris as a 
memorial. 

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Work of a very similar nature in raising funds for the Belgian Relief was performed 
by Joseph S. Emerson, '74. In speaking of it he remarks, "My age, I am now seventy-six 
years of age, prevented me from undertaking active work I should have chosen." But he 
did what he could. Mrs. Emerson, it seems, had passed her girlhood in Belgium, and she 
at once undertook to raise funds for the relief work. Aided by Mr. Emerson, she raised 
$48,366. Altogether, 370 Belgian soldiers were aided by them, and 138 Belgian babies, 
the latter being helped chiefly by food and by nearly two tons of clothing forwarded by 
parcel post. 



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CHAPTER IX 
OUR MEN IN CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE 

Even in telling the story of Technology's men in military and naval service of the 
United States, it will be noted that the names of many civilians have been mentioned, for 
the distinction between the civilian and the soldier is at best but an arbitrary one. War is 
a test. It is an ordeal by battle to determine which of two groups of men is best fitted to 
survive. It is a struggle in which the total ability of each nation, its good qualities and its 
bad qualities, is thrown into the balance; the victor will be that nation, or group of nations, 
which possesses in the highest degree, not only the qualities of courage and physique, 
but also knowledge, imagination, patience and industry. This has been particularly true 
during the recent war, for never before were the services of civilians and civilian organiza- 
tions utilized to so great an extent, and never did civilian effort contribute so greatly toward 
the efficiency of the fighting machine. 

That this was the case is due largely to a number of civilian boards and commit- 
tees, some authorized by law, some appointed by executive order, and some acting as 
volunteers. Among the first of these to be formed in the United States was the Naval Con- 
sulting Board of which Thomas A. Edison was chairman. One of Edison's first acts was 
to suggest the formation of an advisory council consisting of two members from each of 
the great American engineering societies. Twenty men were selected, among whom were 
two Tech men, W. R. Whitney, '90, representing the American Chemical Society, and 
Lawrence Addicks, '99, representing the American Electro-Chemical Society. 

The Advisory Board realized at once that the only way to insure to our Navy the 
best weapons and processes was to provide for a well co-ordinated scheme of research and 
production. Arrangements were accordingly made for an industrial census of the United 
States to determine where factories were located which might be of value to the Navy 
Department, should there be an outbreak of hostilities. A special organization was 
arranged for each state to carry on this work, and a number of Tech men connected with 
it, notably, Thomas W. Fry, '85, and Hugh K. Moore, '97, both of New Hampshire, 
Farley Osgood, '97, for New Jersey, G. H. Garcelon, '03, for Pennsylvania, Howard T. 
Graber, '03, for Michigan, and G. M. Bartlett, '05, of New Jersey. Moore as chief chemist 
and chemical engineer of the Brown Company later did much work in the manufacture of 
chloroform, and of sulphur chloride for use in the production of mustard gas. He was also 
a member of the Chemical Engineering Committee of the Council of National Defense, and 
interested various firms in the production of toxic gas, and in the manufacture of paper 
powder-containers. 

At the date of its organization the chief mission of the Naval Consulting Board was 
that of stimulating invention and developing devices which appeared useful. Several of 
our men took an active part in this work. In June, 1917, Frederick K. Copeland, '76, 
became chairman of the Advisory Committee and took charge of the examination and 
classification of war inventions for all territory west of Pittsburgh. He was also active in 
many other committees and movements of an official and semi-official nature. Francis C. 
Green, '95, was engaged in the same work. His duty was to examine all letters sent to the 
Navy Department which suggested new methods or devices. Altogether about forty 
thousand such letters were received. Of these Green took care of a large portion, in one 
day handling as many as two hundred. Every letter was answered and where the party 
making the suggestion was not satisfied with the reply, he was interviewed by a represent- 
ative of the Board. Green was later charged with this duty. Any one who has ever 
endeavored to convince an inventor of the uselessness of his invention will realize the diffi- 
culty of this work and the tact and patience required. The work of Doctor Whitney in 
connection with anti-submarine devices has already been mentioned (see page 277). 

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Henry M. Howe, '71, was engaged in investigating the erosion of guns for the Navy, and 
a number of others worked on problems of most diverse natures. 

The Naval Consulting Board was not the only organization which undertook to 
provide for invention and research. The entire country was becoming interested in the 
European struggle and many independent movements were being set on foot; one of the 
most important was the National Research Council. 

The formation of this Council appears to have been due chiefly to Doctor George E. 
Hale, '90, who immediately after the sinking of the "Lusitania" proposed to the President 
of the National Academy of Sciences that the services of the Academy be offered to the 
United States for the purpose of organizing scientific research agencies of the country 
towards national preparedness. After the attack on the "Sussex" the proposal was 
repeated, and on April 19, 1916, was approved. The offer was accepted by President 
Wilson on April 26 and an organizing committee was immediately appointed. Two Tech 
men served on this committee, Doctor George E. Hale, '90, Chairman, and Doctor Arthur 
A. Noyes, '86. 

Committees were at once appointed to handle the most pressing problems which 
confronted the Government. Among these was that of nitrate supply. Early in 1915 the 
Army War College had called attention to the fact that the supply of nitrates existing in 
the United States was insufficient for our needs and had suggested that a reserve should 
be accumulated. The necessary storehouses would have been enormous and the nitrates 
difficult to obtain at that time from the usual sources. As a result the War Department 
had become much interested in processes for obtaining nitrates from the nitrogen of the 
air and one of the first requests made of the new council was for a report upon various 
methods for fixing atmospheric nitrogen. The committee appointed, which was known as 
the Nitrate Committee, included Doctor W. R. Whitney, '90, Doctor Elihu Thomson 
of the Corporation, and Doctor A. A. Noyes, '86, the latter being appointed chairman 
of the committee. This committee made an exhaustive study of the nitrate situation 
and submitted a number of reports covering its various phases, including the deposits of 
the mineral nitrates in the United States, the possibility of obtaining nitrates from dis- 
tillation of coal and finally a discussion of the various processes in use for obtaining nitro- 
gen from the air. This last work which was handled chiefly by Doctor Noyes included a dis- 
cussion of the various methods and comparative cost and efficiency. None of the pro- 
cesses, as a matter of fact, at that date were entirely satisfactory and all members of the 
committee continued to work upon the problem of improving them. 

Doctor Whitney carried on his experiments in the General Electric laboratories at 
Schenectady, while Doctor Thomson worked in the laboratories of the same company at 
Lynn. Doctor Thomson noticed quite early in the investigation that the most difficult prob- 
lem seemed to be that of absorbing the nitrogen oxides and after long investigation has 
finally taken out a patent upon a process which accomplishes this result most efficiently. 

Under the National Defense Act in June, 1916, some #20,000,000 was appropriated 
for further investigation and for the erection of nitrate plants to produce nitrates for 
explosives in time of war and fertilizers in time of peace. 

The Nitrates Committee was now enlarged and became known as the Nitrate 
Supply Committee, Doctor Noyes still remaining as chairman. It was the duty of this 
committee to design and advise regarding the construction of the plants provided for by 
the Act and the construction of such a plant using the synthetic ammonia process was 
advised, the work being carried out under direction of the Ordnance Department with 
the Committee on Nitrate Supply and the experts of the General Chemical Company 
acting as consulting engineers. This process, however, had not been brought to the necessary 
degree of perfection and the plant proved a failure. 

Up to this point there had been no real need of a nitrate plant since it had been 
possible to import nitrates from Chile, but during the summer of 1917 the United States 
made an agreement with the Allies by which it was to provide immense quantities of 
explosives. 

In the meanwhile the quantity of available shipping was decreasing and there 
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the United States Ordnance Department decided to erect three additional plants, one at 
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the other two at Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio, which were 
designed to furnish a supply of nitrates equal to the usual importation from Chile. 

At the same time the Nitrates Division of the Ordnance Department was formed 
and Doctor Noyes, with a number of other members of his committee, became a consulting 
engineer for this division. 

As to the work of the Tech men who served on this committee it is perhaps proper 
to note that at the time of their appointment they were faced with a pioblem which had 
not been solved, for at that date nitrates had not been produced from atmospheric nitro- 
gen upon a commercial basis anywhere save in Norway, where conditions were most excep- 
tional. Thanks largely to investigations directed by them the process has been perfected 




(General Electric Company) 

Fractionating Room at Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 



to a point where it now appears that fertilizers can be manufactured on a commercial 
basis in the United States. 

It is perhaps of interest to note in this connection that David St. Pierre Gaillard, '11, 
performed important work in the Nitrate Division, entering it as a first lieutenant, and 
rising to the rank of major, and at the present date is executive and general assistant to the 
chief of the division. 

Thousands of similar problems were presented to the National Research Council, 
and committees were appointed to solve them. In almost every case progress was made 
which resulted in some governmental department taking over the entire committee and its 
work, with the result that it is impossible to separate the work of the governmental body 
from that of the committee. 

In the summer of 1916, Doctor Hale went abroad to study conditions at the front, 
and to determine just how American scientists could best aid in case of an outbreak of 
hostilities.^ He was much impressed with what had been accomplished by European scien- 
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fully convinced that war between Germany and the United States was imminent, and that 
scientific men could play a great part in it. Upon his return he wrote a number of articles 
for various magazines bringing out this point, and it was very largely his address to the 
students and staff which launched the preparedness campaign at Technology. 

It would appear that while abroad he conceived the idea of an international, or more 
accurately, an inter-allied research council, which should provide for the co-operation of 
scientists in all the countries opposing Germany, should the United States be forced to 
enter the struggle. As foreign secretary of the National Academy, Doctor Hale for some 
years had been in close touch with international scientific organizations. In the spring 
of 1918, he submitted to the Council of the National Academy a "Suggestion for the 
International Organization of Science and Research." The suggestion was adopted and 
Doctor Hale, as chairman of the American delegation, was requested to present it at a 
conference of National Academies called by the Royal Society, and held in London in 
October, 1918. A plan was submitted for the organization of an international research 
council to be composed of representatives from the various countries which had sent dele- 
gates, and for the formation of other councils which would subsequently be represented in 
France, Italy, Belgium and Japan. This council was not organized in time to take any 
active part in the war, and its history should not therefore form a part of this volume. It 
seems, however, that the policy adopted of close organization and co-operation between the 
greatest scientists of the free nations of the world should perhaps go at least as far toward 
improving the world conditions and removing the causes of international strife as any of 
the diplomatic councils and leagues which have been proposed. 

In addition to Doctor Hale, a great number of our men took part in the work of the 
Council, of whom a few may be mentioned as typical examples. Professor James L. Howe, 
'96, had the honor of himself constituting the Special Committee on Platinum. Professor 
E. W. Washburn, '05, became a delegate to the International Chemical Union and the 
International Research Council during its meetings at London and Brussels, 1919. Henry 
D. Hibbard, '77, acted as chairman of the committee dealing with the non-metallic impuri- 
ties in steel, a work which still continues. Henry M. Howe, '71, whose work has already 
been mentioned in connection with the Naval Consulting Board, at the request of the 
Ordnance Department, conducted a prolonged investigation on material suitable for hel- 
mets and body armor. He also acted as chairman of the Engineering Division of the 
National Research Council, and subsequently became a scientific attache at the American 
Embassy at Paris. Lucius K. Russell, '86, undertook the classification of chemists for the 
Government, more than 5,000 records being cataloged by him. David Wesson, '83, served 
on the committee dealing with fats and oils. John Ripley Freeman, '76, was a member of 
the National Research Council, and subsequently became chairman of the National Advi- 
sory Committee on Aeronautics, while Leonard T. Troland, '12, in addition to working 
at the Naval Experimental Station at New London, was also a member of the sub-com- 
mittee on vision, and psychological problems relating to aviation. Harold D. Mitchell, 
'12, was assistant to the chairman of the sub-committee on rubber and allied substances, 
working out tire and tube specifications. Charles W. Hargitt, '86, and W. F. M. Goss, '79, 
worked as members of local committees. In addition, Goss served on a committee of the 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers charged with securing co-operation between 
mechanical engineers and government agencies, and also continued his regular work in the 
manufacture of freight cars on government orders. Professor Hargitt was engaged in 
training members of the Syracuse University unit of the Students' Army Training Corps 
groups, and Mitchell was engaged in the manufacture of tires and tubes for the Government. 

For some time previous to the declaration of war the idea of industrial preparedness 
had been gaining force in the United States, but no organization had been legally constituted 
to put such preparation on a practical basis until the passage of the National Defense Act, 
better known as the Hay Bill, on August 26, 1916, which created a Council of National 
Defense consisting of members of the cabinet and an advisory board composed of experts 
representing the Nation's professional societies. The creation of this council appears 10 
have been largely due to Doctor Hollis Godfrey, '98. As early as 1906, after hearing Sir 
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possibility of war with Germany, Godfrey conceived the idea of a council of defense 
made up of leaders of military activities and industry. From this time on Godfrey 
studied the various councils for national defense which were being formed in Germany, 
France and Spain, with the object of proposing a similar council for the United States. 

In 191 5 Doctor Godfrey placed his scheme before Major General Leonard Wood, 
and requested his assistance in perfecting it. General Wood acquiesced, and the scheme 
was brought into quite definite shape. Subsequently, Godfrey conferred with Secretary 
of War Garrison, Ex-Secretary of War Root, Senator Chamberlain and Congressmen Rollin 
Sanford and James Hay, with the result that when Congressman Hay presented his bill it 
contained provision for the creation of the Council of National Defense composed of the 
Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Commerce, Labor and Agriculture, and of an advisory 
board consisting of seven men, chairmen of seven committees composed of experts in medi- 
cine and sanitation; labor, including health and welfare; transportation and communica- 
tion; science, research and education; raw materials; munitions and general supplies. 
Godfrey was himself chosen chairman of the Committee on Science, Research and Engineering 
Education. 

One of the first pieces of work taken up by the Council was that of securing co-opera- 
tion with various state councils of defense, and the extension of the census of industrial 
preparedness begun by the Naval Consulting Board. In this work a number of Tech men 
and women were engaged, including, — -James H. Hutchings, '83, Isabel F. Hyams, '88, 
Alexander Jarecki, '88, Ellison C. Means, '88, R. W. Wight, '01, Arthur H. Langley, '04, 
and Robert A. Lesher, '13, who served as office manager of the Section of Co-operation for 
the Various States. 

A great deal of valuable work was done by the Council in taking inventory of indus- 
trial enterprises, and recommendations made by the Advisory Board played a decisive 
part in the reorganization of the government departments at the opening of the war, and 
securing the co-operation of civilian effort generally. Through it the Government found 
the right men or the right firms to do its work, and as a result an immense amount of time 
and energy were saved. In this connection it is worth noting that the work of the Com- 




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mittee on Mobilization, appointed by Technology, which did such excellent work in card 
cataloging the resources of the Institute, took up this work largely at the solicitation of 
Godfrey. Quite independently of the Institute movement, Calvin W. Rice, '90, under- 
took to catalogue and maintain a bureau of information regarding professional men 
and did actually arrange a catalogue covering more than 10,000 engineers, specialists and 
men of science, classified under some 350 headings, with all necessary information regard- 
ing them, including the languages in which they were proficient. 

As has already been stated, the Advisory Board of the Council of National Defense 
was composed of seven men, each acting as the chairman of the committee on some special 
subject; each of these committees had numerous members, and sub-committees, and upon 
these a goodly number of Tech men served in various capacities. Van Rensselaer Lansingh, 
'98, acted as assistant to Doctor Godfrey; later while serving as director of the Technology 
Club at Paris, and business manager of the American University Union, he collected inform- 
ation for the Council regarding foreign practice in acetylene welding at the front. Bradley 
Stoughton, '96, served first as a member of the General Engineering Committee, later as 
head of the Metallurgical Division of the Engineering Division, and finally as vice-chairman 
of the Engineering Division of the Council. Professor Daniel D. Jackson, '93, served as 
a member of the Committee on Water Supply, and was also engaged in military work, for 
he served as dean of the School of Military Photography of the Signal Corps, as a member 
of a committee of Military Training Camps Association, and later as a member of the 
Staff of the School of Explosives of the Ordnance Department at Washington. J. Ran- 
dolph Coolidge, Jr., '92, served as regional director of the Highways Transport Com- 
mittee for New England. A. Farwell Bemis, '93, was a member of the committees dealing 
with labor, purchase of cotton goods, and production engineering (Cotton Goods Section). 
Theodore W. Robinson, '84, was a member of the Committee on Housing, and also served 
as chairman of his district draft board. E. L. Pierce, '86, was a member of the Committee 
on Coal Production, and also did work of a most important nature in connection with the 
chemical industry (see page 363). 

R. S. Whiting, '96, was a member of the Committee on Lumber. Among the mat- 
ters referred to this committee was that of obtaining the necessary lumber to provide for 
an increase in capacity of the cantonments from 26,000 to 40,000 men, and it was due in 
part to Whit'ng that a very considerable economy was effected by the re-design of the 
barracks. James F. McElwain, '97, (see page 324) served as chairman of the Committee 
of Shoe and Leather Industries. 

Mrs. Stanley McCormick (Katherine Dexter, '04) was a member of the Woman's 
Committee, and chairman of the Committee of Food Production and Home Economics. 
Her special work was that of forming sub-committees in every state, and in supplying these 
sub-committees with information and material for guidance in activities dealing with 
agriculture and domestic economy. These committees were, technically speaking, inde- 
pendent of the Food Administration, but as the work was more or less identical in many 
cases they were merged. 

John C. Hawley, '93, G. E. Merry weather, '96, and George W. Sherman, '94, all 
served as members of various committees of the Council; those of which Hawley and 
Merryweather were members were ultimately absorbed by the War Industries Board 
(see page 310). 

Indeed, the greater portion of these committees were subsequently taken into the 
government services, or grew into special government boards or departments. Another 
example of this is furnished by the record of Leonard Metcalf, '92, originally a member of 
the Committee on Emergency Construction, who assisted General Littell in establishing 
the Construction Division, and who aided in selecting personnel, making out forms of con- 
tract, providing lists of contractors, selecting cantonment sites, and awarding contracts 
for the cantonments erected during the summer of 1918 for the new National Army. 
This committee is an excellent example of most of those established by the Council of 
National Defense. The members of it were civilians. They were men who had made their 
mark in civil life, and whose decisions upon certain matters could not be questioned. They 
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these policies through. This was necessary, for in the case of the cantonments, and many 
other projects, work had to be started before it was possible to obtain the necessary funds. 
It was of the greatest help for the military authorities to have the backing of a committee 
of well-known civilian experts which would insure them against criticism or subsequent 
failure of appropriations. 

The work of this committee is also typical in that it was absorbed into a regular 
department of the Government, namely, the Construction Division, United States Army 
(see page 315). 

Another of our men who had much the same experience was C. H. Crawford, '09. 
Previous to the war Crawford had been engaged in railroad work. In November, 1917, he 
became a member of the Storage Committee of the Council of National Defense. It was 
largely due to the recommendations of this committee that the office of Purchase, Storage 
and Traffic was created, and General Goethals appointed its chief. In this case Crawford 
not only passed directly into government service, but became a major in the Corps of Engi- 
neers, being subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. 

PURCHASE, STORAGE AND TRAFFIC 

At the outbreak of war, the situation faced by the United States may well be 
described as desperate. The supply arrangements of the Army had been determined entirely 
in accordance with peace-time conditions. The methods for letting contracts were pre- 
scribed by laws, and these laws had been passed by the representatives of the people of 
the United States, not with the intention of providing the most efficient means of obtaining 
equipment, but rather with the object of dividing the contracts as to locality and insuring 
equality between the bidders. The personnel of the departments, both civilian and mili- 
tary, had long been trained in the prescribed method of procedure, and the size of the 
contracts previously handled was small as compared with those now to be undertaken. 
Moreover, there seemed every chance that should the old methods of competitive bidding 
be resorted to, various departments would bid against each other, and that in addition, 
transportation and other facilities might be so seriously disarranged as to delay the entire 
program. Under these conditions, upon the suggestion of the Council of National Defense, 
a new office was created, that of Purchase, Storage and Traffic, and Major-General Goe- 
thals, an army officer well known for his ability as an organizer, was appointed director, 
a position which he held until the spring of 1919 when he was succeeded by Major-General 
Harry L. Rogers, '89. 

General Goethal's chief assistant was Gerard Swope, '95. Regarding Mr. Swope's 
work we have comparatively little detailed information. Some idea of it may, however, 
be gained by a consideration of the work assigned him. He was charged with the practical 
reorganization of the purchasing system of the United States Army which at this time was 
handling between four and five times as much business as the entire Government is nor- 
mally called upon to take care of. Not only this but he was called upon to organize a sys- 
tem by which the raw materials should be transported to the points of manufacture and 
the finished products should be dispatched to proper terminals and stored or shipped over- 
seas. The program of the War Department on this date called for an expenditure of no 
less than #7,864,240,483.95. This money was expended through the organization worked 
out by Swope. The materials bought with it were transported in accordance with the regu- 
lations laid by him and approved by General Goethals. Where it was necessary storage 
depots and terminals were constructed in accordance with his recommendations. 

How vital was his work to the nation can best be judged from his citation for the 
Distinguished Service Medal, which reads: "As one of the principal advisers and assist- 
ants to the Director of Purchase, Storage and Traffic he accomplished the task of working 
out the detailed plan for bringing under one head the direction and supervision of procure- 
ment, storage and issue of all commodities, and articles of equipment and supply needed 
for the Army. It was due to his foresight, ability, energy and loyal co-operation that the 
procurement program for the great Army of 1918 was successfully planned, and he assisted 
materially in carrying it into effect, thereby contributing directly to the success of the 
military program." 

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WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD 

The formation of the Division of Purchase, Traffic and Storage had been made 
necessary by the threatened disorganization of industry throughout the United States. 
The first tendency of each governmental department, and of each war industry, was to 
secure a supply of material and labor without considering the effect upon other departments 
or other industries, which because they were more basic appeared less essential. Had this 
tendency been permitted to go unchecked, the result would have been utterly demoraliz- 
ing. That they were checked was at first chiefly due to the efforts of the Council of National 
Defense. This organization was unable to take effective measures, however, as it lacked 
executive authority. Accordingly, the General Munitions Board was formed and this was 
quickly succeeded by the War Industries Board which was established July 28, 1917, and 
became a separate branch of the Government, May 28, 1918. 

The War Industries Board was nothing more or less than the most comprehensive 
organization for efficiency engineering ever undertaken, but the problem which it faced 
differed essentially from that which ordinarily confronts the efficiency engineer. The 
efficiency expert is generally called in to decide how a smoothly running concern can 
increase its production. Here the board was faced with a problem of supervising a com- 
plete change in occupation of thousands of corporations and individuals, who for many 
years had been living under conditions of economic adjustment. It was not a question of 
increasing production, it was a question of so harmonizing thousands of diverse demands 
to make existence under the new conditions possible. 

The Board was divided, like other government activities, into many divisions, each 
dealing with some important branch of industry, and a considerable number of Tech men 
served in them. Everett Morss, '85, was chief of the section on brass, and also a member 
of the committee which determined the order in which the immense number of problems 
for consideration should be taken up by the Board. John C. Hawley, '93, who was also a 
member of the Council of National Defense, served in the section devoted to fire preven- 
tion, his work being particularly directed toward developing methods for protecting muni- 
tion factories, notably those of airplane and explosive manufacture, and shell-loading 
plants. As a result of his work in this line, he was called in as an expert, and sat with the 
Senate Committee upon the investigation of the explosion of some thirteen million pounds 
of T. N. T. at the plant of the Gillespie Loading Company at Morgan, New Jersey. 
Hawley states that this investigation was perhaps his most interesting experience. 

George K. Burgess, '96, was chief of the Division of Metallurgy, Requirements 
Division and carried on work for the Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Standards 
and for other departments. As a member of the Foreign Services Committee of the National 
Research Council he went abroad and during May, 191 7, was under fire at Fort Douamont. 

Another branch of the work was that dealing with machine tools, and of this sec- 
tion G. E. Merryweather, '96, was chief. Yet another dealt with supplies, and two of our 
men were prominent in this work, particularly in that branch dealing with leather and 
rubber goods. The work of J. F. McElwain, '97, and Arthur W. Lawrence, '05, will be men- 
tioned later in connection with the Quartermaster Department (see page 324). 

Previous to the absorption of the Supply Section by the Quartermaster Depart- 
ment, Lawrence, as manager of the Footwear Division of the Committee on Supplies, 
exercised supervision over the specifications, purchasing, responsibility of manufacture, 
inspection and delivery of shoes, leather and rubber goods for the Army. Later as manager 
of the Shoes, Leather and Rubber Goods Division of the War Industries Board, 
he had charge of the same work in connection with shoes, leather and rubber goods for all 
portions of the American forces except the Army, and exercised similar supervision over 
merchandise of the same kind purchased in this country by the Allies. The work included 
not only the purchase of the goods, but also their allocation, adaptation to American 
methods of manufacture, delivery and payment. 

Perhaps that matter which throughout the war gave more trouble than any other 
to the War Industries Board was the supply of coal and power. So serious was this problem 
that officers of the Corps of Engineers were assigned to aid in solving the problem. Among 
these was Major Carroll H. Shaw, '10. He traveled something like twenty-five thousand 

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Submarine-Chaser Constructed under Supervision of A. Loring Swasey, '98 



miles through the north-eastern portion of the United States, working out the power 
requirements and improved methods of conservation for the district around Cleveland, 
Harrisburg. York, York Haven and Erie, Pa., and Utica, N. Y. Finally he was placed in 
charge of the entire New England District. 

That section of the Board which dealt with cranes was headed for some time by 
Charles E. Stamp, '96. His first war work was with the Small Arms Division of the Ord- 
nance Department in connection with the production of rifles and pistols, but about the 
first of May, 1918, he was detailed as acting chief of the Crane Section of the War Indus- 
tries Board, during the temporary absence of the chief. His first job was the ascertainment 
of the requirements for locomotive cranes and their allocation to the Army, Navy, Emer- 
gency Fleet Corporation, Railway Administration and the Allies. Previous to the war the 
annual production of locomotive cranes in the United States had been about seven hundred 
and fifty. In November, 191 7, it had risen to a little over one hundred per month. With 
the aid of various crane builders the production was increased before the armistice to 
over one hundred and forty per month, and arrangements had been made by which one 
hundred of another standard type of crane could be produced, making the total some three 
thousand per year, had the war continued. In addition to direct government orders, con- 
tractors and factories working on war materials and buildings had to be taken care of. This 
was no easy task, for by the close of hostilities the number of cranes on order by these 
parties absorbed the entire output of the industry. 

Closely associated with the work of the War Industries Board, though entirely 
independent of it, was that of the War Trade Board, the War Minerals Board and the Fuel, 
Steel, Railway and Food Administrations. 

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find their way to hostile countries. The work increased, however, until it finally included 
a definite commercial policy intended not only to prevent the enemy from getting supplies 
but also to influence neutral countries to favor the United States. A number of Tech 
men were engaged in the work, concerning which one of them, Roland B. Pendergast, '02, 
who was assistant director of Branch Offices in the United States and elsewhere, says: 
"Starting with the modest policy of controlling the exportation of essential war commodi- 
ties, the full power of a well-directed control of all our foreign commerce soon made sev- 
eral non-belligerent nations reverse their foreign policies to the benefit of the United States 
and the Allies, and the great discomfiture of our enemies. The game was fascinating and 
the score gratifying." 

A great many of our men were engaged in work connected with the Fuel Adminis- 
tration, but for the most part their stories present nothing of unusual interest. E. C. 
Lufkin, '85, as vice-chairman of the National Petroleum War Service Committee, did 
valuable work in co-operation with the Fuel Administration, and it is due to him and his 
associates that it was unnecessary for the Government to take over the petroleum indus- 
try. Granger Whitney, '87, gave assistance in the matter of coke in various districts. 
During the war he visited practically all the beehive coke districts east of Oklahoma. He 
also inspected a number of coal mines where there was difficulty in operation that increased 
the ultimate cost of producing coke, and visited several by-product coke plants and metal- 
lurgical plants using coke. His reports to the Fuel Administration were instrumental in 
increasing the output of coke, and in fixing a price for the product during the war period. 

Many of our men served as district administrators. Benjamin S. Hinckley, '99, for 
instance, was charged with the distribution of fuel in New England. Others took care of it 
in Massachusetts, Illinois and other states, and still others in addition to their usual duties 
looked after distribution and conservation in their immediate localities. 

In connection with the Railroad Administration, most of our men simply contin- 
ued in their regular duties in connection with the roads with which they were already 
associated. George Watson Kittredge, '77, remained as chief engineer of the New York 
Central Railroad, and also served on the Budget Committee for all railroads in the Eastern 
Regional District. Elisha Lee, '92, was federal manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
east of Pittsburgh, while William C. Cushing, '87, continued as chief engineer of the same 
line west of Pittsburgh. James A. Carney, '90, remained as shop superintendent of the 
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and Daniel W. Richards, '94, carried on as 
signal engineer of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, and superintendent of telegraph and 
signals for the Virginia Railroad, while Parker C. Newbegin, '94, served as maintenance 
engineer of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. 

Many other men occupied positions of responsibility, but the work differed in no 
essential from that with which they were charged under peace conditions. T. A. Focue, 
'88, who served as general mechanical superintendent for five railroads centering at 
Minneapolis, may perhaps be regarded as typical. He says, "I was not in the military 
service and when I had a chance to go to France, I put it up to Washington whether I 
should go or stay here and help keep the railroads in operation. I had to pass up the oppor- 
tunity for overseas service, but in this section of the country, at least, every railroad man 
did his big part in winning the war." 

In the matter of Food Administration most of our men served on volunteer com- 
mittees engaged in various work in this connection throughout the United States. There 
are, perhaps, two important exceptions to this rule in Herbert S. Bailey, '05, and Julius 
Alsberg, '02. Alsberg was principal assistant to the chief of his division, and was in charge 
of glycerine, soap and candle manufacture throughout the United States, being especially 
charged with the increased production of glycerine from which several propellent and high 
explosives are produced. Bailey as chemist in charge of oil, fat and wax investigations 
in the Bureau of Chemistry, became assistant chief of the Fat and Oil Section of the Food 
Administration. He was responsible for most of the product for an increase in production 
and the conservation of fats and oils, for the collection of statistics regarding fats and oils 
in the United States, and for the allocation of glycerine to the governments of Great Britain, 
France and Italy. 

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A number of other men served as advisers or members of various divisions dealing 
with some special variety of food, and among these may be mentioned Wallace E. McCaw, 
'92, who advised on matters relative to edible and non-edible oils. George E. Howe, '95, 
was a member of the Milling Division. Professor Hudson B. Hastings, '07, was chairman 
of the Fresh Fish Commission. Theodore I. Jones, '96, was chairman of the Committee on 
Food Protection. Henry M. Loomis, '97, was chief inspector of the Maine Sardine Inspec- 
tion Service. Henry P. Benson, '86, was chief inspector of the Sugar Division in 
Massachusetts. 

Some of the most interesting work in connection with the Food Administration was 
that of the Sisal Committee. It will be recollected that sisal hemp is the best fibre for the 
manufacture of twine for the use of harvesting machinery. This product is obtained from 
Mexico. On several occasions during the war the supply was seriously interfered with, and 
since the sisal situation had a direct bearing upon the wheat and flour supply of the 
world it became a matter of great importance. In October, 191 7, all the manufacturers of 
rope and binder twine in the United States were called to Washington to confer with the 
Food Administration as to ways and means of providing sufficient binder twine with which 
to harvest the grain crops of the world. This resulted in the election of the manufacturers 
of a committee of six to represent them in all matters pertaining to fibre and twine and 
frequent meetings of this committee were held in Washington lasting from three to six days 
and this was one of the very last committees of the Food Administration to cease function- 
ing in the summer of 1919. One of the six men appointed to this committee was Francis C. 
Holmes, '92, who subsequently was elected president of the Manila Fibres Product Asso- 
ciation, Inc., which was formed to carry out rules and regulations of the War Trade 
Board concerning the shipment, importation, purchase and sale of manila fibre and its 
products. 

Mrs. Lewis M. Norton (Alice Peloubet, '96), was the editor of the "Journal of 
Home Economics," the official organ of the Food Administration which worked through- 
out the war toward economy of food supply in homes throughout the nation. A number of 
others served as members of State committees including George H. Stoddard, '75, Boston; 
George D. Lovering, '78, Texas; W. B. Ayer, '82, Oregon; Frederick A. Heath, '86, Ken- 
tucky; Ariel B. Edwards, '93, Rhode Island; George B. Welling, '95, Vermont; Doctor 
John T. Dorrance, '95, New Jersey; William R. Collier, '00, Georgia; and Paul J. Pitner, 
'03, Pasadena, California. 

Perhaps no war industry was more important than steel, and this like fuel and food 
had a separate administration. Henry C. Morris, '00, worked for some time in this depart- 
ment and later on became a staff member of the War Minerals Investigation of the Bureau 
of Mines. He worked upon the problem of manganese and other rare minerals, and was the 
author of a confidential bulletin on zirconium. In his work he was associated with a very 
considerable number of Tech men of whom only a few may be mentioned. Professor 
Ernest A. Hersam, '91, was in charge of investigations at the University of California 
regarding ores of chromium and of manganese. Professor C. H. Clapp, '05, of the Montana 
State School of Mines undertook work of the same nature relative to the chromite 
deposits of Montana. His most active work, however, so he states, was that of provid- 
ing housing facilities for the military guard at Butte, without which it might have been 
difficult to keep up the supply of manganese, zinc and copper mined in that district. Wil- 
liam C. Phalen, '99, worked on manganese as did George W. Stose, '93, and Allen H. 
Rogers, '90. Henry C. Morris, '00, was also engaged in war minerals investigation for the 
Bureau of Mines, and at the same time served as mining engineer for the Production Divi- 
sion of the Fuel Administration. A. W. Tucker, '98, was assigned work of examining and 
appraising mineral properties in the Southern Appalachians, while Captain Ernest J. 
Loring, '95, before receiving his commission, worked as a mechanical engineer for the Bureau 
of Mines, investigating the problem of helium production, of which as we have already 
seen Colonel William H. Walker was at that time in charge. 

Perhaps one of the most interesting pieces of work was done by Walter R. Ingalls, 
'86, who even before the United States entered the war, worked for private companies 
in Great Britain and Australia, and who subsequently worked with both the War Indus- 

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tries Board and the Bureau of Mines. In behalf of a group of zinc smelters of the United 
States, he made a study of the quality of spelter suitable for the manufacture of cartridge 
brass, and succeeded in dispelling a long-honored and firmly rooted belief that a small 
percentage of cadmium in a spelter is injurious in this type of work. As a result of his 
investigation the United States Ordnance Department revised its specifications for spelter, 
thereby making available an immense supply which had previously been considered impos- 
sible to utilize. In addition Ingalls was active in all kinds of war activities, being a consult- 
ing engineer for the Bureau of Mines, a member of the Fuel Administration, a member of 
the Liberty Loan Committee for New York; he also held important positions in connec- 
tion with professional journals and societies, and assisted the Government in recruiting 
the 27th United States Engineers. He later organized an auxiliary association to help 
this regiment, and raised a fund of twenty thousand dollars for this purpose. It is not 
surprising that the men of the organization elected him permanent president, nor in view 
of his past work is it surprising to know that since demobilization he has been making it 
his business to help the men in every possible way, and to keep them in touch with one 
another. 

The work of the war mineral investigator was not always that of scientific research. 
The entire globe was ransacked for rare metals and some strange adventures befell some 
of the explorers. Particularly was this the case with W. Spencer Hutchinson, '92, who 
says, "In December, 1916, I left on an expedition to New Caledonia, representing one of 
the large consumers of one of the war minerals. I did not undertake this work for the 
Government, but I understand that my reports were afterwards available and used by 
government representatives. I was in Noumea, New Caledonia, at the time war was 
declared. My passport was the only American one in the island, and the only one that 
had been seen there in some years. 

"My visit to New Caledonia was not wholly without adventure and peril. I had 
left Noumea the evening of February 13, 1917, in a small coasting steamer to go to a little 
village called Paagoumene, nearly two hundred miles north. We passed outside the reef 
and sailed a northwest course all night. In the morning it was foggy and showery and it 
was some time before the captain was able to pick out the pass through the reef. We 
finally entered opposite the village of Voh and started up the channel behind the reef. 
The showers continued and in the afternoon it commenced to blow, but we had no warning 
of the cyclone which was approaching. The barometer had been somewhat irregular for 
two or three days, but the line on the barograph showed no particular features. With the 
wind, however, the barometer began to fall and in two hours it had gone from 30 inches 
to 28.40 inches. I never saw so much wind or believed it could blow so hard. 

"We were behind the reefs, and so had no sea room. The captain put out both 
anchors and kept his engine turning. The compass was lost soon after the storm started, 
so we had no idea of direction, and finally went aground. The wind shifted so that first 
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carried away the life boats and smashed all the woodwork. With the captain and two 
other passengers I had taken refuge in the captain's cabin on the bridge, the highest point 
on the ship. The rail around the bridge was carried away and one side of the cabin broken 
in, but fortunately the wind shifted in time to avert its complete demolition and we were 
safe. For twenty minutes, when the barometer was at the lowest point, the wind died down 
and it was almost calm. Then the hardest blow of all came when the barometer was on 
its way up. Five hours after the beginning of the storm the barometer had gone back 
nearly to normal and except for some more rain the storm was over. 

"In the morning we found that we had gone on a small reef, known as Quatre Sceurs, 
four miles off the shore. We had dragged the anchors at least three miles and undoubt- 
edly owed our preservation to the fortunate striking of this small reef. If we had gone by 
it, we would not have stopped short of the Grand Reef, four miles farther out, where there 
was no protection whatever from the open ocean. We had no means of getting ashore, but 
the next afternoon five blacks came out in a whaleboat to see if anything was left on the ship. 

"In 1917 I visited South America, this trip being for another of the war minerals. 
I spent several weeks in the Andes at an altitude of 15,500 feet. I had the influenza while 
there, fortunately in a mild form. At Cerro de Pasco, I met Barnett, '14, and at Lima, 
Glidden, '05. At Huaracaca I just missed Drake, '94, who left a few days before I arrived." 

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One of the first problems which confronted the Government and its advisors at the 
outbreak of war was that of providing camps for the National Guard freshly called into 
the federal service and cantonments for the new National Army. The work of construc- 
tion in the Army had always been assigned to the Quartermaster Department and accord- 
ingly this work fell to the Cantonment Division directed by Colonel (later Brigadier 
General), William I. Littell. Through the arrangements made by the Council of National 
Defense, General Littell was able to avail himself of a committee of engineers representing 
some of America's best talent, and including among others, Charles T. Main, '76, George 
W. Fuller, '90, and Leonard Metcalf, '92. 

The task which General Littell and the Advisory Committee faced was to arrange 
at once for the construction of a large number of cantonments, each one of which was to 
house one combat division, but they were not informed as to just what constituted a com- 
bat division. Previous to the outbreak of war, a division of the United States Army had 
never been assembled. At the very time that the cantonments were being planned, the 
General Staff was considering a change in the size of the infantry company, the basic unit 
of the division, which would make each company number two hundred and fifty men 
instead of one hundred and fifty. Had General Littell and his associates waited for this 
question to be decided there would not have been a single cantonment ready by January 
1, 1918; there would have been no army ready in March, 1918, and the war would have been 
lost. Realizing that any hesitation would be fatal, General Littell decided on barracks 
holding one hundred and fifty men each, trusting to the skill of his advisors to find a way 
out of the difficulty in case a change in plan was subsequently made. As a matter of fact, 
the change was made but involved comparatively little difficulty, for by small alternations 
in the barracks it was possible to meet the conditions. 

Fuller seems to have taken a very prominent part in getting this work under way. 
Together with Metcalf he served on the committee dealing with engineering prepara- 
tions in the general layout of sanitation in the various camps. Although handicapped 
seriously by the fact that not only was the number of men to be housed uncertain, but the 
very sites of the cantonments had not as yet been selected, he went ahead in laying down 
general principles, and it was very largely due to his activity at this time that early in 
September the cantonments were able to receive their first troops. In particular Fuller 
and Metcalf busied themselves with form of contract and the selection of contractors, a 
very important matter, for, as can be seen, the question was not who could do the work 
the cheapest, but who would finish it in the shortest possible space of time. Had the 
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received, since the cost of material and labor was mounting at such a rate that no con- 
tractor could make any reliable estimate. Had bids been received they would necessarily 
have been extraordinarily high. The contracts as actually drawn were mads out oa the 
cost plus basis, concerning which there has been such wide discussion and such very general 
misunderstanding. The cost in the case of the cantonments was not cost plus ten per 
cent, as is generally supposed, but in the case of contracts less than one hundred thousand 
dollars cost plus seven per cent, while for larger contracts, the per cent was smaller, being 
but two and one-half per cent for contracts of ten million, and above that price a flat rate 
of cost plus two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was adopted. The spirit of the con- 
tractors was shown by the fact that a number undertook the work at cost plus one dollar, 
while a number of others would have done so could they have been insured prompt pay- 
ment, which had not always been forthcoming in past transactions with the Government. 
The form of these contracts was placed before a special committee including the presidents 
of some of the national engineering societies, contractor's associations and chambers of 
commerce, in the United States, one of the members of the committee being Charles T. 
Main, '76. This committee approved the type of contract in practically every particular 
and it was used throughout the remainder of the war with but small alteration. The results 
obtained speak for themselves. The job as a whole required about eight hundred billion 
board feet of lumber and other materials in proportion, and involved the employment 
of 200,000 men at a single time, yet in ninety days from the time the contracts were first 
awarded, the cantonments were able to house troops for the new draft army, though 
several were only about fifty per cent complete. 

The government construction program continued to enlarge rapidly until the appro- 
priations amounted to $1,084,000,000.00, that is to say, nearly three times the cost of 
the Panama Canal. So gigantic a task could no longer be handled by the Quartermaster 
Department and it was accordingly placed in charge of an independent organization, the 
Construction Division. The personnel of the new division, with some additions, was practi- 
cally that of the former Cantonment Division of the Quartermaster Department, General 
Littell remaining in command for some time, although a little later he was succeeded by 
Brigadier General R. C. Marshal. 

Arrangements were made by which the Construction Division could at all times 
call upon the presidents of the various national engineering societies as experts, and as a 
result Charles T. Main, '76, representing the Society of Mechanical Engineers, and 
John Lawrence Mauran, '89, representing the Institute of Architects, were frequently 
consulted. 

Main was also sometimes asked unofficially to give advice regarding many pieces of 
work, and was also used as an authority in settling questions which came up between 
different Governmental Departments. Thus, if the Division of Purchase, Storage and 
Traffic in a certain case had reason to believe that an officer of the Construction Division 
was not properly performing his duties, the matter was referred to Mr. Main for investi- 
gation and settlement. 

After the cantonments were built, it was found necessary to equip them with many 
devices to provide for the comfort of the men, perhaps the most important being the 
arrangements for cooking, heating and laundry. As a consulting engineer in this matter, 
A. C. Willard, '04, Professor of Heating and Ventilation at the University of Illinois, 
carried out extensive experiments on the heating power of various equipment with 
a view toward establishing specifications, which would insure efficient heating and which 
at the same time could be quickly met by manufacturers. He determined the rela- 
tive merits of individual heaters such as were installed in most of the southern camps as 
compared with central heating systems installed at Camp Devens and elsewhere upon his 
recommendation. Willard also gave assistance in making laundry arrangements for the 
camps. Various solutions of the problem were adopted, including government-operated 
laundries, government-built and privately operated laundries, and contract systems. 
All of these matters were rapidly adjusted and in each camp the necessary facilities 
were provided for taking care of the clothing of the thirty thousand men quartered 
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The cantonments, which were in fact small cities, had to be provided with public 
utilities, notably, roads, sewerage, telephone service, water supply, and fire protection, 
and accordingly it became necessary to organize a special corps to operate utilities at 
camps and cantonments. This work appears to have been undertaken largely at the 
suggestion of Fuller and Metcalf, who assisted Colonel Hartman in drawing up instruc- 
tions to officers in command of utilities, and also directions for the inspection and opera- 
tion of certain of them. 

Perhaps the most important utility in the camps was the fire-protection system, 
for it is needless to say that the four million dollars' worth of wooden buildings in each 
cantonment offered a serious risk in case of a fire breaking out during a period of high 
wind. Clarence Goldsmith, '98, acted as a consulting engineer for the Cantonment Divi- 
sion in matters relative to fire protection and water supply. He was subsequently com- 
missioned major and placed in charge of all fire-prevention engineering in the United 
States and its insular possessions, organizing fire departments, drawing up regulations, 
arranging for the installation of equipment, and in general performing duties similar to 
those assigned Major Edwin V. French, '89, in the American Expeditionary Forces (see 
page 222), although the quantity and value of the property protected was if anything 
even larger. 

Fuller subsequently carried on work for the United States Housing Corporation, 
and also became a delegate to the Franco-American Engineering Congress in December, 
1918, at which plans for the reconstruction of France were considered. 

The Construction Division was originally very simple in form but it slowly grew 
until it had a large and complex organization including seven main branches, — Engineer- 
ing, Contracting, Administration, Construction, Procurement, Maintenance and Repair 
and Accounting and Materials. 

Allen B. McDaniel, '01, became principal engineer of the Engineering Division. 
Allan W. Crowell, '02, had charge of all drafting work for the Construction Division with 
the title of Senior Civil Engineer and Chief Draftsman. He was in this work from the 
very start, beginning in May, 191 7, and supervised the laying out and original drawings 
for all emergency construction. The drafting force ultimately included over two hun- 
dred men and more than five hundred separate projects were handled. 

A considerable number of other Tech men were also connected with the Washing- 
ton office of the Construction Division, including Wilson B. Parker, '88, Draftsman and 
Expediting Engineer, and George D. Hall, '01, Camp Planner. The latter subsequently 
took up work with the United States Housing Corporation. Franklin Brett, '87, was 
also engaged in camp planning which he took up only after he had been refused 
admission to the first officers' training camps on the ground of deafness. He later tried 
for a commission as an observer in the Air Service, but was again refused for the same 
reason. 

The outside organization of the Construction Division was exceedingly simple con- 
sisting at each project of an officer known as the Constructing Quartermaster, who was 
the Government's representative and who was sometimes assisted by one or more "super- 
vising engineers," generally representing the consulting engineer who had laid out the 
work. His duties can be pretty accurately judged from the statement of Colonel Horace 
S. Baker, '03, who says: "A constructing quartermaster in charge of one of the original 
camps worked under most favorable conditions; he had only typical plans, made his own 
layout and planned his own work. He had a general contractor who would do anything 
the Quartermaster ordered; he could employ labor and buy material himserf or have the 
Contractor do it. He paid all bills with his own checks on the Treasurer of the United 
States. All we were asked to do was to deliver a serviceable camp at the specified date and 
most of us were fortunate enough to do this." 

Colonel Baker who had charge of the National Guard camp at Camp Bowie, 
Texas, will be remembered as the man who set the New England Intercollegiate record for 
the half mile at 1-59, and upon the same afternoon lowered the Technology record for 
the mile to 4-30!. His record in building Camp Bowie was equally notable, for the job, 
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A Typical Scene in one of the Airdromes laid out by Charles G. Loring, '05 



lumber, was completed a week before the scheduled time. Later he became a colonel and 
commanded the 111th Engineers at St. Mihiel and the Argonne. (See page 187.) 

Another man prominently engaged in this work was Captain Maurice R. Scharff, 
'09. Scharff, it will be remembered, during the early summer of 1917 was in charge of 
the Technology Bureau in Washington. When work was started at Camp McClellan, 
Morris Knowles, Inc., of Pittsburg, who were charged with the engineering work requested 
the appointment of Scharff as supervising engineer. As such, acting under the direction 
of Major Dulin, the constructing quartermaster, Scharff handled the general layout of 
roads, water supply, electric distribution, sewerage, railroads and such work on the 
buildings as was necessary to locate them and adapt the standard designs furnished by 
the Government to the local conditions. Scharff was later commissioned and promoted 
to captain, going abroad and taking charge of the Division of Water Supply, Base Section 
No. 2, Bordeaux, and later taking charge of the Computation and Drafting Section, War 
Damages Service, United States Commission to Negotiate Peace. 

Later on it was decided to convert Camp McClellan from a camp to a canton- 
ment, and as constructing quartermaster, Major H. W. Beers, '06, was placed in charge. 
Previous to entering the Army Beers had been general manager for the contractor erect- 
ing Camp Gordon, Ga. The work at Camp McClellan was carried on on a straight 
purchase and hire basis without the use of contractors; the work involved about seven 
million dollars and with the exception of water and sewerage systems, presented in some 
respects a more difficult problem than the construction of a new camp. 

Major Harold E. Kebbon, '12, as assistant construction manager of the Canton- 
ment Division exercised general office supervision over the construction of eight National 
Army cantonments, and later as constructing quartermaster had charge of several other 
projects. He may be taken as a typical example of those of our men who engaged in this 
type of work. He was assigned to duty as constructing quartermaster at Camp Ordway 
(now Meigs) at Washington, D. C. on October 2, 1917, and completed construction of 
this training camp on November 22, 1917, not only erecting barracks, mess hails, store- 
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as well. During this same period, a smaller camp for the Coast Artillery was constructed 
at Potomac Park. 

On November 22, 19 17, Kebbon received orders to report as constructing quarter- 
master at General Hospital No. 1 at William- bridge, N. Y., in charge of an extension to 
acconmodate five hundred beds. The work was carried out under severe weather condi- 
tions and was completed on January 11, 1918. The same day he received orders to pro- 
ceed to Camp A. A. Humphreys, Belvoir, Virginia, to construct a large training camp for 
engineer troops to accommodate eighteen thousand men. 

Work was commenced the following day in the midst of a primeval forest, with 
railroad facilities four miles distant and with no roads leading into the camp site. The 
winter was unprecedented in this region for cold and snow, and the work developed under 
great handicaps. Hundreds of army and civilian trucks transported the material over roads 
rapidly constructed and on many days impassable. Six thousand workmen were engaged 
and were housed and fed on the job. All building sites and roads as well as the parade 
grounds had to be cleared of heavy timber and the stumps dynamited as the work pro- 
ceeded. As groups of barracks with accessory buildings were completed they were im- 
mediately filled with engineer troops who were trained and sent overseas by the thousand. 

A complete water system was developed by damming a stream and carrying the 
water through a filtration plant and into a steel tank holding three hundred thousand 
gallons. The work included the installation of a sewer system, electric lighting plant and 
the construction of railroad tracks three miles in length connecting with the main line 
from Washington to Richmond. In May, the camp was officially opened. 

Perhaps the cantonment of which we have the best account is Camp Lewis, Wash- 
ington. At least two Tech men took a prominent part in this work, namely, — William J. 
Roberts, '91, Supervising Engineer for Water Supply and Sewers, and Charles H. Alden, 
'90, who had the supervision of all building construction, and of such architectural work 
as was not provided for in the standard plans furnished from Washington. Alden was later 
commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps and saw service abroad as assistant to the 
Chief Quartermaster, 6th Army Corps, in the Division of Construction and Forestry, and 




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still later as a member on the staff of the engineer officer, in charge of construction, 
American Embarkation Center, Le Mans. 

Camp Lewis, which may be regarded as typical of the cantonments upon which our 
men worked, was a city composed of 2,179 structures arranged to accommodate 50,000 
men, and 15,000 horses, not to mention cannon, wagons and storage for equipment and 
food. The chief elements in building such a cantonment are two, namely, — the construc- 
tion of wooden buildings, and even more important provision of water supply and sewer- 
age. Accordingly, before any further steps were taken, the constructing quartermaster 
requested Mr. Roberts to lend his assistance in so locating the camp that the quickest 
possible start might be made in the construction, and also to provide the best railway 
facilities for the delivery of materials, and later men at the camp. Roberts, having solved 
these problems satisfactorily, was appointed supervising engineer for the water supply and 
sewers. 

Work upon the camp was commenced June 25, the contractors employing at that 
date, fifty-seven men. The number, however, rapidly increased to 8,584. It was not until 
July 10 that the preliminary layout of the camp was approved, but in the meanwhile 
preparations had been made and a considerable consignment of lumber had been delivered 
by government motor trucks from Tacoma. All the buildings were constructed upon the 
government standard plans, the larger ones being built on a unit system by which the length 
could .be increased by simply adding a number of additional units. All were frame, and 
two-ply paper was used throughout for roofing. In the lavatories the concrete floor was 
first put in place together with sills sufficient to support the plumbing. While the floors 
and sills were being laid the sides were being built ready to erect as soon as the floors were 
completed. The plumbing was installed and the walls and roofs put in place simul- 
taneously. The camp seems to have been especially favored by the fact that the weather 
conditions throughout were good, and very fast progress was made on all the work. In a 
single day seventy-one cars of lumber were received and distributed; over two million feet, 
that is to say, about fifty carloads were actually fabricated and erected. 

That portion of the work of which Roberts had special supervision was of course 
that of water supply and sewerage, and this was naturally carried out on a scale commen- 
surate with the rest of the undertaking. Advantage was taken of a number of large natural 
springs which represented an underground flowage from American Lake. These springs 
supplied water during the early construction, and at the same time their flow was measured 
in order to determine whether the supply would be sufficient for the completed camp. Wells 
were driven which proved ample, and the rest of the problem was fairly simple, as the 
presence of a hill quite near the camp provided a site for storage tanks. The principal 
mains were of 10 and 14-inch diameter, with a normal head between 113 and 153 feet, and 
provision was made for 250 fire hydrants; the system supplied 2,750,000 gallons per day. 

The sewer system consisted of two sewers. The flow throughout the entire system 
was by gravity, and had to be so designed that it would not interfere with the du Pont 
Powder Company's plant lying between the cantonment and Puget Sound. Each trunk 
line started with a diameter of 10 inches and increased to 24 inches, and averaged about 
10,000 feet in length. The outfall sewer from the junction of the main trunk lines to the 
edge of the bluff at Puget Sound was over 15,000 feet in length, and varied in diameter 
from 24 inches to 30 inches. 

The first actual construction work on the water and sewer systems of the canton- 
ments was begun on June 21, 1917, and 78 days later the entire sewerage and water sys- 
tem was complete. 

Among our men who, as constructing quartermasters, had charge of similar work 
may be mentioned Captain William W. Pagon, '07, temporarily in charge of the Curtis 
Bay Ordnance Depot, Md. ; Major Kenneth C. Grant, '02, in charge of construction 
of an addition to Camp Grant, Illinois, and later an assistant to the chief of one of the 
sections in the central office at Washington; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Watrous, '99, 
Assistant Constructing Quartermaster at Camp Dodge, la., and Major F. C. Starr, '05, 
Constructing Quartermaster at General Hospital No. 16, New Haven, Connecticut, 
General Hospital No. 32, and the Field Museum Hospital at Chicago. Starr later became 

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Supervising Constructing Quartermaster of Hospitals, and Liaison Officer between Con- 
struction Division and Surgeon-General's Office. His section provided over 30,000 beds 
at an expenditure of $22,000,000, the work including both the construction of new build- 
ings, and the remodeling of old ones. Lieutenant-Colonel Harry D. Rawson, '96, was 
Constructing Quartermaster at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Lakehurst Gas Proving 
Grounds and Gas Training School, Lakehurst, N. J., and later Supervising Construct- 
ing Quartermaster at Washington. Major George T. Seabury, '02, served first as 
expediting officer in the Engineering Section of the Construction Division on work for 
the Signal Corps, Department of Military Aeronautics and Department of Aircraft Pro- 
duction. He also served as a supervising constructing quartermaster exercising office 
supervision over Camps Devens, Dix, Lee, Meade, Merritt, Mills and Upton. Major 
Walter E. Spear, '97, was constructing quartermaster at Camp Upton, having previously 
been consulting engineer on water supply and sewerage for that camp. Major Harry 
M. Montgomery, '79, was constructing quartermaster of the Jeffersonville Interior 
Storage Depot, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and the St. Louis Interior Storage Depot, St. 
Louis, Mo., one of the most important pieces of work carried on. The constructing 
quartermaster was in each case absolutely responsible for the disbursement of govern- 
ment funds, and such auditing and inspection as was necessary to insure that the money 
was paid only where the Government had received that for which it contracted. The cost 
of the various projects named varied from $655,000 in the case of Camp Meigs, to 
$16,000,000 in the case of Camp Meade and Camp Lee, the average probably being 
about $8,000,000, which was the cost of Camp Lewis. 

Throughout the work just mentioned these constructing quartermasters were 
aided by other Tech men acting as supervisors and consulting engineers. Thus, as we have 
already seen, Scharff was a supervising engineer representing Morris Knowles, Inc., during 
the construction of Camp McClellan. Morris Knowles, Inc., also acted as consulting 
engineers at Camp Meade, Md., and at this place Morris Knowles, '91, himself acted as 
supervising engineer. He subsequently became connected with the Emergency Fleet 
Corporation. Allen Hazen, '88, acted as supervising engineer at Camp Dix, N. J., caring 
for water supply and sewerage. Frederick G. Bennett, '05, had charge of the same 
work at Camp Merritt. Schuyler Hazard, '90, had slightly different work as auditor and 
civil engineer at Camp Morrison. Francis J. Mague, '02, acted as general superintendent 
of construction on the Army-Base piers at Bush Bluff, Va. John B. Ferguson, '99, was 
engaged in the construction of the Balloon Observers School at Camp Eustis, Va., in 
which project, A. D. Nickerson, '88, was in charge of procurement. T. C. Atwood, '97, 
took part as a supervising engineer in the construction of Camp Merritt, and also did work 
on the Squantum Destroyer Plant and other plants connected with torpedo boat pro- 
duction; he finally became district plant engineer, in charge of all construction and 
maintenance of shipyard plants in the Middle Atlantic District for the Emergency Fleet 
Corporation. Alexander H. Twombly, '87, was a designing and constructing engineer at 
Camp Shelby, Miss. 

Later on it became necessary for the Government to arrange for further construc- 
tion, more especially for permanent army and naval bases, interior storehouses, ordnance 
shops, and similar plants, and in this work Tech men seem to have taken as great a part 
as in the emergency work in connection with the cantonments. Thus Ross F. Tucker, 
'92, was superintendent of pile foundations for the Port Newark Terminal, and later had 
charge as constructing manager of the United States Explosive Plant "C" — a seventy- 
million-dollar project at Nitro, West Virginia, of which more will be said later (see page 
362). Richard E. Schmidt, '87, had charge of the design of the Speedway Hospital 
at Chicago, and of part of the Fort Sheridan Hospital, the two totaling 6,750 beds. 
Robert A. Shailer, '73, was engineer of construction of the Charleston Port Terminal, a 
project involving the construction of one hundred fireproof buildings and a dock some 
three quarters of a mile in length, the whole enterprise costing $12,600,000. Albert E. 
Weidinger, '94, as architect on the construction staff of the Planning Division had a promi- 
nent part in drawing up the plans, specifications and details of alterations and additions 
to the Gas Defense Plant at Long Island City. 

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(U. S. Official) 

A Portion of the Brooklyn Army Supply Base, for which Cass Gilbert, '80, was Architect 



Perhaps the two largest pieces of work handled were the two great Supply Bases 
at Brooklyn and Boston. For the former, Cass Gilbert, '80, was architect. The entire 
project was handled by Gilbert, ably assisted by B. W. Latham, '03, Charles A. Johnson, 
'09, and others. 

The base consists of two reinforced concrete warehouses, eight stories in height, 
that nearer the water being a solid structure 980 by 200 feet, while the other is 980 feet 
long by 306 feet wide, with an interior court 66 feet in width. This court is equipped with 
electric travelling cranes at roof level, and concrete cantilever receiving balconies, stag- 
gered to permit landing of freight from cars, and is protected by a skylight roof supported 
by steel trusses and purlins. 

The base is equipped with three covered piers 150 feet wide and over 1300 feet in 
length and one uncovered pier of the same length and 60 feet wide. Sheds are double deck 
and the second deck is connected in each case by a bridge to the adjacent warehouse 
enabling freight to be wheeled directly on a slight down grade from building to pier. 
Vertical transfer of supplies is handled by ninety elevators placed in the various build- 
ings and piers, each of 10,000 pounds capacity and travelling at the rate of 150 feet per 
minute. It is estimated that twelve ships of 5,000 tons net capacity can be berthed at one 
time and that they can be loaded in fifty hours. This base is said to be the largest in 
the world, and appears to be on % for which the greatest quantity of money was authorized, 
for its cost is given as $32,500,000. 

The Boston Supply Base was a close second. In this case the entire design was in 
the hands of three Tech men, namely, — Frederic H. Fay, '93, Charles M. Spofford, 
'93, and Sturgis H. Thorndike, '95. This project is typical of those handled by our 
graduates, and is of special interest because of the large number of Tech men employed 
in one capacity or another on the work, there being no fewer than ninety of them, if 
Colonel Gow, the Constructing Quartermaster, who is a lecturer in the Civil Engineering 
Department, is counted. 

The firm of Fay, Spofford & Thorndike was engaged on March 3, 1918, to make: 

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all plans and provide engineering supervision of construction at the Boston Base. In 
addition, the firm was called upon for information relative to the value of the land, for 
negotiations with the State authorities upon matters relative to the purchase of the land 
and for engineering questions relating to the transfer of the land. It may be added that 
this was the first case of private engineers being employed by the Construction Division 
of the Army to give such comprehensive engineering service. 

Preliminary authorization for the expenditure of #14,570,000 for a portion of the 
project was made by the War Department on April 6, 1918, and authorization for 
the remainder of the funds was made on May 15, 1918. The total amount authorized for 
the project was #28,040,000. After the preliminary authorization the work of construction 
immediately began and at the same time the engineers commenced the preparation of 
detailed drawings for the design. The work was carried through with exceptional speed, 
the first use being made of the big storehouse on October 4, 1918, practically six months 
after the first authorization of funds had been received. The first ship was docked on 
December 26, 1918, while the foundations for the storehouse, the first portion of the 
work to be begun, were still under construction. The entire project was in use about a year 
after the beginning of construction. 

The base is located in South Boston, somewhat easterly of the Commonwealth 
Pier and adjoining the new Commonwealth Dry Dock. It forms a great shipping terminal 
having berthing space for eleven cargo ships, ample warehouse accommodations for storing 
supplies, transfer sheds, paved streets, open storage spaces, over a mile of concrete-decked 
wharf, adequate railroad tracks and a large supporting railroad yard. 

The buildings include a reinforced concrete eight-story storehouse, 126 feet wide 
and about one-third of a mile long, forming one of the largest buildings of this type ever 
constructed; this building is so designed that it may be used for manufacturing as well as 
storage if the plant is ever turned over to private hands. Other buildings are two rein- 
forced concrete pier sheds, each three stories in height and somewhat less than 1000 feet 
in length, a steel-framed wharf shed adjoining the large storehouse and of equal length 
with it but only two stories in height, together with a boiler-house, electric sub-station, 




General View of the Boston Army Supply Base, Designed by Frederic H. Fay, '93, Charles M. 

Spofford,'93, and Sturgis H. Thorndike, '95 

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administration building and other minor buildings. The wharves are formed of wooden 
bearing piles with decks of reinforced concrete slabs supported on concrete girders and are 
provided with railroad tracks. 

The equipment includes gantry cranes for handling freight between ships and either 
the ground floor or the second floor balcony of the wharf shed, locomotive cranes, tractors 
and trailer trucks, ti ring machines and other miscellaneous apparatus. The shipping capac- 
ity of the plant is estimated at 16,000 tons per day for overseas freight. 

Of the total appropriation of #28,000,000 about #3,000,000 was for mobile equipment 
for which another fund later became available. The actual expenditure for construction 
alone was less than #24,000,000 showing a saving of over #1,000,000 from the estimated 
cost, — a rather unusual feature in government work. 

Eighty-nine Technology alumni and students, including the members of the firm, 
were employed in the engineering work in connection either with design or construction. 
Amongst these may be cited Harry F. Sawtelle, '97, Principal Assistant Engineer; George 
L. Mirick, '93, Resident Engineer; John Ayer, '05, Executive Engineer on Construction; 
B. A. Bowman, '09, Division Engineer in charge of design of superstructure; C. A. Farwell, 
'06, Division Engineer in charge of design of foundations and wharves; George L. 
Smith, '08, in charge of the architectural treatment. 




The Boston Army Supply Base Viewed from the Harbor 



Another piece of work more or less intimately connected with the terminals was 
that of supplying tugs and other harbor craft to operate in connection with them. This 
work came under the jurisdiction of Lieutenant-Colonel William Couper, '06, who had 
previously acted as constructing quartermaster at Camp Jackson and later at the North 
Columbia Cantonment. He became a supervising constructing quartermaster at Wash- 
ington, and as such exercised supervision over twelve contracts covering the construction 
of two hundred and thirty-four harbor craft for the various terminals at a total cost of 
#5,200,000. 

OTHER WAR DEPARTMENT WORK 

Impressive as was the work of the Construction Division, it was of course by no 
means the only activity of the War Department during the war. Both the Division of 
Purchase, Supply and Traffic and that of Construction were outgrowths of the Quarter- 
master Department. During the spring of 1918, J. F. McElwain, '97, served as assistant 
chief of the Supply and Equipment Division. While acting as assistant chief of the divi- 
sion, McElwain also acted as chief of the Shoe, Leather and Rubber Goods Section, a 
work for which his previous experience in shoe manufacturing very well fitted him. As 
we have already seen (page 308), he had served as chairman of the Committee of Shoe 
and Leather Industries, appointed by the Council of National Defense, and later served as 
a member of the Committee on Supplies of the War Industries Board until this committee 
was united with the Quartermaster Department. When this change was made another 
of our men, Arthur W. Lawrence, '05, who had previously served as manager of the Shoe, 
Leather and Rubber Goods Division of the War Industries Board, also entered the Quar- 
termaster Department, where he became Chief of the Shoe, Leather, and Rubber Goods 
Branch of the Procurement Section. Lawrence was offered a commission as lieutenant- 
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reserved for the fighting men only. In the summer of 191 8 he resigned his position in 
the Quartermaster Department to enlist as a private in the Chemical Warfare Service. 
He soon after entered an officers' training school and was preparing for a commission at 
the time of the armistice. 

An equally important division was that of Clothing and Equipage. This division 
was charged with the responsibility for purchase, production and inspection of clothing, 
hats, shoes, tents, tarpaulins and various other material. The division was subdivided 
into various branches, of which at least two were directed by Tech men. Kenneth Moller, 
'07, started as assistant to the Chief of Clothing and Equipage Division, but later was 
placed in charge of the general relations between the division and the various general 
supply depots and still later became chief of the Manufacturing Branch, being charged 
with the production and inspection of all clothing, tents, hats, shoes and similar material 
for the entire United States Army. The Rubber Goods Branch was in charge of Walter 
E. Piper, '94, from February 14, 1918, until after the armistice. Piper had charge of all rubber 
footwear for the Army, such as arctics, rubber boots for trench wear and similar material. 
His knowledge of rubber saved the Government several million dollars as he was able to 
place contracts for goods immediately after he took charge for prices very markedly below 
those which had been previously obtained for the same materials. 




The Boston Army Supply Base Viewed from the Shore 



Another of our men who did interesting work for the Quartermaster Department 
in the early days of the war was Walter M. Newkirk, '92. In the summer of 1917 he 
worked in developing standardized trucks for the Quartermaster service. Subsequently 
he returned to his position as vice-president and general manager of William & Harvey 
Rowland, Inc., and for the remainder of the war manufactured automobile springs for 
the government. 

Mention has already been made of some who served in the Ordnance Department 
and there were a number of others serving in civilian capacity. Among these may be 
mentioned Carleton M. Emerson, '06, Chief of the Order of Work Branch in the Esti- 
mates and Requirements Division. 

A very considerable number of Tech men served as production engineers for the 
Department in the various districts. Thus F. B. Riley, '05, was production engineer for 
the Boston District; Irvin H. Kaufman, '98, was production engineer on artillery ammu- 
nition for the New York District; Herbert A. Folsom, '97, was production engineer on 
explosives in the Boston District; where Jesse F. Eames, '02, of the Mechanical Engineer- 
ing Department was also engaged in similar work. Samuel D. Dodge, '93, was produc- 
tion engineer on explosives in the New York District, having previously acted as Super- 
vising Engineer during the construction of Nitro, W. Va. 

Riley's work consisted chiefly in increasing the production of booster pellets for 
Stokes mortar bombs by the introduction of automatic machinery. Of this work he 
says: "The principal feature of these boosters is a combination of two cylindrical sticks 
of T. N. T. and one stick of tetryl each about i}4 inches long and 1 1-8 inches in diameter. 
These sticks, or 'pellets,' are made by compressing the dry, powdered explosive under 1800 
pounds pressure to form solid cylinders of the above dimensions. It had always been a 
hazardous, slow, hand-machine proposition. So in view of the urgent need we set up a 

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bank of fourteen Reidell presses and made automatic chain feeds for each press. These 
chain feeds looped through the presses and out along the surface of fourteen long tables so 
that ten operators had access to each chain. These operators (women) detached the dies 
as they came from the presses and removed the finished 'pellets,' then cleaned the dies, 
refilled them with powdered T. N. T. or tetryl, and reattached them to the chain feed. 

"The presses operated every second, giving a maximum capacity of about 75,000 
'pellets' per day per machine. 

"They gave the production all right — but it was no place for the proverbial 
minister's daughter. And in addition to the danger, these operators all were obliged of 
course to follow the regular procedure on T. N. T. work by taking a hot shower bath each 
day before changing to their street clothes, stand in iow twice a day and drink a spoonful 
of physic and a large glass of milk; and then eat a prescribed diet of fresh vegetables at 
the loading plant restaurant. In spite of these precautions those that lasted any time on 
the job were pretty yellow when the armistice was signed. 

"It may be interesting to know of the large number of Providence society women 
who worked in the plant, nearly all insisted on being assigned to this Stokes booster job — 
and what is more, nearly all who were so selected stuck to it until November 11." 

The nature of these men's duties can be judged from Riley's account. Kaufman was 
charged with increasing the production of one hundred and twenty-five contractors, most 
of whom had been previously engaged in work little related to that which they were now 
undertaking. Some excellent results were however obtained. One firm was engaged 
in producing boosters and adapters, that is to say those portions of the shell which carry 
the charge of particularly high explosive which detonates the larger mass in the shell itself. 
The manufacture of these parts required screw-machine and drawn-metal work, whereas 
the factory had previously been engaged in the manufacture of automobile tires. Never- 
theless, it became one of the most promising producers in the New York District. It is 
interesting to note that the manager of the plant was a Tech man, but we have not at 
present his name. 

Folsom's work dealt with the production of high explosives and of the chemicals 
from which they are made, particularly gas-oil and gas- tar fractionates (chiefly toluol). 
He states that his specialty was unwinding red tape, thereby aiding various plants to 
obtain necessary tanks and other equipment. 

Dodge's earlier work was connected with the water supply of Nitro, W. Va., while 
his later work dealt with increasing the production of picric acid. 

A number of other Tech men served in the Ordnance Department with the title 
of Expert. Among these may be mentioned Albert B. Tenney, '94, Expert on Toluol, 
who did work in connection with the installation of several large extraction plants in New 
York, Brooklyn and other cities. 

Carleton S. Koch, '98, became connected with the Production Division of the Ord- 
nance Department and was given the title of Expert on Steel Castings, being charged with 
the specification, procurement and production of steel castings for use in all types of ord- 
nance work until December, 19 18. Throughout the war Koch also continued to direct 
the operation of the Fort Pitt Steel Castings Company which was producing a very con- 
siderable number of castings for war purposes. 

Another of our graduates who did notable work in connection with the ordnance 
program was Ida Annah Ryan, '05, who has the honor of having been one of the first 
women to become a War Department draftsman. She was engaged chiefly in working 
on the details of the new heavy railway mounts. 

In addition to the work of our men in civilian capacity in the Ordnance and Quar- 
termaster Departments, a great number of other men served in various types of work. 
Altogether there were one hundred and eighty-four men serving in one capacity or another 
for the War Department. Only a few can be mentioned here and they have been selected 
chiefly to give an idea of the variety of work in which our men were engaged. G. F. 
Atkins, '99, was engaged in testing armor plate. F. E. Faxon, '95, acted as a supervising 
inspector, examining locomotives and locomotive cranes and special machinery which the 
overnment found it necessary to buy at once. He later inspected all sorts of miscel- 

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(U. S. Official) 
The Port Newark Terminal, the Piling of which was Installed^under the Supervision of 

Ross F. Tucker, '92 



laneous material, including oils and greases, needles, various kinds of hardware, machine 
tools and locomotives. Later on he also had charge of the inspection of steel helmets and 
thirty-calibre cartridge clips. Edward E. Bugbee, '00, was assistant educational director 
of the Southeastern District of the Students' Army Training Corps. Armen H. Tash- 
jian, '07, was charged with the design of reenforced concrete steamers for transporting 
troops. 

Considerable work was done for the War Department by members of the Institute 
faculty, particularly by Professors Augustus H. Gill, '84, George B. Haven, '94, and 
Harrison W. Hayward, '96. Professor Gill was engaged in testing lubricating oils and 
gasoline for the Quartermaster Department. Professor Haven carried on tests, chiefly 
as regards textiles. He handled many articles familiar to every soldier, such as khaki 
cloth, leather and webbing, gun slings, wing fabrics for airplanes and similar materials. 
Professor Hayward, '96, acted as consulting engineer for the Aircraft Production Board 
and later did what he described as "general utility work" in testing materials for the 
Bureau of Construction and Repair of the Navy and various departments of the Army. 

It has been rumored that a work of much greater importance was performed by a 
member of the Institute Staff, and Professor C. L. Norton, '93, of the Physics Department, 
is generally believed to have been the man who made this contribution. Professor Norton 
worked on various government problems acting in a consulting capacity for the Naval 
Consulting Board, Inventions Board, the Ordnance Department of the Navy, and for the 
Science and Research Division of the Signal Corps. Of his most interesting work we know 
absolutely nothing, save that it was considered of such importance by the German 
Intelligence Service that on several occasions attempts were made by Germany's agents 
to break into his laboratory and office. In addition to this Professor Norton had some 
very interesting work in placing the production of metallic magnesium in the United 
States upon a commercial basis. Previous to the war the entire supply of this material 
for the United States had been obtained from Germany. It was produced upon a small 
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came the demand for a tremendous supply for use in signal rockets and illuminating flares 
which could not have been made except by processes worked out in part by Doctor 
Whitney, '90, of the General Electric Company and Professor Norton. 

AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 

Attention has already been called to the prominent positions occupied by Tech 
men in the technical staff of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps at the outbreak of 
war. This staff was aided throughout the war by the National Advisory Committee for 
Aeronautics. The chairman of this board was John R. Freeman, '76, who, in addition to 
his duties in connection with aircraft was also serving in the Fire Prevention Section of the 
War Industries Board, which he in fact organized, and as a member of the Engineering 
Committee of the National Research Council. The object of the Advisory Committee 
was of course to assist the Equipment Division of the Signal Corps and later the Bureau 
of Aircraft Production in providing the tremendous supply of airplanes which had been 
determined upon. 

As has already been pointed out (see page 267) the very conditions of the case 
made this program almost impossible of fulfillment but the attempt was nevertheless 
made and success might yet have been attained had there been a little more time. Inti- 
mately associated with this work were A. Otterson Miller, '04, of J. G. White & Company 
of New York and William C. Potter, '97. During the first phases of aircraft production 
the government had no organization of its own to work out the purchase of material and 
this duty was accordingly delegated to J. G. White & Company. Miller was assistant 
purchasing agent of the concern and as a result was instrumental in purchasing various 
equipment until a standard American design could be developed and deliveries begun. 
Later on this work was largely taken over by the Equipment Division of the Signal Corps 
and later by the Bureau of Aircraft Production. Potter was prominent in both of these 
organizations serving as chief of the Equipment Division and as assistant director of the 
Bureau of Aircraft Production. 

A very considerable number of Tech men aided in the work at the Washington 
office of the Bureau, among whom may be mentioned H. R. Stuart, '99, Chief of the Elec- 
trical Section, L. H. Littlefield, '16, Senior Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer, E. H. 
Metcalf, '04, Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer, and H. T. Blanchard, '01, Aeronautical 
Mechanical Engineer. These men's work is fairly well indicated by their titles. Stuart 
designed electrical equipment, a matter which became very important, in relation to the 
development of radio telephone. He was not actually in charge of the design of the radio 
apparatus itself, but he was charged with the proper installation of the apparatus in the 
planes, one of the severest problems encountered. Littlefield's first service was as an 
inspector of airplanes and engines for the Signal Corps but he later was transferred to the 
Bureau of Aircraft Production and traveled throughout the country working on various 
matters pertaining to the finished planes and conducting acceptance tests. Metcalf was 
engaged chiefly in what he terms, "the battle of Elizabeth, New Jersey" where he was 
engaged as a representative of the Government in producing Handley-Page bombing 
machines. Blanchard appears to have dealt chiefly with wing "dopes" for fabric and 
the inspection of varnishes and enamels. 

Some mention has already been made of experimental work carried on for the 
Government at the Institute. Its chief experimental station was located at McCook 
Field, Ohio, and here a large group of Tech men were engaged. Allen Loomis (see page 
372) who had at an earlier date invented the valve gear of the Liberty motor served as 
a consulting engineer and is responsible for the Loomis system of cooling adopted in the 
later fighting planes in the American Army. He found that it was practically impossible 
to force water with sufficient rapidity through the radiator to keep the four hundred horse 
power motor properly cooled, since bubbles of steam were formed in the suction end of 
the pump which caused the water to overflow and thus be lost. Loomis, however, devised 
a shunt circuit of water with an injector which so raised the pressure in the suction that 
the formation of steam was prevented and as a result a somewhat unreliable plane was 
transformed into one of the most dependable produced. 

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Others engaged in the work at McCook Field were Elisha N. Fales, 'n, John C. 
Morse, '14, John Hyneman, '15, and Shatswell Ober, '16. All were engaged in research 
work with a view toward improving the models tried out at the field. Fales was also a 
member of one of the commissions sent to Canada early in the war to study the flying 
schools of the Royal Air Force at Toronto with the object of utilizing and assisting in the 
establishment of aeronautics in the colleges and ground schools. The work of Dean A. 
Fales who represented Technology in these commissions has already been mentioned 
(see page 12) and Elisha N. Fales was performing the duty of similar character for the 
University of Illinois. Morse specialized on propellers and assisted F. W. Caldwell, '12, 
(see page 270). The others were engaged in the usual work of improving the performance 
of the planes and the simplification of design. 

[SHIPPING BOARD 

Scarcely of less importance than supply of the equipment and housing of the new 
army was the problem of building ships to supply it while overseas. The war had already 
resulted in the net loss to the Merchant Marine of the world of nearly 5,000,000 tons. 
An army of 5,000,000 men overseas would require for its maintenance no less than 
15,000,000 tons in addition to that already engaged in trans-Atlantic trade. To create 
this tonnage and to place it upon the ocean in operating condition the United States 
Shipping Board was created. 

One of the first schemes proposed was that of building one thousand 3,000-ton 
wooden ships. Upon reading of the proposed program, Henry Howard, '89, was struck by 
the fact that it would be practically impossible to man and officer them, for there were 
scarcely sufficient American seamen to man the existing merchant fleet of that date, let 
alone such an increment as was now proposed. That Howard should have noticed this 
point was natural, for, although engaged in chemical industry, his tastes and inherited 
instincts lie on the sea for he is the descendant of Marblehead ship owners who were con- 
spicuous in the days before the Revolution. He was at this time a member of the executive 
committee of the National Foreign Trade Council of New York City, and chairman of its 
committee on foreign relations. He is also an experienced and enthusiastic yachtsman. 

It occurred to him that it might be possible to take men with experience in allied 
pursuits and quickly render them capable as seamen, by means of an intensive course of 
training. Having worked out the details, he obtained from Mayor Peters of Boston 
letters of introduction and about April 15 went to Washington where he interviewed Mr. 
Denman. The Shipping Board did not feel that it could even take up the question of 
personnel at that moment. On the other hand, the scheme which he had drawn up 
impressed them so favorably that they finally suggested that he should himself take charge 
of the whole matter. He agreed and was shortly afterwards appointed director of the 
Recruiting Service of the United States Shipping Board. 

One of his first acts was to organize a series of schools for the training of officers for 
deck and engine room. A full account of this work in which Mr. Howard was assisted 
by Professor Edward F. Miller, '86, and Dean A E. Burton has already been given else- 
where. (See page 29.) 

A further development of the schools for officers was a special course for chief 
engineers, designed to fit candidates to handle steam turbines. Men desiring chief 
engineers' licenses were sent to the various plants which manufactured turbines and there 
were given special instruction in turbine engineering. In the course of the work each 
candidate followed a particular turbine through its entire course of manufacture from 
raw material to finished product. He accompanied this turbine to a particular ship and 
aided in its installation; he then took the required examinations, and if successful became 
chief engineer of the ship in which he had installed the turbine. A similar special course 
was given to assistant engineers covering the manufacture and installation of water-tube 
boilers. 

Perhaps the most interesting side of Mr. Howard's work, however, was that dealing 
with the recruiting of seamen. The Recruiting Service was divided into several branches: 

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On Board one of the Shipping Board Training Ships Directed by Henry Howard, '89 



namely, the Enrollment Bureau, the Sea Training Bureau, the Sea Service Bureau, which 
later became a tremendous national shipping agency, and the Social Service Bureau. 
The Enrollment Bureau was charged with gathering the recruits, the Sea Training Bureau 
with instructing them, the Sea Service Bureau with placing them in suitable positions 
upon the ship, and the Social Service Bureau in looking after them aboard ship and when 
on shore-leave. 

The first requisite for the Enrollment Division was a series of recruiting stations 
and for this purpose through the co-operation of Mr. Louis K. Liggett, the 6,584 drug 
stores of the United Drug Company were made available. Liggett and Rexall drug stores 
are to be found in every town in the United States of more than 1,000 inhabitants. The 
owner or manager in each case was sworn in as a special enrollment agent of the Shipping 
Board at a salary of one dollar a year. In order to stimulate interest in inland sections 
of the country, phonograph records of old sea songs were placed on sale. Moving pictures 
were taken showing scenes of the life of the apprentice seamen and on board merchant 
vessels of all types; the reel was generally closed with the heading calling attention to the 
fact that applicants could sign up at the nearest drug store. 

Schools for apprentice seamen were started January 1, 191 8. No suitable training 
ships were obtainable and any ships which could be chartered were utilized, even though 
these were not typical ocean-going ships. The system was organized all over the coun- 
try, beginning at Boston. Subsequently stations were established at San Francisco, Seattle, 
New Orleans, Cleveland, and Norfolk. After the armistice, at which time there were over 
6,000 men in training, the stations at Cleveland and New Orleans were discontinued. 
All together about 50,000 officers and men were trained. 






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In the training schools there were three main sections for deck, engine room and 
mess ioom personnel respectively. In the deck section, seamen were trained; in the 
engineer section, firemen, oilers, water tenders, and in the mess-rcom, stewards, cooks, 
bakers and mess-boys. 

Upon graduating from these ships the men were placed on merchant vessels by 
the Sea Service Bureau. This bureau is perhaps the most important section of Mr. 
Howard's work and it presented the greatest difficulties. Perhaps that which was most 
feared was the probable attitude of the Seamen's Union, which at that date was largely 
made up of men who were not citizens of the United States. Mr. Howard obviated trouble 
from this source by forming an advisory board of which the heads of all seagoing unions 
were requested to become members. So effective was this measure that no labor difficulty 
of any kind occurred in the fleets of the Shipping Board or of private owners during the 
entire period of hostilities. Another difficulty was prejudice against the working and 
living conditions of the common seaman. Investigation disclosed that the prejudice 
was well founded, and measures were immediately taken to improve matters. Ill- 
ventilated forecastles were remodelled, sanitary bunks and bedding were provided; officers 
found guilty of brutality were disciplined, food was improved and upon the newer ships 
arrangements were made to give each member of the crew separate staterooms, thereby 
eliminating the danger from influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis which had previously 
claimed a heavy toll in the forecastle. 

Another matter was the protection of sailors upon the shore, particularly the 
elimination of "crimps." Closely associated with this problem was that presented by 
water-front dance halls, saloons and boarding houses, and it became evident that it would 
be necessary to provide the men with proper and healthful amusement. For this purp cse the 
Social Service Bureau was established. Mrs. Alice S. Howard became chief of the Bureau 




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and did much to improve the status of the American merchant seaman. In addition she 
directed the Bureau's work in home relief for distressed families and saw to the relief of 
shipwrecked mariners, for no help whatever was furnished these men by the Red Cross 
except when their ships had been torpedoed. 

Howard early realized that the prime factor in preventing Americans from enter- 
ing the Merchant Marine had been the large percentage of foreigners already associated 
with the work. He accordingly bent every effort toward Americanizing the foreigners 
or supplying Americans; up to June, 1919, of the twelve thousand men who had been placed 
by the Sea Service Bureau no less than seventy per cent were full-fledged American 
citizens. 

The entire scheme was a tremendous success. Throughout the war crews were 
trained faster than the ships were made ready. The graduates of the Shipping Board 
schools, both seamen and officers, were in great demand and many obtained their licenses 
and ratings only to enlist or to be commissioned at once in the Navy. 

While Howard was recruiting and training seamen and officers for the Merchant 
Marine, Professor Carroll W. Doten of the Department of Economics was engaged in 
recruiting and maintaining the labor supply at the various shipyards. Doten took up 
this work in November, 1917, and continued in it until shortly before the armistice, when 
he became head of the Industrial Service Section of the Central Bureau of Planning and 
Statistics. The latter position was one of the greatest importance, as it involved the co- 
ordination of the statistical work of all government departments and agencies, in con- 
nection with which duty the Bureau under Doten's direction was charged with preparing 
considerable material for the use of the American delegates to the Peace Conference. 

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION 

At the outbreak of war it was estimated that the United States would be obliged 
to construct at least eight million tons of shipping in two years. For this purpose there was 
organized under the Shipping Board the Emergency Fleet Corporation. After some 
shifting of personnel, Admiral Capps was appointed general manager of the Corporation 
and Charles Piez, director general. A little later Mr. Piez succeeded Admiral Capps and 
was himself succeeded by Commander J. L. Ackerson, '06, as director general. Ackerson 
was in charge of all ship construction for the Corporation. He was well fitted for this 
position, having been born near the Great Lakes, having graduated from the Naval 
Academy in 1901, and having received his degree of Master of Science in the course in 
Naval Architecture at the Institute. Since that time he had been a member of the Con- 
struction Corps of the United States Navy and had served as superintendent of new con- 
struction at Mare Island. He had become connected with the Shipping Board as an 
aide to Admiral Capps; he later served as aide to Mr. Piez, and still later became assist- 
ant to Mr. Charles M. Schwab when he took charge of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. 
Ackerson finally became vice-president of the Corporation. 

The work of the corporation was subdivided to a considerable extent and from the 
beginning of the year 19 18, Roy H. Beattie, '93, was assistant manager of the division 
handling the construction of wooden ships. One of the first three ships built at Ports- 
mouth, N. H., and launched on July 4, 1917, was named the Roy H. Beattie and was 
christened by his daughter. 

Samuel W. Weis, '92, served as representative for the Bureau of Operations of the 
United States Shipping Board for the Gulf of Mexico. The work included the supervision 
of the operation and repair of all ships touching at ports in the Gulf of Mexico and the 
provision of proper cargoes for them. He was also responsible for taking over all new 
vessels constructed within the district being responsible for the inspection and acceptance 
trials. Most of the vessels upon which he was called upon to pass were of the wooden 
type which were so frequently found defective during the war. As the demand for ships 
was most urgent, the decision whether or not to accept certain of these vessels was difficult 
and the entire work was very trying. Later on Weis was given other work requiring equal 
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of the country, in which the price of the principal product had been fixed, the President 
appointed a committee to fix the price of cotton if in the opinion of the committee it seemed 
advisable to do so. Weis was a member of this committee which after careful consideration 
found that the available supply of cotton in the world was larger than the demand and 
it therefore seemed inadvisable to fix the price of cotton at that time. As a matter of fact 
the price of cotton has since been generally lower than it was at the date upon which the 
committee made its decision. 

One of the most unique pieces of work which the engineers of the Shipping Board 
were required to accomplish was that of bringing the Great Lake steamers through the 
comparatively small Welland Canal into Lake Ontario. This work appears to have been 
in charge of Frederick A. Eustis, '03, assisted by Francis H. Early, '09, and others. The 
locks were not long enough to carry a number of the steamers and some were of too great 
beam to pass through the canal at all. Many vessels were cut in two and towed to Mon- 
treal where they were again put together. This work was not easy, for a Great Lakes' 
storm in the winter is no laughing matter and a number of ships and a number of lives were 
sacrificed. Nevertheless, many ships reached the St. Lawrence. 

Finally Mr. Eustis hit upon a scheme for bringing larger vessels through and the 
steamer "Van Hise" was selected for the experiment. The vessel was nearly twice the 
size of any which had previously passed the locks. She was cut in two and then heeled 
over until she lay almost upon her side. This was done by means of ballast tanks placed 
upon the rails. The whole operation was a somewhat delicate one, since any errors in 
calculation would have meant capsizing the vessel and a long and difficult salvage opera- 
tion. The feat, however, was entirely successful, thanks in part, at least, to the calcula- 
tions of Early. 

Another problem, scarcely less important than construction, was that of main- 
tenance of the merchant fleet. Ships constantly require refitting and a ship in drydock, 
so long as she remained there, was to all intents and purposes a ship lost. The task of 
keeping our ships in condition rested chiefly upon Captain R. E. Bakenhus, '96, who was 
manager of the Shipyard Plants Division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. At the 
outbreak of war he was serving at the Naval Armor Plate factory at Wheeling, but was 
assigned throughout the war to work with the Shipping Board. He organized and pro- 
vided the personnel for the various Shipping Board plants and exercised general super- 
vision over the construction of numerous shipyards and had immediate charge of drydocks 
and marine railway facilities. 

Closely associated with the work of Captain Bakenhus was that of providing ter- 
minal facilities of all types. Captain E. Logan Hill, '05, largely because of his executive 
experience as assistant general manager of the Erie Railroad and because of his special 
knowledge of terminal facilities and requirements at the port of New York was appointed 
executive officer of the Port and Harbor Facilities Commission. Captain Hill, just before 
the outbreak of war, had taken examinations for and received a commission in the Engineer 
Officers Reserve Corps. In June he was appointed secretary and executive officer of the 
Port and Harbor Facilities Commission of the Shipping Board. His work in this con- 
nection involved the emergency construction of a number of floating drydocks and ship 
repair plants and the improvement of railroad and marine terminals, the entire object 
of the whole program being to enable the ships to unload, refit and reload in the shortest 
possible time, thus enabling a smaller number of vessels to carry a greater amount of 
material abroad. Shortly afterwards the army desired to call Captain Hill for work else- 
where, but his work was regarded as being of such an indispensable nature that this was 
not done. 

Many other Tech men held responsible positions with the Emergency Fleet Corpo- 
ration, of whom only a few may be mentioned here. Among these are Robert J. Lyons, 
'06, Assistant Purchasing Agent; William C. Ewing, '97, Expert on Special Investigations; 
Dana M. Wood, '06, Financial Assistant for the New England District; L. Franklin van 
Zelm, '18, Material Supervisor for the North Atlantic District; Charles H. Hughes, '00, 
Engineer and Technical Aide for the North Atlantic District; Walton Harrington, '10, 
Senior Engineer, North Atlantic District; William L. Dearborn, '88, Resident Engineer 

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at Norfolk; T. C. Atwood, '97, Plant Engineer for the Middle Atlantic District; and George 
R. Wadleigh, '97, District Engineer for the Supply Division at St. Louis. 

It is to be regretted that space does not permit for full account of the work of these 
and many others. The work of Lyons is indicated by his title. He subsequently took up 
work in preparing estimates in connection with the cost and maintenance of new projects 
for the Fleet Corporation. Ewing's work dealt chiefly with the investigation of com- 
mercial relations with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, particularly what imports from 
and exports to these countries were necessary as war measures. Of van Zelm we have little 
account other than that given in his cartoon which speaks for itself. Harrington's most 
interesting work was in connection with the installation of about twenty-five million 
dollars' worth of refrigerating apparatus on some thirty-two ships and the construction 
of eight, ten-thousand-ton capacity, floating drydocks. Dearborn supervised the con- 



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struction of the twin concrete graving docks at Norfolk, while Atwood, who had previously 
been one of the supervising engineers during the construction of Camp Merritt, N. J., had 
charge of the maintenance of shipyards throughout his district. 

Work of a somewhat different nature was assigned Lydia Weld, '02, who was sent 
to San Francisco to expedite shipment of material. Her experiences appear to have been 
of a rather interesting nature and valuable results were sometimes accomplished. Miss 
Weld mentions, for instance, how a shipyard in Oregon was being held up for lackof glass 
for dead-lights and windows. On investigation it was found that the glass was being held 
for the United States Navy. The matter was then taken up with the Priority Board, 
whereupon it was found that next to destroyers, the Emergency Fleet Corporation's 
merchant vessels came first. The matter was easily adjusted and work resumed. 

Neither the construction or repair of ships could be carried on without a plentiful 
supply of workmen and these could be obtained only when ample provision had been made 
for housing and caring for them. This work was taken care of by the Department of 
Transportation and Housing and in this work a number of our men were more or less 
prominent, notably Frank Goodwillie, '89, Deputy Chief of Production, James W. Welsh, 

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'03, Engineer of Passenger Transportation for the New York District, Arthur A. Shurtleff, 
'94, Town Planner, Frederick Mathesius, Jr., '02, Executive Assistant to Chief of Con- 
struction, C. H. Thexton, '16, Supervising Engineer, and D. H. Perkins, '88, Assistant 
Supervisor of Design. 

Goodwillie had charge of the general management of the housing facilities at all 
shipyards throughout the United States, involving the expenditure of something like 
sixty-five million dollars in providing some ten thousand permanent houses, fifteen hotels, 
thirteen apartment houses, together with the necessary land development and public 
utilities connected with them. Welsh's work was that of financing the construction and 
improving transportation facilities for the shipyards for the New York District, his work 
in this connection being very similar to and closely associated with that of Gardner We Is, 
'91, of the Housing Corporation. (See page 337.) Some of his methods were rather 




Apprentice Seamen at Life-Boat Drill on a Training Ship 



unique; they included the charter and operation of former passenger excursion steamers in 
New York Harbor, which carried a daily total of eighty thousand men to the yards, the 
operation of street cars by the workers themselves during the rush hours, thereby effect- 
ing a considerable economy in labor. 

In addition to these, the usual methods of increased terminal facilities and special 
steam railway service were also utilized. In six weeks it was made possible for forty 
thousand men to work in the shipyards throughout New York, where the previous num- 
ber had been certainly less than five thousand. 

Shurtleff as a town planner was also connected with the United States Housing 
Corporation and planned a number of projects at Bridgeport, Conn., Newport, R. I., 
Stamford, Conn., and elsewhere. 

Mathesius had general supervision of some twenty-one projects on the Atlantic 
coast and Great Lakes. Thexton served in the office at Philadelphia, exercising super- 

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vision of cost and progress of all projects of the Housing Corporation. He states that 
there were in all twenty-six of these, extending from Bath, Maine, to Jacksonville, Fla., 
and westward to Manitowac, -Wis. The total program included 8,892 single houses, 86 
apartment houses, 4 apartment hotels, 12 dormitory hotels, 60 dormitories, 8 blocks of 
stores, 20 cafeterias and dining rooms, 124 miscellaneous buildings. The entire program 
was managed from the central office of Goodwillie at Philadelphia; material was ordered, 
contracts let, engineering details agreed upon and costs kept. 

HOUSING PROJECTS 

The change from peace to war involved more than a change of occupation and 
industry. Not only did thousands of men and women lay aside those trades and pursuits 
to which they were accustomed, to embark upon new occupations; a veritable migration 
of the population was necessary. The war plants, particularly those for shipbuilding, 
shell loading, explosive manufacture and the production of gases, were placed as a rule 
far from populous districts. This condition entailed the provision of housing facilities 
and for this purpose under the Department of Labor the United States Housing Corpo- 
ration was formed. 

A large number of Tech men were associated with this enterprise. Several have 
already been mentioned, notably Leonard Metcalf, '92 (see page 315), George D. Hall, 
'01 (see page 318). 

There were many more, among whom may be mentioned T. E. Videto, '97, Edward W. 
Donn, Jr., '91, and S. Winthrop St. Clair, '01. The work of these men and their associates 
was for the most part more or less alike. Videto served as assistant manager of the Con- 
struction Division of the Corporation and has given a brief account which may serve to 
show the size and nature of the work: "Beginning with an appropriation of one hundred 
million dollars, authorized by Congress in June, 1918, contracts had been awarded or were 
ready for award in sixty-four localities, from Maine to California, providing housing for 
more than twenty-two thousand families and eleven thousand single workers, while in 
many of these localities the work was well under way; the first contract of eighty-five 
houses was completed in December. In most instances, the provision for housing re- 
quired the construction of streets, sewers, water and lighting systems and other public 
utilities necessary for complete new development. 

"Following the armistice many contracts were cancelled and others reduced in size 
where practicable, so that housing for but 6,000 families and 8,000 single workers was 
actually completed in 25 different localities. 

"The Construction Division obtained bids, prepared the contracts, directed and 
supervised the work in the field, kept cost records, procured and expedited the materials 
and approved all payments, turning the completed houses over to the Operation Division, 
where ready for occupancy. " 

Donn was the architect for the housing project for the Naval Proving Ground and 
Smokeless Powder Factory at Indian Head, Md., a project which included about three 
hundred miles of streets and sidewalks with the usual utilities, one hundred six-room 
houses, eight dormitories for thirty-three men each, eight family apartment houses, a 
public school, an auditorium, a fire engine house and a number of other structures. Donn 
was also architect for the project at the Naval Proving Ground on the Machodoc Creek, 
and also for the dormitories and apartment houses for the Bureau of Standards at 
Washington. 

St. Clair served as assistant superintendent of the project at Bridgeport, Conn., 
and at Bath, Maine. The former improvement was the largest actually erected during 
the war; altogether five different sites were handled and houses were provided for at least 
one thousand families or between four and six thousand people. This project was of a 
practically permanent character, including brick houses with slate roofs, permanent 
sewer system, gas and electric lights. Many serious strikes occurred, but nevertheless 
the work was carried forward at such a rate that at the date of armistice it was decided 
to complete the project, when most similar ones were abandoned. 

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A very considerable portion of the work of the Housing Corporation was carried on 
through the agency of consulting engineers. Thus, we find that the firm of Rankin, 
Kellogg & Crane, composed of John H. Rankin, '89, Thomas M. Kellogg, '87, and Edward 
A. Crane, '89, handled a number of very large projects. Among these perhaps the two 
most important were the housing project for the navy yard employees at Philadelphia, 
known as "Oregon Avenue," or "Philadelphia Housing Project 503," another at Penrose 
Avenue known as "503-A," and a third at Eddystone, Pa., known as "Number 1635." 

These projects called for a total expenditure of fifteen million dollars, the smallest 
one, that of Oregon Avenue, including some six hundred and fifty houses and fourteen 
stores, besides various other buildings of a miscellaneous nature. 

Frederick G. Bennett, '05, also served as a supervising engineer, representing Hill 
& Ferguson first at Camp Merritt, N. J., and later for the Housing Corporation at 
Norfolk, Va. 

Another phase of the Housing Corporation was that of providing transportation 
facilities. In certain cases it was unnecessary to construct buildings if towns already built 
could be put in close communication with the works. In others the additional construc- 
tion could be materially reduced by improving the transportation facilities. These 
matters were placed under control of the Transportation Division of which Major Gardner 
F. Wells, '91, served as manager. Wells, ever since leaving the Institute had been engaged 
in electric railway work, being connected in recent years with the Stone & Webster 
Corporation. In December, 1917, he was commissioned a major in the Ordnance Reserve 
Corps, but his services were so urgently needed in the Transportation Division of the 
Housing Corporation that he resigned his commission and took up work with the latter. 
The work of the division included the installation of special steam and electrical train 
service for war workers; the rearrangement of steam and electric railway schedules; the 
financing of necessary electric railway extensions and additions; and the construction 
or supervision of construction of these extensions or additions. 

Special steam trains to provide transportation for war workers were supplied in 
various parts of the country. The Railroad Administration established an especially low 
tariff for munition and shipyard workers, and in many instances the Housing Corpora- 
tion granted still lower rates, absorbing the resulting differential. At least 8,000 people 
were cared for in this manner at a cost at the rate of approximately thirty-five dollars per 
year per man. 

The average cost of housing a war worker in a dormitory completely equipped and 
furnished with cafeteria was #550, while the cost of housing workers in homes built espe- 
cially for them was from $3,500 to $5,500 per house. On this basis it will readily be seen 
that, through transportation improvements, thousands of dollars of investment were 
saved, and millions of dollars would have been saved had the war continued another year. 

In order to provide necessary facilities many problems had to be solved; for 
example that caused by the general shortage of cars. Perhaps the most difficult task was 
that of providing for the rapid entraining and detraining of the thousands of workmen 
employed at the great munition plants, notably at Bridgeport, at the Watertown Arsenal, 
Boston, at the League Island Navy Yard, and Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia. The 
methods adopted included double tracking, the construction of loops and crossovers, 
terminals and particularly arrangements for the latter which would provide most rapid 
service during the change of shifts. Altogether some $15,000,000 were appropriated for 
this work, of which, however, only about $6,500,000 were actually spent. 

In the Transportation Division much work was handled by Consulting Engineers 
and in this capacity A. L. Drum & Company, headed by A. L. Drum, '96, handled a num- 
ber of important projects. Drum also did a great deal of work of a similar nature for the 
Shipping Board, but the projects are so closely allied that it is difficult to treat them 
separately. 

The work performed for the Shipping Board consisted of investigating and originat- 
ing plans for the improvement of street railway transportation service to twenty-eight 
shipyards employing 70,100 men and requiring an increase of 67,000 men. At these 
locations the service requirements of war industrial plants were also dealt with and covered 

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the employment of about 40,000 men. The street railway transportation service to the 
Hog Island Shipyard was planned by A. L. Drum & Company, providing a capacity 
to move more than 20,000 employees in one hour with two and three-car train units, and 
in fact the actual movement from the Hog Island Yard was over 15,000 employees in three- 
quarters of an hour. 

The work performed for the Housing Corporation consisted in investigating and 
originating plans for the improvement of street railway transportation service to forty 
war munition plants, employing 460,000 men, located at twenty-seven cities throughout 
the United States. 

Acting on the recommendation of A. L. Drum & Company, the Shipping Board 
made loans to street railway systems for additional cars and extension of lines for war 
workers of $5,200,000 and the Housing Corporation made loans of $4,065,000. The con- 
tracts under which these loans were made were drawn up by A. L. Drum & Company and 
were designed to secure to the Government the value of its loans and to protect the street 
railway system against any heavy loss due to war emergency service and the excess cost 
of the construction and equipment. Under this form of contract the Government advanced 
to the traction companies the funds required for the extension of tracks, additional power 
supply and additional cars required to improve the services to the war plants, charging 
five per cent interest on the full amount of the loan with the provision that within from 
one to three years after the proclamation of peace the physical property covered by the 
loans should be appraised at its value for street railway service at that date and the 
amount of such appraisal should be repaid to the Government by the traction companies 
over a period of five years. The terms of these contracts submitted to Secretary of War 
Baker and Secretary of Labor Wilson met with their approval before becoming effective. 

Drum was a member of the committee of four appointed by the United States 
Housing Corporation to construct the proposed city of five thousand houses of Neville 
Heights, located in the McKees Rocks district of Pittsburg, and planned to house the war 
workers of the proposed eighteen-inch gun plant under construction on Nelville Island in 
the Ohio River. 

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It is interesting to note the conditions under which this work was performed. The 
service of the engineering employees of Drum & Company was charged to the Govern- 
ment at cost, while the service of Mr. Drum himself as a consulting engineer was given 
without charge. 

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 

In spite of housing and transportation improvements, one of the severest problems 
which faced the Government at the outbreak of war was that of obtaining skilled work- 
men in every trade and profession. There were many men in the country skilled in the 
work closely allied to that which was to be undertaken, but these men were associated 
with peaceful industries in various places, and there was no way by which the Government 
could locate them and obtain their transfer to points where they were needed under war 
conditions. Probably the first effort to remedy this condition had been made in the year 
1915 when, through the initiative of a number of American soldiers of fortune in Mexico 
and South America, an organization was formed known as the American Legion. This 
organization undertook to obtain a card catalogue index of all men in the United States 
who were willing to serve the Government in any capacity whatever in case of war. It 
is known that a great number of Tech men were members of this organization. Its files, 
however, are no longer available and only a few members can at present be located. This 
movement attracted considerable attention, and the files were ultimately taken over by 
the Government, but do not seem to have been made use of until late in the fall of 1917. 

Other attempts have been mentioned, particularly that of the Institute directed 
by I. W. Litchfield, '85, and those undertaken by Lucius K. Russell, '86, and Calvin W. 
Rice, '90. Another effort along the same line was the organization of the United States 
Public Service Reserve — a movement somewhat similar to the American Legion just 
mentioned — in the membership of which were included not only men but also youths 
below military age who might be able to fill the position of men, thus relieving them for 
the army. 

In July, 1917, the Department of Labor determined to take over the Public Ser- 
vice Reserve. Mr. Litchfield was placed in charge of the Technical and Engineering Divi- 
sion of the Public Service Reserve Board, being one of five associate directors and undertook 
the organization of this division. The files of the American Legion, although at this time 
in Washington, do not appear to have been accessible, and as a result the only available 
information of this type was contained in Litchfield's index of Technology's resources, and 
for three months the division operated with no stock in trade whatever except the Technology 
index, which by permission of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee for 
National Service had been placed at the disposal of the Government. Gradually, however, 
the facilities at hand increased, as engineering societies formed indexes and made them 
available. 

In January, 1918, the Public Service Reserve became part of the United States 
Employment Service, which had previously been handled as a portion of the Immigration 
Service but which now became a separate division of the Department of Labor. It ex- 
panded with great rapidity and by January 31, 1918, in addition to a reserve of boys 
between the ages of sixteen and twenty, there were 30,000 skilled workmen indexed. 

The work now grew by leaps and bounds; by April 30 the bureau had placed 
265,000 shipyard workers, and by June 15 it was supplying 6,000 men per day to farms, 
munition plants and shipyards. Finally, upon June 17 the President requested that 
employers throughout, the United States place all orders for unskilled labor through the 
Employment Service. In six months 101,000 men were placed in permanent positions 
upon farms alone. 

In June reorganization took place and five divisions were formed, namely, Control, 
Field Organization, Clearance, Personnel, and Information and Education. Of these 
divisions, Tech men headed two, I. W. Litchfield being chief of the Clearance Division 
and Roger W. Babson, '98, chief of the Information and Education Division. 

A letter written about this time by Mr. Litchfield illustrates very neatly the type 
of work in which he was engaged. He says: "The demand for machinists and toolmakers 

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is only second to that for common labor. There is apparently a deplorable lack of these 
trades to supply the tremendous demands upon us. We are instituting a national investi- 
gation of the available men in these trades throughout the country with the idea of ascer- 
taining the number and locations of those who are employed in what are obviously non- 
essential industries. 

"We have made cursory investigation in a few localities devoted largely to pressing 
war work, and the general report is there is only about seventy-five per cent production 
because of the lack of skilled labor. This condition must be remedied, and I am writing 
this as a preliminary to a concerted plan for securing greater local co-operation, which we 
hope to take up later through the reserve." 

Subsequently Mr. Litchfield occupied other positions in the service, including those 
of chief of the Skilled Labor Section and chief of the Professional Section. His selection 
for this work would appear to have been largely due to his experience gained in classifying 
Technology's alumni and in devising a system for cataloguing professional men. a system 
which has since been adopted by the Division of Industrial Co-operation and Research 
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Associated with Mr. Litchfield in his earlier work was John C. Frazee, '06, who, 
as federal director and superintendent for Pennsylvania, did much work in enrolling men 
as members of the reserve. 

The Information and Education Division, of which Roger W. Babson, '98, was 
director, dealt with a very different problem, its chief duty being not to get volunteers 
but to increase the efficiency of those already on the work by building up the morale. 
It will be recollected that throughout the war considerable difficulty was experienced in 
getting the greatest efficiency out of the workmen: The entire population was excited 
and restless; there were rumors of immense wages being paid here and there which 
tempted the men to leave one job and go in search of another. The labor turnover was 
tremendous, with the result that practically every industry in the United States was 
running continually with green men. The workmen were sincerely patriotic but had no 
idea of the tremendous losses of time and money which were being occasioned by their 
instability. It was Babson's work to set this right by educational work among the 
laborers, which would show them the part they were playing in the war and how that part 
could best be played. 

A little later a further reorganization was effected by which the Division of Infor- 
mation and Education became a separate service of the Department of Labor, with 
Babson as director general. The work was now enlarged to include not only the distri- 
bution of posters and pamphlets but also general publicity work through speakers and 
printed matter and work of various kinds to improve the morale and eliminate friction and 
misunderstanding between employer and employee. 

Closely associated with Babson in this work was Professor D. R. Dewey of the 
Economics Department, who was appointed at Babson's request director of the Economics 
Section of the Information and Education Service. Professor Dewey acted chiefly in 
the capacity of adviser, particularly in studying economic conditions at home and abroad 
and in keeping Mr. Babson and his associates informed as to how the problem of labor 
and production was being handled successfully in all parts of the world. It was very 
largely Professor Dewey's work along this line which first brought to public notice the 
advantage of the "Shop Committee" system, a system which at that time was regarded 
as almost revolutionary but which has since become more or less an accepted phase of the 
American industrial life. Professor Dewey was also able on several occasions to give 
valuable advice in connection with labor disputes in the settlement of strikes, being 
able to demonstrate to both parties the economic justice of certain demands by the 
other. 

Professor H. W. Tyler, '84, was also associated with the Employment Service. 
His first work was that of collating data regarding labor conditions at the time when the 
service first undertook to control the labor supply of the entire country. However, when 
the reorganization took place by which the Information Service became a separate branch, 
Dr. Tyler resigned from the Employment Service in order to co-operate with Mr. Babson 

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and Professor Dewey. A considerable share of the work of this service was also carried 
on by F. T. Miller, '95. 

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 

As is pointed out in an earlier chapter, before the declaration of war little progress 
had been made toward assigning to education a place in the military preparations of the 
country. No sooner, however, had war become a fact than the necessity for special edu- 
cation as a war measure became very apparent. As we have already seen, the Institute 
was called upon to train many specialists for the Government at short notice, and many 
other colleges, universities and technical schools were also engaged in this work. Almost 
every department of the Government quickly felt the need of an educational organiza- 
tion, and as a result several independent boards and committees had charge of the work 
for various departments. In the Army, the Education and Training Section of the 
General Staff was organized to carry on the general problems involved in military educa- 
tion. An Education and Training Section was made part of the Shipping Board organi- 
zation, and an Education and Information Division became one of the chief branches 
of the United States Employment Service, while finally special measures were inaugurated 
to care for the rehabilitation of the wounded and injured. The chief organization created 
to deal with this work was the Federal Board of Vocational Education. This Board 
had been established by act of Congress on February 23, 1917, and in accordance with 
the act consisted of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Secretary of Agriculture, the 
United States Commissioner of Education, and three citizens representing manufacturing 
interests, agricultural interests and labor interests. Appointments to the board were 
completed in July, 191 7, and James P. Munroe, '82, was selected as the representative of 
manufacturing interests. He was exceptionally well qualified for the position, having 
had experience as a manufacturer, as president and treasurer of the Munroe Felt and 
Paper Company, and having for some years served as Secretary of the Institute Corpora- 
tion. He had taken an active interest in technical and vocational education, and written 
many articles upon the subject. It is not surprising, therefore, that Mr. Munroe ulti- 
mately came to serve as vice-chairman of the Board. 

The work as originally outlined in the Smith-Hughes Act was to supervise the 
expenditure of some seven million dollars in the promotion of vocational education 
throughout the United States. Each state was expected to make an appropriation for 
vocational education and submit a plan to the Board. When this plan had been approved, 
federal funds equal to the state appropriation were to be made available to each state. 
This required rapid work on the part of the Board, for during the last ten days of August 
it was necessary to hold conferences with representatives of no fewer than forty-two 
states, for the purpose of taking up the progress affecting these states, formulating definite 
statements of policies to be adopted, examining the plans submitted by each state, 
criticizing the plans and submitting the revised programs for final adoption. By December 
1, this phase of the work was practically completed, and the educational work had been 
taken up. 

It will be noted that the Smith-Hughes Act had been passed before the declaration 
of war, and it was not, therefore, originally intended that it should be a war measure, 
the normal functions of the Board being merely to promote vocational education through- 
out the United States. With the outbreak of war, however, the work took on a new inter- 
est, for it was immediately found that the organization of an army required an immense 
number of men trained in certain vocations, which were not immediately available. A 
typical example was the demand made by the Signal Corps for fifteen thousand radio 
operators. To provide these specialists some seven hundred vocational schools and 
colleges were mobilized, a task which included determining the needs of the various govern- 
mental departments, the selection of institutions best suitable for training, together with 
an estimate of the capacity of each, the drafting and award of contracts, and finally general 
supervision of the instruction. This matter was immediately attacked and with such 
success that during the first six months nearly one hundred thousand specialists were 
trained. 

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Instruction in Sail-Making for Apprentice Seamen of the Merchant Marine 



In January Mr. Munroe presented to Secretary Baker a plan providing for a 
Committee on Education and Special Training of the War Department, and it was from 
this committee that the Education and Training Section of the War Plans Division 
of the General Staff grew up. Munroe acted as a member of its Advisory Committee 
during the period of organization. 

There was also an urgent demand for specialists in shipbuilding work, and here 
again special training was necessary. The Federal Board co-operated with the Shipping 
Board in determining the various fundamentals of the shipbuilding trades and of those 
most closely analogous to them, and working out what special intensive training would 
be necessary to fit a man qualified in the latter to become a shipbuilder. 

Another matter which early claimed the attention of the Board was the scheme 
which at that time was being worked out by the office of the Surgeon General for the voca- 
tional rehabilitation of crippled soldiers. This involved studies regarding the funda- 
mental requirements both in physical and mental ability for various trades and profes- 
sions, together also with a close study of the psychological and physical effects produced 
upon the men when called upon to return to competitive life. 

On June 27, 1918, the Smith-Sears Bill was passed by Congress which placed the 
work of rehabilitation entirely under the Board, and from that date to the present, 
Munroe's principal work has been in caring for injured and crippled men. Approximately 
100,000 men were discharged from the army because of physical disability. Of these 
some 80,000 were able to return to their own occupations with but slightly diminished 
efficiency. About 10,000 are hopeless cases for whom nothing can be done. The Board's 
great problem lay with the remaining 10,000 who were so badly injured that they could 
not return to their former pursuits, but who might yet hope to acquire new trades. This 
problem was an exceedingly difficult one, for the wounded and crippled soldier is faced 
by many dangers besides those coming directly from his decreased physical ability. 

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In particular, it was feared, that men who remained too long in hospitals or out of 
work would become victims of self-pity, or that their wounds would stiffen to such an 
extent that they subsequently would be unable to recover. In order to interest them as 
quickly as possible, circulars were sent out to the men themselves, to their relatives and 
to prospective employers urging them at once to take up the new work. The task of 
the Board was further complicated by the fact that there was a great demand for labor 
at the time in certain industries, and many of the men quickly found comparatively good 
jobs at satisfactory wages, and were disinclined to take further training, not realizing 
that the work in which they were engaged was closely connected with the war, and that 
within a few months, operations would have ceased and they would be out of a job. The 
circulars stressed that fact that the Board was not only desirous of giving education to the 
men, but of finding permanent jobs for them, following them up and helping them for 
several years if necessary until they were thoroughly able to stand upon their own feet. 

Mr. Munroe and his colleagues of course met with a certain amount of opposition 
and criticism, but the work has been pushed forward, appropriations have been obtained, 
and it seems a safe prediction that ten years from now most of these ten thousand men 
will have found some congenial employment at good wages, and will be performing their 
duties in the Nation's industrial life as previously. 

When the Education and Special Training Section of the War Plans Division of 
the General Staff was created, an advisory committee of five members was appointed. 
Of these two were Tech men, namely Doctor Charles R. Mann of the Institute Staff and 
James P. Munroe, who, as we have seen, proposed the formation of the Section. It was 
this section that subsequently undertook the work of co-ordinating military needs 
through the promotion of the Students' Army Training Corps. 

Attention has already been drawn to the prominent part taken by Tech men in 
this last work (see page 53), for it will be recollected that Doctor Maclaurin of the 
Institute became Educational Director of this corps. The work of Professor Frank 
Aydelotte in connection with the War Issues Course has already been mentioned, (see 




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page 52). Professor Henry P. Talbot of the Department of Chemistry also acted 
as a consultant in working out courses to be given to members of the Training Corps, 
being one of the two men who formulated the courses in chemistry. In addition Pro- 
fessor Talbot was serving upon the Advisory Board of the Bureau of Alines relative to 
gas investigation. This position was also one of responsibilty, although, as Professor 
Talbot himself states, the organization of the Bureau was so efficient that little work 
upon the part of the Advisory Board was necessary. 

The Shipping Board was also obliged to develop an educational organization, and 
here again a Tech man was placed in charge. This man was Louis E. Reber, '85, whose 
work in connection with the educational program of the American Expeditionary Forces 
has already been mentioned. (See page 225.) In August, 1917, Reber had become 
associate director, Public Reserve, United States Labor Department, being associated 
with Roger W. Babson, '98, Professor D. R. Dewey, I. W. Litchfield, '85, Professor H. W. 
Tyler, '84, and other Tech men. In April, 191 8, he became director of Education and 
Training for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He has given us no account of this work, 
but Proctor L. Dougherty, '97, who served as district representative for the Education 
and Training Section in the New York District, has described it as follows: 

"The Education and Training Section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation was 
organized under Admiral Bowles, Manager of Ship Construction, September 12, 1917, 
at which time there were thirty-seven steel shipyards and twenty-four wood shipyards 
employing about fifty thousand men. Instructions were issued to prepare to train men 
so that the number of skilled workers would be increased tenfold. At the time the 
armistice was signed eighty thousand green men had to be trained into skilled workers 
which represented an increase of about three hundred per cent in the skilled tradesmen 
in the shipyards under the jurisdiction of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. 

"The method of organization was briefly as follows: A district representative 
was placed in each district office to represent the Director of the Section whose home 
office was in Philadelphia. This representative was in direct supervisory charge of the 
training work carried on in the various shipyards in his district. The New York district 
for instance, included about fourteen companies ranging from Port Jefferson, L. I., as 
far north as Kingston, N. Y., to Newark, N. J. In each shipyard having government 
contracts where the training system was adopted there was a director of training in 
immediate charge who was an employee of the shipyard company. Under him came 
instructors who were also employees of the yard and who collectively represented the 
different trades of riveting, holding-on, bolting-up, shipfitting, chipping and caulking, 
drilling and reaming, and electric welding. Each instructor had assigned to him from 
six to ten green men who were trained in one trade in from two to six weeks, dependent 
upon the work and the proficiency of the learner. The learners received their instruc- 
tion while doing actual production work on ship sections on the ground, on the ways or 
on the ship after launching while in the wet basin. 

"In order to fit the instructors to teach the learners the yard was asked to select 
a few of their best mechanics from the various trades, who were given a six weeks' course 
of instruction in the art of teaching their trade by a staff instructor from the Emergency 
Fleet Corporation. All the expenses of the latter were paid by the Government. The 
method used by the staff instructors was that previously outlined by Charles R. Allen 
of Massachusetts. 

"By this means the Training Department in each shipyard was enabled to turn 
over a certain number of trained men in the various trades every month to the Produc- 
tion Department. At the Submarine Boat Corporation, for instance, about one thousand 
men were turned over to production every month who previous to coming to the yard had 
been policemen, tailors, liquor dealers, waiters, bricklayers, and carpenters; in fact of 
almost every conceivable occupation." 

When the Smith-Sears Act was passed and the Federal Board of Vocational Edu- 
cation commenced looking after the rehabilitation of the crippled soldiers, this work was 
turned over in part to various institutions throughout the United States. A number of 
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studies at the Institute. Many other schools took up the work throughout the country, 
among which may be mentioned the Dunwoody Institute at Minneapolis, Minn., of 
which William H. Bovey, '94, is president of the Board of Trustees. At this institu- 
tion some 12,000 men were trained as specialists for the Army and Navy earlier in the 
war, particularly as carpenters, coppersmiths, bakers, radio operators and aviators. 
Subsequently the school took up rehabilitation work and some of its records serve to 
illustrate the methods pursued by the Vocational Board. Perhaps the most interesting 
work was that of determining for what jobs the various men were fitted, and they illus- 
trate very well the problems with which the crippled soldier is faced. Thus we find one 
man after having taken a short "try-out" course, advised to transfer to the course in 
architecture at the University of Minnesota. Another after a "try-out" was sent to a 
local manufacturing company. Another was returned to the hospital as he was not yet 
able to undertake work. The training has been found difficult because many of the men 
have little idea of the length of time necessary to fit themselves as skilled workmen. 
Sometimes it is found best under these conditions to let a man go out and work a little, 
when only half prepared, as a brief experience under these conditions generally convinces 
him of the necessity for further training. 

Rehabilitation work by Tech men has not been confined to the United States, for 
Frederick H. Sexton, '01, is serving as vocational officer for Quebec and the Maritime 
Provinces of the Department of Soldier's Civil Reestablishment. His work here is practi- 
cally identical with that of Munroe and Bovey, and many hundreds of soldiers have 
already been able to once more take up civil occupations. 

In the American program for the vocation for rehabilitation, the questions as to 
whether a man was entitled to aid was determined by the War Risk Insurance Bureau. 
No Tech man appears to have been associated with the work of vocational education as 
members of this bureau, but several served in it in connection with other work. Among 
these was Professor A. T. Robinson of the English Department, who, during the sum- 
mer of 1918 spent some two months in reorganizing the Bureau's system of correspond- 
ence to gain greater efficiency. In particular he made an analytical study of the various 
form letters with a view to determine what form letters should be dropped, what addi- 
tional form letters should be made up, what additional form letters should be omitted, 
what additional letters should be written and finally revised and rewrote the entire series. 
A number of these letters are still in use by the department. 

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATERIALS AND PROCESSES 

Some mention has been made in an earlier chapter of the work done by our men 
in working out new weapons of various types. Many of our men worked also upon research 
and investigation problems of devising new processes which might aid in the development 
of these weapons or which might after the cessation of hostilities form the basis of new 
industries. All of the government laboratories, such as those of the Bureau of Standards 
and Bureau of Chemistry, were engaged in this work, being aided by such institutions as 
the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute, the Smithsonian Institute and 
many industrial laboratories throughout the United States. The Bureau of Standards 
was given a variety of problems to solve, including those connected with the development 
of airplane bomb-dropping sights, photography, signalling, the detection of submarines, 
the detection of airplanes and a number of similar problems of less immediate military 
bearing. The staff of the Bureau was greatly augmented and it became a sort of gathering 
place for physicists from the entire United States. 

A considerable number of Tech men served in the Bureau, of whom the following 
may be mentioned: Mayo D. Hersey, '09, Physicist and Chief of the Aeronautic Instru- 
ments Section; Franklin L. Hunt, '09, Associate Physicist, and in the absence of Hersey, 
Chief of the Aeronautic Instrument Section; Associate Physicists, Francis B. Silsbee, '10, 
and Walter F. Stutz, '04; Frederick W. Grover, '99, Radio Expert; a number of others 
served as assistant physicists, assistant engineers, and laboratory assistants. 

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the development of aeronautic instruments of all kinds and types. In this work they were 
aided by George E. Washburn, '09, Assistant Physicist; Leslie A. Hoffman, '17, Assistant 
Physicist and Engineer, who later entered the Air Service; and Frederick P. Upton, '16, 
Assistant Physicist, who later entered the Naval Reserve Flying Corps; and a number of 
others. 

Perhaps the most interesting work which came to many of these men was that 
assigned to Hoffman. Among the instruments upon which the Bureau was working were 
oxygen helmets, gyroscopic stabilizers for airplanes, and automatic recording instruments. 
Hoffman had already qualified as a military aviator and was only prevented from entering 
active service by rulings of higher authorities which demanded that he remain on duty at 
the Bureau of Standards. He was assigned the work of conducting practical tests. In 




Damaged Boilers from German Ships being Repaired at Balboa under Direction of 

R. D. Gatewood, '06 



developing the oxygen apparatus he frequently worked at twenty-one thousand feet and 
over; no easy task on a cold day. 

Silsbee, worked on the improvement of spark plugs. It had been found that 
the extremes of temperature and pressure encountered in the various airplane engines, 
particularly the Liberty, required a higher standard in the matter of plugs than any which 
had hitherto been obtained. The researches were very successful and resulted in such 
improvements as to render long distance flights such as that of the NC boats quite practi- 
cal and comparatively safe. 

Edward C. Groesbeck, '06, worked on the development of steel helmets for the 
army. This work involved not only the development of the most efficient armor plate, 
but also a study in design of a helmet which would be comfortable to the wearer. The 
investigators even went to the point of looking up the ancient models used during the 
Middle Ages, in order to get a protective covering which would be as well balanced as 
possible. 

Burton L. Cushing, '13, was engaged in testing materials intended for all sorts of 

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uses, including parts of airplanes, heavy guns, balloons, and welded ship plates for the 
United States Shipping Board. 

R. V. Kleinschmidt, '18, was in charge of the investigation of radiators, while Helen 
Kleinschmidt, who attended the Institute in 1916 and 1917, did work in high precision 
weighing of standards of mass, which, while perhaps not strictly war work, nevertheless 
contributed, since this material was subsequently used for standards in various research 
laboratories throughout the country. 

Another very important section of the Bureau of Standards was that dealing with 
gages. The section was divided into three subdivisions; one involving laboratory work 
was in charge of A. E. Hanson, '14. The duties of this section were to test the master 
precision gages which were used for calibrating measuring machines throughout the 
United States, upon whose accuracy all work involving the manufacture of machinery at 
widely separated points for ultimate assembly was contingent and upon which the ability 
to make interchangeable parts of all types of machinery depended. 

It was in this section that the Hoke Precision Gage was perfected and a number 
of other improvements developed. In addition to this, the section acted as a clearinghouse 
for master gages for the Ordnance Department and Motor Transport Service, gave instruc- 
tion to government officers and gage checkers and undertook other work of less direct 
bearing upon the war. 

As has already been stated, the work of the Bureau of Standards was closely 
co-ordinated with that of other bureaus and laboratories and many of the problems were 
solved by the combined efforts of all. One of the most interesting problems presented to 
the United States at the outbreak of war was that of obtaining a supply of optical glass. 
One of our men who was set to work at this problem was Robert B. Sosman, '04, Acting 
Director of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. An idea of the work 
can be gained from the following extract from the United States Official Bulletin of June 21, 

1918. 

"The Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington was 
called upon to aid in the production of high-grade optical glass. A party from the labora- 
tory was stationed at the plant of the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company in April, 1917, 
and for seven months all efforts of the laboratory were concentrated at this plant. At 
the end of 1917 the essential details of the manufacture had been developed and glass in 
considerable quantities was being produced. The efforts of the laboratory were then 
extended to the Spencer Lens Company and to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. During this period the Bureau of Standards rendered effective aid. 

"At the present time, as a result of co-operation between the manufacturers and 
scientists, large quantities of optical glass of the kinds needed for military fire-control 
instruments are being produced of a quality equal in practically every respect to the best 
European glass." 

A number of industrial laboratories were engaged in this work, among them that 
of Wadsworth, Howland & Company, in which Arthur Howland, '91, made an exhaustive 
study of color and of the relationship between different colors. In this connection he 
invented and perfected a comparative color phctcmeter. This machine was used in 
investigating the coloring matters in glass and was particularly responsible for the 
production of colorless optical glass. Howland also did work relative to camouflage 
upon ships. 

One of the most difficult problems was that of producing barium crown glass. The 
particular importance of this material lies in the fact that without it it is absolutely impos- 
sible to manufacture an airplane camera or any other camera with wide aperture and 
flat field of view without sacrificing the possibility of instantaneous photography. This 
problem was taken up by Doctor Elihu Thomson who assigned to the task a portion of 
the staff of the research laboratories of the General Electric Company at Lynn. Unfortu- 
nately the young man who had direct charge of the work was taken ill with influenza and 
died before being able to place the glass upon a basis of commercial production. Some of 
the best samples in the United States, however, were produced. 

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tory was that of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, and one of 
our men, Sidney D. Wells, '07, made a discovery in this work which was of tremendous 
importance. For a long time it had been known that the Germans had practically no 
supply of cotton. Nevertheless, they continued to manufacture excellent nitro-cellulose 
powder which was proved to be, unpleasantly, accurate and effective when used by their 
artillery. 

In spite of this fact every attempt to produce gun powder from materials other 
than cotton had proved a failure in the United States and the officials of E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours & Company, the chief manufacturers of military smokeless powder in the 
United States, were exceedingly skeptical as to the possibility of ever doing so; their own 
experiments had shown that when wood pulp was bleached sufficiently to resemble cotton 
in color it was found that oxycellulose was produced which made nitration difficult or 
impossible. Wells, however, after considerable work came to the conclusion that this 
bleaching was unnecessary. It was found that when the pulp from long and coarse fibre 
woods was properly treated it met every physical and chemical requirement except that 
of color. Further investigation led to the belief that the color was due to minute quanti- 
ties of some comparatively inactive coloring agent which would not adversely effect 
either thorough nitration or subsequent stability. 

Commercial powder companies still hesitated to take up the process but the Ord- 
nance Department made a trial run at the Picatinny Arsenal. Several five-hundred-pound 
lots were manufactured with most satisfactory results and the finished powder was found 
to meet every requirement. Surveillance tests of course have not as yet been completed, 
as these require some years. This process may be used in emergency in case of another 
war. It is interesting to note that the details of the process permit the pulp to be put in 
shape in a much shorter time than that used by the Germans, and that when prepared it 
is in much better shape for nitration. 

Wells did much other work both in rendering types suitable for nitration and in 
preparing absorbent material for gas masks, but unfortunately most of his work was of a 
confidential nature. 

Some interesting work was done at the laboratories of the Institute on problems 
assigned by the Shipping Board. It will be recollected that electric welding throughout 
the period of emergency ship construction attracted considerable attention because of 
its possibilities as a means of quick repair, and because it obviated the necessity of rivets 
under certain conditions. Professor Ralph G. Hudson, '07, of the Department of Elec- 
trical Engineering performed some very interesting experiments and succeeded not only 
in demonstrating the true nature of the process but also in making some very notable 
improvements in the design of electrodes for this purpose. 



THE STATE DEPARTMENT 

A comparatively small number of our men report themselves as having been in the 
service of the State Department. Some of them have been mentioned in connection with 
other activities, as for instance the story of George W. Bakeman, '13, who served with the 
Red Cross Mission in Roumania. His regular duty was that of special assistant to the 
American Ambassador to Russia. Preston M. Smith, '05, was engaged in work for the 
State Department in Spain, but we have no account of it; it will be recollected that Edwin 
W. Bonta, '07, (see page 299) was engaged in work as a consular courier in Russia. 

Another of our men who was connected with the State Department and who had 
a rather difficult time in getting out of Russia after the Bolshevdki gained control was Fred 
W. Draper, '95, who was serving as a special agent of the State Department, having been 
charged with the duty of obtaining a supply of platinum for the United States. 

Six months before the Bolsheviki uprising, Draper and his companions realized 
what was coming. They collected the largest amount possible in order that the United 
States might have no lack of the metal so indispensable for delicate instruments. This 
was no easy task. The Russian mining industry was disorganized, those of the miners who 
were not at the front fighting were on strike or simply loafing. Nevertheless Draper and 

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One hundred and ten-foot Submarine-Chasers under construction in a Small Private Yard 



his party slowly gathered the necessary material. Here and there a small sack would be 
picked up in a mining district; a little more at a bank; some was obtained from private 
individuals. They were not the only purchasers in the field for the agents of all our allies 
had also sensed the coming danger, while secret agents of Germany were everywhere, 
endeavoring to buy up the entire supply. 

At last twenty-one thousand ounces had been gathered and deposited in the Rus- 
sian-English Bank on the Nevsky Prospekt. The situation had become so ominous that 
it was decided to gather no more but to ship what had been obtained. The matter was 
taken up with the express companies each one of which flatly refused to undertake such a 
shipment, as they regarded it as being nothing more nor less than a certain loss of two 
million dollars. As the material could not be expressed, Draper undertook to carry it 
through himself and accordingly on Tuesday, October 2, 1917, he set out. The worst prob- 
lem was getting the treasure from the bank to the station; had any one of the thousands 
of people of the Nevsky Prospekt suspected the value of the material which was being 
transported, a battery of machine-guns would scarcely have protected it. The platinum 
was, therefore, packed in boxes each about two feet square and weighing from three hundred 
to three hundred and fifty pounds. Each was stamped with impressive governmental 
seals but otherwise gave no evidence of being anything unusual. No attempt was made to 
guard them or otherwise attract attention. As a result they reached the station safely 
but here a hitch occurred; the porters objected to the extraordinary weight of the packages. 
They were finally "persuaded" that the boxes contained "embassy documents." It was 
very lucky for Draper that the Russian peasant has little idea of specific gravity. 

At last the train pulled out, but troubles had only begun. At Vologda the station 
was filled with deserters and demobilized soldiers who were intent on commandeering the 
train. They were a dangerous mob but still partially under the control of their officers 
who at last persuaded them to remain. Had they boarded the train they certainly would 
have investigated the boxes and looted them. Nine days of suspense followed and then 
the train arrived at Irkutsk which was in possession of two regiments of soldiers, drunk with 
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would have it, contented themselves with commandeering not the train as Draper had 
feared, but merely the locomotive. A new one was obtained and the train went on. 

At Irkutsk there ware rumors of the depredations of the Chinese bandits of Man- 
churia. The bandits, however, gave little annoyance as compared with the Russian cus- 
toms inspector at the Manchurian Frontier who refused to take Mr. Draper's word that 
the boxes contained "embassy documents;" he desired to inspect them, saying that his 
superiors would not otherwise be satisfied with his report. "Very well," replied Draper, "go 
and get your superiors. " As he had no way whatever of either seeing or communicating 
with his superiors, and as he was a believer that a ruble in the hand was worth a thousand 
in a box, the declaration was finally accepted and the boxes went through to Vladivostok. 
Hare they were deposited in a bank but not safely deposited. The town was seized 
by a workingmen's council. Furthermore a rumor got afloat that a ton of platinum was 
in the town in the possession of an American. The precious stuff was finally loaded 
aboard a steamer, but the steamer was delayed and the treasure was carted back to the 
bank. Finally it was reloaded and the vessel sailed. In due time she arrived in the United 
States b.inging a supply of platinum sufficient to provide contacts for many thousand 
magnetos and coils and for much delicate electrical apparatus which was absolutely essen- 
tial to prosecution of the war. 

Nerve racking as Draper's experience must have been it was tame as compared 
with that which befell Lee Hagood, '08. Hagood may be remembered by his classmates 
as a regular army officer who, through accident, had been so injured by the boom of a 
crane that he had been obliged to retire from the service. He took up work with the 
General Electric Company, and after an interesting career throughout the United States, 
in 191 5 he had gone to Russia. When the United States entered the war he reported to 
the Military Attache at Petrograd and became a member of the Military Mission, 
although he was still authorized to look after the interests of the General Electric Com- 
pany, which, in 1917 had acquired an interest in the Russian General Electric Company 
which was supplying munitions and machinery for Russian war industries. A little 
later, just before the overthrow of the Kerensky Government, Hagood was asked to 
resign from the General Electric Company in order to become a member of the Michael- 
son Commission, and was appointed Assistant Military Attache at Petrograd. After 
the Bolsheviki got control the Michaelson Mission disbanded; Hagood returned to his 
previous status as a retired army officer and once more endeavored to work in the interests 
of the General Electric. Speaking of his experiences he says: "The horror of this period 
in Petrograd is beyond description. Most of the people were without adequate food or 
heat. White bread or sugar could not be obtained in any hotel or restaurant. Hospitals 
and all the many charitable institutions had to be closed for lack of food. The saddest 
of all were the babies and children without milk or cereals. Everybody's money in the 
banks was confiscated by the Bolsheviki, and this placed thousands and thousands of 
people penniless. One could see fine looking men and women from the best families 
attempting to sell newspapers, or shovel snow. 

"Having been relieved from duty as assistant military attache and having returned 
to my status as a retired officer, not on active duty, I was free, at the time of the evacua- 
tion of Petrograd by the Allies in March, 1918, to escape the best I could. 

"I made an unsuccessful effort through Finland, where a frightful civil war was in 
progress and the Germans were landing to assist the White Army. I then returned to 
Petrograd and escaped across Siberia, being about the last American to make it. 

"In a hotel in Finland the Bolsheviki raided my hotel and searched my room. 
They failed to find out, however, that I had in my possession the famous 'Sisson Papers'; 
otherwise I would not be writing this. These papers were an exposure of the Bolsheviki 
negotiations with the Germans. I successfully got these papers to our Legation at Stock- 
holm and they were afterwards published in America." 

VOLUNTEER WORKERS 
The story of Technology's graduates would not be complete without some men- 
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or less indirect nature to be sure, but which, nevertheless, had in the aggregate a powerful 
effect upon the conduct of that war. None of this work was probably more interesting 
than that connected with outwitting hostile spies. 

Among those who were active in this work was Charles E. Lawrence, '96. Law- 
rence because of his age was unable to get into active service in the military or naval forces, 
and accordingly determined that his most useful services could be rendered through the 
American Protective League in watching suspected spies and protecting those unjustly 
accused or suspected. In addition to this work he enlisted in the police reserves as a 
sergeant, and later received a commission as lieutenant, being charged during the period 
of draft registration with patrolling certain districts of New York City. He also saw 
some active service during strikes. He was one of the few men connected with the 
American Protective League who received special diplomas from the Department of 
Justice. 

Perhaps the most noteworthy piece of work along this line was that of Hal B. 
Fullerton, '79. Previous to the war he had been a member of the old "American 
Legion", which was composed of men who pledged their services to the Government in 
case of need, and with the outbreak of hostilities he took part in every possible activity 
which a man of his age could manage, and among other organizations he joined the Ameri- 
can Protective League. He lived, and in fact still lives in what he describes as a "Hun 
hamlet" three miles from Camp Upton. His experiences were certainly most interest- 
ing. The place was a nest of spies. The postmaster was found to be a German agent. 
He was arrested; the charge was proved to the satisfaction of the authorities, and he was 
discharged and interned for treason and for permitting treasonable acts. A Prussian 
lieutenant masquerading as an American citizen was caught selling Iron Crosses to raise 
funds to carry on treasonable activities. Among Fullerton's townsmen was a national 
officer of the I. W. W. and this gentlemen and his associates kept the League busy. 
Altogether seven indictments on charges of treason were secured. Three attempts to 
wreck trains were also discovered and frustrated. 




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Henry C. Stephens, '18, before entering the Field Artillery Officers' Training 
School at Camp Taylor, worked at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's industry at Penn- 
sylvania. On one occasion a spy succeeded in placing a bomb in the bottom of one of the 
ingot moulds into which the steel for fourteen-inch guns was being poured. The explo- 
sion which followed killed a number of men and Stephens was somewhat bruised and 
shaken up, but otherwise uninjured. S. H. Brockunier, '93, who was superintendent of 
Chateaugay Ore and Iron Co., Lyon Mountain, New York, states that most of his energy 
was expended in keeping German spies out of the plant. He personally caught one of 
them who was about to descend the shaft and jailed him. The spy problem was especially 
severe at the mine in question because over seventy per cent of the force in the plant were 
foreign born. Nevertheless, Brockunier by personal solicitation succeeded in raising over 
one hundred dollars per man among his subordinates for one of the Liberty Loans. Henry 
A. Mears, '85, also reports that he had some experience with hostile agents and was able 
to report on the doings of at least one "very dangerous Prussian" who appears to have 
been operating in and around Boston. 

Sometimes spy-hunting proved more or less ludicrous and such a case is reported 
by Professor William L. Smith, '89, who says: "One of the most humorous incidents 
occurred when a report came of a suspicious and clandestine wireless antenna. The 
police routed me out together with my friend the District Radio Inspector and whirled 
us away to capture the Hun sympathizer, only to find that the Radio Inspector himself 
was the frightful suspect and the antenna was that of his own set at his new residence 
which enabled him to be continually on the job, during the hours he was not at his office, 
hunting out suspicious signals and locating their probable point of origin. Of course he 
discovered where the posse was heading some time before its arrival but I don't think 
one thousand dollars would have persuaded him to prevent the dramatic invasion of his 
peaceful domicile. As it was prior to July 1, 1919, it must be admitted that the damaged 
feelings of the sergeant of police and his men were entirely healed shortly after arrival. 

Frank G. Burgess, '87, who served during the early years of the war in Paris as a 
correspondent for Collier's, was a member of an association of writers known as the 
"Vigilantes," who made it their business to write patriotic articles, articles on prepared- 
ness, anti-German propaganda, and articles to aid the various Red Cross and other 
"drives." Burgess was the originator of the famous "Liberty Ball," which was rolled 
from Buffalo to New York City in the Third Liberty Loan campaign, and it credited with 
having raised some millions of dollars. 

Another most important civic duty during the war was service upon the various 
draft boards. A very large number of men who served on these boards have already been 
mentioned in connection with other work. It is unfortunate that they cannot all be 
mentioned, for work of a more difficult nature, or one requiring more conscientious appli- 
cation to duty is hard to conceive. Most of the stories connected with the draft which 
have come to light are of little general interest, but there is perhaps one contributed by 
David H. S. Tappan, '87, a registrar in Grassy Creek Township, Mitchell County, N. C, 
which is unsual. He says: "I was beyond the age limit of both drafts — am fifty-one 
years old and was in bad health at the time of the first and second drafts or I would have 
tried to enlist. 

"We had a man in this county who concealed his age, which was the same as mine, 
and who enlisted and fought in the front-line trenches all through the war so as to be near 
his son, a boy of twenty-two years of age, who had enlisted also. 

"They went 'over the top' together several times and came back unscathed — of 
such stuff is this mountain people made." 

Perhaps after the work of the Draft Boards, the next most important volunteer 
work was that of raising various Liberty Loans. Nearly all the men who have previously 
been mentioned in civilian work took a prominent part in the Liberty Loan drives and there 
were a number of others. Perhaps the most noteworthy piece of work in this connection 
was that of George B. Glidden, '93, who was a member of the commission which, under 
the auspices of the War and Treasury Departments, visited England, Scotland, France 
and Belgium in the early part of 191 8 to observe the war. He visited naval bases, ship- 

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yards, training centers, the British Grand Fleet, and battlefields, in several sectors visiting 
the outpost line. He was under fire in Belgium and near Verdun, and also was present in 
Paris during the first four days of bombardment by "Big Bertha." Upon his return he 
took an active part in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives, making use of the material 
gathered during his trip. 

Charles R. Fletcher, '76, also played a prominent part in Liberty Loan work, partic- 
ularly as member of the National Committee of the Lafayette Day celebrations which upon 
September 6, 1917, at one time celebrated the victory of the first battle of the Marne, and 
the birthday of Lafayette. Fletcher's work was chiefly in Los Angeles, where his com- 
mittee succeeded in raising no less than four million dollars for the first loan. 

Many other Tech men and women were engaged in every variety of volunteer 
work. Helen E. Keep, '98, was chairman of the Michigan State Committee of the National 
League for Woman's Service, which carried on an immense amount of welfare work of 
the most diverse nature throughout the United States. The work included a Social and 
Welfare Division which operated army and navy clubs in various places, entertainments 
arranged at numerous camps and munition production centers, canteens operated at a 
number of points, and many other activities. 

Mrs. Arthur A. Shurtleff, (Margaret Homer Nichols), '03, whose husband has 
already been mentioned in connection with the United States Housing Corporation, was 
one of the founders of the Food Economy League, which among other things devised a 
means whereby the waste of butcher shops which would ordinarily have gone to soap 
factories was made into nutritious soups, and the fats saved for the production of glycerine. 

Mrs. Harry W. Tyler, (Alice Irving Brown), '84, volunteered for work with the 
United States Employment Service, and many other Technology men and women per- 
formed similar work. 

Perhaps attention should also be directed to those men in the register of civil activity 
who were members of the force popularly known as the Home Guard. These patriotic 
•citizens sometimes excited a certain amount of merriment among those in more active 
•service, but if there be any among our brethren who feel that service in the Home Guard 
was not war work, let them imagine what the Seattle uprising, or the Boston Police strike 
would have meant in October, 1918, particularly had there been no organization save the 
police to deal with them. The first battalion of the Home Guard was organized by 
James C. Boyd, '93. (See page 375.) 



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OTHER CIVILIAN SERVICE 

Vital as was the work done by Tech men in the military service and as civilian 
advisers and experts in various Government Bureaus, it would not be proper to confine 
the story of Technology's record in the war to these alone, for there were others who, 
quite independent of the Government, did their full duty toward the Nation, and some of 
these made contributions even greater than those who fought upon the battle front. 
The services of these men generally lay in the production of equipment or ammunition 
and it is with these activities that this chapter chiefly deals. There are, however, a number 
of men who made contributions of a very different character. Among these special 
honor should be paid to H. H. Young, '91, J. W. Homer, '75, Professor C. R. Cross, Doctor 
Elihu Thomson of the Corporation, and W. M. Whidden, '77. Each of these men gave 
his son. Lieutenant Richmond Young, Harvard, '16, lost his life by leading his men in 
an attack upon the Kriemhilde Line in the Argonne; Ensign J. W. Homer, Jr., '19, suc- 
cumbed to pneumonia contracted while serving in England; Charles R. Cross, Jr., '02, 
was killed in an accident while driving an ambulance in France; Captain Stuart Thomson, 
'09, died directly as a result of overwork on Government research problems. Whidden's 
oldest son was in the Army, his youngest son in the Navy and his daughter served with 
the Red Cross. The eldest son and the daughter both gave their lives. 

There are others who in the past have offered themselves to the Nation, and long 
before the recent struggle had already given "the last full measure of devotion." Among 
the replies received are those of G. Wilton Lewis, '75 and Josiah A. Osgood, '70. They are 
records of military service but the names of the engagements set down are not those with 
which this generation is familiar, for we find upon it not the familiar "St. Mihiel" and 
"Argonne," but instead "Bermuda Hundred," "Cold Harbor" and "Petersburg." Lewis 
at the age of sixteen enlisted in the 112th New York Infantry, and fought through the 
latter part of the Wilderness Campaign. On July 26, 1874, he had been wounded by a shell 
and was taken to the General Hospital at Hampton, Virginia. In those days there was 
little known regarding treatment of wounds; Lewis' arm became infected and on three 
separate occasions it was considered necessary to amputate it to save his life. He at last 
prevailed upon the surgeons to allow him to retain it and ultimately recovered. 

There is another Tech man who played no visible part in the recent war, yet but 
for him and his associates the war would have been very different in aspect. This man 
was Frank W. Very, '73. Perhaps no feature of the war was more spectacular than the 
struggle for command of the air. The ability of man to fly at the present day is based 
almost entirely upon the experiments of Doctor S. P. Langley of the Smithsonian Institute. 
This investigation was directed by Doctor Langley, but the detailed work was carried on 
largely by Very who for three years, about the year 1890, worked upon this problem and 
-was largely responsible for the results obtained. 

The great majority of Tech men, however, who took part in the struggle as civilians, 
did so as workers in various industries throughout the country which manufactured muni- 
tions and equipment for our military forces. Before taking up the story of these men it 
may perhaps be well to consider for a moment the relation which industry bears toward 
military preparation. 

It is conceivable, and certain persons have suggested, that a nation should own 
and operate arsenals of sufficient size to care for all of its needs in war material. Those 
advocating this policy scarcely understand the magnitude of the problem. These arsenals 
would have to be of sufficient size to care for the maximum output which might be 
demanded, an output frequently in excess of that obtained from all industries of the 
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equipment which is simply beyond calculation, and except in time of war this equipment 
would be perfectly valueless and unproductive. An immense staff would be necessary, 
even to keep these arsenals in order. Furthermore, should wars occur at intervals of 
twenty years, and history shows that they do appear at about that interval, the machinery 
provided for the last war would be obsolete in the next. Such a policy is folly. As a 
matter of fact no nation upon earth today attempts it. 

If the problem of munitions supply is not solved by government arsenals, there 
is only one way in which it can be handled, namely by the co-operation of industries 
developed in time of peace. Such co-operation can be secured by contracts awarded in 
accordance with competitive bids, by contracts based on cost plus a certain per cent, 
by contracts awarded at cost which amounts to the conscription of capital, or by tem- 
porary confiscation of the plants and their operation by the Government during the period 
of hostilities. All of these methods were actually tried during the recent war, and which 
of them proved most satisfactory is still a matter of debate. It is not the purpose of this 
book to enter into this discussion, but it is felt that it can be safely assumed that nearly 
all the basic civilian industries were absolutely essential to the successful prosecution 
of the war, and those of our men who directed and took part in them were entitled to 
honor as a part of the Nation's fighting machine. 

MUNITIONS 

Among the various industries which were necessary to the prosecution of the war 
certainly none were more absolutely essential than those which dealt with the manufac- 
ture of explosives and ammunition. Among the concerns engaged in this work E. I. 
du Pont de Nemours & Company is perhaps the best known. More than fifty-five Tech 
men are at present members of this company's organization, and it is probable that nearly 
twice as many served with it at one time and another between 1914 and the close of the 
war. The corporation is largely controlled by Tech men, and much of its war work was 
performed under their immediate direction. 

When the European war broke out, T. C. du Pont, '84, was president of the company 
and was succeeded in March 1914 by Pierre S. du Pont, '90, who headed the company 
during the entire war period. 

The executive committee of nine men included R. R. M. Carpenter, '01, vice- 
president in charge of development work; Frank L. Connable, '93, vice-president in charge 
of special purchasing; Lammot du Pont, '01, vice-president in charge of black powder 
manufacture; Irenee du Pont, '97, chairman. William du Pont, '76, was also a vice-presi- 
dent during the early part of the war period. As will be subsequently seen, many of the 
managers of various works, and others in important positions were also graduates of the 
Institute. 

The du Pont organization entered the war in the fall of 1914 when the Allies realized 
that their supply of ammunition was wholly inadequate and the entire world was ran- 
sacked for sources of supply. At this date the capacity of the company's plants for pro- 
pellent smokeless powders was somewhere between five hundred thousand and a million 
pounds a month, depending upon the size of powder desired. The smaller granulations, 
those suitable for field guns, were being sold for export at eighty cents a pound. 

Early in 1915 agents of the Allied Powers requested the du Pont Company to fur- 
nish them with all the powder which they could make use of — somewhere in the neigh- 
borhood of a million pounds per day. The du Pont Company undertook to supply this 
demand upon two conditions; first, that the price should be $1.00 per pound, an advance 
of twenty cents per pound above the current price, and second that an advance payment 
should be made amounting to fifty per cent of the contracts. At first glance it may appear 
that these conditions were severe, and that the company was taking undue advantage of 
the position in which the Allies found themselves, but from a business standpoint the 
facts do not bear out such a conclusion. In order to supply the Allies' demand a number 
of huge factories had to be built, notably those at Carney's Point and Hopewell. 

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A Blending-Tower Fire. The flare-up caused by the explosion of fifty tons of smokeless 

POWDER AT ONE OF THE WORKS OF E. I. DU PoNT DE NeMOURS & Co. 



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close to $80,000,000. There appeared no reason to suppose that either plant would have 
an appreciable salvage value. Supposing that the factories succeeded in running full 
capacity for two years they would have produced some 600,000,000 pounds of powder. 
The original investment plus interest during the same period would have amounted to 
approximately $90,000,000. It will be seen that in order to absorb the original invest- 
ment it was necessary to make an increased charge of at least fifteen cents per pound. 
This figure is based upon the assumption that the demand would continue for two years 
and that no serious losses would occur, but this was by no means certain. Accidents are 
always liable to take place in plants handling explosives; upon one occasion, in less than 
fifteen seconds at Carney's Point something like $500,000 worth of powder went up in 
one grand flash. This, however, was by no means the most serious danger. There was 
an appreciable chance that the Government might place an embargo on ammunition and 
war supplies, which would immediately leave a tremendous plant on the company's hands 
with no means of earning interest. Moreover, even the Allies themselves at this time 
confidently predicted that the war would be over before the fall of 1915. Had such been 
the case the amount required to write off the investment would have been much more 
so that all factors being considered, the apparent raise in price of twenty cents actually 
represented no increase in price at all, or even a decrease. The advance payment was 
also necessary since conditions were so uncertain that the company would otherwise have 
had great difficulty in financing the enterprise. 

The reader will at once ask the question :If the price was to all intents and pur- 
poses decreased, whence have come the immense profits which this company is known 
to have made? The answer is very simple: They came through improved methods of 
production, and from the unexpected duration of hostilities. At just about the time the 
du Ponts undertook to supply the Allies, a series of inventions took place which literally 
revolutionized the manufacture of nitrocellulose powders. Perhaps the most important 
of these was an improvement in the drying process by which the necessary time was 
reduced from an average of about six months to twenty-one days. 

As quickly as the Allies had made their first payments, work was commenced 
upon the new plants. Such scenes of activity have seldom been witnessed in the United 
States. Material and labor had to be obtained wherever they could be had. In certain 
cases structural steel and heavy castings were shipped by express. Workmen flocked 
toward the new works by thousands, and finding no shelter available, bivouacked under 
tents, in houseboats and improvised "shacks" or slept in the open. Every available man 
was put to work until at one time the engineering department of the company was employ- 
ing forty-five thousand men. A number of Tech men appear to have directed the work 
as resident engineers or assistants; these include Donald Van L. Downs, '13, who had 
charge of the layout of the nitric and sulphuric acid areas, and other work at Hopewell 
and Repauno, Walter H. Farmer, '02, resident engineer in charge of construction at Barks- 
dale, Wayne and Brandywine, and Alexander J. Taylor, '01, assistant engineer and resi- 
dent engineer at Penniman, Repauno, Arlington and Wilmington. Elmer W. Wiggins, '05, 
also had a hand in this work and in writing of it he says, "In the early part of the war — 
February, 1915, I went to City Point, Virginia, as assistant manager of the Hopewell 
Works. 

"From a corn field, there soon was developed and built an immense gun cotton 
plant, with equipment and facilities for making everything that pertained to the manu- 
facture of nitrocellulose, including nitric and sulphuric acids and acid recovery, cotton 
purification, water filtration, alum and caustic soda manufacture. We produced as high 
as 1,500,000 pounds of guncotton per day, most of which was turned into smokeless powder 
at some of our other plants. 

"We built up an immense organization, employing at times as many as 25,000 
employees. 

"When you realize that nearly one-half of all the explosives used by the Allies 
were made by the du Pont Company and that practically all the guncotton used therein 
had to come from Hopewell, you can readily see that we "du Ponters" feel we had quite 
a share in winning the war." 

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From Guncoti on to Finished Powder. Two scenes from the plants of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 



The one object was to begin the manufacture of powder as early as possible. The 
conditions under which the work was carried forward can best be illustrated by those 
existing at Carney's Point where A. F. Porter, '98, was manager, and a number of Tech 
men including W. F. Harrington, '05, assistant manager, J. F. Muhlig, '98, maintenance 
engineer, P. G. Darling, '05, of the experimental division of the engineering department, 
E. A. Walter, '06, supervisor of solvent recovery and later efficiency engineer, Arthur C. 
Merrill, '08, assistant supervisor of one of the powder lines, and a number of other Tech 
men, including the Editor were engaged. 

No one who was not there at the time can appreciate the situation. Outside the 
plant, the little town of Penn's Grove swarmed with men of all sorts and classes. Thou- 
sands had been drawn by the stories of high wages, and there were also many professional 
thieves, gamblers and thugs, who came not to gain employment, but to prey upon the real 
workers. The single hotel had fitted its cellar up as a bar and continuous lines of men 
passed through the building, each one receiving a drink, and again forming in line. Fights 
'were of hourly occurrence, and the cry of "Stop thief!" was frequently raised when some 
pick-pocket or crooked gambler was apprehended and chased about the town by a mob 
of infuriated workmen. 

Inside the plant there was order but scarcely less activity and excitement. The 
men, almost without exception, were new to the work, and to obtain production additional 
men were used on every machine. In spite of the best efforts of supervisors and foremen, 
powder was constantly accumulating, at certain points forming a serious menace in case 
of fire, and giving off fumes of ether which tended to produce a sort of drunkenness among 
the operatives and which frequently overpowered them. Under such conditions accidents 
were frequent and serious, and the casualty list for the first few months of 1915 was heavy 
even for the powder industry. 

The plants for the most part had been located on marshy ground, and all night 
long the mosquitoes hung in swarms around the newly installed electric lights, making life 
almost intolerable. Among the employees there were not only professional criminals, 
but a plentiful sprinkling of German spies and agents who lost no opportunity to intro- 
duce matches into the buildings and the powder itself, and to stir up trouble among their 
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the men from the highest to the lowest, which was exceedingly significant. The United 
States had not entered the war as yet, but public sympathy was setting strongly against 
Germany. The laborers worked as though they were themselves on the firing line, while 
the rapidly gathered executive staff, chiefly composed of young men from every line of 
business, except powder, threw themselves into their new work with an enthusiasm which 
has seldom been equalled. Of these men there are indeed few who have not seen the night 
sky blaze with a terrifying orange-colored flash, followed by the dull red glow of burning 
embers. Many of them have felt the ground tremble and heard the muffled roar of an 
explosion which meant the life of friends or comrades. Yet the work never faltered. 
Before the ashes of wrecked buildings were cool they were raked aside and a few days 
later a new building was in full operation. Such a spirit could not long be withstood, 
and soon visible order began to emerge from apparent chaos. 

The improvement was brought about by the co-operation of men from all depart- 
ments and holding every sort of position. Many of our men had a hand in it, among 
whom were P. Leroy Flansburg, '13, safety and efficiency engineer at the Haskell Plant, 
and E. M. Harrington, '89, chief of the cost division, who did special efficiency work for 
the smokeless powder operating department. 

Some idea of the difficulties which were encountered and the manner in which 
they were overcome can be gained from a consideration of a certain type of powder devel- 
oped for use for the British Government. The latter, previous to the war, had used 
nitroglycerine powders which give a high muzzle velocity for a given size of chamber, 
but which rapidly erode the rifle. The du Pont organization undertook to produce a 
nitrocellulose powder which would give the same velocity and which would not so quickly 
injure the barrel. R. C. Woodbridge Jr., '07, the company's rifle powder expert at Carney's 
Point, and other members of the staff invented a process for the manufacture of such a 
powder. The guncotton department produced it, but when it reached the later stages of 
manufacture difficulty was encountered. The new material could scarcely be pushed 
through the dyes of the presses, and was equally difficult to cut into grains. Woodbridge 
and his associates undertook further investigation co-operating with powder line and cotton 
line supervisors and it was soon demonstrated that by decreasing the size of certain insoluble 
fibres a product could be obtained which ran smoothly and easily through the presses and 
cutting machines. 

About the same time alterations were made in the presses which increased the 
capacity of each by fifty per cent, while the improved condition of the product allowed 
the cutting machines to handle this increase without difficulty. It was also found that it 
was not necessary to mix the new material as long as previously, and various economies 
could be made in the matter of solvent. As quickly as these economies were made, it 
was found that if the solvent was held in the material, it performed still better in both 
presses and cutting machines, and the production continued to increase while the labor 
of handling decreased to such an extent that houses previously manned by thirty opera- 
tives were finally handled by crews of sixteen or seventeen. The decreased time of manu- 
facture resulted in decreased loss of solvent, lower cost and improved ventilation. 

The decreased number of men and the decreased quantity of powder in any one 
place at any one time greatly decreased the risk, while the work of engineers in the safety 
department, among whom may be mentioned F. L. Hurlbutt, '15, who was safety engineer 
on general advisory work throughout the company's plants, introduced further improve- 
ments. Finally houses which had been once manned by twenty men, were manned by 
crews of from four to five. Such an example of efficiency engineering would be hard to 
duplicate. Moreover, accidents decreased to such a point that many of the smokeless 
powder plants became the safest factories in their districts, that at Carney's Point actu- 
ally having a lower accident rate than is normally present in lumber mills, rolling mills, 
foundries, and other operations not generally classed as hazardous. 

At all plants changes were made looking toward the welfare of the men. Police 
and fire protection was provided which insured relative safety from hostile agents or 
disorders created by them. The policing of the plants was done under the direction of 
Vice-President R. R. M. Carpenter, '01. This work was far more extensive than mere 

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provision of watchmen. It required a regular military establishment of armed guards, 
aggregating about one thousand men, practically all of whom were either honorably dis- 
charged Army and Navy men before the United States entered the war, or were men drawn 
from the Pennsylvania Constabulary and organizations of like character. The force 
included a secret service which co-operated with that of the United States so efficiently 
that no serious outrages were perpetrated by alien enemy sympathizers, so far as is known. 
The criminal element which had been present about the plants when they were first placed 
in operation was rapidly disposed of. Mosquito breeding swamps were eliminated. No 
fewer than 10,790 dwelling houses including bunk-houses for 65,000 men were erected, 
while some 570 buildings for the use of the community such as schoolhouses, churches, 
Young Men's Christian Association and similar buildings were also provided. The plants 
and the surrounding hamlets soon became models as manufacturing districts. 

Numerous other Tech men who have not been mentioned previously were engaged 
in the work during this period, among whom may be noted Jasper E. Crane, '04, manager 
of the cellulose division of the chemical department, Heisler Harrington, '13, guncotton 
superintendent, and later general acid superintendent at the Hopewell plant, Stuart B. 
Miller, '01, superintendent of the high explosives plant at Deepwater Point, Harold B. 
Pickering, '08, assistant engineer in the delta laboratory at Arlington, and Homer Rogers, 
'15, who as a chemist worked on various war materials in the organic department of the 
experimental station. William J. Rooney, '15, served as ballistic engineer at the experi- 
mental station and elsewhere. 

The benefits resulting from the various improvements were not entirely absorbed 
by the company; it voluntarily shared the saving with its customers. The extent to which 
this was done can be judged by considering that notwithstanding the price of every other 
commodity in the United States had steadily increased during the war, the price at which 
powder was delivered to the Allies decreased from #1.00 per pound in October, 1914, to 
473^ cents a pound in October, 191 8, and the last contract signed with the United States 
Government for the deliveries in 1919 was based on a price of 43X cents a pound. All 
contracts incomplete by reason of the signing of the armistice were cancelled by the 
company without profit. 



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Typical Emergency Housing Accommodations for Munition Workers • 

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MUNITIONS 

After smokeless powder, perhaps the most important factor furnished the Allies 
was high explosives, and here again the price throughout the war was kept unchanged 
or lowered. At the beginning of the war T. N. T. sold for a dollar a gallon, but sank 
steadily in price despite the fact that toluol, which before the war had sold at nineteen 
cents per gallon, rose to the price of $7.00. The du Pont Company was not selling this 
material at a loss, but by sound business foresight had insured itself against the rise in 
price which took place. 

The company not only made powder and explosives, but also celluloid articles 
which were used in the construction of aviators' goggles and other necessaries, fabricoid 
material for gas masks, and numerous chemical and other by-products which had a war 
value. 

Later the du Pont Company was able to afford further aid for the British Govern- 
ment when the latter determined to erect its own immense powder plant at Henbury, 
England. The entire plans for the plant were furnished by the du Pont Company without 
charge, together with superintendents and supervisors to insure proper construction, and 
later to begin operation. 

The duties performed by the Tech men and their companions in the du Pont organ- 
ization during these early days of the war were arduous and in many cases dangerous, 
yet the work was pushed night and day. Forty per cent of the propellants and high explo- 
sives used by the Allies during the war came from the plants of E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
& Company, and during the years 191 5 and 1916 the percentage was probably even 
higher. It will be recollected that at this time the Allies were desperately short of ammu- 
nition, and had their supply been but one-half of what it actually was there could have 
been but one outcome of the war. This fact appears to have been very fully appreciated 
by the Allies, for Pierre S. du Pont, the president of the company, to whom according to 
his associates the chief credit for the work is due, was appointed a chevalier of the Legion 
of Honor by the French Government. The appreciation of the British Empire was voiced 
by a member of the British Mission, General Hedlam, who, in speaking to the vice- 
president of the company said, "Please let me shake your hand again, sir, and permit 
me to say to you that the du Pont Company is entitled to the credit of saving the British 
Empire!" 

Some time before the United States became a belligerent, the du Ponts had realized 
that our participation would be inevitable, and had sent out engineers to select suitable 
sites for plants to supply the increased demand which they knew was sure to come. As 
a result at the outbreak of hostilities they were able to offer the Government complete 
plans for plants at well selected locations; they proposed that the Government should 
take over these sites and establish works which were to be built and operated by the du 
Pont Engineering Company on a cost-plus basis. The largest of these plants was one 
near Nashville, Tennessee, generally known as the "Old Hickory" plant. 

Delays on the part of the authorities in making a definite decision prevented the 
plant from being commenced until March, 1918. Once begun, however, the work was 
pushed to completion with such rapidity that upon the day of the armistice, the plant 
was already producing four hundred and seventeen thousand pounds of finished product 
per day. At that date it was about ninety-three per cent complete, and would shortly 
have been producing one million pounds, each twenty-four hours, that is to say the fin- 
ished plant would have handled about as much material from raw cotton to finished prod- 
uct as the du Pont Works at Hopewell and Carney's Point combined. 

The size of the plant can be judged by a few statistics regarding it. In full opera- 
tion it would have employed 35,000 men, the strength of one combat division in the Army. 
Its acid plants required 750 tons of sodium nitrate and 338 tons of sulphur per day. Its 
power plants consumed a hundred carloads of coal during the same period, and its water 
supply is equivalent to that for a city of one million people. The total cost of the works 
when completed was about eighty million dollars which is but slightly above the price 
originally estimated, while the profit accruing to the du Pont Company as a result of the 
entire contract, including the building and production of powder, amounted to slightly 
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Storage Magazine for High Explosives — Atlantic Loading Company 
Organized by Joseph D. Evans, 'oi 



chief sulphuric acid supply and the chief coal supply of the United States, while the fields 
of Tennessee provide the chief source of short fibre cotton which is most suitable for 
smokeless powder. It is moreover situated inland at a point well protected from hostile 
invasion, and is accordingly an ideal spot for such a factory. The Government has, how- 
ever, recently made arrangements for the sale of the entire plant and the city which 
surrounds it. 

In connection with the construction of this plant a number of Tech men have 
already been mentioned elsewhere. David M. Terwilleger, '14, served as assistant test- 
ing engineer at "Old Hickory" and Howard C. Slater, '90, also served in the estimating 
department there. 

The du Pont Engineering Company also built a number of other plants for special 
work in connection with the war, which included a shell loading plant at Penniman, Va., 
which had a capacity of 54,330 rounds per day, a plant for the manufacture of Trini- 
troxylol for the Navy at Barksdale, Wis., and additions to the Smokeless Powder Plant 
of the Navy at Indian Head, Md. It also operated two plants for loading smokeless 
powder charges into bags, and furnished the layout and drawings for the Smokeless Powder 
Plant built by the Government at Nitro, West Virginia. This plant, which was designed 
for a capacity of 625,000 pounds per day, was subsequently operated by the Hercules 
Powder Company. (See page 363.) 

As elsewhere in this history the account here set forth of our men of the du Pont 
organization is fragmentary and incomplete. In addition to the great guncotton and 
smokeless powder plants there were many other high explosive plants all over the country 
where research laboratories were maintained in which improvements were constantly 
devised and in which a number of new explosives were developed. 

The du Pont Company alone furnished the United States and its Allies with some- 
thing over 1,500,000,000 pounds of explosives including guncotton, smokeless powder, 
T. N. T., T. N. X., picric acid, ammonium picrate, black powder, dynamite, ammonium 
nitrate, tetryl, and also 10,125,000 rounds of special ammunition for aeroplanes; 80,000,000 

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caps; and 215,000,000 black powder pellets for loading time fuzes of shells. They con- 
tracted to load shells, primers, boosters and adapters to the number of 300,000,000. This 
material represents forty per cent of all explosives supplied to the United States and her 
allies during the war. 

Another organization engaged in the manufacture of explosives on a tremendous 
scale was the Hercules Powder Company which has been mentioned. A number of Tech 
men were associated with this company,- among whom may be mentioned L. N. Bent, 
'06, who was designated to take charge of the plant at Nitro, West Virginia. He had 
already done brilliant work in developing an emergency supply of potash. 

One of the severest problems with which we were faced during the early days of 
the war was that of producing black powder, for while that material is no longer used as 
a high explosive or as a propellant, it still plays an important part as an igniter for smoke- 
less powder charges. An essential constituent of black powder is potassium nitrate, and 
while sodium nitrate could be obtained from Chili, the only source of potassium had been 
Germany. Extensive experiments were conducted looking toward the utilization of sodium 
nitrate in black powder, but this was not necessary because of a new source discovered 
and developed by Bent. Realizing that the kelp seaweed of the California Coast had a 
high percentage of potash in it, Bent undertook to utilize this as a source of supply, and 
developed the most ingenious process. The kelp was harvested at sea by three specially 
equipped dredges. The material was then brought to the plant on shore where it was 
pumped into fifty thousand gallon tanks and fermented. Acetic acid developed and was 
neutralized with crushed limestone. The fermented liquor was clarified and concentrated 
by evaporation. During concentration common salt, calcium acetate, and a gum con- 
taining a number of organic acids and acetates were precipitated out. After concentration 
the liquor was cooled and the potash was precipitated in the form of potassium chloride of an 
average purity of about ninety-seven per cent. The calcium acetate was then trans- 
formed into acetone. The gum was used to make ethyl acetate, and a considerable amount 
of iodine for medicinal purpose was obtained together with numerous other by-products. 
Most of the information regarding this process has been furnished by Lawrence C. Hamp- 
ton, '07, who was himself the assistant superintendent at the company's plant at San Diego, 
where this process was developed. N. P. Rood, '99, who was vice-president of the com- 
pany states, "I feel confident no Tech man played a more important part during the 
war than L. N. Bent." Altogether eighty-five per cent of the productions of the Hercules 
Powder Company were used by the United States Government after the latter had entered 
the war. Another Tech man with this organization was E. M. Symmes, '11, who is now 
assistant chemical director of the company. During the war he worked at various plants 
being chiefly engaged in the manufacture of black powder and dynamite. 

While not so famous as the du Pont Company, there was another organization in 
the United States also directed by Tech men which furnished a tremendous amount of 
high explosives for the Allies, particularly the French. This was the Semet-Solvay Com- 
pany of which E. L. Pierce, '86, is president, and Reginald K. Pierce, '99, secretary. The 
Semet-Solvay Company, which is associated with the Solvay Process Company of which 
Robert W. Swift, '95, is treasurer, is engaged in the manufacture of coal tar products, 
and during the war undertook tremendous contracts for high explosives. The Semet- 
Solvay Company specialized on picric acid which forms the basis of the British lyddite, 
the French melinite and the American explosive D, while the Solvay Process Company 
continued to manufacture huge quantities of caustic soda and other basic chemicals. At 
the outbreak of the war the Semet-Solvay Company was the only manufacturer in the 
United States engaged in the production of picric acid. The company operated a steadily 
increasing number of plants in the early part of the war, and after the United States entered 
it built and operated a plant at Grand Rapids which was designed for a capacity 
of 463,000 pounds of picric acid a day. 

The general superintendent of the Semet-Solvay Company was C. G. Tufts, '01, 
who states that in addition to immense quantities of picric acid and T. N. T., the com- 
pany was probably the largest producer in the United States of toluol, ammonia, benzol 
and foundry coke. Harlen M. Chapman, '02, was superintendent of the concern's Indi- 

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anapolis plant and was engaged in turning out various coal tar products. Walter E. 
Hopton, '91, during the war had charge of all engineering purchases for the company. 

The next step after producing the explosives was loading the ammunition. J. D. 
Evans, '01, was a pioneer in this type of work. Early in 1915 as an agent for the Canadian 
Car and Foundry Company, Limited, of New York, he undertook work in assembling, 
loading and packing the necessary components for the 3-inch high explosive shell and 
shrapnel used by the Imperial Russian Government. In this work he became associated 
with Colonel B. W. Dunn, the inventor of dunnite, who for many years headed the 
Bureau of Explosives and who, after the outbreak of war, became chief of the Inspection 
Division of the Ordnance Department. Evans had charge of the Kingsland Loading 
Plant at which the entire contract for five million rounds was assembled. A very high 
efficiency was developed and a daily loading capacity was attained of forty thousand 




Loading High-Explosive Shells — Atlantic Loading Company 



shrapnel and forty thousand high explosive shell before the end of the year 1916. In 
spite of the disaster which interrupted the operations of the plant, the entire contract 
was completed in the year 1917. 

When the United States became a belligerent Evans desired to apply for a com- 
mission in the Army. He was advised, however, by Colonel Dunn that as he was one of 
the only four men in the United States who had actually had practical experience in shell 
loading, his most useful work could probably be performed in organizing and operating 
another shell loading plant. He accordingly submitted a bid in May, 191 7, and was 
awarded a contract for loading, assembling and packing 1,350,000 rounds of high explo- 
sive shell. To carry out this contract he formed the Evans Engineering Corporation of 
which he became president. Not only was the contract completed, but in addition 
15,000 8-inch high explosive shell were loaded, assembled and packed during the year 
1918, and at the date of the armistice, the company had loaded a total of about 1,250,000 
of high explosive shell upon a third contract. The Evans Engineering Corporation holds 
the record in the United States for the total number of 75 mm. shell loaded, and also for a 
daily output of this size shell. 

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While directing work on these contracts during the latter part of 1917 and the early 
part of 1918, Evans assisted in forming an even larger organization — the Atlantic Load- 
ing Company, of which he became vice-president and operating manager. Another of 
our men who was engaged in the construction of this plant was W. H. Martin, '07, who 
acted as assistant engineer on design and construction. 

The plant which was situated near Atlantic City like everything else constructed 
during the war was built on a tremendous scale, its capacity being sufficient to handle 
more than twenty-five per cent of the entire supply of shell contracted for by the Ord- 
nance Department. The works actually loaded over nine million rounds of various types 
of ammunition ranging in size from seventy-five millimeter to ten inch, and from rifle 
grenades to aeroplane bombs. The chief material used for loading was Amatol, a mix- 
ture of T. N. T. and ammonium nitrate, and from this the adjacent town received the 




Preparing High-Explosive Shells for Shipment — Atlantic Loading Company 



name of Amatol. The plant which occupied some 6000 acres consisted of 642 structures 
besides barracks and dwelling houses for the employees. It was designed to assemble 
60,000 shell and 125,000 small pieces such as boosters and grenades each day. So flexible 
was the arrangement that any kind of shell could be loaded in any building although 
certain buildings had been designed primarily for certain types. It was the first plant 
to use belt conveyors in the production of shell, and its tremendous capacity resulted 
largely from these devices. Many other excellent features of design were included, such 
as kettles so constructed that the T. N. T. heated in them was protected by water jackets, 
thus preventing disastrous explosions such as that at Aberdeen Proving Grounds (see 
page 265). Nevertheless arrangements were made by which, should an explosion occur, 
other buildings could be used to take over the work of those destroyed. The amount 
of explosives actually loaded in the plant are impressive, for in a single day there were con- 
sumed 248,000 pounds of T. N. T., 344,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate and 12,500 
pounds of nitro-starch. 

It was also necessary to supply housing accommodations for some 25,000 people. 
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cheap and rapid construction, but nevertheless so arranged as to avoid both the hit-or- 
miss appearance of the average mushroom "munition town" and the monotonous fronts 
so frequently noted in the neighborhood of large factories. A number of mess halls were 
provided, the largest having a capacity of 6000 persons per hour. A very large number of 
women were employed in the plant, and these were given excellent accommodations. 
Residences of several types were provided, as well as office buildings, stores, welfare build- 
ings, including the Young Men's Christian Association, club and swimming pool, and 
places of amusement. The wisdom of these provisions is made evident by the fact that 
the plant had a very small turnover of labor, especially among its women. 

Another pioneer in shell manufacture was J. Arch Mears, '03. In 1915 he organized 
the South Brooklyn Machine Corporation for the purpose of machining shells for the 
British Government. Under him all the necessary equipment including machines, gauges, 
and tools were designed, and before long the plant was producing from 1000 to 1200 shells 
a day, working day and night. Owing to the constantly increasing exactness required by 
the British specifications the corporation never succeeded in showing profit. Later on, 
however, shells of American design were handled which proved much better adapted to 
the machinery. 

Another company which manufactured a tremendous amount of shell for the Allies 
was the Piatt Iron Works Company of Dayton, Ohio, the vice-president and general 
manager of which is Edward C. Wells, '92. Before the United States entered the war 
over two million rounds of shrapnel had been manufactured for Russia under Wells' 
direction, while later the company continued to work on all manner of munitions, particu- 
larly shells and air compressors for the Navy and shells and tractors for the Army. 

Similar work was carried on by G. R. Townsend, '99, vice-president and general 
manager of the International Steel & Ordnance Company, Lowell, Mass., which was 
engaged in the manufacture of percussion fuzes for field ammunition. 

The infantryman of the recent war did not always depend upon fire arms for his 
victories. The bayonet and the intrenching tool were indispensable weapons, and during 
the first years of the war ranked with the field piece and the machine gun in importance. 
Both of these implements are produced as drop forgings and it is therefore natural that 
Calvin P. Bascom, '04, manager of the St. Louis plant of Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., should 
have taken an important part in their production. The first contract handled was one 
involving the production of half a million bayonets for Russia. Bascom on receipt of this 
order laid aside all other work and as a result the war products of the plant represent 
very largely the results of his efforts as an individual. The next contract was for half 
a million intrenching pick-mattocks for the United States. The tool is a difficult one to 
manufacture and other works were unable to produce an implement which would pass 
the bending test prescribed. Bascom, however, developed a process for obviating this 
difficulty which was so successful that the Government requested and received permission 
to introduce it in a number of plants which under peace time conditions are competitors 
of the Plumb corporation. So successful did it prove that after its adoption less than one 
per cent of the product was thrown out because of failure to pass inspection. 

The plant subsequently handled orders for hand axes, picket pins, wire cutters, 
bolos and tools. Picket pins were developed which could be driven through four inches 
of concrete with a sledge-hammer without failure. The bolo appears to have been the 
product, however, of which Bascom and his organization are proudest. This knife — 
Bolo Knife, model 1917 commercial type- — was manufactured at the St. Louis plant and 
its excellent design resulted in a saving of over a million dollars to the government. 

A number of our men served with Canadian munition companies. Among these 
may be noted Edward D. Donald, '13, Archibald McColl, '87, William H. Eager, '04, 
Reginald F. Pollard, '15, and Lawrence H. Bailey, '15. Donald might well be placed on 
the Roll of Honor, for, while he never wore the British uniform, he died in service as truly 
as any man at the front. On three separate occasions he endeavored to enlist but was 
always refused because of defective eyesight. He then took up work for the British 
Munition Plant at Toronto. His work involved the inspection of electrical installations, 
and on June 26, 1918, while in the course of one of these inspections, he ascended a ladder 

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to a very considerable height. No one was at hand at the time, but it is supposed that he 
inadvertently touched a live wire. In any case he was found dead a short time afterward, 
having evidently fallen to the floor. 

McColl was secretary and assistant to the president of the Nova Scotia Steel and 
Coal Company, Limited, and in this capacity supervised the manufacture of large quan- 
tities of shell for the British Government. The company had never previously produced 
steel for munitions of any kind, but in November 1914 completed the first shrapnel shells 
to be made in Canada. By August 1915 ninety per cent of its total capacity was engaged 
in forging and finishing shells ranging in size from 15 pounder shrapnel to 9.2 inch high 
explosive shells. Altogether during the war it produced 13,000,000 shell forgings, and 
finished over 500,000 shells, and in addition furnished 10,000,000 discs and base plates 
to be finished at other factories. The president of the company was a member of the 
Canadian Shell Committee and as a result was generally absent at Ottawa, so that McColl 
was practically in charge of the entire work. 

By completing its first shell in November McColl's plant earned a place as a pioneer 
among shell manufacturers. It was, however, very little, if any, ahead of the Canadian 
plant of the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company of which Eager is vice-president. 
As early as the first of October 1914 this plant began turning out shell forgings. The 
two plants located in the United States were soon aiding the Canadian plant and all 
continued to turn out shell and other forgings for the Imperial Munitions Board until 
the United States entered the war, when they were slowly shifted to handle forgings and 
machine tools for Navy Yards and Arsenals. The company supplied certain munition 
works with their entire equipment of machine tools. 

Pollard worked for the Canadian Explosives, Limited and British Cordite Company, 
Limited, as a supervisor of cordite manufacture and solvent recovery. 

Bailey was a chemical engineer and did considerable work in design of amatol 
mixers, poison gas condensers, experimental work on the manufacture of pellets of Tetryl 
and other explosives for shells, boosters, fuses, tracer bullets, and signal cartridges. He had 
two slight explosions while engaged in experimental work, but fortunately escaped unhurt. 

A number of our men were actively engaged in the manufacture of small arms and 
machine guns. Edwin Pugsley, '11, served as a manufacturing engineer with the Win- 
chester Repeating Arms Company which furnished the first rifles, rifle cartridges and 
Browning machine rifles to the Government. C. W. LaFetra, '15, worked for the same 
firm being in charge of special tools; he developed a number of interesting devices includ- 
ing a heavy duty hydraulic lathe for the production of large caliber projectiles. He also 
assisted in the design and development for quantity production of the heavy Browning 
machine gun. 

Some of our men were also engaged in the manufacture of protective equipment. 
Among these was Harold L. Bodwell, '98, assistant district manager of the American 
Sheet and Tin Plate Company, Vandergrift, Pa. The entire production of the factory 
was on war work, the most difficult matter being that of producing manganese sheet steel 
for helmets. The requirements were exceedingly severe since it was necessary that the 
sheets should be sufficiently malleable to be pressed, and yet it was required that they 
should withstand the impact of a bullet fired from a forty-five caliber service pistol from a 
distance of ten feet. The plant manufactured sheet steel of all kinds, and Bodwell has 
listed a large number of uses to which it was put, including the manufacture of every type 
of article from steamships to trench-ration containers. 

A. L. Davis, '98, first with the Crucible Steel Company of America, and later with 
the Scoville Manufacturing Company also took part in ammunition manufacture. His 
particular work was in connection with annealing cupro-nickel for bullet jackets, and 
throw-off strips for safety element for the Mark III fuse. Altogether three and one half 
million of these pieces were annealed with a loss of one-tenth of one per cent. His most 
important piece of work, however, was perhaps that accomplished by salvaging over a 
million pounds of supposedly worthless cupro-nickel which was made available for use 
by the Frankford Arsenal at a time when it would otherwise have been almost impossible 
to obtain. 

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Birthday Presents for Bill — Atlantic Loading Company 

Perhaps the most unique piece of work in the munition manufacture was that of 
George C. Thomas, '05, who for the first two years of the war was superintendent of the 
Russian works of the Singer Manufacturing Company located in the town of Podolsk 
about thirty miles north of Moscow. The company supplied practically every type of 
munition, including shells, detonators, rifle parts, gauges, special machines and tools for 
fuses, lathes, hand grenades, gas masks, iron beds and pajamas. Thomas' most important 
work as an individual was that of standardizing the manufacture of shells, fuses and other 
material, and developing a plentiful supply of accurate gauges to place the manufacture 
of these articles on a quantity basis throughout Russia. When one considers the almost 
total lack of industrial development of the country, it will be seen that this amounted to 
developing the production of every type of modern machinery with facilities not much 
better than those available in Europe during the Middle Ages. Before any increase in 
munitions could be made, it was necessary to increase the supply of every basic machine 
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AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE 

At the outbreak of war there were in the United States but ten organizations 
engaged in the manufacture of airplanes: the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation, 
the Standard Aircraft Corporation, the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation, the Wright- 
Martin Aircraft Corporation, Sturtevant Aeroplane Company, the Burgess Company, 
the L. W. F. (Lowe, Willard & Fowler) Engineering Company, the Aeromarine Engineering 
and Sales Company, the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation, and the Boeing Airplane Com- 
pany. During the war Tech men appear to have served in all of these plants with the 
exception of those of L. W. F. and Boeing; in many they held positions of great responsi- 
bility. 

Among those who served on the staff of the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation 
may be mentioned Henry M. Crane, '95, vice-president and chief engineer of the com- 
pany; Walter W. Alley, '13, chief engineer at Los Angeles; George J. Mead, '15, experi- 
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and Long Island branches of the corporation; Harold L. Pope, '02, factory manager at 
Los Angeles and later at New Brunswick; H. 0. Isenberg, '06, assistant factory manager 
and later factory manager at New Brunswick; Ralph H. Nesmith, '05, engineer, in charge 
of production and machine-shop layout at New Brunswick; and Ralph H. Crosby, '07, 
who served as chief draftsman for this corporation and also for the Standard Aircraft 
Corporation and for the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation. 

Crane's work can be best described in his own words. He says, "My work really 
began in November, 1915, when I was sent to France by the Simplex Automobile Com- 
pany, subsequently purchased by the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, to pick out 
an airplane motor for production in this country. The Hispano-Suiza, just then coming 
into production in Paris, was selected and a small order obtained from the French govern- 
ment. When the United States entered the war this motor of the 150-horsepower size 
was in production on a small scale. It was not considered powerful enough for fighting 
work but was adopted for advanced training, and became increasingly popular for this 
purpose, being standard at the armistice, for this work. Its design was much improved 
in 1918, and a model developing over 200-horsepower was designed for fighting purposes. 
During 1918 a 300-horsepower model was perfected and was just coming into production 
when the war ended, having been adopted as the standard light-fighting motor for 1919. 
I also acted as chairman of the Liberty Engine Test Committee for the Aircraft Board 
and as a member of the Liberty Engine Committee of the Department of Aircraft 
Production." 

Work at the California plant of the corporation where Alley and Pope were sta- 
tioned does not seem to have proceeded so smoothly as at Crane's shop. In April, 1917, 
the factory was working on an order for fifteen planes for the Army and Navy, and with 
a force of approximately one hundred men was completing one plane each week. The 
order was completed in June and the Government soon placed another for fifty standard 
J-l planes. The drawings for these planes were not received until September but never- 
theless the first plane was delivered on December 20, and shortly afterwards planes were 
delivered at the rate of one per day. Another order for two hundred JN4-D Curtiss 
planes was ready for signing and work had actually commenced on it when the company 
abandoned it and closed the factory. The cause assigned to this action Alley states was 
that the plant was unable to compete with eastern factories, due to the heavy freight 
charges on all materials except wood. 

After the organization of the Bureau of Aircraft Production, Alley endeavored to 
organize another factory and attempted to secure a contract, but the Bureau ruled that 
no further contracts would be let on the Pacific coast. Alley then applied for a commission 
in the Air Service, but failed to receive it before the date of the armistice. 

Mead, Pope, Isenberg, Nesmith, and Crosby all worked in the various departments 
of the great plant at New Brunswick, and their chief service seems to have been the devel- 
opment of the Hispano-Suiza engine mentioned by Crane and the perfecting of the De 
Haviland-4 plane. Mead, as head of the experimental department, was engaged in 
investigating the characteristics of the Hispano-Suiza engine and working out what changes 
should be made to adapt it to American production without injuring its splendid qualities. 
Pope, who had served as factory manager of the California plant and filled the same position 
at New Brunswick, worked upon the production of this engine, and during the summer 
of 1918 went overseas to study the motor as built abroad. During his absence Isenberg 
who had previously served as superintendent of assembling and testing, acted as factory 
manager. The work of Nesmith and Crosby is perhaps sufficiently clear from their titles. 

Another of the larger companies in which Tech men were prominent was the Cur- 
tiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation. How large a part was taken in the production of 
aircraft by this organization may be judged from the statement of James F. Duffy, '11, 
assistant chief of its planning department, who says, "We were so busy we had no time 
to reply to the critics of the aircraft program, but when the smoke of battle cleared away 
it was discovered that the Curtiss Company had turned out over seven thousand airplanes 
for the Army and over ninety-five per cent of the seaplanes for the Navy." The company 
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sand, and during this period of expansion Duffy was charged with the duty of laying out 
the new plants, arranging for new machinery, working out new methods of manufacture 
and lining up a comparatively green organization. 

Among the Tech men working in the Curtiss organization may be mentioned 
Paul Swartz, '06, assistant to the vice-president and comptroller; Donald R. Husted, '16, 
aero-engineer; Charles H. Tavener, '18, Erich G. Huerdler, '10, and Kester Barr, '11. 
We know little regarding Swartz's work except that it was strenuous. Husted and Tavener 
appear to have had a part in developing some rather remarkable machines. Husted's 
work was chiefly research at the great Curtiss air tunnel, where among other models, he 
tested the famous NC boats and also a number of very fast scout and seaplane models. 
Tavener was also engaged in this work, and states that some of the seaplanes developed 
were the fastest built during the war. He also appears to have had a hand in the design 
of the "Wasp" — a little triplane capable of travelling over one hundred and sixty miles 
an hour; it was this same machine which recently soared to the tremendous altitude of 
thirty-four thousand feet. Tavener's contribution to the design of this machine consisted 
chiefly in calculating wing and body stresses and in working out estimates of the probable 
performance as predicted from tunnel tests. Later he worked for some time at Garden 
City, where he mentions the presence of some fourteen other Technology men working 
for the Curtiss Company or for the Naval Air Service. Huerdler was engaged in exam- 
ining lacquers, "dopes," and glues used in the manufacture of planes and in making tests 
upon fabrics, including linen, cotton, silk and rubber materials, and kiln tests on various 
types of wood. He later enlisted in the Navy, was commissioned and served as assistant 
engineer on board the "George Washington" during her trip to Europe in the summer 
of 1919. Barr occupied various positions, chiefly connected with the purchase of screw 
machine products. 

Another of the large airplane contractors was the Standard Aircraft Corporation 
of Elizabeth, N. J., and here again a number of Tech men were engaged, including Thomas 
H. Huff, '15, chief engineer; Christopher C. Crowell, '17, aeronautical engineer; Elliot 

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Daland, '18; and Zeng-Tze Wong, '18. Huff had general charge of the engineering work 
at the corporation, while the other three Tech men were engaged in experimental work 
of various types. Crowell helped develop a fireproof nitrate "dope" or varnish for coat- 
ing airplane wings and assisted in the design of several new planes, and, together with 
Daland and Wong, made a complete stress analysis for the first Caproni and Handley- 
Page machines produced in the United States. 

A large percentage of the Tech men engaged in airplane manufacture worked as 
designers, and perhaps none accomplished more satisfactory results than Donald W. 
Douglas, '14. Douglas started out as chief civilian aeronautical engineer of the Air 
Service, but in November 1917 resigned to become chief engineer of the Glenn L. Martin 
Company. While occupying this position he designed and developed the famous Martin 
Bomber, which proved so successful that it was adopted officially as the standard night 
bomber of the American Army and concerning which Assistant Secretary of War Crowell 
has said that at the date of the armistice it seemed in a fair way to displace all other types. 
At the time of the armistice all plans had been made for quantity production of the 
machine, which was well adapted to American tools and methods. Since then machines 
of this type have made many remarkable performances under all sorts of conditions. 

Two of our men were with the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation — Harry A. Lewis, 
'11, and Herbert R. Polleys, '18. Both took part in the engineering design of the D-4 
model, which was especially adapted for the Liberty motor and which is claimed to have 
been the fastest of the seaplane models equipped with floats. The plane was of somewhat 
unique since it was of the pusher type, the propellers being behind the wings. 

Other Tech men represented Technology among the smaller companies. Norman 
L. Skene, '01, was assistant engineer at the Burgess shops at Marblehead, being especially 
charged with developing and supervising the manufacture of propellers. He was also 
in charge of testing struts, wires, turnbuckles, bolts, and similar materials. Raymond 
Ware, '07, served as secretary to the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation. Arthur F. 
Graham, Jr., '14, was assistant secretary and traffic manager of the Sturtevant Aeroplane 
Company, which was engaged in building all-steel planes for the Army. Wendell B. Ford, 



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'17, served as chief draftsman for the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company, subse- 
quently becoming a liaison agent for the Bureau of Aircraft Production. 

Edward C. Locke, '72, also engaged in the manufacture of various airplane parts 
under a special contract for the Curtiss Engineering Corporation. His firm built the wings, 
tail surfaces, cockpits and other parts for a number of the naval planes among which may 
be mentioned the now famous NC boats. 

Several of our men also took an active part in the development of the Liberty 
motor. One of the unique features of this motor was the valve gear which was invented 
by Allen Loomis, '99, while working with the Packard Motor Car Company. This valve 
gear, which subsequently became known as the "Liberty" (patent No. 1,266,288), was 
first employed on the engine of Ralph DePalma's famous Packard racing car. German 
agents apparently recognized its value and succeeded in getting hold of the essential 
features, with the result that the first actual use of the gear in battle was made by the 
enemy — a fact which caused no little chagrin in the United States when first discovered. 
Later on Loomis became a consulting engineer in the Bureau of Aircraft Production 
and made numerous improvements in the various types of aircraft (see page 328). 

A very considerable number of Liberty motors were built in the plant of the Nor- 
dyke and Marmon Company, under direction of Walter C. Marmon, '95, who is president 
of the company and of J. W. Stickney, '96, who, as superintendent of personnel looked 
after the selection of the factory staff. 

Others engaged in the development and manufacture of airplane motors were 
James C. Royce, '97, consulting engineer for Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Charles B. Page, 
works manager and Theodore F. W. Meyer, '11, production manager and efficiency engi- 
neer for the Dusenberg Motors Corporation, of Elizabeth, N. J. Royce is a member of 
the management committee of his company in America, and it will be recollected that 
the Rolls-Royce engine was one of the standard designs used through the war by the 
British government. Page and Meyer dealt with a very different type of machine, regard- 
ing which the latter says, "The Dusenberg Motors Corporation was originally assigned 
a contract for the manufacture of 'Liberty' airplane motors, which contract was modified 
shortly thereafter substituting the French 'Bugatti' — a motor of unconventional type 
with sixteen cylinders set in two parallel vertical rows of eight each and geared to a single 
propeller with a 37 mm. cannon mounted between and firing through the center of the 
hollow propeller shaft. Only one French motor had been built at the time the United 
States took over the designs, and it was necessary not only to convert the job to American 
standards but to develop a really practical outfit from a mechanical as well as a produc- 
tion standpoint. This task of development took about nine months, with the result that 
real production was just being started at the time the armistice was signed. Only forty- 
five motors were produced, none of which saw actual war service. The Le Pere 
plane, built by the Packard Company, was designed originally to take the 'Bugatti' 
motor." 

F. C. Blanchard, '91, and John G. Lanning, '13, were also engaged in the manu- 
facture of airplane and motor parts, as vice-president and assistant to the vice-president 
of the Detroit Lubricator Company respectively. Lanning had been rejected for service 
by both the Army and the Navy on account of defective eyesight. The firm undertook 
contracts to manufacture accessories for the Le Rhone engines, including the contract 
for several thousand sets, each set to be made up of the carburetor, oil pump, gasoline- 
regulating valve, control quadrant, and a few smaller parts. The company was obliged 
to equip for the manufacture of the Zenith carburetor, which was the standard for the 
Liberty motor for both the Army and the Navy. This problem proved difficult, but 
Lanning was able to do some very good work in extemporizing necessary appliances, par- 
ticularly that for calibrating the jets. The machine used by the Zenith company could 
not be duplicated quickly enough, and he was obliged to develop a new machine. As a 
matter of fact, he succeeded in designing one which was more accurate than that pre- 
viously in use and was also more rapid in operation. At the date of the armistice the 
company had built twenty thousand carburetors and was manufacturing them at the rate 
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for submarine chasers, and was beginning to supply a device of similar type for lubricating 
the caterpillar tread of large tanks. 

The construction of an airplane requires an immense number of screw machine 
products. One of the most active firms in the United States in the supply of these neces- 
sities was the Erie Specialty Company. Here Walter 0. Adams, '99, superintendent and 
later plant manager organized and directed a force of four hundred men — the entire prod- 
uct going into government work. He was most successful in meeting specifications and 
his company became a sort of authority on the production of small parts for aircraft. 

L. L. Custer, '13, as head of the Custer Specialty Company, took an active part 
in producing release mechanisms for drop bombs. 

AIR NITRATES 

Mention has already been made of the work of Technology men on the Nitrate 
Board and in the Nitrates Division of the Ordnance Department (see page 304). In Decem- 
ber, 191 7, the Air Nitrates Corporation was formed with a staff of twenty men drawn 
from the staff of the American Cyanamide Company. By August, 191 8, there were 
twenty-three thousand men in the organization. The Government had decided to erect 
three large plants in addition to the small experimental plants already under construc- 
tion, the new plants to be located at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Toledo and Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. This decision was not arrived at without very careful consideration. 

The advantages to be gained from the erection of such a plant may be summarized 
as follows: In the first place, the United States was engaged in a war in which the prin- 
cipal field of hostilities was in Europe. The amount of shipping available was steadily 
decreasing, and it seemed not impossible that a point might soon be reached when it 
would be necessary to curtail the importation of nitrates or to decrease the quantity of 
men and munitions which were being shipped to Europe, either of which steps would be 
fatal, unless a new source of nitrate could be provided in the United States. In the second 
place, in a military sense the United States has always been at the mercy of any power 
which had full control of the sea, since such a power could cut off its supply of the precious 
material. In the third place, the building of these nitrate plants would provide a perma- 
nent source of fertilizer for agricultural purposes in the United States, thus tending to 
make the Nation economically independent. 

The factors which seemed to render the project inadvisable may be summed up 
in the statement that if the United States and its allies could maintain the control of 
the sea, the building of such a plant, so far as it affected the war, would represent a 
tremendous waste of money, material and men. 

The decision seems to have been finally brought about by a cause more or less 
independent of any of these. This was the discovery that the quantity of toluol which 
could be produced in the United States was insufficient to load the tremendous quantity 
of shells desired with pure T. N. T.; it would be necessary to make use of amatol, a mix- 
ture of T.N.T. and ammonium nitrate. This instantly caused a tremendous increase in 
the demand for both nitrates and ammonia. The two factors together made it practically 
necessary to build plants for deriving these materials from atmospheric nitrogen. 

To build these plants and to operate them a special civilian agency was formed 
known as the Air Nitrates Corporation. A contract was duly awarded to this corpora- 
tion based upon a cost-plus system, and the contract for the largest plant, — that at Muscle 
Shoals, Alabama, — was given to Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company, Inc. 

The site was at this time a cotton field. On January 9, 1918, the first men and 
material arrived on the ground, and between that date and November 1 there was con- 
structed not only a plant which consisted of ten departments, each housed in permanent 
buildings of steel and terra cotta, five of which were individually the largest units of their 
type in the world, but a cantonment was built for over twenty thousand persons. A 
large permanent town was also built, which was planned by the firm of Ewing & Allen 
of which Charles Ewing, '97, is a member, the work apparently being delegated by him to 
Robert A. Pope, '02. Ewing, also handled the workmen's camps at Toledo and Cincinnati, 
as well as a number of camps and cantonments for the Navy Department. 

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A very considerable number of Tech men worked upon one or more of the nitrate 
plants either as government inspectors or as employees of the Air Nitrates Corporation 
or of the contracting firm. Among those connected with the work as officers of the Nitrates 
Division of the Ordnance Department may be mentioned David St. Pierre Gaillard, 'il, 
who is today assistant to the chief of the Nitrates Division, and Captain Stephen L. Coles, 
'91, who was commanding officer and inspector of construction at Nitrate Plant No. 2, 
Muscle Shoals, from March 14 to September 30, 191 8. The latter subsequently became 
director of operations at the same plant and remained in this capacity until January 9 
of the next year. 

Among those of our men engaged in work as employees of the Air Nitrates Cor- 
poration may be mentioned Carl W. Keniston, '08, Raymond W. Parlin, '07, John J. 
Elbert, '09, and Garabed G. Heghinian, '00. 




(W. B. West) 



Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 



Keniston served as chemical engineer and had charge of the construction and 
installation of equipment, and also of the first operations of the ammonia gas and ammo- 
nium nitrate divisions of the plant. This was no easy task, for the buildings were of 
large dimensions, .the machinery was complicated and more or less delicate, and the 
whole work was performed under most disadvantageous conditions, perhaps the most 
serious being the continual trouble with labor. Nevertheless, the plant was in operation 
on November 7 — two days before the date which had been set and four days before the 
armistice. 

Raymond W. Parlin, '07, planned the operating organization; laid out the scheme 
for instructing the operators; and hired the force, including the operating superintendents, 
foremen and more important operators, and personally supervised their instruction. 
During the latter part of 191 8 he had charge of all employment for the Nitrates Cor- 
poration and also took part in the starting of the operations at Plant No. 2. 

Elbert's work was carried on in connection with design at the central office, and 
he was assistant in drawing up the plans for all of the larger plants, Nos. 2, 3, and 4. 

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Heghinian's work was that of assistant engineer on several pieces of work, includ- 
ing chiefly road construction and similar work at Plant No. 2. He also worked in the 
division dealing with conveying machinery and designing rock crushers used in the work. 

Estus H. Magoon, '14, as sanitary engineer, was responsible for the water 
supply, sewage disposal and other measures in the sanitary system at the immense 
construction camp maintained in connection with the work. He states that the sanitary- 
engineering problems were somewhat unusual and difficult; the water-supply system could 
not be completed until much of the plant had been completed; the mosquitoes were thick 
and malaria was common throughout the district. Perhaps the best tribute which can 
be paid to Magoon and the twenty-five men who were assisting him in this work is the 
fact that the spread of malaria was prevented and no epidemic of typhoid or any similar 
disease occurred. It is interesting to note Magoon's earlier record, for he had served with 




(W. B. West) 



The Wilson Dam 



the Red Cross during the years 191 5 and 1916 in Servia and Albania, as a member of the 
commission headed by Edward Stuart, '10, and had received a gold medal by royal decree 
of the Serbian ruler. 

Among the men connected with the plant as representatives of Westinghouse, 
Church, Kerr & Company were James C. Boyd, '93, Louis R. Cobb, '86, Percival Clow, 
'00, William B. Flynn, '99, and George I. Crowell, '16. 

Boyd as first vice-president of the company had charge not only of the Muscle 
Shoals project but of a large number of others throughout the United States, among 
which may be mentioned design and construction of an extension of the power plant at 
the Navy's plant at Indian Head and of the government power plant at Newport, R. I.; 
the construction of the embarkation camp at Newport News, Va.; estimates and recom- 
mendations for the government armory at Springfield, Mass.; the purchase of equipment 
for naval air stations in Ireland; the selection and procurement of mechanical equipment 
for the solvent recovery buildings at Indian Head; the construction of small arms ammu- 
nition plant for the Dominion Arsenal at Lindsay, Ont., Canada, an explosive plant for 

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the Aetna Explosives Company at Drummondsville, P. Q., the field artillery ammunition 
plant at Rock Island Arsenal and many extensions and additions to the plants of Win- 
chester Repeating Arms Company at New Haven, the Savage Arms Company at Utica, 
the Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company at Sharon, Pa., the Hydraulic Pressed Steel 
Company at Cleveland, the Wright Martin Aircraft Construction Company, the West- 
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at Essington, Pa., and various minor 
works. It may be of interest to note that Boyd has the honor of having organized the first 
battalion of the Home Guard in the United States. 

Cobb who had charge of the design of all concrete work for the company and Clow 
as structural engineer exercised supervision over the concrete and steel work for practi- 
cally all of these jobs. William B. Flynn was an electrical engineer on distribution, power 
and lighting of the plant at Muscle Shoals. George I. Crowell, '16, served as progress 
engineer, having worked previously on a shell-forging plant at Cleveland. 

It may be interesting to note in passing that much of the apparatus for the plant 
was supplied by E. B. Badger and Sons Company of Boston, where it was designed and 
manufactured largely under the supervision of Tech men, of whom more will be said later 
(see page 398). _ 

The three great plants are more or less alike in design, but No. 2, that at Muscle 
Shoals, is equal in capacity to the others combined. Atmospheric nitrogen is fixed by 
means of what is generally termed the cyanamide process, in which calcium carbide is 
transformed to cyanamide by the action of the electric arc in electric furnaces in which 
incandescent carbide is exposed to nitrogen gas. By the action of steam cyanamide is then 
transformed into ammonia, which is subsequently oxidized to ammonium nitrate. 

This process requires a tremendous expenditure of power, and at Plant No. 2 at 
present the chief source of energy is a Westinghouse turbine made up of three sections 
developing altogether 72,000 horsepower, the unit being one of the two largest in the world. 
In addition, some 30,000 kilowatts are brought in from the hydro-electric and steam plants 
of the Alabama Power Company. 

Plant No. 2 alone, when completed, cost approximately $70,000,000, while the 
construction program as a whole is estimated to have cost not less than $125,000,000. 

The power for this plant was furnished chiefly by the Alabama Power Com- 
pany, of which Samuel A. Fletcher, '03, is superintendent of service and F. C. Weiss, '13, 
superintendent of construction. Fletcher not only supplied power to the Nitrate Plant 
at Muscle Shoals but to an immense number of other auxiliaries. Altogether, the com- 
pany was supplying no fewer than 2,000,000 kilowatts per month. Only four of the 
company's customers were classed as nonessential industries. One manganese mine alone 
used 10,000,000 hours per month, while the Nitrate Plant at Muscle Shoals during its 
hours of operation absorbed power at a rate of 25,000 to 30,000 kilowatts. 

In addition to the general administration of this immense electrical system, Fletcher 
also replaced a younger man who was in military service and replaced a number of others 
by women, each of whom had to be especially trained. 

The power for Muscle Shoals was supplied in part by transmission lines from the 
hydro-electric and steam plants at a distance. 0. G. Thurlow, '04, was also in the service 
of the Alabama Power Company and was in charge of the construction of the 30,000 
kilowatt plant, which was especially built for this purpose This power house was located 
near the coal mines on the Warrior River, eighty-five miles from the nitrate plant, the 
ppwer being carried over this distance by the usual type of transmission line. The entire 
plant was laid out, built, and in use in eleven months from the date at which the contract 
was signed. Weiss also had charge of some exceptionally large projects along this line, 
among which may be mentioned the 110,000 volt transmission line from the Wilson Dam 
to Sheffield. 

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION 

Just as our men in explosive and shell manufacture aided those in the Ordnance 
Department in the production of shell and explosives, our men in business as contractors 
aided in producing the immense camps, depots and terminals largely designed by other 

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Tech men serving in the Construction Division of the War Department. Perhaps the most 
typical among these was the firm of Stone and Webster which handled some of the largest 
and most important pieces of work in the United States. In this organization forty-eight 
Tech men, including members of the firm, were active during the war. To how great an 
extent this firm is a Technology organization may be realized when it is stated that of the 
ten members of the firm, seven, namely, Charles A. Stone, '88, Edwin S. Webster, '88, 
Russell Robb, '88, Henry G. Bradlee, '91, Fred. P. Royce, '99, Harry H. Hunt, '89, and 
Howard L. Rogers, '93, are Tech men. 

It will be recollected that there were four main types of construction in connection 
with the war. First, there was emergency construction carried on chiefly by the Can- 
tonment Division of the Quartermaster Department. Second, there was the permanent 
and semi-permanent construction carried on chiefly under the Construction Division of 
the War Department, though the permanent additions to government arsenals appear to 
have been handled by the Ordnance Department. Third, there was construction in con- 
nection with additions to plants occupied by essential industries, notably those dealing 
with shipbuilding and munitions. Finally there was construction carried on in the Service 
of Supply in France. In all of these departments Stone and Webster took a very prominent 
part. 

In the matter of emergency work they were charged with the construction of Camp 
Travis, Texas, which subsequently became the training center of the 90th Division, Kelly 
Field at the same place, which became the chief training field for aviators in the United 
States, Camp Wise, also at San Antonio, a center of balloon training, and in conjunction 
with the F. A. Jones Construction Company, the firm also took a prominent part in the 
construction of Camp McArthur and Rich Field at Waco, Texas. Altogether it is esti- 
mated that Stone and Webster provided housing facilities for more than eighty thousand 
troops of the National Army, National Guard and Aviation Section between July and 
October 1917. 

The story of the construction of any one of these camps might fill many pages. 
Suffice it to say that Camp Travis was a cantonment capable of housing 42,800 men. Its 
cost was #8,200,000, slightly less than that of Camp Lewis, which has been described on 
page 319. In all other matters the camp was almost identical with Camp Lewis, the 
problems met and overcome being very similar. Upon August 31, 19 18, Camp Travis 
was 78.6 per cent completed. That is to say, it was more nearly completed than any other 
cantonment in the United States and it is said to have been the first cantonment actually 
completed. The camp at Kelly Field was in some respects even a larger project, as it 
involved the provision of quarters for some 45,000 men and hangars capable of caring 
for several hundred airplanes, together with the necessary repair shops. Camp McArthur 
was a National Guard cantonment capable of housing about 45,000 men, but involving 
only about #4,000,000 worth of construction, as many of the men were under canvas. 
Rich Field was quite similar in its structural features to Kelly Field, but was a smaller 
project. Camp Travis ranks with Camp McArthur among the cheapest and most effi- 
ciently constructed of the emergency camps and cantonments. 

In the matter of permanent construction, the Stone and Webster organization was 
particularly prominent in building additions to government arsenals, notably those at 
Rock Island, Picatinny and Watertown. 

The work at Rock Island included the erection of shops for the manufacture of 
field and siege guns, a boiler house including equipment, nitrate and ammunition store- 
houses, various other storage buildings and auxiliary apparatus, and the installation of 
machine tools. The work at Picatinny included the construction of powder-storage 
buildings, railroad tracks, a classification yard, roads, fences, barracks and an extension 
to the power station; it also included the installation of equipment. The work at Water- 
town included the erection and equipping of a foundry, a gun carriage shop, a rough machine 
shop, a forging shop, a heat treatment building, a boiler house, a substation and miscel- 
laneous other buildings, together with installation of machine tools. 

P. J. Munn, '15, who served as assistant office engineer at the Watertown job, states 
that the work there amounted to over ten million dollars. The five principal buildings 

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Dry Docks at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Designed and Constructed 
under the Supervision of Harrison S. Taft, '96 



erected have an average length of six hundred feet, and an average width of one hundred 
and sixty feet, that is to say, they represent the largest type of industrial structures. All 
are built of brick and steel. 

The improvements at Rock Island appear to have been carried out on an even 
larger scale. The Field and Siege Building is a reinforced concrete structure with dimen- 
sions of six hundred by three hundred and twenty feet, and is notable not only for its 
magnitude but for its architectural treatment. The storehouses erected at this place have 
an aggregate floor area of more than half a million square feet. All are of the most modern 
type of construction. At Rock Island alone there were no less than six hundred and sixty- 
seven buildings erected. 

In the matter of providing shops and facilities for essential industries, perhaps the 
two most important pieces of work undertaken by Stone and Webster were the erection 
of the great picric acid plant for the Semet-Solvay Company at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 
which, as we have already mentioned, was to have produced 14,500,000 pounds of picric 
acid per month, and the construction of the Hog Island Yard for the American International 
Shipbuilding Corporation. This latter job, which proved one of the most spectacular and 
difficult feats ever undertaken, will be described in detail a little later (see page 386). 

Perhaps the most unique job of Stone and Webster was construction overseas. 
As every one knows, the greater part of such work was carried on by army engineers, 
without civilian aid. Only one or two engineering firms sent forces to France at all, but 
among those who did so was Stone and Webster and the work done by them was perhaps 
the largest single job carried on in connection with the lines of communication. 

In August 1917 Stone and Webster were invited to discuss with officers of the 
Ordnance Department the possibility of their undertaking the layout and detailed design 
of the proposed ordnance base in France, the purchase of machine tool equipment, material 
and supplies, the supervision of the erection of the buildings, installation of machine 
tools and construction of some auxiliary features. This shop was to be located at Mehun 

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and as originally planned was to constitute a single group of shops. The base was designed 
to serve an army of 2,000,000 men and consisted of units for the repair of guns, gun car- 
riage, small arms, tractors, and personal and horse equipment, and for reloading artillery 
ammunition as well as for the storage of new material and repair parts. The proposed 
buildings were to cover more than 100 acres of floor space. 

In order to distribute the storage facilities to better advantage, the plan was modi- 
fied by breaking up the plant into seven units located at different points along the lines of 
communication from our ports of debarkation to the front, although Mehun remained the 
principal base. 

On August 27 the contract was closed and early in September the representatives 
of Stone and Webster sailed for France, to be followed later by a force of superintendents, 
engineers and foremen. 

It had been realized from the start that plans were likely to require alterations 
after the material was on the ground. Furthermore, parts of buildings were likely to be 
lost or sunk in transit, and for these reasons a plan of standard interchangeable units with 
the smallest possible number of different members was adopted. This plan was thor- 
oughly carried out and permitted reductions or additions to the storehouses and light 
shops, the breaking up of large buildings into smaller ones, or the use in any building of 
material intended for another, without alterations or delays. Steel intended for six typical 
storehouses actually went into 109 buildings varying in size from 20 feet square to 240 
feet by 520 feet, involving the purchase of a few hundred tons of additional steel, but not the 
slightest change in that already fabricated. 

Structural steel drawings were completed on September 18 and on the same day 
orders were placed for the frame work of twenty-eight storehouses and four light shops, 
involving 13,000 tons of material. Steel for the first storehouse left the shop on October 6, 
40 days after Stone and Webster were retained. 

The Mehun plant was equipped with railroad facilities, sidings, electric cranes, 
locomotive cranes, and permanent derricks. In the shops and storehouses were travel- 
ing cranes, jib cranes, hand hoists, gravity conveyors, and miles of industrial track. A 




Another View of the Norfolk Dry Docks 



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complete water supply was installed and an electric transmission line was built connecting 
the plant with the power station at Bourges. 

To obtain sufficient power it was necessary to provide and install additional boiler 
capacity at Bourges. In this matter Stone and Webster acted as sole representative of 
the Ordnance Department and the Technical Board (see page 219), and worked in close 
co-operation with the representatives of the Ministers de l'Armament and of the French 
contractors. 

One important part of the problem was the design and purchase of machine tools 
for the repair of ordnance. The unusual requirements of the service necessitated many 
new machines and countless special attachments, and in this phase especially valuable 
assistance was rendered. A group of engineers qualified to handle successfully the innum- 
erable details of this work were very quickly assembled. Time studies were made, sched- 




The Queen of Belgium Gives the Signal to Flood the Dock. 
in the foreground with his hat off 



TAFT CAN BE SEEN 



ules of operations established; jigs, fixtures, tools and gauges were designed to meet each 
special need. Seventeen hundred machine tools were purchased, varying in size from 15- 
pound hand riveters to motor driven gun boring lathes, 60 feet in length weighing 75 
tons. 

Of the material required for the Ordnance Base in France, amounting to 58,000 
tons, about 5000 carloads, or 80 per cent had arrived at the points of erection of installa- 
tion in France before the armistice, and many parts of the plant were in operation. The 
cost of the plant when completed was estimated at $900,000,000 and 20,000 men were 
specially enlisted and sent overseas to erect it. 

Numerous other Tech men engaged with other firms also did brilliant work in 
war construction. Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, of which J. W. Rollins, '78, is a member, 
built the destroyer plant at Squantum for the Navy Department, together with the 
so-called "Victory Bridge" across the Neponset River, which alone cost a quarter of a 
million dollars. They later built the slips and wharves for the same plant. They also built 
the wharves for the Boston Army Supply Base, which has already been described (see 

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page 323), together with a wharf and shed some two thousand feet in length at the New 
Orleans Army Supply Base, the latter project amounting to about three million dollars. 
All of these jobs were handled directly under the supervision of Mr. Rollins, and were 
erected in remarkably short spaces of time. 

Another construction firm which handled a large number of smaller war construc- 
tion jobs was the Barney-Ahlers Construction Corporation of which J. G. Ahlers, '10, 
was one of the organizers. This firm completed structure after structure in record time. 
Their first war contract appears to have been awarded in November, 1917, when they were 
called upon to build a base for a squadron of twelve seaplanes at Anacostia, D. C. The 
work was quickly completed and the Navy Department assigned the firm the work of 
completing a five-story warehouse at Charleston, South Carolina. The job had been under 
way for five months, but the first story was still uncompleted. Nine weeks later the build- 




(U. S. Official) 
Third Largest Ice Plant in the World — at Gievres, France. Designed by Louis S. Morse, '96, and 

OPERATED UNDER DIRECTION OF Maj.-GeN. HARRY L. ROGERS, '96 



ing was finished. Following this came three more Navy contracts; the concrete structural 
work for a power house and coal pocket, the big seaplane hangar at Rockaway used by 
the NC boats before their ocean flight, and a pier for the submarine base at New London. 
In the meanwhile the Army also made use of the firm in building emergency warehouses 
at Hoboken. When Ahlers asked how soon these warehouses would be needed, the Con- 
structing Quartermaster replied, "Day before yesterday." Two warehouses were planned, 
each of which was to be 504 feet long by 70 feet wide. The contractors were allowed 
twenty-one days as a reasonable time, and the estimated cost was $1.12 a square foot. 
The buildings were completed in fifteen days at a cost of less than $1.05 a square foot. 
As a result of this achievement, four more buildings were immediately ordered. The 
entire six buildings were completed in exactly forty-two working days. 

The Navy found it necessary to make many additions in their plants throughout 
the United States, and a very considerable number of Tech men did work in connection 
with their construction program. Perhaps the most interesting piece of work in this 
connection was performed by Harrison S. Taft, '96. Shortly after the outbreak of war 

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he was engaged as superintendent of construction upon a cantonment for three infantry 
regiments at the Presidio of San Francisco. This cantonment consisted of 210 one-story 
wooden buildings, all of which were ready for occupation eighteen days after work was 
commenced. After the completion of this work he appears to have been employed as 
a consulting engineer for the Navy Department in working out and standardizing methods 
and forms for various types of concrete docks under the Bureau of Yards and Docks. 
Later on, as general manager for the George Leary Construction Company of New York, 
he took personal charge of the construction of three dry docks Nos. 4, 6 and 7 at the 
Norfolk Navy Yard. 

Dry dock No. 4 is said to have been the most complicated reinforced concrete 
structure ever built for the Navy Department. The dock is of the largest size, being 
1,000 feet in length and 144 feet in width; its depth is $i}4 feet. In its construction 
625,000 cubic yards of earth were excavated and 185,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured 
and reinforced. The dock is capable of handling the largest ships now afloat and will 
probably be able to handle any which may be designed in the future unless radical changes 
take place in the world's harbors and ship channels. Work was begun in January, 191 7, 
and the entire job was completed two years and three months later, a feat which is said 
to constitute a record in the United States. 

Dry docks Nos. 6 and 7 were built for the United States Shipping Board and are 
considerably smaller, each being 471 feet in length and a little over 76 feet in width. 
Work was begun on these in August of 1918, so that Taft and his associates were obliged 
to handle the construction of all three jobs at once. The work on these jobs was com- 
pleted in October, 191 8, and the docks were flooded in the presence of the royal party 
of King Albert of Belgium, the Queen, herself, giving the signal to swing open the gates. 
It is said that the rapidity of construction of the three docks has set a new world standard 
for this type of construction. 

Another piece of work of exceptional interest was that of Louis S. Morse, '96, 
Engineer-in-Chief of the York Manufacturing Company. Morse's particular duty was the 
design of refrigerating machinery and auxiliary apparatus for United States Army and 
Navy, Department of Interior, and for corporations whose manufactured products were 
utilized by the Government in the prosecution of the war. He designed most of the car- 
bon dioxide and ammonia compression refrigerating machines which are now used by 
the Navy and Emergency Fleet Corporation. Perhaps his most interesting piece of work, 
however, was the design of the five thousand ton beef storage plant for the American 
Expeditionary Forces at Gievres, France. This plant was one of the three largest refrig- 
erating plants in the world, and it is interesting to note that it was operated under Major 
General Harry L. Rogers, '89, Quartermaster General of the American Expeditionary 
Forces (see page 210). 

SHIP CONSTRUCTION 

Some mention has already been made of the work of Commander James Reed, Jr., 
'07, and others in connection with the building of the destroyer Ward. Destroyers 
were built not only at government owned yards but at private yards throughout the 
United States. Perhaps no plant engaged in this work has a longer or more honorable 
record than the Bath Iron Works, Limited, of Bath, Maine. For many years this com- 
pany has been engaged in turning out destroyers for the United States Navy, and time 
and again its vessel has proven the swiftest and most reliable of its class. 

During the war the plant was engaged exclusively in the production of destroyers 
for the United States. Eleven of these were built at the works in accordance with the 
company's design. This design which came to be known as the "Liberty" was adopted 
as standard throughout the United States and destroyers were built from it at Cramp's, 
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, New York Shipbuilding Corpora- 
tion, Norfolk Navy Yard, Charleston Navy Yard and Mare Island Navy Yard. Among 
those built at the last place mentioned was the Ward. (See page 249.) 

A considerable number of Tech men occupied positions of importance at Bath, 
among whom may be mentioned C. P. Wetherbee, '91, vice-president and superintend- 

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ing engineer, W. S. Newell, '99, engineering works manager, and F. W. Baker, '93, assist- 
ant superintendent of construction. During the war H. W. DeLong, '96, was general 
storekeeper and Francis G. Cooke, '11, served as assistant to Baker on hull construction. 
D. 0. Hooper, '15, as assistant in the engineering and scientific department, worked 
especially upon the balancing of turbine rotors and W. E. Ash, '15, in the engine drafting 
room laid out the piping for the destroyers. 

A number of other Tech men were engaged in destroyer work at various plants, 
particularly at the Victory Plant at Squantum which was built by the Government but 
operated by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. This corporation is also engaged 
in the building of merchant vessels, and it is somewhat difficult to separate the activities 
of the men engaged upon each. 

William Binley, Jr., '97, as assistant naval architect of the corporation, served on 
the central technical staff at Bethlehem, and in this capacity exercised general supervision 
over the design of naval vessels and troop ships built by the company. Altogether the 
company turned out more destroyers than all the shipyards in the country combined. 
One of the first to be completed had covered forty thousand miles by the spring of the next 
year, and all have given excellent service. Gordon G. Holbrook, '10, served as assistant 
superintendent both at the Squantum and Quincy plants, having charge of the dock work 
on the destroyers. Ralph C. Henry, '96, served as assistant to the night superintendent 
at Squantum, having charge of the completion of the hulls of the unlaunched destroyers, 
especially those portions aft of the boiler room. He says regarding the work, "Outside 
of the structural interest, from the points of view of design and engineering, I found the 
chief interest in the effort to help evolve an efficient and enthusiastic organization which 
finally learned to merge individual interests into collective effort to the end that sound 
hulls should be launched with the greatest possible speed. This meant that the long- 
standing and inherent shipyard labor animosities had to be largely overcome through 
stimulation to patriotic effort, and that the work had to be so co-ordinated as to avoid 
inefficient overlap as between assignments of day work and night work. This much 
accomplished on the ships was continuous and steady, night and day." 

Other Tech men were engaged in the operation plant, among whom may be men- 
tioned Albert C. Ferry, '04, who was in charge of the electrical department at Squan- 
tum, and Douglas W. Smeaton, '09, civil engineer at Fore River in charge of ordering 
and transferring material used in the destroyers. Paul Connor, '15, was engaged in draft- 
ing work, and in taking data during destroyer trials. Fiske R. Jones, '15, supervised the 
design of the tool department and subsequently designed and purchased tools, dies, jigs 
and fixtures for all the machine tools: still later he supervised their installation and main- 
tenance. He also organized and operated the central tool department, reclaiming depart- 
ment and electrical welding department for the destroyer plant. In this connection a 
special study of electric welding was made by which it was possible to greatly increase 
the rate of production. The force of welders organized by Jones was the largest group 
of these artisans ever worked on destroyers. His most interesting experience, so he states, 
was that of pressing the electric button which started the first machine in the plant. This 
machine punched the first rivet hole in the first plate for the first of the thirty-five destroyers 
constructed. 

While destroyers were considered the most necessary type of craft during hos- 
tilities, merchant shipping was almost equally essential. By September 1917 the allied 
tonnage was seven million dead-weight tons below that of the year 1914. The normal 
growth of commerce would have resulted in the increase of eight million tons. There 
was, therefore, at this date a deficit of fifteen million tons below the common needs of 
the world. The actual loss since January 1917 had been no less than five million tons and 
the situation was truly alarming. A survey of all shipyards in the country showed that 
it might be possible to launch 3,000,000 tons in the next eighteen months. The accepted 
methods of shipbuilding could do no more. A new method of construction was absolutely 
imperative. Such a method was proposed by George J. Baldwin, '77, senior vice-president 
of the American International Corporation of New York of which Charles A. Stone, '88, 
is president. 

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The Hog Island Water Front, February 2, 1918 



As early as 1916 the American International Corporation had become interested 
in shipping. At that time it had investigated various shipyards along the Atlantic coast 
and had selected that of the New York Shipbuilding Company at Camden, New Jersey, 
as the best organized and most efficient. In November, 1916, the yard was purchased 
by the American International Corporation and was reorganized as the New York Ship- 
building Corporation. Baldwin was elected chairman of the board of directors and H. A. 
Magoun, '85, senior vice-president. 

Funds were immediately made available to provide increased capacity, and a goodly 
proportion of the three million tons which were on the ways at the outbreak of war were 
under construction in this yard. After the United States entered the contest two new 
yards were added, one of which was especially designed to handle destroyers for the Navy 
and the other to build troop transports for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The com- 
pany also constructed for the Fleet Corporation a large housing project known as Yorkship 
village. 

The record of the Camden yard throughout the war was brilliant and its reputation 
for efficiency was well maintained. Its daily rivet drive of 306 rivets per gang was the 
highest in the United States. It was from this yard that the "Tuckahoe" was launched 
twenty-seven days after her keel was laid. She was a ship of 5500 deadweight tons and 
such a record was absolutely unheard of. Many people believed that a ship so rapidly 
built could not be seaworthy and German agents set about spreading all manner of tales 
concerning her. As a matter of fact these stories are without foundation. Thirty-seven 
days after her keel was laid she was accepted by the Shipping Board and five days later 
had delivered her first cargo of coal after making the trip from Norfolk to Boston. Her 
subsequent performance has been excellent and except for some slight trouble with an ash 
ejector after she had been at sea some months she has never met with the slightest mishap. 

It is perhaps of interest to note that the "Mongolia" which was the first American 
ship to sink a German submarine was an earlier product of the Camden yard. 

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the three million tons under construction, at least three million more would have to be 
launched in the next eighteen months. Investigations already completed by the Inter- 
national Corporation indicated a solution of the problem, and in May, 1917, Mr. Baldwin 
presented to General Goethals a scheme for manufacturing ships of standard design in 
quantity. The plan went a step further, for it proposed features of design which would 
permit the steel work of the ship to be fabricated at various bridge works and assembled 
at a yard on the seaboard many miles distant. 

Such a plan called for great skill in design for it was necessary that the ships should 
be seaworthy and yet the graceful curves characteristic of the accepted types of seagoing 
vessels had to be largely eliminated. The staff of the New York Shipbuilding Corpora- 
tion was called upon to co-operate with Messrs. Stone and Webster in drawing up plans 
for such a ship, and these organizations succeeded in producing three remarkable designs, with 
flat decks, flat bottoms and flat vertical sides, which nevertheless could be depended upon 
as reliable sea boats. The same men subsequently developed the templates for these 
designs; these templates were sent to shops all over the United States and so excellent 
were they that practically no refitting was found necessary when the ships were assembled 
— a noteworthy feat. 

The scheme after some delay was adopted and arrangements were made by which 
the American International and two other corporations were to furnish the entire three 
million tons. It was planned that half of this amount should be built by the American 
International in the form of two hundred 7500-ton vessels. There seems to have been 
some further hesitation about awarding the contract however, and several alterations in 
the program took place before work was actually started. 

Finally on September 13, 1917, the contract was awarded to the American Inter- 
national Corporation which in association with Messrs. Stone and Webster and New York 
Shipbuilding Corporation especially created the American International Shipbuilding 
Corporation as a subsidiary to handle the construction of the standard ships. D. P. 
Robinson, '92, was president of the new organization, while H. L. Rogers, '93, and F. W. 
Wood, 'jj, served as vice-presidents. Wood was especially well fitted to assist in such 
an enterprise, having for several years been in charge of the Maryland Steel Shipbuilding 
Plant at Sparrows Point, Maryland; he has been one of the principal men at Hog Island 
and the excellent quality of the ships produced may be largely attributed to his competent 
advice. The contract called for the construction of a shipyard estimated to cost $21,000,000, 
though subsequent enlargements in the size of the project involved a considerable increase 
in the estimate, and the building of fifty 7500-ton cargo ships. A little later sixty 
more of these ships were ordered, together with seventy 8000-ton troop ships. The cargo 
ships known as the A type were expected to cost $1,050,000 apiece, while the troop ships, 
which were designed for greater speed, were estimated at $1,650,000. All money expended 
was to be that of the Government. The yard was to be built at cost and for each A ship 
the contractors were to receive a fee of $41,000 and for each B ship $65,000; these fees 
were to be substantially increased if the ships cost less than the estimated price. The 
original estimate called for an expenditure of more than $200,000,000 and was therefore 
the largest undertaking ever handled by a private contracting firm; with the exception 
of the Panama Canal it was the largest ever undertaken by the American Government. 

The American International Corporation had already studied every location on 
the Atlantic coast, which might prove suitable as a shipping terminal and no time was 
lost in selecting the site of the yard. The point chosen was Hog Island, a low-lying and 
more or less marshy piece of land on the Delaware River, a short distance below Phila- 
delphia. It was most unpromising in appearance but it was close to deep water, good rail 
connections and a large reservoir of labor; it was also well protected against possible raids 
by hostile war vessels. 

Immediately after the award of the contract to the American International Cor- 
poration, the construction of the yard was delegated to the firm of Stone & Webster, of 
which as we have already noted, seven Tech men are members (see page 377). The latter, 
immediately sent out a call for experienced engineers in all parts of the United States, 
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superintendents and foremen at Hog Island. A week later the brush had been cleared 
from the Island. Within two weeks bunk-houses were going up and in nineteen days the 
first piles were being driven. The dredging of the basin where the ships were to be fitted 
out and the filling of the marshy land had already commenced. 

Unfortunately, however, five months had been lost during the precious summer of 
1917 before the award of the contract, and conditions were no longer what had been expected. 
During the months of December, January and February there were only thirty-one days 
in which average temperature was above freezing. More than 120,000 piles had to be 
driven through ground which was frozen solid to a depth of forty-five inches. It was 
necessary to blast the hole for every pile, or to thaw the ground by steam. The supply of 
piling was inadequate. The Newark Terminal and other projects were also calling for 
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ditions such as had not occurred within the memory of man. Frequently the trees were 
frozen solid, and upon being felled burst into splinters. The lumbermen would not work 
in such weather, and finally it became necessary for the Government to send battalions 
of soldiers to get the lumber out. The dredges carried on their work in a river where the 
ice had formed to a depth of over a foot; at certain stages of the tide it was almost impossi- 
ble to continue the work. When the estimates had been made it had been supposed the 
trenches for water pipes and sewers could be dug by hand or could be excavated with light 
steam shovels, but it was necessary to use two tons of dynamite a day to get the earth 
into such a condition that it could be handled by American steam shovels of the type 
generally used for handling fragments of rock. The work resembled hard rock mining 
more nearly than excavation. Cinders for filling depressions arrived frozen solid and had 
to be thawed by steam, and kept warm while being distributed. Furthermore there were 
labor difficulties. Housing facilities were provided as rapidly as possible, but they could 
not be created at once, nor could arrangements be made to supply many men with food 
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in the presence of salt water in winter can imagine the conditions under which the work- 
men labored. It is small wonder that the labor turnover was large; and it proved tremen- 
dous. Under such conditions it is useless to talk of the estimated cost; indeed at that time 
price was considered of little importance. The one great object was to get the plant fin- 
ished and get the ships into the water before our army was defeated by the hostile sub- 
marines. The price was heavy but it had to be paid. It was an inevitable penalty of 
unpreparedness and hesitation in the face of the enemy. Money was spent but progress 
was made. 

At the end of one hundred and fourteen days the last pile had been driven. At the 
end of one hundred and nineteen days the basin was dredged. By February 2 there was 
perhaps no great change visible to the eye of the average citizen. Millions had been 
spent, and thousands of workmen had been hired and had quit the job. Rival shipbuilders 




General View of the Shipways as Seen from the River — Hog Island, Pa. 



and hostile agents were circulating stories of inefficiency and waste; criticism came from 
all sides. Yet to the eye of the trained observer the thing which perhaps was most notable 
was not how little had been accomplished, but rather how much of the work had been 
completed. It had been a terrible winter, but the time had not been lost. The piles were 
driven. The foundations for the shipways were laid, water-piping and other utilities 
had been installed, the steel for the ships had been ordered and much of it had been rolled, 
punched and fabricated. Quarters for the workmen were nearing completion, and the 
labor turnover was becoming less severe. The work which had been done during the 
past months was for the most part hidden beneath the surface of the ground, but now with 
the coming of summer the whole area was ready to burst into visible activity. 

By the first of March even the most inexpert could see what was happening. Upon 
February 12 the keel of the first ship, the Quistconck, so called from the original Indian 
name of Hog Island, had been laid. By the end of March, four more were under construc- 
tion. By the end of April, seven others were taking shape. Ten more were constructed 
in May and one year from the date of the signing of the contract, forty-three of the fifty 
ways already had ships upon them in various stages of completion. 

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The first launching took place on August 5 when the "Quistconck" which had been 
174 days on the ways slid into the water. It is of interest to note that the keel of the 
"Quistconck" had been laid under the supervision of James D. MacBride, '99. MacBride 
had from the beginning of the war been intimately associated with shipbuilding. Within 
four hours after the declaration of war the Government requested him to take charge of 
some of their work at the Charlestown Navy Yard. He was, however, at that time busy 
on the design of eleven submarine chasers, and upon the completion of this work was 
appointed superintendent of ship construction at the Maryland Shipbuilding Company. 
The yard was a new one and it was necessary to lay out and build the yard, but by the 
winter of 1917 the plant was in operation, two keels had been laid and work was progress- 
ing on others. MacBride then applied for and obtained a position with the American 
International Shipbuilding Corporation. He became superintendent of the first division 
of ten ways and as a result supervised the construction and launching of the first ships. 
Later on he was placed in charge of education of skilled workmen for the yard. 

Perhaps a word should be said about the "Quistconck." When launched she had 
not been completed so far as it subsequently became customary to carry the ships on 
the ways, and as a result there was more work to be done in the wet basin than was 
generally the case with the ships which followed her. This fact taken with the general 
prejudice against fabricated ships existing in the minds of many seamen, the jealousy of 
rival shipbuilders and the work of a few clever German agents gave rise to the story that 
the ship had leaked so badly that she had had to be towed to a dry-dock. This story is 
absolutely without foundation. The ship remained in the wet basin 120 days and on 
November 7 completed her trials and was shortly afterwards accepted by the Shipping 
Board. Since then she has sailed 60,000 sea miles and has never been in dry-dock except- 
ing once when after covering 37,000 miles she was laid up to have her bottom scraped. 

The next ship to be launched was also one of MacBride's, the "Saccarappa" which 
was 151 days upon the ways and 128 days in the basin. As time went on the length of 
time necessary to complete a ship became steadily less as the plant organization increased 
in skill, until ships were being completed in the neighborhood of two hundred days with a 
single shift working forty-four hours a week. At the date of armistice the "Quistconck" 
had passed her trials while three other ships had been launched and were nearing com- 
pletion. By February 1, 1919, five ships were delivered or ready for delivery, ten more 
were more than eighty per cent completed, and the first fifty had reached an average 
completion of 60.8 per cent. 

The size of the completed plant is simply stupendous. It is 2^4 miles in length, 
and stretches over 925 acres of ground. It is equipped with fifty ship ways and seven piers, 
each 1,000 feet in length and capable of handling the largest seagoing freight-carrying 
vessels. By working day and night a 7500-ton ship can be launched from each way every 
ninety days, which gives the yard a capacity of 1,500,000 tons a year, — almost four 
times the total shipbuilding capacity of the United States before the war. The plant is 
equipped with thirty-six warehouses, with a floor space of more than forty acres; the larg- 
est building is of the best steel and concrete construction. Housing accommodations have 
been provided for some 26,000 men. The ways and buildings required for their construc- 
tion 150,000,000 board feet of lumber, and 151,000 piles of average length of 45 feet were 
driven to provide foundations. The entire island is provided with water, sewerage and 
drainage systems equivalent to those of an average town of 30,000 inhabitants. Other 
public utilities are installed upon the same scale, the electric-lighting system having a 
capacity of 24,000 kilowatts, and actually using 130,000 kilowatt-hours per day. The 
inside wiring alone required 379 miles of wire, while 101 miles of wire were strung over- 
head. There were no less than 3,013 miles of telephone wire installed in the plant, and 
the daily traffic compares with that of such cities as Erie, Reading and Lancaster, Pa. 

This tremendous project was handled entirely by the American International Ship- 
building Corporation to the construction and operation of which the three great cor- 
porations already mentioned were giving their best efforts. It was handled at cost, no 
fee whatsoever being charged and no profit made in connection with the work. It has 
been said that the work ranks with that of the Panama Canal, and this is true, not only 

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Airplane View of Hog Island 



in size but in the conditions under which it was put through. Just as the builders of the 
Panama Canal were obliged to fight the tropical heat, tropical diseases and hostile criti- 
cism, so the constructors of Hog Island were faced with ice and cold, the treachery of 
foreign agents and hostile criticism of every variety. Nevertheless the work was com- 
pleted and stands today as a monument to the ability and perseverance of its builders. 

The ships and the methods of construction employed are fully as remarkable as 
the yard itself. The A ships are 401 feet long and have a speed of 11^2 knots, while the 
B ships are 450 feet in length and attain a speed of 15 knots. Both ships are equipped 
with Babcock and Wilcox boilers, burn fuel oil and are propelled by geared turbines of 
the General Electric Company's type. The ships, due to the peculiar conditions governed 
by their design, are somewhat unusual in appearance, the lines being very straight and 
severe so that they superficially resemble warships more than merchant vessels. Of 
their seagoing qualities, however, there can be no doubt, for all have been given the high- 
est possible rating both by Lloyd's and the American Bureau of Shipping. Altogether 
vessels built at Hog Island have sailed over 150,000,000 nautical miles and have carried 
upwards of 1,000,000 tons of cargo, all without any accident attributable even in a remote 
degree to design or construction. On the contrary the excellent manner in which these 
ships were built has been demonstrated upon more than one occasion, perhaps most 
notable being the adventure of the ship "Liberty Glow." 

The "Liberty Glow" was the thirty-sixth vessel to be launched. She had traveled 
some 11,000 sea miles when on December 5, 1919, in the North Sea she struck a mine which 
exploded beneath her keel and blew her in two, her bow and stern being held together by 
nothing except the deck plates and the upper side plates. The limiting bulkheads fore 
and aft, however, held. The ship anchored and a radio message was sent for help. During 
the night the wind began to rise and the thermometer to fall. A tremendous sea was soon 
running and the crew, becoming terrified, left the ship in one of the small boats. A few 
days later they were found frozen to death. The captain remained at his post. About 
four o'clock in the morning of December 6, the ship broke in two, and the stern, manned 
only by the captain began to drift toward the Dutch Coast, where it went ashore, the 

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captain being rescued next morning. On investigation it was found that the cargo holds, 
except the one ruptured by the mine, were still tight and no cargo had been damaged. 
A search along the beach a little later disclosed the bow of the ship which had dragged 
anchor. Investigation again disclosed that the bulkhead had held, and the cargo with 
the exception of that immediately above explosion was undamaged. It is doubtful whether 
any other ship has ever passed such a test. 

The methods of fabrication at Hog Island are most noteworthy, and may perhaps 
point the road toward the recovery by the American Merchant Marine of much of its 
previous prestige. Standard plates, rivets and beams are used throughout. They arrive 
at the yard cut to length, properly punched and formed, and with about ninety-seven 
per cent of the fabrication complete. On arrival they are carefully sorted into unit car- 
loads. Thus, the material for a certain bulkhead is placed complete in one pile ready to 
be loaded upon a car by a traveling crane and delivered to the ways. When loaded it is 
so arranged that that piece which will be first needed at the ways is the first to come off, 
the rest following in their proper order. The sequence of the various loads is also arranged 
in advance so that it is only necessary for the superintendent at the ways, when he has 
completed the erection of one set of steel, to call for the next and it will come to him com- 
plete to the last rivet and liner. For this purpose no fewer than ninety locomotive cranes 
are used, aided by nearly five hundred cranes of other types including among others one 
of one hundred tons capacity, especially provided to lift the heavy turbines into ships of 
the B type. 

It was anticipated when the plant was designed that in many cases plates and other 
parts delivered at the yard would not fit perfectly, and accordingly a correction plant of 
considerable capacity was provided. As a matter of fact this plant was never utilized for 
that purpose since the materials delivered have almost without exception fitted perfectly, 
a fact which reflects tremendous credit upon those responsible for the original templates, 
and upon the thirty-five hundred manufacturers in all parts of the country who supplied 
the materials. 

While the system of fabrication at the plant was almost perfect, during its early 
days progress upon the ships was slow. In August, 1918, the average drive was only 104 
rivets per team per day and much of the other work dragged in the same manner. This 
was due to the fact that the supply of workmen skilled in the shipbuilding trade at the 
outbreak of war, had been practically negligible, and that the men subsequently engaged 
in it were, almost without exception, entirely inexperienced in their new work. Mention 
has already been made of how this problem was handled (see page 341), by the Shipping 
Board and of how the Education and Training Section undertook to remedy these con- 
ditions (see page 344). A school was established at Hog Island with some seventy instruc- 
tors directed by J. D. MacBride, '99. Within a very few months revolutionary results 
were accomplished. By December the rivet drive per gang per day was 242 at an average 
cost of $.093 per rivet. This made Hog Island one of the most efficient plants in the 
country. 

The American International Shipbuilding Corporation co-operated actively in the 
work of rehabilitating wounded and injured soldiers. Hog Island was one of the first 
plants in the country to employ wounded men, and it would appear that these men were 
placed where they were able to do a man's work and were paid the full rate of wages. A 
number of them working as signalmen received seventy-five cents an hour, while others 
filled such positions as chauffeurs and material checkers at $30.00 a week. Subsequently 
the policy of the Vocational Training Board which required that men should go into 
occupations which were expanding resulted in a decrease in the use of such men at the 
yard, but had the war continued, it would have probably furnished an excellent oppor- 
tunity for providing work for crippled men. 

Throughout its history, Hog Island was largely administered by Tech men. M. C. 
Brush, '01, who is now the president of the American International Shipbuilding Cor- 
poration states that there were at least 250 of our men on the job at one time or another. 
The early work of construction was undertaken under the direction of D. P. Robinson, 
'92. In December, 1918, he was succeeded by Frederick Holbrook, who is not a Tech 

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man but the latter was succeeded by Brush, under whose direction most of the ships 
were launched and completed. H. L. Rogers, '93, and F. W. Wood, '77, served throughout 
as vice-presidents. Among other Tech men who might be mentioned are: I. C. Horton, '84, 
W. H. Blood, Jr., '88, C. F. Wallace, '92, J. D. MacBride, '99, D. E. Maxfield, '00, E. G. 
Allen, '00, W. W. Dow, '01, W. F. Davidson, '01, H. T. Winchester, '03, S. B. Tuell, '03, 
W. B. Ferguson, '04, L. H. Parker, '05, A. W. Geist, Jr., '06, W. P. Bearce, '06, Joseph 
Pope, '08, George Schobinger, '08, L. S. Goodman, '08, W. L. DuBois, '09, C. A. Johnson, 
'09, E. S. Clark, '10, Abbott Allen, '10, W. K. Brownell, '10, C. A. Schafer, '11, C. D. 
Davis, '12, E. H. Schell, '12, S. C. Sargent, '12, A. F. Brewer, '13, R. D. Waterman, '15, 
C. W. Wood, '15, R. F. Gunts, '16, A. D. Pette, '16, H. L. Miller, '18, J. K. Pearson, '18 
J. T. Sattels, '18, S. A. Hoye, '18, P. M. Strang, '18, F. C. Sponner, '18, D. H. Lovejoy, 
'19, Donald Levering, '19, Kenneth Wood, '19, H. T. Dennison, '20, M. C. Hall, '20, 
W. K. Avery, '21, and A. H. Stevens, '21. 

In closing it may be well to summarize the work of our men in connection with the 
Hog Island Yard. At the time of its inception, the building of the yard appeared an 
absolute necessity. Every plant in the country was already operating at capacity, and 
after all possible expansion had been made, facilities were insufficient to take care of the 
tremendous and vital demand. Had work upon the plant begun in the spring of 19175 
or had the war lasted a little longer, the ships from this plant might well have played a 
decisive part in the struggle. 

The sudden collapse of the Germans in the fall of 1918 prevented the yard from 
thus fulfilling its original mission. It nevertheless represents one of the world's greatest 
engineering achievements, and has proved of tremendous value to the Government as a 
business investment. When the contracts are completed, the Government will have 
received 921,000 tons of excellent shipping, together with a shipyard which is today in 
excellent condition, and which has been estimated as being worth as much as $100,000,000 
as a shipping terminal. Even supposing it to be worth but a half that figure, either as a 
terminal or as a shipyard, and deducting this figure from the total cost of yard and ships, 
which has been estimated at about $220,000,000, it will be found that our men at Hog 
Island, in spite of every difficulty, in a space of a little over two years will have furnished 
the nation with nearly a million tons of excellent merchant shipping at a cost which lies 
in the neighborhood of $180 a ton. Such an achievement will be found hard to match in 
the annals of war or engineering. 

To gain a true conception of the efficiency with which the Hog Island project was 
carried through, it should be compared with the standard shipbuilding program of Eng- 
land, a nation which has long been considered preeminent in ship construction. Work 
was started upon the British yards two months before the contract for Hog Island was 
awarded. By March, 1920, only two ships had been launched and none completed. At 
the same date Hog Island had already launched ninety-eight ships, of which eighty-three 
were already in service. 

Hog Island, though by far the largest, was by no means the only shipbuilding 
project organized and directed by Tech men. The Newburgh Shipyards, Inc., was organ- 
ized by Thomas C. Desmond, '09. This company was awarded contracts for ten 9,000- 
ton dead-weight steel merchant ships. The yard employed about thirty-three hundred 
men and the progress made was most satisfactory. Previous to organizing the company 
Desmond had been prominent in war activities of a very different nature. Even before 
the declaration of war, at the request of Ex-President Roosevelt, he had undertaken to 
organize three thousand engineers into the engineer regiment for Roosevelt's proposed 
volunteer division. He later became a member of the National Security League and was 
credited with having helped organize the Vigilantes (see page 352). 

Two of our men, F. W. Lord, '93, and Thomas P. Curtis, '94, took prominent part 
in wooden shipbuilding work. Lord is president of the Lord Construction Company of 
which Curtis is vice-president. This company was engaged in wooden ship construction 
in District No. 2 and is credited by the district supervisor with having been largely instru- 
mental in enabling this district to launch the first standard wooden ship, and also with 
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throughout the period of most rapid construction. The company's plant at Providence, 
which was chiefly charged with equipping the vessels, was credited by government officials 
with having done its work quicker, better, and at ten per cent less cost than any other yard 
engaged in the same type of work. 

Curtis, not content with helping to direct the activities of the company, also joined 
the Volunteer Ambulance Corps of Massachusetts as a "private," becoming ultimately 
its "captain" and commanding officer. As such he directed twenty motor ambulances 
which met transports to pick up wounded soldiers. All incoming ships were met and, in 
addition, the organization carried over five thousand influenza patients to various 
hospitals. 

P. R. Parker, '03, as general manager of the Benicia Shipbuilding Corporation and 
Moses J. Look, '92, as chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of 
the York River Shipbuilding Corporation of West Point, Va., and as vice-president of the 
Kingston Shipbuilding Corporation of New York, were also engaged in getting out wooden 
ships. Look, in addition, served as the representative of Winston & Company, who 
were in charge of construction work at Camp Abraham Eustis and the balloon school 
at Lee Hall, Va. 

Besides steel and wooden ships a certain number of the composite type, that is to 
say, ships with steel frames and wooden hulls, were also built. The framework was 
generally fabricated at some bridge works and the first of these to undertake a contract 
for the fabrication of the entire steel work of a ship was the Federal Bridge and Structural 
Company of which Charles J. Mcintosh, '03, is president. Later on the company, under 
his direction, fabricated an immense amount of steel for the Submarine Boat Corpora- 
tion and other shipyards engaged in the quantity production of steel ships. Mcintosh 
received a commission in the Engineer Officers Reserve Corps but was relieved from active 
duty in order to continue to aid in the construction of ships. 

Yet another type of ship built as a result of the emergency were those of reinforced 
concrete. The introduction of this type of vessel seems to have been due, in part at least, 
to a report rendered the Council of National Defense by Benjamin A. Howes, '97, on 




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concrete ships and how they might assist in the emergency. The report included an out- 
line program for developing the necessary yards and material for the construction of three 
million tons in three years. Howes also sent in another report to the Committee on 
Congestion at the Port of New York in which he outlined certain emergency construction 
which would decrease the congestion and permit the release of shipping for war work. A 
number of his recommendations were subsequently adopted. 

The concrete shipbuilding program developed rapidly and a number of Tech men 
took prominent part in it. Among these was Archibald Gardner, '02, manager of the 
concrete shipyard at Jacksonville, Florida. This project included the construction of a 
yard costing approximately one million dollars, and eight concrete tankers. During the 
construction of the yard Gardner served as chief engineer and later became its manager. 
The work was difficult, since it required the training of a force of about one thousand 
green men in the most difficult type of concrete construction. 

Another of the yards building concrete ships was that of the Liberty Shipbuilding 
Company at Brunswick, Georgia. The plans and specifications for these ships, of which 
there were fifty, each of three thousand tons, were drawn up by Professor Owen of the 
Department of Naval Architecture, assisted by experts of the United States Shipping 
Board. 

F. 0. Adams, Jr., '07, as draftsman and Paul S. Howes, '15, as a concrete engineer 
in charge of the reinforced steel section, took part in the construction of these ships. 
Howes, who, by the way, had also been connected with Stone & Webster in construction 
of the Ordnance Depot in France and with the Fred T. Ley Construction Company 
in the erection of the Ammonium Nitrate Plant at Perryville, Maryland, and the Picric 
Acid Plant at Brunswick, Georgia, says regarding the ships: "The work was new and 
extremely fascinating. The difficult bending, its accuracy in fitting the forms and the 
jigsaw puzzle of putting it together, made life most enjoyable in spite of delays. The first 
ship, christened the 'Atlantis,' was launched in December, 1919." 

Other Tech men were engaged in building of smaller craft and various auxiliary 
activities. Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, '70, president of the Herreshoff Manufacturing 
Company, is better known as a builder of defenders for the America's cup than as a con- 
structor of war vessels. During the war, however, his plant was engaged in the construc- 
tion of scout boats, patrol boats, pontoon barges and hydroplane hulls, and pontoons. 

James W. Hussey, '00, as naval architect with the Greenport Basin & Construc- 
tion Company designed and constructed forty units for the Russian Black Sea submarine 
defense fleet. He also designed nine fast express-cruisers for American owners, which 
were subsequently incorporated into the submarine patrol fleet of the United States Navy. 
He supervised the construction of a number of small ships for the Quartermaster 
Department and the rebuilding and repair of numerous vessels, including among others 
the converted yacht "Zoraya." 

It may be of interest to note that all of these ships which were intended for carrying 
troops were equipped with elliptical life rafts and floats. Ten thousand of these were 
built for the Navy by the Athens Shipbuilding Corporation of which Frank S. Howland, 
'94, was treasurer. The company also supplied many of the lifeboats used on naval and 
merchant vessels. 

THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 

The chemical industry in the late war was closely associated with the munitions 
industry; in fact, it is rather difficult to separate the two. As we have already seen, a 
great number of Tech men working in the plants of some of the largest producers of chem- 
icals in the United States were giving their entire time to the manufacture of explosives, 
and indeed there were very few chemical firms in the country which were not manufac- 
turing explosives or the raw materials from which explosives and poisonous gases were 
produced. A typical case is that of the Merrimac Chemical Company, of which Henry 
Howard, '89, was vice-president, and of which Salmon W. Wilder, '91, is now president. 
Eighty per cent of the output of this plant, which ran at the maximum capacity, was 
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two of the company's products, picric acid and T. N. T., were excellent explosives without 
further treatment, and these products together with phenol and some others, were pro- 
duced exclusively for the United States and the allied powers. While the products of the 
company were largely raw materials for explosives, many other chemical compounds were 
manufactured, notably benzol, and dyestuffs, among which may be mentioned H-acid, 
one of the intermediates formerly controlled by Germany and one by which she domi- 
nated the dye industry of the world. The Merrimac Chemical Company was the first 
American concern to place this material upon the market. For some time it was the 
only firm able to produce it in sufficient purity to make reliable blue, black and khaki 
fabrics. It is interesting to note that its development was carried on under the super- 
vision of Arthur L. Gardner, '08, assistant superintendent of the Woburn works, the actual 
experimentation being conducted by Luther M. Lauer, '17. 

The dye industry was itself closely associated with the munitions industry as some 
of the highest explosives, notably tetra-nitro-aniline, are made directly from the basic 
materials of the dye industry, while others, such as T. N. T. and T. N. X., have been 
developed from materials used in the manufacture of dyes. The National Aniline and 
Chemical Company, Inc., of New York City, was engaged in the manufacture of 
these products and also undertook the manufacture of mustard gas. A. H. Jacoby, '98, 
manager of the intermediate department, and William L. Spalding, '05, research engineer, 
were actively engaged in the work. 

Most of the explosives used in the war are oddly enough by-products of industries 
which, in themselves, can scarcely be considered warlike. Thus toluol, aniline and ammonia 
are obtained chiefly as by-products from coal distillation. Glycerine is a by-product of 
slaughter houses and packing operations and cotton linters from the manufacture of cloth. 
As a result, a number of Tech men held positions in companies which although little allied 
in a direct sense to the prosecution of the war were nevertheless supplying essential raw 
materials as by-products. Among these men may be mentioned Stephen P. Brown, '00 
(deceased), chief engineer of the construction department of the International Coal Pro- 
ducts Corporation of New York, and Morris M. Brandegee, '16, who was assistant to the 
chief chemist and vice-president of the same organization. Another vice-president of 
this corporation is Thomas C. Clarke, '93, who during the war, as colonel of the 110th 
Engineers, of the 35th Division, was leading his regiment in France. The most important 
piece of work in which his associates at home seem to have been engaged was the design 
and construction of a plant situated in Virginia for the manufacture of briquettes of a 
compound known as carbo-coal, together with the by-product plant which yielded toluol 
and ammonia. Carbo-coal was especially valuable as a war fuel as it burned without 
smoke. While it was actually designed and constructed by Brown, a large part of the 
experimental work upon which the design was based was carried on under Brandegee's 
direction. Brandegee also experimented in cracking various kinds of oil for the production 
of toluol. 

In this connection may also be mentioned Robert V. Zahner, '09, engineer in charge 
of the building and electrical departments of the Koppers Company of Pittsburgh; Emil F. 
Vogel, '00, assistant superintendent of the By-Product Coke Plant of the Youngstown 
Sheet and Tube Company, who was associated with George A. Sweet, '16, foreman of the 
same by-product plant; and Erik H. Green, '01, treasurer and general manager of the 
Agawam Chemical Works, Inc., who was engaged in the manufacture of dyes and closely 
related chemicals. 

Associated with Zahner we find Albert E. Smyster, '96, engineer of refractories, 
and Frank E. Hamilton, '07, operating engineer. These men and their associates designed 
and erected seventy-six batteries containing 4,252 ovens with a capacity of twenty tons 
of coal per charge and a coking period of fourteen to eighteen hours. Zahner states that 
these ovens doubled the by-product capacity of the coking plants of the United States 
and that the plants built by his department produced no less than seventy-five per cent 
of the benzol and toluol manufactured in this country. 

Arthur B. Allen, '03, assistant superintendent of the New York Mutual Gas Light 
Company, and Charles A. Raymond, '06, assistant superintendent of the New England 

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Fuel and Transportation Company were engaged in the same type of work. Allen was 
placed in charge of a special toluol plant erected by the Government on his company's 
property, in which toluol was distilled from the light oils extracted from the gas obtained 
during the purification of the illuminating gas for New York City. 

Toluol was also obtained as a by-product in the preparation of sulphite paper 
pulp, and E. R. Barker, '98, served on the Toluol Committee of the Technical Association 
of the Pulp and Paper Industry to investigate the amount which might be obtained from 
this source. 

A number of our men were also engaged in the manufacture of glycerine as a 
by-product, and among these may be mentioned George M. Greene, '03, an assistant 
superintendent with Colgate & Company; C. B. Morey, '06, chief chemist of the 
Larkin Company of Buffalo; and Wilson H. Low, '86, of the Cudahy Packing Company. 
As the entire product of Colgate factory had been placed at the Government's disposal, 
Greene, in addition to his work in glycerine, had direct supervision over the production 
of soaps for the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps, and also of the manufacture of 
"sag paste" which proved more or less successful in protecting our men from the burns 
of mustard gas. Morey was also engaged in the manufacture of sag, and he mentions 
soap, "issue," and soap, "hand," the former being the material which is familiar to those 
who served in the Army under the name "commissary bouquet." 

Low, in addition to exercising chemical supervision over the production of glycer- 
ine, was responsible for the general composition of the food produced at the packing house 
and for the inspection of materials to make sure that hostile agents had not introduced 
poison. 

The manufacture of medical supplies was a branch of the chemical industry, as closely 
related to the battlefield as those dealing with explosives and their raw materials. Several 
of our men have for some years specialized in this work, and their plants continued during 
the war to manufacture the much-needed products. Among these may be mentioned 
Charles C. R. Fish, '74, manufacturing chemist for Otis Clapp and Son., Inc.; Arthur F. 
Harkness, '02, who worked as chemist for the Lewis Manufacturing Company; and Edward 
E. Bennett, '07, manager of the National Milk Sugar Company, of New York. The 
supplies produced under the direction of all these men went directly to the American Red 
Cross or to the medical services of the United States, France and England. 

Another material generally produced by the chemical companies which was abso- 
lutely essential for the production of aircraft was cellulose acetate and similar "dopes" 
used to tighten the wing fabric of airplanes and render it more impervious to air. The 
chief source of supply of this material appears to have been the Eastman Kodak Com- 
pany, headed, as we all now know, by the "Mysterious Mr. Smith." "Mr. Smith" is 
not, in the strictest sense of the word, a Tech man, save by adoption, but among his forces 
were a great number of Tech men, including James H. Haste, '96, manager of the Kodak 
Park Works at Rochester; Albert F. Sulzer, '01, general superintendent of film manufac- 
ture at that plant; Dalton G. Bent, '05, assistant superintendent, and Henry H. Tozier, 
'96, superintendent of the photographic paper department. Haste and Sulzer appear to 
have been most directly engaged in the manufacture of cellulose acetate, regarding which 
Sulzer says, "The Signal Corps very quickly realized that large quantities of cellulose 
acetate would be required to be applied as a varnish for wings of airplanes. Some years 
previous to the war the Eastman Kodak Company had experimented in the manufacture 
of cellulose acetate for non-inflammable "movie" films, but in 1917 the plant was not 
in operation. A contract was made with the Signal Corps to produce large quantities of 
this material. The plant was put in operation, and at later periods the output was doubled 
several times, the size of the plant being increased to meet the Government's needs. A 
recovery plant was also erected to salvage the waste acetic acid as sodium acetate. The 
Eastman Kodak Company was at first the sole manufacturer of this material and was 
able to produce sufficient quantities to more than fill the shipping orders of the Govern- 
ment. Dope-mixing contracts were also taken for dissolving the cellulose acetate in proper 
solvents to produce varnish to be spread over the surface of the airplane wing. • 

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materials, but in addition to this considerable work was undertaken along lines not 
remotely connected with photography. Some of this work which was directly under Tozier's 
supervision included the development of an anti-dimming coating for gas mask eye-pieces, 
and in this direction some very excellent results were obtained, though none of these 
compounds gave entire satisfaction and their need was finally obviated by improvements 
in the gas mask. Bent attacked the problem from a different angle in an attempt to 
develop a celluloid eye-piece which would not cloud. 

A very different type of chemical products were those manufactured by paint concerns, 
but in this work also we were well represented by Edward C. Holton, '88, and Sherley P. 
Newton, '06, the former chief chemist of the Sherwin Williams Company and the latter 
chief chemist of the Sherwin Williams Company of Canada, Ltd. Under the direction of 
these two men an immense quantity of paint for all manner of purposes was produced. 
Because of its value in camouflage, paint played a more conspicuous part in the recent 
war than has usually been the case. In addition to the paints for camouflage purposes, 
preservative paints were manufactured for use on submarines, battleships, and railway 
equipment, and special varnishes were developed for aircraft. Besides looking after the 
manufacture of paint, especially shell paint and varnish for Canadian munition com- 
panies, Newton was charged with the production of insecticides for the protection of the 
Canadian potato and garden crops. This material was classed by the Canadian govern- 
ment as of equal importance with explosives in the prosecution of the war, and about 
eighty per cent of it was made under his direction. 

Still another and very different branch of chemical work was carried on by William 
H. Adams, '91, vice-president and general manager of the Eastern Finishing Works, Inc. 
This company handled the dyeing and waterproofing of heavy fabrics, canvas, and tar- 
paulins for the Army and Navy. About ninety-five per cent of its production was on 
government contracts and none of its material was rejected. 

Great progress was made in the processes of manufacturing nearly all types of 
chemicals during the war and many Tech men engaged as consulting engineers and chem- 
ists contributed toward this improvement. Prominent among these was Arthur D. 
Little, '85, president and general manager of Arthur D. Little, Inc., and Hervey J. 
Skinner, '99, vice-president of the same company. Their laboratories were largely 
taken up with research work in co-operation with the Gas Defense Service of the later 
Chemical Warfare Service, and some very excellent results were obtained. Perhaps the 
most noteworthy improvement which can be attributed to the company was the develop- 
ment of smoke filters of low mechanical resistance which, when used in gas masks, extracted 
the particles of poisonous smoke clouds without causing undue effort on the part of the 
wearer. Work was also carried on in conjunction with the Signal Corps for increasing the 
supply of acetone. The production of this material by direct fermentation was also 
investigated, and in this work Harry S. Mork, '99, who preceded Skinner as vice-presi- 
dent of the concern, was very actively engaged. 

Parker C. Choate, '85, a metallurgical engineer, worked on the development of 
permanganate of potash and soda and also did very important work upon the metallurgy 
of lead and zinc, particularly in the production of the latter. Charles L. W. Pettee, '97, 
an analytical and consulting chemist, was engaged in testing materials for the Govern- 
ment, including brass, bronze and various kinds of steel. The method originated by him 
in the analysis of platinum alloys was requisitioned and used by the Platinum Control 
Bureau. Herbert 0. Keay, '00, manager of the Laurentide Company, Limited, of the 
Province of Quebec, did considerable research work in connection with the manufacture 
of ethyl-alcohol from sulphite waste liquor in pulp mills and also in the recovery of cymene 
in the manufacture of toluol. It may be mentioned that Keay entered a Canadian officers' 
training corps but was unable to pass the physical requirements for active service. 

The manufacture of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds was essential 

for the conduct of the war, but their production would have been impossible without the 

basic chemicals, particularly sulphuric acid, potash, and carbonate of soda. Mention 

has already been made of the Semet-Solvay Company and of the Hercules Company, which 

roduced these materials in great quantity. It is interesting to note, however, that the 

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largest production of potash from any one concern in the United States came from the 
Potash Reduction Company, of Hoffland, Nebraska, where the material was manufactured 
under the direction of Charles F. Runey, '07, manager of the plant. 

Alkalies were produced by the Mathieson Alkali Works, of Niagara Falls, where 
Ralph E. Gegenheimer, '10, served as chief chemist. Eighty-five per cent of the product 
of this plant was for the use of the Government, and it included bleaching powder, liquid 
chlorine and caustic soda. In addition to these materials, however, the plant was the 
first to manufacture tetrachlorethane for use as an airplane "dope." This material had 
previously been imported from Germany. Later on a plant was built which provided 
for the production of thirty tons per day of sulphur chloride, which was shipped to the 
Edgewood Arsenal, where it was manufactured into mustard gas (see page 255). 

In the manufacture of most of these products electricity plays a very important 
part, and at least four electro-chemical plants whose operations were more or less directed 
by Tech men should be mentioned. These are the Shawinigan Water and Power Company, 
of which William S. Hart, '00, was treasurer and director; Electro Metallurgical Company, 
the Union Carbide Company and the National Carbon Company of all of which William 
J. Knapp, '06, was and still is vice-president and general manager. In the Union Carbide 
Company he was associated with James H. Critchett, '09, and in the National Carbon 
Company with Oscar S. Pulman, '06. The Shawinigan Water and Power Company dur- 
ing the war manufactured acetone and acetic acid synthetically from acetylene gas, which 
was produced from calcium carbide made in its plant, this being the first time that this 
method was ever successful upon a commercial scale in America. The company also 
produced large quantities of calcium carbide and metallic magnesium, all of which was 
taken by the British government. Knapp's group of companies was engaged in turning 
out ferro alloys such as ferro-sillicon, ferro-chromium, ferro-zirconium, calcium carbide, 
and carbon electrodes for electrical furnaces. Another company engaged in electrical- 
chemical work was the Fort Hill Chemical Company. During the first part of the war 
Austin T. Hyde, '01, was its superintendent and was engaged in the manufacture of 
chlorate of potash, an essential constituent in cartridge primers and several types of 
explosives and hand grenades. Later on, as manager of the Keokuk plant of the River 
Smelting and Refining Company, he was engaged in the production of electrolytic zinc 
for cartridge brass. 

William M. Perley, '98, and Matthew C. Hayes, '08, were both engaged in the 
production of sulphuric acid, and in addition Perley, as superintendent of the Avery 
Chemical Company of Lowell, supplied ammonia and materials for dyeing various fabrics 
and the regulation khaki. Hayes, as plant manager of the Titanium Pigment Company 
of Niagara Falls, produced great quantities of sulphuric acid, titanium chloride for use 
in filling smoke bombs, and various other materials. His production of sulphuric acid 
alone amounted to more than a million pounds per month. 

In addition to those directly engaged in the production of chemicals there were 
many more who acted as designers or manufacturers of apparatus. Perhaps one of the 
most interesting pieces of work along this line was performed by O. W. Fick, '14, while 
serving with the Liquid Carbonic Company of Chicago. In September, 1917, the com- 
pany was asked to send a representative to Washington to help solve a problem in shell- 
filling. The problem proved to be that of supplying the Edgewood Arsenal (see page 255) 
with machinery for filling shells with poisonous gases. Fick's design, after slight altera- 
tions, was accepted and twenty-one of the machines were constructed. They were manu- 
factured in two types, a special design for 75 mm. and for 155 mm. shells, but were so 
built that they could be adjusted for five, six or eight-inch shells. Regarding the machine 
itself Fick says: "The machine was of a very simple construction and worked on the 
'syphon' principle. This was necessary, as the shells had to be filled to a certain height. 
In order to keep the level constant a solenoid valve and float were used. Due to the 
nature of the 'fluid' which was put into the shells, only iron, steel and lead could be used, 
as other metals were attacked. Six shells could be filled at one time, and these were lifted 
to the filling position by an air-lift cylinder, large enough to accommodate the truck which 
carried the shells. The shells automatically opened the valves." 

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Another organization which supplied a large amount of material was the E. E. 
Badger & Sons Company of Boston, in which a very considerable number of Tech men 
worked during the war. These men are Charles E. Greene, '10, factory superintendent; 
Charles L. Campbell, '09, head of chemical engineering staff; Albert A. Haskell, '02, 
foreman of the erection shop; James A. Flint, '18, inspector; Carl W. Gram, '09, assistant 
to the general manager; Charles L. Campbell, '09; Clark S. Robinson, '09; Harry C. 
Merriam, '06; George P. Lunt, '10; Ralph M. Torrey, '12; H. J. Lucey, '15; all members 
of the chemical engineering staff. Even before the United States entered the war the 
firm had been busy with the construction of apparatus for munition and chemical plants 
erected by the Canadian government and by various manufacturers in the United States, 
including the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, the New England Manufac- 
turing Company, Mackintosh-Hemphill and Company, and the Indiana Gas and Coke 




Filling 75 mm. Shell with Mustard Gas — Edgewood Arsenal 



Company. Largely through the activity of Campbell the plant took up the production 
of apparatus for the American Government or for the various corporations which acted 
as its agents; among the plants equipped were fixation plant at Muscle Shoals (see page 
373), the Old Hickory powder plant at Nashville, Tenn. (see page 361), the plant at Nitro, 
West Virginia (see page 362), the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, at Marquette, Mich., 
the Mid-Continent Iron Company at Midco, Mo., while later on numerous other installa- 
tions were made for the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, the Merrimac Chem- 
ical Company, Canadian Electro Products Company, and the Obrien Munitions Com- 
pany, all of which were placing practically their entire output upon war orders. 

The chemical staff of the company developed a number of new processes. Merriam, 
working with the Bureau of Aircraft Production, undertook to increase the yield of ace- 
tone from the distillation of wood, and under his direction two large plants with a capacity 
of two hundred cords per day were constructed. One was actually in operation at the date 
of the armistice and the other was nearly completed. Alcohol was also recovered in the 
process. Lunt was apparently engaged in the same work and in the design, erection and 

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operation of plants for the manufacture of acetone, acetic acid, methyl acetate, ethyl 
acetate, amyl acetate, ether, alcohol, benzol-toluol, nitro-toluol compounds, and various 
other compounds. 

The most exciting piece of work came to Greene, Haskell and Flint who were engaged 
in the manufacture of copper piping. The plant was assigned a contract for furnishing 
copper engine-room piping for one hundred and eight of the standard ships in the new 
merchant fleet, the whole to be ready upon a certain date. The time allowed was such 
that to have produced it by the accepted methods of manufacture would have required 
a plant of approximately ten times that available, and, more important, would have 
required ten times the number of skilled workmen; as a matter of fact coppersmiths simply 
could not be obtained for love nor money. For some time it looked as though the job 
could not possibly be accomplished, but finally an idea proposed by one of the foremen 
was developed and a machine for bending the pipe was produced, the first which had ever 
been successfully operated. This machine in itself gave the requisite increase in produc- 
tion, and the entire contract was completed on time. 

The plant employs for the most part very highly-skilled workmen, yet during the 
war it was necessary to expand an organization of fifty men to one of five hundred. This 
expansion was, nevertheless, satisfactorily accomplished. It is interesting to note that 
members of the staff were rated as being engaged in such essential work that none were 
permitted to change their occupation or enter military service. 

MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER GOODS 

Mention has already been made of a number of Tech men who were prominent in 
government supply departments dealing with the manufacture and procurement of rubber 
goods, and it is not surprising to find our men equally prominent among the companies 
which supplied these materials. Perhaps there was no company in which there was a 
larger number of Tech men engaged, or which took a more prominent part in the manu- 
facture of rubber goods for war purposes, than the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. 
Practically all of its war work was carried on under the direction of P. W. Litchfield, '96, 
vice-president and factory manager. There were at least twenty-one other Tech men 
in the Goodyear organization and many of these held responsible positions. 

The Goodyear products consisted of rubber goods which were utilized for balloons, 
tires and so-called mechanical products for miscellaneous purposes. Perhaps the most 
unique and interesting work was the production of balloons. Sometime previous to the 
declaration of war by the United States, the company had foreseen the probability of 
such an emergency, and upon its own initiative had made extensive preparations. A 
tract of land was purchased near Akron which was fitted up for use as a flying field for 
lighter-than-air craft. The new field was cleared and graded, a hangar which was at that 
time the largest in the country was erected; a hydrogen plant was installed and offices, 
mess halls and quarters for men were provided so that, should the Government desire, 
the field could be used at once as a center for organization and training of men in the use 
of dirigible and other balloons. The field cost in the neighborhood of half a million dollars, 
and occupied some six hundred and sixty acres of land, situated at the edge of a small 
body of water which was subsequently given the name Wingfoot Lake. 

The balloon production at the factory as well as the work at Wingfoot Lake was 
under the direction of Don R. Stevens, '11, who, in addition, acted as head of the personnel 
and labor divisions and assistant to the factory manager. R. A. D. Preston, '10, was 
placed directly in charge of flying at this field and remained in this position until he 
accepted a commission in the Flying Corps of the Navy (see page 251). The hydrogen 
plant was in charge of C. N. Hand, '17. 

Even before the declaration of war the Goodyear plant was manufacturing dirigi- 
bles and other balloons. The first to make a flight after war was declared was the D-2, 
a ship of the tractor type with a capacity of 77,000 cubic feet. The D-2 was rapidly fol- 
lowed by others and soon the size of the machines began to increase until Anally the D-28 
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design at the date of the armistice. Altogether during the war Stevens' department 
built 29 dirigibles varying in size from that of the D-2 to the larger D-28, 686 kite 
balloons of eight different types, 34 spherical balloons for use in training, together 
with a great number of gas containers, inflation tubes, target balloons, pilot balloons, 
parachutes and special orders of accessories and equipment. In addition to this the 
department turned out the greater part of the balloon fabric used by other factories 
throughout the United States. 

The development of these balloons was not accomplished without considerable 
difficulty. The first dirigibles were of 2-ply fabric, but long before they were otherwise 
worn out they became so leaky as to be practically unmanageable. No fabric made in 
the United States was satisfactory. Accordingly the company undertook extensive research 
work at home and sent some of its best men abroad to see what could be gained from the 
experience of our allies. In this investigation Tech men took a prominent part. The 
chief chemist was C. R. Johnson, '11, who continued in charge until he was commissioned 
a captain in the Gas Defense Service in January, 1918. He subsequently had charge of the 
development and procurement of rubber parts for the new gas masks which were being 
developed, and was later transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service to take charge of 
the Long Island Laboratories, where he directed the work on the development of chemical 
absorbents. In July he was commissioned a major, and in October, 1918, he was detailed 
to attend the interallied gas conference at Paris. In his work at the Goodyear laboratories 
Johnson was aided by W. G. O'Brien, '12, in charge of the chemical plant of the factory, 
W. J. Kelley, '09, W. P. Keith, '14, W. H. Price, '14, and B. H. Hale, '14, in charge of 
the diffusion laboratory. All of these men, with the exception of Keith and Hale, were 
working on many additional problems. As a result of the investigations, a much better 
fabric was developed. The first improvement was accomplished by spraying a film of 
gas-tight material in the form of a solution upon the fabric, which helped to give the dirig- 
ible a longer life. Later a new fabric was developed. The dirigible built of the new material, 
instead of being olive drab in color, shimmers and shines in the sun. Three piles of fabric 
are used, and the rubber and cotton cloth are protected from the sun and weather by a 
coating of aluminum. These ships proved to be strong and tight after months of service. 

In the matter of tires the company also performed very noteworthy work. It 
may be recollected that at the outbreak of the war one of the most serious problems 
facing the Government was that of standardizing the various types of automobile and 
airplane tires manufactured in the United States. This was accomplished by the Pneu- 
matic Passenger Car Tire Committee of the American Rubber Association, of which P. W. 
Litchfield, '96, was chairman, working 'in close co-operation with the Rubber and Tire 
Committee of the War Industries Board. Much of the detailed work was performed by 
W. S.Wolfe, '12. In spite of this standardization frequent revisions in specifications con- 
tinued, apparently due to lack of knowledge on the part of the officials of the necessary 
requirements for each type of vehicle. The Goodyear Company finally offered the serv- 
ices of J. E. Hale, '08, an engineer in one of its tire departments, to aid the government 
boards in drawing up really standard and suitable specifications. As a result of Hale's 
advice, the War Department finally adopted a number of well-selected types of tires and 
rims, including solid Goodyear tires of several models for trucks and the Goodyear demount- 
able rim. Due to the immense number of motor trucks made necessary by the European 
campaign and the comparatively small number of passenger vehicles required, the demand 
for pneumatic tires fell off considerably, although the usual types continued to be shipped 
to various quartermaster depots, particularly for such cars as the Cadillac, Dodge and 
Ford. The Ford tires were manufactured at Plant No. 2 under the direction of W. H. 
Fleming, '16, who served as production engineer in those works. 

The demand for solid tires increased steadily, being only 675 tires a day in 
February, 1917, but having risen to an average of 2,900 a day by August. For several days 
during August the production attained 3,040 per day. 

Another problem was that of developing airplane tires, and this work also required 
a great deal of experimental investigation. One of the problems presented was that of 
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metric sizes while the ordinary American sizes, particularly the 26 x 4, were also produced 
in great quantity. 

Most of the technical men of the Goodyear organization were engaged in experi- 
mental work to improve the product. The experimental department was in charge of 
K. B. Kilborn, '11, and his two assistants were J. H. Dunlap, 'n, and W. S. Wolfe, '12, 
who has already been mentioned. Wolfe had charge of all experimental work on tires for 
every kind of purpose. B. Darrow, '11, was in charge of airplane and passenger tire 
development. J. E. Hale, '08, was in charge of solid tires, and L. T. Cribben, '17, looked 
after the development of pneumatic tires for heavy trucks. 

Another branch of the Goodyear organization was that dealing with what is termed 
mechanical goods, which included a considerable number of miscellaneous materials, such 
as gas mask parts, airplane accessories, rubber soles and heels, shell caps, belts, hose and 
other materials. H. E. Morse, '15, was in direct charge of the manufacture of mechanical 
goods. J. H. Dunlap, '11, was responsible for the manufacture, specifications and inspec- 
tion of tires and also for experimental work on certain mechanical goods. N. E. Kimball, 
'15, specialized on belts. A great number of different products of all kinds were included 
in the work handled by these men. 

In the matter of gas mask parts the factory organization co-operated with that of 
the Chemical Warfare Service in producing practical designs, and several were worked 
out in detail before a satisfactory one was developed. Among airplane accessories, per- 
haps the most important were gasoline feed lines, bumpers and shock absorbers. The 
company was especially successful in the manufacture of gasoline feed lines, so much so 
that they made practically all which were manufactured in the United States, and at 
the date of the armistice had just produced a still more perfect connection. Rubber soles 
and heels were also manufactured, and shoes so equipped proved rather superior to those 
made of leather. A number were purchased by the Navy. In addition to these the 
mechanical products included such things as belting, gaskets and various odds and ends, 
all of which were designed and produced under the direction of the Tech men just men- 
tioned in the experimental department. 

Although most of our men served in the experimental department, there were a 
number of others who took up work of a markedly different character. Among these were 
W. H. Fleming, '16, M. C. Brock, '17, and H. P. Gray, '16. Fleming was production 
engineer at Plant No. 2, where were made the molded goods and the tires for Ford cars. 
Brock was charged with co-ordinating production details of balloon manufacturing before 
D. R. Stevens, '11, took charge, and subsequently did various special work. Brock organ- 
ized a school for foremen. Gray was sent to France to keep in touch with Goodyear 
products and report on their performance under working conditions. His headquarters 
were at Paris, but he inspected material along the entire front during hostilities, and after 
the armistice remained abroad, being at the present time still in France. 

The production of manufactured rubber was, of course, dependent on the supply 
of crude material, and in this work Tech men again played an important part. L. G. 
Odell, '12, as manager of the crude rubber division, had charge of the purchase and hand- 
ling of crude rubber in all markets of the world, including the Goodyear's plantation on 
the Island of Sumatra. J. B. Ingle, '16, was directly in charge of the plantation. 

Another of our men who was engaged in looking after the supply of crude rubber 
was Vincent Sauchelli, '15. At the outbreak of war he was working as a research chemist 
in the laboratories of the Societe Financiere des Caoutchoues at Batu Caves in the Feder- 
ated Malay States. The work was considered essential and Sauchelli accordingly did not 
return to the United States, but joined the Malay States Volunteer Rifles, an organiza- 
tion which appears to have been a sort of training corps for reserve officers. 

The work of P. W. Litchfield, '96, has been mentioned in connection with the War 
Service Committee of the Rubber Industry. Another member of this committee was 
Sheldon P. Thacher, '07, technical assistant to the president, United States Tire Com- 
pany, New York. Like Litchfield he took a prominent part in the standardization of 
tires and subsequently did notable work in the development of new types and sizes of 
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also in the development of solid tires for use on field howitzers and other motorized 
artillery. 

Arthur T. Hopkins, '97, as manager of the service department of the United States 
Rubber Company, took a responsible part in the manufacture of kite balloons and rain- 
coats. The latter proved a serious task as there was a general insufficiency of skilled 
labor and there was some difficulty in keeping the really skilled men at work. The Goodyear 
Metallic Rubber Shoe Company of Naugatuck, Conn., was also engaged in the manu- 
facture of rubber clothing and footwear. C. R. Haynes, '04, during the period of hostilities 
was superintendent of this company's plant. Under his supervision about 1,200 pairs of 
rubber hip boots were turned out each day for practically a year for use by the American 
Expeditionary Forces. The factory also made about 100,000 pairs of high rubber gaiters 
for the Navy, and in addition to this they handled rubber footwear on war contracts for 
Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Japan. 

A number of other Tech men worked on similar problems manufacturing gas mask 
fabric, submarine battery-deck covers, belting hose and rubber valves. Raleigh B. Adams 
served as technical superintendent with Stowe & Woodward. Leon D. Healy, '09. 
was chief chemist and technical supervisor of production for the Federal Rubber Com- 
pany, developing gas masks, grenade cups and washers, recoil parts for seventy-five milli- 
meter guns and howitzers, and airplane accessories. W. D. Everett, '10, was a chemist 
for the Hood Rubber Company at Watertown, Massachusetts, and as such had control 
of the stock used in the manufacture of 6,500 pairs of hip boots per day for use in the 
Army. To obtain this production considerable additions were made necessary in the 
plant. These were planned, built and operated under directions of Henry P. Bryan, '87. 
Bryan was also responsible for the choice of Squantum as the site of the Victory Destroyer 
Plant. C. H. Dennison, '01, was a chemist with the American Rubber Company, and as 
such was busy in supervising the manufacture of balloon fabric. At the date of the 
armistice his plant was turning out observation balloons at the rate of three a week. 

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION AND POWER 

In the late war electrical devices played a very prominent part. There was per- 
haps no organization which contributed a larger quantity of electrical apparatus to our 
government and our allies than the General Electric Company in the service of which 
are a large group of Tech men. This company, as we all know, provided the electrical 
driving machinery of our battleships, the turbines and gear drives for many of our mer- 
chant vessels including all those built at Hog Island, any amount of auxiliary machinery 
for warships and merchant vessels, not to mention thousands of motors, dynamos and 
prime movers furnishing light and power to cantonments, arsenals, port terminals and 
other projects absolutely indispensable to the prosecution of the war. 

Unfortunately most of the men associated with this company have given us but 
very brief accounts of their work, but one of them, Henry S. Baldwin, '96, engineer of the 
auto-motive department, mentions among other things produced under his direction, 915 
twenty-five kilowatt electrical field lighting sets, 91 sixty-inch searchlights of the newly 
developed open type for the Army and some 50 searchlight sets for the Navy. These 
were but a few of the activities of this one man who also investigated or supervised the 
construction of equipment which included devices for launching torpedoes from airships, 
portable electric field-kitchens, magnetoes for airships, ship propulsion gearing for 200- 
foot patrol boats, light weight machine guns, automatic indicators for steering the zig- 
zag courses for the use of vessels in the submarine zone, and the development of electric 
drive for the new 240 mm. automobile howitzer. 

Unfortunately most of Baldwin's comrades have not been so specific, but it seems 
highly probable that all of them handled work of quite diverse and essential nature. 
Among them should be mentioned Albert G. Davis, '93, manager of the patent depart- 
ment during the war, who has since become vice-president of the company, Arthur W. 
Jones, '88, manager of the Schenectady plant, Walter S. Moody, '87, chief engineer of the 
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engineer, Lawrence A. Hawkins, '99, member of the research staff, K. A. Pauly, '96, mem- 
ber of the engineering staff, Arthur B. Fuller, '89, draftsman, Pomeroy W. Power, '85, 
mechanical engineer at Pittsfield, Arthur W. Pierce, '92, of the transformer engineering 
department, George F. Steele, '85, district manager of the power and mining department 
at Boston, William F. Dawson, '86, electrical engineer in charge of the turbine depart- 
ment at West Lynn, and George W. Emery, '00, draftsman in charge of the design of 
centrifugal compressors. The positions held by these men taken in connection with the 
amount of work which naturally fell to the General Electric Company will in itself give 
some idea of their activities. 

Additional facts are known regarding some of them. Jones appears to have been 
especially active in raising subscriptions for the various liberty loans. A committee at 
Schenectady, for the organization of which he appears to have been largely responsible, 
obtained a total subscription of #9,335,112. Pauly worked in connection with the Ord- 
nance Department in the development of special machine shop equipment for the American 
Expeditionary Forces. Dawson states that his work in the turbine department was 
scarcely as interesting as he expected, since most of the shipping produced was driven 
by geared turbines instead of the electrically connected machines which had been devel- 
oped in his department, but he nevertheless had the satisfaction of turning out a number 
of prime movers for various war industries. 

Mention has already been made of the work of Dr. Whitney at Schenectady and 
Dr. Thomson at Lynn in connection with the submarine detection devices, nitrates and 
similar problems. 

At the works of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Lewis B. 
Breed, '96, was engaged in the design of dynamos and motors for field radio sets and in 
developing wind-driven generators for use on airplanes in connection with wireless tele- 
phones and telegraph apparatus. The latter was one of the most difficult problems 
encountered in connection with radio work, for it was necessary to provide a generator 
which would develop a constant voltage at speeds averaging all the way from 4,000 to 
14,000 revolutions a minute. Nevertheless the problem was solved through the work of 
Breed and his associates working in other laboratories throughout the United States. 

Quite as interesting as the work of designing and manufacturing apparatus was 
the service performed by our men with the great telephone companies. K. W. Waterson, 
'98, engineer of traffic, F. L. Rhodes, '92, outside plant development engineer, Thomas 
Shaw, '05, engineer, charged with the design of loading coils and other material for use 
on long-distance transmission, and Henry E. Darling, '06, all of the American Telephone 
& Telegraph Co., are perhaps the most noteworthy. Waterson was delegated to act as 
a representative for the Bell System in connection with many phases of war work, more 
especially those dealing with special direct lines and similar conveniences for government 
departments. This work was much larger than is generally supposed, but some idea of it 
can be gained if one considers that the management of most of the industries of the 
United States was concentrated in Washington and was conducted largely by long- 
distance telephone. Rhodes' particular duty lay in conserving materials and develop- 
ing substitutes, while Shaw worked on the development of long-distance service and in 
enforcing a system to insure priority for government calls. The most interesting work 
by far, however, seems to have fallen to Darling, who was charged with the enlistment 
and training of the women telephone operators for the American Expeditionary Forces. 

In November 1917 General Pershing requested the company to furnish one hundred 
experienced operators, supervisors and chief operators who could speak French and Eng- 
lish fluently, who were willing to go to France to operate the trunk lines in the American 
Service of Supply. It was this organization which Darling assembled. Many of the 
volunteers though possessing the necessary qualifications in language had not had suffi- 
cient experience as operators and had to be given special training. So far as is known, no 
other army had such an organization, and Darling may be very justly proud of his pupils. 
He states that the senior chief operators received the Distinguished Service Medal and 
that many others were cited. There may be those who will suggest that the extreme 
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services" performed by them on such occasions as the visit of the Prince of Wales to 
Coblenz, when they were called upon to furnish dancing partners to the British Royal 
Party, would have been sufficient in itself to insure the decoration of the whole regiment; 
but quite apart from these services it should be said that these telephone operators at all 
times provided an efficient and dependable service such as was certainly never seen in 
France before. 

A number of them received citations and decorations for valor, as in the case of the 
operator at Souilly who, during the early phase of the Meuse-Argonne, stuck to her post 
and kept putting the calls through in spite of the fact that the town was under the heaviest 
type of aerial bombardment, a bomb having wrecked the adjoining building. 

Lewis H. Johnson, '09, of the Western Electric Company was also, at least in part, 
responsible for the efficiency of telephone communication in France. It will be recol- 
lected that when the American line of communication was laid out it was immediately 
found that the French telephone and telegraph systems were hopelessly inadequate and 
unreliable and that an entirely new system would have to be constructed. Two immense 
trunk lines were accordingly installed and placed in operation. These lines included central 
offices with the usual type of switch-boards and repeaters, test boards, multiplex printing 
telegraph equipment, batteries and battery-charging facilities, and in fact everything 
commonly used in American installations of the highest grade. For the Zone of Advance 
magneto telephone switchboards were used and in addition portable five-operator centrals 
for use at army headquarters were built on motor trucks, thus permitting maximum 
mobility. Practically all of this material was furnished by the Western Electric Com- 
pany under supervision of Johnson, who was given special charge of all engineering work 
involved in the overseas orders for telephone and telegraph equipment. When it is real- 
ized that at the date of armistice the Expeditionary Forces had established two hundred 
and eighty-two exchanges of all sizes from the little monochord in the front lines to the 
largest type of central exchange, some idea of the magnitude of the task can be imagined. 

If production of material for the telephone lines in the Service of Supply is worthy 
of note, a thousand times more so is the supply of material for the lines within the zone 
of hostile bombardment. Here men of the field signal battalions laid the wire as rapidly 
as possible on the ground and kept it repaired. When the army moved forward, however, 
the signal battalions were needed farther to the front and though they used every effort 
to salvage wire already laid, the demand for wire came each day more urgently from the 
firing line. The manufacture of this material was handled by many concerns, among them 
the Standard Underground Cable Company for which Robert E. Doane, '09, was a sales 
engineer. At the date of armistice his company, with others, was just about to start to 
manufacture an order for approximately 25,000 miles of twisted pair outpost wire. The 
quantity which is enough to reach to the moon required sufficient drawn wire to have 
reached some three and one half million miles. 

It may be interesting to note that this wire had to be insulated with braided fabric, 
much of which was produced by a machine manufactured by the Wardwell Braiding 
Machine Company, of which Edwin E. Smith, '91, was treasurer. Smith also served as 
treasurer of another company manufacturing shop equipment for the Government and 
various essential industries. 

J. W. Cooke, '95, performed work of a unique character in connection with the 
improvement of a storage battery used in submarine boats. During the war he was the 
storage battery engineer for the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, who 
were and are the largest manufacturers of submarines in the world. The batteries in the 
larger boats run as high as two hundred horsepower and the radius of action of the boat 
while under water is dependent upon their efficiency. Under Cooke's direction changes 
and improvements were made in the construction of these batteries, one of the most radical 
being that of assembling the cells at the factory of the storage battery makers, instead of 
at the shipyards as had formerly been the practice. This change brought up some inter- 
esting transportation problems since the cells weigh as much as twenty-five hundred pounds 
each and are easily injured by shock. Batteries developed under Cooke's direction were 
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E-2 made the American record for length of them submerged while in the European War 
Zone. 

Another rather interesting phase of electrical work was the development of the 
vacuum jars for the "audion" and similar tubes by which the wireless telephone was made 
possible and which played such a prominent part in wireless telegraphy and in the earth 
telegraphy sets by which it was possible for troops at the front to overhear the telephone 
conversations carried on by the enemy. These bulbs were largely produced by the Bart- 
lett Vacuum Jar Company of which Frederick W. Bartlett, '96, is president and treasurer. 
The company gave up its entire domestic trade in order to handle government orders. 
The manufacture of bulbs for radio amplifiers presents difficulties, since great thermal 
insulation and strength of the container are necessary factors. The product perfected by 
Bartlett was the only one developed in the United States which combined these factors. 

Perhaps before leaving electrical work, some mention should be made of many 
men engaged in the supply of electrical power. This work at first sight appears somewhat 
remote from the front line, yet without it many essential industries would have been obliged 
to suspend operations. Some mention has already been made of hydro-electric work 
closely associated with the manufacture of nitrates and other war chemicals. W. Edgar 
Reed, '97, was engaged as a consulting engineer in charge of the purchase, inspection, 
and approval of apparatus for three French concerns: he specified the entire electrical 
equipment used in at least one French steel mill. Josiah C. Monroe, '92, was also engaged 
supplying power as assistant superintendent of the Edison Electric Company of Boston 
which furnished electricity for the Watertown Arsenal, the Destroyer Plant at Squantum, 
Charlestown Navy Yard, and many other government works. There were hundreds of 
others who found their service in this work and it is only to be regretted that space does 
not permit a fuller record of their stories. 

MANUFACTURE OF MACHINERY 

War is fought with other weapons beside shell and poison gas. It has been said that 
the recent war was fought chiefly with pick and shovel. It might be said that it was fought 
to a considerable extent with steam shovels and locomotive cranes. Indeed it is some- 
what difficult to say whether certain types of material should be considered as military 
equipment or as machines for peaceful industry. The tremendous works at the various 
army bases in France could not possibly have been carried through except by the use of 
immense numbers of steam shovels. Many of these were produced by The Thew Auto- 
matic Shovel Company of Ohio, the president of which is F. A. Smythe, '89. It will be 
recollected that Smythe was a prominent member of the Technology Clubs Associated, 
and later of the M. I. T. Committee for National Service (see page 64). During the war 
his plant placed about seventy per cent of its total output upon war work and supplied 
the United States Government with some eighty machines for excavating — the contract 
amounting to about $700,000. These machines included four general types, notably steam 
shovels, steam cranes, gasoline shovels and gasoline cranes. The whole of this material 
was accepted without the slightest change in design. 

When Samuel M. Felton, '73, was organizing the railway regiments for France 
(see page 213), he also took measures to procure some eight hundred and ninety-nine 
locomotive and other cranes. Quite early in the campaign, at Felton's request, 
the most experienced crane engineer of the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, of 
which Carroll W. Brown, '99, is assistant to the president, was sent abroad to determine 
the proper types of cranes to be installed at the ports of debarkation. Upon his recom- 
mendations some sixty large gantry cranes were purchased by the Government, the order 
being divided among a number of small concerns. All of them were built upon the famous 
Brown-hoist pattern. A little later the president of the company was called to Wash- 
ington to take charge of the crane section of the War Industries Board, but nevertheless 
the organization continued to increase its output until it was fifty per cent greater than 
it had been previous to the war. 

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Water Purification Laboratory. Designed by William J. Orchard, 'ii 



apparatus designed by William J. Orchard, 'io. These units, of which several hundred 
were constructed, comprised a complete pumping station filter plant, chlorinating works 
and testing laboratory. Colonel F. F. Longley, '05 (see page 218) is authority for the 
statement that without these units the St. Mihiel operation would have been 
impossible. 

Another of our men, John M. Perkins, '01, at that time works manager of the Gil- 
bert and Barker Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., was also engaged in build- 
ing machines which might not at first appear of a very warlike nature, but which were 
nevertheless necessary for the conduct of the campaign abroad. These were five-gallon 
gasoline pumps, which constituted the standard equipment of the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces. The factory also furnished oil and gas furnaces for use in the Base Supply 
Ordnance Depot in France, built as we have already seen by Stone and Webster (see page 
378), and in addition did a considerable amount of work in constructing trailers for 
anti-aircraft batteries. 

The provision of auxiliary machinery for ships, particularly for war vessels, was of 
course a very direct phase of war work. Among those producing material for war vessels 
may be mentioned G. S. Melcher, '79, mechanical engineer and works manager of the 
Mason Regulator Company, D. L. K. Hathaway, '86, draftsman with the Warren Steam 
Pump Company, A. C. Ashton, '89, treasurer and general manager of The Ashton Valve 
Company, and Frederick Metcalf, '90. Hathaway was engaged in the design of pumps 
for battleships and torpedo boat destroyers. Melcher designed and furnished reducing 
valves and pump regulators for the Navy Department. Among other things he designed 
the pump pressure governors for the fuel oil supply of the battleship New Mexico and 
also for the Eagle Boats as built by the Ford Automobile Company. Reducing valves 
were supplied to the Navy by thousands for all kinds of purposes. In one case the speci- 
fications called for a reduction from three thousand pounds to four pounds. Ashton, 
as one might expect, was engaged in the production of valves, and more especially safety 
valves and pressure gauges for war and merchant vessels, locomotives and power plants. 

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Metcalf, 'go, also designed automatic valves and among others he originated that used 
by the British Navy for the control of the trawling winches used by their mine sweepers. 
Later on he built tremendous quantities of windlasses and other deck machinery both 
for merchant and naval vessels. 

Among those who were engaged in fitting out merchant ships are Henry P. Merriam, 
'86, R. D. Reynolds, '94, B. H. Johnson, '98, A. K. Isham, '01, and H. L. Dean, '05. 
Merriam, who is superintendent of the Continental Iron Works, was engaged in turning 
out corrugated fire boxes for Scotch boilers, steam drums for water tube boilers and diges- 
ters used in chemical and munition plants. It may be of interest to note that this was not 
the first "war service" of the plant for it was at these works that the famous Monitor 
was launched in 1862. Basford as president of the Locomotive Feed Water Heater Com- 
pany supplied feed water heaters, evaporators, boiler feed pumps and distillers for ships 
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. In all, auxiliaries were supplied for no less than 
550 ships. Reynolds was connected with the sales order department of the B. F. 
Sturtevant Company, and helped furnish blowers and similar apparatus for destroyers, 
submarines, merchant vessels, and for drying apparatus for factories doing war work, such 
as ammunition factories, chemical plants, and arsenals. Johnson, as general superintend- 
ent of the Cresson-Morris Company, Philadelphia, built such ship auxiliaries as 
steering engines, towing engines and propellers. Isham as manager of the West Coast 
Iron Works, produced such ship fittings as hawser pipes, mooring rings, and other cast- 
ings for eleven different shipbuilding companies on the Pacific Coast. Dean, as manager 
of the compressor and engine division of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, Chicago, 
Illinois, furnished any amount of pneumatic tools for ship building and similar work. 

Other men dealing with the manufacture of ship machinery were Richard Wast- 
coat, '00, and N. L. Snow, '04. Wastcoat as president, treasurer and general manager of 
the Paragon Gear Works equipped all the gasoline motor launches built for the Navy 
Department since the year 1912, with transmission (or reversing gears). He also installed 
similar gears on many of the patrol boats which were later taken over from private owners, 
and supplied gearing for those submarine chasers which were built for foreign governments 
and equipped with Dusenberg or Van Clerck motors. He designed and built in a space of 




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forty-five days the transmissions used for the Murray and Tregurtha motors used in 
seasleds for the Navy. Snow, who was connected with The Terry Steam Turbine Com- 
pany, manufactured turbines for every United States torpedo boat destroyer and Ford 
Eagle Boat, turned out during the war. 

Mention has been made in previous chapters of the tremendous amount of ordnance 
material manufactured in the United States, and it is at once evident that the manu- 
facture of guns, shells and other materials required an immense amount of special 
machinery. Institute men were also engaged in this work. Among these men may be 
noted, W. M. Taylor, '86, president of the Chandler & Taylor Company, James Clark, 
Jr., '90, J. P. Ilsley, '97, general manager of the Becker Milling Machine Company, Henry 
E. Warren, '94, G. E. Holmes, '98, chief engineer of the Kidder Press Company, Gerald 
Frink, '00, president and manager of the Washington Iron Works, R. M. Derby, '01, in 
charge of the foreign department of the Niles-Bement-Pond Company, and W. C. Tandy, 
'99, assistant foreman in the shops of L. S. Starrett Company. Taylor, Ilsley and Derby 
were engaged chiefly in the manufacture of heavy gun lathes, the fabrication of ship 
plates, and the production of iron castings. Ilsley mentions among other jobs which passed 
through his office the manufacture of lathes for boring 16-inch guns at the Watervliet 
Arsenal, and the layout of equipment for shell plants handling shell forgings up to 12 
inches in diameter. He later manufactured equipment for use in pistol plants and in 
works engaged in the manufacture of automobile parts, airplanes and engines. Warren 
served as president of the Warren Clock Company and at the same time did work as a 
consulting engineer for the General Electric Company and the Lombard Governor Com- 
pany. While with the Lombard Company he designed hydraulic lathes for the manufac- 
ture of shell and a special hydraulic feed mechanism for use in boring destroyer engine 
cylinders. He also improved and assisted in testing the firing of mechanisms for heavy 
guns; he designed special valves for use in some of the nitrate plants and also a hydraulic 
shell-forging machine. Frink, Holmes and Clark appear to have worked chiefly on special 
machinery. Frink developed much of that used by the Spruce Production Division for 
logging purposes, and in addition manufactured hoisting machinery and steel castings of 
all descriptions. The Kidder Press Company where Holmes was engaged manufactured 
hydraulic and other presses, particularly those for handling tin foil, and cutting and creas- 
ing presses for making cartridge boxes and cartons, the latter being used for shipping food. 
It also developed a wire loom for making material for gas masks. Holmes states that he 
believes his greatest service was rendered in converting the factory into a repair shop 
for the various textile mills and shipyards in the vicinity. Clark made various special 
tools, particularly electrically driven sensitive drills, of which a great number were fur- 
nished both to the Army and the Navy. The work of Tandy is perhaps of special interest 
as it represents the extremely basic industries which were at first apparently little related 
to war. He was in charge of the production of measuring instruments and gauges. With- 
out these tools the entire program of quantity production throughout the United States 
would have been impossible. 

MANUFACTURE OF INSTRUMENTS 

Quite as essential "as airplanes or shell to the conduct of a campaign are instru- 
ments, particularly those by which artillery fire can be directed and the explosion of shell 
regulated. Many Tech men were engaged in the development and manufacture of such 
devices at various laboratories and plants and some did brilliant work. 

Perhaps none made a more enviable record than those in the organization of the 
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. Among these may be mentioned Adolph Lomb, '93, 
a member of the firm, a director and member of the executive committee, and assistant 
secretary of the company, F. B. Saegmiiller, '04, superintendent of the precision optical 
division, and M. H. Eisenhart, '07, production manager. 

It will be recollected that it was this organization which first put the production 
of optical glasses in the United States on a commercial basis (see page 347). The plant 
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Many other firms previously engaged in the manufacture of precision instruments took 
up the work, but it was found that those with the longest experience, notably the Bausch 
& Lomb Company, were generally the first to overcome difficulties involved and place the 
various articles on a basis of quantity production. The Government placed with this 
company an order for 4,450 pounds of optical glass. All of it was delivered before 
November II. The company's only rival, which was given an order of almost equal size, 
had produced only a little over five hundred pounds by February of the next year. 
Bausch & Lomb were also given orders for some 5,470 range-finders with an eighty-centi- 
meter base line, and 7000 range-finders with a one-meter base line. Of the former, at the 
date of armistice they had already delivered 2,100 instruments as compared with their 
nearest competitor, who had delivered none; while of the one-meter type something over 
1,500 had been produced. The company was assigned the entire contract for sixty-five 
range-finders with a fifteen-foot base. Of these at the date of the armistice fifty-five had 
already been produced. Another company which was assigned the production of a nine- 
foot instrument, had not, at the date of armistice, succeeded in producing a single one. 
The same record is repeated again and again. 

The company undertook to build something over six thousand battery commanders' 
telescopes. Three other organizations worked upon the same problem. At the date of 
the armistice the Bausch & Lomb Company had produced 2,820. Its nearest competi- 
tor, the Frankford Arsenal, had produced fifty-two and neither of the other plants had 
produced any. The comparison in the case of the Frankford Arsenal is perhaps not quite 
fair, since the total contract assigned to it had been for only fifty- two of the instruments. 
Mere numbers, however, do not tell the entire story of the work performed by the Bausch 
& Lomb organization. Many types of instruments were manufactured, but it will be 
noted that those assigned to Bausch & Lomb were range-finders and battery com- 
manders' telescopes. In other words, the two mechanisms upon which the entire accuracy 
of our artillery fire depended were given to this company for manufacture, and the pre- 
cision required in the manufacture of these instruments, particularly the range-finder is 
almost uncanny. In addition to the production of fire control instruments the company 
was engaged in the manufacture of other essential articles, among which Lomb mentions 
submarine periscopes, prism binoculars, photo camera lenses for aviation, microscopes 
for the Medical Department, searchlight mirrors of every description up to sixty inches 
diameter, and many other interesting products. At the date of armistice the company 
was employing no fewer than six thousand men and women, many of whom had to be 
given special training after the outbreak of war. 

Saegmuller, as superintendent of the precision optical division, had direct charge of 
the manufacture of nearly all of the instruments just mentioned, including range-finders, 
battery commanders' telescopes and periscopes. Eisenhart worked upon the production 
of the same materials, and we may consider it largely due to him that such an excellent 
rate of production was obtained. 

Another of our men, R. B. Gregson, '06, was serving as assistant superintendent of 
the Spencer Lens Company of Buffalo. His company was assigned much the same prob- 
lems as those given Bausch & Lomb. Under his direction there was produced before the 
date of armistice some 717 aiming circles for use with field artillery. 

Another of the companies engaged in the manufacture of instruments, and one 
which has already been mentioned was the Eastman Kodak Company at Rochester (see 
page 395). In addition to the chemical investigations performed there, and the develop- 
ment of airplane wing dopes, the factory produced large quantities of cameras and camera 
lenses, particularly for use in airplanes. The development of a really high-class airplane 
camera is no easy task, for many very difficult problems are involved. Most of the 
research involved in perfecting the camera finally adopted was performed at Langley 
Field or in the laboratories of the Eastman Company. In addition to these the company 
was assigned work in connection with the production of rifle and gun sights, but it does not 
appear that most of these had reached the production stage at the date of armistice. 
Among the Tech men engaged in this plant should be mentioned Virgil M. Palmer, '03, 
engineer of industrial economy and F. L. Higgins, '04, general superintendent of the 

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Hawk-Eye Works. Higgins had previously served as manager of the General Optical 
Company where instruments were under manufacture for the Medical Department. 

Instrument makers also did excellent work in the development of mechanical tim- 
ing devices for shell. For many years the Germans had manufactured a clock-work fuse 
which had become the envy of the world for its dependability and precision. At the 
outbreak of war the United States had no such mechanism, but with the co-operation of 
scientists and manufacturers such a device was perfected and the American product proved 
even superior to that manufactured by the enemy. Considerable assistance was given in per- 
fecting this fuse by H. E. Hildreth, '01, who as a director of the Waltham Watch Company 
closely followed and assisted the development of this device. Israel Hatch, '97, assistant 
superintendent of the Elgin Watch Company appears to have also worked on the fuse 
problem. It may also be interesting to know that many of the wrist watches supplied by 
the Signal Corps were manufactured under his direction. 

Both Hildreth and Hatch produced instruments for airplanes, but it would appear 
that the most successful work along this line was performed by A. A. Packard, '98, works 
manager of the Taylor Instrument Company of Buffalo. This company supplied the 
altimeters which were used on every airplane made in the United States. Altogether 
forty thousand of these instruments were supplied, for the Taylor Company proved to 
be the only American firm which could meet the government requirements for accuracv 
and reliability. Under Packard's direction they also made upwards of a million compasses 
for use by the Army and Marine Corps. 

As merchant vessels were 'a necessary auxiliary to the Army and Navy, so nautical 
instruments were a necessary type of instrument for warfare. A. E. Ritchie, '02, a member 
of the firm of E. S. Ritchie & Sons, Brookline, Massachusetts, was engaged in the manu- 
facture of binnacles, compasses, and nautical instruments of all kinds. Ninety-eight per 
cent of the factory output during the war went over to the United States Navy Depart- 
ment of the Shipping Board. H. A. Buff, '05, of the Buff & Buff Manufacturing 
Company, also states that he was able to give information relative to the production of 
sextants which enabled the output to be very greatly increased. W. C. Bond, '80, sup- 
plied chronometers and other fine instruments, and also repaired them. He handled a 
number of contracts for the Navy, War Department, Emergency Fleet Corporation, and 
in many cases filled these contracts below cost. 

MINING 
The basic materials of which all munitions and supplies were manufactured came 
in the last analysis from the farm and the mine. Comparatively few of our men appear 
to have been actively engaged in the production of food supplies but large numbers were 
engaged in mining. Perhaps the most basic mining industries were those dealing with 
coal and iron, particularly the former, without which nothing whatever could have been 
done. Scarcely less necessary, however, were the other metals and minerals, such as 
copper, zinc, lead, aluminum, nickel, chromium, manganese, and the hundreds of other 
materials necessary to produce alloys of the type necessary for guns and high-speed engines, 
abrasives, refractory materials, and chemicals. 

Coal-mining was perhaps the most basic of all industries. Many Tech men were 
engaged in it in various capacities, but perhaps among the most notable may be mentioned 
Milton M. Wheeler, '94, general manager of the Kentucky Midland Railroad Company; 
Robert W. Carr, '95, president of the Carr Coal Company and the Rockdale Consolidated 
Coal Company and vice-president and manager of the Colorado Mining Company; Fred 
A. Crossman, '89, who, in addition to doing considerable lumbering work in Canada, was 
part owner and officer of a number of companies in southeastern Kentucky. Complete 
figures as to the amount of material produced by these men are not available. Wheeler's 
mine during the war produced annually 130,000 tons of good bituminous coal, while the 
companies handled by Carr more than doubled their previous output of lignite. All of 
these men performed voluntary work of various kinds. Crossman had charge of the various 
speakers from abroad who visited the mining and "Blue-Grass" sections of Kentucky. 

It will be recollected that the products of the coal industries were distributed by 

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a special government administrative committee. The allotment of pig iron was handled 
by committees of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Allan H. Woodward, 'oo, in 
addition to his duties as chairman of the board of directors of the Woodward Iron Com- 
pany, served as a member of the special committee on pig iron, iron ore and lake trans- 
portation, having charge of the pig iron produced in the States of Alabama, Tennessee, 
Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. Very similar work was handled by John O. Henshaw, 
'78, in behalf of the Merchant Pig Iron Distributers' Association. The experiences of 
Samuel H. Brockunier, '93, who was in charge of the mines of the Chateaugay Ore and 
Iron Company of Lyon Mountain, N. Y., have already been mentioned (see page 352). 

While coal and iron were the basic materials from which most of the munitions 
were made, copper also served as raw material for many indispensable articles, such as 
rotating bands for shells, electric wires, ship piping and cartridge brass. A very large 
number of Tech men were engaged in copper mining, so many in fact that it is possible 
to mention only a very few. Some of the information furnished by one of them, however, 
may give some idea of what the men in the copper industry did during the war. One of 
our men who was active at the mines was Edmund A. Thornton, '07, assistant superin- 
tendent of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, of Ray, Arizona, who with his 
associates succeeded in producing from that single mine an average of 7,500,000 pounds 
of copper each month throughout the period of the war. 

Work of a similar nature was carried on by Frederick C. Jaccard, '07, mechanical 
superintendent, Earl S. Bardwell, '06, superintendent of the ferro-alloy department, and 
C. W. Goodale, '75, all of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company; Edwin K. Chase, '06, 
assistant superintendent of the Durango (Colorado) Smelter of the American Smelting 
and Refining Company; and Frank D. Rathbun, '03, superintendent of the Metcalf 
(Arizona) Division of the Arizona Copper Company. The work of Jaccard and Bardwell 
differed slightly from that of the others in that they produced manganese and zinc as well 
as copper. Practically all of these men worked in that district of the United States where 
the I. W. W.'s were most dangerous and active throughout the war, and they were hard 
put to it at times to get out the immense production demanded. Some of them were 
drafted but were instructed to ask for deferred classification, inasmuch as their services 
were absolutely indispensable to the Nation in the positions which they occupied. Goodale 
was appointed a special inspector for the Bureau of Mines, his duty being to examine 
mines to insure that dynamite did not find its way into the hands of hostile agents. 

Thomas M. Hamilton, '03, and Louis K. Rourke, '95, were engaged in work in 
South America. Hamilton volunteered for military service but was requested to con- 
tinue his exploration work in the Andes. Rourke remained at Chuquicamata, Chile, 
throughout the war, endeavoring to increase the capacity of the mine to 15,000 tons of 
electrolytic copper per day. 

One of the most interesting records is that of Ramon F. Mufioz, '09, superintendent 
of Compafiia de Minerales y Metales, of Monterey, Mexico. It has frequently been said 
that Mexico was hostile to the United States and that everything possible was done to 
shut off our supply of materials for munitions, but there certainly appears to have been 
no such feeling on the part of Muhoz or his associates, for he states that his work through- 
out the war consisted in "opening up and preparing the mines for the production of the 
largest tonnage of zinc and lead ores, in the northern mines of Mexico, for shipment to 
the United States." He adds that the object of the work was accomplished with more 
than the expected results. 

Zinc was as necessary as copper in the production of cartridge brass and it also 
found other uses. Most of our men engaged in the production of this metal were also 
engaged in the production of lead, and the allocation of these metals was handled in much 
the same manner as that of pig iron. A committee on lead had been appointed as part 
of the Council of National Defense to care for the lead production and distribution. Owing 
to the passage of the Food and Fuel Control Bill, by which it was made illegal for persons 
to act as advisers for the Government regarding industries in which they were financially 
interested, this committee passed out of existence, but it was still found necessary to 
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adopted was the formation of a special committee of the lead producers themselves, who 
undertook to reserve the necessary amount of lead for the Government's uses at certain 
definite prices. All lead producers were requested to co-operate, but when they failed to 
do so, the committee, made up of representatives of some of the largest firms, themselves 
supplied the material at the price agreed upon, very often at a considerable loss. The 
committee, was composed of nine representatives of the lead industry, the secretary being 
Arthur K. Mitchell, '09. 

Among those who aided by producing the material were George Faunce, '82, presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Smelting Company, Eugene H. Laws, '96, superintendent of 
the Ohio and Colorado Smelting and Refining Company, James H. Batcheller, '00, manager 
of the Virginia Lead and Zinc Corporation, and Henry A. Wentworth, '05, vice-president 
of the American Lead, Zinc and Smelting Company, of Boston. Wentworth reports that 
his company produced 30,000,000 of zinc for cartridge brass and 30,000,000 pounds for 
other purposes, 20,000,000 pounds of lead and 90,000,000 tons of sulphuric acid. 

Aluminium was another vital necessity and its ores were mined not only to obtain 
the metal but also for the manufacture of other materials, notably ferro-alloys and abra- 
sives. Otis Hutchins, '11, worked as metallurgical engineer for the Carborundum Com- 
pany, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and had charge of the electric furnace production of that 
company's abrasives and also supplied metal from which hydrogen was manufactured for 
American balloons. Thomas C. Fisher, '12, of the Norton Grinding Company, of Worces- 
ter, Mass., also performed unusual work in connection with aluminium. His regular 
position is that of engineer in the research laboratories of that company but during the 
war he was sent, with a party of five others, to South America to search for bauxite deposits, 
the ore from which the Norton Company's product is obtained. He penetrated the wild- 
est and least explored portion of the continent, notably Dutch and French Guiana. The 
expedition was quite successful in the discovery of large bauxite deposits. 

In connection with the War Minerals Board mention has been made of the work 
of our men who searched for materials utilized in the production of steel alloys and a 
number of our men engaged in mining work also investigated this problem. One of the 
most successful was Carl J. Trauerman, '07, who was in charge of the Ophir Mine and 
Mill of the Butte Central Mining and Milling Company. This company was among the 
pioneers in mining pink manganese ores in Butte, Montana. These deposits are of immense 
magnitude but of exceedingly low grade and have never been able to compete commer- 
cially with the black oxide deposits. The tremendous demand for manganese, however, 
was rapidly exhausting the latter type of deposit, and had the war continued a short time 
longer the country would have been entirely dependent upon the pink deposits which were 
developed under Trauerman's direction. His company was also successful in handling 
the poorer qualities of the black oxide. 

Dennis F. Haley, '01, during the early part of the war was associated with the 
Ohio and Colorado Smelting Company, and his work was of a somewhat different nature 
as he was undertaking the construction of a plant for the recovery of molybdenum. The 
work seems to have progressed very satisfactorily, for within a year a thousand-ton plant 
had been developed. 

Ernest E. Mead, '96, as chief engineer of the Noble Electric Steel Company of 
California, also produced* considerable quantities of ferro-manganese, ferro silicon, and 
mined ores of iron manganese and chromium. 

The various furnaces and smelting plants had to be kept in repair and this was 
in itself no small matter. A certain group of these furnaces in the neighborhood of 
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, are said to have produced sixty per cent of the ferro-manganese 
supply of the United States. This group of plants was kept in repair by the Weimer 
Machine Works of Lebanon, directed by Edgar A. Weimer, '98. 

OTHER INDUSTRIES 
The various departments of industry which have been mentioned represent but 
a few of the millions of activities which contributed for the supply and upkeep of the 
Army and Navy. Tech men were engaged in other occupations equally essential. 

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An industry perhaps concerning which the public knows little was that dealing 
with the manufacture of the jute goods; yet this was work of a most essential nature. 
J. W. Campbell, '17, commercial assistant of the Angus Company, Ltd., of Calcutta, 
India, reports that seventy-five jute mills, all of which were located along the Hooghly 
River, produced 1,378,000,000 sand bags for trenches of which approximately 100,000,000 
were also used as wheat bags for shipment of crops from Argentine and the United States 
to Europe. In addition to this the mills furnished 713,000,000 yards of burlap suitable 
for camouflage and about 1,000,000,000 pounds of twine. The mills in every case were very 
shorthanded but the work was carried on in so successful a manner that the British Govern- 
ment did not find it necessary to assume the control. 

Another of our men in the same company was Percy McCullough, '14, who was 




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in charge of the construction of extra buildings and installation of machinery in one of 
the factories mentioned above. 

Another industry which might not at first appear to have been essential to the 
war is that dealing with the manufacture of serums and antitoxins. Yet these plants 
operated to capacity to fill the government orders for prophylactics, antitoxins, and vac- 
cines. Peter Masucci, '15, who worked for the Mulford Company at Glenolden, Penn- 
sylvania, states that at one time the company had under treatment no fewer than eight 
hundred horses which were supplying anti-pneumococcus serum, besides several hundred 
others from which were obtained antitoxins for tetanus and diphtheria. 

A. E. Wadsworth, '93, also gave aid in protecting the health of our troops. Wads- 
worth, who was a member of the staff of the New York State Department of Health, and 
his associates trained technicians for military laboratories and supplied both the Army 
and Navy with serums for use in the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia; epidemic 
meningitis and dysentery. They also operated a laboratory service for the diagnosis of 
infectious diseases at army posts and cantonments throughout the state and at the 
embarkation camps of New Jersey. 

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REGISTER OF MILITARY RECORDS 

The records here included are those of men who were in the military service of the 
United States or the Allies, or were members of the militarized branches of the various 
relief societies engaged with the combatant forces. In the case of the latter it is possible 
that some have been included who were not in the military branches, as it has been assumed 
by the Editor that members of these organizations who were serving abroad were without 
exception given rank and uniform, and placed upon a military status. 

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 

{A.), Aviation (Navy); A- A., Anti-Aircraft; A. C of S., Assistant Chief of Staff; A. D. C, Aide de Camp, 
Adj., Adjutant; Adj. Gen.Dept., Adjutant General's Department; Adm... Administration-Administrative-Adminis- 
trator; A. E F., American Expeditionary Forces; Amb., Ambulance; Amb. Sect., Ambulance Section; Amer., Ameri- 
can; Am. Tn., Ammunition Train; Appr., Apprentice; Arty., Artillery; Arty. {Hv.), Heavy Artillery; A. S., Air 
Service; A. S. A., Air Service, Military Aeronautics; A. S. C, Army Service Corps; Assoc, Associate; A. S. P., Air 
Service, Aircraft Production; A. S. R. C, Air Service Reserve Corps; A. S., S. 0. S., Advance Section, Service of 
Supply; Assn., Association; Asst., Assistant; A. T. S., Army Transport Service; Australian E. F., Australian Expe- 
ditionary Force. B. E. F., British Expeditionary Force; Bd., Board; B. M. id.. Boatswain's Mate, first class 
(Navy); B. M. 2cl., Boatswain's Mate, second class (Navy); Bn., Battalion; Bn. Sgt. Ma/'., Battalion Sergeant Major; 
Br., Breguet, a bombardment and reconnaissance plane of French design; Brig., Brigade; Brig. Adj., Brigade 
Adjutant; Brig. Gen., Brigadier General; Btry., Battery; Bu., Bureau. C, Corps; C. A. C, Coast Artillery Corps; 
C. A. R. C, Coast Artillery Reserve Corps; C. A. Tr. Sch., Coast Artillery Training School; Capt., Captain; Cav., 
Cavalry; C. B. M., Chief Boatswain's Mate (Navy); C. C, Construction Corps (Navy); C. C. M., Chief Carpenter's 
Mate (Navy); C. C. S., Casualty Clearing Services (Canadian); C. E., Chief Electricain (Navy); C. E. C, Civil 
Engineer Corps (Navy); C. E. F., Canadian Expeditionary Force; Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Central Officers' Training 
School; G. G. M., Chief Gunner's Mate (Navy); C. I. P., Corps of Intelligence Police; C. M. id., Carpenter's Mate, 
first class (Navy); C. M., 2cl., Carpenter's Mate, second class (Navy); C. M. 3d., Carpenter's Mate, third class 
(Navy); Co., Company; C. 0., Commanding Officer; Co. Comdr., Company Commander; Col., Colonel; Comdr., Com- 
mander; Comm., Committee-Commission; Cons., Construction; Cons. Co. ,ConstructionCompany;Co».r.S?., Construc- 
tionSquadron; Cons.'Q.M., Constructing Quartermaster; Corp., Corporal; C. P.O., Chief Petty Officer (Navy); CO .M., 
Chief Quartermaster; C. W. S., Chemical Warfare Service; C. Y., Chief Yeoman (Navy); C. Y. (F)., Chief Yeoman 
(female), (Navy). CD.), Deck Duties (Navy); Dept., Department; Det., Detachment; Disch., Discharged; 
Dist., District; Div., Division. (E.), Engineering Duties (Navy); E., id., Electrician, first class (Navy); E., 
2d., Electrician, second class (Navy); E., 3d., Electrician, third class (Navy); Elec, Electrician; Engr., Engineer; 
Engrs., Engineers; Engr. R. C, Engineer Reserve Corps; E. R. C; Enlisted Reserve Corps; Ensign (£.), Ensign 
Engineering Duties (Navy); Ensign {D.), Ensign, Deck Duties (Navy); Ex., Executive. F. A., Field Artillery; 

F. A. (Hv.), Heavy Field Artillery; F. A. R. C, Field Artillery Reserve Corps; Field Sig. Bn., Field Signal Battalion; 
1st Lt., First Lieutenant; 1st Sgt., First Sergeant; Ft., Fort. G-i., Administrative Section of Staff; G-2., Intelligence 
Section of Staff; G-3., Operations Section of Staff; G-4., Construction, Transportation and Medical Section of 
Staff; G-J., Training Section of Staff; G. B., Bombardment Group (French Air Service); G. H. Q., General Head- 
quarters; G. M. id., Gunner's Mate, first class (Navy); G. M. 2d., Gunner's Mate, second class (Navy); G. M. 3d., 
Gunner's Mate, third class (Navy); Gunner (E.), Gunner, Engineering Duties. Hon. Disch., Honorably Dis- 
charged; Hosp., Hospital; Hosp. Appr., Hospital Apprentice; Hosp. Sgt., Hospital Sergeant; Hq. Co., Headquarters 
Company; Hv. Arty., Heavy Artillery; H. E., High Explosive; Hv. F. A., Heavy Field Artillery. Inf., Infantry; 
Inf. R. C, Infantry Reserve Corps; Inst., Instructor. Jr., Junior. Lds., Landsman (Navy); Lt., Lieutenant; 
1st Lt., First Lieutenant; 2d Lt., Second Lieutenant; 3d Lt., Third Lieutenant (U. S. Coast Guard); Lt. (j. g.), 
Lieutenant, junior grade (Navy); Lt.-Col., Lieutenant-Colonel; Lt. Comar., Lieutenant Commander (Navy); 
Maj., Major; Maj. Gen., Major General; M. C, Medical Corps; M. D., Medical Department; Med., Medical; M. 

G. Bn., Machine Gun Battalion; M. G. Co., Machine Gun Company; Mgr., Manager; M. I. D., Military Intelligence 
Division; M. M. 1 cl., Machinist's Mate, first class (Navy); M. M. 2 cl., Machinist's Mate, second class (Navy); 
M. P., Military Police; M. R. C, Medical Reserve Corps; Mr. Elec, Master Electrician; Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), Master 
Engineer, senior grade; Mr. Engr. {jr. gr.), Master Engineer, junior grade; Mr. Gun., Master Gunner; Mr. Sig. Elec, 
Master Signal Electrician; M. T., Motor Transport; M. T. C, Motor Transport Corps; Mus. id., Musician, first 
class (Navy); Mus.2cl., Musician, second class (Navy). N. A., National Army; N. CO., Non-commissioned Officer; 
W. C, National Guard; N. N. V., National Naval Volunteers. Off. Tr. Camp., Officers' Training Camp; Off. Tr. 
Sch., Officers' Training School; 0. R. C, Officers' Reserve Corps; Ord. Corps., Ordnance Corps; Ord. Dept., Ordnance 
Department; Ord. R. C, Ordnance Reserve Corps; Ord. Sgt., Ordnance Sergeant. Ph. M., Pharmacist's Mate; 
Pres., President; Prov., Provisional; Pvt., Private; Pvt. id., Private, first class. Q. M., Quartermaster; Q. M. C, 
Quartermaster Corps; Q. M. R. C, Quartermaster Reserve Corps. (R.), Radio (Navy); Radio Sgt., Radio Sergeant; 

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Regt., Regiment; Regtl., Regimental; Repl., Replacement; R. M. A., Reserve Military Aviator; R. 0. T. C, Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps; Ry. Arty., Railway Artillery. S. A. T. C, Students' Army Training Corps; S. C, Subma- 
rine Chaser; Sea., Seaman (Navy); Sea. 2cL, Seaman, second class (Navy); Sec, Secretary; Sect., Section; Serv., 
Service; Sgt., Sergeant; Sgt. id., Sergeant, first class; Sgt. Maj., Sergeant Major; Sig. C, Signal Corps; Sig. R. C, 
Signal Corps Reserve Corps; Sn. C, Sanitary Corps; Sn. Sqd., Sanitary Squad; Sn. Tn.. Sanitary Train; S. N. T. C, 
Students' Navy Training Corps (Naval Unit, S. A. T. C); S. 0. S., Service of Supply; Spad., An abbreviated name 
for a type of French pursuit plane; S. P., Submarine Patrol; Sq., Squadron; Sqd., Squad; Sr., Senior; S. S., Steam- 
ship; S. S. U., Service Sanitaire (United States); Sup. Co., Supply Company; Supply Sgt., Supply Sergeant; 
Sup. Tn., Supply Train; Supt., Superintendent; Sur. Gen., Surgeon General. (7\), Temporary; T. C, Transpor- 
tation Corps; Tank C, Tank Corps. U. S. A., United States Army; U. S. N., United States Navy; U. S. N. R.F., 
United States Naval Reserve Force; U. S. N. R. F., Class 4, United States Naval Reserve Force, Shore Service; 
U. S. N. R. F., Class 5, United States Naval Reserve Force, Aviation; U. S. S., United States Ship; U. S. S. C, 
United States Submarine Chaser; U. S. S. P., United States Submarine Patrol. V. B., Abbreviation for name of 
inventor of common French rifle grenade. W. D., War Department; Y. id., Yeoman, first class (Navy); Y. 2cl., 
Yeoman, second class (Navy); Y. (F.), Yeoman (female), (Navy). 

FACULTY, INSTRUCTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 

ALDRIN, E. E. See Class of '17. 

BALTZLY, ALEXANDER, 1st Lt., Inf. Entered Service 14 May '17; 317th Inf., 15 Aug. '17; 155th Depot Brig., 
21 Feb. '18; M. G. Tr. Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., 13 May '18; 32d M. G. Bn., 4 Nov. '18—4 Feb. '19. 

BARRY, J. G., Lt.-Col., C. W. S. 1st Lt., C. W. S., 29 Sept. '17; Maj., 13 July '18; Lt.-Col., 14 Feb. '19. Casual 
Engrs., 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 10 Feb. '18 — 30 June '19; in charge of Gas Defense, A. E. F., under Chief, 
C. W. S.; Personnel Officer, C. W. S. Personal letter of thanks from Comdr. in Chief. 

BATCHELER, C. C, 2d Lt., 2d Bn., Dartmouth, S. A. T. C. (Page 4.) 

BEATTIE, J. A. See Class of ' 17. 

BOAL, H. W., 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt. I cl, Inf., 10 May '17; transferred Arty., June '18; transferred Inf. Oct. '18; 
2d Lt., Inf., May '19. A. E. F., July '18— Sept. '19. 

CARB, DAVID, 2d Lt., F. A. Driver, American Ambulance, Jan. '15; Amer. Red Cross; Foreign Legion; 
Aspirant, Sept. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., June '19. Second Battle of Ypres; with British Fifth Army in disaster 
of 21 Mch. '18; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. 
(Pages 147 and 162.) 

CARR, J. A., 2d Lt., C. A. C, Dec. '18. Entered Service, June '18; Plattsburg Tr. Camp; transferred to C. A. C. 
Tr. Camp. 

CAWLEY, R. R., 2d Lt., Q. M. R. C, 7 Dec. '18. Entered Service, 5 Sept. '18; Camp Johnston, 5 Sept.— 7 Dec. '18. 

CHASE, E. P., Sec. Y. M. C. A. In Educational Dept., English Hq., London, England, June '17— Apr. '18. 

CLARK, H. F. See Class of '12. 

CROSBY, W. A. See Class of '17. 

DAVIS, T. L. See Class of '13. 

DELLENBAUGH, F. S.. JR., Capt., Sig. C. Sgt. 1 cl., Sig. C, 5 July '17; acting 1st Sgt.; 1st Lt., Sig. R. C, 

4 Feb. '18; Capt., Sig. C, 24 Oct. '18. 103d Field Sig. Bn., 28th Div., 15 July '17. A. E. F., 16 Feb. '18— 

26 Mch. '19. 
DILLON, T. H., Col., Engrs. Graduated, U. S. Military Academy, '04. A. E. F., 8 July '18—3 Aug. '19; 37th 

Engrs.; Asst. Chief Engr., First Army. Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Citation. 
DOUGLAS, R. D., Ensign, (D.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., N. Y. Naval Auxiliary, 5 Feb. '18. Hingham, Mass.; 

S. S. Mielero Apr. — July '18; Inst., Officers Communication School, New York City, Sept. '18 — Feb. '19. 
EMERSON, WILLIAM, Maj., Amer. Red Cross. A. E. F., 20 June '17— 6 Mch. '19. Chevalier of the Legion of 

Honor. 
FAULKNER, H. U., Pvt., Inf. Co. A, 348th Inf., Camp Dix, N. J., 29 May '18; transferred to Psychological 

Unit, Co. C, Camp Medical Detachment, 1 Aug. '18; transferred F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 

10 Oct. '18—29 Nov. '18. 

FULLER, E. W., 1st Lt., C. W. S. Entered Service, Nov. '17. A. E. F., Aug.— Dec. '18. 

GUNN, S. M. See Class of '05. 

HALL, W. T. See Class of '19. 

HANSCOM, C. D. See Class of '18. 

HARDY, A. C. See Class of '18. 

JACKSON, D. C, Lt.-Col., Engrs. Maj., 20 Apr. '18; Lt.-Col., Jan. '19. A. E. F., May '18— May '19; Chief 
Engr., Technical Bd., under general purchasing agent, S. O. S., co-ordinating and procuring mechanical and 
electrical power to meet requirements of port developments; after armistice, Chief Engr., War Damages Bd., 
in charge of estimating money value of damage to property in the devastated areas of allied countries on behalf 
of American members of Reparation Sub-Comm. Chevalier, Legion of Honor. See Civilian Record and 
pages 145, 219 and 225. 

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KEITH, H. H. W. See Class of '05. 

KEITH, SCOTT. See Class of '19. 

KENNARD, J. W. See Class of '18. 

KEYES, F. G., Maj., C. W. S. Capt , 28 Dec. '17; Maj., 3 Sept. '18. Entered Service, 28 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 
30 Mch. '18; director of C. W. S. Laboratory, Puteaux (Seine) and research and control work for other Army 
branches. (Page 209.) 

KNOWLAND, T. M. See Class of '18. 

LANGLEY, E. F., Pvt., S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 10 Aug. '18; Hon. Disch. from service to take up instruction 
in S. A. T. C. at M. I. T, 7 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LIDDELL, W. A. See Class of '16. 

LUTHER, H. B. See Class of '08. 

McADAMS, W. H. See Class of '16 

McCOBB, A. L. Reported Inst, in Modern Languages, U. S. N. 

MAGUIRE, J. F., JR. See Class of '17. 

MAYBACH, A. A., Col, C. A. C. Entered Service, 12 June '97; Maj., General Staff; Lt.-Col., 6 May '18; Col., 
1 Sept. '19. 26th Div., 15 Aug. '17—6 May '18; General Staff, Washington, D. C, 6 May '18. A. E. F.. 
28 Oct. '17 — 6 May '18. Bois Boule, 22 Apr. '18; Seicheprey, 30 Apr. '18. 

MORSS, P. R., 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 21 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 12 July '18. 301st F. A.; Off. Tr. Camp, 
S Jan. '18; 330th F. A., 2 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18—12 Apr. '19. 

MULLIKEN, S. P. See Class of '87. 

NORRIS, J. F., Lt.-Col., C. W. S. Entered Service, 11 June '18; in charge C. W. S. for England investigating 
chemical factories in Germany. A. E. F., 15 July '18 — 21 June '19. See Civilian Record and pages 253 
and 257. 

PARKER, H. C, Ensign, U. S. N. 
PHILBRICK, F. B. See Class of '18. 
PRATT, A. P. See Class of '16. 
PRESCOTT, S. C. See Class of '94. 

PUTNEY, E. W., Lt.-Col., C. A. C. Graduate 1 U. S. Military Academy and commissioned 2d Lt., C. A. C, 
14 Feb. 'c8; 1st Lt., 2 Jan. '09; Capt., 1 July '16; Maj. (T), 10 Feb. '18; Lt.-Col. (Emergency), 16 Oct. '18. 
Key West Barracks, Fla., Oct. '16— July '17; Btry. B, S2d C. A. C, Ft. Adams, R. I., July— Aug. '17. A. E. F., 
18 Aug. '17 — Mch. '19. 52d C. A. C.; transferred as Inst, to Hv. Arty. Sch., A. E. F.; Director of Instruction 
and Asst. Commandant of School; transferred Office of Chief of Arty., A. E. F., G. H. Q. 

REED, H. F., Corp., Inf. 21st Co., 151 Depot Brig.; transferred to F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor. Ky., 

8 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 
RILEY, J. C. See Class of '98. 
ROSS, W. B. See Class of '17. 
RUCKMAN, J. H. See Class of ' 10. 
SCHOLES, F. V., Pvt., F. A. Entered Service, 22 Aug. '18; Co. D, 2d Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, 

S. C; transferred to 4th Co., F. A. Repl. Depot, Oct.; transferred to Co. C, 1st F. A. Repl. Depot, 30 Nov. 

Disch. 4 Jan. '19. 

SIMPSON, S. G. See Class of '16. 

SMITH, A. S., Maj. Engrs. Hq. Northeastern Dept.,, Boston, Mass. (Page 280.) 

SMITH, H. W. See Class of '97. 

TAYLOR, J. S., Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 23 Oct. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Apr. '18; 
Ensign, 20 Aug. '18. Student Flight Officer, U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 1 Apr. '18 — 20 June 
'18; Inst, in Aerial Navigation, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 20 June '18 — 18 Feb. '19. 

TOWER, G. S. See Class of '05. 

TOWNSHEND, BAILEY. See Class of '16. 

TURNER, C. E. See Class of '17. 

VAUGHN, J. T, 1st Sgt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 14 Nov. '04. A. E. F., 18 Aug. '17—4 Feb. '19. Toul 

Sector, 13 Apr. — 30 June '18; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 15 July '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 24 July — 

13 Aug. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 
VENABLE, C. S. See Class of '17. 
WALKER, W. H, Col., C. W. S. Lt.-Col., 11 Nov. '17; Col, 1 Mch. '18. C. 0., Edgewood Arsenal throughout 

the war. Distinguished Service Medal. (Pages 142, 253 and 254.) 
WALWORTH, W. F. See Class of '19. 
WEBSTER, D. L., Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 15 Nov. '17; Capt. 

25 Oct. '18. Div. of Science and Research; transferred Bu. Aircraft Production 24 July '18; disch. 13 J an. '19. 

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WHIPPLE, G. C. SeelClass of '89. 

WIENER, NORBERT, Pvt., Ord. Corps. Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 1 Nov. '18—3 Feb. '19. 
YEATON, P. 0. See Class of '17. 

YOUTZ, M. A., Sgt. 1 cl, C. W. S. Mus. 3 cl., Inf., 18 Sept. '17; transferred Ord. Corps, 24 Dec. '17; Sgt., Chem- 
ical Service Sect., 1 May '18; Sgt., C. W. S., 1 Aug. '18, Sgt. 1 cl., 1 Dec. '18. DiscL, 28 Feb. '19. 

FORMER STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATES 

1870 

BIXBY, W.H. (I) Brig. Gen.,, U. S. A., (retired). Returned to active service I June '17 — 22 Apr. 'i9;Div. Engr., 
Western Div., U. S. River and Harbor Improvements, with headquarters at Kansas City, Mo.; Dist.Engr., 
Kansas City, Mo. and Dist Engr., St. Louis, Mo., U. S. River and Harbor Improvements; Sec. and Pres., Missi- 
sippi River Comm.; Inspector and Supt., 15th Light House Dist. covering lights and buoys on Mississippi River 
from the mouth of the Missouri River to New Orleans; Dist. Engr., U. S. River and Harbor Improvements, 
Chicago, 111. 

1873 
RIPLEY, H. L. (I) Col., Cav., attached Sig. C. In charge of Sig. C, General Supply Depot, Ft. Sam Hous- 
ton, Texas. 

1875 
MIXTER, S. J. (VIII) Lt.-CoL, M. R. C. Lt., 5 July '08; Maj., 11 Apr. '17; Lt.-Col., 3 Dec. '19. Surgeon Gen- 
eral's Office, Washington, D. C; Base Hosp., Camp Devens, Mass.; Camp Meade, Md. 

1876 
TOBIN, J. A. (II) Lt. C. E. C, U. S. N., (retired). 

1877 
QUINBY, G. F. (S. M. A.) Col., C. A. C. Mass. C. A. C, Ft. Warren, Mass.; commanding 66th Regt., C. A. C. 

1878 
FISHER, W. B. (Ill) U. S. N. R. F., Mch.— May '17. Discharged on account of physical disability. 

1879 
MONTGOMERY, H. M., (S. M. A.), Maj., Q. M. C. Cons. Div., 13 Feb. '18—15 Feb. '19. 

WAITT, A. M. (II) Maj. Engr. R. C, 23 Jan. '17. Resigned Jan. '18 on account of physical disqualification. 
See Civilian Record. 

1880 
PERRY, A. P., Capt., M. C. 1st Lt., 21 July '17; Capt., 7 Sept. '17. Discharged, 11 June '19. 

1881 

CABOT, G. L., Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, Mass. Volunteer Militia, 26 June, '16; Lt. 20 Mch. '17. C. O., 
Marblehead Aviation Detachment, 16 Apr.— 15 Aug. '17; patrolled Mass. Bay in seaplane, 4 Dec. '17 — 3 Oct. 
'18; Hampton Roads, 7 Oct. '18; on inactive list 22 Mch. '19. (Page 279.) 

LANGDON, G. W., (S. M. A.), 1st Lt., U. S. Guards, 10 July '18—26 Dec. '18. 

1882 
WOOD, J. P. (II) Col, 1st Pa. Cav., '17. 103d Engrs., Camp Hancock, Ga.; Q. M. C, Washington, D. C. 

1883 
HUNT, C. D., Capt., U. S. A, (retired). 
LITTLE, D. M., Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. 26 Apr. '17; Lt. Comdr., July '18; inactive list, 6 Aug. '19. 

1884 

RICHARDS, F. B. (Ill) Lt.-Col., General Staff. Capt., Ord. R. C, 1 May '17; active service, 15 Jan. '18; Lt.-Col. 
General Staff, 4 Mch. '18. See Civilian Record. 

1885 
EATON, C. W. (I) 2d Lt., Amer. Red Cross, 24 Sept. '18. A. E. F. until May '19. (Page 83.) 
FISKE, REDINGTON (III) Capt., Q. M. C. Pvt., 1st Motor Corps, Mass. State Guard, May '17; Capt. and 
Supply Officer, 13th Regt., Mass. State Guard, 24 July '17—29 Mch. '18; Capt., Q. M. C, Oct. '18 — Mch. '19. 

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HOMER, E. B. (IV) Sec, Y. M. C. A., attached to Le Foyer du Soldat. Entered Service 27 June '18. A. E. F., 
Director, Foyer du Soldat, with French Army, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, 18 Sept. — -24 Dec. '18; Y. M. C. A. Army 
Educational Comm., Paris, in charge of Personnel Sect., Fine Arts Div., I Jan. '19; Asst. Supervising Architect. 
A. E. F. University, Beaune, 18 Feb. '19; Y. M. C. A. Army Educational Comm. became Army Educational 
Corps, 15 Apr. '19; Assoc. Director, College of Fine Arts; Dean of Faculty, College of Fine Arts; Head of Dept. 
of Architecture, A. E. F. University, Beaune, until 29 June '19. 

SISE, LYMAN, Capt., Engr. R. C, 17 June '17. Disch. for physical reasons, 11 Dec. '17. See Civilian Record. 

*THAW, A. B. Reported Capt., M. C. Reported as having died in France, 19 Aug. '18. The report was 
received after the chapter containing the Roll of Honor had gone to press. 

1886 
BORDEN, R. P. (II) Maj., attached to G-3, General Staff, 9 Nov. '18—13 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 
*HIGGINS, E. E. See Roll of Honor. (Page 114). 

KILLINGER, J. W. (S. M. A.) Sec. Y. M. C. A., A. E. F., '18— '19, at Chateau-Thierry and Paris. 
WILSON, F. S. (Sp) Capt., Q. M. C. 

1887 
*COBB, M. E. See Roll of Honor (page 128). 

DRAPER, GO. (II) Capt., A. S. Entered Service, 14 Feb. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, Cambridge, Mass.; 
Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, May— June '18. A. E. F., July '18— Dec. '18; Compass Officer. 

MULLIKEN, S. P. (V) Maj., C. W. S., Adm. Div. Chief of Confidential Technical Information Sect., Hq., 
Chief of C. W. S., Washington, D. C, 11 May '18—6 Jan. '19. 

NORRIS, G. L. (Ill) Maj., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Chief Metallurgist, Aviation Sect. Sig. C; Dist. Mgr. of Pro- 
duction, Pittsburgh Dist., Aviation Sect., Equipment Div., Sig C. (later Pittsburgh Dist., Bu. Aircraft Pro- 
duction); Metallurgist in Charge, Metal Sect., Raw Material Procurement Div., Bu. of Aircraft Production, 
Washington, D. C. Service U. S., 9 Nov. '18 — 1 Jan. '19. (Page 269.) 

SEVER, G. F. (VI) Maj., Office of Chief of Engrs. War Industries Bd., 1 Mch. '18—23 May '19. 

♦SOUTHER, HENRY (III). See Roll of Honor (pages 115 and 269). 

SPAULDING, H. C. (II) Capt., Q. M. R. C. Entered Service 1 Oct. '17; Army Transport Service, Q. M. C, 
28 Feb. '18; C. 0. Cons, and Repair Div., Bush Terminal; Port Q. M., Comdr. of Forces representing U. S. A., 
Halifax, N. S., 8 Aug. '18; Surplus Property Officer, Property Div., Hoboken, N. J. Hon. Disch. 29 Oct. '19. 

1888 
ALLEN, G. S., Capt., M. C. Entered Service, 31 Aug. '18. See Civilian Record. 
DANIELL, E. S. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. Auxiliary Sect., Adm. Div., Washington, D. C, 9 Sept. '17. 
HORN, H. J. (I) Maj. and Deputy Commissioner, Amer. Red Cross Comm. to Russia; Vice Chairman, Amer. 
R. R. Comm. to Russia, June '17 — Feb. '18. 

JORDAN, E. O. (VII) Director, Red Cross Laboratory Car "Lister," a car sent to various camps at request of 
Surgeon-General to aid in organizing laboratory work and to assist in epidemics of meningitis, pneumonia 
etc.; made special reports regarding Camp Doniphan, Camp Johnston, and Camp Jackson. 

LAIST, T. F. (IV) Maj., Engrs. Maj., 3d Engrs. Training Camp, 27 Dec. '17; Cons. Div., Feb. '18; Supervising 
Cons. Q. M., National Army and National Guard Camps. Disch. 11 Feb. '19. 

MOORE, G. D., Brig.-Gen. (T) U. S. A. Entered U. S. Military Academy 15 June '86; Lt. Col; Col., 5 Aug. 
'17; Brig. Gen., (T.), 1 Oct. '18. C. O. 7th Inf. on Border; Inspector General Dept., Boston, Mass., 24 May 
'17; Washington Office of Inspector Gen. until 12 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 12 Mch. '18 — 31 Mch. '19; Inspector 
Gen., 2d Corps on British Front; Commander of 169th Brig. (85th Div.) at Toul. Somme Offensive (Hin- 
denburg Line to Oise Canal) Sept. — Oct. '18. (Page 172.) 

♦PLUMMER, T. R. (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 112, 150 and 292). 

SMITH, J. C. (V) Director, Department Stores, Amer. Red Cross, France and Switzerland; engaged in Prisoner 
of War and Civilian Relief; Member French Red Cross; Duryea War Relief. 

THOMPSON, S. E. (I) Lt.-Col., Ord. R. C. Maj., Ord. R. C, 19 Dec. '17; Lt.-Col., 14 Oct. '18. Control Bu.> 

Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C., until 21 Dec. '18. (Page 260.) 
WOOD, F. J., Maj., Engrs. Maj., Cons. Div., Engrs., 18 Oct. '17; Curtis Bay Ord. Dep., 1 Nov. '17; Staff of 

Chief of Sect. C, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 22 July '18; transferred to Contracts Branch, Cons. Div., 

preparing plans for purchasing Army Camps Devens, Meade, Lee, Custer, Taylor, Pike and Travis, I Dec. 

'18; appointed Supervising Acquisition Officer for buying Camps Devens, Lee, and Meade. 

1889 
BEAMAN, W. M. (I) Maj. Engrs. Office of Chief of Engrs., Washington, D. C, 16 July '17— 31 Mch. '19. 
CABOT, J. W. (I) Field Clerk, Q. M. C, in office of the Zone Supply Officer, U. S. A., Boston, Mass. 
CROWNINSHIELD, B. B. (Sp.) Volunteer Driver, Sect. 7, American Sn. Sect., French Army, 1 Jan.— 1 July 

'16. Champagne and Argcmne Fronts at Somme-Suippe, Rery, and Verdun during German attack. See 

Civilian Record. (Page 285.) 

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EMERSON, H. D. (I) Maj., Engrs., 8 Oct. '17. C. O., 44th Engrs., Camp Harrison, Apr. '18. A. E. F., July 
'18 — July '19; C. O., 1st Bn., 1st Ry. Arty., Oct. '18; loaned to Inspection Div., M. T. C, Nov. '18; ordered 
to War Damage Bd., Paris, Head of Finance and Economic Comm., Greek Mission, Jan. '19; Lecturer on 
Finance, Economics and Railroads, A.E.F. University at Beaune, Mch. '19; C. 0., 239 Le Mans Bn., June '19. 
Hon. Disch. Aug. '19. 

FRENCH, E. V. (II) Maj., Q. M. C, 8 Apr. '18. A. E. F., May '18—30 May '19; Chief, Bu. of Fire Prevention, 
17 June '18. 

GUPPY, B. W. (I) Lt.-Col., Engrs. Maj., 16 Apr. '17; Lt.-Col., 19 Mch. '18. Assigned 1st Bn., 14th Engrs. 
(Ry.), 16 May '17. A. E. F., Aug. '17—9 Feb. '19; assigned 3d British Army as Ry. Troops, at Front, 21 
Aug.; commanded detachment operating 50 miles of 60 cm. light railway, salvaging material from Somme 
Battlefield, 5 Sept. '17 — 17 Mch. '18; built light railways southwest of Arras, Apr. — May '18; in command 14th 
Engrs., 6 July — 6 Sept.; Ry. repair work at Fere en Tardenois with 1st Army, 2 Aug.; road repairs, Marne 
Salient, 3d Corps, 14 Aug.; Second in Command at Camp Hunt, Le Corneau, 6 Sept.; Supt. Port Terminal 
Facilities, St. Nazaire, 16 Oct. '18 — 18 Jan. '19. (Page 168.) 

PIKE, C. W. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Maj. Ord. Corps, 16 Jan. '18; co-ordinating work of Engr., Procurement, 
Production, Inspection and Supply Divisions; Head, Small Arms Branch, June '18; Acting Head, Progress Sect., 
Nov. '18; Chief, Statistical Sect., Dec. '18. Disch., 15 Apr. '19. 

POWER, C. W. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Office of Chief of Ord., 29 Jan. '18. 

ROGERS, H. L. (II) Maj. Gen., Q. M. C. Entered Service, 2 May '98; Brig. Gen., N. A., 5 Aug. '17; Brig. Gen., 
Q. M. C, 26 Feb. '18; Maj. Gen., Q. M. Gen. of Army, 22 July '18. A. E. F., 13 Aug. '17—31 Jan. '19; 
Chief Q. M. Distinguished Service Medal; Companion of the Bath (British); Commander of the Legion of 
Honor (French); Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgian). (Pages 141 and 210.) 

SANBORN, F. E. (II) Capt., Sn. C. Carlisle, Pa., 30 Aug. — 22 Nov. '18; Asst. Director, Educational Service and 
Head of Technical Dept., Walter Reed General Hosp., 23 Nov. '18; Chief of Educational Service, Reconstruc- 
tion Dept., General Hosp. No. 19, Oteen, N. C, 30 Oct. '19. 

SMITH, H. D. (II) Col, 157th Inf. 

WHIPPLE, G. C. (I) Maj., Amer. Red Cross. Deputy Commissioner to Russia, 29 June '17—21 Oct. '17; Sr. 
Sn. Engr. (grade of Lt. Col.), U. S. Public Health Service Reserve, 26 Feb. '19; served on various comms., 
state and national; in charge Hygiene and Sanitary Course, S. A. T. C, Harvard University. (Page 289). 

WHITING, JASPER (III) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 22 Jan. '18; Maj., C. W. S., 17 July 
'18. Pres., Washington Examining Bd. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '18—23 Dec. '18; Officer in Charge, British-Ameri- 
can Anti-Gas Liaison Service, London. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 3-9 Nov. '18. Specially commended for 
services to A. E. F. in personal letter from Gen. Pershing. 

WRIGHT, E. V. (S. M. A.), Mus. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Commonwealth Pier Band, Oct. '17— April '18; Naval 
Aviation Detachment Band, M. I. T., 10 Apr. '18; Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. 

1890 

ALDEN, C. H. (IV) Capt., Q. M. C. Supply Officer, Ambulance Sect., 311th Sn. Train, 86th Div., Camp Grant, 
111., 16 Oct. '17; Officer in Charge of Cons, and Repair, Boston Depot, Q. M. D., 10 Nov. '17 — 22 Sept. '18. 
A. E. F., 20 Oct. '18—26 July '19; Asst. to Chief Q. M., 6th Army C, Belleville, 20 Oct.; on staff of Engr. 
Officer in Charge of Cons., Amer. Embarkation Center, Le Mans, Sarthe, 13 Nov. '18 — 26 July '19. 
(Page 319.) 

BLOOD, J. B. (VI) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. Sr. Lt., U.S.S. Nebraska, 6 Apr. '17; in command U.S.S. Nokomis 
(later Kwasind), as Station Ship to Military Governor in Santo Domingo, Aug. '17 — 5 July '19; Sr. Watch 
Officer on U.S.S. President Grant. Disch. 25 Aug. '19. 

BROWNELL, E. H. (I) Comdr., C. E., U. S. N. Entered Service, 24 Oct. '02; Civil Engr. with rank of Lt. 
Comdr. as Public Works Officer, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 6 Apr. '17; Civil Engr. with rank of Comdr., 
Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 1 July — 13 Oct. '17. A. E. F., Nov. '17 — Mch. '18; 
established seaplane, dirigible and fuel stations on French and Irish Coasts. Returned to Bu. of Yards and 
Docks, Washington, D. C., on foreign work, Mch. '18; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., as Public Works 
Officer, 16 May '18. 

CURTIS, W. G., Capt., M. R. C. Volunteered for duty, 6 May '18; Medical Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
5 Sept. '18; Staff of General Hosp. No. 14, 7 Oct. '18—30 Nov. '18. Capt., M. R. C, 15 Feb. '19. 

FLOOD, S. D. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. 

SCHIEFFELIN, SCHUYLER (VI) Capt., Sig. C. Capt., 27 Sept. '17; C. O., 493d Aero Sq., 8 Nov. '17. 
A. E. F., 22 Nov. '17 — 22 Jan. '19. 

WAITE, H. M. (I) Col., Engrs. Lt.-Col., Engrs. T.C.,29 Jan. '18; Col., 4 Oct. ' 18. A.E.F., Jan. '18— Feb.'ig; 
Deputy Director General of Transportation; Engr. of Cons, of T. C, in charge of all railroad, port and harbor 
work, May '18; Member, Comm. of Supreme War Council, to investigate improvements on French-Italian Rail- 
waysjuly ; Member, Comm. to make suggestions for improvements in S.O.S. ; attached to 2d Army and member 
of board to investigate how French railways could be put under Amer. management, Oct.; detached service, 
Deputy Director General of Transportation, Oct.; attached to 3d Army, Nov.; Member, Bridgehead Comm. 
to arrange for occupancy of Coblenz Bridgehead, Dec. '18; at Triers, under Civic Sect, of Advanced G. H. Q. 
in charge of utilities of occupied territory, Jan. '19. Army of Occupation. Officer, Legion of Honor; Dis- 
tinguished Service Medal; Citation from G. H. Q. (Pages 142 and 213.) 

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WALKER, E. D. (I) Maj., Engrs., Capt., Engr. O. R. C. 21 Mar. '17; active service 8 May '17; Maj., 6 Oct. 
'19. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 8 May — 11 June '17. A. E F., July '17— 25 Jan. '19; <;th 
Reserve Engr= (later 15th Engrs.), 12 June '17 — 25 Oct. '18; Water Supply Service. Div Cons and Forestry, 
Hq S O. S., 26 Oct • in charge water supply and sanitary installations, Base Sect. Nov. 4. 1 Nov — 15 Dec. '18. 
Office Chief of Engrs . 26, Jan. '19 

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CAMPBELL, JEREMIAH (II) Maj., Engrs., 6 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 22 Nov. '17— Apr. '19; Engr. at Bordeaux, 
17 Dec. '17; Staff of Transportation C, Paris and Tours, Feb. '18; C. O., Engrs., and Supt. of Army Transport, 
Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, Aug. '18; Supt. of Embarkation, St. Nazaire, Mch. — Apr. '19. Decorated by 
French Govt, with Alerite Agricole; cited by Director, Army Transportation Corps. 

COLES, S. L. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. Capt., Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., 17 Jan. '18; C. O. and Inspector of Cons., 

U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 4 Mch. '18; Asst. Director of Operations, U. S. Nitrate Plant 

No. 2, 30 Sept. '18 — 9 Jan. '19. 
GOVE, ANNA M. (VII) Organized Red Cross Auxiliary at North Carolina College for Women, and first aid 

classes, '17; supervised Red Cross Work Rooms, summer '17; with Dept. of Civilian Relief, Amer. Red Cross, 

France, Mch. '18; Med. Director, Smith College Unit, Grecourt, Somme, working under French Govt., Apr. 

—Aug. '19. 
HENDERSON, W. P. (IV) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. Lt., Bu. of Cons., 24 Apr. '18; Capt., Sept. '18. A. E. F., 

10 May '18 — 15 Apr. '19; in charge of cons, work in Southwest Zone, Amer. Red Cross, July '18 — Jan. '19; 

welfare work, with 91st Div., at Le Ferte-Bernard, Sarthe. - 
HOOPER, G. K. (II) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., Ord. Corps., 27 Apr. '18; Lt.-Col., 5 Oct. '18. Head of Truck 

Sect., Production Div., Washington, D. C, 5 May '18. Personal letter of congratulation from Chief of Ord., 

on completion of service. 
KIMBALL, H. S. (X) Capt., Ord. Corps. Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., 26 June '17; Chief, Engr. Sect., Washington, 

D. C, 22 Nov. '17— 13 Nov. '18. 
*LEEMING, WOODRUFF (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 126 and 211). 
TAPPAN, E. S. (V) Sec. Y. M. C. A., with Le Foyer du Soldat, at Chalons-sur-Marne, Francheville (Marne) and 

Dampierre-sur-Moire, Nov. '17 until armistice; at Nautivet, near Suippes (Marne), Pauvres (Andennes), 

Ste. Menehoulde (Marne) on edge of Argonne Forest, Camp de Chelons and Mourmelon-le-Grand, and Brest, 

Nov. '18 — 7 Sept. '19. 
SCUDDER, M.S., Capt., Inf. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Presidio, Calif., 24 Aug. ' 17 ; Capt., Inf., 27 Nov. '17. A. E. F. 6, 

July '18 — 4 Aug. '19; Capt. and Regtl. Adj., 361st Inf., 12 Oct. '18; transferred to 23d Inf., I Feb. '19. St. 

Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 12 Oct. '18; Ypres-Lys Offensive, 31 

Oct. — 11 Nov. '18. Wounded near Epinonville, France, 27 Sept. '18; gassed at Evangelibloom, Belgium, I 

Nov. '18. Disch. 17 Oct. '19. 
WAIT, E. R. (IV) Sec. Y. M. C. A., with 9th and 8th Italian Armies. Entered Service, Nov. '18; Field Sec. at 

Cervignano, Italy, Jan. '19; Regional Director at Udine, Mch. — June '19; attached to Hq., Rome, and on 

Special Missions to Albania, July — Sept. '19. 
WELLS, G. F. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Supply Div., Ord. Dept., 29 Dec. '17. See Civilian Record and page 337. 

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ATWOOD, JOSHUA (I) Capt., Inf., U. S. Guards. Hq., Northeastern Dept., 11 Jan. '18; Springfield Armory, 
Mass., June '18; recruiting at Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. '18; C. O. Bn., 8th U. S. Guards, Springfield, 13 Nov. 
'18— 7 Feb. '19. 

BLAKE, G. B. (Sp.) 1st Lt., Instructing Staff, Harvard University R. O. T. C, May — Aug. '17. 

BURRAGE, SEVERANCE (VII) Maj., Amer. Red Cross. Special Comm. to Serbia, Aug. '17. Order of the 
Royal Red Cross of Serbia; Serbian Order of San Sava. See Civilian Record. 

DUBOIS, B. P. (VI) Capt., U. S. N. Pay Corps, Naval Station, New Orleans, La. 

FELAND, LOGAN (IV) Brig. Gen., Marine Corps. Capt. of Volunteers, Spanish War, Apr. '98— May '99; 
1st Lt. Marine Corps., 1 July '99; Lt.-Col, Apr. '17; Col., 1 July '18; Brig. Gen., 9 Mch. '19. A. E. F., 13 
June '17 — Mch. '19; in command, 5th Regt. Marines, 2d Div., July '18 — Feb. '19; in trenches east of Verdun, 
Mch. — May '18; Bois de Belleau, northwest of Chateau-Thierry, June '18; commanded 5th Regt., U. S. 
Marines, in offensive south of Soissons, July; in trenches, Pont-a-Mousson Sector, Aug.; Offensive of St. Mihiel 
Salient, Sept.; Offensive with 4th French Army in Champagne, N. E. of Rheims, Oct.; Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive, Nov.; March to the Rhine, Nov. — Dec; Army of Occupation, Dec. '18 — Mch. '19. Distinguished 
Service Cross; Distinguished Service Medal; Croix de Guerre with Palm,Gold and Bronze Stars (6 citations); 
Officer of the Legion of Honor. (Pages 132 and 174.) 

HALL, J. W., Capt., A. S. C. 1st Lt., 1st Mass. Cav., (later i02d M. G. Bn.), 25 July '17; Capt., Army Service 
Corps, 22 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 23 Sept. '17 — 15 Sept. '19; Supply Officer, Advanced Sect., Lines of Communica- 
tion, 18 Feb. '18; Post Adj., Advance, Depot No. 1, S. O. S., Is-sur-Tille, 25 Feb. '18 — 1 Sept. '19. 

KALES, W. R. (II) Capt., A. S. Supply Div., A. S., Washington, D. C, 9 Apr. '18. A. E. F., France and Ger- 
many, 26 Aug. '18 — 21 Sept. '19; Asst. Supply Officer, 4th Air Park, 6 Nov.; Supply Officer, 1st Air Park, 12 
May '19. Served as casual in one defensive sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. See 
Civilian Record. 

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KENDALL, A. L. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Co., Mass. C. A. C. National Guard, 25 July '17; 17th Co. C. A. C, 
Boston, 31 Aug. '17; Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, 1 May — 30 June '18; Ft. Comdr., Ft. Warren, Mass., 7 July 
— 17 Oct. '18; 33d Arty., C. A. C, 17 Oct.; Camp Eustis, Va., 30 Oct. — 23 Dec. '18. 

MATTHEWS, A. P. (VII) Capt., Q. M. C. Capt., Q. M. C, Feb. '18. Staff Hq., Central Dept., Chicago, 
in Cons, and Repair Branch, 22 Aug. '18 — 26 Oct. '19. 

MESSENGER, W. H. (II) Capt., Engrs. 23d Engrs., 12 May '17. A. E. F., 3oMch. '18—5 Sept. '19; engaged 

in road building and maintenance; Road Officer, 3d Army Corps, Neuwied on the Rhine. Recommended for 

Distinguished Service Medal. 
SKINNER, T. H. (IV) Capt., U. S. R., Q. M. C. Capt., Cons. Div., 7 Feb. '17; Field Engr., Camp Dix, 12 June 

'17; Cons. Q. M., 21 Aug.; Asst. to Officer in Charge, Cons. Div., Washington, D. C, 9 Jan.; inactive duty, 

R. C, 11 Feb. '18. See Civilian Record and page 4. 
STRITZINGER, F. G. JR., Col., Inf., N. A. U. S. Military Academy, June '90; Col., N. A., 17 Aug. '17; Lt.- 

Col., (permanent) 3 May '18. Organized 50th Inf., Syracuse, N. Y.; with 153d Depot Brig.,, Camp Dix,N. J.; 

C. O. 114th Inf., Camp McClellan, Ala.; C. O., Brigade Rep!., Camp Gordon, Ga. A. E. F., 6 July '18—12 

June '19; C. 0. 53d Inf., 6th Div. Gerardmer Sector, Vosges, I Sept. — 12 Oct. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive 

1 Nov. — 8 Nov. '18. Divisional Citation. (Page 156.) 

WARNER, MURRAY (II) Maj., Q. M. C. _ Maj., Cons. Div., Q. M. C, 26 Oct. '17; Cons. Q. M., Camp Dix, 
1 Nov. 'i8;organized Operation and Repair Dept., Camp Travis, Texas, I May '19; in Southern Dept., 5 May 
'19. See Civilian Record. 

WILLIAMS, H. N.(I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 23 May '17; Maj., T. C, 19 June '18. A. E. F., July '17— 25 
Feb. '19; in command Co. B, 16th Engrs. (Ry); transferred to Ry. T. C., 26 Aug. '17; Supt. of Rys., Paris, 
St. Nazaire and Gievres; C. 0., 53d Regt. T. C; C. O., 64th Regt. Engrs. T. C.;Pres. Inter-Allied Ry. Sub- 
Comm., Hq. Coblenz, Germany, 28 Nov. '18, in charge of German Imperial Rys. in Army of Occupation and in 
Zone to Neutral Territory (under orders of Marshal Foch). Disch. 10 Mch. '19. 

WORTHINGTON, A. M. (VII) Capt., M. C. Capt., M. C, 30 Apr. '18; A. E. F., Aug. '18— July '19; Head 
of Laboratory, including post-mortem work, Evacuation Hosp. No. 10, 17 June — 5 Nov. '18; Central Medical 
Laboratories, Dijon, 8-15 Nov. '18; Evacuation Hosp. No. 10, 17 Nov. — 21 Dec. '18; Infirmary Officer, 3d Army, 
Machine Gun and Small Arms Center near Coblenz, 21 Dec. '18 — 21 July '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

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*ALBEE, 0. W. (III). See Roll of Honor (pages 126 and 263.) 

ALDEN, H. W. (II) Lt.-Col., Motor Equipment Sect., Ord. Dept. Maj., 18 June '17; Lt.-Col., 12 Jan. '18. A. E. 
F., Sept. '17 — 18 Jan. '18; in charge of tank design, visiting England and France and Belgian Front; American 
representative, joint English and American conference in London, and at British G. H. Q., on design of Anglo- 
American 40-ton tank; Chief of Tank, Tractor and Trailer Div., Ord. Dept. Disch. 20 Feb. '19. Distin- 
guished Service Medal. (Pages 138 and 260.) 

BUMSTEAD, DALE (IV) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., 4 May '18; Lt.-Col., 5 Oct. '18. Adviser, Loading Dept.; 

Contract Officer; Member, Army Commodity Comm. on Explosives and Components; Ex. Staff, Procurement 

Div., Ord. Dept. Disch. 29 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
CLARKE, T. C. (V) Col., Engrs. Capt., 17 Jan. '17; Lt.-Col., 5 Aug. '18; Col., 5 Sept. '18. Active service, 8 

May '17. A. E. F., 13 Apr. '18 — 15 Apr. '19; 110th Engrs., 35th Div. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. Croix de Guerre with Palm and Gold Star. (Page 188.) 
GUPPY, GEORGE (II) 1st Lt., A. S. A., 6 Nov. '17— 11 Jan. '19. 
RICE, H. L. (X) Lt.-Col, Ord. Corps. Maj., 21 Feb. '18; Lt.-Col., 12 July '19. Supply Div., Ord. Dept., Feb.— 

Apr. '18. A. E. F., Apr.— Aug. '18. U. S., Aug. '18— to date (Aug. '19). 
SOLOMON, J. I. (VI) Capt., Q. M. C, Cons. Div., 20 Apr. '18—19 Aug. '19. 
WALKER, G. L. (I) Capt., Q. M. C, Cons. Div., 12 Sept., '18. 
WHITAKER, S. E. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. In Methods and Organization Sect., Control Bu., engaged with others 

in reorganization and development of Ord. Dept., until June '18; transferred to Progress Sect., Control Bu., 

office of Chief of Ord., Washington, D. C, until honorably discharged, 4 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
WILLIAMS, F. P., Lt.-Col, M. C. Maj., M. R. C, 9 Mch. '18; Lt.-Col, M. C, 17 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 7 Sept. 

'17 — 2 May '19; 26th Div., First Corps Schools, A. S., Mesves Hospital Center and 35th Div. 
YORKE, G. M. (VI) Maj., Sig. C. Attached to office of Chief Signal Officer, assisted in securing and training men 

for special technical Sig. C. work in France; assisted in problems of maintaining cable communication between 

Europe and U. S.; assisted on special communication problems in U. S. 

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CHAFFEE, D. C. (IV) Sec. Y. M. C. A., A. E. F., 1 Jan. '18—20 June '19. 
HOLDEN, B. E. (IV) Maj., Amer. Red Cross. Capt., Amer. Red Cross and Chief of Cons., Southern France, 

Aug. '18— Feb. '19; Maj. and Chief of Cons., France, Feb. — I July '19; appointed Chief of Construction of 

Hospitals, Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, July '19. 

LOWELL, GUY (IV) Maj., Amer. Red Cross. Deputy Commissioner in Italy, Nov. '17; Director, Dept. Mili- 
tary Affairs in Italy, Dec. '17 — Jan. '19. Italian Decoration. (Page 153.) 

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OBER, R. H. (I) Capt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 17 Aug. '18; 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., 28 Oct. '18; 5th Regt. Engrs., 
1 May '19; in command, Camp. Hq. Detachment, in charge of water supply and Highway Vocational Schools, 
Camp Humphreys, Va., 21 July '19. 

PRESCOTT, S. C. (V) Maj., Sn. C. Detailed to Surgeon General's Office, Sect, of Food and Nutrition, 8 Nov. 

'17; assigned to investigation work, instruction of nutrition officers and inspectors, and inspection service. 

(Page 274.) 
ROGERS, J. A. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. B. M., 4 Apr. '17; Ensign, 2 Jan. '18. C. O., Patrol Boat, Anton 

Dorlin (Carnegie Research Ship); C. O., Naval Port Guard, Key West, Fla., 15 Jan. — 11 Nov. '18. 

STEVENS, J. C. (XI) Capt., F. A. 2d Lt., 1st Troop, Philadelphia City Cav., 15 July '17; Capt., Troop K, 1st 
Pa. Cav., 28 July; transferred 108th F. A., 28th Div., 22 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 30 Apr. — 10 Dec. '18. Aisne 
Marne Offensive (Fismes); Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Disch. 26 May '19. 

WEIL, ISAAC (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Ord. Corps, 4 Oct. '17; Maj., 25 Tuly '18. Production Div., Ord. 
Dept., '17; Ex. Officer, Claim Bd., Ord. Dept., 6 Dec. '18. 

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ABBOTT, L. A. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Carriage Sect., Production Div., Ord. Dept. (later becoming Credit 
Sect., Procurement Div., Cost Estimating Branch) I Feb. '18; Chief Statistician, Ex. Sect., 19 Feb. '19; Salvage 
Bd., Ord. Dept., 16 Aug. '19. 

AMES, AZEL (I) Maj., C. A. C. Served with 61st, 75th and 41st Regts., C. A. C„ 15 July '17 — 17 Jan. '19. 

AULTMAN, D. E. (VI) Brig.-Gen. (T) U. S. A. Col. F. A., 15 May '17; Brig.-Gen. (T.) 12 Apr. '18— 31 June 
'19. A. E. F., 22 Sept. '17 — 20 June '19; C. 0., 5th F. A.; Commanding General, 51st F. A. Brig.; Chief of 
Arty., 5th Corps, 2d and 3d Army. Toul Sector; Montdidier Sector; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne- 
Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Distinguished Service Medal; Croix de 
Guerre with three Palms; Commander of the Legion of Honor. (Pages 138 and 197.) 

BOEDEKER, JOHN (VI) Capt., Coast Guard. Coast Guard Hq., Washington, D. C. 

BURKHALTER, DeNISE (II) Capt., Engrs. A. E. F., July ' 17— Nov. ' 18 ; 17th Engrs. ; Engr. Purchasing Officer, 
Base No. 1. 

CHAPMAN, E. M. 1st Lt., C. W. S., 4 Oct. '18. Asst. Safety Engr., Plant Inspector and Safety Engr., American 
University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, Oct. '18 — 7 June '19. 

CHURCHILL, P. M. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engr. O. R. C, 8 May '17; Maj., 15 Aug. '17. Commanded 2d 
Bn. 304th Engrs., 79th Div., 27 Aug. '17 — Commanded 538th Engrs. Service Bn., 16 May '18. A. E. F., 26 
Aug. '18—16 June '19; T. C, 14 Jan.— 21 May '19. 

CLAFLIN, W. B. (IV) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 13 May '17; 14th Engrs., 39th Div.; transferred to Div. 
Hq. as acting Asst. Chief of Staff, G-2, 18 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 27 Aug. '18 — 3 Jan. '19. 

DEAN, A. D. (VI) Maj., Sn. C. 

DENSON, H. C, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C, reported Capt., U. S. N. 

FARQUHAR, R. D. (IV) 1st Lt., Amer. Red Cross. Relief work in Rome and towns and cities of North Italy, 

principally in Belluno (on the upper Piave) and in Bolzano (Botzen of upper Trentino) and in Trento, 17 Aug. 

'18 — Apr. '19. Italian War Cross. (Page 152.) 
FITTS, H. G. (Ill) Lt.-Col., F. A. R. C. In Service, ' 16; Capt. F. A., Aug. '17; Maj., Apr. '18; Lt.-Col., F. A. R. C, 

1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N.Y., May 17; 2d war class, School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla. A. E.F., twelve 

months; School of Fire for F. A., Camp de Souge; commanded Btry., F. 304th F. A., 77th Div.; commanded 

302d Trench Mortar Btry.; commanded 1st, 2d and 3d Battalions, 206th F. A.; attached 12th French Army, 

1 ve weeks. Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau -Thierry to the Vesle); Oise-Aisne Offensive (Vesle to Aisne); 

Luneville-Baccarat Sector, Vosges Mt..; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (St. Menehould to Sedan). 
GAY, C. M., Capt., Engrs. General Engr. Depot, Washington, D. C, 22 Nov. '17; Ord. Dept., Washington, 

D. C. 31 Aug. '18—3 Jan. '19. 
GREGORY, J. H. (I) Capt., Sn. C, 25 Oct.— 20 Dec. '18. 
HODGE, BENJAMIN (III) Maj., Amer. Red Cross. Hosp. Representative, Camp Hosp. 33, near Brest, Aug. 

'18; Capt., and Director of Home and Hosp. Service; Maj., and Director, Bu. of Requirements, Berlin Coram. 

of the American Reel Cross attached to Allied Comtn. for the Repatriation of Russian Prisoners of War, Hq., 

Berlin, Germany, Feb. '19. Returned to U. S. A., July '19. 
KEMBLE, P. H. (XIII) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Production Officer, First Naval Dist., 9 Apr. '18. See Civilian 

Record. 
KOTZSCHMAR, HERMANN, JR. (II) Capt., Engrs. (rank Lt. Comdr.), U. S. Coast Guard (formerly U. S. 

Revenue-Cutter Service), U. S. N. 1st Lt. of Engrs.; Capt. of Engrs., I July '18. Patrolled West Gulf of 

Mexico, Apr. '17 — June '18; off-shore patrol of North Atlantic, June — Nov. '18. 
LORING, E. J. (IV) Capt., Ord. Dept. Drop Bomb Unit, Trench Warfare Sect, (later Aircraft Armament Div.), 

Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 8 Jan. '18; in charge Bomb Sight Unit, Sept. '18. Sub-assignment 

to Bu. of Mines, 8 Jan. '18 — 1 May '18. Disch. 13 June '19. See Civilian Record. 
MESERVE, C. A. (V) Maj.,C. A. C. Entered Service 14 May '17. A. E. F., 21 Apr— 10 Nov. '18; 60th Arty 

St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

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OWEN, ALLISON (IV) Col, F. A. Maj., 19 June '16; Lt.-Col., 12 July '17; Col. 4 Aug. '17. In command of a 
regt., 5 Aug. '17; Brig. Field Off. Sch., Ft. Houston, Texas, Jan. '18; School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., Feb.— Mch. 
'18. A. E. F., 3 Sept. '18 — 28 Mch. '19; in command of 141st F. A.; School of Instruction, F. A., Coetquidan, 
France. Disch., 18 May '19. 

PARMLEE, C. L. (I) (XI) Capt., Engr. R. C. until Dec. '17. See Civilian Record. 

RICE, W. J. (IX) Pvt., C. A. C. 41st Co., C. A. C, Ft. Worden, 28 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

RICHARDSON, W. S. (IV) Capt., Amer. Red Cross, with Red Cross Comm. to Italy, Apr. '18. 

ROBINS, W.P. (IV) Capt., attached General Staff. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp., 10 May '17; istLt., 15 Aug. '17; Capt., 
18 July '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 10 May '17; in charge of statistical and personnel work, 
Camp Meade, Md.; transferred to intelligence duty, Washington, D. C, 8 Jan. '18; in charge of re-employ- 
ment of discharged soldiers in western Pa., Office of Sec. of War, after armistice. Disch., 28 July '19. 

SHEAFE, H. J. (Ill) Capt., C. W. S. Capt., Engrs. U. S. R., June '17; transferred to Gas Service, 1 Mch. '18. 
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1 Sept. '17; 309th Engrs., Camp Taylor, Ky., Nov. '17. A. E. F., 24 Jan. '18; with 
British Army in Belgium, 15 Apr. — 15 May '18; Chief Gas Officer, 82d Div., I June '18. Toul Sector, July 
— Aug. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

STORK, W. B. (II) Lt., U. S. N. Machinist, 2 cl., 22 Apr. '97; Warrant Machinist, 1 Nov. '01; Chief Machinist, 
3 Mch. '09; Ensign, 1 July '17; Lt. (j. g.), 15 Oct. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Member, Joint Merchant Vessel Bd., 
First Naval Dist., and Asst. to Dist. Supervisor, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, First Naval Dist. 

STURGIS, RUSSELL (X) Capt., Sn. C. Entered Service, 12 Feb. '18; Med. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 
11 Mch. — 17 June '18; C. O., School for Cooks and Bakers, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 17 June— 31 July '18; Mem- 
ber, Nutritional Survey Bd., Camp Sherman, Ohio, I Aug. — 30 Aug. '18; Nutrition Officer, Camp Taylor, Ky., 
1 Sept. '18 — 10 Oct. '19; Sn. Engr. and Asst. Sn. Inspector, Camp Taylor, Ky., 1 Sept. '18 — 1 Feb. '19. 

TILLINGHAST, C. F. (II) Col., C. A. C. Entered Service, 25 July '17; Comdr. Ft. Wetherill, R. I., 7 Aug.; 
Commanding Cantonment Guard, Camp Devens, Mass., 28 Aug.; Ft. Comdr., Ft. Greble, R. I., 15 Oct. '17 — 
1 Jan. '18 and 1 Mch. '18— 31 Dec. '18; detached Service Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Jan. '18— 28 Feb. '18; Ft. Comdr., 
Ft. Adams, R. I., 1 Jan. '15 — 15 Jan. '19. 

*WATERBURY, C. D. See Roll of Honor (page 119). 

WHITESIDE, G. S. (V) Asst. Sur., M. R. C, U. S. N. 

WIGGIN, T. H. (I) Lt.-Col., Engrs. Capt., 14 May '17; Maj., 10 July '18; Lt.-Col., 7 Apr. '19. A. E. F., July 
'17 — 7 June '19. Citation from G. H. Q. (Page 218.) 

WITHINGTON, P. H., Maj., A. S. A. E. F.; Hq. Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Feb. '18; Night Bombardment Sect., 
A. S., Jan. '19. 

WOLFE, J. C. (II) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, Feb. '18. A. E.F., 29 June '18— Jan. '19; 2d Corps School, 
Chatillon-sur-Seine, Aug. '18; 104th Engrs.; 116th Engrs., Angers, Nov. '18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
Disch., 6 Mch. '19. 

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ANDERSON, W. P. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 26 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 26 Jan. '18—17 Feb. '19. 

Representative of Corps of Engrs. with Salvage Service, 5 Feb. '18; duty with G-i, General Staff, G. H. Q. 

assigned to Motor Dispatch Service, 10 May '18; Finance and Disbursing Officer, Engr. Corps, Base Sect. 

No. 3, S. O. S., 5 Oct. '18. Disch., 11 Apr. '19. 
BAILEY, T. W. (I), Capt., Engrs. A. E. F., Dec. '17— Oct. '18; 101st Engrs., 26th Div. 
BAKENHUS, R. E., (I) Capt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Project Mgr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, U. S. Naval Armor 

Plant, Charleston, W. Va.; Mgr., Shipyard Plants Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; in direct 

charge of dry dock and marine railway building program; Asst. Chief of Bu. of Yards and Docks. 
BATES, D. M. (X) Maj., Ord. Corps. Student Officer, WatervLjet Arsenal and Frankford Arsenal, 15 Oct. '17; 

Supply Div., Ord. Dept., 4 Nov. '17; Asst. to Officer in Charge, Supervision Sect., Office of Chief of 

of Ord., 17 Jan. '18; in Purchase, Storage and Traffic Div., Purchase and Supply Branch, General Staff, 5 

June; Student Officer, Ord., Depot., Camp Meade, Md., 19 Julv; Ord. Officer in command Ord. Depot, Camp 

Lee, Va., 8 Aug.— 5 Oct. '18. 
CLARKE, R. C. (IX) 1st Lt., Inf. Entered Service, Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Cav., 10 May '18; transferred 156th Inf., 

39th Div., Sept. '17. A. E. F., Aug. '18 — 20 May '19; 354th Inf., 89th Div., Sept., '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

CLIFFORD, W. H. (V) (IX) Maj., Inf. Maj., Marine Corps, 2 May '17; transferred Inf., 15 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 

8 June — -15 Dec. '18; 317th Inf., East of Hebuterne, Somme, Aug. '18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
CROCKER, C. I. (I) Capt., Engrs. C. 0., Co. A, 3d Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 16 July— 4 Dec. '18. 
CUMMINGS, C. K. (IV) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, 4 Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.), Feb. '18; Lt., Jan. '19. Asst. Navigator 

and Communication Officer, U.S.S. Mount Vernon for two years; torpedoed by German submarine off coast 

of France, 5 Sept. '18. (Page 232.) 
FLOOD, R. D. (IX) Maj., Red Cross. Entered Service, 9 Nov. '18; Transport Service, U.S. Transport Matsonia; 

Asst. Field Director, Home Service Dept., Camp Grant, Rockford, 111.; Ward Service, Debarkation Camp 

No. 2, Hoboken, N. J.; Officer in Charge, Red Cross House, Brooklyn Navy Yard. 
GUPTILL, F. E. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 26 Jan. '18; instrumental in organizing the 34th Engrs., 

at Ft. Harrison, Ind., June — Aug. '18. A. E. F., Aug. '18 — Aug. '19, Ex. Officer of Shops and Salvage, Gievres, 

France, Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. 

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HARDY, R. S. (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., 10 July '17; active duty, 2 Sept. '17; Maj., 31 Oct. '18. Engr. Tr. 
Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 2 Sept. '17; 20th Engrs., 10 Dec. '17; Officeof Chief of Engrs., 6 Jan. '18 — 15 Apr. 
'19; acted as Power Adm. of Western New York increasing production of existing power plants and allotting 
necessary power to essential industries. 

HASELTINE, W. E. (X) Maj., U. S. A., unassigned. Capt., 5 May '18; Maj., 4 Aug. '18. - Statistics Branch. 
General Staff, S. O. S., 7 Oct. '18 — 1 Aug. '19. 

HOWLAND, STANLEY (IX) Capt., Adjutant General's Dept. Hq., Central Dept., Chicago, 111., 21 Aug. '18— 
21 Oct. '19. 

HYDE, C. G. (XI) Maj., Sn. C. Capt., n June '18; Maj., 24 Oct. '18. Served as Camp Sanitary Engr., Camp 
Meade, Md., 5 Aug. — 22 Nov. '18; served in Div. of Sanitation, Surgeon General's Office, War Dept., 23 
Nov. '18 — 12 June '19; Officer in Charge, Sanitary Engr. Sect, of Sn. C, 15 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

MAYO, W. T. (II) Maj., Inf. 103d Inf., 26th Div., 13 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '17—21 Dec. '18. Provost 
Marshal, Base Sect. No. I, 27 May; Staff duty, Winchester, Eng., I July '17; Camp Comdr., U. S. Embarka- 
tion Camp, Southampton, Eng., 6 Sept. Aberville and Pinon Woods. 

MELLUISH, J. G. (IX) Capt., U. S. Public Health Service, Div. Industrial Hygiene and Medicine, 11 Jan. '19 
— 24 July '19. See Civilian Record. 

MORRIS, CHARLES, Pay Inspector, U. S. N. U.S.S. Washington; Supply Officer, Navy Yard, New York City. 

NORRIS, REGINALD (VI) 1st Lt. Inf. 166th Depot Brig., Camp Lewis, Wash.; Co. F, 363d Inf. Amer- 
Mission, Bu. Interallied, Paris, in Dec. '18. 

RAWSON, H. D. (VI) Lt.-Col, Cons. Div., Q. M. C. Maj., 21 Mch. '18; Lt.-Col., 3 June '19. In charge of con- 
struction work, Aberdeen Proving Grounds; Cons. D. M., Lakehurst Gas Proving Grounds and Gas Training 
School, Lakehurst, N. J.; Supervising Cons. Q. M., located at Washington, D. C; Member, Claims Bd. War 
Dept. 

ROCKWELL, J. A., JR. (VII) Maj. M. C. Commissioned, 18 Aug. '17; Camp Dix, N. J., 6 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 
July '18 — 7 Apr. '19; Base Hosp. No. 44, at Pouges les Eaux. 

RUSSELL, A. L. (IX) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., 20 Aug. '18; Maj., 13 Mch. '19. A. E. F., 31 Aug. '18—25 Apr- 
'19; 35th Div. Sommedieve Sector, 18 Oct.— 6 Nov. '1.8 

SHERIDAN, H. H. K., Maj., Corps. Engr. Div., Motor Equipment Sect.; C. O., Jersey City Engr. Station. 

SMYSER, C. J. (V) Maj. M. C. Capt., 21 Jan. '18; Maj., 21 May '19. Camp Greenleaf; Embarkation Hosp., 
Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va.; Surgeon of Port, Newport News, Va.; Chief of Medical Service, Debarka- 
tion Hosp., No. 51, until 1 Apr. '19. 

SMYSER, J. S. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps, 13 Feb. '18. Watervliet Arsenal, 7 Mch.— 15 Sept. '18. A. E. F., Sept. 
'18 — Aug. '19; Electrical Div., Ord. Repair Shops, Mehun-sur-Yevre, 16 Oct. '18 — I Mch. '19; Field Center 
Officer, 2d Army, Apremont, 4 Mch. — 15 May '19; 3d Army, Coblenz, Germany, 2d in Command at Ammuni- 
tion Depot No. 351; in command of demolition pit at Bassenheim and Ammunition Depot No. 352 at Neuwied. 
20 May — 11 Aug. '19. Wounded and gassed, St. Agnant. 

STAMP, C. E. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. Small Arms Production, 17 Jan. '18; Asst. Chief, Crane Sect., War 
Industries Bd., 6 May '18. 

WALL, W. G. (VI) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., 18 June '17; Lt.-Col., 1 June '18. Service in U. S., 18 June '17 
— 1 Feb. '19, except five months overseas. Ranking Officer, Bd. for Caterpillar Gun Mounts; with British 
and French Armies studying subject of motorization of artillery for five months. With British Army in Ger- 
man Drive, Mch. and Apr. '18. (Page 260.) 

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ADAMS, Z. B. (IX) Maj., M. C. Capt., 30 June '17; Maj., 1 Oct. '19. A. E. F., 14 July '17— 1 Jan. '19; Base 

Hosp. No. 6; C. C. S. No. 48, B. E. F.; 26th Div. and 41st. Div., A. E. F.; Base Hosp. No. 114, A. E. F. 
BACON, J. F. (IV) Capt., Engrs. 
BROWN, W. D. (VI) Capt., A. S. A. Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig, R. C, 31 Oct. '17; transferred to A. S. A. Entered 

Service, 31 Oct. '17; Post Adj., Taylor Field, Ala., 20 Apr. '18; Ex. -Officer and 2d in command, 2 Aug. '18; 

Adj., 344th Handley Page Service Sq., 13 Sept. '18; Acting Commanding Officer, Air Service Depot, Garden 

City, N. Y., until 19 Dec. '18. 

EWEN, M. F. (IV) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Prov. Regt., Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.; American Ord. Base 
Depot in France. 

FIELD, F. C. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps, at Remington Arms Co., Eddystone, Pa. 

FULLER, G. A. (VI) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, A. E. F. 

GREENE, H. C, Maj., Amer. Red Cross. Entered Service 10 Sept. '17; Lt., Oct. '17; Capt., Apr. '18; Maj., July 
'19. A. E. F.; Noyon, France, 10 Sept. '17; Compiegne, 25 Mch. '18; Senlis, 11 June; Compiegne, Sept.; Laon, 
30 Dec. '18 to present date (28 Sept. '19). Medaille de Reconnaissance Francaise, Silver; Croix de Guerre; 
Gold Medal of the Union of Women of France, (French Red Cross); Silver Cross of the Society to Aid Mili- 
tary Wounded (Page 148). 

HEARD, H. R., Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea., 11 Apr. '17; Ensign, Dec. '17. Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead 

for ten days' training; assigned to Yacht Walay, 21 Apr. '17. U. S. Naval Hq., London, Eng., Jan. '18. 
HOWARD, S. L. (IX, XIII) Candidate, 10th Prov. Co., Off. Tr. Camp, 17 May '17-10 July '17. 

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HOWLAND, J. H. (I) Maj., Q. M. C. Maj. Fire Prevention Branch, Operating Div., Q. M. C, 7 May '18. 
Disch., 1 Feb. '19. 

HUNNEWELL, F. A. (XIII) Constructor with rank of Capt., U. S. Coast Guard, Navy Dept., Hq. U. S. 
Coast Guard, Washington, D. C. Entered Service '13. 

HUNT, H. B. (II) Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., Ord. R. C, 19 June '17; Lt. Col., (N. A.), Jan. '18; Col., Ord. Corps, 
U. S. A., Oct. '18. (Page 260). 

KENT, W. A. (I) Col., Inf. Lt.-Col. (N. A.), 5 Aug. '17; Col., 7 Aug. '18. Entered Service, 30 June '99; Inst. 
Asst. Personnel Commandant and Director, Small Arms Dept., Infantry School of Arms, Ft. Sill, Okla., 
Aug. '17; commanding two battalions, i62d Depot Brig., 24 Aug. '17; Asst. Commandant, 87th Div., School 
of Arms, Camp Pike, Ark., 8 Nov. '17; Inst., Brig, and Field Off. Sch., Ft. Houston, Texas, 7 Feb. '18; 
commanding Bn., 2d Repl. Regt., Camp Gordon, Ga., 23 Apr. '18; commanding 4th Repl. Regt., 12 May 
'18; Senior Inst., Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Gordon, Ga., 14 June '18; commanding 810th Pioneer Inf., 27 
Aug.; commanding 4th Recruit Camp, Camp Greene, N. C, 22 Dec. '18; Ex. Officer, Camp Greene, 16 Jan. 
'19; Recruiting Officer, Knoxville, Tenn., 1 Mch. '19. 

MANSON, E. S., Jr. (VIII) Capt., Adj. Gen. Dept. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 16 May '17; 1st Lt., Adj. Gen. Dept., 
15 Aug. '17; Capt., 8 Oct. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Harrison, Ind., 16 May '17; Camp Sherman, Ohio, 29 
Aug.; Insurance Officer, Camp Sherman, May '18— Sept. '19. 

MASON, E. P. (II) Comdr., Naval Auxiliary Reserve. Lt., 9 Apr. '17; Lt. Comdr., 31 Aug. '18; Comdr., 13 May 
'19. Ex. Officer, 2d Dist. Sect., Joint Merchant Vessel Bd., Newport, R. I.; Repair Officer, Naval Auxiliaries, 
N. Y., 4 Nov. '17; Material Officer, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, 3d Naval Dist., 8 Jan. '18; on 
detached duty at Rotterdam, Holland, in connection with the return of Dutch vessels taken over by our Govt. 
during the War. 16 May '1 — Oct. '9. 

NORRIS, A. P. (V) Contract Surgeon, Harvard R. O. T. C. and S. A. T. C, July— Dec. '18. 

PARSONS, A. L. (I) Comdr., U. S. N. Entered Service, Mch. '03. Asst. Chief, Bu. Yards and Docks; Acting 
Chief for short period. 

RHODES, W. S. (XII) Capt., Q. M. C. 1st Lt., Engr. O. R. C, 30 Apr. '17; Capt., Q. M. C. (N. A.) 19 Mch. 
'18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 May '17; transferred to Q. M. C, Cantonment Div., Camp 
Wheeler, Ga., 25 July; Asst. to Cons. Q. M, Pig Point Ord. Depot Portsmouth, Va., 30 Dec; Gen. Hosp. 
No. 3, Rahway, N. J., 5 Apr. '18; Property Officer, Camp Custer, Mich., 23 May; Asst. to Cons. Q. M., U. S. 
Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 20 Sept.; Asst. to Chief Cons.Q. M., Washington, D. C, 5 Nov. '18—3 
June '19. 

SMITH, H. W. (II) with Ambulance Service, Norton-Harjes Unit, Amer. Red Cross in France, Dec. '16— May '17. 
See Civilian Record. 

SPEAR, W. E. (XI) Maj., Q. M. C. Maj., Q. M. C, Cons. Div., 26 Oct. '17; Utilities Officer, Camp Upton, N. Y., 
26 Oct. '17; Cons. Q. M., Camp Upton, 12 Nov.; Consulting Engr., Water Supply and Sewerage Works, 
Camp Upton, 21 June — 26 Oct. '18. 

SWEETSER, C. H. (I) Capt., Engrs. 41st Engrs., 17 Jan. '18; 43d Engrs. Camp, American University, 25 Feb. 
A. E. F., 30 May '18 — 29 June '19; detached service, 20th Engrs. (Forestry), 5 July; Wood Supply Officer, in 
charge station at Liffol-le-Grand, Vosges, 5 Aug.; Road Dept., Base Sect. No. 1, St. Nazaire, I Feb. '19; 
Supt. of Roads, St. Nazaire, -21 Feb. '19. 

WOODYATT, ERNEST, (IV) Capt., Q. M. C, Cons. Div., 8 Nov. '18. Stationed at Washington and Anacostia; 
special duty in New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Disch. 4 Mch. '19. 

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ADAMS, B. A. (II) Maj., General Staff. 1st Lt., Mass. Inf., 25 Mch. '17; Mass. Inf. merged in 104th U. S. Inf. 
Sept; Capt. (N. A.), 7 June; Maj., Inf., attached to General Staff, 22 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 3 Oct. '17 — 9 Aug. 
'19; detached duty with Base Censor, 27 Nov. '17; Base Censor, 6 June '18. Army Citation from Commander- 
in-Chief, A. E. F. 

ALLYN, R. S. (II) Maj. C. A. C. Adj., 9th New York (N. G.) C. A., '14; Maj., C. A. C, '16. Recruiting 
Officer, Ft. Hancock, N J., 15 July '17; Pres., General Court Martial; Arty. School, Ft. Monroe, Va., Dec. 
'17; C. 0., 3d Bn., 57th Regt. C. A., Feb. '18. A. E. F., 10 May — 29 Nov., '18; trained and equipped at 
Arveyres; target practice at deSouge; Summary and Special Court details; with Btry. E and Btry. F., 
South of Verdun, Sept. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, at Montzeville, Avocourt, Montfaucon, Epinonville and 
Romagne, 12 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 

AYRES. E. F. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned 28 Dec. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 5 Jan. '18; Office 
of Cons. Q. M., Washington, D. C, 26 Mch.; Property and Disbursing Officer and Asst. Cons. Q. M., 
Camp Meade, Md., 3 Apr.; C. O., Co. D., 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 19 Aug.; Inst, in 
Emergency Bridges, attached to 3d Engr. Tr. Regt., 28 Aug.; Officer in Charge, Food Exchange, 11 Dec; 
Officer in Charge, Consolidated Exchanges, 14 Feb. '19; Asst. Prof., Military Science and Tactics, in charge 
Engr. Unit, R. T. O. C, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4 Apr.; Asst. Prof., Military Science 
Tactics, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Ore. 

AYRES, M. V. (VI) Maj., Statistics Bu., General Staff, 25 May '18. 

BURNHAM, GEORGE, (IV) Officer Candidate, Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. '18. Disch. for 
physical disability, Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

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BYAM, L. H. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engr. 0. R. C, 16 Apr. '180 Maj., Engrs., 31 Oct. '18. 55th Engrs.. 
Camp Custer, Mich. A. E. F., 30 June '18 — 20 Apr. '19; in charge of construction of dump yard and steel 
warehouses for Ry. at Gievres, France; 128 Engrs., 31 Oct. '18; Engr. Officer, in charge construction of steel 
hangars, barracks, and water supply of 3d Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun. 

DAWES, F. B. (VI) Capt. Engrs. Asst. Adj., 20th Engrs. 

DEGLOYER, R. S. (IV) Capt., Cons. Div., Q. M. C, 26 July '18. 

EMERY, E. C. (II, III) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned 6 May '18. Eng. Res. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; 
Washington Barracks, D. C, 1st Repl. Regt., 29 July '18; Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., 2 Nov.; 
Camp Mills, N. Y., 210th Engrs., 4 Nov.; Camp Humphreys, Va., 7 Jan. '19. 

FARLEY, J. W., Maj., Inf. 303d Inf., 14 May '17. A. E. F. 8 July '18—15 Feb. '19; Div. Hq., 76th Div.; 
Casual assigned for course at Army General Staff College, I Oct. '18. 

FLEMING, C. E. (II) 3d Btry., Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. 

GARDNER, L. D. (IX) Maj., A. S. A. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 22 Sept. '17; Capt., 15 Aug. '17; Maj. 
A. S. A., 25 Sept. '18. Officer in Charge, 2d Liberty Loan, Kelly Field, Texas; organized during service, 89 
Aero Squadrons; C. O., Mobilization Camp, Waco, Texas; Member, Control Bd., Dept. of Military Aero- 
nautics, Washington, D. C. (Pages 4 and 270.) 

GOLDSMITH, CLARENCE, (II) Maj., Q. M. C. Engr. Div., Cons. Div., Q. M. D., 6 Apr. '18; in charge of 
Fire Prevention Engr. as Advisory Engr. and Principal Asst. Engr. to the Advisory Engr. on the water supply. 
See Civilian Record. (Page 317.) 

HARWOOD, B., reported Lt. 

HAWES, A. G. (VI) Capt. Ord. Corps. Army Inspector of Ordnance at Indianapolis, Ind. 

HAYDEN, F. L. (X) reported Capt., C. W. S. 

HOUSE, J. H. (IV) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 15 Aug. '17; Maj. 10 Dec. '17. C. O., 523d Engrs. A. E. F., 
10 July '18 — July '19; Product and Shipment Officer, Forestry Work; Officer in Charge of cons, of German 
Officers' Prison Camp. Gievres, Oct.; Chief Liaison Officer, Greek Mission, Feb. '19; transferred to Courier 
Service, and sent to Constantinople, Jerusalem and Athens. 

JONES, H. W. (VII) Col., M. C. Entered Service, 22 Sept. '05; Maj., at commencement of war; Lt.-Col., 
1 Jan. '18; Col., 7 Apr. '19. Sec. of the Faculty, Army Medical School, Washington, D. C; Organized and 
commanded Base Hosp. No. 114. A. E. F., 18 June '18 — 29 June '19; in command of Beau Desert Hosp. 
Center, Gironde, France, 6 July '18 — -27 June '19. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. (Pages 145 and 216.) 

JONES, S. F. (VII) Maj., M. C. 1st Lt., M. C, 6 Apr. '17; Capt., Aug.; Maj., 24 Aug. '18. Recruiting Officer, 
Ft. Logan, Colo., 6 Apr. '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17; Operating Surgeon, Amer. Red Cross Military Hosp. No. 1, 
Neuilly-sur-Seine. Operating Surgeon and Chief of Orthopedic Service, U. S. Army General Hosp. No. 12, 
Biltmore, N. C, until 13 Jan. '19. 

LACY, ROBERT (I) Maj. Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 6 Nov. '18; Maj., Engr. R. C, 15 Feb. '19. 
See Civilian Record. 

LAMBERT, J. H. (VII) Capt., M. C, Nov. '17. Base Hosp. No. 7, Boston City Hospital Unit. A. E. F., in 
charge X-Ray Dept., Base Hosp. No. 7, July '18 — Apr. '19. 

MONTEITH, A. D. (I) Capt., Engrs., 19 Sept. '17. Camp Lee, Va., 5 Jan. '18; Personnel Adj., 28th Engrs., 

Apr. '18. A. E. F., 13 Sept. '18 — 10 July '19; with Sec. Engr., Base Sect. No. 5, Brest. France, 13 Sept. '18; 

130th Engrs., Base Sect. No. 7, La Rochelle, 13 Jan. '19; Co C. 510th Engrs. (Colored), 8 May; left France, 

28 May; appointed C. 0. of troops on U. S. S. Arcadia, 2 June. 
OSGOOD, H. D. (XI) Capt. Engr. O. R. C. 
PERLEY, W. M. (V) Provisional Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. (4). Supt., Avery Chemical Co., Lowell. 

Mass., mfg. sulphuric acid and ammonia for explosives, iron liquor for khaki dyeing, lactic acid for tanneries 

and textile companies. 

PILLSBURY, G. B. (X) Col., Engrs. Entered Service, June '96; Col, 15 July '17. A. E. F., 7 Aug. '18—30 May 
'19; with 115th and I02d Engrs., 2d Corps. Somme Offensive, 25 Sept. — 25 Oct. 

RICHARDSON, E. B. (VI) Lt.-Col., F. A. Enlisted in Btry. A, Mass. N. G., '05; Maj., F. A., 25 July '17; Lt.- 
Col, 30 July '18. A. E. F., 9 Sept. '17 — 25 Aug. '18; 25 F. A., 30 July '18. Chemin des Dames Sector, Mch. 
'18; Toul Sector, Apr. — June; Aisne-Marne offensive (Chateau-Thierry), July — 3 Aug. Disch., 28 Jan. '19. 

RILEY, J. C. (II) Maj., A. S. Technical Sect.. S. O. S.. 26 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 29 Oct. '17—19 Julv '19. 

RITCHIE, E. W. (IV) Capr., Engrs. 4th Engr. Off. tr. Camp, July '18; 153 Engrs.; 2d Engr. fr. Regt.; 5th 
Engrs.; in charge Military Rys., Camp Humphreys, Va.; Bn. Adj. 

SHERAIAN, E. C. (I) Comdr., C. E. C.,U. S. N. R. F. Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F., n Sept. '18; Comdr., 26 June 
'19. Office and Project Mgr., Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 6 Apr. '17 — 10 Sept . 
'18. 

SKINNER. C. J. (I) Capt., Engrs. 147th Engrs., Ft. Harrison, Ind. 

SNELLING, HOWARD (I) 2d Lt., Q. M. C. Sec, Transportation Div., Y. M. C. A., A. E. F., 20 Dec. '17— 
5 Sept. '18; transferred Remount Dept., Q. M. C, U. S. A., 5 Sept. '18; Asst. Remount Officer, 6th Corps, 

1 Oct.; Remount Officer, 7th Div., I Dec; returned to U. S., 5 Apr. '19. 

SNOW, F. W. (VII) Lt.-Col., M. C. 1st Lt., M. C, 27 June '17; Capt., 16 July; Maj., 28 Aug. '18; Lt.-Col., 

2 May '19. In France with first Harvard Unit for service with the British Army; B. E. F., General Hosp., 

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No. 4 16 Aug. '17; C. 0. Camp Hosp. No. 12, A. E. F., 17 Apr. '18; C. 0., Camp Hosp. No. 41, 15 Feb.— 12 
July 19. Army Citation. (Page 155.) 
STEVENS, G. P. (IV) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. A. E. F., July '17— Mch. '19. Member, Executive and Dis- 
tributing Comms. of Amer. Relief Clearing House in Italy, and official representative of Amer. Red Cross, 
'15— '17. (Page 295.) 

SWASEY, A. L. (XIII) Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. R. F., 2 Apr. '17; Comdr., 2 Aug. 
'19. Supt. Constructor, U. S. N. Hq., New York City; Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., designing 
1 10-ft. submarine chasers; Member, Appraisal Bd. for Curtiss Engr. Corp.; designed twenty-five patrol 
boats for civilians for service in the war; Member, Sec. of Navy's Bd. of Appraisal for Merchant and Private 
Vessels; Member of the Commandeering Bd. for the President of the U. S.; Member of the Sec. of the Navy's 
Bd. of Review; Member of several minor bds. appointed by the Sec. of the Navy. (Pages 5 and 249.) 

TALLANT, ALICE W. (VIII) Aide Majeur, 1st. CI. (corresponding to 1st. Lt.), Civilian Div. of the American 
Comm. for Devastated France, working with the French Army, Aug. '17; with Smith College Relief Unit in 
France; Director of Unit, Civilian Relief in the Departments of the Somme, near Nesle and Ham four and one- 
half months; returned to U. S., Feb. '18; returned to France with the American Comm. for Devastated 
France, May '18; aided in evacuating villages during the German Drive, May and early June; in Receiving 
Ward of the French Military Hosp. at Coulommiers, twenty miles from Chateau-Thierry, June and July; 
Medical service for civilians at Chateau-Thierry and sixty surrounding villages, later at Vic-sur-Aisne near 
Soissons. Croix de Guerre. (Pages 150 and 295.) 

WADSWORTH, G. R. (I) Maj., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, 23 Apr. '17; Capt., Aviation Sect., 
Sig. C, 30 June; Maj., 3 Oct. Ex. Officer for Maj. Souther, Washington, D. C, on problems connected with 
general aircraft program of the Army and supervision of the cons, of the Aviation Experimental Station, 
Langley Field, Hampton, Va.; in charge, Technical Research Sect., Langley Field, testing and passing upon 
foreign planes shipped to this station for special purposes, Aug. '17; by request of Chief of Bu. of Cons, and 
Repair, U. S. N., ordered to report to the Naval Aircraft Factory, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, as Chief Engr. of 
the factory, Oct ; ordered to Washington after armstice. Disch., 30 Dec. '18. (Pages 4 and 250.) 

WALLACE, R. B. (XIII) Maj., Amer. Red Cross, 25 Oct. '18. Balkan Comm., Amer. Red Cross, in charge of 
transportation, getting shipments through Trieste and Fiume for Serbia and shipments into Montenegro, 
Albania, Greece and Roumania. Returned to U. S. A., July '19. 

WALPOLE, N. C. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps, 28 Sept. '17. A. E. F., Commanding 8th Ord. Bn., Overseas Cannon 
Repair. (Page 263.) 

WEAVER, E. M. (II) Maj., Gen., C. A. C. Chief of C. A.; Member of War Council, War Dept. 

WINSLOW, C.-E. A. (VII) Maj., Amer. Red Cross, June '17; Mission to Russia, abroad, June— Oct. '17. 
Received medal for distinguished public service. See Civilian Record. (Page 289.) 

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ADAMS, H. H. (I) Col, Engrs. Lt.-Col., Engrs., 18 July '17; transferred to Ry. T. C, 11 Feb. '18; Col., 10 Oct. 
A. E. F., Aug. '17 — Mch. '19; 12th Engrs., operating Light Railways with British 3d Army near St.-Quentin; 
in command of all American troops in railroad service in the Zone of the Armies and Representative of the 
Director-General of Transportation, A. E. F.; on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Nov. Officer of the 
Legion of Honor. (Pages 142 and 213.) 

BENNINK, CARROLL (IV) Maj., Amer. Red Cross. 1st Lt., Amer. Red Cross, 10 Apr. '18; Capt., 12 Mch. '19; 
Maj. 10 July '19. Service in War Zone in France, 28 Apr. '18 — -27 July '19. Volunteered for Engr. C. but 
was not accepted. Medal from French Society, "Secours aux Blesses Militiares." (Page 293.) 

CLARK, J. K. (II) Chief Special Mechanic, U.S.N.R.F. Enlisted, U S.N.R.F., 7 Apr. '17; M. M. 2 cl, 17 
Sept.; C. M. M., 1 Nov.; Chief Special Mechanic, Oct. '18. U. S. Sub-Chaser No. 259; U. S. S. Bridgeport 
repairship with Destroyer Fleet. A. E. F., June '18 — -Apr. '19. Submarine attack on U. S. S. Bridgeport 
near Brest, France, 5 Aug. '18. " (Page 275.) 

DREW, C. D. (I) Maj., Engrs. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; Capt., Engrs., 6 June; Maj., 7 Apr. '19. 
A. E. F., 14 July '17—26 Apr. '19; nth Engrs. (Ry.). Cambrai Offensive, 20-24 Nov. '17; Cambrai Defen- 
sive, 24 Nov. — 27 Dec; St. Mihiel Offensive, 14-16 Sept. '18; Toul Sector, 17 Sept. — 9 Oct.; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive, 9 Oct. — 11 Nov. Cited by Commander-in-Chief for service in Meuse-Argonne; Military Cross 
(British). 

EMERSON, G. D., Capt., Q. M. C. Cons. Div., Q. M. D., 17 Oct. '18; Asst. Constructor, Army Supply Base, 
Boston, Mass. 

GASKILL, C. S. (II) Lt.-Col., Engrs. Maj., Engrs.; Lt.-Col., A. E. F., 7 Feb. '18— Apr. '19; 19th Engrs. (Ry.); 
in charge of Locomotive and Car-Repair Shops, Nevers, France. Distinguished Service Medal. (Pages 140 
and 214.) 

G00DN0W, W. F. (II) 1st Lt., A. S., 18 June '18. 22d Cons. Co., A. S. 

HAMILTON, A. L. (Ill) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. Assoc. Director of Military Relief, Central Div., Amer. 
Red Cross, visiting Camps Custer, Grant and Dodge, Apr. — July '18; Red Cross Hq., Washington, D. C, 
July. A. E. F., Aug. '18 — Jan. '19; outpost worker with 3d Div.; Capt., in charge of work with 1st Div., 
in the Argonne, Oct. — Nov. '18; Coblenz, Nov. '18 — Jan. '19. 

HANNA, B. S. (I) Capt., M. C, 18 Oct. '18. Embarkation Hosp., Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va. See 
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HASBROUCK, ROSS (I) Capt., Engrs., 20 July '18. 4th Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camps Lee and Humphreys, Va., 

26 July '18; Hq. Engr. Troops, Camp Shelby, Miss., 9 Nov. — 16 Dec. '18. 

HENDERSON, R. S. (I) Ambulance Driver, American Field Service. In France 25 June '17, — Dec. '18; Trans- 
port Militaire 526, Section Groupe Americain. 

HINMAN, W. H. (X) Maj., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 June '17; Capt., 8 Jan. '18; Maj., 25 July. 
Army Inspector of Ord., Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 

HUBBARD, G. G., Lt., Royal Flying Corps. Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, '14— '15; Lt., Royal 
Flying Corps (British), summer '15; at Front, winter '15; Inspector of airplanes in England, spring '16; Inst. 
in rigging airplanes, Oxford University, Nov. '16. 

JACKSON, J. P. (IV) Capt., Engrs. Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; Capt., Engrs., 14 Sept. '17. Ft. Snelling.Minn., 

27 Aug. '17: 129th Engrs. A. E. F., 11 Dec. '17 — 9 July '19; Hq., Paris, 1 Jan. '18; Engr. Officer in Charge 
of Construction, Angers Dist.; Supply Officer for Section Engr. Officer of Base Sect. No. 1, St. Nazaire. 

JOHNSON, A. A. (I) 1st Lt., Engr. Entered Service, Aug. '18. A. E. F., Sept. '18; 22d Engrs. (Ry.). 

LAIGHTON, P. DuB. (VII, IX) Ambulance Driver, Amer. Red Cross. Driver, American Field Service, 20 June 
'17 — Nov. '17; joined Red Cross in Paris, Nov. '17, and went to the Balkans by lorries over Albanian Moun- 
tains via Santa Quaranta and Vodena, Greece to Salonica; from Salonica to Monastir, Serbia, and opened 
Red Cross Depot; under bombardment all winter '17 and 18 in Monastir; looked after refugees speaking 
nine languages; returned to U. S. A. on leave late summer '18. Armistice prevented return. 

LYNCH, G. E. (II) Capt., Engrs., 14 Sept. '17. Training Camp, 28 Dec. '17; 28th Engrs. (Quarry Unit), 
21 Feb. '18; Office of Chief Engr., 22 July; 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, 1 Oct. — 14 Apr. '19. 

McCREA, A. W. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs., 20 June '18. Civilian Draftsman with Engr. C, Sept., '17; entered Off. 
Tr. Camp, American University, Washington, D. C, I Oct. A. E. F., 26 Nov. '17 — n Mch. '19; assigned 
to Teaching Staff, Engr. School, Langres, as Chief Draftsman, 17 Dec. '17; school moved to Ft. de Monges, 
Mch. '18; assigned to Engr. Intelligence Sect., Chaumont, I Apr.; in charge Map Sect., Tours, 1 July; 
ordered to Is-sur-Tille, in charge of Bridge Yard, Advance Engr. Depot No. I. Assigned to Office of Chief 
of Engrs. in charge of Fixed Bridges, Development Sect., U. S. A., 17 Mch. '19. 

*McDONALD, C. S. (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 107 and 295). 

MORSE, H. L. (II, VI) Col., F. A. In regular service since '04; Maj., Ord. Corps, Apr. '17; Maj., F. A., 13 Aug.; 
Lt.-Col., 17 June '18; Col., 26 Oct. A. E. F., 12 June '18 — 10 June '19; with 324th Howitzer Regt.; Brig. 
Adj., and Chief of Staff, organized and instructed the Brigade Staff; commanded 323d F. A. in march to and 
across the Rhine. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 20 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation. 

NATHAN, A. F. (X) Maj., Inf., 21 May '17. 307th Inf., 77th Div. 

PALMER, WORTHINGTON (IV) 1st Lt., Sn. C, 8 Sept. '17. Worked as civilian on organization of Base 
Hosp. No. 33, 15 Apr. — Nov. '17; mobilized, Nov. A. E. F., May '18 — 20 Feb. '19, Portsmouth, England, 
with Base flosp. No. 33, worked on plans and cons, of 2000-bed hosp. 

PARKER, W. E. (I) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N., 24 Sept. '17. Bu. of Navigation, U. S. Naval Observatory, Wash- 
ington, D. C, in charge of Compass Office, designing, purchasing and distributing magnetic and gryoscopic 
compasses on war vessels and naval auxiliaries. 

PLIMPTON, ALBERT (II) Lt. (j.g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '18; Lt. (j.g.), Jan. '19. 3d 
Naval Dist., New York. A. E. F., Ex. Officer, U. S. S. Newark, Sq. No. 10, Mine Sweeping Div. 

PRAY, D. M. (V) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Joined National Naval Volunteers, 6 Apr. '17; Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Recruit- 
ing duty at Leominster, Mass.; Training Camp, Hingham, Mass.; Watch Officer and later Personnel Officer, 
New York Receiving Ship, at Narrows, opposite Staten Island, New York Lower Harbor. 

RICHARDSON, J. H. (I) Capt., Engrs. Capt., Engr. O. R. C, 15 Aug. '17; later Capt., Engrs. Camp Belvoir 
and American University, Washington, D. C; attached Co. A, 306th Engrs., Camp Jackson, S. C, 10 Dec. 
A. E. F., 20 Jan. — June '18; attended 2d Corps Schools and trained in Engr. School for Officers, the Tactical 
and the Weapon Schools. Returned to U. S. A. as Officer Inst.; 5th Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va.; in 
charge of the revision of the Engineer Field Manual an 1 other engineer publications; Regt. Personnel Adj.; 
in command Co. F, 1st Engrs., training for A. E. F ; Office of Chief of Engrs., Washington, D. C, 9 July; 
Assigned to Sect, of Training and Disposition of engr., officers and troops. Disch., 29 Nov. '18. 

RIDDLE, H. H. (IV) Capt., Amer. Red Cross, 5 Sept. '17. Adm. Dept., Amer. Red Cross, Paris, France. 

ROBINSON, AVERY (IV) Capt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., 15 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., 3 1 Dec. '17; 
Capt., 23 Feb. '19. 2d Training Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 327th F. A., 15 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 7 Sept. '18 — n Mch. 
'19; transferred to 159th F. A. Brig. Hq., 4 Oct.; transferred to 3d F. A. Brig., 3d Div., 31 Oct. Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Mentioned in Divisional Orders. 

STEBBINS, R. W. (II) Pvt., F. A., '18. Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, Jan. — July '15. Attached 
to the 8th French Army in Flanders; helped handle first train load of French soldiers overcome by gas, 
Jan. '15; at the Front during 2d Battle of Ypres. Pvt., F. A., Camp Taylor, Ky., '18. Ambulance Squad 
cited in French Army Orders. (Page 285.) 

STONE, JACOB, JR. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs., 2 Sept. '17. 33d Engrs. A. E. F., 13 July '18— July '19, Neufchateau 
(Vosges) in charge of eighty men, helped build M. T. C. Overhaul Park No. 3 and other construction work, 
2 3 July '18; Beaune (Cote d'Or) and Bellevue, Paris, 16 Apr. '19. 

TAYLOR, BRAINERD (IX) Col., M. T. C. Entered Service, 2 Mch. '02; Capt., C. A. C, Apr. '17; Maj. 
5 Aug.; Lt.-Col, 22 May '18. M. T. C, 7 Oct. '18. Hawaii, 7 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 1 Nov. '17— Feb. '19! 

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Chief of M. T. C, Adv. Sect., S. 0. S., 10 Jan. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Dis- 
tinguished Service Medal; Officer of the Legion of Honor. (Pages 141 and 214.) 

WALTON, J. H. (V) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, 13 Sept. '17; transferred to Engrs., 
16 Apr. '18; Maj., 3 May. In charge of Training in Gas Defense, 13 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 9 July '18 — 9 Jan. 
'19; Chief Asst. Gas Officer, 1st Army, 20 Aug. '18. 

WATROUS, C. A. (IV) Lt.-Col., M. T. C. Maj., Cons. Div., Q. M. D., 5 Jan. '17; entered Service, 20 July; 
transferred to M. T. C, 1 Oct.; Lt.-Col., M. T. C, 23 Aug. '19. Asst. Cons. Q. M., Camp Dodge, Iowa, 
20 July '17; C. 0., 313th Supply Tn., 88th Div., Oct.; Sub Depot Q. M., Camp Eustis, Va., 27 July '18; 
ordered to France, Oct.; on transport 11 Nov.; C. 0., M. T. Tr. Sch., Ft. Sheridan, 111., 18 Dec; C. 0., 
Municipal Pier, District H, M. T. C, Chicago, 111., Jan.— 1 May 19' 

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BADLAM, STEPHEN (III) Maj., Inf. Capt., Inf., 26 July '17; Maj., 13 Feb. '19. 154th Depot Brig., 79th 

Div., Camp Meade, Md., 26 July '17— Jan. '18. A. E._ F., 29 Jan. '18— 1 Oct. '19; 40th Div.; 83d Div.; 

General Staff, 1st Army G-i Sect. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 
BARTON, C. A., JR. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Engrs., 15 May '17; Maj., Ord. Corps. Rock Island Arsenal, 

Apr. '18— Apr. '19. 
BORDEN, R. D. (I) Lt. (j.g.), U. S. N. R. F. Served in U. S. N. during Spanish War. Re-entered service, 

6 Apr. '17. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 29 Sept. '17; Lt. (j.g.), 5 Oct. '18. A. E. F., Nov. '17— Feb. '19; Watch 

and Gunnery Officer, U. S. S. Margaret, Azores; Watch and Communication Officer, U. S. S. Patuxent, 

Inverness, Scotland, attached to U. S. Mine Sq. No. I assisting in planting the Northern Mine Barrage from 

the Orkney Islands to the coast of Norway, 28 May '18. (Pages 229 and 235.) 

BRIGHAM, T. W. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Ordered in Mch. '17 to report at Newport for active service, 
and then ordered to remain in regular occupation. See Civilian Record. 

CHASE, A. M. (II) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., Ord. Corps., 15 Dec. '17; Lt.-Col., 5 Mch. '19. Chief, Truck 
and Trailer Unit, Motor Equipment Sect., Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 1 Jan. '16 — June 18 
A. E. F., 1 July '18 — 7 May '19; Chief, Motor Ecuipment Sect., Tours, France; Dist. Designing Engr., 
Ord. Dept., Syracuse, N. Y. Certificate of Merit from Commander-in-Chief, A. E. F. 

COOKE, F. H. (I) Comdr., C. E. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, Corps of Civil Engrs., U. S. N., 1 Jan. '04; Lt. 
Comdr., 1 July '14; Comdr. (T.), 1 July '18. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18 — 1 Jan. '19, in charge of construction of 
Lafayette Radio Station, at Croix d'Hins, Gironde, near Bordeaux, France. Bu. Yards and Docks, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

CUTTING, G. W., JR. (I) Capt., Engr. R. C, 28 Oct. '18; not called for active duty. See Civilian Record. 

FORD, G. B. (IV) Maj., Amer. Red Cross, 4 June '17. A. E. F., 20 June '17—9 Oct. '19; organized Amer. Red 
Cross Bu. in France, '17; organized Amer. Red Cross Service for Housing Refugees throughout France, and 
Reconstruction Research Service, '18; wrote "Out of the Ruins", on the devastation and reconstruction of 
France, and lectured on Town Planning and Housing, U. S. Army Educational Corps, '19. See Civilian Record. 

GEIGER, A. W. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. A. E. F., Chief Engr. with Co. D, 30th Engrs., 1st Army. 

GRAFF, S. D. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Oct. '18; Maj., 14 July '19. Field Service, Supply Div., Ord. 
Dept., Oct. '18 — May '19; Purchase, Storage and Traffic Div., General Staff, May '19 to date (3 Feb. '20.) 

HALL, M. W. (VII) Maj., M. C. Base Hospital, Ft. Riley, Kan., Dec. '17; Camp Surgeon, Camp Jackson, 
S. C, Mch. '19. 

HALLSTROM, W. A., Capt., Adj. Gen. Dept. Army Field Clerk, Hq. Northeastern Dept., Boston, Mass. 

HAMLEN, H. H. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Asst. Dist. Communication Supt., Apr.— Oct- 
'17; Dist. Comm. Supt., Oct. '17 — 22 Mch. '19, on Staff of Commandant, Sixth Naval Dist., Hq., 
Charleston, S. C. 

HARPS, H. M. (I) Capt., Engrs. Student, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 19 Aug. '18; Co. A, 
551st Bn., Engrs. Disch. 6 Jan. '19. 

HECKMAN, J. C. (X) Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., Ord. Corps, 28 May '17; Lt.-Col., 13 Jan. '18; Col. 30 July. 
Head, Cons, and Operating Sections, Supply Div., Ord. Dept. A. E. F., 5 Aug. '1 — 19 Oct. '18, England and 
France, studying Ord. Supply Systems of the A. E. F., English and French Armies; Chief, Supply Div. 
Ord. Dept.; Chief, Field Service, after armistice. Disch. 14 Feb. '19. 

HUSSEY, J. W. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F._ Commissioned 17 Mch. '17. _ Ordered to active duty, 8 Apr. '17,; 
orders to active duty commuted, to continue activities as Naval Architect for Army and Navy Construc- 
tion. See Civilian Record. 

KEITH, L. S. (VI) Lt.-Col., General Staff. Maj., General Staff, 14 May '18; Lt.-Col., 16 July '19. Statistics 
Branch, General Staff, 14 May '18; transferred to Purchase, Storage and Traffic Div., General Staff, 3 Apr. 
'19; Statistician, War Dept., Claims Bd., 4 Apr. '19. 

LITTLE, J. L. (IV) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 25 Oct. '17; Capt., A. S. A., 1 Aug. '18. Gar- 
den City, N. Y., 10 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 4 Dec. '17— Mch. '19; Staff Officer, Hq. Cons. Div., A. S., France. 

McCRUDDEN, F. H. (V) Capt., M. C, 27 Dec. '17. Active duty as Chief of Laboratory Service, U. S. A. 
Gen. Hosp. No. 10, Nov. '18. 

MERRILL, A. S. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Inspection Div., 11 Dec. '17; ordered to Canada at inception of work 
on U. S. contracts for munitions, 5 Jan. '18, supervising inspection of forging of 75 mm. shell forgings, machinery 

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of forgings, and production of adapters for 75 mm. and 155 mm. shells; after armistice to date (Jan. '20); 
Member, Salvage Bd., disposing of materials and tools taken over by U. S. in settling claims, and winding up 
affairs connected with the Canadian contracts. 

NEALL, N. J. (VI) Maj., Q. M. C. Commissioned 5 Apr. '18. Advisory Engr., Electrical Sect., Engr. Div., 
Cons. Div., Washington, D. G; Chief, Standardization Sect., Engr. and Standardization Branch, Purchase, 
Storage and Traffic Div., General Staff, Washington, D. C, Sept., '18 — 15 May '19. 

PATCH, J. A. (X) Prof., Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, Syria; Vice-Chairman, Beirut Chapter, Amer. Red 
Cross, directing civilian relief and equipping a hospital unit to serve with the Ottoman Army, '16. (Page 296.) 
PIGMAN, G. W., JR. (VI) Pay Insp., U. S. N., Washington, D. C. 

REIMER, A. A. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 8 May '17; Maj., 15 Aug. '17. With 305th Engrs., 15 Aug. '17; 
Inst., Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 4 Jan. '18; 108th Engrs., I May; transferred to Civilian Status in Ord. Dept., 
6 May '18. See Civilian Record. 

SMITH, C. E. (I) Maj., Q. M. C. Cons. Div., Q. M. C, 24 Apr. '18; Asst. to Chief of Cons. Div., Hq., Wash- 
ington, D. C, 6 May '18 — 13 Feb. '19. 

SOUTHWORTH, F. W. (IV) Comdr., C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F., Lt. Comdr., C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F., 11 Sept. 
'18; Comdr., 1 July '19. Project Mgr., Hosp. Sect., Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 
in charge of designs and supervision of the cons, of all naval hosp. and allied building work in U. S. and its 
possessions, and overseas. 

STEVENS, RALPH (III) Maj., F. A. Replacement Troops, unassigned, 29 Aug. '18. 

SUTER, RUSSELL (I) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned 11 June '17. Off Tr. Camp, i6May'i7; 114th Engrs., 
9 Sept. — 1 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 26 Nov. '17 — 4 July '19; Dept. Cons, and Forestry, S. 0. S., 22 Dec. '17 — 28 
May '19; Water Supply Officer, Intermediate Sect. (East), stationed at Nevers; also at Paris and Tours. 
(Page 219.) 

THURBER, C. D. (I) Comdr., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j.g.), Jan. '04; Lt. Comdr., 1 July '14; Comdr. 1 July '17, 
During war, in charge of design of public works, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

TIFFANY, G. S. (IV) Col., Inf. Maj., Lt.-Col., Col., Inf. Director, School of Arms, 84th Div., Camp Taylor. 
Ky., '17; attached 159th Depot Brig., 84th Div. '18; Chief of Staff, 15th Div., Camp Logan, Texas, '19. 

TOWNLEY, F. L. (VI) 1st Lt., Inf. Co. E, 351st Inf. A. E. F., Co. D, 809th Pioneer Inf., until July '19. 

WITHERELL, F. W. (XI) Maj., Ord. Corps, working on 75 mm. guns. 

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ADAMS, C. W. (VI) Pvt., F. A., 26 Oct. '18. Candidate, F. A., Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 
ALDRICH, W. T. (IV) Capt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned 22 May '18. A. E. F., 15 July— 21 Dec. '18; Hq., 

S. 0. S., Tours, France. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. (Page 143.) 
ANDERSON, C. L. B., (I) Lt. Comdr. U. S. N. R. F. Lt,. U. S. N. R. F., 30 Mch. '18; Lt. Comdr., 7 June '19. 

Civil Engr., with Aide for Public Works, Bu. of Yards and Docks, 5th Naval District. 

BACKUS, L. R. M. (IX) Sgt., Non-Commissioned Off. Tr. Sch. Non-Commissioned Officers Tr. Sch., Seattle, 

Wash.; Inst, and Co. Clerk, acting as Sec. and Treas. of the School. 
BENSON, H. F. (XI) Lt., stationed at North American Motors Co., Pottsville, Pa. 

BITTINGER, CHARLES (XIII) Ensign, U.S. N. M. M. 1 cl., 11 June'i7; Warrant Officer, 8 July '18; Ensign, 
2 Oct. '18. Camouflage Sect., Bu. Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, Asst. Naval Constructor, Research 
Lab., Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y.; on special Bd. to determine the best ray filters for the Navy's 
optical instruments. 

BRICKLEY, W. J. (II) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F., Aug. '18. Director, Base Hosp. Unit No. 22. 

BROWN, R. H. (XI) Maj., Sn. C. Capt., 19 Sept. '17; Maj., 3 Aug. '18. Sn. Inspector, Camp Humphreys. 
Va., Mch. '18; transferred, Office of the Sur.-Gen., Washington, D. C; Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Humphreys, 
supervising water supply, including filtration plant, sewerage system, disposal of garbage and other wastes, 
and in charge of anti-mosquito and fly work. Disch., 10 Dec. '18. 

CLARK, R. B. (XIII) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. G-g-), U. S. N. R. F., 28 Mch. '18; Lt., 6 Dec. '18. Asst. Naval 
Constructor, and Inspector, Hull Material, Eastern Dist., U. S. N., inspecting and testing auxiliary machinery, 
ship fittings and machine tools for U. S'- N. Inactive duty, 3 Sept. '19. See Civilian Record. 

CROSS, G. I. (XIII) Capt., Engrs. Student Officer (N.G.), Mexican Bordei, July '17; Capt., Engrs., 5 Aug. '17. 
101st Engrs. A. E. F., 29 Sept. '17 — 5 July '19; G-4, G. H. Q., 10 Jan. '18; G-4 1st Army, 20 Aug.; G-4, 
2d Army, 4 Nov.; Liaison Officer, French Comm. Regulatrice Automobile: French G. H. Q., 27 Nov.; His- 
torical Sect., G. H. Q., 12 Apr. '19. At Villers-Bretonneux with English Army, Mch. '18; St. Mihiel Drive. 
Sept. 12-13; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept. 25 — -Nov. 4. Gassed at Cheppy, in the Argonne. Two Citations 
for Croix de Guerre; Divisional Citations, 13 Sept. '18 at St. Mihiel and 30 Sept., Argonne. 

DRISCOLL, F. B. (I) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F., 13 Mch. '17—2 Feb. '18. Aide to the Commandant, Fifth 
Naval Dist., Norfolk, Va., 6 Apr. '17; in charge of communications in the district, which included the states 
of Md., Va., W. Va., and N. C; in charge of the Coast Guard Stations in the district; Shore Communication 
Officer for Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet; See Civilian Record. 

ESTABROOK, MANSFIELD (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned 1 Aug. '17. Winchester Repeating 
Arms, Sept. '17 — May '18; Inspector of Ord., Remington Arms Co., Ilion, N. Y., mfg. small arms and machine 
guns, May '18 — Mch. '19. (Page 4.) 

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EVELAND, A. J. (Ill) Capt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engrs., i Nov. 'i8; Capt. E. R. C, 18 Nov. '18. ist Repl. Regt. 

Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C. See Civilian Record. 
HAZLEWOOD, SUMNER (I, II) ist Lt., Engrs., 25 Sept. '17. Commanding 424th Engrs., Camp Sevier, 

Greenville, S. C, 25 Sept. '17 — 1 May '19. 
JOHNSON, C. F. (II) Pvt., F. A., 7 Nov. '18. Officer Candidate, 5th and 20th Observation Btry., F. A. Cent. 

Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 

LOW, DAVID, Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. E., U. S. N. R. F., Class 1, 19 May '17; Gunner (E), 22 Apr. '18; 
Ensign, 4 Jan. '19. A. E. F., 30 June '17 — 20 July '19; U.S.S. Nahma; on Mediterranean convoys during 
war until armistice; Turkey and Black Sea, Dec. '18 — June '19. 

MONAGHAN, J. F. (II) Lt.-Col., Ord. R. C. Capt., Ord. Corps., 8 Oct. '17; Maj., 6 May '18; Lt.-Col., Ord. 
R. C. Chief, Civil Engr. Dept., Supply Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C; Consulting Textile Engr., 
Army Smokeless Powder Plant, Nitro, W. Va. A. E. F., Sept. '18 — Apr. '19; Liaison Officer between Ord. 
Dept. and Engr. C; Appraiser for twenty-one Ord. Depots after armistice; Member War Claims Bd., and 
Chairman, Textile Div. of Bd., to survey and appraise damage done by Germans to Textile Plants in Belgium 
and France, Peace Comm., Dec. '18. Consulting Textile Engr., Office of Director of Sales, Ord. Dept., 
Washington, D. C, Apr. — Aug. '19. 

NEWLIN, W. J. (II) Spec. Educational Recruiting Sec. for U. S., Y. M. C. A., Aug. '18— May '19. A. E. F., 
10 May — 15 June '19; Chief of Govt. Div., Citizenship Dept., Army Educational Corps, including Post and 
Division Schools, University at Beaune, and other Universities in France and England. 

PLUMB, RALPH (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. Railway Arty., Ord. Dept., 8 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 25 Apr. ' 18—17 Jan. 
'19, in charge of field repair of railway artillery in France. Chateau-Thierry; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. Certificate of Especially Meritorious Service from Chief of Ordnance. 

RASH, F. D. (Ill) Maj., Inspector General's Dept. Washington, D. C, 10 Aug.— 18 Dec. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

SCHLESINGER, B. E. (V) Capt., C. W. S. In charge of the mfr. and development of coalite and absorbent 
charcoal for gas masks, 13 Mch. '18 — 5 Apr. '19. 

SEARS, S. C. (Ill) Capt., Engrs., Camp Humphreys, Va. 

SHEPARD, R. L. (IV) Maj., Marine Corps. Hq., F. A., Marine Corps. A. E. F., '17. 2d Bn., 10th Regt. 
Marines, Quantico, Va., Apr. '19. 

STEARNS, R. H. (XI) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N., 4 May '18. Working on design of structures for Navy Yards 
and stations and Naval Ordnance Plant, South Charleston, W. Va., for Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept 

STONE, S. J. (I) Capt., Engr. O. R. C, 20 Sept. '17. Not in active service; Member, Engrs. Bn. of New York 

City, '16 — '17. See Civilian Record (page 244). 
TRENHOLME, A. K. (IV) Pvt., Tank C, 1 Nov.— 16 Dec. '18. 346th Bn. See Civilian Record. 
*WALCOTT, W. W. (IX) See Roll of Honor (page 114). 
WESSON, HAROLD (II) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. Lt., U. S. N. R. F., Lt. Comdr., Oct. '19. Buffalo, N. Y., 

Jan. '18; New York City, Mch. '18—22 Feb. '19. 
WILLIAMS, R. L. (II) C. M., U. S. N. R. F. (Class 4). See Civilian Record. 

WHITMAN, RALPH (I) Lt. Comdr., C. E. C, U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., '07; Lt., Apr. '17; Lt. Comdr., 1 

July '17. Aide on Staff of Military Governor of Santo Domingo, Apr. '17 to date (Sept. '19); American 

Member, Dominican Claims Comm., 10 June '19. 
WOOD, L. P. (I) Maj., Engrs. Entered Service, 8 May '17; Capt., Engrs., 17 June; Maj., 13 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 

10 Dec. '17 — 10 June '19, in office of Chief Engr., forecasting needs, standardizing and initialing wholesale 

procurement of water supply materials of all kinds. (Page 219.) 

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ADAMS, RAYNE (IV) Capt., Cons. Dept., Amer. Red Cross. 2d Lt., 23 July '18; ist Lt., Dec. '18; Capt., 
Feb. '19. A. E. F., 7 Aug. '18 — 6 Dec. '19; Cons. Dept., Eastern Zone, Aug. '18 — May '19; Sect, of 
Salvage, Paris, May — Dec. '19. 

BARRY, H. B. (II) Lt.-Col., Q. M. C. Capt., Q. M. C, 18 Apr. '17; Maj., 3 June '18; Lt.-Col., 25 Sept. '18. 

BLANCHARD, HAROLD (XIII) Lt.-Col., Inf. 0. R. C. Maj., 5 Jan. '17; Lt.-Col., 17 Apr. '19. Transferred 
to 307th Am., Tn., 11 Mch. '19. A. E. F., 25 Apr. '18 — 26 Apr. '19. Toul Sector; Marbache Sector; St. 
Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with Palm. 
(Pages 131 and 191.) 

BLODGETT, G. R. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Procurement Div., 7 June '18— Dec. '19. See Civilian Record. 

BORDEN, N. E., Maj., Inf. Sgt., 1 Apr. '17; Capt., Inf. 0. R. C, 8 May '17; Maj., 15 Aug. '17. Co. E, 6th 
Mass. Inf., 1 Apr. — 5 May '17; Asst. Inst., Niagara 0. T. C, 8 May — 15 Aug. '17; Bn. Comdr., 315th Inf., 
15 Aug. — 2 Oct. '17; Camp Meade, Md., Oct. '17 — June '18. A. E. F., 30 June '18 — 14 Apr. '19; Student, 
Army General Staff College, Langres, 2 Oct. '18 — 15 Jan. '19; 153d Inf. Brig. (77th Div.), 15 Jan. '19 — 10 
May '19. Montfaucon Sector 12-26 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — -2 Oct. '18. 

COMINS, W. H. (Ill) Maj., Inf. Capt.; Maj., 2 Aug. '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Riley, Kan., 2 June '17—15 Aug. 

'17; 164th Depot. Brig., Camp Funston, Kan.; 70th Inf., 10th Div., Camp Funston, Aug. '18 — 14 Jan. '19. 
*CROSS, C. R. (VI, IX). See Roll of Honor (page 127). 

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EWART, C. W. (Ill) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 30 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 14 May '18; ist Lt., 8 Apr. '19. American 
University assigned to Co. D, 43d Engrs., 30 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 30 May '18; Co. A, 14th Engrs.; served as 

C. 0., Forestry Detachment at Merrcy, Haute-Marne, and Chatenois, Vosges, later at Croix de Pierre in 
Argonne Forest and at Eclaron Haute-Marne. 

GEROMANOS, H. W. (V) Maj., M. T. C. Organized R. 0. T. C. instruction for M. T. C. and arranged with 
colleges for carrying on the course, 20 Sept. '18 — 9 Aug. '19. See Civilian Record. w 

GRANT, K. C. (I) Maj., Cons. Div., Q. M. C. Capt., Engr. R. C, 18 Apr. '17; Capt. Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 
Nov. '17; Capt., Cons. Div., Q. M. C, Aug. '18; Maj., Oct. '18. In charge Engr. Sect., Cons. Div., Aviation 
Sect., Sig. C, Washington, D. C, May '17 — Jan. '18; C. 0., 499th Aero Sq., Langley Field, Va., Jan.— Aug. '18; 
Asst. to Chief of Sect., of Cons. Div. of Army that had charge of construction of camps, hospitals, and refrigera- 
ting plants in U. S. A., Aug. — Sept., '18; in charge construction of addition to Camp Grant, 111., Sept. — Dec 
'18; Asst. to Chief of Sect, of Cons., Div. of Army, Washington, D. C, Dec. '18— Mch. '19. 

HANSEN, PAUL (XI) Capt., Engrs., 1 Mch. '17. A. E. F., Aug. '17— Feb. '19; attached to staff, G. H. Q., 
Aug. '17; Hq., A. S., S. 0. S., Feb. '18; Hq., ist Army, July '18; Hq., 2d Army, Oct. '18; Peace Coram., 
Jan. — Feb. '19; installed water supplies for hospitals, aviation camps, villages and cantonments; also handled 
water supply installations at the front during St. Mihiel Offensive. 

HAWORTH, L. B. (II) Maj., Q. M. C. Capt., 31 Aug. '17; Maj., 14 Aug. '19. In charge of parking, Pier No. 
12, New York City, night shipping at Hoboken, N. J., Warehouse and Sub Depot, Hartford, Conn., Sub 
Depot, Troy, N. Y.; in charge various divisions and branches, Q. M. C, at Philadelphia, Pa., Washington, 

D. C, and San Francisco, Calif. 

JONES, J. L. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned 17 June '18. 4th Co., Engrs., Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; 

Co. A, 526th Engrs., Camp Pike, Ark., June '18. A. E. F., July '18 — June '19; at Chaumont, Mapey-sur-Iaise 

and points on the Western Front. 
LOCKETT, KENNETH (II) Capt., Engrs., 19 Sept. '18. Camp Humphreys, Va., 21 Sept. '18— 11 Jan. '19. 
McALLEP, J. A. (Ill) ist Lt., Engrs. Corp., 22 May '17; Sgt., 1 July '17; ist. Lt., 14 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 

9 Aug. '17 — 6 July '19; 18th Engrs.; Office of Engr. Putchasing Officer in Paris and on detached service in 

Northern Africa; special duty at Angers and St. Aignan, Dec. '18 — Apr. '19; assigned I32d Engrs., Apr. '19; 

C. O., Co. C. I32d Engrs., returning to U. S., July '19. 
MCCARTHY, C. E. (X) Maj., General Staff. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 25 Aug. '17; Capt., Inf., 27 Nov. '17; Maj., 

Inf., 1 Aug. '18; Maj., General Staff, 20 Dec. '18. 2d Co., 2d Off. Tr. Camp., Presidio, Calif., 25 Aug. '17; 

C. O., Co. I, 13th U. S. Inf., 8th Div., Camp Fremont, Calif., 15 Dec. '17 — 29 Aug. '18; Operations Div., 
General Staff, Washington, D. C, 10 Sept. '18 to date (24 Oct. '19). 

MESSINGER, H. C. (VII) ist Lt., M. C, 26 Sept.'i8. Regimental Surgeon, 3d Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot of Camp 

Jackson, S. C, 11 Oct. '18— 1 Feb. '19. 
MIXTER, C. G. (VII) Maj., M. C. Capt., 28 Oct. '17; Maj., 24 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 2 Nov. '17— 1 Feb. '19; 

Head Doctor, Hospital Benvole, Nov. '17; detached service Canadian C. C. S. No. 3, B. E. F., 10 Mch. — 

28 May '18; C. O. Amer. Red Cross Military Hosp. No. 7, during Chateau-Thierry Offensive, June — July '18; 

Asst. Surgical Consultant, ist Army Corps, Aug. '18; Asst. Surgical Consultant, 4th Army Corps, Sept. '18; 

Acting Surgical Consultant, 4th Army Corps, Oct. '18; Asst. Surgical Consultant, 2d Army, Oct. — Nov. '18. 
MIXTER, W. J. (VII) Lt.-Col., M. C. Capt., 2 July '17; Maj., 1 Oct. '18; Lt.-Col., 2 Mch. '19. Attached to 

the American Ambulance of Paris, serving at Juilly and Annel in volunteer hospitals, Feb. '15 — June '15. 

Returned to U. S. and joined Base Hospital No. 6, July '17. A. E. F., 11 July '17 — Feb. '19; Bordeaux, July '17 

— -June '18; Dist. Surgeon, Amer. dist. about Winchester, England, June '18; C. O., Base Hosp. 204, 20 Aug. '18 

— 1 Jan. '19. 
MOORE, L. E. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., 7 May '17; Maj., 14 June '18. On staff, Chief of Engrs., Washington, 

D. C, Sept. '17. A. E. F., Oct. '17 — Sept. '18; designed all wooden and steel bridge standards for the expe- 
ditionary forces, writing several textbooks on bridges for the use of engr. troops; in charge of extensive bridge 
reconnaissance across the front; later in charge maintenance, construction, and design of highway bridges 
with 1st Army; returned to U. S. to secure bridge-building material; armistice prevented return. 

NEWMAN, R. R. (I) Capt., Engrs. With 403d Engrs. at Ft. Douglas, Utah, 23 Oct. 18; Inst., Engr. School 

Camp Humphreys, Va. 
O'CONNELL, G. P. (I) Capt., Engrs. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 24 Sept. '18—4 Dec. '18. 
PETERS, W. C. (VII) Maj., Sur.-Gen. Office, M.D., 19 May '17. Chief of Orthopedic Service, Camp Devens, 

Mass., May '17 — 6 May '19. 
PROCTOR, REDFIELD, (II) Capt., Engrs. ist Repl. Regt., 12 Aug. '17— 11 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
PUTNAM, WALTER (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Capt., Engrs. 10 July '17; declared physically disqualified and honor- 
ably disch., 12 Oct. '17; specially inducted as Pvt., C. A. C, for Off. Tr. Camp, 24 Oct. '18. Disch., 13 Dec. 

'18. See Civilian Record. 
RICE, G. W. (IX) Pvt., 1 cl., Inf. 71st N. Y. Inf., M. G. Co., Camp Wadsworth, S. C. 
SEABURY, G. T. (I) Maj., Q. M. C, Cons. Div., 5 Apr. '18. Expediting Officer in Engr. Sect, of Cons. Div. on 

all work for Sig. C, Dept. of Military Aeronautics and Dept. of Aircraft Production, 5 Apr. — Aug. '18; 

Supervising Constructing Q. M. in Building Div. of Cons. Div., in charge of all construction at Camps 

Devens, Upton, Mills, Merritt, Dix, Meade, and Lee, Aug. '18 — 18 June '19. 
SMITH, F. H. (II) Lt., C. A. C, A. E. F. 

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STANLEY, L. R., Capt., A. S., Sig. R. C. ist Lt., 7 June '18; Capt., 13 Sept. '19. Placed in charge of the Machin- 
ery Sect., Bu. of Aircraft Production. 
STILLINGS, H. E. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps, 3 Nov. '18. Personnel Mgr., Bridgeport Dist. Ord. Office, 20 Nov. '18 

— to date (18 Aug. '19). See Civilian Record. 
TAYLOR, J. L., JR. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engr. O. R. C, 25 Jan. '17; Maj., 1 Oct. '18. C. O., Co. B, 15th 

Engrs., 20 May '17; Adj., 2d Bn., 20 June '17. A. E. F., 9 July '17 — 30 Dec. '18; Div. Cons, and Forestry, 

1 Oct. '18 — 11 Jan. '19. 
WADLEIGH, J. W. (I) Lt.-Col., Marine Corps. 2d Lt., 26 Jan. '00; Lt.-Col. (T), 1 Aug. '17. Service in Haiti 

throughout the war. 
WEEKS, PAUL (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., 29 Apr. '18; Maj., 29 Oct. '18. At Washington, D. C, assisted 

in design and production of tanks; Chief of Tank, Tractor and Trailer Div. of the Ord. Dept., Feb. — 3 May '19. 

See Civilian Record. 
WORCESTER, P. H. (I) Maj., F. A. Ord. Officer, 82d Div. 

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ACKERMAN, A. S. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; ist Lt., Engrs.; Capt., 25 Jan. '18. 
ist Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 8 May '17; Asst. to Cons. Q. M., Camp Shelby, Miss., 20 July '17; 
Washington, D. C., 20 Oct.; Governor's Island, N. Y.; Q. M. Terminal, Norfolk, Va., 1 Jan. '18; Asst. Super- 
vising Cons. Q. M., Cons., Div., Washington, D. C; Camp Lee, Va. A. E. F., 20 June '18 — 9 Aug. '19; in 
charge of water works construction, St. Nazaire and vicinity 15 July '18; Co. C, 137th Engrs., 20 Nov.; in 
charge water works construction and maintenance, Base Sect. No. I, 23 Dec; C. O., 137th Engrs., 8 May '19; 
Acting Sect. Engr., Officer, Base Sect. No. I, 16-24 June. 

ADAMS, W. H. (II) Capt., Engrs., 18 May '18. C. O., Co. H, 5th Engr., Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 
Aug. '18; personnel work, Office Chief of Engrs., Washington, D. C, Sept. '18; Chief of Educational Service, 
Gen. Hosp. No. 20, Whipple Barracks, Ariz. 

BAKER, H. S. (I) Col, Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 19 July '17; Lt.-Col., 13 Nov.; Col., 3 Sept. '18. Cons. Q. M., 
Camp Bowie, Ft. Worth, Texas, 19 July '17. A. E. F., 30 July '18 — 23 May '19; inth Engrs., 3 Sept. '18. 
St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-17 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. (Pages 187 and 318.) 

BARKER, W. S. (Ill) Capt., C. A. C. ist Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug. '17; Capt., 2 Nov. '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, 
10 May '17; 3d Provisional Btry., Anti-Aircraft Sect., C. A. C. A. E.F., France and Belgium, 7 Sept. '17 — 
23 Nov. '18; with British in Flanders and with French on Verdun Front. , 

BRYAN, C. A. (I) Capt., Engrs., 28 Sept. '17. Asst. Cons. Q. M. , Camp Beauregard, La., in charge of sewer 
and water construction; Cons. Q. M., and C. O., Hq. Co., Ft. Harrison, Ind., 22 Oct. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

BURNS, FINDLEY (IX) Capt., attached General Staff, July '18. Asst. Chief, Research Branch, Oct. '18. 

CAPELLE, G. C. (XIII) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., May '17; Capt., July '18. Asst. to Dept. Engr., North- 
eastern Dept., Boston, Mass., June — Sept. '17; 101st Engrs., 26th Div., Sept. A. E. F., Sept. '17 — Sept. 
'18. Building hospitals and equipments as divisional Engrs. in the defensive and offensive sectors, Bazoilles, 
Orguevaux, Toul and Chateau-Thierry. Organized Engineering Course, Inf. Off. Sch., Camp Lee, Va., Oct. 
'18; Asst. to Dept. Engrs., Northeastern Dept., Boston, Mass., Jan. '19. 

COLE, C. S. (II) (XIII) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt.,-Ord. Corps, 26 Mch.'i7; Maj., 31 July '18. On Staff of Chief 
of Ord.; Army Inspector of Ord., Western Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., Sept. '18. (Page 264.) 

COOPER, C. H. (Ill) Capt., C. A. C. Candidate, 26 Aug. '17; Capt., C. A. C, 27 Nov. '17. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, 
26 Aug. '17; Coast Defenses, Portland, Maine, 26 June '18; 50th Arty., C. A. C. A. E. F., 7 Oct. '18 — 14 
Feb. '19. 

CRAVEN, W. S. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. Candidate, Engrs. Off. Tr. Camp, 23 Dec. '17; Capt., Engrs., 1 May '18; 
Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 23 Dec. '17; C. 0., Co. D, 22d Engrs., Ft. Harrison, Ind., 1 May '18. 
Adj., 24 Aug.. 

DANFORTH, G. C. (Ill) Capt., Engrs., 26 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 9 July '18—27 June '19; 6o2d Engrs., 5th Corp, 
1st Army; road construction in 5th Corps Area from Avocourt to Laneuville, including a 60 cm. railroad be- 
tween Romagne and Landres-et-St. George; Corps Engrs.,- 7th Corps. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive; Army of Occupation, Dec. — June '19. (Page 185.) 

DANIELS, R. W. (II) reported in the A. E. F. by Tech Bu. in Paris and by Army and Navy Journal as slightly 
wounded. 

EUSTIS, A. H. (Ill) Warrant Boatswain, U. S. N. R. F., 19 Sept. '18. - Asst. Navigator and Junior Watch Officer, 
U.S.S. Absaroka, 19 Sept. — 16 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

FOSTER, S. A. (X) Capt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 26 Aug. '18; Capt., 10 Dec. F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, 
Ky. 

GAENSLEN, G. R. (Ill) Capt., A. S. P. (Spruce Production Div.). Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 28 Dec. '17. 
Attended 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., 24 Aug. '17; in command I02d Spruce Sq. (414th 
Sq.), 28 Dec. '17 — 2 Jan. '19. 

GLEASON, G. H. (X) Pvt., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 22 Oct. '18. 

GREEVES, W. B. (II) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., and Capt., June '18. Office of Chief Engrs., Washington, 



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HILL, F. A. (II) Reported Ensign, U. S. N. 

JEWETT, F. B. (VI) Lt.-Col., Sig. C. Maj., Sig. C, i May '17; Lt.-Col., 1 Dec. '17. Advisory Member, Special 
Submarine Bd., U. S. N.;Member, State Dept., Special Comm. on Cables; Member, various Comms., National 
Research Council. 

JORDAN, R. C. (II) Capt., M. T. C, 26 Oct.— 25 Nov. '18. 

JUDSON, H. C, Maj., Marine Corps. C. 0., Searchlight Bn., advanced Base Force. Marine Barracks, Navy 

Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. (88th, 22d, and 159th companies marines regularly part of command); in charge of 

searchlight development work for Navy and Marine Corps. 
KEARNY, P. J. (II) Capt., A. S. P. Capt., Ord. Dept., Sept. '17; transferred to Aircraft Production, Dec. '17. 

American Base Ord. Depot for France, Washington, D. C, Sept. '17; Airplane Production Service, Dayton, 

Ohio, Dec. '17 — 1 Jan. '19. 
LAWTON, R. M. (I) Maj., Engrs. 301st Engrs., Div. Hqs., Camp Devens, Mass., Nov. '17. A. E. F., Jan. '18 

— Apr. '19. 
LIVERMORE, ROBERT (III) Capt., Engr. R. C. Commissioned, 17 July '18. Camps Lee and Humphreys, 26 

July — 4 Dec. '18; Co. Comdr., 5th Engrs. Tr. Regt., until 4 Dec. '18. 

McINTOSH, C. J. (II) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned Apr. '17. Camp Lee, Va., Dec. '17; General Engr. Depot, 
Washington, D. C, Feb. '18. Relieved Active Duty, Apr. '18, at request of U. S. Shipping Bd. Returned to 
active duty, Camp Humphreys, Va., Oct. — Dec. '18. 

McKENNA, J. A. (II) Maj., Canadian Engrs. 3d Field Co., Nov. '17. 

MERRILL, H. C. (X) reported in Sn. C, '17. Sn. Engr., Camp Upton, N. Y. 

MOHLER, D. D. (X) Capt., Engrs. Recruiting in New York State, 8 July '17; io2d Engrs., 10 Oct.; Ord. 
Officer, 21 Jan. '18, and Engr. Officer, 10 Mch., Provisional Depot for Corps and Army Troops, Camp 
Wadsworth, S. C; 4th Anti-Aircraft M. G. Bn., 4 July, Camp Hill, Va. A. E. F., 1 Sept. '18—13 Jan. '19. 

OBEAR, G. B. (VI) Capt., Sn. C. Hazlehurst Field, Mineola, N. Y. 

RICHARDSON, R. L. (Sp.) 1st Lt., Inf. Small Arms Firing Officer, Camp Dix, N. J., 27 Aug. '17; Co. M, 
309th Inf., Camp Gordon, Ga., 14 Dec; Inst. 71st Co., 6th Inf. Repl. Regt., 26 Aug. '18; Inst., Small Arms 
Firing School, Camp Perry, Ohio, I Aug.; Co. C, 89th Inf., Camp Sevier, S. C, 27 Aug. 

ROBERTSON, W. F. (X) Cadet, C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 21 Sept. '18. 

TOLMAN, R. C. (X) Maj., C. W. S., 22 Aug. '18— 6 Feb. '19. Research Div., C. W. S., Washington, D. C. See 
Civilian Record. 

WILSON, G. D. (I) Capt., Engrs. Co. 5, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va.; Hq. Detachment, Engr. 
Troops, Camp Shelby, Miss.; Co. B, 218 Engrs., Camp Travis, Texas. 

WINTER, WILLIAM (IX) Capt., Inf. 1st Lt., A. S., 12 May '17; Capt., Apr., '18; transferred to Inf., Oct* 
Adj., A. S. Depot, Garden City, N. Y., 12 May '17. A. E. F., June '18 — Apr. '19; Personnel Officer, 2d Avia- 
tion Training Center, Tours; transferred to inf., 163d Regt., St. Aignan, Oct. '18; Billeting Officer, Brest, 
Feb. '19; in hospital, Mch.; invalided home and discharged, June. 

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BELLOWS, R. P., Capt., Amer. Red Cross. A. E. F., Oct. '17— Feb. '19. 

CHACE, F. M. (IV) Cadet, C. A. C. Ft. Monroe, Va., Sept. '17; Arty. Range Detachment, School of Fire, Camp 

Eustis, Va., until 10 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
CHAMBERLIN, NOEL (IV) Capt., A. S. R. C. Cadet, Plattsburg Training Camp, 23 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., A. S. A., 

27 Nov. '17; Capt., A. S. R. C, I Mch. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, Champaign 111., 11 Dec. '17; 

School of Military Aeronautics, Columbus, Ohio, 17 Jan. '18; Rockwell Flying Field, San Diego, Calif., 21 

Mch. '18; Mather Flying Field, Sacramento, Calif., 4 May '18 — 6 Jan. '19. 

CHAPIN, H. G. (I) 1st Lt., A. S. Aviation Sect., Engr. Div., Cons. Dept., Morrison, Va. A. E. F., 2d Aviation 
Instruction Center in May '18. 

COCKRILL, EMMET (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Plant Supervisor, Ford Motor Car Co., Highland Park, Mich. 

CODD, ELIZA (IV) Civilian Employee, Army Educational Corps. Educational Dept., Y. M. C. A., 

25 Jan. '19; transferred to Educational Corps, Hosp. Sect., A. E. F., 14 Apr. '19. In France, 4 Feb. — 6 July 

'19, at Keslmon Hospital, Brest, and Base Hosp. 208, Bordeaux. 
CROWELL, W. R. (VIII) Pvt., C. A. C. 1st Co., Los Angeles C. A., Off. Tr. Camp, 29 Oct. '18—13 Dec. '18- 

See Civilian Record. 
CUNNINGHAM, J. E. (I) Volunteer Ambulance Driver, American Field Service attached to French Army, 

Apr. '15 — Sept. '16. Ambulance Driver, American Field Hosp. Unit at Pagny-sur-Meuse, May '15; Sect. 

No. 2 at Pont-a-Mousson, July '15; Sect. No. I, Flanders, Aug. '15; with Sect. No. I at Elverdinghe near 

Ypres, Cappy on the Somme, Verdun and in the Argonne until Sept. '16. See Civilian Record. 
DILLON, W. S., Maj., Inf. Cadet, 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y.; Capt., Inf., 27 Nov. '17; Maj., July '18- 

Instructor, 3d Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Upton, L. I.; Supervisor and Inspector of Military Training in various 

colleges where vocational training for U. S. Army men was given, Apr. '18; in charge of S. A. T. C. for Dist. 

No. 1 (New England) Hq., Boston, Mass., Sept. '18 — 15 Feb. '19. 

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DUDLEY, H. H.( VI) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Aug. '18. Dist. Detail Office, Naval Auxiliary Reserve; Federal 
Rendezvous, N. Y., Naval Overseas Transportation Service; Receiving Ship at N. Y.; Receiving Ship at 
Boston; U.S.S. Genevieve; U.S.S. Maartensdijk. 

EMERSON, M. L. (I) Maj., C. W. S. Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., 22 Aug. '18. Chief, Adm. Sect., in charge of 
army personnel work, headquarters personnel, welfare work, and relations with public. 

GODDARD, H. W. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Ord. R. C, 9 Feb. '18; Maj. (N. A.), 25 July '18; Maj., Ord. C, 
7 Aug. '18; Maj., O. R. C, Ord. Sect., 17 Apr. '19. With Supply Div., Ord. Dept.; Vice-Chief, Cons. Sect., 
Control Bu., Ord. Dept.; Joint Chief, Cons, and Engr. Branch, Plant Sect., Production Div., Ord. Dept., in 
Washington, D. C, 20 Feb. '18 — 25 Mch. '19; Officer in Charge of Ordnance, Camp Amatol, N. J.; Chief, 
Loading Plant Sect., Ord. Dist. Claims Bd., Philadelphia, Pa., 28 Jan. '19; Representative of Ord. Salvage 
Bd. and Chairman, Comm. on Sale of Buildings and Equipment, Ord. Dist. Salvage Bd., New York City, 
27 Feb. '19 — 25 Mch. '19. 

GOLDSTEIN, M. H., Pvt., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 20 Oct. '18. 

GOULD, H. H. (VI) with Motor Transportation Dept., Y. M. C. A. Entered Service, 12 June '18. In France, 
Oct. '18— July '19. 

GUNN, S. M. (VII). See class of '05. 

HALE, R. K. (I) Col., F. A. Lt.-CoL, F. A., 25 July '17; Col., 7 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '17—27 Mch. '19; 
Asst. Chief of Staff, 2d Army Corps, 22 Feb. '18; General Staff, July '18; Asst. Chief of Staff, Amer. Embarka- 
tion Center, 3 Feb. '19; Chief of Staff, 26th Div., Mch. '19. Somme Offensive, Sept.— Oct. '18. 

HOLCOMBE, A. M. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps (N. A.). Capt., Ord. 0. R. C, 18 Apr. '17; Maj., Ord. Corps (N. A.), 
15 Jan. '18. Detailed in Purchase Storage and Traffic Div., 18 Dec. '18; Office of Chief of Ord., Washington, 
D. C, 26 May '17—18 Dec. '18; Office of Director of Purchase Storage and Traffic Div., G. S., 18 Dec. '18 
— 4 Sept. '19. 

HOMANS, G. M. (I) (III) Pvt. (Candidate) F. A. 45th Tr. Btry., Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 31 Oct. '18 
— 20 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

HOWES, C. P. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs., 21 June '18. A. E. F. with Co. A, 55th Engrs., 31 June '18—5 July '19; on 
detached service in charge of Base Hospital construction at Portiers, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, and Pershing 
Stadium. 

HOY, A. Y (XIII) 2d Lt., Royal Garrison Artillery, British Army. Siege Bu., B. E. F., 13 Mch. '17— Jan. '19. 
Defense of Arras, 28 Mch. '17; British Offensive at Amiens, 8 Aug. '18; Drocourt-Queant Switch (Hinden- 
burg Line), 2 Sept. '18. Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch of Nov. 8, '18, in connection with 
events of spring of '18 as Signal Officer of 81st Brigade, R. G. A. 

HUNTER, C. F. (VIII) Maj., Ord ; Corps. Capt., Ord. R. C, 18 May '17; Maj. (N. A.), 21 Jan. '18. Chairman 
of Local Civil Service Bd., Personnel Officer, Summary Court Officer, Supt. of Gauge Dept., and General 
Supt. of Production, Frankford Arsenal. 

HYDE, W. A. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S, A. Pvt., 1 cl, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 9 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. P., 26 Feb. '18; 
1st Lt., A. S. A., 26 Oct. '18. In charge of photographic work at Mineola, L. I.; transferred to Science and 
Research Dept., Washington, D. C, and Langley Field, Va., working on bomb lights, bomb projectories, 
stabilizers, and stabilized cameras; put on flying status. Disch., 29 July '19. 

KEENAN, J. A. (II) Pvt., A. S. A. Hazelhurst Field, No. 1, Mineola, L. I., 23 Oct. '18; Mitchell Field, No. 2, 
Garden City, L. I., with 15th Aero Sq. Was refused enlistment on account of age and height in Engr. C, 
Marine Corps, and Naval Aviation. 

LEVY, E. C. (VII) Maj., M. C. Capt., 11 Aug. '18; Maj., 29 Oct. '18. Camp Epidemiologist, Camp Pike, 
Ark., 2 Sept. '18 — 2 Jan. '19. 

McBRIDE, L. B. (XIII) Capt., C. C, U. S. N., A. E. F., July '17— Nov. '19. 

McENTEE, WILLIAM (XIII) Comdr., U.S.N. Cons. Officer, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. 

MASON, M. E. (V) 1st Lt., C. W. S.- Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 28 Sept. '18—21 Dec. '18. 

MOORE, HOWARD (X) Maj., M. C. Capt., 8 Apr. '18; Maj., 17 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 23 July '18— 7 Apr. '19; 
Chief of Orthopedic Service, Base Hosp. No. 44; Chief of Orthopedic Service at Convalescent Camp, Mesves 
Hosp. Center, Sept. '18; Chief of Surgical Service; in charge of organization of reconstruction work for Mesves 
Hosp. Center. 

NICKERSON, FREDERIC (IV) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, Sept. '17. A. E. F., with 
53d Aero Sq., 1 Nov. '17; Hq. A. S. at Paris, Dec. '17; Cons. Div., Office of Chief of A. S., Service of Rear; 
Office of Adj.-Gen., Hq., S. 0. S., Apr. '19. 

PHINNEY, R. M. (VI) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Entered Service, 27 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 22 Mch. '18—30 May '19; 
Sppply Officer for 415th Telegraph Bn. building telephone and telegraph lines in France. 

POTTER, N. R. (II) Capt., Tank C. Capt., Ord. 0. R. C, 1 Mch. '17; transferred to Tank C, and recommis- 
sioned Capt. Jan. '18. Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 9 May — 30 Aug. '17; Camp Dix, N. J., 2-20 Sept. '17- 
A. E. F., 1 Nov. '17— 1 Mch. '18; England, 1 Mch. '18— 29th Oct. '18; Office of Chief of Tank C, Chaumont, 
29 Oct. '18 — 2 Mch. '19. 

RICHARDSON, F. L. W. (IV) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. Bu. of Construction, Paris, France, Nov. '17— '18. 

SHAW, G. H. (XI) Lt., U. S. Public Health Service. In charge of health and sanitation of thirty-five Atlantic 
seaboard shipyards from New York City to Newport News, involving the health and sanitary protective meas- 
sures of over 100,000 shipyard workers and their families f o'r Emergency Fleet Corp., July '18 — July '19. 

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SPILMAN, J. A. (XIII) Comdr., C. C. Hull Div., Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

THURBER, F. B. (II) Lt., U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), 30 Men. '17; Lt., 28 Sept. '18. Ex. Officer, U.S.S. Vesuvius, 

Apr. — 15 July '17. C. O., Mine Force, 2d Naval Dist., 15 July '17 — 10 Apr. '19. Citation, 25 Sept. '17, for 

assistance rendered after the stranding of the U.S.S. Texas. (Page 251.) 

WADSWORTH, PHILIP (IV) Capt., Ord Corps. Trench Warfare Sect., Engr. Div., Washington, D. C, 

6 May— 6 Aug. '18; Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 6-16 Aug. A. E. F., 26 Aug. '18 — 12 Feb. '19. 
WHEAT, G. N. (IV) Capt., Engr. R. C. Entered Service, 25 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 27 Jan. '18—30 Dec. '18; 

with Director-General of Transportation for five months; with Director of Cons, and Forestry for four months, 

and with Sect. Engr., Base No. 7 for two months. 
WHIPPLE, L. C. (V) Lt., F. A. A. E. F., with 3 02d F. A. 
WILSON, F. S. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 16 Aug. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, 

Va., 1 Sept. '18; C. O., Co. C, 549th Engrs., 30 Oct. '18—9 Nov. '18; C. O., Co. B, 549th Engrs., 9 Nov. 

'18— Feb. '19. 

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ABBOTT, A. H. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Detailed to Power Div., War Industries Bd., Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

ABBOTT, F. H. (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Aug. '17; Maj., July '19. 304th Engrs., Aug. '17; 128th Engrs., 
Jan. '18; 144th Engrs., Sept. '19. A. E. F., with 1st Army Corps during cajnpaigns, '18 — '19. 

ACKERSON, J. L. (XIII) Comdr., U, S. N. Entered Service, U. S. Naval Academy, 1897; Comdr., Oct. '17. 
Asst. to General Mgr.; Asst. to Director-General; Asst. General Mgr.* and later Vice-Pres., Emergency 
Fleet Corp., U. S. Shipping Bd., in complete charge of shipbuilding program, June '17 — Dec. '19. 

ADAMS, C. W. (II) Maj., A. S. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Aug. '17; Capt., Nov.; Maj., July '18. A. E. F., 
Aug. '17 — May '19; A. S. Hq. and Interallied Staff, French G. H. Q. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 

ALLEN, R. H. (Ill) Capt., A. S. P. Dept. of Technical Information, Bu. of Aircraft Production, 28 Aug. '18. 
- Engaged in preparation of specifications for materials and equipment airplanes and balloons, Dayton, Ohio, 
11 Nov. '18— 11 Mar. '19. 

BABCOCK, C. W. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 11 Apr. '17. Commanding U.S.S. Alacrity, 
13 Apr. '17; Watch and Div. Officer, U.S.S. Salem, 14 Jan. '18; U. S. Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va., 22 Aug. 
A. E. F., U. S. Destroyer Force, Brest, France, 7 Oct. '18 — 2 Jan. '19. 

BEARD, R. S. (I) Capt. Q. M. C. Entered Service, 7 Sept. '18; Cons. Div., Washington, D. C, 10 Sept. '18— 
21 Feb. '19; Officer in Charge Water, Roads, and Drainage, and Utilities Branch, Camp Lee, Va., 21 Feb. '19. 

BELL, R. E. (II) Maj., Q. M. C. Cons. Div., 19 Apr. '18. In charge of organization and methods for cons, of 
port terminals, hospitals, cantonments, nitrate plants; and flying fields. See Civilian Record. 

BOYDEN, CHARLES (V) (VIII) Capt., Q. M. C. Office, Director of Purchase, Storage, and Traffic, Washing- 
ton, D. C, 28 Aug. — 14 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BRIDGES, D. W. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., M. T. C, 8 Nov.— 10 Dec. '18. Officer candidate, Co. 12, 1st Road Regt., 
M. T. C. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Johnston, Fla. 

BROWN, JAMES S, JR. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 

BUNTING, C. K. H. (Ill) served with British Royal Flying Corps. 

CLARK, W. A. (IX) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Co. XIII, 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y, 8 May '17; 1st Lt., 

Engr. R. C, 15 Aug. 20th Engrs. 
CLARKE, W. D. (I) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 19 June '17. 23d Engrs. (Highways), 2 Sept. '17; C. 0., 

Co. L, 23d Engrs., 1 Jan. '18— Feb. '19. A. E. F., 30 Mch. '18—8 June '19; C. O., 4th Bn., 23d Engrs., Feb. 

— July 19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Army Troops), 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 

COHN, A. F. (XIII) 1st Lt., Inf. Entered Service, May '17. 49th Inf., Camp Merritt, N. J., May '17. A. E. F., 
July '18— Jan. '19. 

DAMON, J. C. (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 25 Sept. '17; Maj., 30 Oct. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. 
Leavenworth, Kan., 25 Sept. '17; Hq. Co., 114th Engrs., Camp Beauregard, La., 10 Dec; Office, Chief of 
Engrs., Conservation and Control of Power Supply, 9 Jan. '18 — 31 Jan. '19. 

EADIE, J. C. (VI) Engr. Lt., Royal Navy, Aug. '15. iEgean Sea, '15 — '16, North Sea, '16 — '17, Mediterranean 
and Adriatic Seas, '17 — '18. 

EDMUNDS, H. M. (VI) Lt. (temporary Capt.), British Inf. Entered Service '09; Scots Guards (Foot). B. E. F., 
Aug. '15 — Mch. '19. Battle of the Somme, Nov. — Dec. '16; Cambrai, 27 Sept. '18; Selle River, 11-13 Oct.; 
Haussy, 20-21 Oct. Military Cross (British). (Page 146.) 

FLYNN, J. H. (II) Capt., Q. M. C. On special work, organizing a Machine Salvage Unit for rebuilding heavy 
machinery and rolling stock near the front in France, 16 Aug. '18; in charge salvage and transportation. Sal- 
vage Div., Camp Johnston, Fla., for War Dept., Sept. — Dec. '18. 

FOGARTY, W. B. (XIII) Comdr., U. S. N. Naval Constructor, Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co., super- 
vising cons, for U. S. N. 

FURER, J. A. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Navy, '97; Bu. Construction and Repair, Navy Dept., 
Washington, D. C., '17, in charge of design and building of 110-ft. sub-chasers, mine sweepers, and other craft, 
also production of special war material such as gas masks, splinter mattresses, etc. 

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GABRIEL, H. R. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., Nov. '17; Maj., May '18. 3d Co., Engrs., Ft. Leavenworth, 
Kan., Nov. '17. A. E. F., Feb. '18; Staff, 1st Bn., 21st Engrs. 

GERAGHTY, T. F. (Ill) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Ord. Corps, 26 Jan. '18; Maj. 26 Mch. '19. Production Div., 
Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 26 Jan. '18; Production Div., Ord. Dept., Cincinnati Div., 26 Mch. '18; 
Claims Bd., Baltimore Dist., 26 Jan. '19; Claims Bd., Boston Dist., 26 July '19. 

GRADY, R. C, Comdr., U. S. N. Entered Navy, '02; Lt. Comdr., '17; Comdr., Aug: '18. Navy Dept., Wash- 
ington, D. C. A. E. F., C. O., American Submarines, Div. 2, Bantry Bay, Ireland, 1 June '18 — 1 Jan. '19; 
patrolled southwest coast of Ireland, had several brushes with German submarines. (Page 234. J 

GRAHAM, E. M. (I) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, Nov. '17. 3d Co., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; Co. B, 113th 
Engrs., Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. '17; Camp Leach; Washington, D. C, Nov. '18. 

GUNN. S. M. (VII) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. Assoc. Director, Comm. for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in 
France, Rockefeller Foundation; in charge of all educational work of the Comm. and of Bu. of Tuberculosis, 
American Red Cross. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Dec. '18. (Pages 144 and 294.) 

HALL, W. A. (XIII) Comdr., U. S. N. Entered Navy, '02; Lt., July '11; Lt. Comdr., I July '17; Comdr., 1 July 
'18. Asiatic Station, until 15 Oct. '17; Bu. Navigation, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 10 Dec. '17. 

HENRY, S. M. (XIII) Capt., C. C, U. S. N. 

HILL, E. B. (IX) C. A. Off. Tr. Camp, 7 Nov. '18. 

HILL, E. L. (II) Capt., Engr. O. R. C, 6 June '17. Not in active service. See Civilian Record. 

HILL, P. G. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 20 July '18. Procurement Div., Arty. Sect., Ord. Dept., 
Washington, D. C. 

HINKLEY, P. E. (II) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 15 May '17; Maj., 4 Feb. '18. 20th Engrs. (Forestry). 
A. E. F., 10 May '18 — 1 June '19; Regtl. Supply Officer, 20th Engrs., C. O., 10th Bn., 20th Engrs.; Dist. 
Comdr., Bourges; Dist. Comdr., Pouteux-les-Forges. 

*HOLLIDAY, J. H. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 116). 

JACKSON, H. L. (V) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Entered Service, 21 Aug. '18. Food and Nutrition Sect., Camp Greenleaf. 

A. E. F., 16 Nov. '18 — 12 Aug. '19; Dijon, Nov. 26; Mars Hospital Center, Mars-sur-Allier, 10 Dec. '18; 

Bordeaux Embarkation Camp, Feb. 10, '19; Brest, 15 July '19. 

JEWETT, T. E. (I) Capt., Q. M. C, 3 Apr. '18. 

KEITH, H. H. W. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j.g.), 14 Apr. '17; Lt., 10 May '18; Lt. Comdr., 
20 Dec. '18. Material Officer and Naval Architect, Boston Navy Yard, Hull Div.; in charge of intensive 
training given to Tech men sent from Naval Architecture intensive courses; Lecturer at M. I. T. to Annapolis 
men. 

LAWRENCE, A. W. (V) Pvt., C. W. S. Off. Tr. Sch., Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

*LEWIS, H. F. (VIII). See Roll of Honor (pages 90 and 166). 

LONGLEY, F. F. (XI) Col., Engrs. Maj., 27 July '17; Lt. Col., 15 Nov. '17; Col., 1 Oct. '18. A. E. F. ,Aug. '17 
— July '19. Aisne-Marne (Chateau-Thierry) Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. ' 
Distinguished Service Medal. (Pages 140 and 218.) 

LOWE, E. C. (IV) Y. M. C. A. Director, Overseas, Community Motion Picture Bu., in charge of motion pictures 
for the A. E. F. in France, England, Italy, 15 Jan. '18, later in the occupied territory of Germany. (Page 297.) 

*LOWNDES, A. J. (II). See Roll of Honor (page no.) 

LUCE, R. F. (I) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. Lt., U. S. N. R. F., 24 Sept. '17, transferred from U. S. Coast and 

Geodetic Survey; Lt. Comdr., 14 Feb. '18. Public Works Dept., Washington (D. C.) Navy Yard, 17 Oct. '17; 

U.S.S. Madawaska, troop transport, 7 Nov.; Asst. Navigator, 14 Nov.; Navigator, 6 Jan. '18. Made nine 

round trips to France before the armistice was signed. Transferred back to U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 

25 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

MACKIE, MITCHELL (VI) Lt.-Col.,M. T. C Capt., M. T. C, 19 May '17; Maj., 23 Dec; Lt. Col., 8 May '19. 
A. E. F., 12 June '17 — 30 June '19; C. O., Motor Truck Co. 104, 1st Div. Motor Truck Bn.; C. 0., Motor 
Group, Base No. 1; M. T. Officer, Base Sect. No. 1; Officer in Charge of Supply, M. T. C, G. H. Q.; Officer 
in Charge of Supply, Hq., S. O. S.; C. 0., Main Depot, M. T. C; Officer in Charge of Engr. Branch, office of 
Director, M. T. C. • 

McLEAN, R. W. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Entered Service 7 May '17. Resigned July '17, being informed he could 
be of more service holding old civil position than in Army. See Civilian Record. 

MARCY, G. D'W. (II) Capt., attached General Staff. Entered Service, 29 July '18. Ex. Div., Military Intelln 
gence Branch, office of Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C, 29 July '18; Chief, Military Sect., Morale Branch,' 
G. S., 8 Nov. '18. (Page 282.) 

NEWKIRK, ELIZA J. (IV) Educational Sec, Y. M. C. A.; Member, Staff, Fine Arts Dept., Army Educational 
Comm., Paris, France, Jan. '19; Guide, for American soldiers on leave; later, with International Y. M. C. A., 
taught classes in English for Italian men and women, Genoa, Italy, Mch. — July '19. 

NICHOLSON, D. H. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., in charge of contract 
work under Public Works Officer, on cons, of hangars for seaplanes and dirigibles, barracks, and miscellaneous 
buildings, 25 Apr. '18. 

O'LEARY, F. A. (I) Lt., C. E. F. In active service on western front for three years; engaged in training troops, 
New Brunswick Regt. Depot, Seaford South Camp, England, Dec. '17. Wounded, summer '17. 

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ORTSEIFEN, A. J. (XIII) Capt., Q. M. C. Entered Service, n Oct. '18. General Supervisor of Cons, and Costs 
Manchester Munition Plant, St. Louis, Mo., 1 1 Oct. '18—29 J an - ' IQ - See Civilian Record. 

PAQUET, V. H. (XIII) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F Lt., Aug. '18. Inactive duty. See Civilian 
Record. 

PERKINS, G.B. (V) Maj.,A.S., attached General Staff. Pvt., 2d Off. Tr. Camp, 26 Aug. '17; 2d Lt. F.A.,23 
Nov.; transferred A. S., 4 Mch. '18; istLt.,A. S. 11 Apr.; Capt., 26 June;Maj., 23 Oct. '18. Military Intelli- 
gence Div., General Staff, I Jan. '18; 1st Chief, Military Morale Sect., Aug.; Ex. Officer, Morale Branch, in 
U. S., Hawaii, Philippines, and with the A. E. F. in Siberia, 1 Oct. '18 — 6 Oct. '19. (Page 281.) 

RICHMOND, W. S. (I) Capt., Engr. R. C. See Civilian Record. 

ROBBE, L. E. (I) Lt.-Col., C. W. S. Capt., Engr., O. R. C, 2 Sept. '17; Maj., Engrs., 24 Dec; C. W. S., Aug. '18; 
Lt.-Col, C. W. S., Feb. '19. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 2 Sept. '17. A. E. F., Jan. '18— July 'i9;C.O., istBn., 
30th Engrs., on British front, in great gas attack on Lens, 21 Mch. '18; Inst., Gas Offense, Chaumont; 
Chief Gas Officer, 1st Corps Hq., Feb. '19; 2d Corps, Mch., and 3d Corps, May in Germany. Lys 
Defensive; Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne Offensives; Army of Occupation. (Page 171.) 

ROBBINS, H. R. (I) Capt., Military Intelligence Div., General Staff. Hq., Military Intelligence Div., Wash- 
ington, D. C, 28 June '18; Asst. and Acting Military Attache, American Legation, Peking, China, 3 Sept. 
'18 — 28 Apr. '19; Disch. 18 July '19, and recommissioned Capt., O. R. C. 

RODGERS, C. L. (II) Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S.N. R. F. Ensign, C. E. C, Bu. of Yards and Docks, U. S. N. 
R. F., 31 July '18; Lt. (j. g.), June '19. In charge of construction work at Great Lakes Naval Tr. Station. 
Refused for service in Army and Navy because of defective sight, for over a year, entered the Navy, and on 
the same day received a captain's commission in Army. 

RUNNELS, S. C. (VII) Maj., M. C. Capt., Med. R. C, 28 July '17; Maj., M. C, 12 Sept. '18. Base Hosp., 
Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. A. E. F., 28 Aug. '18 — 16 June '19; Argonne, 3 Oct. — 11 Nov. '18; Evacua- 
tion Hosp. No. 20, Beau Desert, Bordeaux. 

SCHLABACH, R. P. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, '99; Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N.; Comdr., 
'18. Naval Constructor, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

SIMMERS, C. M. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, '98; Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N.; Comdr., '19. 
Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., '17 — '18; Cons, of U. S. Supply Ship Bridge and U. S. Fuel Ship Brazos, and con- 
version of ex-German vessels into troop transports; Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 
design of naval vessels, '18. 

SNOW, E. B., JR. (II) 1st Lt., A. S. P. Entered Service, 2 Jan. '18. General Foreman of Inspection on Liberty 
Motors, Lincoln Motor Co., Detroit, Mich. ; Ordnance Motor Maintenance and Repair School. Camp Raritan, 
N. J., 6 Nov. '18. 

SPENCER, A. E. (Ill) 1st Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, 19 Sept. '18. 74th Engrs. 

STAPLES, Z. C. (Ill) 1st Lt., Chaplains' Corps. Entered Service 22 June '18. With 312th F. A., 5 July '18. 
A. E. F., France, Luxemburg and Germany; 14 July '18 — 22 July '19; 312th F. A., 79th Div.; nth Inf., 5th 
Div., Luxemburg, 8 May '19; 6th Inf., 5th Div., Army of Occupation, 20 May '19. 

STARR, F. C. (I) Maj., Q. M. C. Capt., Q. M. C, 21 Feb. '18; Maj., 25 July '19. Cons. Q. M., General Hosp., 
No. 16, New Haven, Conn., and at General Hosp. No. 32 and Field Museum Hospital in Chicago; Supervising 
Cons. Q. M. of Hospitals; Liaison Officer between Cons. Div. and Surgeon General's Office, and Representative 
of the Cons. Div. in cancelling hospital leases, May '19. 

STETSON, H. C. (VI) Mr. Elec, C. A. C. Pvt., Mass. C. A. C, N. G., 30 Mch. '17; Asst. Engr. and Engr., 
May '17; Mr. Elec, June '17; National Guard federalized, 25 July '17; Mr. Elec, 73d Art., C. A. C, 1 July 
'18. Coast Defense of Boston. A. E. F., 25 Sept. — 22 Dec. '18; Zone of Advance. 

STRICKLAND, S. T. (IV) Capt., Military Intelligence Div., General Staff. Washington, D. C, 27 June '18. 

TARBETT, R. E. (XI) Passed Asst. Surgeon, Associate Sanitary Engr.,U. S. Public Health Service, Little Rock, 

Ark., July '13. Extra-Cantonment Zone Sanitation work, having charge of the malaria control work in the 

area about Camp Pike, and Eberts Field, Ark. 
TOWER, G. S. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F., 15 May '17; transferred to C. C, 

U. S. N. R. F., 16 Aug. '18; Lt.,3 Nov. Hull Div., Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 15 May '17; Asst. Naval 

Constructor, Navy Yard, Boston, 16 Aug. '18; Asst. Prof, of Naval Architecture, M. I. T., 19 Sept. '18 — 

29 Nov. '19. 
TRUE, A. O. (XI) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 26 Sept. '17. 9th Co., Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; 

in charge Water Supply School, Camp Humphreys, Va., 6 Apr. '18; 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., 21 Sept.; Supply 

Officer and 2d in command, 78th Engrs., Camp Leach, D. C, 19 Oct.; Historical Data Sect., Office Chief of 

Engrs., Washington, D. C, 15 Dec. '18; Office of Post Utilities Officer, Newport News, Va., 20 Oct. '19. 
TURNER, G. E. (II) Lt.-Col., F. A. West Point, '06; Maj., F. A., '17; Lt.-Col., Oct. '18. Inst., 1st Off. Tr. 

Camp. A. E. F., Sept. '18— Mch. '19; Staff, 84th Div.; Ord. Officer, Base Sect. No. 1, St. Nazaire, 12 Nov. '18. 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1 — n Nov. '18. 
WARNOCK, W. H. (I) Capt., Q. M. C. Entered Service, 3 Apr. '18. Field Officer, Camp Stuart, Newport 

News, Va., 3 Apr. '18; Cons. Q. M., Water Supply Project, 3 Oct. '18. 
WEAVER, E. C. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F., 24 Mch. '17; Lt. 1 July '18. Asst. 

to Public Works Officer, Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash. 

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WILLSON, RUSSELL (I) Comdr., U. S. N. Naval Academy, '02; Lt. Comdr., U. S. N., '17; Comdr., 1 Sept. ' 17. 
Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. A. E. F., i-n Nov. '18. 

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ADAMS, A. K. (Ill) 1st Lt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 10 Aug. '18; Assigned to 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., 4 Oct. '18, 
Regtl. Police Officer; Personnel Adj. and Inst., Geology and Mineralogy, Engr. School, Camp Humphreys, 

Va., 7 Apr. '19. See Civilian Record. 
BABB, R. W. (V) W. R. S., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, Sept. '17. Wounded, 14 Apr. '18 and invalided home. 

On Hospital Ship Old Colony at time of explosion in Halifax. 
BALDWIN, F. G. (II) Maj.,F. A. With 323d F. A., 14 May '17; transferred to 1st Bn., 307th F. A., 25 Feb. '18, 

2d in Command, 25 Mch.; Regtl. Commander, 15 Apr. A. E. F., 29 June '18 — 16 May '19. Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive (Bois de Grande Montaigne); Army of Occupation. 
BATCHELDER, F. R. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., Sig. C. A. E. F., Mch. '18— May '19; with 401st Telegraph Bn., Supply 

Sect. 
BEERS, H. W. (I) Maj., Q. M. C. Entered Service, 10 Oct. '18. Cons. Q. M., Camp McClellan, Ala. See 

Civilian Record. 
BLAKE, H. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. With 309th Engrs., Camp Taylor, Ky., 31 Dec. '17. A. E. F., with Co. A. 

515th Engrs., June '18. 
BRUCE, A. G. (II) Capt., Engrs. Resigned Commission, Dec. '17. 
BURLEIGH, C. R. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 6 Nov. '18; 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., M. T. C, 

Camp Humphreys, Va.; Disch., 7 June '19. 
CADY, J. H. (IV) Pvt., F. A. F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 28 Oct.— 6 Dec. '18. 
CARR, S. T. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. 9th Co., Coast Defense of Oahu, Ft. DeRussy, Honolulu, T. H, 21 Feb. '18; 

Candidate, 2d Co., 4th Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 9 Apr.; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 June '18. Student, 5th 

Off. Anti-Aircraft Arty. Sch., Ft. Monroe, 15 July; Arty. Engr., Coast Defense of New Bedford, Ft. Rodman; 

Mass., 25 Aug.; Student, Officer Radio School, Columbia University, New York City, 7 Oct. '18 — 27 Jan. '19. 
CHASE, E. P. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 13 June '17; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Dec. Asst. 

Electrical Officer, U.S. S.Wyoming, with Grand Fleet, North Sea, 30 Jan. — 26 Dec. '18. Present at surrender 

of High Seas Fleet, 21 Nov. '18. 
COUPER, WILLIAM (I) Lt.-Col., Q. M. C. Maj., Q. M. C, 6 June '17; Lt.-Col, 20 Mch. '18. Office of Engr. 

Service, Washington, D. C, 22 May — 6 June '17; Cons. Q. M., Camp Jackson, S. C; Supervising Cons- 

Q. M. with jurisdiction over twelve boat construction contracts, 19 Jan. '18; in charge of cons., North Columbia 

Cantonment, Columbia, S. C, 13 Oct.; in charge of disposal of surplus materials, and equipment since 12 Dec. 

'18. 
CUTTING, S. A. (Ill) 1st Lt., Engrs., Commissioned, 28 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 28 Mch. '18—17 May '19; with 

20th Engrs. 
deSTEIGUER, W. G. (Ill) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, Apr. '18; Capt., A. S. A., Mch. '19; 

2d Off. Tr. Camp., Ft. Sheridan, 111., Jan. '18.; Taliaferro Field, No. 3, Ft. Worth, Texas, Apr. '18; Chief Engr. 

Officer, Caruthers Field, Ft. Worth, Texas, Mch. '19. 
FALLON, NUGENT (I) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. (A). Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 9 May '17; Lt. (j. g.), Mch. '18; 

Lt., June '18; Lt. Comdr., Oct. '18. A. E. F.; attached to French Service and to Royal Air Force as Pilot. 

Five engagements. Cited for Navy Cross. Mentioned in dispatches to the Admiralty (British). (Page 243.) 
FLETCHER, H. V. (II) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., 15 Sept. '17; Capt., 7 May '19. 32d Engrs. and 121st Engrs* 

A. E. F., 15 June '18 — 15 July '19; Statistical Officer for Sect. Engr., Base Sect. No. 2, 15 July '18 — 30 June '19- 
FOGG, C. E. (I) Lt. M. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), 26 Mch. '17; Lt., 29 Mch. '18. Senior Medical Officer, U. S. N. 

Patrol Base, Portland, Maine, 26 Mch. '17—3 May '18; Surgeon, Senior Medical Officer, U. S. N. Training 

Camp, Hingham, Mass., 3 May '18—8 May '19; Medical Officer, U.S.S. Sierra, 8 May— 1 Oct. '19; Asst. 

Medical Officer, U. S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H, 1 Oct. — 17 Nov. '19. 
FOSTER, W. H., 1st Lt., Amer. Red Cross. Member, Red Cross Commission to the Balkan States. 
FULLER, F. M. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), 29 Dec. '17; Lt. 2 Nov. '18. Bu. of Ord., Washington, 

D.C., 22 Jan. — 11 Feb. '18; Asst. Inspector of Ord., Bethlehem Dist., Bethlehem Steel Works, S. Bethlehem, 

Pa., 11 Feb. '18— 1 June '19. 
GARDNER, R. S. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. R. F. Bu. of Cons, and Repair; Dist. Salvage Officer, Northern 

Dist., Naval Salvage Service, New London, Conn. 
GATEWOOD, R. D. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Supt., Mechanical Div., Panama Canal, in charge of all shops 

and dry docks, Panama Canal and Panama Railroad throughout the war. 
GLADDING, J. N. (II) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned, 27 Sept. '17. Hq., 3d Div., Co. B and Co. C, 6th Engrs.; 

Co. F, 316th Engrs. A. E. F., 17 Mch. '18 — 15 Apr. '19. Champagne-Marne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); 

Aisne-Marne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Army of Occupation. 
HALLOWELL, H. B. (Ill) Capt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 15 Jan. '18. Production Officer, Minneapolis 

Steel and Machinery Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 10 Feb. '18; Production Officer, Twin Cities Dist.; Asst. 

Mgr., Chicago Dist., Ord. Salvage Bd., 19 Jan. '19. 

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HEMPHILL, A. W. (II) Lt., F. A. O. R. C. Entered Service, 29 Aug. '18; 1st Lt., F. A. O. R. C, 4 Dec. '18. 
See Civilian Record. 

HENDERSON, G. M. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, Co. A, 306th Engrs., Dec. '17. A. E. F. : with 
33d Engrs., Feb. '19. 

*HEUTER, R. R. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 127). 

HILL, GUY (VIII) Capt., Sig. C. Entered Service, 4 May '1 8. Radio Development Sect. A. E. F., 30 June 
'18 — 14 Feb. '19; with Research and Inspection Div., Sig. C, Paris. See Civilian Record. 

HINCKLEY, T. L. (XI) Capt., F. A. Lt., F. A., 27 Nov. '17; Capt., 1 May '19. A. E. F., 27 Mch. '18— Dec. '19; 
attached 315th F. A. and to Administrative Sect., S. 0. S, in charge of all payments to French on account of 
billeting U. S. troops, June '18 — July '19. 

HOBSON. G. F. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 8 May '17; Maj., 28 Aug. '18. 305th Engrs., Camp Lee, Va., 
Aug. '17— May '18. A. E. F., May— Aug. '18. C. O., 3d»Bn, 7th Engr. Tr. Regt, Camp Humphrevs, Va., 
Aug.— Nov. 'f8; General Staff, U. S. A., 2 Nov.— 6 Dec. '18. Somme Offensive. 

*HONEYMAN, B. R. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 108). 

HOSMER, W. W., JR., Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs. (Ry.), 5 June '17; Sgt., 12 June '17. A. E. F., 1 Aug. '17— 
22 Apr. '19, with 16th Engrs. (Ry.). Lys Defensive with British Army. 9-27 Apr. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive, 5 Oct. — 11 Nov. 'i8.' (Page 223.) 

HYDE, E. R. (I) Capt., Engrs. Asst. to Dept. Engr., Manila, P. I., 1 Jan. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., Oct. '18; Inst., Camp Humphreys, Dec. '18 — Aug. '19. 

KEARNEY, STEPHEN (I) Capt., Engrs., 216th Engrs. Camp Lee, Va., 25 May— 28 July '18; Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., 28 July — 20 Oct. '18; Camp" Kearney, Calif., 27 Oct. — 4 Dec. '18. 

KENNEDY, R. G. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 10 Apr. '17; Pvt.; Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt., 5 Dec. '17. 
A. E. F., 14 June '18 — 2 Aug. '19, 106th F. A.; Renting, Requisitions and Claims Service after 2 Oct. '18. 

KIDDER, J. H, Capt., Ord., Corps. Rifle Demonstrator, assigned to Camp Greene, N. C, June '18; trans- 
ferred to 19th Div., Camp Dodge, Iowa, Aug. '18; after course at Eddystone Rifle Plant, sent out to demon- 
strate the new 1917 rifle. 

LAWTON, J. T., JR. (II) Maj., Engrs. Capt., 25 Sept., '17; Maj., 25 Sept. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, American Uni- 
versity, Washington, D. C; General Engr. Depot, Production Div., Corps of Engrs., 26 Nov. '17; in charge 
of Building and Miscellaneous Sect.; Asst. Chief of Production Div.: in charge Procurement Branch, Equip- 
ment Sect., Troop Div., Office of Chief of Engrs., Feb. '19; representsd Corps of Engrs. on Fire Prevention 
Sect., War Industries Bd.; Member, Comm. on Standardization of Mechanical Rubber Goods and various 
boards in the office of Chief of Engrs.; Member, Contract Review Bd., Sales Control Bd., and Appraisal Bd., 
Bd. of Claims, and Contracting Officer for Corps of Engrs. 

LEEDS, C. T. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., U. S. Dist. Engr. 7 Apr. '17; Maj. 11 Oct. '18. U. S. Dist. Engr., Los, 
Angeles, Calif., in charge of river and harbor work and recruiting troops, 16 Apr. '17 — 10 July '19; Prof, of 
Military Science and Tactics and in command of S. A. T. C, Throop College (California Institute) of Tech- 
nology, Pasadena, Calif., 23 Aug*'i7 — 4,Nov t . '18. 

LIBBEY, F. W. (Ill) Lt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 28 Oct. '18. 

LORING, C. G. (IV) Capt., A. S. 1st Lt., 11 Jan. '18; Capt, 15 Oct. '18. A. E. F, Feb.— 23 Dec. '18; Chief of 
Designs and Projects Div., A. S, in charge of selection of airdrome sites, obtaining approval from G. H. Q., 
and French G. H. Q. and transfer from civilian owners; prepared plans and superintended their development. 
(Page 220.) 

MANN, P. F. (IV) Capt, F. A. Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. '17. A. E. F, Btrv. A, 106th F. A, 
• Mch. '18; transferred S. 0. S, Tours, Mch. '19. 

MAXFIELD, L. H. (XIII). Comdr, U. S. N. (A.). Entered Service, June '03; Midshipman to Comdr, '03— 
'19. Trained pilots, Akron, Ohio, and commanded Dirigible Station. Paimboeuf, France. Chevalier. Legion 
of Honor; Life Saving Medal of the French Navy. 

MAYBERRY, E. L. (IV) Capt, Engrs. Entered Service, Nov. '17; Capt, Engrs, 14 May '17. 

MEANS, J. H. (II) Maj, M. C. 1st Lt, 7 June '17; Capt, 2 Nov. '17; Adaj, 14 Nov. '18. A. E. F, 11 July 
'17 — 2 Mch. '19; Adj., Base Hosp. 6, 30 Aug. '17 — 14 May '18; temporary duty in Office of Chief Surgeon, 
Amer. Hq, London, until Sept. '18; engaged in work on the influenza epidemic, Sept. — Oct. '18; engaged in 
debarkation American forces, 11 Nov. '18 — 8 Jan. '19; Base Hosp. 6, 8 Jan. — 14 Feb. '19. 

MERRIAM, C. A. (II) Capt, Engrs. Entered Service, 23 June '17. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 
Dec. '17 — Mch. '18; Cons. Div.. Mch. '18; Chief Asst. Constructing Officer in charge of field work in cons, 
of the Tullytown Bag Loading Plant, Tullytown, Pa, Mch. '18 — Jan. '19. 

MILLER, C. E, JR. (XIII) Lt. (j.g.), U. S. N. R. F. Midshipman, U. S. N. R. F.; Ensign, 1 Feb. '18; Lt. (j.g.). 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; U.S.S. South Dakota, cruising to and from France, Oct. '18. 

MORRIS, J. M. (VI) Capt, Engrs, Commissioned, 8 May '17. 

ORME, J. B. L. (V) Maj. Ord. R. C. . Capt, Ord. Corps, 1 June '17; Maj, Ord. R. C, Watervliet Arsenal, Troy, 
N. Y, July — Aug. '17; Camp Ord. Officer, 36 Div, Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, 27 Aug. '17 — Feb. '18; 
Office of Chief of Ord, in charge matters relating to small arms ammunition, then explosive components for 
grenades; later in charge of inspection and engineering for loading powder in all ammunition, Feb. '18 — 
31 July '19. 

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PITKIN, J. S. (IV) Capt., Military Intelligence Div., General Staff. Chief Personnel Officer, 3 Sept. '18— 
5 Mch. '19. 

POLLISTER, E. B. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt, 1 1 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 27 Aug. '17; Capt., 12 July '18. With Co. F, 
319th Engrs., 28 Aug. '17 — 26 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '18 — 19 July '19; Co. F held record for fast con- 
struction of standard Adrian barracks, Camp Pontanezen. 

RICHARDSON, H. C. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 8 Sept. '97. Construction Officer, Naval 
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., in charge of erection and maintenance of aircraft; associated in experimental 
development of aircraft and catapult launching device, Dec. '16 — Mch. '18; superintending construction of 
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., in charge of inspection of aircraft in Buffalo Dist., 
Mch. '18 — Mch. '19; associated in design of NC flying boats and Pilot NC-3, flight 16 May '19. (Page 244.) 

RILEY, J. G. (V) Mai., Sn. C. Capt., Sn. C, Food Div., Surgeon-General's Office, Washington, D. C., Jan. '18;. 
with Hosp. Unit 40, M. C, Knotty Ash., Liverpool, Eng., engaged in provisioning British ships used to bring 
back the returning army, Mch. '19; Member of committee of American officers in England provisioning ships 
and inspecting food, 22 Mch. '19. 

ROOT, J. A. (Ill) Capt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 22 Nov. '17. Small Arms Div., Inspection Div. and 
Explosives, Chemical and Loading Div.; Asst. to Army Inspector of Ord., Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, 
Ohio, Dec. '17 — Oct. '18; Asst. Supervisor of ballistic and chemical testing of ammunition; Army Inspector 
of Ord., Old Hickory Powder Plant, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. '18 — 15 July '19. (Page 264.) 

ROSE, R. W. (XIII) Lt.. U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., 1 Feb. '16; B. M., 2 cl., 1 Mch. '16; Ensign, Naval Militia, 
Mass., 21 Mch. '17; Ensign, N. N. V., 10 May '17; Lt. (j.g.), Naval Volunteers, 8 Jan. '18; Lt. (j.g.), U. S. N. 
R. F., 1 July '18; Lt., U. S. N. R. F., 14 Mch. '19. U.S.S. Georgia, 6 May '17— I Sept. '18; U.S.S. Relief, 
1 Sept. '18 — 15 May '19. 

SMITH, L. D. (XIII) Candidate, Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Sheridan, 111. Entered Service, 15 July '18. Recommended 
for commission, 15 Sept. '18, but was returned to finish medical course at Marquette Medical School. 

STEINHARTER, E. C. (VII) Lt., M. R. C. Base Hosp. 76, 11 July '18; Camp Devens, Mass., 11 July— 1 Sept. 
'18. A.E.F., 23 Sept. '18 — 11 July '19 at Vichy and Camp Pontanezen. See Civilian Record. 

♦STEPHENS, A. L. (III). See Roll of Honor (page 120). 

TILLSON, P. E. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 6 Apr. '17. Communication and Information Duty, 
Philadelphia Navy Yard, and Aide for Information, Cape May Sect. Base, 4th Naval Dist., 6 Apr. — 1 Nov. 
'17; Electrical Officer, U.S.S. Maine, Atlantic Fleet, 1 Nov. — 1 June '18; Electrical and Fire Control Duties, 
U.S.S. Florida, North Sea Service with base at Scapa Flow, 4 July '18 — 30 Jan. '19. Took part in surrender 
of German High Seas Fleet (page 238). 

TRIPP, L. H. (II) Maj., Q. M. C. Capt., Q. M. C; Ma;., 18 Mch. '18. Head of the Heating and Plumbing 
Sect., Engr. Div. of Cons. Div., responsible for design, plans, specifications, and estimates for heating, 
plumbing, cooking and baking equipment for camps, cantonments, hospitals, and terminals. I June '17 to 
Oct. '19. 

VAN AMRINGE, W. M. (X) Candidate. U. S. N. R. F. (A). Naval Aviation School for Pilots, M. I. T., Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Entered Service, 6 Nov. '18. 

WEBSTER, L. B. (VII) Capt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, Oct. '17. 

WHEELER, K. W. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N., Apr. '18. Navy Recruiting Station, Fresno, 

Calif., Apr. '18. U.S.S. West Corum. Placed on inactive duty, 10 June '19. 
WHITE, W. W., 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., 1 cl., Nov. '17; 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. , A. S.. Jan.. '18. Supply and Mess Officer, 

217th Aero Sq., Kelly Field, Texas, Jan.— 3 Mch. '18; Police Officer, Group A, Mitchell Field, N.Y., 7 Mch. '18 

— Jan. '19. 

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ALVEY, J. P., JR. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Q. M. C, Apr. '18; Capt., Engrs., Apr. '19. A. E. F., July '18— 
July '19, C. O., Fuel Service Unit 19, 5th Corps; in timber supply work in the Vosges and Lorraine, July '18; 
in charge of outside constructing and road work, Base Sec. IV. and in British Area (Departments of Seine 
Inferieur, Somme, Pas de Calais and Nord), Oct.; in charge of all engr. and liquidation, same area, Apr. '19. 

BARRY, J. G., Inst., Dept. of Geology, M. I. T. Lt.-Col., C. W. S. 1st Lt., C. W. S., 28 Sept. '17; Maj., 13 July 
'18; Lt.-Col., 14 Feb. '19. Entered Service, 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 10 Feb. '18 — 30 June 'io; in charge of gas 
defense, A. E. F., under Chief of C. W. S.; Personnel Officer, C. W. S. Personal letter of thanks from Comdr. - 
in-Chief. 

*BATES, ORIC. See Roll of Honor (page 119). 

BINGHAM, RUTHERFORD (VI) reported Capt., Inf. 

BONTA, EDWIN (IV) Sec, Y. M. C. A. Y. M. C. A. Unit to Russia, Dec. '17; worked in Moscow, Petrograd 
and Nijni Novgorod under Bolsheviki, May — Sept. '18; left Soviet Russia through Sweden and Norway, 
1 Sept. '18; Archangel until June '19. (Page 299.) 

CARPENTER, W. T. (XI) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt., Sn. C, Nov. '17; Capt., Feb. '18. Jacksonville, Fla. 

CONOVER, H. B. (VI) reported Lt., A. S. A. 

COUPAL, J. S. (Ill) Pvt., Engr., Off. Tr. Camp. Entered Service, Nov. '18; to have been commissioned 1st Lt. 
when armistice was signed. See Civilian Record. 

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CROHURST, H. R. (XI) Capt., Sn. Engr. Div., Public Health Service. 2d Lt., 23 Aug. '14; 1st Lt., 1 May '18 
Capt., 1 Mch. '19. In charge of drainage work for mosquito elimination, Camp Bowie Zone, Fort Worth, 
and of Camp Logan Zone, Houston, Texas, and of operation of water nitration plant, Camp Bowie Zone. 

CULLIMORE, A. R. (I) Maj., Sn. C. Entered Service, 27 Aug. '18. Chief of the Educational Service, in charge 
of readjustment and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, Letterman Hosp., The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., 
acted as Consultant for Army hospitals west of Denver; Dean of Engineering, Delaware College, Newark, 
Del. 

DANIELS, F. E. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Greene, N. C, 19 Dec. '17; Camp Sn. Engr. 
Camp Lee, Va., July '18—30 Apr. '19. 

DAVIS, L. R. (Ill) Capt., A. S. P. Candidate, 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., 25 Aug. '17; 
Capt., A. S. P., 8 Nov. '17. Training troops, Spruce Production Div., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 20 Nov. 
'17; Senior Inst., Divisional Officer's School, 1 June '18; C. O. of logging troops constructing railroads and 
mills, on Olympic Peninsula, Wash., 10 July '18 — 20 Jan. '19. 

DEMPWOLF, F. G. (IV) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 1 Jan. '18; Capt., Feb. '19. Attached to A. S. and 
trained at Langley Field and Washington. A. E. F., Feb. '18 — -Mch. '19, studying and reporting on French 
and English methods of arming airplanes for pursuit, observation, and bombing purposes, and on all items of 
aviation armament; head of one sect, of Aircraft Armament Div. 

DODGE, P. van P. (II) Maj. Ord. Corps. Candidate, 1st Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps., N. A., 
15 Aug.; Capt., 23 Jan. '18; Maj., 30 Oct. 1st Inf. Co., 5th Prov. Tr. Regt., Ft. Myer, Va., 14 May '17; 
Asst. Contract Officer, Small Arms Div., Ord. Dept., 23 Aug.; in charge of machine-gun contracts, Procure- 
ment Div., Contract Sect., 18 Jan. '18; Engr. Div., Small Arms Sect., 19 Mch. '18 — 2 June '19. 

EATON C. A. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. In charge of inspection of fuses, primers, adapters, and boosters for artil- 
lery ammunition, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 20 Apr. '18; in charge of inspection of all 
artillery ammunition, July; with Engr. Div. redesigning adapters and boosters for gas shells, Aug. — 20 Dec. '18. 
See Civilian Record. 

EVANS, JOHN (VI) Capt., Inf. Provost Marshal of Colo., 4 Dec. '17; Chief, Administrative Bu., Office of the 
Provost Marshal-General, Washington, D. C, Oct. — 5 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

EVERETT, CHARLES (IV) 1st Lt., Military Intelligence Div., General Staff. In Washington, D. C, 14 Mch- 

— 1 Nov. '18; in New York City, censoring mail of German prisoners of war in this country and extracting 

from such correspondence material of intelligence value. 
FISHER, H. E. (II) Pvt., Inf., Acting Corp., Co. A. S. A. T. C, Harvard University, 11 Oct.— 4 Dec. '18. See 

Civilian Record. 
GODFREY, S. C. (IV) Col. (T), Engrs. Grad., U. S. Military Academy, '09; Capt., Engrs. '15; Maj. (T), 26 Oct. 

'17; Lt.-Col. (T.), 3 Jan. '18; Col. (T), 1 Aug. '18; Maj., Engrs., 10 Sept. '19. Inst., later Senior Instr., Off. 

Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 30 June '17; 3 18th Engrs. Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 30 Dec. A. E. F., 

25 May '18 — Aug. '19; C. O., 318th Engrs., Gievres, France, Engr. Personnel Officer of A. E. F., Tours, 

24 July '18; Asst. to Chief Engr., 1st Army, Souilly, 31 Oct. Ex. Officer to Chief Engr., 3d Army, 18 Nov.; 

Div. Engr., 2d Div. Engrs.; C. O., 2d Engrs., 17 Apr. 'io. Asst. to Dist. Engr., Wilson Dam, Florence, 

Ala., 31 Aug. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Army of Occupation. Letter of commendation from Chief of 

Engrs., A. E. F. (Page 224.) 
HALL, S. B. (VIII) Capt., F. A. 1st Lt., F. A., 15 May '17; Capt., 15 Aug. 301st Am. Tn., Camp Devens, 

Mass., 29 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 12 July '18—23 Feb. '19; Submarine attack, 30 July '18; 301st Am. Tn., 76th 

Div., St. Aignan, France; 116th Am. Tr., 1 Jan. '19. 
HAMNER, E. C. JR. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. _ Entered Service, '97; Industrial Mgr., Naval Station, New 

Orleans, La., and of 8th Naval Dist.; Superintending Constructor, Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., 

during the war; Fleet Constructor, Atlantic Fleet, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, Jan. '19. 
HASTINGS, H. B. (I) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., 18 July— 16 Sept. '18. See Civilian 

Record. 
HOSMER, H. B. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. Commissioned, 15 Aug. '17. istOff. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 11 May 

'17; Ft. Monroe, Va., 6 June '17; 10th Co., Coast Defense of Boston, 29 Aug.; Net Officer for Boston Harbor; 

C. O., Btry. A, 71st Arty., 12 May '18. A. E. F., 31 July '18—22 Feb. '19; Hv. Arty. Sch. Angers. 
JOHNSON, J. E. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, 14 Apr. '17; Co. F, 309th Engrs., 84th Div., 27 Aug.; 

Inst, in Topography, 84th Div. Engr., School, Dec; C. 0., Co. F, 309th Engrs., Aug. '18. A. E. F., 8 Sept. '18 

■ — 8 July '19; Regtl. Personnel Officer, 309th Engrs., 10 Jan. '18; in charge of field work in cons., maintenance, 

and operation of sewer systems in St. Nazaire and surrounding camps, under St. Engr. Officer, S. 0. S., 10 Feb. 

'19. 
*J0NES, G. R. (XI). See Roll of Honor (page 124). 
KELLY, E. F. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. 1st Tr. Camp; Co. F, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., Dec. '17. A. E. F., 

8 Oct. '18. 
KEPHART, S. A. (VI) Col, C. A. C. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, '88; 2d Lt., C A. C, '92; 1st Lt., 2 Mch. 

'99; Capt., July '01; Maj., 10 Sept. '09; Lt.-Col., 1 July '16; Col. 22 Aug. '19. Canal Zone, Jan. '18. A. E. F., 

France, '19. 
LAND, E. S. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 9 Sept. '98. Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 

6 Apr. '17 — 1 Aug. 18. A. E. F., 12 Aug. '18 — 29 June '19; Great Britain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany; 

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general submarine work and submarine inspection; special detail to Austria; Member, Allied Naval Arm stice 
Comm., to Germany on H.M.S. Hercules, Dec. '18. Awarded Navy Cross. 

LANGENHEIM, F. E. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps. Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 10 Oct. '17; Rock Island Arsenal, 
15 Dec; Camp Hancock, Ga., 10 Jan. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LEAVELL, J. H. (Ill) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., Apr. '17; Maj., 16 May '19. Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., 
Apr. '17; 316th Engrs., Camp Lewis. A. E. F., June '18 — July '19; in charge of Public Utilities, American 
Occupied Territory; attended Inter-Allied Coal Comm.; had charge of allotment of coal in American Occupied 
Territory. Ypres-Lys Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. (Pages 134 and 224.) 

LEWIS, E. F. (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. Commissioned, 27 Aug. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., Apr. '17; Kelly 
Field, Texas, 11 Nov.; Camp Sevier, S. C, 3 Jan. '18. A. E. F., England, 21 Aug. '18—2 Apr. '19; C. O., 
16th Aero Cons. Squadron, building bombing stations for U. S. Air Force on coast; squadron transferred to 
Engrs. Built warehouses and storage depot after armistice. 

MACOMBER, ALEXANDER (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 8 May '17; Maj., 23 Mch.'i8. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., 8 May '17; development of Searchlights for Field Service, War Dept., Washington, D. C, 
28 July; organizing and training personnel for Searchlight Troops, Washington Barracks, 7 Nov. A. E. F., 
June '18 — May '19; 56th Engrs. (Searchlight). Served with French and British Armies and with 1st American 
Army. St. Mihiel Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Unit Citation from Chief, of Engrs., A. E. F. 
(Page 272.) 

McRAE, H. C. (XI) 1st Lt., Engrs. 306th Engrs., Nov. '17; Engr. Repl. Regt., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 
Mch. '18. A. E. F., with 45th Engrs. 

MATHER, JOHN (VI) Lt.-Col., C. A. C. Entered Service, '08; Maj., C. A. C, '17; Lt.-Col., 60th Arty. (Hv.). 
A. E. F., Apr. '18 — May '19; Office of Chief of Arty., G. H. Q., in charge of instruction of Hv. Arty. Units., 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

MIDDLETON, N. A. (II) Maj., Engrs. Candidate, 25 Aug. '17. Capt., Engrs.; Maj., 2 Oct. '18. 2d Off. 
Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 25 Aug. '17; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Washington, D. C; Purchasing Div., General 
Engr. Depot, Washington, D. C., 25 Nov. '17; Bn. Adj., 23d Engrs., 10 Feb. '18; Regtl. Adj., 12 July. A. E. F., 
30 Mch. '18 — July '19; C. O., 3d Bn., 23d Engrs., 2 Oct. '18; constructing railroad yards, depots, and hos- 
pitals, water supply and dock work, also railroad and road maintenance at the front. St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. (Pages 4 and 222.) 

MORELAND, E. L. (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 10 Aug. '18; Maj., 10 Apr. '19. A. E. F., 8 Sept. '18— 
19 Apr. '19; Technical Bd., 8 Sept. '18; Technical Ex. of Engr. Dept., War Damage Bd., 10 Dec. 

NORTON, G. R. (II) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, '08; Capt., Ord. Corps, '17; Maj., June '17; Lt.- 
Col., Jan. '18. Asst. Chief of Supply Div., Ord. Office, Washington, D.C. A. E. F., June '18— Dec. '18; 
Hq., S. 0. S. Citation for especially meritorious service from Chief Ordnance Officer, A. E. F. 

PAGON, W. W. (I) Capt. Cons. Div. of the Army, 14 Feb. '18—15 Mch. '19. At Camp Meade, Md., and Curtis 
Bay Ord. Depot, Md. See Civilian Record. 

PASTORIZA, H. G. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Carriage Div., May '18. A. E. F., Carriage Div., Seacoast Sect.; 

Office of Chief Ord. Officer, Tours. 
PEABODY, O. L. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. U. S. Gas School, 2 Aug. '18. 
PEASE, M. H. (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 15 May '17; Maj., 1 Nov. '18. Adj. 2d Bn., 301st Engrs., 

CampDevens, 1 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 28 June '18 — 2iApr.'i9. Corps Engrs., 4th Corps. St. Mihiel Offensive; 

Toul Sector; Army of Occupation. 
PERRY, W. G. (IV) Capt., A. S. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 1 Nov. '17; Capt., 1 Aug. '18; transferred 

A. S. 14 Oct. '18. C. O., 477th Aero Sq., 1 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 4 Mch. '18 — 25 Apr. '19; constructed flying 

fields of Autreville (Vosges), Amanty, Bicqueley and St. Mihiel (Meuse); Equipment Officer, 1st Army 

A. S., 14 Oct. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; temporary duty Army of Occupation, 

21 Nov. '18. Cited in G. O. 30, Office of 1st Army Air Service Commander, 26 Nov. '18. (Page 156.) 
POTTER, O. W. (I) Capt., Inf. Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. '17; 363d Inf., Camp Lewis, Washington, 

May '18. A. E.F., with 91st Div. Oct. '18. 
PULTZ, J. L., Lt., U. S. N. R. F. C. Q. M., 18 Feb. '18; Ensign, 28 June '18; Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 1 Oct. 

'18; Lt., 1 Jan. '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Feb. '18; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., 

June; released from active duty, 5 Dec. '18. 
RAND, ROBERT (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j.g.),U. S. N. R. F.,6Apr. '17; Lt., 28 Sept. '18. Charlestown 

Navy Yard, 6 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 26 Oct. '17— 11 Mch. '19; U. S. Naval Hq., London, England, 26 Oct. '17; 

U. S. Naval Base, Bordeaux, France, 10 Nov. '17; U. S. Naval Hq., Paris, 27 Nov.; U. S. Naval Hq., 

London, 29 Apr. '18; Staff of Admiral Sims, 26 Feb. '19. 
REED, JAMES (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. U. S. Naval Academy, Sept. '98; New Work Supt., Mare Island 

Navy Yard, Calif., '17, on construction of Destroyers Caldwell, Fairfax, Taylor, Ward, Boggs, Kilty, 

Nos. 140, 141, and 336 to 341 inclusive, and Battleship California. (Page 249.) 

RICHARDSON, E. C. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. A. E. F., Feb. '19.; Co. M, 146th Inf., 37th Div. 

SAGE, W. H., JR. (I) Col., Engrs. Entered Service, '04; Maj., Engrs., Aug. '07; Lt.-Col., Jan. '18; Col., Aug. '18. 
Organized 601st Engrs. A. E. F., 30 June '18 — June '19; 1st Army Hq., Aug. '18; C. 0., 112th Engrs., 37th 
Div., 25 Sept.; Member, Mission to Assess War Damages in Serbia, Jan. '19; C. O., 315th Engrs., Mch. '19. 

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Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Tnierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Pannes Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; 
Ypres-Lys Offensive. Wounded at Denterghem, Belgium, 29 Oct. '18. Belgian Croix de Guerre; French 
Croix de Guerre with Palm. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 
SARGENT, E. H. (I) Capt., Engrs., Off. Tr. Camp, 17 May '17; 20th Engrs. (Forestry), Washington, D. C, 
Sept. A. E. F., Feb. '18 — Jan. '19; Adj., 116th Engrs.; on Staff of Chief Engr. A. E. F., Installation of 
electric light and power, May '18. 

TYLEE, A. K. (VI) Lt.-Col, Royal Air Force. Lt. Flying Officer, '15; Capt. (Flight Comdr.), Jan. '17; Maj.. 
17 Mch. '17; Lt.-Col., Royal Air' Force, n Apr. '18. Curtiss School, Toronto, Canada, '15; with 12th and 
35th Squadrons, England; in France, Mch. '16; in French Hospital, Aug. '16; returned to 31st Sq., England; 
with 65th Sq. and 48th Sq.; in command, 81st Canadian Tr. Sq., Mch. '17; in command. Camp Borden, 
Ontario, Canada; took personnel of Camp, 5 Sq., to Camp Everman, Ft. Worth, Texas, Nov. '17; returned 
to England, Mch. '19. Demobilized, 1 May '19. Officer, British Empire Order, 1 Jan. '19. 

VERY, S. R. T. (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. A. E. F., 78th Aero Cons. Sq.; Post Hq., A. P. 0. 725, June '18; A. S. Per- 
sonnel Sect., Tours. July; Hq., 1st Air Depot, July '19. 

WALKER, L. T. (VII) Maj. (T)., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, '09; Capt., July '16; Maj. (T), 3 May '18. A. E. F., 
France, 26 Feb. '18 — 22 June '19. Administrative work at different hqs.; Observer, Argonne Forest, 
21-23 Oct. '18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

WALSH, J. H. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service. '97; Comdr., U. S. N., '16. Constructor for 
Navy, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., Apr. '17; Fleet Naval Constructor and Material Officer, U.S.S. Penn- 
sylvania, and on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nov. '17; Industrial Mgr., Navy Yard, New Orleans, La., 
Nov. '18. 

WALSH, J. L. (I) Col., Ord. Corps. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, '05; Capt., Ord. Dept., '12; Maj., 23 June 
'17; Lt.-Col., 20 Jan. '18; Col., 21 Oct. Personnel Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C. A. E. F., 20 Jan. — 
30 May '18; Military Observer with Allied Armies in France, England and Italy; Confidential Asst. to 
Chief of Ord. in charge of Military Intelligence for Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C. (Page 260.) 

WHITNEY, E. F. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Co. C, 29th Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 7 Sept. '17 (part of the Flash 
and Sound Ranging Bn.). A. E. F., France and Belgium, June '18 — Feb. '19; Liaison Officer at G. H. Q., 
B. E. F., for confidential report on flash ranging methods; with 2d Field Sig. Bn., 5th Army, B. E. F., Advanced 
Sector Merville-Bethune-Loos; with Arty. Sect., 3d Field Sig. Bn., 3d Army, B. E. F.; Arty. Sect., 4th 
Field Sig. Bn., 2d Army, B. E. F. (southern Sect.); unit changed to 1st Bn. 74th Engrs.; after the armistice, 
transferred to American Comm. to Negotiate Peace, Dec. '18. Ypres-Lys Offensive. Gassed, Sept. '18. 

WILKINS, H. S. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 25 July '17; Capt., 28 June '18. Frankford Arsenal, 
Pa., 25 July '17; Ord. Officer, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and Peters Cartridge Co.; in charge of Small 
Arms Ammunition Shops, Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa. 

♦WILLIAMS, C. W. (X). See Roll of Honor (page 113). 

WILSON, E. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 12 June '18; 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp 
Humphreys, Va., 27 July; 211th Engrs., Camp Forrest, Ga., 20 Aug. A. E. F., Sept. '18 — May '19; Angers, 
20 Oct.; Asst. Corps Engr., 2d Corps, 20 Oct.; Aide to Water Supply Officer, 9th Corps, B. £. F., 1 Nov.; 
104th Engrs., 1st Corps, A. E. F., 19 Dec. Somme Offensive. (Page 218.) 

WONSON, H. S. (XIII) Lt.-Col., Q. M. C. Capt., Inf., 2 May '17; Maj., Q. M. C, 9 July; Lt.-Col., 7 Sept. '18. 
Office of Q. M. Gen., Washington, D. C, organizing purchasing and production system for Comm. on Supplies, 
Council of National Defense co-operating with Q. M. C. in equipping new army, 2 May '17; Division Q. M., 
19th Div., Camp Dodge, Iowa, 28 Aug. '18; Staff Course, Army War College, Washington, D. C, I Oct. 

WOODRUFF, J. W. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Naval Constructor, Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C, Nov. '17. 

YATES, I. I. (XIII) Comdr. (T.), C. C, U. S. N. Entered Navy, '97. Cons. Officer, U. S. Navy Yard, Norfolk, 
Va., repairing and altering vessels of the fleet, installing guns on merchant vessels, camouflaging vessels, 
fitting paravanes, repairing transports, building destroyers, and submarine chasers. 

1908 

ARNOLD, R. B. (V) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Procurement Div., Washington, D. C, 7 Nov. '18—3 Jan. '19. 

BARCUS, W. J. E. (Ill) Capt., Ord. Corps, Gun Div., Dec. '17. 

BATCHELDER, R. J. (IV) 1st Lt., Amer: Red Cross. In Italy, 1 Feb. '18 — 1 Apr. '19; Dept. of Civil Affairs 
at Rome; organized and directed relief stations in the provinces near Rome. 

BOND, F. M. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps, N. A. Capt., O. R. C, 5 July '17; Maj., Ord. Corps. 25 July '18. Frank- 
ford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., training for inspection of small arms ammunition, 5 July '17; Rock Island 
Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., training for inspection of gun carriages and gun carriage parts, 10 Aug. '17; Army 
Inspector of Ord., St. Louis, Mo., 12 Sept. '17; Army Inspector of Ord., Pullman, 111., 10 June '18; Chicago 
Dist. Ord. Claims Bd., assisting in settlement of suspended ordnance contracts, I July '19. 

BROWN, E. L., JR. (II) Capt., Engr. R. C. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, 29 Sept. '17; called to active duty, 28 Dec. '17; 
Capt., after discharge. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 28 Dec. '17; Genera! Ener. Depot. Washing- 
ton, D. C, 19 Feb.— 8 Oct. '18; Purchase, Storage and Traffic Div., General Staff, Chicago, 111.. 8 Oct. '18— 
15 Jan. '19. Gen. Supply Depot, Zone 7, Chicago, 15 Jan. — 16 June '19. 

CALLAWAY, H. R. (II) 1st Lt., F. A. Repl. Troops, Camp Taylor, Ky., Aug.— 12 Dec' 18. See Civilian Record. 

CATON, J. H., 3d (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 10 July '17; active duty, 25 Sept. '17; Maj., S Apr. '19, 
Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Sept. '17; mth Engrs., Camp Bowie, Texas, Dec. '17; organized and trained Co. F. 

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33d Engrs. at Camp Devens, Jan. — June '18. A. E. F., June '18 — 5 July '19; Co. and Bn. Comdr., 33d 
Engrs., and Highway and Street Engr. for Base Sect. No. 5. (Page 222.) 

CHANDLER, H. D. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. C. 0., 2d Provisional Co., East Boston* 28 Aug. '17, on guard duty 
at the docks in establishment and control of barred waterfront zones of Boston Harbor; Aide-de-Camp to 
Maj. Gen. Crozier, Commanding Northeastern Dept., 5 Aug. '18; Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. C. R. Edwards, 
Commanding Northeastern Dept., 1 Dec. '18. 

CHAPMAN, G. H. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. A. 15th Aero Cons. Co. Disch., 3 1 Dec. '18. 

CHILD, HUNTLEY (III). Capt., M. T. C. Atlanta and New York, Sept. '18— May '19. See Civilian Record. 

CHURCH, E. S. (II) Capt.. A. S. P. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 22 Jan. '18; Capt., 16 Aug. '18. Designed 

trailers and equipment for Air Service for three months; Aide to Bd. to Standardize Rolling Kitchens, designing 

and building rolling kitchen now accepted as the Army standard; assigned to Production Div., A. S.; Asst. 

Chief of Trailer Sect. Purchase and Storage Div. Motor Branch, Sept. '18; Acting Chief, I Oct. '18 — 

1 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 

CLARK, W. D. (VI) Capt., A. S. P. 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, Feb. '18; Capt., A. S. P. Spruce Prod. 
Div. Disch., 27 Jan. '19. 

COBURN, F. G. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Naval Constructor, Mgr., Naval Aircraft Factory, Navy Yard, 
Philadelphia, Pa. (Page 250.) 

COHEN, A. S. (II) Capt. Ord. Corps. Entered Service 29 Sept. '17. Stationed at Watertown Arsenal, Water- 
town, Mass. 

COLEMAN, G. S. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Commissioned 19 July '18; active duty, 27 July '18. Camp Lee and Camp 
Humphreys 27 July — 2 Oct. '18; Camp Forrest, Engrs. 25 Oct. — 6 Jan. '19. 2d in Command, Co. C, Camp 
Humphreys, 2 Oct. — 25 Oct. '18; Camp Forrest, Ga., 25 Oct. — -6 Jan. '19. 

COTTER, C. S. (XIII) Pvt., Canadian Inf. 58th Canadian Inf. Bn., 1 Feb. '16. C. E. F., France and Belgium, 
Nov. '16 — Feb. '19; in all the engagements taken part in by the Canadian Corps during that period; Infantry 
Scout, nine months in trenches; Brigade Draftsman, fifteen months in the trenches; never missed a trip in 
the line with 9th Canadian Inf. Brig, while in France. Belgian and French Croix de Guerres. 

DADDOW, S. H. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., Sig. C, 29 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. 28 June '18. School of Military 
Aeronautics M. I. T. 29 Jan. '18; Union Switch and Signal Co., Swissvale, Pa., I July; Rockwell Field, San 
Diego, Calif., 19 Aug. '18. 

DAVIDSON, J. H. (VI) Maj., Inf. 9th Bn., 166th Depot Brig., Camp Lewis, Washington, Feb. '18; in charge of 
inspection of accumulated storage, and disposition of all records of all organizations demobilized at Camp 
Lewis; Member of special board to determine value of stock and fixtures left in exchanges by outgoing troops, 
Dec. '18. 

DE LOACH, J. K. (XIII) Capt., Engrs. 20th Engrs., 3 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 10 May '18—29 July '19. 

DENNEY, M. E. (XIII) Maj., British Inf. Lt., Inf., Oct. '14; later M. G. Corps, nth Argyll and Sutherland 
Highlanders; Capt., June '15; Maj., Oct. '16. B. E. F., Oct. '14 — June '17; at the Admiralty, June '17 — 
July '18. Loos, Sept. '15. Mentioned in Despatches Commander-in-Chief, B. E. F., July '18. 

de VEYRA, M. P. (I) 1st Lt., Inf. Philippine Div., 5 July '18. See Civilian Record. 

DICKINSON, DWIGHT, JR. (I) Lt., M. C, U. S. N., attached 5th Regt. Marines, 2d Div. Entered Service, 
28 Apr. '11; Lt., 18 May '18. U. S. Marine Recruiting Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, 6 Apr. '17 — 6 Jan. '18; 
Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., 8 Jan. — 17 May '18. A. E. F., 8 June '18 — 26 July '19; Marine Training 
Bn., Chatillon-sur-Cher, 14 June — 24 Aug. '18; Bn. Surgeon, 2d Bn., 5th Regt. Marines, 2d Div., 27 Aug. '18. 
St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne Offensive (Blanc Mont); Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Landres-et-St. Georges 
to Mouzon); Army of Occupation. Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with Gold Star; Divisional 
Citation. (Pages 132 and 195.) 

DOUGLASS, A. S. (I) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Capt., 14 Sept. '17; Maj., 15 Jan. '18; Lt.-Col., 25 Mch. '19. General 
Supervising Inspector of Ordnance Material, Sept. '17 — Mch. '18; Inspection Mgr., Boston Ord. Dist., spring 
'18; Ord. Dist. Chief and Chairman, Dist. Claims Bd., 20 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

DRULEY, W. P. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. 

DUN, H. W., JR. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., 15 May '17; 1st Lt., 12 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 10 Jan. '18—28 May 
'19; 21st Engrs. (Ry.), serving 1st Army. St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. 

ELLIS, ALEXANDER (HI) 1st Lt, Q. M. C. 101st Engrs, June '17. A. E. F, Oct. '17— Jan. '19; trans- 
ferred from 101st Engrs. to Chief, Bu. of Fire Prevention, Q. M. C, 9 May '18; Deputy Chief of Bu, 17 
June — 7 Dec. '18. (Page 222.) 

ELLIS, H. A, Lt. Comdr, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), 1 July '17; Lt. Comdr, 1 July '18. 1st Asst. Engr, U.S.S. Ken- 
tucky; Asst. Gunnery Officer, U.S.S. Kansas, Feb. '18; Executive U.S.S. Tacoma, on convoy duty; Navigator, 
U.S.S. Huntington, carrying returning troops. 

ELTON, H. C. (I) 1st Lt, Engr. O. R. C. Commissioned, 4 June '17. American University, 5-21 Sept. '17. 
See Civilian Record. 

ESTEN, P. A. (V) Cadet, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch, 12th Obsn. Btry, 26 Training Btry, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. 
Sch, 16 Oct. — 29 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

EWING, C. G. (Ill) Pvt. 1 cl, Q. M. C. Remount Div.; Off. Tr. Sch, 2 Sept.— 30 Nov. '19. 

FERNALD, P. E. (Ill) 1st Lt, 147th Engrs, Ft. Harrison, Md, Oct. '18. 

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*FORD, C. C. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 127). 

FORD, W. D. (II) Ensign (T.), U. S. N., 18 Sept. '18. U. S. N. R. F., 6 June '18; Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
until 18 Sept. '18; U. S. N. Transport Harrisburg, Sept. '18 — 3 July '19. 

FRENCH, H. W. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Commissioned, 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Gas Service, Lines of Communi- 
cation, Dec. '17; Hq., S. 0. S., General Staff, Tours, Sept. '18. 

FRETZ, P. H. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N., Mare Island, Calif. (Page 249.) 

FRIEDMAN, F. J. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Dec. '17; Capt., 27 Sept. '18. 126th Ord. Depot, Watervliet 
Arsenal, 28 Aug. '17; Camp Sevier, S. C, Jan. — Sept. '18; Camp Jackson, S. C, Sept. — Nov. '18; Ft. Sill, 
Okla., Nov. '18— Aug. '19. 

GERRISH, H. T. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., 2 Sept. '17; Capt., Aug. '18; Inst., Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 2 Jan.— 
2 Sept. '18; Capt., C. O., Co. F, 218th Engrs., Camp Travis, Texas, 5 Feb. '19. 

GIMSON, B. L. (II) 2d Lt., British Army Service Corps. Pvt., Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport, 

May '16; Sgt., 26 July '16; 2d Lt., 21 Jan. '18. B. E. F., July '16 — June '19; commanded section of fifty 

men and sixty lorries; supplied ammunition throughout the German Offensive on Ypres Sector, Apr. '18; 

carried supplies and ammunition to New Zealand Div., autumn '18; crossed the Rhine at Cologne, 21 Dec. 

'18. Ypres Defensive, Apr. '18, Lys Offensive, Aug. — Nov. '18; Army of Occupation. 
GIVEN, W. B., JR. (VI) Capt., Inf. 2d Lt., 12 May '17; 1st Lt., 15 Aug. '17; Capt., 18 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 

4 Nov. '17 — 18 Mch. '19. Luneville Sector; Baccarat Sector; Belfort Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 

Argonne Offensive (Sedan). 
GURNEY, H. P. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Gas Defense Div., 24 Feb. '18. At Philadelphia (Pa.), and Long Island 

Laboratories; after armistice, Material Disposition Sect., until disch., 12 Apr. '19. 
HAGOOD, LEE (VI) 1st Lt., U. S. A., retired. Entered Service, Aug. '99; retired Oct. '06. Appointed Asst. 

Military Attache, American Military Mission, Petrograd, Russia, from beginning of war until Mch. '18. 

(Page 3 so.) 

HANLEY, G. T. (VII) Maj., F. A. A. E. F., Btry. B, 103d F. A., Nov. '18; 54th F. A.; returned to U. S. as 
inst. at camp in Texas. 

HEIMER, P. H. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., 1st Repl. Regt. Engrs., 2 Sept. '17; Capt., 15 Sept. '18. Wash- 
ington Barracks, Washington, D. C, training engr. troops and instructing in lithographic methods of map 
reproduction in the field; Camp Forrest, Ga., in command of three hundred recruits. 

HENNAN, R. D. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Co. E, 2d Regt., 12 Sept. '18. 

HOLMES, B. B. (Ill) Maj., C. A. C. Capt., 63d C. A. C. 15 July '17; Maj., 11 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 13 July 
'18—26 Feb. '19. Washington, D. C, Feb.— Nov. '19. 

HYDE, R. T. (IV) 2d Lt., 40th Engrs. (Camouflage Sect.). Pvt., Engrs., 20 Feb. '18; Mr. Engr. (j. g.), 2 May '18; 
2d Lt., 19 Sept. '18. In charge largest piece of camouflage done at Sandy Hook Proving Grounds for which 
special paints were prepared; in charge of Experimental Detachment; investigated scientific means of camou- 
flage protection and detection. 

IASIGI, O. A. (VI) Sous-Chef, American Ambulance Field Service. Sect. 1, '15; Sect. 8, '16. In France, 30 Jan. 
'15 — 4 July '15; 25 Apr. '16 — 2 Jan. '17. Second Battle of Ypres, '15; Verdun, '16. 

KERR, W. C. (X) istLt., A. S. Pvt., 23d Engrs., 11 Oct. '17; transferred to Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 22 Oct. '17; 
1st Lt., A. S., Nov. '18. A. E. F., 29 Oct. '17— Dec. '18. 

KIBBEY, J. R. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Winfield Scott, Calif., 12 May— 15 Aug. '17; 1st. Lt., 
C. A. C, 15 Aug. '17; Capt., 23 Nov. '17. Ft. MacArthur, Calif., 15 Aug. '17—30 May '18. A. E. F., 

19 June — 19 Dec. '18; two weeks with French Army, Anti-Aircraft Arty., at Cel-de-la-Schlucht, Alsace, 
8-23 Aug. '18; Inst., Anti-Aircraft Arty., Arnouville, France, I Sept. — 5 Dec. '18. 

KINTNER, E. G. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 12 Sept. '98. Engaged in repairing German 
interned ships, Balboa, Canal Zone. 

LOCKE, J. H. (VIII) Capt., Ord. Sect., O. R. C. Not assigned active duty and resigned to remain with Com- 
monwealth Steel Co. See Civilian Record. 

LOOMIS, L. A. (Ill) Maj., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Service, 15 Aug. '17; Capt., C. W. S., 9 Oct. '18; 
Maj., 29 Oct. Organized 1st Unit of Gas Defense Service to go to France. A. E. F., 14 Nov. '17 — 13 Jan. '19; 
Gas Officer, St. Nazaire, Nov. '17; in charge, Depot Sect, of Gas Service, Tours, handling all Gas Service 
supplies in France, 13 Mch. '18. 

LUTHER, H. B. (I) Lt., U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U S. N. R. F., 27 Nov. '17; transferred to C. C, June '18; Lt., 

27 July '18. Engr. Sect., Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, July '17 — Mch. '19. 
LYON, 0. S. (II) Corp., Inf. Co. F, 107th Inf., 27th Div., 4 May '17. A. E. F., East Poperinghe Line, 9-20 July 

'18; Dickebush, 21-30 Aug. '18; Somme Offensive; Hindenburg Line, 29-30 Sept., La Selle River, 17 Oct., 

Jonctmer Ridge, 18 Oct., St. Maurice River, 20 Oct. '18. 
MacNUTT, J. S. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Commissioned, 5 Aug. '18. Sanitary Supervision of Camp Water Supply, 

Camp Lee, Va.; commanded Camp Sn. Detachment; Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Sherman, Ohio; Camp Surgeon's 

Office, Camp Knox, Stithton, Ky. 
MANNING, R. E. (VI) istLt.,Q. M.C. Pvt., Inf., 5 Jan. '18; Corp., 20 Apr.; 1st Lt.,Q. M. C, 7May. A. E. F., 

20 May — 16 Dec. '18; Bu. of Fire Prevention, on inspection and engr. work covering all American property in 
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MERRITT, A. R. (IV) reported to be in France in service, Apr. '19. 

MORRISON, C. W. (I) Pvt., Inf., Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

MYERS, D. B. (Ill) Maj., Engrs. Capt., E. R. C, 30 June '17; on active duty, 2 Sept. '17; Maj., Engrs., 4 Oct. 

'18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 2 Sept. '17; 304th Engrs., Camp Meade, Md., 10 Dec. '17. 

A. E. F., 18 July '18 — Apr. '19; in command, 1st Bn., 304th Engrs., 79th Div. St. Mihiel Offensive (in 

reserve); Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Montfaucon and Grande Montaigne). • 

PATTEN, H. C. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. 2d Lt., Sig. C, 3 Dec/17; 1st Lt., Finance Dept., A. S., 13 Aug. '18. 

Detached service, as Ex. Asst. to the Officer in Charge, Finance Dept., Detro't, Mich., until 9 July '19. 
PHILLIPS, G. W., with American Field Service, attached French Army '15 — '16. 
POWELL, P. R., (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Enlisted in Maryland National Guard F. A., July '16; 2d Lt., Engrs., 

13 June '17; transferred to A. S. A., 23 Jan. '18. Disch., fall '19. 
PRESTON, C. H. (IV)C.Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.) 29th Co., Div. C, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 

summer '18. 
QUINLAN, G. A. (I) Maj., Engrs. 2d Bn., 113th Engrs., A. E. F. 
RAPELYE, H. A. (II) Maj., Inf. Capt., Inf., 7 May '17; Maj., 26 Feb., '19 and Adj., 158th Inf. Brig. 4th Prov. 

Tr. Regt.; Hq., 79th Div., Camp Meade, Md., 29 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Nov. '17— Feb. '18 and 1 July '18— 

18 May '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Troyon Sector. Divisional Citation. (Page 4.) 
REED, W. D. (IV) Capt., Engrs. Adj., Hq. Co., 115th Engrs., Camp Kearney, Calif. A. E. F., Army Staff 

College, Mch. '18. 
RYDEN, R. W. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 11 Sept. '99; Lt. Comdr., Apr. '17; Comdr., 

1 July '18. In Philippines, Sept. '15 — Mch. '18; inspected ex-German merchant vessels interned in Manila! 

supervised hull work when a number of them were taken over, overhauled and repaired at Olangapo. Bu. 

Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, May — Sept. '18; U. S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 

Sept. '18 — end of war. 
SCHRIEFER, H. C. (Ill) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 27 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., Sept. '18. A. E. F., Mch. '18— 

Jan. '19; 23d Engrs., building roads; Bu. of Fire Prevention, Hq., S. 0. S., June '18. 
SPURR, H. V. (I) Capt., Engrs. Candidate, 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 25 Aug.— 26 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 

Inf., 26 Nov. '17; resigned commission same day. Capt., Engr. R. C, 15 July '18; discharged, 7 Jan. '19; 

recommissioned Capt., Engr. R. C, 10 Mch. '19. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 10 Aug. — 28 

Oct. '18; 9th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Fremont, Calif., 4 Nov. — 13 Dec. '18. 
STEELE, C. D. (XIII) Corp., Engrs. Corp., 604th Engrs., 8 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 1 Sept. '18—25 June '19^ 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
STEESE, C. M. (II) Col., Ord. Corps. At Washington, D. C, and Tours, France, sometime before Sept. '18. 

Returned to U. S., July '19. (Page 252.) 

TOPPAN, W. H. (X) Capt., C. A. C. Res. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; Ft. Monroe, June '17; 
Capt., C. A. C, 15 Aug. '17. 73d Regt., Railway Arty. C. A. C, Coast Defense of Boston until Sept. '18. 
A. E. F., Sept.— Dec. '18. 

WADE, C. L. (II) 1st Lt., Engr. R. C. Entered Service, 4 Sept. '17. At Charleston, S. C, working on military 
maps with U. S. Geological Survey, 28 Sept. '17; Camp Humphreys, Va., on Staff in Personnel work, 1 Apr. '18; 
Camp Forrest, Ga., with 212th Engrs., 1 Aug.; with 212th Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., Sept., '18. Disch., 
Feb. '19, to go with Federal Bd. for Vocational Education, Rehabilitation Div., Boston, Mass. 

WEEKS, A. T. (II) Pvt., American Field Service, France, Sept. — 25 Oct. '17. See Civilian Record. 

WEEKS, H. E. (VI) 2d Lt._, A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Sig. R. C, Dec. '16; Flying Cadet, 1st Flying Cadet Co., Balloon 
Div., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, Ft. Omaha, Neb.; graduated as 2d Lt. from Balloon School, Omaha, 19 Apr. 
'18; graduated School of Military Aeronautics, Ohio State University, Columbus, 15 June '18. Flight Inst, 
and Inst, in Aerial Photography, Arcadia, Calif. 

WELLINGTON, H. W. (Ill) Asst. Surg., U. S. N. U.S.S. New Jersey. 

WESTERVELT, G. C. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, '97; Lt. Comdr., Apr. '17; Comdr- 
1 Aug. '17. Supt. Constructor, Jan. '17 and General Inspector of Aircraft, 1 July '18; on Special Aviation 
Mission with joint Army and Navy Bd., 1 July — 1 Sept. '17, in Europe; on special aviation duty, I Aug. — 

16 Dec. '18; had general charge, outside of Washington and the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, of the 
building of aircraft for the Navy Dept., under the Bu. of Cons, and Repair, including the design and building 
of the NC Flying Boats used in the transatlantic flight. (Page 244.) 

WHITING, M. T. (I) Capt., Cons. Div., Q. M. C. Capt., Cons. Div., Q. M. C, Washington, D. C, 10 Aug. '18; 
Asst. to Cons. Q. M., Camp Mills, N. Y., 20 Sept., at Camp Mills, N. Y., and U. S. Base Hospital, Mineola, 

WHITTEN, ERNEST (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Ord. Motor Instruction Sch., Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J.; 

17 Aug. '18.; Ord. Officer, 27th F. A., 9th Div., Camp McClellan, Ala., 1 Oct. '18— 1 Feb. '19. 
WHITTLE, G. D. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 7 Nov.— 10 Dec. '18. 

WILLIAMS, E. I. (IV) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. Italian Comm., Rome, 20 Nov. '17; organized and directed 
Genoa Office for Dist. of Liguria, 27 Dec. '17, until closing down of Amer. Red Cross activities in Italy, 
21 Jan. '19. 

WILLSON, E. R. (VI) Sec, Y. M. C. A., with "Foyer du Soldat" Branch. 

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ALMY, E. T., JR. (Ill) Pvt., Engrs., 23 July '18. Co. D, 210th Engrs., 10th Div.; 20th Co., 164th Depot Brig, 
awaiting call to Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, I Nov. See Civilian Record. 

ATHERTON, T. H., JR. (IV) Capt., F. A. 1st Lt., 3d Pa., F. A., 8 Aug. '16; Capt., F. A., 30 June '17. Federal 
Service on Mexican Border; 109th F. A., 53d Brig., 30 June '17; C. O., Btry. F, 26 Nov. A. E. F., 18 May '18 
— 30 May '19. Fismes-Vesle Sector, 11-18 Aug.; Oise-Aisne Offensive, 18 Aug. — 9 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne 
Sector, 22-26 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 8 Oct.; Ypres-Lys Offensive, 29 Oct. — 11 Nov. 
Divisional Citation; Belgian Croix de Guerre; French Croix de Guerre with Palm. (Pages 147, 152, 187 and 190.) 

BELKNAP, H. P. (II) Corp., Inf., '17. 13th Co., 4th Bn., 151st Dep. Brig., Camp Devens, May '18; 3d Co., 
Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, Mass., June. A. E. F., '18; 151st Dep. Brig., 76th Div. 

BETTINGTON, E. M. (VI) Maj., Royal Air Force, B. E. F. 

BISHOP, F. H., Corp., Engrs. A. E. F., with 40th Engrs. (Camouflage). 

BLACK, T. B. (Ill) 1st Lt., F. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Snelling, Minn., 27 Aug. '17; 338th F. A, Camp Dodge, 
Iowa, Dec; Dunwoody Institute Training Detachment, Minneapolis, Minn., 15 May '18; C. O., S. A. T. C. 
Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis., 11 Sept. '18. 

BLANKENBUEHLER, R. E. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Explosives, Chemicals and Loading Div., Office of Chief 

of Ord., War Dept., Washington, D. C. 
BLODGET, W. P. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 23 Aug. '17; Capt., C. A. C, 27 Nov. 17th Co., C. A. C, 

Boston, Mass., 27 Nov.; 16th Co., 4 May '18; C. 0., Hq. Co., 71st Regt. Arty., 18 May. A. E. F., 31 July 

'18 — 11 Feb. '19; with French 65th Div., near Nancy (Moselle) to study Arty. Information Service, Oct. '18; 

Rejoined 71st Regt., 1 Nov. '18. 
BLOOD, K. T. (XIII) Maj., C. A. C. Entered Service, '11; 1st Lt., C. A. C, 1 Tulv '16; Capt., 15 May '17; Maj., 

30 July '18. Ft. Totten, N. Y. A. E. F., 20 June— 9 Nov. '19. 

BOLLENBACHER, J. C. (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. P. 45th Aero Sq., 26 Oct. '17. A. E. F„ 3 Dec. '17—5 May '19; 

at Romorantin building Air Service Production Center No. 2; later in charge of Hospital Cons., Dist. of 

Paris; 485th Aero Sq., 5 May '18. (Page 221.) 
BORDER, L. S. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Asst. to Outside Supt., Norfolk Navy Yard, Apr. '17; in charge 

of Sect, of Auxiliaries, Design Div., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., in charge of fitting out and altering 

merchant vessels used as troop transports. 

BOUNETHEAU, H. D. (IV) C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F. Dept. of Public Works, Charlestown Navy Yard, '18. 
' BURGHER, B. Y. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. A. S. Mechanics Sch., Kelly Field, Texas, 21 Jan. '18; Adj., Training Dept., 

Mechanics Sch., Kelly Field. 
CABOT, SAMUEL (V) Maj., Inf. 1st Lt., 12 May '17; Capt., 15 Aug.; Maj., 30 Dec. Plattsburg Tr. Camp, 

May '17; 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., Sept.'i7; 303d Inf., May '18; 106th Inf., Dec. A. E. F., 

July '18— Mch. '19. 
CAMPBELL, ALFRED (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 2 Aug. '18; Warrant Machinist, 

15 Nov.; Ensign, Feb. '19. U. S. N. Transport Service, U.S.S. Julia Luckenbach, and U.S.S. Santa Rosa. 
CARPENTER, K. E. (IV) Engr., Clerk, Transportation Corps. Entered Service, 18 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 23 Nov. 

'17 — fall '19. Paris, Nov. '17; Tours, Mch., '18; Paris. Sept. '19; on drafting bd. in connection with storage 

yards, engine terminals, regulating stations, and station and dock facilities for American railroads in France. 
CARTER, C. C. (VI) Lt.-Col., U. S. A. Entered Service, 15 June '95; Lt.-Col., 15 Aug. '17. Prof., U. S. Military 

Academy, '17. A. E. F., July — Aug. '18; Special Observer, Aisne-Marne Offensive, 27-28 July '18; Somme 

Offensive, 8 Aug. '18. 
CHAPMAN, L. D. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 5 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 26 June '18. 6th Co., Boston, C. A. C, 

5 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 18 July '18—10 Feb. '19. 
CLARK, M. S. (Ill) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., May; 2d Lt., July. 3d Off. Tr. Sch., 5 Jan. '18; 

308th Inf., Apr. A. E. F., Apr. '18 — Apr. '19; 23d Inf., July '18; 147th Inf., Feb. '19. Baccarat Sector; 

St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne Offensive. Prisoner of War in Germany, 4 Oct. — 30 Nov. '18. Wounded 

by shell. 
CRAWFORD, C. H. (I) Lt.-Col., General Staff. Maj., Engrs., later General Staff, 15 Mch. '18; Lt.-Col., 20 July. 

General Engr. Depot, Washington, D. C, Mch. '18. See Civilian Record. 

CROWLEY, F. C. V. (I) Capt., Cav. C. 0., M. G. Troop, 5th Cav., Ft. Bliss, Texas. 

DEWEY, BRADLEY (X) Col., C. W. S. Capt., O. R. C, July '17; Maj., Sn. C, 31 July; Lt.-Col., 13 Feb. '18; 
Col., C. W. S., 13 July. A. E. F., 24 Mch. — 31 May '18; educational and investigation work in France. 
Distinguished Service Medal. See Civilian Record and pages 139 and 254. 

DICKERMAN, A. L., JR. (Ill) Maj., Q. M. C. Capt., Ord. Corps, Nov. '17; Maj., Q. M. C, Aug. '18. Fuel 
Branch, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Nov. '17. A. E. F., Sept. '18— Mch. '19. 

DOLE, H. H. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 2 Apr. '17. Public Works Dept. and Enrollment 
Dept., Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass.; construction and maintenance work, Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H.; 
Special Prison Reform Work, Naval Prison, Portsmouth, N. H. 

DROWN, H. C. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 10 May '17; 2d Lt., 27 June; 1st Lt., 23 Feb. '18. 101st 
Engrs., 26th Div., Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — 4 Apr. '19. Xivray-Marvoisin, 16 June '18; 

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Champagne-Mame Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
Wounded near town of Belleau, 19 July '18. 

EDDY, L. C. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), (T.), U. S. N. R. F. 2d Lt., U. S. R., 1 Aug. '17 (inactive and honorably discharged); 
Ensign (T.) ,18 Sept. '18; Lt. (j. g.), (T.), 1 July '19. In transport service, U.S.S. Missouri, U.S.S. ^Eolus. 
See Civilian Record. 

ELLIS, RIDSDALE (XIV) Pvt., Inf., 26 May '18. Assigned to International Filter Co., Chicago, 111., on chemi- 
cal research work for Govt., 26 May '18 — 20 Jan. '19. 

*FELLOWS, R. H. (I, IV). See Roll of Honor (page 93). 

FENGER, F. A. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 27 Mch. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 21 Sept. '18. 

Survey of merchant vessels, 27 Mch. '17; Asst. Navigator and Jr. Div. Officer, U.S.S. Chester, 26 Apr. '17. 

A. E. F., Aug. '17 — Dec. '18; convoy between Gibraltar and England; Cons. Officer, U.S.S. Prometheus, 

Brest, France, 23 Oct. Engagement with U-53, 5 Sept. '18. 
FERGUSON, W. C. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. istLt.,Ord. Corps, 21 Aug. '17; Capt., 15 Aug. '19. Manila Ord. 

Depot, P. I., Oct. '17— Aug. '18. A. E. F., Siberia, Aug.— Nov. '18. Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., 

Dec. '18. 
FLAGG, MONTAGUE (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Convoy escort out of New York. 

GORDON, W. S., JR. (II) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp., 13 May '17; 1st Lt., Cav.; resigned commis- 
sion to enter A. S., 10 Aug.; Cadet, A. S.; 1st Lt., 6 June '18. Off. Tr. Camp., Plattsburg, 13 May '17; 

M. I. T. Ground School for Aviation, n Aug. '17. A. E. F., 28 Oct. '17— '19; Cadet Flying School; Officer 

in Charge of Ground Training, 3d Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudon, 6 June '18; Commandant of School, 

No. 3, St. Maxient, 6 July — 23 Dec. 
GREEN, F. M. (VI) Lt.-Col, C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, '10; istLt., '16; Capt., 15 May '17; Mai. (T.), 24 June 

'18; Lt.-Col. (T.), 19 Oct. Ballistic Work, Ft. Monroe, Va.; Inst., 1st and 2d R. O. T. C, Ft. Monroe- in 

charge C. A. Sect., R. 0. T. C, M. I. T. 
GREEN, W. D. (I) 2d Lt., Inf. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp., 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug. 104th Engrs., 

Camp McClellan, Ala., Sept. '17; 14th N. Y. Inf., later 2d Pioneer Inf., Camp Wadsworth, S. C, Oct. '17; 

Student, School of the Line, Camp Sherman, Ohio, attached to 322d M. G. Bn., Jan. '18; M. G. Tr. Cen- 
ter, Camp Hancock, Ga., May — Dec. '18. 
HARRUB, C. N. (XI) Sn. Engr., with rank of 1st Lt., later Capt., Public Health Service. Camp Johnston, 

Jacksonville, Fla., in charge of malaria control work in the extra-cantonment zone, around Jacksonville, 

South Jacksonville, and the near-by shipyards, Jan. '18 — Jan. '19. 

HARTWELL, A. E. (II) istLt.,Engr. R. C. Candidate Officer, 11 May '17; istLt., Engr. R. C, 28 June. Engr. 

Off. Tr. Sch., Leon Springs, Texas, 11 May '17; Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; Officer in Charge, Engr. Sub-depot 

and C. O., 425th Engrs., Camp Wheeler, Ga., 9 Sept. — 17 Jan. '19. 
HATTON, J. M. (IV) Capt., Sect, of Cons., Amer. Red Cross, 1 Sept. '18. France, 5 Oct., '18— 28 June '19, 

at Le Mans (Sarthe). 
HAVENS, H. L. (XI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Camp., 5 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., Engrs.; Capt., Sept. '18. 

Engr. Off. Tr. Camp., Camp Lee, Va.; Post Personnel Adj., Washington Barracks, D. C, 8 Feb. '18. 
HEIDELBERG, F. M. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 6 Jan. '18. Inspector of Ord., Bethlehem 

Steel Works, 30 June '17; Asst. Inspection Mgr., Chicago Dist., 23 Aug.' '18; Inspector of Ord., Dunbar 

Mfg. Co., Variety Mfg. Co., and Wilcor Mfg. Co., 4 Dec. '18; Asst. to Ord. Inspector, Stand Drop Forgings 

Co., Indiana Harbor, Ind. 
HEROLD, A. F. (II) 1st Lt., Inf., attached A. S. 1st Lt., Inf., 14 May '17; attached A. S., 22 Sept. '17. 91st 

Div. (unassigned), 14 Aug. '17; 137th Inf., 35th Div., 2 Sept.; A. S., (Casual), 22 Sept. '17. A. E. F., Dec. 

'17 — Nov. '18; 12th Aero Sq., Apr. '18; served with French Escadrille 287 near Verdun, Mch. and Apr. '18. 

Wounded severely near Baccarat, 24 June '18. Croix de Guerre. Inst., Post Field Observers' School 

Washington, D. C, Dec. '18. (Page 204.) 
HOWARD, H. S. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, '00; Comdr., '16. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 

N. H., in charge of design and construction of submarines. 
HOYT, R. N. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt., Sn. C, 27 Aug. '17; Capt., 6 May '18. Organized Sn. Sqds. 119 and 

120, Camp Crane, Oct. '18. A. E. F., 12 Nov. '18 — '19; Sn. Sqd. 120, Bordeaux; Chief Sn. Inspector, Bor- 
deaux Embarkation Camp, '19. See Civilian Record. 

IRWIN, R. E. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. Entered Service, ts Dec. '17. Sn. Engr., Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Jan. '18; 

Camp Sn. Inspector, 9 June; Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Custer, Mich.,' 25 Oct. '18 — 14 Mch. '19. 
JACOBS, C. D. (II) Maj. Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 2 July '17; Maj., 10 Sept. '18. Officer in Charge, Military 

Mapping at Camp Devens, Mass., Northeastern Dept., 2 July '17; Topographical Officer, 101st Engrs., 

1 Sept. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — 1 Sept. '18. Pas Fini Sector, (Chateau-Thierry). Camp Humphreys, Va., 

1 Sept. '18; later, Office of Chief of Engrs., Washington, D. C. 
JENNESS, H. L. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 22 Sept. '17; Sgt., Oct.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. 315th Inf., 79th Div., 

22 Sept. '17; Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Lee. Va., 1 Jan. '18; Co. F, 63d Inf., nth Div., Camp Meade, Md., 

1 June '18 — 1 Feb. '19. 
JONES, R. L. (VI) Capt., Sig. R. C. Entered Service, 4 Apr. '17. Detached service in charge of a group of 

scientists and engineers employed by the Western Electric Co., developing communication and detection 

apparatus for use in airplanes, for detecting underground mining operations, and for locating submarines. 

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JUDD, A. C. (XIII) Maj., Inf. Capt., Inf., 14 May '17; Maj., 2 Sept. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 
Regtl. Adj., 310th Inf., 28 Aug. '17—6 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 20 May '18—6 June '19; Army School of the 
Line, Langres, 7 Oct. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Limey Sector. 

KING, W. W. (X) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. C. 0., 42c! Aero Sq., Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, fall '17; Elling- 
ton Field, Texas. 
RURTZMANN, CHRISTIAN (IX) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, 29 Aug.; 

ist-Lt., Apr. '18. 1st Tr. Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., 15 May '17; Camp Q. M. Office, Camp Dix, N.J., 

29 Aug.; 303d Supply Tn., 78th Div. A. E. F., 27 May '18— 6 June '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 

Argonne Offensive. 
LATIMER, R. C. (II) 1st Lt., Army Service Corps. 2d Lt., C. A. C, Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Army Service Corps, 

Feb. '19. A. E. F., 1 Mch. '18—5 July '19. 
LAZENBY, P. H. (I) Maj., 2d Canadian Engrs. (Pioneers). C. E. F., Mch. '16; Ypres, Mch.-Aug. '16; Somme, 

Aug.-Oct. '16; Arras Sector, Oct. '16; Vimy Ridge, Jan. — June '17. 
LOFTING, H. J. (Ill) 2d Lt., Irish Guards. B. E. F., Wounded in Flanders, July '17; invalided back from front, 

July '18. British Recruiting Mission, New York. Attached to Ministry of Information, Nov. '18; Speaker 

for United War Work Drive. 
LOUD, F. M. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 26 July '18; C. M. M., 1 Aug.; Warrant 

Machinist,2i Nov.; Ensign, 1 May '19. U. S. N. Steam Engineering School, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, 

N. J., 26 July '18; Transport Service, 4 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LOUGEE, SHERMAN (I) Pvt., Inf. Entered Service, 24 June '18. 72d Inf., Camp Meade, Md. 

McAULIFFE, W. J. (I) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 14 Mch. '18; C. M. M., Oct. Office 
of Cons. Officer and Inside Shop Supt., Charlestown Navy Yard. See Civilian Record. 

McCLINTOCK, F. S. (II) Maj., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp., 14 May '17; Capt., C. A. R. C, 15 Aug.; Maj. 
C. A. C, 15 Sept. '18. Detached Service, C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 15 Aug. '17; Office of Chief of C. A., 
Washington, D. C, 4 Sept. '18—14 May '19. 

MANSON, A. J., (formerly Menzinski), (III) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, Inspection Div., Washington, D. C, Army 
Inspector, Field Service Div., Ord. Dept., June '18. 

MARTIN, T. deV. (II) Pvt. 1 cl, C. W. S. Entered Service, 22 June '18. Co. A, 2d Bn., Edgewood Arsenal, 
Edgewood, Md. See Civilian Record. 

MARVIN, D. P. (XIII) Capt., U. S. Coast Guard. Entered Service, U. S. Coast Guard, '09; 3d Lt., 6 Apr. '17; 
2d Lt., 31 May '18; istLt., July; Capt., I Sept. '18. On U. S. Coast Guard Ship, Unalga, prevented German 
ships escaping from harbor, Apr. '17; assisted in taking military census of Alaska for the draft; Watch Officer 
during eight convoy trips to the vicinity of the Irish Coast, U.S.S. Denver, Dec. '17 — Nov. '18. 

NICHOLS, R. H. (XI) reported in Aviation Sect., Sig. C. 

OHNUKI, T. R. (II) Capt., Imperial Japanese Navy. Officer, Imperial Japanese Navy, '91; Lt. Comdr., '14; 
Comdr., Dec. '14; Capt., Dec. '18. Engr. Officer, Repair Ship at Tsingtau, China; took part in capture of 
Tsingtau, and organized captured dockyard and refloated ships sunk by the Germans; in Italy to inspect 
submarines built for Japanese Navy, spring '16. Third Order of the Rising Sun from Emperor of Japan; 
Fourth Order of Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro from the King of Italy. (Page 241.) 

PALMER, G. T. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt., Sn. C, 26 Sept. '17; Capt., 12 Apr. '18. Medical Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Greenleaf, Ga., Sept. '17; in Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D. C, making special investiga- 
tions of ventilation of barracks and hospitals and doing epidemiological work, studying the occurrence and 
causes of communicable disease in camps, Feb. '18 — June '19. 

PERRY F. G. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. Pvt., 1st Off. Tr. Sch., 12 May '17; 1st. Lt., C. A.; Capt., 15 Aug. '17. 
Student at 1st Off. Tr. Camp; Inst., Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '18—25 Mch. '19; 
Army School of the Line, Langres, France; in command of Co. at Blois, Dec; St. Aignan; C. O. Casual Co., 
on ship, 25 Mch. '19. 

PUTNAM, H. R. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 18 Feb.' 18. At General Engr. Depot, Washington, D. C, 
purchasing supplies and equipment for 27th Engrs. (Mining) and 28th Engrs. (Quarry), and for Road Making 
Bns. 18 Feb. '18; Representative of Engrs., in estimation of future requirements of supplies and equipment, 
Storage and Purchase Dept., General Staff, June; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., Aug.; C. 0., 
Co. E, 564th Engrs., (Picked Co. of S. A. T. C. men), Oct. '18. 

RADFORD, C. W. (I) Adj., Canadian Cav. Lt., Cav., 6 Dec. '15; Adj. and Paymaster, 15 Feb. '17. Lt., Depot 
Sq., 34th Ft. Garry Horse, Winnipeg, Man., 6 Dec. '15; training men at Winnipeg and Camp Hughes '16; 
Adj. and Paymaster, 15 Feb. '17— 1 Oct. '18. 

RICE, E. T. (Ill, V) Capt., Sig. C. Entered Service, 5 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 17 Aug. '18—13 Feb. '19; Camp 
Bougnen, France; Hq., S. 0. S., Tours, in charge of reorganization of Sig. C. Repair Shops in the Intermediate 
and Advance Sections, S. 0. S., Sept. '18. 

RIEFKOHL, R. W. (II) Maj., C. A. C. Entered Service, 4 Mch. '12; 1st Lt., 1 July '16; Capt., 15 May '17; 
Maj., 3 Aug. '18. 63d Arty. C. A. C. A. E. F., 14 July '18 — '19; Argonne, 30 Sept. — 9 Oct.; Adj., Casual 
Off. Depot, Blois, 14 Jan. '19; Chief of the Inspection Dept., later Adj., Army Service Corps, Hq., S. 0. S., 
Tours, 15 Feb. In charge of Motor Transportation, American Polish Relief Expedition, Warsaw, Poland, 
fighting' typhus fever, 7 Oct. '19. 

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ROSENBLATT, A. M. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, 10 Dec. '17. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp. 25 Sept. '17; 
302c! Engrs., 10 Dec. '17; 33d Engrs., 1 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 8 May '18— 1 June '19; Adj. of U.S.S. Dwinsk; 
Adj. of Detached Bn., 33d Engrs.; after armistice, attached to Sect. Engrs. Office, Brest, in charge of 
lighting of Camp Pontanazen, and installing machinery for water supply. 

RYERSON, E. L. (I) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., A. S. P., 15 Aug. '17; Capt., A. S. A., 16 July '18. Engr. Officer, 
March Field, Riverside, Calif., Aug. '18; rated R. M. A., from March Field; Disch. 21 Feb. '19. See Civilian 
Record. 

*SCHAFFER, HAROLD (III) . See Roll of Honor (page 98) . 

SCHARFF, M. R. (XI) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engrs., 19 Oct. '17, (commissioned 1 Feb. '17); Capt., 5 Nov. '18. 
A. E. F., 19 Oct. '17 — 4 Mch. '19; Asst. in Div. of Water Supply and Sewerage, Office of Director of Cons, 
and Forestry, S. O. S.; in charge of Div. of Water Supply, Office of Sect. Engr., Base Sect. No. 2, Bordeaux, 
17 June '18; Asst. to Deputy Chief Engr., 3 1 Oct.; in charge of Computation and Drafting Sect., War Damages 
Service, U. S. Comm. to Negotiate Peace, 10 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record and pages 61, 219 and 318. 

SCHELL, F. R. (VI) Maj., Inf. 1st Lt., Inf. O. R. C, 6 Nov. '16; active duty, 8 May '17; Capt., 15 Aug. '18, 
Maj., 24 Aug. '18. 1st Plattsburg Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; C. 0., 12th Co., N. Y. Regt., 2d Plattsburg, T. C, 
22 Aug.; C. 0. 1st Co. and Senior Inst., 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Co. and Bn. 
Comdr., I52d Depot Brig., Camp Upton, 1 May. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '18 — 25 Apr. '19; Graduated General 
Staff College, 1 Jan. '19; in charge of investigation of damages to waterways of France for Peace Comm., 
27 Jan.; 4th Sect., General Staff, G. H. Q., Chaumont, 22 Feb. '19. 

SCHNEIDER, FRANZ, JR. (VII) Maj., General Staff. Capt., Mch. '18; Maj., Aug. '18. Chief of Shipping 
Sect., Statistics Branch, General Staff, Aug. '18; Member of General Staff, Nov. '18 — Apr. '19. See Civilian 
Record. 

SHAW, A. L. (I) Capt., Engrs. 11 June '17. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; Capt., Engrs., 11 June '17. 

1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, 14 May '17; Engrs., 76th Div., Camp Devens, Mass., 11 June '17. A. E. F., 

14 July '18 — 13 June '19; Regt. detached from 76th Div., assigned as Corps Engrs., 4th Army Corps, Aug. '18. 

St. Mihiel Offensive; Toul Sector, 17 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation. 
SHERMAN, H. L. (I) Pvt., 1st Co., Los Angeles Coast Artillery, 4 Nov. — 13 Dec. '18. Armistice prevented 

going to C. A. Off. Tr. Sch. Refused for Engrs. on account of poor eyesight. 

SMITH, X. R. (XIII) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 19 Nov. '17. Small Arms Div., Ord. Dept., at Rem- 
ington Arms Co., Winchester Arms Co., and in Washington, D. C, studying methods of mfr. of 1917 Service 
Rifles, and in charge of procuring spare parts for rifles. 

SODERSTROM, F. H. (Ill) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 25 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 8 July. Co. B, 27th Engrs., Camp 
Meade, Md.; Co. P, 21st Engrs. 

STIEBEL, H. J. (Ill) Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Sept. '18. 

STRAUS, A. H. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Entered Service, 20 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 11 Jan. '18—2 Feb. '19; Army 
Laboratory No. 1; general diagnostic laboratory work. 

SVARZ, LOUIS (IV) Pvt., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 

TETLOW, JOHN (X) Lt. 0- g-), U. S. N. R. F., Ensign, U. S. N. R. F.; 25 Jan. '18; Lt., (j. g.), 2 Nov. Asst. 
Naval Inspector of Ord., New England Dist., stationed at Waterbury, Conn., inspection of Waterbury Speed 
Gear, cartridge cases, powder and cartridges, 14 Feb. '18; U. S. Naval Ord. Plant, Baldwin, L. I., 7 Mch. '19, 
mfg. 3", 4", and 5" illuminating projectiles used by N-C boats on trans- Atlantic flight. 

THOMPSON, REBECCA H. (IV) C. Y. (F.), U. S. N. R. F. Drafting Room, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. 

♦THOMSON, STUART (V). See Roll of Honor (page 126). 

*TILLARD, T. A. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 89). 

TOBIN, J. J. (XIII) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. Entered Service, 24 Sept. '18. 304th Stevedore Engrs., and 310th Labor 
Bn., 24 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 26 Oct. '18 — 10 July '19; Night Warehouse Officer, Brest, 26 Oct. '18; Later Ex. 
Officer, Warehouse Div., Brest. See Civilian Record. 

TREUTHARDT, E. L. P. (V) Capt., Q. M. C. Entered Service, 11 Apr. '18. Office of Q. M. General, Wash- 
ington, D. C, in charge of Food Investigation Sect., Inspection Branch, Q. M. C. See Civilian Record. 

TURNER, A. H. (I) Capt., Marine Corps. Entered Service, '17. A. E. F., 1st Bn., 6th Regt., U. S. Marines. 
Severely wounded in action. 

TURNER, CHANNING (IX) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., F. A., Nov.; 146th F. A. 
A. E. F., Feb. '18 — July '19; F. A. Instruction School, Saumur, France, Feb. '18; Adj., June; 145th F. A., Aug. 
'18 — Jan. '19; Adj., School Detachment, University of Dijon, France, Feb. — July '19. Montreuil-aux-Lion 
near Belleau Woods, July; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aime-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation, Coblenz Bridgehead. 

*VAN EETVELDE, RAYMOND (II). See Roll of Honor (page 88). 

VAN INWEGEN, W. B. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, 15 July '17. A. E. F., 22 Jan. '18—12 June '19; 

1st Bn. Hq., Guisseanville. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
*WARE, E. A. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 109). 
WELLS, E. E. (X) Pvt., Canadian Off. Tr. Camp. 

WHITNEY, L. F. (II) Capt., Sig. C. 1st Lt., Aviatipn Sect., Sig. C, 25 June '17; Capt., Sig. C. Office of Chief 
Sig. Officer, June '17. A. E. F., July '18— Jan. '19. 

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WILSON, C. T. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N., 13 May '18; Lt., Jan. '19. Hq., 5th 
Naval Dist., Hampton Roads, Va., in charge of operation and organization of Civilian Labor Corps and the 
distribution of this labor to the various construction jobs in Norfolk and Portsmouth (Va.) dist., May '18 — 
Sept. '19. 

WISWALL,P.M. (V) Capt., C. W. S. istLt., Sn. C.;Capt.,C. W. S. Hero Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. '18; 
Gas Defense Div., Jan. '19. 

WOOD, F. B. (Ill) 1st Lt., Ord. R. C. Entered Service, 20 Aug. '17. Inspector, Small Arms Ammunition at the 
Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn., in charge of inspection of raw materials 
and accessories; did experimental metallurgical work with cartridge case metals. 

1910 

ADLER, L. M. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. Entered Service, June '18. Camp Pike; attached to 4th Co., 1st Bn., 1st Regt., 
159th Depot Brig., Camp Taylor, until 12 Dec. '18. 

ALLEN, MITCHELL (I) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. 5th Cons. Sq., 31 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 1 Apr.— 25 Nov 
'18. 

ALLEN, R. H. (II) Capt., Engrs. Co. C, 308th Engrs., Camp Sherman, Ohio, Dec. '17. Topographical Officer 
308th Engrs., Hq., A. E. F., in Nov. '18. Army of Occupation. 

ALLING, R. B. (I) Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 26th Training Btry., Camp Taylor, Ky., 15 Oct. '18. 

ALMY, CHARLES, JR. (X) Lt.-Col., C. W. S. Capt., Sn. C, N. A., Gas Defense Service, 31 Dec. '17; trans- 
ferred C. W. S. and commissioned Maj., 13 July '18; Lt.-Col., 25 Oct. '18. A. E. F., on special mission, 
1 May — 1 June '18, and 1 July — 1 Sept. '18. 

ANDERSON, M. P. (XIII) 1st Lt., Ord. R. C. F. A. Sect., Carriage Div., Ord. Dept., at Washington, D. C, 
purchasing optical instruments for F. A., Nov. '17 — Jan. '18; transferred, Arty. Sect., Procurement Div., 
Ord. Dept., Jan. '18; purchased optical instruments for the entire Ord. Dept., Jan. — Aug. '18; in charge of 
procurement of all optical instruments for the entire Army, including Corps of Engrs., Aircraft and Sig. C 
8 Aug. '18— 1 Feb. '19. 

APPLIN, F. D. (VI) Lt-Col., C. A. C. 2d Lt., 11 Oct. '09; 1st Lt., 7 July '11; Capt., 28 Jan. '17; Maj., 10 May 
'18; Lt.-Col., 26 Sept. '18. Trained regts. of Hv. Arty, at Camp Eustis, Va. 

ARKELL, W. C. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 2 Aug. '17; Capt., Jan. '18. Supply Div., Washington, D. C. 

ARMES, R. K. (XI) 1 st Lt., Ord. Corps, Candidate, 2d Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 23 Aug. '17; Capt., Ord. 
Corps, '17 Nov. '17. Camp Meade, Ord. Off. Tr. Sch., Dec. '17; C. O., 8th Co., istProv. Regt., Amer. Ord. 
Base Depot in France, Camp Jackson, S. C, Jan. — Feb. '18; 103d Ord. Depot Co., in charge of storehouses, 
Supply Div., Camp Devens, Feb. — June '18; Supply Div., Distributing Officer on Tanks and Tractors, Wash- 
ington, D. C, June '18 — 4 Aug. '19. 

♦AUSTRIAN, S. B. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 97). 

BAKER, F. A. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. R. C. Office of Chief of Ord., Washington, D. C, before May '18. 

BATCHELLER, STILLMAN (III) 1st Lt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., before Apr. '19. 

BATSNER, A. G. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. 1st Lt., Inf. R. C; Co. A, 339th Inf., Camp Custer, Mich., before Jan. '18; 
Co. K, 339th Inf. Archangel, Russia, in Nov. '18. 

BELL, F. F. (II) Capt., A. S. A., Reserve Military Aviator. Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, '17; Capt., A. S. A., 
23 Aug. '18. While taking flying training, trained recruits and organized aero squadrons, 20 July '17 — 
15 Apr. '18; C. 0., 45th, 143d, and 195th Aero Squadrons at different times, Chandler Field, Pa., and Gerstner 
Field, La.; Post Adj., Asst. Engr. Officer, and Engr. Officer, Gerstner Field, Instr. in formation flying, 15 Apr. '18 
—Jan. '19. 

BENTON, C. R. (I) Sgt. 1 cl., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 29 Sept. '17; Sgt., 1 Mch. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 15 Oct. '18. 29th. 
Engrs., 29 Sept. '17; transferred to Co. B, 74th Engrs., 15 Dec. '18. A. E. F., 15 Feb. '18 — 25 Feb. '19 
Seicheprey, 20 Apr. '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — 12 Aug. '18, St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept. Cited, 
29 June '18. (Page 157.) 

*BIGELOW, BRAXTON (III). See Roll of Honor (pages 90 and 166). 

BOLTE, G. W. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. A. E. F., before Feb. '18; with Btry. A, 18th F. A., Bourges, France, in Feb. '19. 

BRIGGS, L. E. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned, 3 Jan. '18. Mech. Engr., Ord. Dept. at large, 1 Aug. '17; 
special study of machine gun designs, Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass., Sept. — Oct. '17; Army Inspector 
of Ord., and Officer in Charge for organizing and supervising Govt. Inspection forces, Remington Arms, Bridge- 
port, Conn., Nov. '17 — Oct. '18; Army Inspector of Ord. and Officer in Charge of mfg. and inspection of Brown- 
ing machine guns, aircraft guns and tank guns at New England Westinghouse Co., Springfield, Mass., Smith & 
Wesson's plant and twenty other plants nearby, Oct. '18 — Aug. '19; Chairman, Local Govt. Claims Comm., 
settling claims arising from cancellation of contracts. 

BROWN, DALLAS, JR. (II) Sgt. 1 cl. Engrs. Entered Service, 30 Mch. '18. A. E. F., June '18— Mch. '19; 

317th Engrs., 92d Div., Vosges Mts. and Argonne Forest. 
BRUNET, E. L. (VI) reported for military service, 2 Aug. '18, discharged because of physical disability, 6 Aug. '18. 
CARLISLE, T. W. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., 25 Apr. '17; Maj., 22 Jan. '18. Thirty months' service in U. S., 

Small Arms Div., Ord. Dept. 
CHANTRY, A. J. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Hull Div., Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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CHAPIN, M. S. (XIII) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned, 18 Aug. '17. General Adm. Div., Ord. Dept., 
Washington, D. C, 22 Aug. '17 — 17 Dec. '18. 

CHURCHILL, H. W. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 9 July '17; Capt, 25 Mch. '19. U. S., July '17 to date 
(Aug. '19); special detail in office of Chief of Ord., July '17; Army Inspector of Ord., American Can Co., 
Aug. — Dec. '17; Asst. Army Inspector of Ord., Detroit, Mich., Jan. — Mch. '18; Army Inspector of Ord._ of 
no plants in Detroit and other cities in Mich., Apr. '18 — Aug. '19; Member,. Claims Bd. Staff, Detroit Dist. 
Office, Feb. '19. 

CLAPP, DUDLEY (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Service, Sn. C, N. A., 19 Sept. '17; Capt., C. W. S., July 
'18. A. E. F., 12 Nov. '17 — 1/5 Nov. '18; went to France with first of Gas Defense Training Sect.; with 42d 
Div., when first in trenches in Lorraine; Asst. to Chief of Gas Defense, Tours; Asst. to Chief Gas Officer, Hq.; 
2d Army Corps and later Chief Gas Officer, 2d Corps. With British, at reoccupation of Mont Kemmel, and 
at Hindenburg Line north of St.-Quentin. 

CLEVERDON, H. S. (IV) istLt., Engrs. Entered Service, 22 Aug. '17; active duty, Plattsburg, N. Y., 1 Oct. '17. 
A. E. F., June '18 — June '19; 104th Engrs., 29th Div.; Liaison Officer, to 33d Div., operating on left of 29th 
Div., Meuse-Argonne Offensive; last ten days of Oct. '19, 58th Brig. Engr. Officer making reconnaissances and 
directing cons, of wire and barricades. Center Sector, Haute Alsace; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

COHEN, S. K. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., n June; Capt., Aug. '19- 
1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 8 May '17; 101st Engrs., 26th Div. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17—3 June '19*' 
101st Engrs., training, cons, of barracks, until Feb. '18; Bn. Adj., later Co. Comdr.; Personnel Officer, Engr- 
Dept., Base Sect. No. 2, 8 Nov. '18; Office of District Engr., Tours, 26 Mch. '19. Soissons Sector (Chemin 
des Dames), Toul Sector (Seicheprey) ; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
Company cited for work at Seicheprey. Gas burns at Chateau-Thierry. 

COURT, A. B. (XIII) Comdr., C. C., U. S. N. Comdr., 21 Dec. '18. At Philadelphia Navy Yard in charge of 
Engr. Sect., Hull Div., engaged in building, repairing and converting all types of surface and submarine vessels. 

COX, J. S. (XI) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 18 Oct. '18; Capt., 10 Mch. '19. Stationed at Washington, D. C, 
Trench Warfare Div., Ord. Dept. See Civilian Record. 

CREECY, C. E. (I) Capt., Sig. C. 1st Lt., Sig. R. C, 14 May '17; active service, 20 July '17; Capt., 3 May '18. 
Organized and trained 403d Telegraph Bn., Oct. '17; 417th Telegraph Bn., 3 May '18. A. E. F., 1 Sept. '18 
— 6 July '19; in charge of operations and maintenance, 6th Army Corps telephone and telegraph system, 16 
Sept. '18 — Nov. '18, when 417th Telegraph Bn. transferred to 3d Army; maintained communication between 
3d and 4th Army Corps on advance into Germany. 

CROMMETT, O. J. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Co. B, 97th Engrs., 26 July '18. Camp Leach, Washington, D. C, 
12 Sept. — 3 Dec. '18. 

CROSSLEY, F. T. (VI) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. Bu. of Fire Prevention, 23 May '18. A. E. F., 20 June '18—29 July 
'19; engaged in inspection and advisory work throughout the A. E. F., in the protection of U. S. and French 
property for which the U. S. was liable from loss or damage by fire. See Civilian Record. 

DAVIS, W. S. (IV) Camouflage School, Langres, France. 

DEWEY, F. A. (II) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., Gas Defense Service, 22 Oct. '17; Maj., Mch. '18; transferred to 
C. W. S., July '18. Washington, D. C, Sept. '17— Apr. '18; transferred to Gas Defense Plant, Long Island 
City, New York. 

DIEHL, J. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., 25th Engrs., 25 Sept. '17; Capt., 8 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 27 Feb. '18— 
23 May '19; in charge of construction at First Air Depot, Colombey-les-Belles, hosp. cons., Langres, ware- 
houses and barracks at Montererchaume; Co. Comdr., Co. E, 25th Engrs., in charge of construction of ware- 
houses, barracks and engine houses; in charge of general construction, munition dumps, quartermaster 
storehouses and roads, Meuse-Argonne Offensive; general cons., First Army Area; Building cons, and opera- 
tion of Brest-Pontanezen Railway. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

DILLON, P. L. (VI) Ensign, U. S.N. R. F. C. M. M., 1 cl. '18. Bumkin Island, Charlestown Navy Yard, and 
in European waters. See Civilian Record. 

DREW, W. N. (X) Capt., F. A. Candidate, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 1 Jan. '18; Capt., 
18 Mch. '19. A. E. F., June '18 — 5 May '19; 323d F. A. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

FABENS, A. L. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 6 Aug. '17; Capt., 22 Jan. '18. In charge of production of hel- 
mets and mess equipment, Washington, D. C. (Page 262.) 

FERGUSON, G. 0. (XI) 2d Lt., Inf., N. A. 310 M. G. Bn., before Feb. '18; 380th Inf., Camp Sherman, Ohio, 
in Mch. '19. 

FITZWATER, J. M. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., 21 Aug. '18; Capt., 12 Sept. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch. and 5th 

Engrs., Camp Humphreys, Va., 14 Sept. — 6 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
FLICKINGER, H. W. (II) Capt., A. S. 

FOLEY, P. L. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs. Commissioned, July '18. Special duty, unassigned, July '18— Jan. '19- 
See Civilian Record. 

FOSTER, F. K. (Ill) Corp., C. A. C. Pvt., 1 May '17; Corp., 1 Sept. '18. Ft. Rodman, Mass., Camp Dix, N. J., 
1 May '17—13 June '18; Btry. E, 73d Arty., June 13—6 Oct. '18. A. E. F., Oct. '18—22 Feb. '19; Liverpool, 
Eng., 6 Oct. —12 Nov. '18; France, Hv. Arty. Training Bn., 12 Nov.— 24 D;c. '18; Btry. C, 54th Arty., 
C. A.C., 24 Dec. '18—13 Mch. '19. (Page 230.) 

GAWNE, J. 0. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif. (Page 249.) 

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GIBBS, D. W. (IV) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., 8 May '17; Capt., ioAue. '18. A. E.F., _26jNov. '17—28 May '19; 
Cons, in S. O. S.; Engr. Officer in charge of cons., Base Hospital No. 101, St. Nazaire; Base Hq., building for 
Gen. Walsh; Central Records Office, Bourges; road repair and maintenance and on quarry work, stationed 
at Mehun-sur-Yevre and Monthou near St. Aignan; Bn. Comdr., 501st Engrs., as senior capt. after ioMch. '19. 
(Page 4.) 

GIVEN, J. A. (I) Capt., Engrs. With Co. E, 315th Engrs., 90th Div., Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, before 
Jan. '18. A. E. F., with 3 15th Engrs., Dec. '18. Army of Occupation. 

GOODSPEED, G. E., JR. (Ill) ist Lt., Engrs. Presidio Training Camp, May '17. Disch., June '17. 

GOULD, A. A. (VI) Maj., M. T. C. Capt., Motors Div., Q. M. C, 1 May '17; Maj., M. T. C, May '19. A. E. F., 
Aug. '18 — Aug. '19; special duty with British Mechanical Transport Service, Hq. 37th Div., Army Service 
Corps, Sept. — Oct. '18; Hq., M. T. C, Nov. '18 — July '19. Baccarat Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; 
Ypres-Lys Offensive. 

GREENE, E. D. (VI) ist., Amer. Red Cross. A. E. F., July '18— Jan. '19. 

GUTHRIE, S. A. (Ill) Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 11 May '17; ist Lt., Inf., 15 Aug. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Ft. Sheridan, 11 May '17; 346th M. G. Bn., 91st Div., Camp Lewis, Wash., 13 Sept. A. E. F., 28 June 
'18 — 5 July '19; M. G. School, Gondrecourt; Bn. Adj., 346th M.G. Bn., Aug.; after armistice, engaged in set- 
tling claims against the American Army. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 14 
Oct. '18. 

HAGUE, ALFRED (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). B. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 June '17; Cadet, U. S.N- 
R. F. (A.),M.I.T, 10 Feb. '18; Ensign, 6 June '18; Lt. (j. g.), Dec. '18. A. E. F., 13 July ' 18; Liaison Office 
at British Main Aircraft Experimental Station, Isle of Grain, England. Bu. of Operations (Aviation) 
17 Mch. — 27 May '19. 

HALE, H. A., JR. (II) Capt., C. W. S. Capt., 23d Regt. Engrs., 19 June '17; Capt., C. W. S., 28 Oct. '18. Disch., 
6 Dec. '18. 

HARCOURT, G. N. (I) ist Lt., C. W. S. ist Lt., Engrs., 28 Dec. '17; transferred to C. W. S., Sept. '18. Engr- 
Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., Dec. '17; 24th Engrs., Camp Dix, N. J. A. E. F., Feb. '18 — Apr. '19; 24th 
Engrs.; Asst. Div. Gas Officer for 4th Div. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HARRISON, J. K. M. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), 30 Oct. '17; Lt., 23 Mch. '18. Naval Inspector of Ord. 
under Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., at L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Cambridge, Mass., 5 Nov. '17; Inspector of 
Ord., H. E. Boucher Mfg. Co., New York City, 1 July '18 — 15 Oct. '19; in direct charge of mfr. of all firing 
gears for American mines used in North Sea Barrage. (Page 236.) 

HA WES, H. G., JR. (II) ist Lt., Tank C. Commissioned, 8 Sept. '17; active duty, 28 Dec.'i7. Casual, 2d Brig- 
and 5th Brig. A. E. F., England and France, 8 Feb. '18 — 14 Mch. '19; sent to England to study tanks and 
their operation; Adj., 2d Brig. (Heavy Tanks), and attached to British Tank Corps at front, May '18; attached 
to French Tank Corps, stationed at Bourg, Amer. Tank Camp, June — I Aug. '18; transferred to Office of 
Chief of Tank Corp., G. H. Q., Chaumont, for three weeks; Liaison Officer to French Commandant of French 
tank unit acting under command American 3d Brig, through St. Mihiel Offensive; Chief Mechanical 
Instructor, American Tank Corps at Bourg, France; Mechanical Officer, 329th Bn. of 5th Brig, until 14 Mch. 
Gassed at Cantigny, 31 May '18. 

HEMMENWAY, L. T. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. (A.). Ensign, 29 Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. Ex. Officer, 
Div. of Aviation, Washington, D. C. 

HIELD, C. C. (II) Maj., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; ist Lt., F. A., 15 Aug.; Capt., 24 Mch. '18. 
Maj., 24 Oct. '18. First Tr. Camp, Ft. Snelling, Minn.; 337th F. A., Camp Dodge, 29 Aug. '17; Student, 
and Inst., School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., 15 Mch. — 1 Aug. '18; Senior Inst., School of Fire, 1 Aug. — 1 Dec. 
'18; Asst. Director, Dept. of Reconnaissance, School of Fire, 1 Dec. '18 — 31 Jan. '19. 

HIGBIE, H. A. (VIII) served in Dept. of Military Affairs, Amer. Service Fund Sect., Amer. Red Cross, at Paris 
and Bordeaux, making investigations and doing relief work among both French and Americans. 

HILL. R. F. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Rochester Dist., Inspection Office, before Apr. '18; Army Inspector of 
Ord., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., before Mch. '19. 

HILLIARD, C. M. (VII) ist Lt., Sn. C. Camp Greenleaf, 8 Aug. '18; Camp Sanitary Engr., Camp Taylor, 2 Oct. 
'18— 8 Feb. '19. 

HILLIARD, R. B. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Constructor, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, and Supt 

Constructor's Office, Fore River, Mass., in Mch. '19. 
HINDS, H. S. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. (A.), 20 May '17. Inst, in flying, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. 
HOPKINS, P. S. (Ill) ist Lt., 140th Engrs., 101st Div. Service in U. S., 26 July '18—14 Dec. '18. 
HORTON, W. H. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. Sandy Hook Proving Ground, Ft. Hancock, N. J., Oct. '17— Mch. '19. 
HOWE, E. S. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 1 cl., Off. Tr. Camp, 16 May '18; 2d Lt., Engrs., 9 Nov. '18. Camps 

Devens, Mass., Lee and Humphreys, Va., 16 May — 29 Oct. '18; transferred to 553d Engr. Ser. Bn., Camp 

Humphreys, Va. Disch., 26 Dec. '18. 
HUERDLER, E. G. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. Appr. Sea., U. S. N., Marine Engr., July '18; C. P. O.; Warrant Officer 

Ensign. Cruise on U.S.S. Mocassin; Asst. Engr., U.S.S. George Washington, 12 July — 2 Dec. '19. See 

Civilian Record. 

JACKSON, E. R. (IV) ist Lt., Ord. Corps, Army Inspector, Ord. Inspection Div., Royal Wheel Co., Aurora, 111. 

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JACOBS, R. C, JR. (XI) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., 29 May '17; Sgt., Co. B, 14th Engrs., 1 July '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 13 May 

'18. A.E. F., 12 Aug. ' ' '" 

28th Inf. with French . 

6th Inf., 19 May 

Somme Defensive, with French, Mch. '18; Toul Sector, June '18; Frapelle, Vosges, Aug. '18. Gassed in 

German Offensive, Mch. '18. 
JENCKES, E. K. (V) Capt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Sch., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt.; 2d Lt., Inf., 17 July; 1st Lt., 4 Oct.; Capt., 

18 Feb. '19. 3d Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan.— 7 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 28 Apr. '18—24 May 
'19; Co. H, 306th Inf.; Liaison Officer, 2d Bn., 126th Inf., 7 Aug. — 15 Nov.; later, Regtl. Liaison Officer; in 
command, Co. G, 126th Inf., 18 Feb. '19. Aisne-Marne Offensive; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

KANE, I. P. (XI) Maj. Engrs. Capt., 1 May '17; Maj., 2 May '19. C. 0., Co. A, 305th Engrs., 27 Aug. '17— 
27 Mch. '18; Adj., 45th Engrs., 1 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 10 July '18— 1 Aug.'i9; C. O., 45th Engrs., 10 Sept. '18; 
Adj., 14th Grand Div., Transportation Corps, 27 Dec. '18 — 10 July '19.', 

KELLOGG, J. W. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt.,4 Jan.' 18; Capt., 17 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 26 May '18— 24 May '19; 

C. O., 108th Mobile Laboratory attached to 108th Sn. Train, 33d Div. 
KNOX, H. G. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 25 Sept.' 02. Shop Supt., Navy Yard, Norfolk, 

Va. 
LANE, S.B. (I) Sapper, Canadian Engrs. Entered Service, 22 Apr. '18. Co. Sgt. Maj., Apr.— June '18. C.E.F., 

July '18 — Feb. '19; Bn. Draftsman, Hq.,-2d Bn., Canadian Engrs. Somme Offensive (Cambrai to Mons). 
LEAVENS, KENNETH (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Enlisted at Paris, 1 Aug. '17; detached service at various stations 

in France until 3 Sept. '19; Line of Communications; Bu. of Fire Prevention. 
LEWIS, R. W. (V) Maj., Engrs. Pvt., Corp., Sgt., 15th Prov. Training Co., 10 May— 11 June '17; 1st Lt., 

19 June; Capt., 2 Jan. '18; Maj., 30 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 7 Aug. '17— Feb. '18. Liaison Officer in U. S., Mch. 
'18— July '18, A. E. F., July '18— Mch. '19. Staff duty, G. H. Q., A. E. F., G. H. Q., B. E. F., Hq., 2d 
Army; C. 0., 2d Bn., 56th Engrs.; Searchlight Officer, 2d Army; Office, Chief of Engrs. Disch., June '19. 

LOCKETT, HAROLD (II) Capt., F. A., 27 Aug. '17. Casual at Camp Merritt, 6 Jan.— 24 July '18. A. E. F., 

7 Aug. '18 — 29 June '19; French Artillery School until 7 Nov.; work in casual camps after armistice. 
LONGYEAR, J. M., JR. (Ill) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., 4 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., 6 Dec. '18. 5th Co., Coast Defense 

of Chesapeake Bay, Ft. Howard, Md., 4 Aug. '18; C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 27 Sept. — 6 Dec. '18. 
MAGEE, G. H. (II) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Candidate, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., Sig. C, 27 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 6 Oct. '18. 

2d Tr. Camp, Ft. Myer, Va., 27 Aug.; Off. Tr. Bn., Camp Vail, N. J., 27 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 13 Jan. '18— 

5 July '19; Signal School, 2d Corps Schools, Chatillon-sur-Seine; at front with 85th and 27th French Inf. 

Regts. for two weeks; assigned to duty under Sig. Officer, Hq. Intermediate Sect., S. O. S., 30 Mch. '18; 

Property Officer, Sig. C, Intermediate Sect., S. O. S., I July '18. 
MALONE, J. F., JR. (XIII) 1st Lt., A. S. Member Troop I, 1st N. Y. Cavalry, Mexican Border, July '16— 

Apr. '17; 2d Lt., Cav., Madison Barracks, 1st Training Camp; 312th U. S. Inf., Camp Dix, N. J., noth 

U. S. Inf., 28th Div., Sept. — Dec. '17; transferred to Air Service, Dec. '17. A. E. F., Jan. '18 — May '19; 

trained in England for five months; 86th Aero Sq., France, Aug. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive, Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. Certificate of Merit. 
MASON, A. B. (I) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Driver, Sect. 4, Amer. Field Ambulance Service, 4 Mch. '16; in command, 

Sect. 8, at front with French Army, I May '16 — 1 Apr. '17. Section cited for Croix de Guerre three times. 

2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 11 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., A. S. A., 2 Apr. '19. Detached service, Garden City 

Concentration Camp, 11-25 J an - ' 1 %1 Washington, D. C, 26 Jan. — 6 Nov. '18; Indianapolis Repair Depot, 

9 Nov. — 27 Dec. '18. Croix de Guerre (two citations). See Civilian Record and page 149. 
MERRILL, E. F. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., 2d cl., 3 Apr. '18; Sgt., 28 June '18; 2d Lt., 23 Oct. '18. 10th 

Recruit Co., Columbus Barracks, Ohio; Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 10 Apr. — 20 July '18; Ord. Engr. Tr. Sch., 

20 July — 23 Oct. '18; Proof Officer, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 23 Oct. '18 — I Apr. '19. 
MERRY, A. B. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 302d Inf., 4 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., Mch. '18; 1st Lt., 29 June '19. 

Transferred from Inf. to Engrs., Oct. '17; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 1 Jan. '18; Supply Officer, 
526th Engrs., Camp Pike, Ark. A. E. F., 10 July '18 — 13 July '19; construction of hospital at Rimancourt; 
cons, of a railroad yard Liffol-le-Grande; cons, of hospital, Beaune; in charge of small detachment, Pon- 
tarlier, near Swiss border, trans-shipping portable barracks, Nov. '18 — Feb. '19; attended Art Training Center, 
Paris, Mch. — July '19. 
MYER, A. J., JR. (IV) Maj., Cav. A. E. F.; Adj. and Supply Officer, Horsed Sect., 1st Ammunition Train, 1st 
Div. 

NAGLE, A. R. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 26 Sept. '17; Sgt., 23 Nov.; 2d Lt., F. A., 31 Aug. '18. Hq. Co., 
301st F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 26 Sept. '17; F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., June '18; Inst., F. A. 
Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, 31 Aug. — 6 Dec. '18. 

NICHOLS, W. R. (VI) Lt.-Col., C. A. C. In War Dept., Washington, D. C, Feb. '18; C. O., Tqrpedo Depot, 
Ft. Totten, N. Y. A. E. F. 

O'NEILL, J. H. (XI) Capt., Sn. C. Commissioned 28 Nov. '17. Camp Sheridan, Ala., 1 Dec. '17—25 July '18; 

Camp Sevier, S. C. and Camp Humphreys, Va., July '18 — 14 Feb. '19. 
PERLEY, H. C. (II) Engr. in transport service. See Civilian Record. 

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PETTINGELL, W. M. (X) Pvt., F. A. Btry. A, ist New Hampshire F. A. (afterwards Btry. D, 103d F. A., 
51st Arty. Brig., 26th Div.), 6 June '17. A. E. F., Oct. '17 — Apr. '19. Aisne Sector (Chemin des Dames), 
6 Feb. — 17 Mch. '18; Toul Sector (Seicheprey), (Xivray), 4 Apr. — 27 June; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 
17 July; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 17 July — 4 Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-15 Sept.; Verdun Sector, 16 Sept. 
— 13 Oct.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 15 Oct. — 11 Nov. '18. 

PHELPS, D. W. (IV) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

PILLING, E. W. (I) Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.) Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 27 Feb. '18; Sgt., May '18; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), 

Aug. '18. A. E. F., 13 July '18—13 June '19, 301st Engrs. St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. '18; Toul Sector, 

Sept. — Nov. '18; Army of Occupation, Nov. '18 — May '19. 
PIPER, C.F. (Ill) Sgt.,C.W.S. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 20 Mch., '18; transferred C. W. S.June '18; Corp., July '18; 

Sgt., Nov. '18. Chemist, Govt, plant at Niagara Falls, N. Y., producing phosgene gas; analyses of products 

made and used in plant, Mch. — 21 Dec. '18. 

POPE, R. L., reported Lt., U. S. A. 

POTTER, E. M. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt. Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 21 June; Capt., 10 Aug. '18. 
ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 13 May '17; ist U. S. Engrs., 21 June. A. E. F., Aug. '17— Nov. '18; 
in charge of cons., 1st Corps Sch., Gondrecourt; rejoined ist Engrs., 1st Div., Jan. '18; in command Engr. 
Tn., Jan. — July; in command of a pioneer engr. company, July — Nov.; served as reserve Inf. Ansanville 
Sector; Cantigny Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Disch., 
31 Jan. '19. (Page 179.) 

PRESTON, R. A. D. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F., Naval Aviator, Dirigible, attached to Bu. of Cons, and Repair, 
4 June '18. Navigated Dirigible C-i, from Akron, Ohio, via Washington to Rockaway, L. I., N. Y., the first 
successful airship flight from Akron to the coast. See Civilian Record snd page 251. 

QUIRK, T. C. (I) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Asst. Surgeon, Naval Medical School, Washington, D. C, in Apr. '18. 

RAGSDALE, E. J. W. (XIII) Lt.-Col, Ord. Corps. War Dept., Washington, D. C; Chief, Trench Warfare 
Section., Ord. Dept.; Asst. to Chief of Ord. Experimental and research work on hand grenades, drop bombs, 
and trench mortars; Inspector of Ordnance, Bethlehem Steel Co. (Page 252.) 

REDMAN, E. A. (II) ist Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. 183d Aero Sq., Taliaferro Field No. 1, Texas, in Feb. '18. 

ROADS, G. M., JR. (Ill) Capt., F. A., N. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; ist Lt., F. A. O. R. C, 27 Nov. 
'17; Capt., F. A., 12 Mch. '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., 27 Aug. '17; Btry. D, 319th F. A., 
82d Div., Camp Gordon, Ga.. 5th Div., Camp Logan, Texas, 25 Dec. '17; in command Co. E, 5th Am. Tn., 
Mch. '18— Dec. '18. A. E. F., 27 May '18—12 May '19; in command Horsed Bn., 5 Am. Tn., Dec. '18— 
Apr. '19; in command Police Area No. I, Army of Occupation, 18 Dec. '18 — 21 Feb. '19; assigned Co. A, 
307th Am. Tn., 82d Div., 7 Apr. '19. St. Die Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Thiacourt Sector; Army of Occu- 
pation. 

♦ROBERTSON, H. A. (V). See Roll of Honor (pages 90 and 164). 

RODMAN, S. S., Capt., Sn. C. Pvt., 1 Aug. '17; Sgt., Ambulance Co., U. S. A., Base Hospital 27, 20 Aug. '17; 
ist Lt., Sn. C., 21 Sept. '18; Capt., 11 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 27 Sept. '17 — 24 Mch. '19; Adj., Base Hospital 27, 
21 Sept. '17 — 1 Aug. '18; Hq., Chief Surgeon's Office, detailed to Hospital Organization, 1 Aug. '18 — 29 Nov. 
'18; in charge Medical Supply Depot, Paris, 30 Nov. — 12 Jan. '19. 

ROPER, T. A. (Ill) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., 15 July '17; Capt.,14 Jan. '18. In Washington, July— Oct. '17. 
A. E. F., Nov. '17 — Feb. '19, in charge of aircraft armament, machine guns, small arms, small arms ammuni- 
tion in England. Member of Interallied Technical Information Comm. British Military Cross. (P^-ge 146.) 

ROWE, L. G. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., 15 Feb. '18; Capt., 18 Sept. '18. Oreanization and Methods Sect., 
Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 15 Feb.— 18 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 19 Sept. 'i.8— 5 Feb. '19; Chief of Ord. 
Div., Office of Chief Purchasing Agent for Great Britain, in charge of ordnance purchases in England. 

RUCKMAN, J. H. (II) Capt., Inf. ist Lt., U. S. R., 1 Nov. '16; active duty, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug. '17; 
istLt., 1 Jan. '18; Capt., 1 Nov. '18. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Myer, Va., 15 May '17; 80th Div., 15 Aug. '17; 157th 
Depot Brig., I Sept. '17; A. D. C. , 179th Inf. Brig., in charge of communications and reconnaissance, I Oct. '17. 
A. E. F., 18 June '18 — 6 June '19; Adj., 179th Inf. Brig., 10 Nov. '18; Asst. G-2, Hq., 90th Div., 20 Dec. '18. 
Saizerais Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Puvenelle Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

RUSSELL, E. S. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Inf., 21 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., Ord. Corps., 9 Jan. '18; ist Lt., 2 Sept. 
'18. Built experimental recuperators for mobile field arty, at Rock Island Arsenal, 111. 

SAUL, T. W. (I) Capt., Tank C. ist Lt., Engrs., 17 July '17; Capt., Tank C, 1 Nov. '18. 18th Engrs., Camp 
Murray, Wash., 12 June '17. A. E. F., 23 Aug. '17 — 18 Mch. '19; at Bordeaux, until 5 Nov. '17; detached 
service, with Director-Gen. of Transportation and Army Transport Service, until 6 Apr. '18; transferred to 
Tank C, assigned Hq. Co., 2d Bn. 304th Brig, (ist Brig.), 6 Apr.; assigned Hq. Co., 306th Brig., Tank C, 
1 Nov. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed, 3 Oct. '18. Distinguished Service 
Cross. (Page 136.) 

SCARFF, J. H. (IV) ist Lt., M. T. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 11 May '17; 2d Lt., M. T. C, 15 Aug. '17; ist Lt., 
10 July '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 11 May '17; organized M. T. Co. 425 at Camp lohnston, 
Fla. A. E. F., 28 June '18— 11 July '19; C. 0., M. T. Co. 425, engaged in convoy work from Base Sect. 
No. 1 to the Front; Adj., Motor Reception Park 767, Nantes, France. 

SCHMIDT, H. C. (VI) Capt., O. R. C. Commissioned Oct. '17. A. E. F., Ord. Engr. Div., Tours, in Oct. '18. 

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SCHOFIELD, W. M. (Ill) ist Lt., F. A. Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Btry F, 342 F. A., 89th Div. Army of Occupation. 

SCHUMANN-HEINK, HENRY, Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Co. Comdr. Co. R, San Pedro, Calif., Dec. '17; U.S.S. 
Oregon, 2d Div., Pacific Fleet, San Francisco, in Mch. '19. 

SHAW, C. H. (VI) Maj., Engrs. Capt., 28 Dec. '17; Maj. 31 Oct. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; 
Power Sect., War Industries Bd., reporting power supply of public utility power companies; Officer in Charge 
of New England Dist., Power Sect., War Industries Bd., Boston, Mass., Aug. '18 — 26 Apr. '19. (Page 310.) 

*SIMMONS, F. R. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 108). 

*SMITH, C. M. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 97). 

SPALDING, W. T. (IV) Capt., Engrs. R. C. Commissioned 11 June '17. Inactive, as army contracts made 

active status illegal. Resigned Dec. '17. See Civilian Record. 
STEIN, A. L. (VI) Sgt., Engrs. Entered Service 10 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 29 Mch. '18—10 May '19, with 302d 

Engrs. Baccarat Sector; Vesle Sector; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded in 

Vesle Sector. Croix de Guerre with Palm. 

STOVER, F. H. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. Engr. O. R. C, 5 Sept. '17; ist Lt., Sn. C, 2 Mch. '18; Capt., 3 May '19. 
A. E. F., 8 May '18 — 5 Sept. '19; 26th Engrs. (Army Water Service), 12 June '18 — 11 Jan. '19; Central 
Medical Laboratories, Dijon, 13 Jan. — 28 Feb. '19; Div. Water Supply Officer, Asst. Div. Sn. Inspector, 
Div. Bathing and Debusing Officer and Acting Sn. Inspector, First Div., 3 Mch. — Sept. '19. St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Sectors of First and Second American Armies. Army of Occupation. 

STUART, EDWARD (XI) Maj.,_ Sn. C. Capt., 17 Aug. '18; Maj., 19 Feb. '19. On Balkan Front, Oct. '18— 
Apr. '19; in advance of Serbian Army through Serbia. Sn. Engr., Amer. Red Cross Sn. Comm. to Serbia, 
giving relief in typhus epidemic, Apr. '15; Director, Amer. Red Cross Sn. Comm. to Serbia, Sept. '15; Director, 
Amer. Red Cross Relief in the Balkans, Dec. '15 — Apr. '17. Medal of Commander, San Sava, Serbia; Medal 
of Serbian Red Cross; recommended for Distinguished Service Medal of Amer. Red Cross. (Pages 154 and 292.) 

STUMP, H. E. (X) ist Lt., 30th Engrs. Mr. Engr., 26 Oct., '17; ist Lt., 1 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 26 Dec. '17— 
19 May '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

SUTHERLAND, C. H. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 5 May '17; ist Lt., Engrs., R. C, 8 July, ist 
Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 5 May '17; 8th Engr. Tn., Ft. Bliss, Texas, Aug. '17— Mch. '18; 517th 
Engrs., Apr. '18. A. E. F., 21 July '18 — 19 July '19; Adj., 517th Engrs.; special duty, with 20th Engrs., 
Adv. Sect., S. 0. S. (Vosges), Aug. '18; assigned 20th Engrs. (Forestry), Jan. '19; Student at University of 
Toulouse, Mch. — June '19. 

TERRY, P. D. (I) Maj., C. A. C. Capt., 27 Aug. '17; Maj., 26 Oct. '18. Btry. B, 58th Arty., C. A. C. A. E. F., 
10 May '18 — 10 Aug. '19; C. 0., 3d Bn., 53d Arty., 26 Oct. '18; in command of Prisoner of War Enclosure 
No. 3 (3150 German prisoners), Camp Montoir, St. Nazaire, France, Jan. — Aug. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive, 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

THOMPSON, H. F. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), 24 Nov. '17; Lt., 20 Sept. '18. U.S.S. Missouri, Jan. '18— 
Jan. '19. 

TILTON, C. E. (Ill) ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 8 Oct. '17. In Supply Div., Military Information Sect., Ord. Dept., 
Washington, D. C. A. E. F., 22 May '18 — 30 Dec. '18; Courier, Adm. Div., Hq. Ord. Dept., Tours, traveling 
in France and England until 15 Aug. '18; Ammunition School, Jonchery; in charge First Army Ammunition 
and Artillery Park, Domgermain, 8 Sept.; Inst, and C. O., Ammunition School, Oct. '18; detailed to Army 
Postal Express Service, and ordered to Washington as a courier, 30 Nov. '18. Disch., 15 Jan. '19. St. 
Mihiel Offensive. 

TOWNSEND, J. M. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 19 May '17; ist Lt., 1 July: Capt., 15 Aug. '18. 4th Engrs.; 
14th Engrs. A. E. F., 27 July '17 — 27 Apr. '19; served as company officer or company comdr.. Co. F, 14th 
Engrs., with British Third Army, 12 Aug. '17 — I Aug. '18; regt. assigned American 1st Army, served as 
Corps Engrs. with 3d Corps, through Aisne-Marne Offensive. Cambrai Offensive and Defensive, Nov. 
'17; Somme Defensive, 21 Mch.— 6 Apr. '18; defensive sector about Monchy-le-Preux, July; Aisne-Marne 
Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

TURNBULL, M. J. (II) ist Lt., Engrs. Office of Director General, Military Rys., inspecting trench locomotives, 
12 Sept. '18 — 27 June '19. 

WAITT, W ; H. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., 18 Dec. '17; Capt., 29 June '18. Ord. Officer, Bush Terminal, 
N. Y., inspecting the loading of ships with high explosives, spring and summer ,'18. 

WARREN, VAN COURT (III) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Feb. '18; ist Lt., 24 Feb. '19. 3d Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Lee, Va., 28 Dec. '17; 65th Engrs., Washington, D. C, in Feb. '18; transferred 105th Engrs.; Office 
of Director of Tank C, Washington, D. C, in Apr. '18. A. E. F., 28 May '18 — 17 Aug.'i9; Aide to Gen. 
Ferguson, in Oct. '18. Office of Chief of Engrs., 2d Army. 

WEBB, C. C. (Ill) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Ft. Myer, Va., Dec. '17; Ground Off. Tr. Sch., Kelly Field, Texas, Dec. '17; 
transferred to M. I. T. where training was completed; received flying training and served as Engr. Officer 
in charge of shops, and Asst. Post Ex. Officer, Ellington Field, until July '19. 

WELLS, W. F. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. ist Lt., Sn C, 79th Div. in Dec. '17. A. E. F., 301st Water Tank Train; 
Water Laboratory, Tours, in Nov. '18. 

WENTWORTH, J. P. (XI) Capt., Sn. C. ist Lt., Aug. '17; Capt., Mch. '18. Served until 17 Feb. '19. 
WHITNEY, J. T. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, ist Engrs. Replacement Regt., Washington Barracks, 
D. C, 15 Sept. '18; transferred to Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 8 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

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AARON, J. A. (VI) Corp., Ord. Corps. Enlisted, 11 Dec. '17; Pvt., 1st cl, 21 Sept. '18; Corp., 2 Nov. A. E. F., 
S Mch. '18 — 24 May '19; Co. 12, American Ord. Base Depot in France; Checker and Asst. Storekeeper hand- 
ling ammunition, Advanced Ord. Depot No. 4, 28 Mch. '18. See Civilian Record. 

ALEXANDER, H. S. (II) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., A. S. A., Aug. '17; Capt., 1 Aug. '18. _ A. E. F., 13 Oct. '17— 

20 Feb. '19; training in England and C. 0., 92d Aero Sq., Oct. '17; service with British in France, 1 Feb. '18; 

in charge of training enlisted personnel in British Isles, under Personnel Officer, Office of Aviation Officer, 

London, 22 Feb. — Nov. 
ALTER, J. F. (IV) reported Inspector, Q. M. C. 
ANDERSON, R. E. (Ill) reported 2d Lt., F. A. 
ARMS, J. T. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Q. M. 2cl, U. S. N. R. F., 8 July '17; C.Q. M., Nov.; Ensign, 1 Mch. 

'18. "U. S. N. R. F. Training Station, Newport, R. I., 10 Oct. '17; Naval Tr. Station, Norfolk, Va., Nov. '17; 

Off. Tr. Sch., Hampton Rds., Va., Dec. '17; Naval Examining Bd., Norfolk, Va., 1 Mch. '18; U. S. Destroyer 

Montgomery, 26 July '18; Navigation Officer, Sept. — 8 Dec. '18. 

ATKINS, L. M. (XIII) Comdr. (T.), C. C.,U. S. N. Entered Service, 23 Sept. '02; Comdr., (T.), 21 Dec. '18. 
Asst. Supt. of Cons., Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., 1 Jan. '15. Bu. of Cons, and Repair, 
Washington, D. C, inspecting all types of vessels under construction, and working on designs involving 
modifications necessary to meet developments of war service, principally for destroyers, 15 Feb. '18. 

BABBITT, H. E. (XI) Capt., Engrs. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; Capt., Engrs., 19 June. Inst., 
2d Off. Tr. Camp., Ft. Sheridan, 111., 29 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 25 Dec. '17—12 Dec. '18; Staff Work, Adv. 
Sect., S. O. S., 25 Dec. '17, constructed barracks, hospitals, gasolene stations, railheads, water supplies, and 
similar engineering structures in divisional training areas. 

BAGG, J. L. (V) Candidate, F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 8 Aug. '18. 51st Tr. Btry., F. A., Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, 
Ky., 17 Oct.— 2 Dec. '18. 

BAILEY, F. R. (I) reported 1st Lt., Engrs. 

BAKEWELL, D. C. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 June '17; Capt., 28 June '18. A. E. F., 

3 Oct.— 24 Dec. '18. A. D. C. to Gen. C. L. H. Ruggles. 
BARKER, C. M.(VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., Sig. C, 27 Mch. '18; transferred A. S., June; 2d Lt., 18 July '18. 

College Training School, 27 Mch. '18; Wireless Telephone Expert, A. S. See Civilian Record. 

BARTON, D. C. (XII) Mr. Sig. Elec, Meteorological Sect., Sig. C. Pvt., Inf., 29 Oct. '17; Pvt. 1 cl., June '18; 
Corp., Sept.; Sgt., Nov.; Mr. Sig. Elec, Feb. '19. Attached Weather Bu., Burlington, Vt., 21 Dec. '17; 
transferred Meteorological Sect., Sig. C, 29 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 4 Mch. '18 — 7 June '19; Asst. Weather 
Forecaster, 1st and 2d Armies at Colombey-les-Belles, Aug.-Jan. '19, and Coblenz, Jan. -June '19. 

BATES, S. E. (I) reported Pvt., N. A. 

BESSE, E. E. (II) Capt. Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. R. C, 18 July '17; Capt., 8 Jan. '18. Watervliet Arsenal, 
N. Y., 22 Aug. '17; Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 4 Sept. '17; in charge of Engr. work on anti-aircraft gun 
carriages, 8 Jan. '18 — 1 Mch. '19; tested pilot carriages and experimented with recoil mechanisms at Sandy 
Hook, Aberdeen, and Saybrook Proving Grounds. 

BRAGG, C. S. (II) Capt., A. S., Engr. Div., Airplane Production. Director of Flving, AlcCook Field, Dayton, 
Ohio. 

BROOKS, A. W. (VI) reported Draftsman, 2d Bat., 3d Engrs. 

BROWN, H. C. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Asst Engr., Mass. N. G., 26 Mch. '17; Engr., 18 June; Mr. Elec, 12 Mch. '18; 
2d Lt., C. A. C. 27 Mch. Engr. in charge power plant Ft. Warren, Coast Defense of Boston, 25 July '17; 
3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Jan. '18; Asst. Arty. Engr.^ Staff of Comdr., Coast Defense, 27 Mch.; 71st 
C. A. C. Ft. Warren, 22 May; Supply Officer, Hq. Co.", 71st C. A. C, 10 July. A. E. F., 31 July '18—22 
Feb. '19; Mechanical Officers' School, Angers; Mechanical Officer, in charge of Motor Transportation, 1st Bn.; 
in charge of convoys from Angers to Romorantin, Vernueil, and St. Nazaire with the M. T. C, 25 Dec. 

*BROWNLEE, M. B., JR. (III). See Roll of Honor (page no). 

BURDETT, PAUL (XIII) istLt., C. A. C. 71st Regt., C. A. C, Ft. Revere, Mass.; in Service Aug. '17— Nov. '18. 

BURTON, F. A. (IV) 2d Lt., Military Intelligence Div., General Staff. Commissioned, 29 Aug. '18. Intelligence 
duty as Asst. Military Attache, The Hague, Holland, 29 Aug. '18 — 17 June '19. See Civilian Record. 

CALDWELL, P. L. (I) Capt., A. S, 1st Lt., A. S., 25 June '17; Capt., 28 Sept. '18. Asst. Dept. A. S. Officer, 
Hq., Northeastern Dept., Boston, Mass., 25 June '17; Acting Dept. A. S. Officer and C. O., 813th Aero Sq., 
28 Sept. — 13 Dec. '18. 

CHAMBERLAIN, O. V. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned, 7 Jan. '18. Supply Div., Ord. Dept., 7 Jan. 
'18. A. E. F., 23 Sept. '18 — 10 Jan. '19; 5th Corps, 1st Army. 

CLARK, CAMERON (IV) C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F., Camouflage Sect. Entered Service, 15 May '18, and did 
experimental work on camouflage of navy planes at Anacostia Naval Air Station, D. C, June — Nov. '18. 

CLARK, 0. S. (II) Pvt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 28 Mch. '18; transferred to Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 10 Sept. Co. C, 
2d Engr. Tr. Regt., in charge of drawing room, Mechanical Construction School, Engr. Tr. Sch., Camp 
Humphreys, Va., 28 Mch. '18; Co. 7, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 10 Sept. 

CLAVELL, ANTONIO (V) Lt., Inf., 1 Feb. '18. Attached 373d Inf. 

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COBURN, W. H. (I, XI) Capt., C. W. S. ist Lt., Sn. C, 30 Jan. '18; Capt., C. W. S., 18 July. Gas Defense, 
Washington, D. C, Jan. '18; with B. F. Goodrich & Co., Akron, Ohio, producing rubber parts for gas masks; 
Asst. Chief, Inventory Sect., B. F. Goodrich & Co., making inventories for War Dept., Nov. '18 — 8 Feb. '19. 

COLEBROOK, M. W. (V) ist Lt., C. W. S. Commissioned June '18. At Philadelphia, Pa., mfg. eye piece 
lenses for gas masks; at Columbus, Ohio, mfg. gas mask lenses, 1 Sept.; Gas Defense Plant, Astoria, N. Y., 
11 Nov. — 2 Dec. '18. 

CORNELL, S. H. (XIII) Pvt., C. A. C, 21 Oct. '18. With 5th Co. See Civilian Record. 

CORY, M. M. (I) reported in Aviation Sect., Sig. C. 

COVILL, F. W., U. S. N. Enlisted 1 May '18. Detailed, Intelligence and Cost Depts., U. S. N., and sent to 
factories doing work for Navy on basis of cost-plus, to discover means of reducing costs of mfg. 

CUSHING, A. T. (I) Corp Inf. Pvt., Inf., 2 Apr. '18; Corp., 1 May '18; reduced to Pvt. as result of transfer, 
i5Sept.'i8. Co. B, 3 15th M. G. Bn., A. E. F., 17 May '18— 31 May '19; transferred to Bn. Hq. Returned 
to duty with Co., 20 Jan. '19; Inst, in mathematics, Battalion School, Feb. — May '19. Arras-Artois Sector; 
St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). 

CUSHING, R. W. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Purchased Supplies, Engr. Depot, Washington Barracks, D. C, 17 Aug. 

'18—30 Oct. '19. 
DAVIS, H. C, JR. (VI) Lt.-Col. Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 20 Dec. '11; transferred to Ord. Dept., June '15; 

ist Lt., Sept. '16; Capt. '17; Maj. '18; Lt.-Col., '19. Chief Loading Sect., Ammunition Div., Ord. Dept., 

Washington, D. C, in charge of loading H. E. shells, drop bombs, and trench warfare projectiles. 
DAVIS, W. C, JR. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Volunteer Ambulance Driver and Sgt., American Ambulance Hospital, 

Paris, May '16— Jan. '17. Corp., Inf., 22 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 18 May '18. A. E. F., May '18— Feb. '19. 

Artois Front; Somme Offensive with British; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Severely wounded in action, Som- 

merance (Meuse-Argonne Offensive), 1 Nov. '18. (Page 252.) 
DEVLIN, J. J. (Ill) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., 8 May '17; Capt., 8 May '18. 301st Engrs., Camp Devens. 

Mass., 8 May '17. A. E. F., 28 June '18 — 28 June '19; with 4th Corps Engrs. at St. Mihiel; Engr. Officer; 

2d Army, Meuse-Argonne Offensive; C. O., 465th Engrs., Nov. '18; C. 0., 543d Engrs., Feb. '19. Post 

Utilities Officer, Army Supply Base, Norfolk, Va., July. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

DRAKE, WHITFORD (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 26 Sept. '02; Lt. Comdr., C. C, Apr. '17; 
Comdr., 23 Dec. '18. Shop Supt., and Plant Supt., Hull Div., Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., until Mch. '19; 
then Supt. Constructor for Navy on Eagle Boat contract, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich. 

EDWARDS, CHARLES, JR. (XIII) Capt., F. A. Entered Service 12 May '17. 2d Lt., F. A.; ist Lt., 31 Dec. 
'17; Capt., 1 Aug. '18. A. E. F., May-Sept. '18 with 307th F. A. 46th F. A., Sept.— Dec. '18. 

FOSTER, W. D. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. Sgt., Engrs., Sept. '17; 2d Lt., Feb. '18; ist. Lt., Nov. 40th Engrs. (Cam- 
ouflage), American University, Washington, D. C. A. E. F., May — Dec. '18; Divisional Camouflage Officer, 
with ist, 2d, 3d, 37th, 42d, 77th, 82d, and 91st Divisions, May-Nov.; Adj., Hq. of Educational Comm., 
Fine Arts Dept., Bellevue near Paris. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

FRANCIS, R. D. (Ill) Sgt., Engrs. Co. E, 101st Engrs. A. E. F., before Oct. '18. 

FRANCIS, S. A. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 5 Sept. '17; Pvt., Inf., 5 Sept. '17; Corp., 7 Nov.; 2d Lt., 
F. A., 31 Aug. '18. Co. C, 339th Inf., Camp Custer, Mich.; 4th Off. Tr. Sch., 15 May '18; Btry. 16, F. A. 
Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., July '18; 8zd F. A., Ft. Bliss, Texas, Sept.; School of Fire, Ft. Sill, 
Okla., 9th F. A., Ft. Sill, Okla., Mch— Apr. '19. See Civilian Record. 

FRENCH, J. N. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. E. F., before Dec. '18. 

FROST, R. W. (I) Norton-Harjes Ambulance Unit, June '17. Electrical Engr. for Director General of Trans- 
portation, A. E. F.; transferred to service of General Purchasing Agent; Electrical Engr., Technical Bd., 
A. E. F. In France, June '17 — 1 Jan. '19. 

FRYER, HERBERT (VI) Capt., Q. M. Div., 0. R. C. Not assigned active service. See Civilian Record. 
FULLER, J. C. (II) ist Lt., C. W. S. Entered Service, 30 Sept. '18; Hq., Chemical mfg. and Development Sect., 
Gas Defense Div., New York City, 30 Sept. '18 — 15 Feb. '19. 

GAILLARD, D. ST. P. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 2 Aug. '17; Capt., 8 Jan. '18; Maj., 12 
July '19. Nitrate Div., Office of Chief of Ord., Washington, D. C, on special site investigations; Chief of 
Purchase Branch; Technical Asst. to Chief of Div.; Executive and General Asst. to Chief of Div. (Page 305.) 

GEORGE, G. C. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Co. G, ist Bn. Repl. Troops, Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C, 
Dec. '17; Repl. Troops, Camp Forrest, Ga., 20 July '18; Co. B, 209th Engrs., 9th Div., Camp Sheridan, Ala., 
1 Sept.; Camp Upton, L. I., 24 Jan. '19. 

GILCREEST, O. J. (VI) 2d Lt., U. S. Marine Aviation Force. Commissioned, 18 June '18. A. E. F., 30 June— 
22 Dec. '18; Officer in Charge of Transportation, 1st Marine Aviation Force, organizing motor convoys, 
unloading trucks, and touring cars from ships at Brest and Pauillac, France. 

GLAZIER, L. G (VII) Capt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned, 3 Oct. '18. Chief of Labor Branch, Loading and 
Explosives Sect., Production Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Oct. — 20 Dec. '18; transferred to Boston, 
as member of Staff of Boston Dist. Claims Bd., 20 Dec. '18 — 31 Oct. '19. See Civilian Record. 

GOTO, KANEZO (II) Capt., Engr. Corps, Imperial Japanese Navy. Lt. Comdr., '14; Comdr., Dec. '15; Capt., 
Dec. '19. Engr., at Sasebo Navy Yard, in connection with repair work on warships which were engaged at 
Tsingtau, '14; Member, Bu. of Steam Engr., Nov. '15; Chief Engr., ist Class Battleship, July '16; Chief Inst. 

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and Comdr. of Engr. Midshipmen of Imperial Naval Engr. College, July '17; Sq. Engr., Destroyer Sq., Jan. 

'19; Member, Design Dept., Imperial Japanese Navy, Dec. '19. 
GOULD, R. H. (XI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, Flying Cadet, A. S., 10 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 24 Mch. '18. 

Cornell University Ground School, 10 Sept. '17; Love Field, Texas, 1 Dec. '17; Camp Dix, Texas, and Camp 

Merritt, N. J., Apr. '18; Payne Field, West Point, Miss., June. A. E. F., 27 Sept. '18 — 27 Apr. '19; training 

for Pursuit Pilot, Issoudon; A. S. Casual Co. I, 7 Dec. '18. 
GRANDGENT, LOUIS (IV) Maj., Inf. 1st Lt., Inf., 14 May '17; Capt., 15 Aug.; Maj., 1 Oct. '18. Co. Comdr., 

101st Inf. A. E. F., 9 Sept. '17 — 2 July '19; Co. Comdr., 30th Inf.; Co. Comdr. and Tactical Training Officer, 

Army Candidates School; Historical Sect., General Staff, G. H. Q. Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne- 

Marne Offensive. 
GRAVELY, J. S. (V) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Ord. R. C, 8 Aug. '17; Maj.,Ord. Dept., N. A., 13 Jan. '18. 

Resigned 11 May '18 to return as Head of Laboratory Div., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, 

Conn. See Civilian Record. 
GREENAN, J. O. (Ill) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 10 Apr. '18; Corps., 10 June; 2d Lt., 9 July. Co. B, Engr. 

Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; Hq. Co., 27th Engrs., Camp Leach, Washington, D. C. A. E. F., 15 Sept. 

'18 — 5 Mch. '19; with 27th Engrs.; Member, Mines Sect., American Comm. to Negotiate Peace examining 

and reporting on damage to iron mines of Briey-Longwy region 20 Jan. '19; returned to 27th Engrs. 27 Feb. 

'19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
HALL, E. R. (II) Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 14 Oct.— 3 Dec. '18. 
HALL, H. W. (IV) Capt., Inf. 1st Lt., Inf., 27 Aug. '17; Capt., 10 Aug. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, '17; Co. 0,343d 

Inf., Camp Grant, 111.; C. O., Co. A, 88th Inf., Camp Grant, 10 Aug. '18. 
HANSON, R. T. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Graduated from U. S. Military Academy, '06; Comdr., U. S. N., 

'16. Asst. to Superintending Constructor, New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J., Oct. '16 — Mch. '19. 

HARRIGAN, L. J. (XI) M. M. 1 cl, U. S. N. R. F. A. E. F., U.S.S. Ohio, Nov. '17; U.S.S. Indiana, '18. 
HARRINGTON, C. H. (I) Sgt., 301 Engrs., A. E. F. 

HARRINGTON, F. C. (I) Capt., Q. M. C, 13 Feb. '18. Asst. to Cons. Q. M., Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, 

N. J., 10 Dec. '17 — June '19. 
HARRINGTON, J. F. (VI) 1st Sgt., F. A. Entered Service 6 Oct. '17; disqualified on account of heart, 13 Oct.; 

Pvt., Btry. A, F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp McClellan, Ala., 5 July '18; 15th Tr. Btry., Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 

Camp Taylor, Ky., 6 Sept. — 27 Nov. 
HART, J. P. (VI) Lt., Comdr. (T), U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N, (Retired), 7 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 1 July '18; Lt. 

Comdr., (T), 21 Sept. Recalled to active service, 7 Apr. '17; Recruiting Officer, Portland, Ore.; in charge, 

Navy Electrical School, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y., 12 July; school transferred to Naval Operating Base, 

Hampton Roads, Va., 28 May '18; relieved from active duty, I Nov. '19. 

HERLIHY, J. A. (II) Capt., A. S. 1st Lt., 15 Aug. '17; Capt., 1 Aug. '18 Kelly Field, Texas, 7 Sept. '17; C. 0., 
109th (later 803d), Aero Sq. A. E. F., 10 Dec. '17 — 27 Apr. '19; assisted in construction of A. S. Production 
Center No. 2, Romorantin; transferred to Transportation Div., A. S., 23 Mch. '18; Asst. Ex. Officer later 
in charge of Div., Romorantin, maintaining a stock of motor vehicles, trailers, parts and supplies to equip 
A. S. Units; transferred A. S. Casual Co. No. 3, 27 Jan. '19. 

*HERRICK, W. F. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 103). 

HODGMAN, W. K., JR. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. A. E. F., before Dec. '17. C. O., Detachment American Ord. 
Base Dep.; Advance Ord. Depot No. I. 

HUGELMAN, J. R. (I) reported Engr., U. S. N. R. F. 

JENKINS, D. J. (II) Mr. Engr., Engrs. D. Co., 27th Engrs. (Mining), Camp Leach, Washington, D. C, 
A. E. F., Co. C, 27th Engrs. 

JEWETT, F. C. (I) Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. N. N. V., later U. S. N. R. F. 10th Dock Div., Marblehead, Mass. 
Nov. '17; U.S.S. Nebraska, Dec. '18. 

JOHNSON, C. R. (X) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., Gas Defense Sect., Medical Dept., 9 Jan. '18; Maj., C. W. S. In 
charge of rubber parts for gas masks, Gas Defense Sect., Jan. -July '18; in charge of development of new type 
of gas mask known as the A. T., Apr. '18; in charge of Long Island Laboratories, Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., 
July. A. E. F., 13 Oct. — 20 Dec. '18; attended Interallied Gas Conference, Paris; inspected chemical war- 
fare activities in France and England. See Civilian Record. 

JUDD, M. H. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C. Q. M. (A.),U. S. N. R. F., 16 July '17; Ensign, 20 Dec. '18. 
Ground School, M. I. T; Stationed at Buffalo, N. Y., Elizabeth, N. J., and Norfolk, Va. Fell about a thou- 
sand feet in the HS2L 1463 off Sandy Hook. 

KENNEY, G. C. (I) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., 5 Nov. '17; Capt., 18 Mch. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, 
M. I. T., 2 June— 27 July '17; Flying School, Mineola, L. I., 28 July— 14 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 1 Dec. '17— 
11 June '19; advanced flying training, Issoudun, 15 Dec. '17—15 Feb. '18; 91st Aero Sq., 22 Feb. '18; in 
hospital 23 Mch. — 15 May; at the Front 24 May. Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive; Army of Occupation. Army Citation for bringing down an enemy plane, 15 Sept. '18; Distinguished 
Service Cross for bringing down a second enemy plane, 9 Oct. '18. (Page 134.) 

KENWAY, EDWARD (XI) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Commissioned 12 Sept. '17. 64th Aero Sq., 17 Sept. '17; C. O., 
63d Aero Sq., 6 Nov. ' 17; CO., 83d Aero Sq., 17 Nov.; CO., Photo Detachment No. 1,7 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 
18 Dec. '17 — 7 Mch. '19; C. O., 801st Aero Sq., 19 Feb. '18; Adj., Fields No. 1 and No. 2, at 3d Aviation 
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KERR, C. P. (II) Capt., A. S. ist Lt., A. S., 31 Oct. '17; Capt., 15 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 12 Nov. '17—9 Feb. '19; 
Asst. to Chief of Engine Div., Technical Sect.; Asst. to Officer in Charge of Technical Sect., Feb. '18; Asst. 
to Director of Technical Sect., Aug., studying and testing engines, planes, and accessory apparatus, and 
advising Chief of A. S., A. E. F. in technical matters, Aug. '18. See Civilian Record. 

KILLION, T. S. (Ill) 2d Lt., Engrs. 321st Labor Bn., Camp Grant, 111. A. E. F., '18— Apr. '19; Co. D, 329th 
Labor Bn., Railhead Office, Bourmont; Message Center, 2d Div.; Asst. Operations Sect., General Staff, 
2d, Div., Nov. 

*KIMBALL, S. P. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 118). 

KINNEY, M. C. (IV) ist Lt., Royal Air Force, (British). Commissioned 1 Aug. '17. Flying Officer No. 3 
Sq. B. E. F., 21 Dec. '17 — 5 Mch. '19. British Third Army from German Drive, 21 Mch. to British Offen- 
sive, south of the Somme, 8 Aug. '18. Wounded while flying over the German lines, 16 Aug. '18. (Page 167.) 

LATHROPE, T. R. (VII) reported in Sn. C. 

LAWTON, S. H. (V) Capt., C. W. S. Entered Service, Jan. '18. A. E. F., before Dec. '18. 

LEARY, A. F. (XI) Pvt., C. A. C. Enlisted 22 Oct. '18. 2d Co., C. A. C, Ft. Banks, 22 Oct. '18; 24th Co., 
Ft. Heath, Mass., 19 Nov.; 15 Co., Ft. Andrews, Mass., 25 Nov. — 14 Dec. '18. 

LETTON, H. P. (XI) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned 21 Sept. '17. Co. C, nth Engrs., Camp Bowie, Texas. 
A. E. F., 5 Feb. '18—6 Mch. '19; Sanitary Officer on Staff of Water Supply Officer, Office of Chief Engr., 
1st Army, in charge of sanitary personnel; 26th Engrs. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

LORD, H. S. (II) Capt., General Staff. 1st Lt., Engrs., 7 May '17; Capt., 28 May '18; transferred to General 
Staff, 15 Jan. '19. ist Off. Tr. Camp., Plattsburg, N. Y.; Engr. Depot, Washington, D. C, 28 July '17; 
Requirements Div., May '18; Office of Chief of Engrs., Sept.; General Staff, in charge of machine tools sales, 
Jan. '19; Consulting Mech. Engr., on work of standardizing the equipment of the Army. 

LORD,R.H. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. Lt., Ord. Corps, Nov. '17; Capt., July '18. Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, 
N. J., May '18. A. E. F., July '18; Office of Chief Ord. Officer, Aug. '18. 

McALLEN, J. L. (Ill) ist Lt., Engrs. Commissioned 19 June '17. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 
28 Dec. '17; 6o2d Engrs., Camp Humphreys, Va., 5 Mch. '18; Co. B, 6o2d Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass. 
A. E. F., 8 July '18 — 26 June '19; training area near Langres. Engrs. for 5th Army Corps, St: Mihiel, 
10-16 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive,. 26 Sept. — n Nov. (Avocourt); transferred to 7th Army Corps; 
Army of Occupation. 

McCUNE, W. R. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned 22 Nov. '17. Trench Warfare Div., Ord. Dept., 
Washington, Nov. '17 — Mch. '19. 

MACKENZIE, J. D. (Ill) Lt., Inf. (Canadian). Pvt., Inf., 28 Apr. '16; Sgt., 1 May '16; Lt., 26 June '16. 185 
Inf. Bn., Cape Breton Highlanders, 28 Apr. '16. C. E. F., 13 Oct. '16 — 18 Aug. '19. Fampoux; Amiens; 
Drocourt-Queant Line. Wounded by shrapnel, 2 Sept. '18. Military Cross (British). (Pages 146 and 166.) 

MACK, P. W. (I) Capt., Engrs., Bu. of Public Works, Manila, P. I. before Sept. '18. 

MAGRATH, C. B. (II) Capt., F. A. (Canadian). Commissioned, 29 Dec. '14. 7th and 4th Brig. Canadian F. A. 
C. E. F., July '15 — ■ 1 Mch. '18. Wounded at Passchendaele, Belgium 22 Oct. '17. Invalided out of service. 

MANLEY, H. L. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Aug.; Capt., 
23 Feb. '19. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; Machine Gun School, Springfield, Mass., 
25 June; 126th Ord. Depot Co., 29 Aug.; Div. M. G. and Small Arms Inspector and Repair Officer, noth 
Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 35th Div., Mch. '18. A. E. F., 19 May '18— 1 Aug. '19. ist Army M. G. Gun 
and Small Arms Armament Officer, 10 Nov.; Acting Chief Ord. Officer, ist Army, 5 Apr. '19; M. G. Repair 
Officer, Ord. Base Repair Shops, 26 May '19. Sectors in Vosges Mountains; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. 

MERRILL, C. H. S. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Mr. Engr., (sr. gr.), Engrs., 3 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., Transportation Corps, 
14 Nov. '18. 39th Engrs., 3 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 18 June '18 — 27 June '19. See Civilian Record. 

MERRILL, L. M. (V) Pvt., C. W. S. Corp., Inf., Ohio National Guard, 9 Apr. '17; reduced to Pvt. on volun- 
tary transfer to C. W. S., June '18. Co. C, 147th Inf., Nov. '17; Co. D, Jan. '18; Sn. Sqd. A, 112th Sn. Train, 
37th Div., June; Co. K, 3d Bn., C. W. S., Edgewood, Md., 15 Aug. 

*METZ, A. C. (III). See Roll of Honor (pjge 112). 

MOORE, F. A. (II) istLt.,A. S.A. 2dLt.,F. A., 24 Aug. '17; transferred to A. S. A., Dec,; ist Lt., A. S. R. C, 
22 Dec. '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Leon Springs, Texas, 24 Aug. '17; 335th Sq., 57 Recruit Line, Waco, Texas; 
4th Prov. Regt., Charlotte, N. C.; 880th Sq., Montgomery, Ala. 

MORRISON, I. F. (I) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 25 Aug. '17; ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 23 Nov. 2d 
Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 25 Aug. '17; Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Nov. '17; Machine Gun School, 
Springfield Armory, Mass.; C. O. 4th Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 4th Div. A. E. F., 10 May — 17 Dec. '18; 
attached to Div. Hq. Staff, 18 July '18; Div. M. G.,Ord. Officer and Acting Bn. Adj., 12th M. G. Bn. Aisne- 
Marne Offensive. Gassed, 14 Aug. and spent five months in hospitals. 

MORSE, R. E. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 8 Nov. '17; Lt., 26 Aug. '18. Co. A, 321st Field Sig. Bn., 

Camp Upton, N. Y.; Supply Officer, 209th Field Sig. Bn. 
NEALEY, J. B. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., Sept. '17; Sgt., F. A.; 2d Lt., 17 Aug. '18. With Co. K and Co. D, 

3d Bn., 364th Regt., Inf.; Co. B, 316th Military Police; Btry. A, 346th Regt., 166th F. A. Brig., 91st Div. 

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C. O., Btry. D, 2d Bn., 1st Provisional Brig., 10 Sept. '18 — Feb. '19. Stationed at Presidio, San Francisco, 
Calif.; Camp Lewis, Wash.; Camp Taylor, Ky., Camp Jackson, S. C. With Y. M. C. A. Hq. Staff, in charge 
of supplies, North Russian Expeditionary Forces, Archangel Dist., Dvina Front, May-Oct '19. 
(Page 283.) 

OFENSTEIN, C. L. (I) reported, Experimental Aeronautical Engr., U. S. N. 

PARKER, T. B. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, 4 Oct. '17; Capt., Engrs., 26 Feb. '19. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Lee, Va., 5 Jan. '18; Co. D, 26th Engrs., Camp Dix, N. J., 9 Feb. A. E. F., 30 June '18 — 3 Mch. '19; 
26th Engrs., with Army Water Supply Service; C. 0., Co. D, 26th Engrs., and Dist. Water Supply Officer, 
3d Corps Area, 18 Oct.; directed work of Co. M, 59th Pioneer Inf. and detachments from Sn. C. and Water 
Tank Train. Baccarat Sector; Vesle Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

PATRICK, L. A. (IV) Sgt., Inf. Mass. State Cav., 2 Apr. '12; mustered into Federal Service, 5 Aug. '17. 
A. KF, 20 Sept. '17—14 Feb. '19. Co. A, i02d M. G. Bn., 26th Div. 

PEASE, R. S. (V) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Sn. C, 27 Mch. '18. Corp., C. W. S., 19 Feb. '19. Long Island Labora- 
tories, Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, Long Island City, N. Y. 

PERRIN, L. W. (II) Capt., Inf., In Service Nov. '17. With 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass. and A. E. F. 

POWELL, O. D. (I, XI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 30 Sept.; Corp., 4 Jan. '18; Sgt., 11 Feb.; Instrument Sgt. 
11 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 27 Mch. '19. 309th F. A. (Hv.), Camp Dix. N. J., 30 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 8 May '18— 
10 May '19; with Advancee Dtachment of 78th Div.; trained at Camp Valdahon and Meucon; Saumur 
Arty. School, 30 Sept. '18. Toul Sector, 23 Aug. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-15 Sept.; Toul Sector, 16-23 
Sept. See Civilian Record. 

PRAY, I. R. (XII) 1st Lt., Intelligence Police. Pvt., Maine Hv. F. A., 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Intelligence Police, 
Sept. '18. A. E. F., 1 Mch. '18 — 1 Sept. '19; 1st Maine Hv. F. A., 26th Div.; Hq. Regt., 1st Army; Intelligence 
Police. Served with 1st Army Hq. Regt. attached to 1st, 2d, 3d, and 7th Corps of 3d Army and 1st, 3d and 
5th French Armies. In all American major operations and three major operations with the French. Gassed, 
18 July and 19 Aug. '18. 

PRENTISS, N. N. (Ill) Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., 8 June— 15 Dec. '18. 

RANGER, R. H. (VIII) Capt., Sig. C. Student Officer, May '17; 2d Lt., F. A, Aug.; transferred to Sig. C. 
June '18; 1st Lt., July; Capt., Oct. A. E. F., Aug. '17 — Aug. '19; Inst., 1st Corps, Sig. School; Inst., in charge 
Military Signalling Dept., French Arty. School, Saumur. St. Mihiel Sector; British Sector, Arras-Bapaume. 

RHOADES, W. G. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. 63d Inf., Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., Mch. '18. 

RICHARDSON, WEBSTER (I) Y. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Dec. '17; Y. 2 cl. Off. Tr- 
Sch. for six months; not commissioned because physically unfit for active duty; in charge of Enrolling Office, 
San Pedro, Calif, 12 Jan. '18; Office of Cost Inspector, U. S. N, Union Plant, Bethlehem Steel Corp., San 
Francisco. Calif., 10 Dec. '18 — 12 May '19. 

RICHMOND, C. G. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 28 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 6 Mch. '18. 
Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 28 Dec. '17; 6o2d Engrs., Camp Humphreys, Va., and Camp 
Devens, Mass., 7 Mch. '18; 605th Engrs., Camp Forrest, Ga., 27 June. A. E. F., 30 Sept., '18 — 18 June '19; 

with 8th Army Corps. 

*RIDEOUT, PERCY (I). See Roll of Honor (pages 98, 136 and 189). 

ROONEY, A. H. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 19 Sept. '17; Sgt., 17 Mch. '18; 1st Sgt., 18 Mch.; 2d Lt., 16 
May. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '18 — 18 Jan. '19, with 56th Engrs. 

RUSSELL, FOSTER (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., 1st cl., Sig. C, 23 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., Reserve Military Aviator, 
A. S. A., 11 July '18. Aviation Ground School, Berkeley, Calif., 19 Jan. '18; Aviation Concentration Camp, 
Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, 30 Mch.; Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., for flying training, 2 May; Dorr Field, 
Fla., May; Camp Dick, Texas, 23 July; A. S. Armorer's School, Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, for course on 
machine guns, 6 Aug.; A. S. Flying Field, Payne Field, West Point, Miss., Sept. '18; Disch., Port of Embarka- 
tion, Hoboken, N. J., 5 Dec. '18. 

RUSSELL, FRANK, JR. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Inspector of Small Arms Ammunition. 

SAVAGE, E. C. (II) Pvt., Tank C, 15 July '18. 310th Center, 15 July— 10 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

SAWYER, R. E. (XII) Capt., Q. M. R. C. 1st Lt., Inf. 0. R. C, 6 Nov. '16; transferred to Q. M. C, 15 Aug. 
'17; Capt., Q. M. R. C, 21 Apr. '19. Obtained supplies for Cons. Div., Camp Devens, Mass.; Travelling 
Inst, and Inspector of Methods of Supply and Accounting until 21 Apr. '19. 

SCHMIDT, S. M. (VII) Sanatarian, Jewish Medical Unit, Amer. Red Cross, Joffa, Palestine, Nov. '18. 

SCRIBNER, S. H. (I) Sgt. 1 cl., Engrs. Sgt, 30 June '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 8 July '18. A. E. F., 27 July '17—27 Apr. 
'19; Co. A, 14th Engrs. (Lt. Ry.); operated and maintained light railways on British Front near Arras, 21 Aug. 
'17 — -20 May '18; constructed standard gauge yard at Calais; engaged in engr. work around Chery-Chatreuve 
and Fismet and on American light railways; Center Shops, Apainville. Somme Defensive, Mch. — Apr. '18; 
Aisne-Marne Offensive. Aug. 

SEATON, R. A. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned, 15 Jan. '18. Engr. Div., Arty. Ammunition Sect., 
Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C; approved designs of fuses, boosters, cartridge cases, shells, shrapnel and other 
ammunition components; prepared copy for handbook of instruction on use of ammunition; secured and acted 
as repository for confidential information regarding ammunition of allies and enemies. 

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SHENSTONE, O. H. (I) 2d Lt., Royal Air Force (British). Commissioned, Dec. '17. Off. Tr. Camp of Canadian 
E. F., Toronto, Canada, Sept. '17; Technical Branch, Royal Air Force, C E. F., England, Jan. '18 — Feb. '19; 
Technical Branch No. 2, Sheffield, England. 

SMITH, W. L. (IV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. A. E. F., before June '18; Hq. Co., 55th Arty. 

SNYDER, H. R. (IV) Lt. Comdr., Pay Corps, U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., '10; Lt. (j. g.), '13; Lt., '16; Lt. Comdr., 
'18. On U.S.S. Tacoma, guarding U. S. interests in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; put U.S.S- 
Grosser Kurfust (later the U.S.S. Aeolus) in commission as a troop carrier; Commissary Officer, Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Md.; Supply Officer, U.S.S. Troy in transport service. 

SOULE, H. G. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. 8th Co., Plattsburg, N. Y., Oct. '17; Hq., Cadet Wing, Kelly Field No. 2, Texas, 
Apr. '18. 

SPALDING, S. P. (Ill) Lt.-Col., Ord. Corps. Maj., Ord. Corps, Apr. '18; Lt.-Col., Mch. '19. A. E. F., Ord. 
Depot, Tours. In Armenia, Dec. '19. 

STAMPER, W. Y., JR. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 0. R. C, 12 Apr. '17; 1st Lt., 11 Aug.; Capt., Engrs., 
1 July '18. 307th Engrs., Camp Gordon, Ga., 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Apr.— Sept. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive. 

STRONG, C. R. (IV) 1st Sgt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 17 May '18; 1st Sgt., 14 June. 1st Provisional Wing, 16th Aero 
Cons. Co., A. S., Camp Sevier, S. C, May '18; Mitchell Field, L. I., N. Y., June; Chapman Field, L. I., N Y. 
A. E. F., England, Aug. '18 — Apr. '19; constructed hospitals, Winchester; constructed complete airplane assem- 
bling plant, airdromes, and aviation field, Tangmere, Sussex. 

SWEETSER, H. A., Pvt., Inf. Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 15 Apr. '17; Off. Tr. Camp, Lehigh University; 24th 
Co., 5th Bn., Cent. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va. 

THOMPSON, M.R. (XIV) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 8 June 'i8;_Sgt., 8 June '18. 1st Bn., Research Div., 
American University, Washington, D. C, 8 June— 16 Dec. '18; Acting Cons. Foreman of a hydrogen sulphide 
plant, later Shift Foreman during operation of a butyl-mercaptan plant, utilizing hydrogen sulphide. 

UNDERHILL, A. W., JR. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 28 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., 14 June '18. Engr. Off. 
Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 28 Dec. '17; 1st Repl. Regt. Engrs., 8 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 1 Sept. '18 — 
19 June '19; Sept. Automatic Repl. Draft of Washington Barracks (Engrs.), Camp Knotty Ash, England, 
7 Oct. '18; held there for cons.; C. O., Co. No. 1, Washington Barracks Sept. Automatic Repl. Draft 
(Engrs.), 24 Feb. '19; in France, I- 10 May '19. 

VAN HOVENBERG, H. W. (XI) Passed Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Public Health Service. Sn. Engr. (1st Lt.), 
U. S. Public Health Service, 19 Feb. '18; Assoc. Sn. Engr. with rank of Passed Asst. Surgeon (Capt.), 25 Feb. 
'19. Service at large in U. S., and in charge of malarial protection of soldiers and sailors at Naval Operating 
Base, and Army Supply Base, Norfolk, Va., Apr. — Sept. '18. 

VINING, R E. (Ill) 1st Lt., Engrs. Corp., Engrs., 21 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 29 Mch. '18; 1st Lt., 1 Nov., Co. D. 
303d Engrs., Camp Dix, N. J., 21 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 28 May '18—28 July '19; Co. F, 7th Engrs., 5th Div., 
18 Sept. St. Mihiel Offensive 12-16 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 14 Oct. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupa- 
tion, 28 Dec. — 8 July '19. Wounded, 4 Nov. '18. 

WADE, N. S. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WALKER, R. T. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 22 Sept. '17; Corp.; Sgt.; S^t 1 cl.; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.); 2d Lt., 
4 Oct. '18. Camouflage Sect., 40th Engrs. A. E. F., 4 Jan. '18 — 6 Jan. '19; In action with 2d, 4th, 
28th, 3 2d, and 72d Divisions; in charge of camouflage for 4th and 28th Divisions. Aisne Defensive and 
Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry), June and July '18; Vesle Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). 

WARNER, W. W. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 25 July '18. 5th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Wright, Long Island 
Sound, N. Y., 25 July '18; Candidate, Co. B and Co. F, C. A. C, Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Sept. See 
• Civilian Record. 

WATTS, LAURENCE (I) Maj., C. A. C. 1st Lt., C. A. C, Nov. '17; Capt., '18; Maj., '19. Ft. Monroe, Va., 
Mch. '18; Camp Eustis, Va., Mch. '19. 

WEATHERWAX, L. A. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Co. I, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va. 

WEEKS, L. B. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. U. S. Army Mine Planter. A. E. F., in Dec. '18. 

WELLS, R. B. (II) Sgt., Marine Corps. A. E. F., in '17 and '18; 17th Co., 5th Marines, 2d Div. U. S. Naval 
Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., Mch. '19; Hospital in Washington, Apr. '19. Aisne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); 
Aisne-Marne Offensive; Champaign Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Shell shocked. (Page 174.) 

WELLS, R. D. (II, VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. R. C, 20 Aug. '17; Capt., 29 June '18; Capt., O. R. C, 
Feb. '19. In charge of inspection of trench helmets, periscopes, and instruments; transferred to inspection 
of fire control instruments for artillery. 

WHEELER, T. L. (X) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., 1 July '18; Maj., 1 Nov. '18. In charge 
Technical Development Dept., Chemical Manufacturing and Development Sect., Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., 
developing mfg. of charcoal and soda lime for gas masks. 

WHITCOMB, E. J. (X) Capt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 27 Nov.; 
Capt., 9 Aug. '19- Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 25 Aug. '17; Raritan Arsenal, N. J., 27 Nov.; Liberty 
Loan Officer, Apr. '18; Personnel Adj., Raritan Arsenal, I July '18 — 29 Aug. '19. 

WILLIAMS, C. S., JR. (V) reported Capt., Inf. 

WILSON, I. W. (XIV) Maj., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, 26 Sept. '17; Capt., 19 Mch. '18; 
Maj., C. W. S., 13 July. Inspected gas defense materials, Astoria, N. Y. 26 Sept. '17; C. 0. Hero Detach- 

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ment, Philadelphia, Pa., 8 Feb. '18, mfg. gas masks; C. O., Astoria Detachment, Astoria, N. Y., 23 Sept. '18 
— 8 Mch. '19, producing charcoal and soda lime. 

WOOD, HENRY (IV) 2dLt., C.A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 17 Dec. '18; Corp., Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 26 June. '18. Narra- 
gansett Bay, 17 Dec. '17; Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Apr., '18. A. E. F., 1 Aug. '18— 5 Mch. '19; Liaison 
Officer and Judge Advocate, 54th C. A. C. 

WOOD, L. D. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 3 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 26 June; 1st Lt., 1 Nov. 30th Co., 
Narragansett Bay, 3 Jan. '18; Inst, in Electricity, Ft. Monroe, Va. 

WOOD, R. O (XIV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Aviation Mechanic, U. S. N. R. F., 1 Mav '17; Ensign, U. S- 
N. R. F. (A), 25 Oct. '18. Squantum Station, I May '17; Ground School, M. I. T., 27 Mch. '18; Inst., Pensa- 
cola, Fla., 25 Oct. '18— I Feb. '19. 

WOODRUFF, J. C. (X) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., Gas Defense Div., Sn. C, Sept. '17; Maj., Mch. '18; transferred 
to C. W. S., Aug. Technical Director, Gas Defense Service, Washington, D. C, responsible for technical 
details of production of gas masks, Sept. '17; Director of Chemical Mfr. and Development Sect., Gas Defense 
Div., C. W. S., New York, Aug. '18— May '19. 

WOODWARD, E. L. (VI) Sgt., Engrs. Entered Service, 22 July '18. 35th Co., Transportation Corps., Engrs. 
A. E. F., 13 Nov. '18— Sept. '19; Gievres Railway Center. 

YEREANCE, A. W. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Engr. 0. R. C, 15 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., Engrs., N. A., 
6 Mch.; Capt., Engrs., 23 Oct. A. E. F., 8 June '18 — 22 May '19; 305th Engrs. Somme Offensive, 23 July 
— 18 Aug. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. 

I912 

ALDEN, F. T. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 5 Oct. '17; Corp., 21 June '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 11 Aug.; Mr. Engr. (j. g.) 
26 Mch., '19; 2d Lt., 7 May. Entered Service with 301st Engrs., 5 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 14 July '18 — 13 June 
'19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Operations in the Woevre; Army of Occupation. 

APPLEQUEST, J. A. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 28 Feb. '18; Commissioned, 17 July '18. School of 
Military Aeronautics, M. I. T, 2 Mch. '18; stationed at Union Switch and Signal Co., Swissvale, Pa., testing 
Le Rhone Motor; Engr. Div., at Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calif., 4 Oct. '18 — 2 Jan. '19. 

AYRES, RICHARDSON (I) Maj., C. A. C. is't Lt., C. A. R. C, 27 Nov. '17; Capt., C. A. C, 6 Sept. '18; Maj., 
25 Oct. Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; Ft. Rosecrans, Calif., 27 Nov.; School of Fire, F. A., Ft. Sill, Okla., 

9 Feb. '18; returned Ft. Rosecrans, 30 Apr.; Asst. Adj., Adj., and Aerial Observer, Coast Defense of San 
Diego, 1 May — 23 Dec. '18. 

BABCOCK, H. A. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Cadet, Ground School, University of Illinois, 24 Aug.— 2 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 
Dec. '17 — Dec. '18; attended 2d Aviation Instruction Camp; ran engine shops and overhauled engines at 
Tours; with Engine Div., Technical Sect., A. S., Paris, 1 July '18; Officer in Charge, Engine Sub-Div. of 
Technical Sect., writing and publishing engine handbooks, until Dec. '18. 

BAILEY, R. T. (I) Capt., Engr. 0. R. C. Camp Leavenworth, Kan., July— Dec. '17. See Civilian Record. 

BALLARD, V. V. (I) 1st Sgt., Engrs. Sgt., Engrs., 25 July '17; 1st S'gt., 14 Oct. '18. Co. C, S02d Engrs., 25 
July '17. A. E. F., 24 Nov. '17 — 18 July '19; Student, University of Toulouse after armistice. 

BARNARD, J. M. (Ill) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 23 Nov. '17; Capt., 6 May '19. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., 23 Aug. '17; Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 15 Dec. A. E. F., 22 Sept. '18 — 27 June '19. 
American Base Arsenal. Mehun-sur-Yevre, 15 Oct. — June '19. 

BEARDSLEY, R. 0. (VI) 2d Lt., C. W. S. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., 12 May '17; 
Candidate, 16th Provisional Tr., Regt., Ft. Scott, Calif. Disch. as physically disqualified for active 
service, 26 June '17; re-entered service under Limited Service Ruling as 2d Lt., C. W. S., Hq., Washington, 
D. C., 29 Aug. '17 — 1 Feb. '19. 

BECKER, JOHN, JR. (II) 2d Lt ., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., until Dec. '18. 

BENBOW, D. F. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 7 July '17; Capt., 19 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 18 Feb 
'18 — 10 Jan. '19. Citation from Commander-in-Chief, A. E. F. (Page 154.) 

BENNIS,A.T. (I)C.Y.,U. S.N.R. F. Sea. 2 cl., n Dec. '17; Y.,3 cl., 1 May '18; Y., 2 cl, 1 July; C. Y., 1 May 
'19. Convoy duty on U.S. S. San Diego, 12 Mch. '18; ship sunk by enemy mine, 19 July '18; Pelham Bay Park, 
N. Y., 1 Oct. '18; on U.S.S. Tiger, troop transport, I Apr. '19; on inactive list, 23 Aug. '19. 

BENSON, H. S. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 10 Oct. '17; Capt, 28 June '18. Inspection Div., 

10 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 15 Sept. — -25 Dec. '18; Liaison Officer on trench warfare material, France; Disch., 
15 Apr. '19. See Civilian Record. 

BOYER, J. A. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., 6 Sept. '17; Corp., 16 Sept.; Sgt., 18 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 1 June; 1st Lt., 13 

Aug. Co. G, 324th Inf., 6 Sept. '17; Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Jackson, S. C, 5 Jan. '18; Camp Sevier, S. C; 

8th Co., 1st Repl. Regt. Inf., Camp Pike, Ark., 10 June '18; Camp MacArthur, Texas, 25 June '18 — 15 Mch. 

'19; Port of Embarkation, N. Y., Port of Embarkation, Norfolk, Va., and Camp Gordon, Ga., until 21 Oct. '19. 

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BREED, F. N. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs:, 5 Feb. '18; 1st Lt., 13 Nov. In fFrance June '17; Member 

Tech Unit, American Field Service, engaged in ammunition transport work on Chemin des Dames Front for 

five months. A. E. F., Div. of Cons, and Forestry, Hq., C. E., designing hospitals, warehouses, barracks, 

and camps, Feb. '18— Apr. '19; Inst., A. E. F. Arty. Training Center, Bellevue, Apr.— 9 July '19. (Page 86.) 
BROWN, K. H. (VIII) Pvt., C. A. C. C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 9 Nov. '18— Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 
BROWN, S. H., JR. (XIII) C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F. C. B. M., 6 Apr. '17; C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F. U. S. S. 

Nebraska, Apr. and May '17; Asst. Inspector of Hull Cons., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, supervising construction 

of the standard 110-ft. Submarine Chasers, after 30 May '17. 
*BUSEY, C. B. (II). See Roll of Honor (pages 99 and 198). 

CALVIN, H. H. ist Lt., Ord. Corps, Philadelphia Dist. Ord. Office, until 24 Apr. '19. 
CANADAY, W. A. (II) Sgt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 11 Dec. '17; Sgt., 155 May '18. A. E. F., 28 June 

'18 — i9Apr.'i9 at an ordnance base, repairing French 75 -mm. and 155-mm. howitzers, 15 June; in charge of 

all motorcycle repairs of the C. A. C. Regt., Arty. Park, ist Army. Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). 
CANFIELD, EDWARD, JR. (VI) Col., C. A. C. Graduated from U. S. Military Academy, 12 Feb. '01; Capt., 

C. A. C, '09; Maj., '17; Lt.-Col., '18; Col, '19. In charge of cons. Camp Devens, Mass., June— Dec. '17. 

A. E. F., Dec. '17— Apr. '19; Asst. Chief of Staff, 4th Div., in charge of administration and supply of Div. 

in France and Germany. Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July— 6 Aug. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept.; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation. Distinguished Service Medal. (Pages 

139 and 184.) 
CARPENTER, C. H. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 17 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 23 Aug. '17—20 Nov. '18; Ord. Dept., 

G. H. Q., later Supply Sect, of General Staff. 
CARTWRIGHT, KENNETH (II) Ensign, U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., 6 June '18; 4th Reserve Officers' Class, 

Military Academy, Annapolis, Md., 17 June — 15 Sept. '18; Submarine School, New London, Conn., 15 Sept. 

— 25 Mch. '19; 3d Officer, later 2d Officer on AL-i. 
CATCHING, H. H. (I) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Sgt., on special duty, 144th Aero Sq., Kelly Field, Texas, 

Nov. '17. 
CATHER, J. H. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. ist Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 25 Oct. '17; transferred to 78th Engrs., 

29 July '19. At Camps Morrison, Langley, Lee, Humphreys and Leach. See Civilian Record. 

*CAVANAGH, HARRY (I). See Roll of Honor (pages 89 and 165.) 

CHANDLER, R. W. (VI) Maj., Ord. Corps., att. to A. S. ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 1 Aug. '17; Capt., 20 Mch. '18J 

Maj., 20 Mch. '19. Flying Officer for Ord. Dept. for developing and testing airplane guns, equipment, and 

bombs in U. S. and abroad. A. E. F., 1 Jan. '18 — 1 Feb. '19; Liaison Officer with Royal Flying Corps, Mch. 

— May; with French three months testing machine guns at 7000 meters altitude. Somme Defensive; St. 

Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded by machine-gun bullet, Mch. '18. See Civilian 

Record. 
CLARK, H. F. (I) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 2 Sept. '17; Maj., 28 Mch. '19; Casual, 2 Sept. '17. 312th Engrs., 

Camp Pike, Ark., 10 Dec. A. E. F., 14 Feb. '18—25 A pr- '19; 2d Engrs., 29 May— 24 June '18; 7th Engrs., 

1 Aug.; 314th Engrs., Senior Inst., 3d Corps Engr. School, Clamecy, Nievre, 25 Aug.; 307th Engrs., 12 Apr. 

'19; C. O., 320th M. G. Bn.; Office of Chief Engr., Washington, D. C, May— Sept. '19; Asst. Prof., Dept. 

Military Science, M. I. T. Aisne Defensive (Belleau Wood); St. Mihiel Sector; Vosges Sector. 
COSTNER, J. M. (I) istLt., Ord. Corps. In charge of transportation of Ord. Material in New York Dist- 

20 Feb. '18—10 Mch. '19; C. 0. of fourteen toluol recovery plants of Ord. Dept. in New York Dist., 10 Mch- 

'19— 20 Jan. '20. 
COX, R. S. (Ill) Cadet, A. S., 4 Oct. '17. See Civilian Record. 
DAVIS, H. B. (Ill) ist Lt., A. S. A. 2d.Lt., Inf., 23 Aug. '17; transferred to A. S., 10 Feb. '18; ist Lt., 6 Nov. '18, 

Tr. Camp, Camp Travis, Texas. A. E. F., 29 Mch. '18—3 Aug. '19; with 650th Aero Sq., building American 

Aviation Acceptance Park, No. I, Orly-sur-Seine; Personnel Officer, Adj., and C. O., Acceptance Park, No. 1. 
DAY, S. L. (IV) Pvt., A. S., Photographic Sect. Drafted for limited service and went to Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., 

29 Aug. '18; Aerial School of Photography, Cornell University, 13 Sept. '18; Draftsman, 29th Aero Photo 

Sect., Mitchell Field, Garden City, L. I., Oct.— Dec. '18. 
DESLOGE, JOSEPH (VI) Sous-Lieut., French F. A. Camion Driver, American Field Service attached to French 

Army, Apr.^Nov. '17; Ambulance Driver, American Red Cross attached to Italian Army, Dec. '17 — Apr. 

'18; Cadet, Apr. '18, later Sous-Lieut., attached nth F. A., French Army. With the 21st Regt. Czecko- 

Slovak Inf., at Vouziers, Sept. '18. French offensive of Chemin des Dames, May — Nov. '17; Piave Sector, 

Dec. — Apr. '18; Champagne Offensive, Sept. — Nov. '18. Croix de Guerre. 
DEXTER, H. E. (VI) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 2 May '17; ist Lt., 21 Dec; Capt , 1 June '18. A. E. F., 

26 Dec. '17 — 11 Feb. '19. 1st Gas Regt. Lens Sector, Mch. — Apr. '18; Toul Sector, 1 June; Chateau- 
Thierry, and Vosges Mountains, July — -Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-15 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 

26 Sept. — n Nov. Received Citation for Meritorious Service, 19 Apr. '19. 
DOANE, R. H. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. Co. 2, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 25 Oct. '18— n Jan. '19. 

See Civilian Record. 

DOBLE, R. N. (II) ist Lt., Tank C. 301st Engrs., Co. E, Camp Devens, Mass., in Oct. '17; transferred 2d Bn. 
(Hv.) Tank C, Mch. '18; Disch., 16 Dec. '18. 

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DODGE, C. E. (I) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Inf., 4 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 20 Dec. War Dept., Washington, 
D. C, 19 Jan. '18; Proof Officer, Trench Warfare Range, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 6 June. (Page 
265.) 

DREWSON, PIERRE (X) Maj., Inf., 24 Aug. '18. Entered Service, 24 Aug. '17; 155th Depot Brig., Camp Leo 
Va., M. G. Sch., Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., 26 Oct. — 16 Dec. '18. 

DUDLEY, BOYD, JR. (Ill) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Ord. Corps, 17 July '17; Maj., 3 July '19. Disch., 30 
Sept. '19. 

DUGAN, W. E., JR. (I) Capt., A. S. A. Pvt., French ForeignLegion, 19 Sept. '14; Corp., later Sgt., 170th French 
Inf., Oct. '15; training for French Aviation Service, June '16; Spad 124 French Army (Escadrille Lafayette), 
Feb. ' 17; 1st Lt., A. S. A., 103d Aero Sq., Jan. '18; Capt., A. S. A. at American Aviation Acceptance Park, 
Orly-sur-Seine; Officer in Charge of Repairs and Tests, June '18 — Mch. '19. Somme'i4 (Battle of the Aisne) 
and '15 (Labyrinth); Champagne Offensive '15; Alsace Offensive '15; Defense of Verdun '16; Somme Offen- 
sive 'i7and Defensive '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive'18; Alsace Sector '18; Flanders Offensives '18; Champagne 
Offensive '18. Wounded while with French Inf. French Citation. (Pages 157 and 161.) 

DUKE, L. B. (Ill) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 12 Sept. '17. Commissioned, 29 Mch. '18. School of Mili- 
tary Aeronautics, M. I. T., 3 Nov.; Graduated, Princeton School of Military Aeronautics, 12 Jan. '18; primary 
flying, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 21 Jan. '18; Concentration Camp, Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, 5 Apr.; 
courses for Bombing Pilots, Ellington Field, Texas, 5 May; course in Aerial Gunnery, Taliaferro Field, Hicks, 
Texas, 16 Sept.; course in Aeronautical Engineering, M. I. T., 5 Oct.; with A. S., Engr. Div., Dayton, Ohio, 
doing experimental work in aeronautics for the Govt., 10 Feb. '19. 

EDGERTON, G. I. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Commissioned Feb. '18. Jr. Aide to Commandant, U. S. 
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., and Communications Officer in charge of secret and confidential publica- 
tions, coding and de-coding, Pensacola, July '18 — May '19; qualified as Pilot of heavier-than-air machines. 

EICHER, A. M. (XI) 1st Lt., Engr. O. R. C. Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1 Sept. '17. Disch. on account of bad 
eyes, 30 Oct. '17. See Civilian Record. 

EISENBOURG, ADOLPHE (VII) Pvt., 1 cl, M. C. Pvt., 1 cl., N. Mex. N. G.; Mus. 3 cl, Oct. '17; Pvt., 
M. R. C, Dec. '17. 1st N. Mex. N. G. became part of Hq. Troop, and M. P. Co., 40th Div., Camp Kearney, 
Calif.; transferred to M. R. C; Harvard Medical School, 3 Dec. '17 — Jan. '19; organized S. A. T. C. band 
at Medical School. 

ETHERIDGE, W. S. (I) Capt., Tank C. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C; Capt., Engrs., 16 Mch. '18; Capt., Tank C, 
15 July '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 8 May— 28 July '17. A. E. F., 28 July '17—17 Mch. 
'19; with 12th Engrs. (Ry.); in charge of operating gasolene electric tractors on 60-cm. railway in British 3d 
Army at Cambrai; assigned to Brigade Staff throughout St. Mihiel and Argonne. Cambrai Offensive, '17; 
Amiens Defensive, Mch. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept. — Oct. '18. 
(Page 168.) 

FALLON, CHRISTOPHER (III) 2d Lt., C. W. S. 

FERGUSON, H. F. (XI) 1st Lt., Ertgrs. Entered Service, 13 May '17. A. E. F., 11 Dec. '17—25 Jan. '19; 

constructed water supplies in advance sect., S. 0. S., for hospitals, camps, and villages. 
FERRY, E. E. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., 20 Aug. '17; C. Q. M. (A.), 10 Apr. '18; Ensign, 25 Oct. 

At Pelham Bay, Great Lakes Training Stations and M. I. T. Naval Aviation Detachment; Naval Aviation 

Station, Pensacola, Fla.; Ord. Officer, Naval Aviation Station, Hampton Roads, Va., for four months; 

inactive list, 29 Apr. '19. 
FLANIGAN, E. B. (II) 1st Lt., M. T. C. Entered Service, Dec. '17. A. E. F., 8 Aug. '18—4 Aug. '19; Service 

Park Unit 405, Hq., 3d Army Corps. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
FOX, H. R. L. (Ill) Capt., Royal Engrs. (British). Enlisted in British Inf., nth Bn., Sherwood Foresters, 20 Oct. 

'14; transferred to Royal Engrs., May '15. B. E. F., May '15 — Sept. '18; Field Engr.; Adj., 4th Corps, 

Royal Engrs.; Acting Officer Commanding Royal Engrs., 4th Corps; Maj. (acting), 3d Co., Royal Engrs. in 

England. Festubert '15; Loos '15; Vimy Ridge '17; Somme '17; Cambrai '17; Retreat of Mch. — Aug. '18; 

Advance of Aug. '18. Gassed and wounded but not evacuated; shell shocked, 1 Sept. '18 and sent to 

England. 

FOX, R. H. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps., Inspection Div. (Metallurgical), Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Nov. '17 
— May '18; transferred to Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. 

FRANK, A. W. (XIIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. 

FULLER, F. R., Maj., Inf. Entered Service, 1 Mch. '09; Maj., 21 June '18. A. E. F., 12 May '18—24 June '19; 
Member, 4th Div., Operations Sect, during Aisne-Marne Offensive; C. O., 10th M. G. Bn. (Motorized), 4th 
Div., 21 Aug. '18. Vesle Sector, Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; 
Army of Occupation. (Page 184.) 

GABRIEL, C. L. (X) istLt.,C. W. S. Hq., Washington, D. C, 13 Aug.— 6 Sept. '18; Development Div., Will- 
oughby, Ohio, 6 Sept. — 1 Apr. '19; C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Apr. — 26 June '19. Personal letter 
of commendation from Maj. Gen. Sibert. (Page 258.) 

GALLAGHER, V. L. (VI) Ensign, Bu. of Steam Engr., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Naval Aviation Detach., M. I. T, 
6 Apr. — 10 June '18; Keyport, N. J., 10 June — 8 July '18; working on construction of tachometers for air- 
planes, New Rochelle, N. Y., July '18—6 Feb. '19. 

GOODRICH, C. F. (II) Lt., Ord. Corps. 5th Depot Co., Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., in Oct. '17. A. E. F., in 
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GRANT, J. S. (I) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. C. C. M., 21 Dec. '17; Ensign, 12 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 21 Aug. '18; Lt., 

21 Mch. '19. 

GREENLEAF, HAROLD (I) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt., 8th Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 14 Aug. '18; 
2dLt.,F.A. R. C.,4Dec. '18. 

GUILFORD, E. H. (VI) istLt.,A. S. 2dLt., 24 Aug. '17; istLt., 6 Aug. '18. Radio Development Sect., Sig.C, 
24 Aug. '17; Washington, D. C., 24 Nov. '17; Atlanta, Ga., 1 Mch. '18; New York City, 1 June '18; Mineola, 
L. L, 1 Aug. '18. 

HALL, H. W. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 1st Lt., 27N0V. '17; Capt., 2N0V. '18. Entered Service, 23 Aug. '17. A. E. 
F., 18 Dec. '17—6 Feb. '19, with 44th Arty., C. A. C. Transferred to U. S. Gen. Hosp., No. 8, 23 Feb. '19 
and disch., 9 June '19. Offensive at Ypres, 21 Mch. '18; Toul Sector (Seicheprey) ; Pont-a-Mousson Sector; 
Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed, 10 Oct. '18. Distin- 
guished Service Cross. (Pages 133 and 181.) 

HALL, JOHN (XI) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt., 19 Jan. '18; Capt., 22 Aug. '18. Medical Officers Tr. Camp, Ft. Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga., Sn. Inspector during construction of Camp Eustis, Va., 8 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 25 Nov. '18 — 
11 July '19; C. O., Sn. Sqd. 118, St. Nazaire, France; construction and repair work in hospitals in Base 
Section I and general sanitary work in Embarkation Camp; Student, University of Paris, I Mch. — June '19. 

HANSON, H. H. (X) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., C. W. S., 12 Dec. '17; Maj., 13 July '18. A. E. F., Dec. '17— 
May '18; assisted in starting gas laboratory in Paris; Asst. Chief of Gas Defense; sent to learn French process 
of mfg. mustard gas. Returned to U. S. and started construction of mustard gas plant at Edgewood Arsenal 
in May '18. See Civilian Record. 

HARRINGTON, C. H. (I) Sgt. 1 cl. Engrs. Co. F, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., France, 
July '18 — Mch. '19; Army Candidates Sch., Langres; Coblenz, Germany, Feb. '19. Army of Occupation. 

HERRESHOFF, N. G., JR. (VI) Pvt., A. S. Entered service, 29 Mch. '18; 29th Photo Unit, Aero Photography; 
spent three months in intensive military training, one month at Photo School in Rochester, N. Y., and five 
months practicing at aviation fields. 

HIGGINS, C. F., 2d Lt., Inf. Co. I, 301st Inf. 

HILDRETH, A. G. (V) Candidate, 17th Prov. Tr. Regt., Plattsburg, N. Y., 23 Aug. '17. Discharged from service 
because of injury received. 

HOBSON, C. F. (X) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. 

HODGE, G. E. (V) Ensign, U. S. N., 6 June '18. 

HOLBROOK, E. C. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Entered service, 2 Sept. '17; 104th Engrs., 10 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 19 June 
'18 — 22 May '19. Center Sector, Haute Alsace Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HOMAN, E. L. (Ill) 1st Lt., Engrs. Commissioned, 15 Aug. '17. Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; Engr. Off. Tr- 
Camp, Washington, D. C, 15 June — 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18 — Mch. '19; with 302d Engrs., 77th 
Div.; transferred to 317th Engrs., 92d Div., 14 July '18; repaired trenches and wire near St. Die; main- 
tained roads, constructed dugouts in sectors near Nancy; built water towers and dug wells at Le Mans, Dec. '18 
— Feb. '19; maintained roads around Camp Pontanezen until 25 Feb. '19. 

HORNOR, A. P. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 7th Co., C. A. C; commissioned, 25 Sept. '18. Boston, Mass., 

22 May '18; Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 5 July '18; Advanced Orientation School, 5 Oct. '18; 34th C. A. C, 
4 Nov. '18; Telephone Officer, 2d Bn. until 10 Dec. '18. 

HOWARD, G. B. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. A. E. F., Co. E, 17th Engrs., Feb.— Dec. '18; transferred 317th Engrs., 
Jan. '19. 

HUGGINS, L. M. (II) Capt., Inf. 1st Lt., Nov. '17; Capt., Sept. '18. 1st Porto Rican Tr. Camp, July '17; 
trained troops in Porto Rico during war. 

HUNSAKER, J. C. (XIII) Lt. Comdn, U. S. N. With Bu. of Construction and Repair, Navy Dept., Washing- 
ton, D. C, especially charged with the design of large seaplanes. (Pages 9 and 244.) 

JONES, C. C. (I) enlisted, 9 Nov. '18. Disch., 12 Nov. '18. 

KAHN, MILTON, 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt. 5 Aug. '18; Corp. 1 Sept.; 2d Lt. 9 Nov. Hq. Co., 5 Aug.— 15 Nov. 
'18; at Cleveland, Ohio, working on a new gas, 15 Nov. — 9 Dec. '18. 

KALBFLEISCH, T. F., JR. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. Co. A, 6th Engrs., 1 July '18. A. E. F., 6 Aug. '18—25 Aug. 
'19; Interpreter for office of 3d Div., Engrs., 20 Nov. '18 — 10 Aug. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

KEBBON, H. E. (IV) Maj., Engrs. Capt., Engrs., 4 Sept. '17; Maj. Q. M. C, 18 Mch. '18; transferred to Maj., 
Engrs. to rank from 18 Mch. '18. Cons. Q. M., Camp Ordway (later Meigs), Washington, D. C, 2 Oct.— 
22 Nov. '17; Cons.Q. M., in charge of building extension to Gen. Hosp., No. I, Williamsbridge, N. Y., 22 Nov. 
'17 — 11 Jan. '18; Cons.Q. M., Camp Humphreys, Va., 11 Jan. — May '18; ordered to prepare plans and designs 
for permanent engrs. school and post which were presented to Chief of Engrs. and Sec. of War, Apr. '19. 
Disch., 8 May '19. See Civilian Record and page 318. 

KEITH, G. M. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 28 June '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 3 June '18. With 301st 
Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 15 Aug. — 26 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 5 Jan. — May '18; with 116th Engrs., 5 Jan. 
'18; Student, 2d Corps School, 30 Jan. — 11 Mch.; with 2d Engrs., Ansanville Sector, 11 Mch. — 22 Apr. '18; 
Instr.,Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camps Lee and Humphreys, Va., 20 May '18 — -15 Jan. '19; Hq., Camp Humphreys, 
Ian.— 22 Sept. '19; C. O., Engr. School Detachment, Camp Humphreys, Va., Sept. — 31 Oct. '19. 

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KENRICK, A. F. (II) Corp., Engrs. Pvt. i cl., i Sept. '17; Corp., 16 Apr. '18. Pvt., Co. B, 1st Regt., Mass. 
Engrs. (later 101st U. S. Engrs., 26th Div.), 29 June '17. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '17 — 4 Apr. '19. Toul Sector, 
1 Apr. — 26 June '18; Pas Fini Sector, (Chateau-Thierry), 7-18 July; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 15-18 July; 
Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — 6 Aug.; Rupt Sector, 2-12 Sept.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept.; Troyon 
Sector (Marcheville Raid), 14 Sept. — 10 Oct.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 25 Sept. — 11 Nov. 

KINGSBURY, F. H. (XI) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, 23 June '17; Capt., Engrs., N. A., 14 June '18- 
Training Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 8 May '17; active duty, 10 July; assigned to Co. A, 306th Engrs., Camp 
Jackson, S. C, 5 Sept.; in command, Co. A, 28 May '18. A. E. F., 31 July '18 — 3 June '19. 

LANGE, W. H. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, 14 May '17; with 306th Engrs., Camp Jackson, Columbia, 
S. C, in Nov. '17; with Co. D, 306th Engrs., on temporary duty, in Jan. '18. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '18 — Feb. 
'19; with 319th Engrs., worked on buildings of Camp Pontanezen, St. Nazaire. 

LAUMAN, P. G. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. 

LAWLER, T. B. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 20 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A. Camp Gordon, Ga. and Camp Taylor, 

Ky., until 11 Dec. '18. 
LEVINE, MAX (VIII) Capt., Sn. C, 28 Aug. '18. Instr. in Water and Milk Examination, School for Sn. 

Officers, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb.-Aug. '18. A. E. F., 29 Aug. '18 — 20 May '19; Bacteriologist for Water 

Service, Advanced Sector, and Inst, in Bacteriology, Central Medical Dept. Laboratory, Oct. '18 — Jan. '19; 

in charge of Bacteriological Laboratory, Central Medical Laboratory, Feb.-May '19. Research work on 

dysentery bacilli, Army Medical School, Washington, D. C, June-Sept. '19. 

LITTLE, J. B. (Ill) 2d Lt., F. A. Commissioned 15 Aug. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., 13 May '17; 

317th F. A., 81st Div., Camp Jackson, S. C, Aug. '17 — 29 Mch. '18. Disch. on account of illness. 
LOWE, R. M. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 15 Dec. '17 — 12 Dec. '18. 
LYNCH, W. C. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned Sept. '17. Supervising Inspector on Fuses for Arty. 

Ammunition, 13 Sept. '17 — 17 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 17 Aug. '18 — 20 Jan. '19; Ammunition Inspector, Hq., 

1st Army. 
MABBOTT, H. C. (II) Capt. (T), C. A. C. 1st Lt., R. A., 9 Aug. '17; Capt. (T.), 22 Jan. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, 

Ft. Monroe, Va., 3d Sept. '17—10 May '18. A. E. F., 10 May — 29 Nov. '18; Inst, in Army Anti-Aircraft 

Arty. Sch., for five months. 

McAVOY, F. T. (I) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 24 Sept. '18; Corp., Feb. '19. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Sevier, 24 Sept. 

'18; 156 Depot Brig., Camp Jackson, S. C, Nov. '18—14 Mch. '19. 
McGRATH, D. J. (I) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Service, 30 Nov. '17; Capt., C. W. S. July '18. In 

service Nov. '17 — Feb. '19. 
*McKENNEY, K. C. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page in). 
McKNIGHT, W. F. (X) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. With i92d Aero.Sq., 2 Jan. '18. 

MANNING, H. G. (X) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., 14 Dec. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 21 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 13 Sept. '18. Inspec- 
tor, National Brass and Copper Tube Co., Hastings on Hudson, N. Y., 31 Dec. '17; Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Aber- 
deen Proving Ground, Md., 6 June '18; engaged in experimental ballistics, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 
10 Feb. '19. 

MARSHALL, E. M. (Ill) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Candidate, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., 12 May '17; 2d Lt., 
15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 6 Sept. '18 — 21 July '19; Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 3d Corps, Arty. Park, in Oct. '18; 
Asst. Div. Ord. Officer, 5th Div. 

MASON, M. C. (VI) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engrs., 9 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., 18 Dec. '18. 1st Engr. Tr. and RepL 
Regt., 9 Aug. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., 20 Sept. '18 — 18 Dec. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

MATTHEWS, L. A. (VIII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. School for Sn. Engrs., Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; 6 Sept.— 12 Oct. '18; 
C. O., Sn. Sqd. 116, Camp Crane, Pa., 11 Oct.— 31 Oct. '18; Camp Merritt, N. J., 1-11 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 
12 Nov. '18 — 23 Aug. '19; Sn. Sqd. 116 and Sn. Sqd. 115 constructed and operated first delousing plant in 
Camp Pontanezen; in charge of a larger delousing plant, Apr. — 9 Aug. '19. 

MAYERS, E. C. (I) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. i02d Sup. Tn., 27th Div., Camp Wadsworth, S. C. in Nov. '17. A. E. F., 

before 30 June '18. 
MERRILL, HAMILTON (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, 26 Aug. '17; Capt., C. W. S., 

19 July '18. A. E. F., 25 Sept. — 23 Dec. '18; in England and France asTiaison Officer. 

MONTGOMERY, EDWARD (X) Capt., C. A. C. Commissioned Captain May '18. Inst., 39th F. A., School 
of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., in Mch. '19. 

MOORE, E. B. (VI) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned 8 Aug. '17. Inspector of Ord., Midvale Steel and Ord- 
nance Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,7Nov. '17 — 10 Nov. '18; Inspector of Ord., American Car and Foundry Co., Ber- 
wick, Pa., 10 Nov. '18 — 8 Apr. '19; Asst. CO., Sandy Hook Proving Ground, 8 Apr. — 8 July '19; Ord. Officer, 
59th Arty. Regt., Ft. Winfield Scott, Calif., 8 July '19. 

MORLEY, J. H. (Ill) Lt., Engrs. Received Commission few days before the armistice and was then dis- 
charged from Service. 

MORRILL, C. H. Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.). Pvt., Engrs., 13 Oct. '17; Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), 1 Nov. '17; Mr. Engr., 
(sr. gr.). 23 Engrs. (cons.). A. E. F., 30 Mch. '18 — 9 June '19; Asst. to Camp Engr., Camp No. 1, St. 
Nazaire, 20 Apr. — 24 Aug. '18; attached to 1st Army at Front, 25 Aug. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive, Meuse- 
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MOWRY, W. W. (XIV) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Sgt., M. D., 24 July '18; Sgt. 1 cl., M. D., 19 Aug. '18; 2diLt., Sn. C, 
11 Oct. '18. Inst., N. Y. School of Military Roentgenology, 16 May '18; Inst, in X-Ray Physics and 
Technique, Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; School of Roentgenology, 11 Oct. '18; Army Medical School at Washington, 
D. C, 14 Jan. '19; in charge of stock and materials and shipping of all X-Ray material at Medical Supply 
Dep., New York City, 5 Feb. — 7 July '19. 

MURPHY, W. H. (X) 1st Lt., Inf. Candidate, Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 May '17; 2d Lt., 15 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 
27 July '18. 104th U. S. Inf., 26th Div.; Camp Bartlett, Westfield, Mass., 2 Sept. — 2 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 

3 Oct. '17 — 4 Apr. '19. Chemin des Dames Sector, 8 Feb. — 20 Mch. '18; Toul Sector, 1 Apr. — 14 June '18; 
Lys Defensive; 10-14 Apr. '18; Pas Finis Sector (Chateau-Thierry), 4 July — 1 Aug. '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 
18-23 July '18. Croix de Guerre, 26 Apr. '18; Corps Citation. (Page 149.) 

MURRAY, J. I. (VII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., Nutrition Sect., Sn. C, Feb. '18; Sgt., Sn. C; 2d Lt., Sn. C. In 
charge Mobile Water Purification Unit Laboratory attached 26th Engrs. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

MURRAY, M. W. (II) Maj., M. D. Entered Service, 3 Nov. '17; Maj., Sn. C, 3 Nov. '18. Surgeon Gen. Office, 
Washington, D. C; organized work on Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Soldiers in U. S. Hospitals; 
made plans for development and use of "limited service" men both in this country and abroad. Requested 
by Gen. Pershing, 11 Nov. '18, to go abroad as adviser to the staff on vocational and technical education, in 
reference to (1) instruction in ordnance and other shops and (2) vocational rehabilitation, but orders were 
cancelled. Letter of recommendation from Surgeon General of the Army. 

MURRAY, W. J. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Organic Research Chemist, American University Experiment Station, 

Washington, D. C, 26 Sept. — 14 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
NEFF, S. C. (Ill) Corp., Engrs. With 42d Co., 20th Engrs., 12 Feb. '18. A. E. F., May '18— June '19. 
O'BRIEN, W. F. (II) 1st Lt., Engr. Div., Ord. Corps. Inst., Aerial Drop Bombs, Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, 

20 Jan. — 7 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 7 Oct. '18 — 1 Mch. '19; Inst., Machine Guns at 1st Corps and 2d Corps Schools. 
OSBORNE, F. J. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Attached to Surgeon General's Office, Sect, on Venereal Disease Control, 

4 Dec. '17 — 11 Apr. '19; Post Representative, Comm. on Training Camp Activities, Law Enforcement Div. 
Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, and Camp Merritt, N. J.; New York City with military police to enforce 
Sect. 12 and Sect. 13 of the Selective Service Act. 

OTIS, H. N. (II) Sea., 2cl, U. S. N. R. F. Inspectors' School, M. I. T., in Nov. '17. See Civilian Record. 

PETTINGELL, J. M. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service 27 Sept. '17; Ellington Field, Texas, 20 Apr. '18; 
Inst, in elementary flying and aerial acrobatics, Payne Field, West Point, Miss., 30 May '18. A. E. F., 
22 Sept. '18 — 21 Feb. '19; Reserve Military Aviator; Air Service Base, Issoudun. 

PRETZINGER, F. A. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., Q. M. C. Pvt., Inf., 1 Sept. '18; Sgt., Q. M. C, 20 Nov.; Sgt. 1 cl,, 1 Dec. 
9th Bn., 158th Depot Brig., Inf., Camp Sherman, Ohio, z Sept. '18; transferred to Cons. Div., Q. M. C. 
1 Oct. and in charge of drafting room until 29 Apr. '19. 

*PROUTY, T. R. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page no). 

PUTNAM, R. L. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. B. M., Cadet School, U. S. N. R. F. Dec. '17— Feb. '18; U. S.S. 
Mississippi in Apr. 'lS; released from Service, Jan. '19. 

RADFORD, D H. (II) Pvt., Inf. (Limited Service). On detached service in Minneapolis, Minn., in a clerical 
capacity, 10 Sept. '18. 

REEVES, B. V. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Supt., Retort and Gas Production Departments, U. S. Chemical Plant, 
Saltville, Va., producing sodium cyanide for poison gas purposes, 26 May '18 — 18 Mch. '19. 

REID, A. W. (I) Capt., F. A. 1st Lt., F. A.; Capt., 28 Sept. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 111., 5 Sept. '17; 
16th F. A.; transferred to Hq., 4th F. A. Brig., Feb. '18. A. E. F., 30 Apr. '18 — 23 June '19; Communication 
Officer, 4th F. A. Brig., in charge of telephone and radio work at headquarters. Aisne-Marne Offensive, 
St. Mihiel Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Army of Occupation. 

REIMAN, C. K. (X) Capt., C. W. S., 23 Oct. '18—16 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

ROBINSON, F. A. (X) Pvt., F. A. F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 30 Oct. '18. 

ROBERTS, W. T. (I) 2d Lt., Inf., Commissioned Mch. '17. On inactive list to take charge of govt. work. See 
Civilian Record. 

ROSENBERG, J. M. (I) Sgt., A. S. P. Pvt., 2 July '18; Corp., 10 Sept.; Sgt., 11 Dec. 113th Spruce Sq., in 
charge Truck Transportation, Cut-Up Plant, Vancouver, Wash., for Spruce Production Div., Bureau of Air- 
craft Production, 2 July '18 — 31 Jan. '19. 

RUBY, W. M. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 10 Aug. '17; Capt., 29 June '18. In Arty. Ammuni- 
tion Depot Frankford Arsenal, Pa.; Officer in Charge of Inspection of Raw Materials, 15 Jan. '18; Detachment 
Comdr., 15 July '18; in charge of men on guard duty, in transportation service and a group for instruction 
in optical work, 15 July '18. 

SAWYER, G. S. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Sgt., 6 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 6 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 10 Dec. '17— 1 July '19; 
504th Engrs.; transferred 116th Engrs., 25 Oct. '18. 

SCHMITT, W. H. (VI) Pvt., C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va., 25 Oct. '18. 

SCHOFIELD, S. J. (XII) Enlisted as Pvt., British Columbia Co. of Western Universities Bn. in May '16; reported 

Lt. in Dec. '17. 
SEELYE, S. H. (VI) Pvt., Engrs. Camp Meade, Md., in Mch. '18; A. E. F., Co. G, 23 Engrs. 

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SHEPARD, F. J., JR. (VI) Capt., Ord Corps, ist Lt., 22 Nov. '17; Capt., 17 Oct. '19. Trench Warfare Sect.; 
Engr. Div., Ord. Dept. 

SHUTTLEWORTH, WRIGHT (II) Capt., Inf. Entered Service, 2d N. Y. Inf., 25 Mch. '17; transferred to 

I , 2d Pioneer Inf., 11 Oct. '17; transferred to 54th Pioneer Inf., 20 June '18. A. E. F., 25 Mch. '17 — 20 Oct. '19. 

SLOAN, V. G. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. Entered Service, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 12 Mch. '18; Buffalo, 
N. Y., and Curtiss Engr. Corp., Garden City, L. I., on cons, of the N-C boats until 25 Sept. '19. 

SMITH, A. N. (I) reported with Co. C, 302d M. G. Bn., Camp Devens, Mass. 

SMITH, C. F. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Entered Service 2 Nov. '18. Medical Officers' Training Camp, Camp Green- 
leaf, Ga., 18 Nov. — 11 Dec. '18; Sn. Engr., Taylor Field, Montgomery, Ala., 12 Dec. '18—6 Feb. '19. 

SMOOT, H. K. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 

SPRINGALL, C. F. (IV) Lt. Q. g.), U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. Naval Detachment, M. I. T., 10 Nov. '17; C. Q. M., 

6 Jan. '18; Ensign, U. S. N., 25 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. In command of N. J. station where HS 
Seaplanes were built and tested; Ex. Officer, New York Aviation Office, Nov. '18 — 12 July '19. 

SPROWLS, G. M. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. R. C, Arty. Sect., 27 Dec. '17; Capt., 31 Oct. '18. 
STENUS, H. H., Capt., Q. M. R. C. Ex. Asst. to Chief, Clothing and Equipment Div., in Waterproof Clothing 

Sect. 
STEWART, C. A. (I) Sgt. 1 cl., Engrs. A. E. F., Co. C, ist Bn., 14th Engrs. (Ry). 
STICKNEY, R. C. (Ill) Maj., Inf. Capt. at beginning of war; Maj., 30 July '18. On Mexican Border until 

summer '18. A. E. F., 26 July '18 — 19 June '19, with 34th Inf. Puvanelle Sector; 2d Army Offensive. Gassed. 
SWENSON, G. A. (IV) ist Lt., F. A. With 116th F. A., 24 Aug. '17 — 15 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
SYMONDS, R. F. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. Production Div., Ord. Dept., 15 Jan. '18 — Feb. '19. 
TAYLOR, J. I. (XI) 2d Lt., A. S. P. Bu. of Aircraft Production; Akron, Ohio, on balloon production program 

5 Oct. '18 — 1 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 
THOMPSON, A. G. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Production Div., Carriage Sect., Ord. Dept., 9 Mch. '18; 

transferred to Ord. Engr. School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 10 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., Ord. Dept., 13 July 

'18. Proof Officer on Trench Warfare Material, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 13 July '18. (Page 264.) 
TILLINGHAST, J. A. (VI) Lt. 0- g-), U. S. N. R. F. C. Q. M., 31 May '17; Ensign, Sept. '17; Lt. Q. g.), Sept. 

'18. A. E. F., 16 Sept. '18— 2 Jan. '19. 
TOMLINSON, D. A. (I) Capt., C. A. C. ist Lt., C. A. R. C, 27 Nov. '17; Capt., 13 Sept. '18. Adj. and Cons. 

Q. M., 111. N. G., at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., assisting in cons, of cantonment, July and Aug. '17; 2d Off. 

Tr. Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 111.; C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Aug. '17; Inst., Dept. of Orientation, Ft. 

Monroe, Va., until 25 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
TRIPLETT, W. H. (Ill) 2d Lt., F. A. Btry. A, 340th F. A., Camp Funston, Kan., in Mch. '18. 
VAUGHAN, C. B. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 1 cl., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., 19 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 10 July '18. Camp 

Jackson, S. C, 6 May '18. A. E. F., 10 June '18— Jan. '19; F. A. Repl. Regt., La Courtine, 27 June; Arty. 

Sch., Saumur, 9 July; Hv. Arty. Sch., Angers, 2 Oct.; Trench Arty. Repl. Bn., Doulevant la Chateau, Nov. 11; 

La Greve, 1 Dec; 60th C. A. C, Brest, 28 Dec. '18. 
WALKER, H. D. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. C. P. O., U. S. N. R. F., 24 Nov. '17; Ensign, 11 Dec. '17; 

Lt. (j. g.) and transferred to Pay Corps, 27 Nov. '18. Fore River Yards, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., 

Quincy, Mass., Nov. '17—5 Apr. '19. 
WALSH, RAYCROFT (I) Maj., A. J3. Entered Service, '10; F. A. School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., Sept. '17; in 

command, 2d Tr. Brig., Kelly Field, Texas, A. S. Concentration Camp, Oct.'i7 — June '18; graduated, Pur- 
suit and Aerial Gunnery School, Rockwell Field, Calif., Sept. '18; Asst. Executive, Administrative Executive, 

and Asst. Chief, Supply Group, Office of Director, A. S. Oct. '18 to date (11 Nov. '19). 
WARD, J. H. (X) Cadet, A. S. Aviation Concentration Camp, Garden City, L. I., in Nov. '17. A. E. F., 16th 

Foreign Detachment, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, in Jan. '18; 3d Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun. 
WATKINS, H. G. (I) Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), Engrs. Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), 1 June '17; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), 15 May '18. 

A. E. F., 27 July '17 — 27 Apr. '19. Cambrai Offensive, '17; Somme Defensive, 21 Mch. — 6 Apr. '18; Aisne- 

Marne Offensive, 2-6 Aug. '18. Wounded at Voie des Dunes, 1 June '18. 
* WEEKS, KENNETH (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 88, 151 and 160). 
WELLING, W. C. (VI) Mr. Gun., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 25 Apr. '18; Mr. Gun., 29 Aug. '18. Asst. Inst., 

Mathematics, C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 21 Aug. — 2 Dec. '18. 
WETTENGEL, E. B. (V) Capt., F. A. ist Lt., 27 Nov. '17; Capt., 23 Oct. '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Niagara, 

N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; Personnel Adj., 85th F. A., Oct. '18. 
WILLIAMS, H. C. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. Hq., 76th Div., Camp Devens, Mass., in Jan. '18; 508th Aero Cons. Sq., in 

Jan. '19. 
WILLIAMS, H. D. (XI) Sgt., F. A. Engr. Corps in Nov. '17; Sgt., Btry. D, 64th Regt., 2d Bn., in Mch. '18. 

A. E. F., Arty. School, Saumur, in Oct. '18. 
WILLIAMS, R. P. (IV) reported in Nov. '17 at Camp Devens, Mass. 
WILLIS, C. M. (IV) Corp., Sn. C. Pvt., Sn. Sqd. No. 68, 28 June '18; Corp., June '19. A. E. F., 23 Aug. '18— 

7 July '19; acted as Draftsman, Sn. Sqd.; Teacher, Mechanical and Architectural Drafting, Army School, 
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WISE, J. S. (IV) Candidate, Engrs. Pvt. I cl., Co. 8, Receiving Bn., Camp Pike, Ark., i Apr. '18; 4th Engr. Off. 
Tr, Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., 25 Sept. — 27 Nov. '18. 

WRIGHT, R. G. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Ft. Harrison, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, 22 Sept.; 3d Co. 
(Mine), Coast Defense, Ft. Williams, Maine, 15 Dec; Materiel Officer, Ft. Baldwin, Maine, 15 Sept. '18; 
Btry. B, 29th C. A. C, 1 Nov.— 15 Jan. '19. 



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ACHARD, F. H. (VI) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, 2 Sept. '17; Capt., Engrs., 10 July '18. Tr. Camp, 
American University, Washington, D. C, 2 Sept. '17; 306th Engrs., 10 Dec; 24th Engrs., "Shop and Supply 
Regt.," 24 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 29 Mch. '18 — 12 Aug. '19; 24th Engrs., Engr. Depot, Gievres; Office of Chief 
Engr., 2d Army, Sept., also Regtl. Adj., 1 Oct. — 8 Nov.; Co. B, 24th Engrs., water supply work, later, col- 
lected engr. dumps, Vigneulles, Dec; installed electrical and mechanical laboratories and carpenter shop, 
A. E. F., University, Beaune, Mch. '19. Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive (Army Troops); Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

ADLER, J. E. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Jackson, S. C, 26 Apr. '17; Btry. B, 27th F. A., Camp 
McClellan, Ala. 

ALDEN, G. R. Capt., Q. M. C. Entered Service, 30 Nov. '17. Reclamation Div., Q. M. C, Washington, D. C. 
30 Nov. '17; Q. M., Base Salvage Depot, Atlanta, Ga., June '18 — 7 Apr. '19. (Page 273.J 

ALLTON, R. A. (XI) Maj., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; Capt., F. A., 15 Aug.; Maj., 16 Sept. '18. 
Candidate, 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Sheridan, III, 12'May '17; Hq. Co., 331st F. A., Camp Grant, 111.. 25 Aug.; 
Student, School of Fire for F. A., Ft. Sill, Okla., 28 Dec; Inst, and Asst. Director, School of Fire, 9 Mch. '18 
—1 Mch. '19. 

*AREY, REUBEN (I). See Roll of Honor (page 106). 

ATWATER, A. R. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. P., 16 July '18—12 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

BAKEMAN, G. W. (XI) Member, Amer. Red Cross Sanitary Mission to Serbia, May '15; went to Salonica, 
Italy, Albania and Montenegro; U. S., Apr. '16; Asst. to American Ambassador to Russia for Prisoner of War 
Relief Work, June '16; volunteered for military service, Apr. '17, requested to remain in Russia; Member, 
with rank of Captain, Amer. Red Cross Mission to Roumania, Nov. '17 — Mch. '18; Member, Russian Div., 
Comm. on Public Information, Russia, and Siberia, Mch. '18 — June '19. (Pages 291 and 292.) 

BALCH, JOSEPH, JR. (VI) Pvt., 1 cl., F. A. Pvt., F. A., May '17; Pvt., 1 cl., 25 Aug. '17. Btry. A, Rhode 
Island F. A., May '17; Brig. Hq. Detachment, 51st F. A., 26th Div., 25 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 5 Oct. '17 — 
30 Mch. '19; Chauffeur for Brig. Gen. Lassiter, Oct. '17 — June '18; Telephone Operator, Headquarters 
Detachment, June '18 — Apr. '19. Soissons Sector; Toul Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); 
St. Mihiel Verdun Sector. 

BALLINGER, T. D. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C, 5 Nov. '18. 

BARNES, P. S. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 15 Feb. '17. Active service, July '18; Bu. of Steam Engr., Div. of 
Aeronautics, Balloon Gas Sect., Washington, D. C, July — Dec. '18; experimental work on helium. 

BARROWS, W. W. (IV) Corp., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 28 Aug. '18; Corp., 15 Nov. '18. Repl. Unit, F. A., Camp 

Jackson, S. C, 28 Aug. '18 — 10 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
BEALE, A. S. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A., R. M. A. Kelly Field, Tex., 12 Dec. '17; Scout Pilot; Hoboken; Disch., 12 Dec. 

'18. 
BECKER, L. S. (IV) Capt.,C. A.C. istLt., C. A. C, 10 May '17; Capt., 12 Sept. '18. A. E.F., 31 Sept. '17— 

1 Jan. '19; 30th Howitzer Regt.; 43d Regt., C. A. C, 15 Aug. '18. Lorraine Sector, 1 Apr. — 1 Aug. '18; St. 

Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. 

EECKMAN, H. E. (Ill) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Inf., 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 7 June '18, 
1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 111., 14 May '17. A. E. F., 1 Aug. '18 — July '19; in charge of distribution of 
clothing, Advance Q. M. Depot No. I, shipped supplies to 1st, 2d and 3d Armies. 

JBEEBE, H. B., 2d Lt., Engrs. Co. B, 101st Engrs. A. E. F., before Feb. '18; Hq. Co., 35th Div. 

BELLIS, A. E. (V) Maj., Ord. Corps. Metallurgist, Springfield Armory, Mass., in charge of heat treating, testing 
of methods used in mfr., and of cons, of laboratory and hardening shops, June '17. 

JBERNHARD, JACOB (II) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Inf.; Sgt., Co. F, Supply Tr., Camp Devens, Mass.; 1st Asst. Truck- 
master, Co. C, 301st Supply Tr., Feb. '18. A. E. F. 

.BERRY, C. J. (VI) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 13 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 9 Mch. '18; 1st Lt., 25 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 
Mch. '18 — Feb. '19; Hq., Paris; work connected with airplane radio and with lighting of planes and terrains 
for night flying. 

BLACK, W. S. (Ill) Sgt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 6 Mch. '18; Sgt., 15 Nov. '18. Aerial Photo Sect., School of Military 
Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 6 Mch. '18; Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, May; Instructor, 
mapping and interpretation work, School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell, Aug. '18 — Jan. '19. 

BLAKE, K. B. (XIV) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, 1 Oct. '17; Capt., C. W. S., 17 July 
'18. Field instruction, Gas Defense Service, I Oct. '17; in charge of purchase and overseeing of production of 
parts for gas masks, and materials for gas protection; in charge of bu. for appraisal of raw materials, plants 
and equipment, for canceled contracts, Nov. '18. 

.BLOCK, L. R. (IV) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., 6 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Jan. '18; Lt., 1 July '18. On U.S.S. 
Missouri, Salem and Indiana, 7 Apr. '17 — 12 Feb. '19. 

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BOWMAN, LEE. (IV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 23 Sept. '17; Corp., Engrs., Oct.; Line Sgt., Nov.; Supply 
Sgt. and Official Photographer, Co. E, Dec; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 17 June; transferred to 
C. W. S., June '18. Co. E, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 Sept. '17; in charge of Topographical Office, 
Apr. '18; Camp Lee, Va., May; Asst. to Chief Gas Officer, 9th Div., Camp Humphreys, Va., 17 June; Camp 
Sheridan, Ala., Aug.; Div. Gas Officer, Nov. Disch., Mch. '19. 

BOYNTON, W. S. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. O. R. C. Pvt., Cons. Engr., Med. Dept., 9 July '17; applied immediately for 

transfer to Ord. Dept.; Corp., 7 May '18; 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, Nov. '18. Active duty, Engr. Detachment. 

Watertown Arsenal, Mass., 8 Jan. '18; Ord. Maintenance and Repair School, Metuchen, N. J., 1 Oct. '18. 

Inactive duty, 8 Jan. '19. 
BRADY, J. W. S. (I) 1st Lt., Marine Corps. A. E. F., with 13th Regt., Marine Corps, before Nov. '18. 
BRALY, R. F. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Engr. 0. R. C, Nov. '17; Officer in charge, Engr. Depot, Camp Shelby, 

Miss.; in charge Warehousing Branch, Camp Supply Office, Camp Shelby, Apr. '19. 
BRAY, E. L. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 15 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., 18 Dec. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp 

Humphreys, Va.,; Co. E, 1st Repl. Engrs. Disch., 18 Dec. '18. 

BREWER, A. F. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 13 Aug. '18; Warrant Officer, 12 Dec; 
Ensign, 17 Apr. '19. Steam Engr. School, Hoboken, N. J., 13 Aug. '18; Jr. Engr. Watch Officer and Student 
Engr., U.S. S. E. L. Doheny, 3d, Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, 26 Dec '18 — 20 Mch. '19; graduated from 
Steam Engr. School, 17 Apr. '19. Released from active service, 20 May '19. See Civilian Record. 

BRIEL, K. R. (I) Pvt., F. A. Entered Service, 5 Dec. '17; 306th F. A., Camp Upton, N. Y., Apr. '18. A. E. F., 

Apr. '18 — July '19; at a university in England, spring '19. Baccarat Sector; Vesle Sector; Oise-Aisne Offen- 
sive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded in the Argonne, 29 Sept. '18. 
BUCK, A. W. (VII) Maj., Amer. Red Cross, 27 Mch. '18; entered as civilian, 12 May '15; Sn. Comm. to Serbia, 

'15; Chairman, Amer. Red Cross Relief Unit to Serbia, '16; American Embassy, Paris, Oct. '18; with Amer. 

Red Cross Balkan Comm., served in Italy and was Director of Amer. Red Cross Unit to Albania, Jan. — July 

'19. Order of San Sava (Serbian), Fourth and Fifth Class. 
BURDICK, C. L. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 10 Sept. '17; Research Laboratory of Physical 

Chemistry, M. I. T., doing research on nitrogen fixation; Nitrate Plant No. 2, Sheffield, Ala., putting results 

of research into commercial practice. Disch., 16 Dec. '18. 
BURLEIGH, P. C. (II) Pvt., Inf. Co. L, 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass. 
BURNHAM, H. G. (II) Pvt. 1 cl, F. A. Pvt., Rhode Island C. A., 6 June '17; transferred to F. A., 23 Aug.; 

Wagoner, F. A., 30 Aug.; Pvt. 1 cl., 1 Aug. '18. 9th Co., Rhode Island C. A., Ft. Standish, Mass., 6 June '17. 

Supply Co., 101st F. A., 23 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 9 Sept. '17 — 28 Mch. '19; Camp Coetquidan, Oct. '17; Base 

Hosp. No. 1, Vichy, Sept. '18 — 25 Jan. '19; Casual, Class B2, St. Aignan. Chemin des Dames Sector, 1 Feb. 

'18; Toul Sector, Apr.; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive. 
BURT, P. V. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Chief Yeoman, U. S. N. R. F., 10 May '18; Ensign, 28 Nov. '18- 

Purchasing Div., Bu. of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 10 May '18 — I Mch. '19; 

organized system for recording daily purchases of Navy Dept. in graphical form. 

BYLUND, W. R. (II) 1st Lt., F. A. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 20 Sept. '17; transferred to F. A. Small Arms Div., 

Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 20 Sept. '17; Training Camp, 2d Corps Arty. Park, Camp Jackson, S. C. 

A. E. F., at Front, July — Nov. '18; C. 0., Arty, and Truck Repair Unit, 2d Corps, 1st Army. Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. 
BYRNE, T. S. (IV) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. 0. R. C, July '17; Capt., Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., N. A., 

Jan. '18. Inspector of Cons., U. S. Nitrate Plant No. I, Sheffield, Ala., July '17; Asst. Director of Operation, 

U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 3, Toledo, Ohio, July '18— Feb. '19. 
CAHILL, G. A., JR., Lt., U S. N. R. F. (A.). Inspector, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; Akron, Ohio, 

Feb. '19. 
CAIRNS, C. F. (XIV) Chief Electrical Gunner, U S. N. R. F. (4 cl. Industrial), 10 Feb. '17; Engr., Submarine 

Signal Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. submarine signalling and detecting apparatus. 
CALHOUN, G. K. (VI) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. Entered Navy, '04. Bu. of Steam Engineering, Navy Dept., 

Washington, D. C. 
CAPEN, G. P. (X) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. 2d Lt., Ord. R. C, Dec. '17; transferred to Q. M. C, May '18; 1st Lt., 

Aug. '18.; in charge of leather inspection in large tanneries, Dec. '17; Inspection Div., Washington, D. C, 

Apr. '18; Supply and Equipment Div., Q. M. C, May, supervising mfr. of trench shoe leather; Shoe and 

Leather Div., War Industries Board. (See Civilian Record.) 

CARMICHAEL, A. W. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. Entered Navy, '04; Lt. Comdr., U. S. N., Oct. '17. Member, 
Joint Merchant Vessel Bd., determining suitability of ships for govt, service; superintending cons, of sea- 
going mine sweepers built for Navy in New York, '17; repairing vessels of the fleet for war service, Brooklyn 
Navy Yard, '18; returning vessels to their owners, '19. 

CARPENTER, A. W. (X) Capt., Sn. C 1st Lt., Sn. C, 12 Mch. '18; Capt., 7 May '18. A. E. F., 7 Apr. 'iS— 
16 July '19; Laboratory Br., Water Supply Serv., Engr. Dept., Base Sect. No. I, St. Nazaire. 

CHEN, S. Y. (XIII) Asst. Naval Constr., Foochow Navy Yard, Foochow, China. 

CLARK, G. H. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U S. N. R. F., 21 Dec. '17; Lt. (j. g.). Released from 
active duty to act as Supt., L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Cambridge, Mass., 9 Jan. '18, where firing mechanisms 
for mines constituting the North Sea Barrage were built; Asst. Naval Inspector of Ordnance on depth charges 
at Erie, Pa., 22 July '18 — 9 Feb. '19. 

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CLARK, T. A. (VI) ist Lt., C. A. C. Corregidor, Philippine Islands. C. A. C. Hq., Washington, D. C. 

COLEMAN, E. F. (I) C. M. M., U. S. N. 

CONLON, D. F., JR. (Ill) ist Lt., Arty. A. E. F., before Nov. '18; 125th F. A. 

CROCKER, ZENAS, JR. (IV, VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Ground Off. Tr. Sch., Kelley Field, Tex., 30 Oct. '17; School of 
Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., Feb. '18; Engr. Officer, Motor Dept., Rich Field, Texas, June '18. A. E. F., 
July-Dec; Engr. Off. Tr. Sq., Hq., London. 

CROSS, R. B. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 25 Aug. '17; ist Lt.; Capt. Ft. Monroe, Va.; Coast Defense 
of Portsmouth, Ft. Constitution, N. H. 

CURTIN, G. A. (IV) Sgt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, '17; Sgt., F. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., '17. 

A. E. F.; Hq. Co., 2d Bn., 303d F. A., Bordeaux, Mch. '19. 
DARLING, G. S. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F., 28 May '17; 27 Dec. '17. Newport; 

Aide to Commandant, Naval Experimental Station, and Material Aide, Naval District Base, outfitting 

sub-chasers for foreign service and experimenting on anti-submarine devices, 28 May '17 — 28 May '19. 
DAVIS, T. L. (V) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. Inspection Div., Explosives Sect., New York and Washington, 20 Aug- 

'17 — Mch. '18; Engr. Div., Explosives Sect., Washington, Mch. — June '18. A. E. F., June '18 — Jan. '19; 

Overseas Explosives Branch, Ammunition Sect., Engr. Div., Office of the Chief of Ord. Officer; Explosives 

Sect., Engr. Div., Office of the Chief of Ord., Washington, D. C, Jan. — 1 Apr. '19. 
DE COEN, E. G. (I) Maj., F. A. Entered Service, Sept. '14; Capt., F. A. in Apr. 17; Maj., 22 May '19. 

A. E. F., 31 July '17 — 19 June '19; C. O., Btry. E, 5th F. A.; Firing Inst., Army Arty. School, Valdahon, 

Nov. '18 — June '19. Toul Sector; Cantigny Sector (Cantigny); Montdidier-Noyon Defensive, 9-13 June; 

Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons), 18 July; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded and 

gassed, 9 June '18; Brigade Citation. Office of Adj. Gen., War Dept., Washington, D. C. (Page 179.) 
DEW, H. W. (Ill) istLt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, '17; 2dLt., Q. M. C, 15 Aug. '17; ist Lt., ist Off. Tr. 

Camp, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.; 4th Div. Supply Tr., Camp Greene, N. C, 8 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 

May '18 — Aug. '19; transferred to 4th Div., M. T. Officer, Jan. '19. Army of Occupation. 
EATON, F. W. (XIV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 18 July '18. Submarine Service; Naval Academy, 

Annapolis, Md., in Oct. '19. 
EICHORN, W. N. (XI) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 2 June '17; Ensign, i S Oct.; 

Lt. (j. g.), C. C, 1 Apr.' 18. Asst. Naval Constructor, Asst. Docking Master; Officer in Charge, Trade School, 

Employment Officer, and later Asst. to the Outside Supt., Hull Division, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 2 June 

'17 — 2 June '19. 
ELWELL, HALSEY (II) ist Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 8 Sept. '17; Corp., 16 Sept.; Sgt., 30 Sept.; Candidate, Off. 

Tr. Sch., 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 1 June; ist Lt., 28 Aug. '18. Camp Lee, Va.; Camp Jackson, S. C; Camp 

Sevier, S. C. 
EVANS, H. R. (Ill) Candidate, Off. Tr. Sch. 9th Battery, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 14 Oct.— 5 Dec. '18. 
FALLON, C. G. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 1 cl., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 16 Oct. '17; 

Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Hammondsport, N. Y.; Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pa. Disch., 

May '19. 
FOLEY, J. F. (VI) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 15 Aug.; ist Lt., 3 Nov. '18. 

ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; 301st Engr., 27 Aug.; 101st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 

6 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — 4 Apr. '19; 101st Engrs., 26th Div. Soissons Sector; Toul Sector; 

Aisne-Marne (Chateau-Thierry) Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

FONT, MANUEL (XI) Maj., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 4 Nov. '15; ist Lt., 3 June '16; Capt., 25 June '18; Maj., 30 Oct. 
'18. Porto Rico Regt. Inf., San Juan, P. R., 4 Nov. '15; Camp Otis, Canal Zone, Panama, with Intelligence 
Dept., travelled through the Republics of Panama and Colombia to obtain military information, 27 June 
'17 — 10 Nov. '18. 

FORRESTER, G. W. (X) Lt., A. S. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Nov. '17; Lt., A. S., '18. A. E. F., before 
Dec. '17; 2d Prov. Aerial Sq., Line of Communications. 

FRANZHEIM, H. K. (IV) ist Lt., A. S. Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio; organization of ist American 
Bombing School, Ellington Field, Tex.; Director of Military Aeronautics, Washington, D. C; Hoboken, 
N. J. Compiled and edited first official text-book on Aerial Bombardment. Served in U. S., May '17 — 
Dec. '18. 

GAGE, E. H. (XI) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, '17; 2d Lt., Engrs. R. C, 14 Aug.; ist Lt., Engrs., N. A., 
Sept. '18. Sn. Inspector, Amer. Red Cross, the Balkans, Italy and Southern France, June '15 — Mch. '16- 
ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17. A. E. F., 26 Nov. '17—5 Jan. '19; attached G-i, General 
Staff; Hq., S. O. S., Tours; Motor Supply Sect., Div. of Cons, and Forestry, Tours. (Pages 219 and 292.) 

GANS, R. S. (Ill) Capt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 23 Aug. '17; 2d Off. Tr. Camp. Ft. Monroe, Va. A. E. F., 
12 Dec. '17 — 7 July '19; equipped 1st American tractor arty., Btry. D, 51st Regt., C. A. C, Mch. '18; M. T. 
Officer, 1st Separate Brig., C. A. C, later became 30th Brig., and in June '18 became the Railway Arty. 
Reserve; Asst. M. T. Officer, Hq., 7th Army Corps, Wittlich, Germany, 21 Dec. '18; Div. M. T. Officer, 
90th Div., Apr. — June '19. Ypres Defensive (British), Mch. '18; St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives; 
Army of Occupation. 

GARDNER, F. Q. C. (VI) Col., General Staff. Capt., C. A. C, at beginning of war; Maj., 5 Aug. '17; Lt.- 
Col., 13 June '18; Col., 20 Sept. '18. In charge Torpedo Depot, U. S. Army; General Staff, Washington, 
D. C, S Oct. '17; Sec, General Staff, 10 Sept. '18. Distinguished Service Medal. (Page 140.) 

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GENTNER, W. A. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., M. D. ; 4 Oct. '17; Corp., May '18; transferred to Engr. Miscellaneous 
Personnel, 8 July; 2d Lt., Engrs., 26 Oct. '18. Ambulance Co. 303, Camp Devens, Mass., 4 Oct. '17; 5th 
Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va. Dlsch., 9 Jan. '19. 

GERE, E. C. (I) 1st Lt., Cav. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., O. R. C, 15 Aug.; 2d Lt., Cav., 24 Oct.; 
1st Lt., 25 Oct. '17. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 8 May '17; Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt., 29 Aug.; Camp 
Devens, Mass., 9 Sept.; 2d Cav. Regt., Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt., 16 Oct.; Troop A, nth Cav., Camp Hill, New- 
port News, Va., 22 Nov.; Camp Engr., Camp Hill, Mch. '18; Adjutant, Sept.; Ft. Myer, Va., 7 Oct. '18 — 
15 Jan. '19; 9th Cav., Camp Stotsenburg, Pampanga, P. I., 18 Mch. '19 to date (Nov. '19). 

GIBSON, A. T. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., Nov. '17; Gun. M. 3 cl., Mch. '18; Ensign, 
Oct. '18. U. S. N. R. F. Tr. Camp, San Pedro, Calif., Nov. '17; Naval Port Guard, San Francisco, Aug.; 
U.S.S. Connecticut, Atlantic Fleet, Oct. '18 — Jan. '19. 

GILES, D. M. (Ill) 1st Lt., Ord. R. C, Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 

GILMORE, W. S. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). American Ambulance Field Service, France, Nov. 'i65 
U. S. N. R. Flying Corps. Sept. '17; France and Italy, Nov. '16 — Jan. '19. Bombed Pola, Oct. '18. 

GLANCY, W. E. (X) Pvt. 1 cl. C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 29 May '18; Pvt., 1 cl. Oct. '18. Co. L, Chemical Bn., 

Edgewood Arsenal, installing mustard gas and ethylene plant units, 29 May '18; in hospital with gas burns; 
Aide in development of gas masks, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass., 19 Aug. — 18 Dec. '18. 

GOODNOW, A. C. (X) Warrant Machinist, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 1 cl.,U. S. N. R. F. : 5 Sept. '17; C. M. M. 
1 Apr. '18; Warrant Machinist, 13 Sept. '18. Public Works Dept., Great Lakes, 111., work in connection 
with cons, of Great Lakes Naval Training Station. 

GREELY, A. W., JR. (XIV) Capt., Sig. C. Entered Service, Nov. '17. Co. E, S2d Telegraph Bn. A. E. F., 
before Jan. '18; Army Signal Schools, Oct. '18. 

GREEN, H. I. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 12 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 30 Mch. '18; transferred to 
A. S., July; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. O. R. C, 10 Feb. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 
Jan. '18; Hq. Staff, Fire Protection Officer, M. P., Intelligence and Engr. Officer of 357th Aero Sq., Hazel- 
hurst Field, Mineola, L. I., 30 Mch. '18; Flying instruction, I Oct. — n Nov.; Hq. Staff of 1st Prov. Wing 
as Fire Marshal of all flying fields on Long Island, 15 Nov. — 24 Dec. '18. 

HAGLIN, C. F., JR. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. Co. F, 338th Inf., Camp Custer, Mich. Service, 27 Aug. '17— 1 May '18. 
HARRINGTON, M. H. (XI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Inf., 20 Sept. '17; Sgt., Nov.; 2d Lt., Engrs., 23 July '18. 

Co. M, 302d Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 20 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 16 Aug. '18 — 9 Sept. '19; in charge of Railway, 

Mechanical and Electrical Depts., Engr. Depot Base Section No. 2, St. Sulpice. 

HARTNETT, L. A. (IV) Sgt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 8 Aug. '17; Corp., 8 Sept.; Sgt., 27 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 27 Oct. 

'17 — 29 Feb. '19; 95th Aero Sq., 1st Pursuit Group. Champagne Sector (att. 3d French Army) 18 Feb. '18; 

Toul Sector (att. 9th French Army) 3 Apr.; Battle of Seicheprey; Chateau-Thierry Salient, 2d Battle of the 

Marne (att. 6th Fr. A.) 29 June; Verdun Sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives (att. 1st American 

Army) 3 Sept. — 15 Nov. '18. 
HARTY, J. J., JR. (IV) Capt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, Feb. '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; Adv. Ord. Depot 

No. 1 ; Base Ord. Depot No. 4, Base Section No. 2, May '19. 

HASTINGS, J. M., JR. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Commissioned in Reserve after armistice. See Civilian Record. 
HAYES, 0. R. (V) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 1 June '18. 27th Inf., Philippines, for nine 

months; Siberia, for six months. 
HAYNES, R. B. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Cav., New York N. G., 16 July '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 26 Aug.; 

Capt., Feb. '19. Troop D, Sq. A, New York N. G., 16 July '17; transferred to Ord. C, 26 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 

26 May '18 — S July '19; French Arty. School, Ft. Vincennes, July '18; Liaison Officer on repair of artillery, 

4th French Army, Chalons-sur-Marne, Champagne Sector, I Sept.; Asst. to Ord. Officer, Paris, Dec; with 

2d Army, inspecting German arty, surrendered after the armistice; Student, Trinity College, Cambridge 

University, England, Mch. '19. 
.HENDRICKS, J. F. (VI) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Inspector of Cons., Nitrate Plant No. 1, Sheffield, Ala., Dec. '17— 

31 Jan. '19. 
HERBERT, W. F. (IV) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, Feb. '18. 414th Sq., Spruce Production 

Div., Powers, Ore., '18; Spruce Div., Washington, D. C, Mch. '19. 
HERSOM, F. C. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F. Gunner (Elec), U. S. N. R. F., Dec. '17; Ensign, July; 

Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C., Apr. '19. Hq., 1st Naval District, Boston, Mass., selecting men for Naval Off. Tr. Schools 

from civilians and enlisted men; finding specialists when needed, and promoting enlisted men to officers. 
HILL, C. R. (Ill) Sgt., Tank C. Pvt., Tank C, 11 June '18; Sgt., 25 Oct. '18. Hq. Co., 302d Bn., 11 June '18. 

A. E. F., 9 Oct. '18—24 Apr. '19. 
HODGMAN, S. H. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 10 July '17; 1st Lt., 17 Jan. '18; Capt., 18 Aug. '18. 10th 

Engrs., American University, Washington, D. C, 10 July '17. A. E. F., France, 10 Sept. '17 — 9 Feb. '19; 

logging and sawmill operations in various parts of France. 
HOLMES, W. N. (X) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 23 Aug. '17; Capt., 11 Mch. '19. New York 

District Office, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., 23 Aug. '17. 
HOORNBEEK, H. G (II) Capt., M. T. C. 1st Lt., M. T. C, Mch. '18; Capt., Dec. '18. 453 Truck Co., Ft. 

Myer, Va., Mch. '18. A. E. F., before Dec. '18; Motor Reception Park. 

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HORNER, H. B. (IV) Ensign (T.), U. S.N. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Sept. '17; Coxswain, Feb. '18; B. M. icl., 

Mch.; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., May; Ensign (T.), U. S. N., 18 Sept. '18. Pelham Tr. Camp, 10 Sept. '17; 

Inst., Dec; Off. Tr. Sch., Pelham, Apr. '18; Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., May; U.S.S. New Mexico, 

Oct. — June '19; Brest, France, in Nov.; Navy Yard, N. Y., Jan. — June '19. 
HORSCH, W. G. (XIV) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Research Div., American University Experiment Station, Washington, 

D. C, 1 Oct. '18— 19 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 

HOWLETT, A. E. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Entered Service, 19 Dec. '17; development work on gas masks, Gas 
Defense Div., Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. '17; in charge of chemical end of mfr. of horse masks, New York City, 
June '18. 

HUBBARD, E. A. (IV) Corp., C. A. C. Entered Service, 19 Dec. '17; Ft. Standish, Boston, 19 Dec. '17; Btry. 
F, 55th Regt. C. A., Ft. Strong, 15 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 23 Mch. '18— 1 Feb. '19; Hv. Arty. School, Saumur, 
1 Oct. '18. Second Battle of the Marne; Operations on the Vesle; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HURST, EDWARD (II) 1st Lt., A. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Inf., Dec; transferred to 
A.S.Jan.' 18. 2dOff.Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; 153d Depot Brig., Camp Dix, N. J., Dec; 
in charge of cons, and repair of airplanes (learned to fly), Rich Field, Waco, Tex., Jan. '18; special duty on 
Liberty Motors, Pensacola, Fla. and Detroit, Mich.; overseas orders cancelled by armistice; Waco, Tex., 
Nov. '18— Jan. '19. 

JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM, Regtl. Sgt. Maj., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 5 Oct. '17; Corps., 1 Oct. '18; Sgt., 1 Apr. '19; 
Regtl. Sgt. Maj., 5 Aug. '19. Co. K, 302d Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 17 July '18 — 
3 Sept. '19; Hq. Co., 302d Inf.; Hq. Co., Central Records Office Bn., 26 Nov. '18. 

JONES, A.M. (I) Maj., Inf. Capt., Inf., '17; Maj., '19. C. 0., Co. A, 14th Inf., Ft. William H. Seward, Alaska, 

'17; 44th Inf., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Apr. '19. 
JONES, G. H. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 12 May '17; attached i02d Engrs., Camp Wadsworth, S. C, 

Oct. '17; Hq. Co., 106th F. A., Clintonville, Wis., 12 May '17. A. E. F., 27 June '18— 4 Mch. '19. St. Mihiel 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 7 Oct. '18. 

KASPER, H. P. (V) Sgt. 1 cl., Q. M. C. Pvt., Q. M. C, 17 June '18; Corp., 31 July; Sgt., 6 Aug.; Sgt. 1 cl., 

5 Mch. '19. Q. M. C. Detachment, Ft. Warren, Mass., Coast Defense of Boston, 17 June '18 — 15 May '19' 
KAY, V. G, (formerly Katzenstein), (VI) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 16 July '17. A. E. F., eighteen 

months; Camp Officer, Saumur Arty. School, in charge of Ord. activities, I Feb. '18 — 10 Mch. '19. 

KAY, W. deY., (formerly Katzenberger), (VI) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., C. W. S., 15 Sept. '17; Capt., July '18. 

Officer in Charge, Contract Dept., Gas Defense Div., Washington, D. C, 15 Sept., '17; Chief, Contract 

Adjustment Sect., New York City, 11 Nov. '18 — 15 Mch. '19. 
KEMP, W. VanA. (XIV) reported in A. S. 
KENNARD, R. B. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Sig. C, 30 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., Dec. '18. Photographic Unit, 

Langley Field, Va., 30 Jan. '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. Disch., 20 Dec. '18. 
KENNEDY, F. H., JR. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 16 Apr. '18; Sgt., 5 Sept.; Sgt. 1 cl., 11 Dec. '18. 

Studied meteorology, Army School, Waco, Tex.; transferred to Science and Research Dept., Bu. of Aircraft 

Production, A. S.; invented a bomb-sight device adopted by Govt. 

KENNEY, A. W. (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt. Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, 23 Nov. '17; transferred to Chemical 
Service Section, 16 Apr. '18; Capt., C. W. S., 22 July '18. American University Experiment Station, Wash- 
ington, D. C. Service in U. S., 27 Nov. '17 — 19 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

KNIGHT, SAMUEL (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Sn. C, 1 Aug. '17; Motor Sgt.; 2d Lt., Engrs., 25 May '18. 
354 Ambulance Co., Camp Funston, 1 Aug. '17; 4th Engr. O. T. C, Camp Lee, Va., May '18; 56th Regt. 
(Searchlight) Engrs., 25 May '18. A. E. F., 25 Aug. '18 — 25 Feb. '19; Anti-Aircraft Defense. 

LADD, J. W. B. (I) Sgt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 15 Mch. '18; Sgt., 1 June '18. 869 Aero Sq., attached as Inst., 
Aviation Engines, to Motor School, Kelly Field, Texas. 

*LAMY, HENRY (III). See Roll of Honor (pages 89, 158 and 164). 

LANGLEY, M. E. (I) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 22 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., F. A., 27 Nov. '17. 2d Off. Tr- 
Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 22 Aug. '17; 302d F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 15 Dec; Brig. Hq., 151st F. A., 
Camp Devens, 30 Jan. '18; Inst., Theory of Arty. Firing, and Lecturer, 3d Off. Tr. Camp, 1 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 
16 July '18 — Feb. '19; Arty. Information Officer, 151st F. A. Brig., 1 Sept.; Acting Brig. Adj., 15 Dec. 
'18 — 20 Feb. '19. St. Mihiel; 2d Army Offensive (Marcheville), 1-1 1 Nov. '18. 

LAWRENCE, H. M. (Ill) Pvt., Inf. 30th Bn., Ft. Liscum, Alaska, 14 Oct.— 31 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LEAVITT, G. E., JR. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 1 cl., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 25 Sept. '18. 
Inf. Sect., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '18; transferred to F. A. Sect., 1 June; Inst., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 
Camp Taylor, Ky., 26 Sept. — 7 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LEMAIRE (formerly Lehmaier), L. H. (Ill) Capt., Australian Inf. Pvt., 11 Sept. '14; Corp., 19 Oct. '14; 2d Lt., 

6 July '15; Lt., Sept. '15; Capt., 8 May '16; Capt., Australian Reserve, 23 Apr. '18. Australian E. F., 18 Aug. 
'14 — Feb. '18; 1st Australian Naval and Expeditionary Force and 4th Bn. 1st Australian Inf. Brig.; New 
Guinea Campaign, Aug. '14 — Feb. '15; Egypt, '15; Gallipoli Campaign, Aug. — Dec. '15; Arabian Campaign, 
Jan. — Mch. '16; France, Apr. '16 — '18. Wounded at Pozieres, '16 and Lagincourt, France, '17. Discharged, 
medically unfit, May '18, remobilized with branch of Intelligence Corps, May '18. Received French Medal 
of Honor (Bronze) and Mentioned in Dispatches, '14. (Page 164.) 

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LEONARD, M. M. (V) Lt. (j. g.), Chaplain Corps, U. S. N. U.S.S- 1 America, in transport service,"26 Dec. '17; 
America sank at dock, Hoboken, N. J., Oct. '18; transferred to U S.S. Utah, 3 Feb. '19. Engagement with 
submarine, indecisive. 

LEONARD, M. W (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. Co. A, 23d Engrs., 30 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 24 Jan. '18—19 Jan. '19. 
Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

LEVY, M. E. (I) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F., 20 Apr. '18; Lt., Dec. '18. Transport duty be- 
tween U. S. and France; Navigator, U.S.S. Lancaster, Feb. '19. 

LEWIS, MALCOLM (VII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. School of Sanitation, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 31 July '18; Sn. C. Detach- 
ment, Camp Beauregard, La., 21 Aug. '18. Disch., 20 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LLOYD, C. A. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Co. B, 5th Engrs., 26 June '18. A. E. F., 12 Aug. '18— 11 Feb. '19. 2d Army 
Offensive in Puvenelle Sector. 

LONG, E. B., JR. (XIII 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt, Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., Aug.; 1st Lt., 10 Sept- 
'18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 13 May '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17—10 Sept. '18; Arty. School, 
Saumur; 1st F. A. Brig., Dec; 7th F. A., 1st Div., 1 Jan. '18; injured, May; Hospital; F. A. Repl. Regt- 
C. 0., Btry. D, 46th F. A., 16th Div., Camp Kearney, 10 Sept. '18. Toul Sector, Jan. — Apr.; Montdidier 
Sector. 

LOO, WAI G., reported on Board of the Chinese Navy, Peking, China. 

LOUGH, T. J. (I) Capt., General Staff. 1st Lt., Engrs., 1 Oct. '17; Capt., General Staff, 14 Mch. '19. Engr. 
Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 28 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 26 Mch. '18—26 Mch. '19; G-4, General Staff, Hq., 
S. 0. S., Tours, Troop Movement Section. 

McCARTHY, C. J. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Instruction for submarine operation, I Aug. '18 — 9 Jan. '19. 

MacDONOUGH, J. V. (X) 2d Lt., F. A., Camp Taylor, Ky. 

MACDONALD, E. L. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 17 May '17; Sgt., July; 2d Lt., 7 July '18; Capt., Sept. '18. 

A. E. F., 14 July '17 — 12 Aug. '19; Co. D, nth (Ry.) Engrs.; 1st Engrs., 6 Jan. '19. Cambrai; St. Mihiel 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
MACE, T. H., JR. (IV) Gunner, Canadian F. A. Entered Service, Nov. '17. C. E. F., before Dec. '17; Co. C, 

Arty. Hq., 3d Div., Canadian F. A. (Page 164.) 

MAHONEY, F. H. (V) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., Engrs., 25 July '17; transferred to A. S., 22 Nov.; 2d Lt., A.S., 6 June 
'18. 101st Engrs., 25 July '17; Cadet, Day Bombardment Group, Texas, 22 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 1 Aug. '18 
— 2 Feb. '19; Experimental Field, Orly (Seine), worked on wireless telephony for interplane communication. 

MARSH, H. D. (IV) Pvt., 1 cl., Engrs. Co. F, 301st Engrs., 76th Div., Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., '18— '19. 
Brohl, Germany, Feb. '19. 

MATTSON, W. R. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., 1st Corps Cadets, Mass. N. G., Nov. '15; became 101st Engrs., 
U. S. A., Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs. 27 July '17; Capt., 7 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — 4 Apr. '19; 101st 
Engrs., 26th Div. Chemin des Dames, 6 Feb. — 21 Mch. '18; Toul Sector (Xivray), 1 Apr. — 26 June; Cham- 
pagne-Marne Defensive and Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry), 19 July. Slightly wounded at 
Chateau-Thierry; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

MEANS, A. H. (Ill) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 4 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 1 June '18. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Upton, N. Y., 4 Jan. '18; 304th F. A., 18 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 24 Apr. '18—28 Apr. '19; Arty. School, 
Saumur, 2 May '18; 304th F. A., 1 Aug.; 151st F. A., 14 Nov. '18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occu- 
pation. 

MERRILL, M. W. (XIV) Sgt., 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 7 Sept. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 15 Sept. '18. Co. A, 4th 
Bn., Electrolytic Chlorine Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Md.; later in charge of operating shift. Caustic Evapora- 
tor Plant. See Civilian Record. 

MERRILL, W. E. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Med. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 26 Aug. '18; Camp Sn. Engr., 
Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex., 24 Oct. — 16 Dec. '18. 

MUNCH, BENJAMIN (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 5 July '17; Capt., 22 Jan. '18. Springfield 
Armory, Mass., 5 July '17 — 6 Aug. '19; Asst. Disbursing Officer; Disbursing Officer, Feb. '18 — June '19; 
Chief of Adm., Apr. '18 — Aug. '19; Sec, Armory Claims Bd.; Member, Armory Salvage Bd. 

MUTERSBAUGH, A. M. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 11 May '17; 1st Lt., Engrs. 11 June; Capt., 
May '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 11 May '17; Co. F, 312th Engrs., 28 Aug. '17; 533d Engrs., 
May '18. A. E. F., 26 Aug. '18 — I July '19; in charge of saw mill just back of lines with 20th Engrs- 
(Page 221.) 

MUTHER, W. P. (I) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 2 June '17; 1st Lt., A. S. (Pilot), 8 Nov. '17. 
A. E. F., 24 Nov. '17 — 27 Jan. '19; 147th Aero Sq., 1st Pursuit Group. Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne- 
Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

NEUMULLER, D. J. (VII) Capt., A. S. 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Nov. '15; 1st Lt., 3 June '17; 
Capt., s Aug. '17. C. 0., Cons. Detachment, Kelly Field, Texas. A. E. F., 1 Mch. — 15 Dec. '18; in charge 
of cons, of Handley Page Aerodrome, Southern England. 

NICKERSON, H. L. (II) Capt., Inf. 1st Lt., 15 Aug. '17; Capt., 28 May '19. 307th Trench Mortar Btry., 
Camp Gordon, Ga., 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 19 May '18— 21 July '19; Hq., 6th Army Corps, 3 Sept. '18; Hq., 
7th Army Corps, 13 Dec; Hq., 5th Div., 20 Apr. '19. Disch., 11 Aug. '19. 

NORTON, E. R. (XIII) Comdr., C. C, U S. N. Entered Navy, '04; Lt. Comdr.. 15 Oct. '17; Comdr., 24 Mch. 
'19. Superintending Constructor, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 

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NOWLIN, R. A. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Inf., 15 May '18; 2d Lt., Engrs., 6 Nov. '18. Camp Sevier, S. C, 15 
May '18; F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Jackson, S. C, 30 May; School moved to Camp Taylor, Ky., 29 June; 
4th Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 9 Aug.; Camp Humphreys, Va., 10 Aug.; Asst. Personnel Adj., Camp 
Hq., Camp Humphreys, Va., 6 Nov. '18 — 17 Jan. '19. 

PARSONS, L. W. (V) Capt., C. W. S. American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, Dec. '17 — 

24 Feb. '19; later at M. I. T. Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry. 

PASHEK, A. L. (VI) entered Service, 31 May. Discharged for physical disability, 10 June '18. 

PAUL, J. N. (VI) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Training, Ft. Niagara, N. Y., Oct. '17; Little Silver. N. J., Jan. '18. A. E. F., 

15 Jan. '18; Radio Inst., Organization and Training Center, Training Area No. 3, Clermont-Ferrand, June '18. 

PECK, H. D. (II) Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig. 0. R. C. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 16 July '17; transferred to 

A. S., 14 Aug. '18; Capt., Aviation Sect., S. 0. R. C, 29 May '19. Training as Equipment Officer, with Royal 
Flying Corps, Toronto, Can., 15 Aug. '17; later, training as M. T. Officer, M. T. Dept.; 28th Aero Sq., Talia- 
ferro Field, Texas, 31 Oct.; served as M. T. Officer, Taliaferro Field, from 4 Nov. '17 and as Fire Marshal, 
from 7 May '18, to 26 Mch. '19. 

PIERCE, C. C. (IV) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 11 May '17; 2d Lt., Adj. Gen., Dept., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 

F. A., Feb. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Arty., Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 11 May '17; Asst. to Div. Adj., Hq. 79th Div., 

Camp Meade, Md., 15 Aug.; Military Intelligence Division, General Staff, Army War College, Washington, 

D. C, Feb. '18—15 Feb. '19. 
PORTAL, R. T. (VI) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 21 May '17; Sgt., 1 cl., 21 June '18; 2d Lt., 21 Sept. 

Westfield, Mass., 22 Oct. '17; Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C, 18 Nov:; Camp Hancock, Ga.; Apr. '18; Machine 

Gun School, July; Camp Hancock, Ga., Sept. '18 — 10 Mch. '19. 
POWERS, SIDNEY (XII) 2d Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, 26 Oct. '17; active service, Ft. Sill, Okla., 11 Jun e 

'18; Camp Lee, Va., 1 Aug.; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., 10 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 26 Oct. '18 

— 22 Feb. '19; Geologic Officer, G. H. Q. See Civilian Record. 
PRATT, E. D. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 6 Jan. '18; Line Sgt., F. A., Apr.; 2d Lt., July '18. 3d Off. 

Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 6 Jan. '18; Btry. F, 306th F. A., 77th Div. A. E. F., July '18— Mch. '19; 

Arty. School, Saumur; Heavy Arty. School, Angers; in hospital three mos. with spinal meningitis. 
PURDY, W. C. (VII) Lt., U. S. Public Health Service. Extra-cantonment sanitation at Lonoke, Ark., near 

Eberts Aviation Field, Jan. — Nov. '18; experimental control of mosquito breeding in rice fields, for prevention 

of malaria. 
QUINN, M. P. (II) Lt., U. S. N., U. S. Destroyer Conner, '18. 
RANKIN, R. S. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Called to active duty with Naval Militia of New Jersey, as 

Electrician 3 cl., N. N. V., 6 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F., 22 Nov. '17 U.S.S. Missouri, Battleship 

Fleet, Apr. '17; Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, later Ground School, M. I. T, Sept.; Electrical Officer, U.S.S. 

Seattle, flagship of Cruiser and Transport Force, Dec. '17 — Feb. '19. (Ship credited with three submarine 

attacks.) 
RANNEY, A. G. (I) Capt., C. A. C. Btry. A, 65th Arty., San Diego, Calif., '17; A. E. F., Mch. '18—30 Jan- 

'19; C. 0., 1st Bn., 65th Regt. C. A. C, 19 Oct. '18. 
RAY, A. G. (IV) Observer, Canadian F. A. Pvt., F. A., '17; Signaller; Observer. Canadian F. A., 4th Arty. Div.> 

B. E. F., France, '17; 10th Canadian Siege Btry., McGill Unit, London, England, Mch. '19. 
READ, C. A., JR. (I) reported in A. S. 

REED, M. W. (IV) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., 8 Sept. '17; Sgt., Engrs., 12 June '18. 302dM. G. Bn., 8 Sept. '17. A. E.F., 

25 Sept. '17 — 24 Jan. '19; Hq. I02d M. G. Bn., 26th Div.; 40th Engrs., 12 June; as "Camouflage Sgt.," 
attached to various arty, units. Seicheprey; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. (Page 180.) 

REYBURN, T. R. (II) Sea. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service May '17; Coast Patrol, Newport, R. I.; medical 
discharge on account of injury to back, 26 Sept. '17. See Civilian Record. 

RICH, A. F. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 5 Oct. '17; Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 31 Aug. '18; 

Co. C, 362d Inf., 5 Oct. '17. Disch., 20 Dec. '18. 
RICHTER, G. A. (X) Maj., C. W. S. Chief of Pyrotechnic Sect., Research Div., C. W. S., 22 Aug. '18— 1 Jan. 

'19; devising means for employing incendiary shells, signals, gas shells, smoke screens and new explosives. 

Similar work with C. W. S. as civilian before being commissioned. (Page 258). 
ROE, C. S. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 2 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs.; Capt., 2 May '19. 2d Engr. 

Off.Tr. Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 2 Sept. '17; 7th Engrs., 10 Dec; 2d Bn., Engr. Repl. Troops, 1 Jan. '18; 

53d Engrs., 30 Mch. A. E. F., 10 June '18 — 3 July '19; Tours; Tievres. 

ROGERS, S. E. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., F. A., 4 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 11 July '18. Btry. B, 301st 
F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 4 Oct. '17; Ord. M. G. School, Camp Hancock, Ga., May '18. A. E. F., 31 July 
— 2 Feb. '19; Ord. Armament School, St. Jean des Monts (Vendee); Armament Officer, 370th Aero Sq., 2d 
Corps Aeronautical School, Chatillon-sur-Seine, 2 Oct. '18. 

ROLLASON, G. M. (X) Capt., C. W. S; Canadian E. F., 20 Aug. '17; Pvt., 30th Engrs., U. S. A., 1 Dec. '17; 
Sgt., C. W. S., 1 Feb. '18; Capt., 1 July '18. A. E. F., July— Nov. '18; Gas Service Hq., London, England; 
Base Sect. No. 3, S. O. S., France. 

ROSENBERG, L. C. (IV) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs. 10 July '17; Corp., July '18; Sgt., Sept. '18. Camouflage 
Sect., 40th Engrs., 20 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 11 May '18 — 9 Jan. '19; with 1st, 2d, 3d, 37th, 42d, 77th and 91st 
Divisions. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Verdun, Baccarat and Luneville Sectors. 

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ROSS, B. T. (X) ist Lt., ist Lt. i Jan. '18; Capt., 23 Jan. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; Btiy. A, 330th F. 
A., A. E. F., 6 Aug. '18— 1 Apr. '19. 

RUDOLPH, P. E. (I) Sgt., 1 cl, Q. M. C. Chicago Depot, Q. M. C, 30 June '18. 

ST. JOHN, EVERETT (II) ist Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, Aug. '17; ist Lt., 27 Nov. '17. 74th Arty., C. A. C, 
Fort Du Pont, Del, Aug. '17. A. E. F., Sept.— Dec. '18. 

SCHULZE, ROBERT, JR. (V) Cook, Q. M. C. Pvt., 1 cl., Q. M. C, 15 Aug. '17; Cook, 1 July '18. Supply Co. 
309, Camp Johnston, Fla., 11 Dec. '17. A. E. F., France, 6 June '18 — 17 June '19; Is-sur-Tille. 

SELFRIDGE, J. S. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. Corps, Nov. '17; Capt., '18. Gunpowder Reservation 

Hq., Baltimore, Md. 
SELFRIDGE, S. W. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 23 May; 

ist Lt., Ord. R. C, 15 Aug. '17. M. G. School, Springfield Armory, 12 May '17; in charge Small Arms Sect., 

302d Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 77th Div., Camp Upton, N. Y., 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18 — 30 Apr. 

'19. Lorraine Sector; Oise-Aisne Offensive, Vesle to Aisne; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
SHEDDEN, J. B. (IV) Instrument Sgt., F. A. 333d Hv. F. A., Camp Grant, 111., 9 Nov. '17; target practice, 

Sparta, Wis., May '18; Camp Mills, N. Y., Aug. '18. A. E. F., 7 Sept. '18— '19; Arty. School of Fire, Le 

Courneau, Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 
SHINKLE, S. D. (V) ist Lt., C. W. S. Gas Mask Research, C. W. S., 7 Oct. '18—4 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
SMITH, C. A. (Ill) reported at Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y. 
SMITH, E. H. (XIV) Lt., U. S. Coast Guard, U. S. N. 3d Lt., U. S. Coast Guard, Feb. '18; ist Lt., U. S. C. G.> 

U. S. N., Mch. '19. U.S.S. Manning, Jan. '18; Charlestown Navy Yard, Mch. '19. 
SMITH, F. T. (XIV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., F. A., 28 Mch.; 2d Lt., 12 July '18. 

3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Btry. A, 305th F. A., 28 Mch. '18. A. E. F., May '18; 

Arty. School, Saumur, 30 May; Hv. Arty. School, Angers, 1 Sept.; 57th C. A. C, Oct. '18. Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive, 29 Oct. — 11 Nov. '18. 
SMITH, M. J. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 28 June '17. Off. Tr. Camp; 

8 May '17; 3Q2d Engrs., 77th Div., Camp Upton, N. Y., 2 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 11 Dec. '17 — 5 Mch. '19, 

Intelligence Sect., General Staff, attached British 3d Army, 17 Jan. '18, later French ist Army; 29th Engrs., 

Mch.; C. O., Sound Ranging Sect. No. 2, while at Chateau-Thierry. Seicheprey; Chateau-Thierry; St. Mihiel 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive to 2 Oct. '18. Wounded and gassed, 2 Oct. '18. Office of Chief of Engrs., 

Washington, D. C, Mch. '19, wrote text-book on Sound Ranging for Army Engr. School. Disch., 8 July '19. 

(Page 277.) 
STARR, G. H. (I) Capt., F. A. Entered Service, 13 July '17; 136th F. A., Camp Sheridan, Ala., Sept. '17; Ft. Sill, 

Okla., Mch. '18. A. E. F., June '18 — Apr. '19. Marbache Sector, Sept.; St. Mihiel Sector; Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. 
STERN, FRANCES, Directress-General, Children's Bureau, American Red Cross, Paris. See Civilian Record. 
♦STEVENS, W. D. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 121). 

STENHOLM, C. J. (X) Corp., Engrs. Co. A, 312th Engrs., 27 June '18. A. E. F., Aug. '18— Mch. '19. 
STRACHAN, J. J. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N., 15 June '17; Lt., 15 Oct. '17. Naval 

Academy, Annapolis, Md., 15 June '17; Acting Public Works Officer, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., Aug. '17 

— 21 Oct. '19. 
SUTTER, H. F. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Service, 15 Jan. '18; Sq. 54, Aviation Barracks, Berkeley, Calif. 
SWAIN, C. D. (II) Lt., U. S. N. Entered Service, '10; Lt. U. S. N., '17. China, 25 Oct. '15—20 Sept. '17; 

U.S.S. Sigourney, 5 Nov.' 17. A. E. F., 25 May '18 — 6 Jan. '19; with destroyer flotilla based on Brest, France. 
SWEET, H. A. (I) Pvt., F. A. 153d Depot Brig., Camp Dix, Aug. '18; 2d, later 6th Tr. Btry., Hv. Arty., Off. Tr. 

Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 
TAYLOR, E. G. (XIV) ist Lt., Sn. C. Entered Service, 6 Oct. '17; engaged in X-ray work. A. E. F., 27 Mch. 

'18 — 5 July '19; Advanced Med. Supply Depot No. I in Nov. '18; Instructor, X-ray Dept., Beaune University. 
TAYLOR, G. A. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. M. G. Inst, and Repair Officer, 105th Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 30th 

(Old Hickory) Div. A. E. F., ten months. 

THIERFELDER, H. C. (I) istLt.,C. A. C. Ft. Wetherill, Coast Defense, Narragansett Bay, R. I., 27 Aug. '17. 

A. E. F., 11 Oct. '18—15 Mch. '19; Hq. Co., 49th Regt., C. A. C. 
THOMAS, R. L. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; ist Lt., Engrs. 15 Aug.; Capt., 9 Jan. '18. 

1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; American University and Belvoir, Va.; 302d Engrs., 77th 

Div., Camp Upton, 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 14 Apr. '18—23 Apr. '19; trained with British behind the lines in 

Flanders; Company Officer, Bn. and Regtl. Adj. Baccarat Sector, 17 June — 2 Aug.; Oise-Aisne Offensive 

(Vesle River Sector). Severely wounded, Chery-Chartreuse, Vesle River Front, 20 Aug. '18. 
TRULL, C. E. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 17 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 23 Mch. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, 

M. I. T., Jan. '18; 350th Aero Sq., Selfridge Field, Mich., Mch. '18. A. E. F., Aug.— Dec. '18; Asst. Engr. 

Officer, American Detachment, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, England. 
VAN DEUSEN, D. H. (II) Capt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; ist Lt., F. A., 15 Aug.; Capt., 26 Apr. 

'18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 308th F. A., Aug.; Hq. Co., 108th F. A., Camp Hancock, Ga., 5 Sept. 

'17. A. E. F., 19 May '18 — 26 May '19. Fismes-Vesle Sector; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive; Ypres-Lys Offensive. 

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VOSE, A. W. (I) Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, Nov. '17; Co. M, 23d Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., Jan. '18. 

A. E.F., before May '18. 
von ROSENBERG, H. J. (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 21 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., A. S. A. 1st 

Sq., Ellington Field, Houston, Tex. 
WADSWORTH, E. L. (VII) 2d Lt. M. T. C. Pvt., M. T. C. 11 Dec. '17; Corp., 13 Apr.; Sgt., June; 2d Lt., 

M. T. C, U. S. R., 3 Mch. '19. M. T. Co. 444, Boston, Mass., n Dec. '17. 

WAITE, A. G. (Ill) Capt., A. S. Pvt. 1 cl. Sig. Enlisted Res. C, 17 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 21 Dec; Capt. A. S., 12 
Sept. '18. Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., 17 Aug. '17; Office of Director Military Aeronautics, Washington, 
D. C, 8 Sept. '18; Office of Sec. of War, 6 Mch.— 29 Sept. '19. 

WALLACE, G. R., JR. (X) Maj., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 19 July '17; Sgt., 27 July; Capt., 29 Nov.; Maj., 11 Jan. '18. 
2d Mass. F. A., 19 July ' 17; Oglethorpe, Ga., 29 Aug.; Btry. F, 1 ith F. A., Douglas, Ariz., 29 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 
4 Aug. '18 — 19 Apr. '19; 141st F. A., 10 Mch. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Slightly gassed. Army 
Citation. (Page 155.) 

WALTERS, L. D. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 29 Jan. 
'18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 13 May '17; Co. E, 24th Engrs., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 1 Mch. [18 
— 16 Jan. '19; Operated Advance Engr. Supply Dumps; 2d Bn., Hq. 24th Engrs., Toul, Mch. '19. St. Mihiel, 
Toul, and Meuse-Argonne Sectors. 

WALTON, O. C. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt. (Flying Cadet), Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 14 Dec. '17; 
2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Sq. 40, School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, 14 Dec. '17; 
Flying School, Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, L.T., 6 May '18; Aviation Repair Depot, Speedway, Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

WARD, M. H. (XIII) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 17 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WARD WELL, A. K. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. B. M., U. S. N. R. F., Nov. '17; Ensign, Mch. '19. 3d Naval 
District, Nov. '17; Ensign School, Mch. '18. 

WARNER, P. C. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl.,U. S. N. R. F., 14 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Jan. '18; 
Ensign, 7 Mch.; Lt. (j. g.), I Oct. '18. Inst., Gunnery and Bombing, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 
received flight training, Key West and Pensacola; Pilot and Aide to Commandant, Naval Air Station, 
Pensacola, Fla., to date (Aug. '19). 

WATSON, W.N. (V) istLt., C. W. S. 303d F. A., Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Oct.'i7; transferred to Gas Defense Div., 
C. W. S. 

WEEKS, R. W. (VI) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Ord., 3 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., C. W. S., 1 Aug. Engineering Bu., Ord. 
Dept., Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 3 Jan. '18; in charge Stores Sect., with all materials and equipment, Edge- 
wood Arsenal. Disch., 1 May '19. 

WEMPLE, H. R. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Sn. C, Med. Dept., 15 Aug. '17; transferred to C. W. S., Sept. 
'18. Supervised mfr. of rubber parts for gas masks, Goodrich, Goodyear, and Miller Rubber Companies' 
plants, Arkon, Ohio, and U. S. Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. '17 — Apr. '18; Gas Defense Div. Labora- 
tories, Long Island City; in charge of one of the protective chemical mfg. plants, Astoria, L. I. Disch., 15 Feb. 
'19. See Civilian Record. 

WHITE, R. W. (II) Pvt., 1 cl., C. A. C. Pvt., Mass. N. G., 17 Apr. '17; federalized, 25 July '17. Coast Defense 
of Boston, Mass., 28 July '17. A. E. F., 8 Apr. '18 — 10 Jan. '19; Btry. B, 55th Regt., C. A. C, Clermont- 
Ferrand, 11 Apr. '18. 2d Battle of the Marne; Vesle and Aisne Sectors, 10 Aug. — 9 Sept.; Verdun Sector. 
26 Sept. — 14 Oct.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

WHITEHEAD, W. L. (Ill) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt. Off. Tr. Camp, 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., Apr.; transferred to A. S., 
Oct. '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, L. I., 5 Jan. '18; 304th F. A., 77th Div., Apr. '18. A. E. F., 
'18 — '19; 3d F. A., Besangon, Oct.; 3d F. A., 6th Div.; 10th, 25th and 58th Balloon Cos. A. S. Detachment. 

WILLIAMS, F. B. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 10 Sept. '17; Capt., July '18. Washington, D. C, 
Sept., '17; Watertown Arsenal, Nov. '17 — July '19; translated French drawings for 9.5" howitzer, adapting 
and redesigning many parts to speed up mfr., placed contracts and followed up production and assembly. 

WILSON, R.M. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Military Mapping, U.S. Geological Survey, Cushman, Ore., July '18. A.E.F., 
Co. F, 29th Engrs., superveying positions for graves near Buzancy, June '19. 

WOOD, C. H. (I) istLt., F. A. Entered Service, Dec. '17; Btry. C, 303d F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., Jan. '18; 
Camp Jackson, S. C, May '18. 

WOODS, R. H., JR. (VI) Capt., Ord. R. C. 1st Lt., Ord., 11 Sept. '17; Capt., O. R. C, 17 Feb. '19. Served with 
"American Ord. Base Depot in France," Washington, D. C, Rock Island Arsenal and at Camp Dodge, Iowa, 
11 Sept. '17 — 1 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 1 Apr. '18 — 28 Feb. '19; Camp Foecy (Cher), Apr.; Student and Inst., 
Arty. Materiel School, Is-sur-Tille, 1 May; Inst., Arty. Materiel, Camp Valdahon, Aug.; Arty. Materiel 
Officer, Ord. Detachment, St. Nazaire and Bordeaux, with trips to Tours and Mehun-sur-Yevre, 20 Aug. '18. 

WRIGHT, L. E. (XIV) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Research Div., C. W. S., 18 Oct.— 4 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

1914 

ADAMS, P. H. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. Naval Intelligence Dept., 4 Apr. ' 17; in charge Naval Information and Com- 
munication Service, 3d Sect., 1st Naval Dist., Rockland, Maine, June '17 — '18; in charge Sect. Intelligence 
Offices, 1st Naval Dist., June — Sept. '18; Aide to Commandant, Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass., Sept. 
'18 — Jan. '19; with sq. of flying boats off Maine Coast for W. S. S. Drive, Nov. — Dec. 

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AHERN, F. L. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Commissioned, 15 Aug. '17. 1st Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 
14 May '17; American University, Washington, D. C; Inst., 2d Engr. Off. Camp, American University, Aug.; 
Inst., 3d Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., Oct.; 30th Engrs., Jan. '18. A. E. F., 27 Feb. '18 — 5 Jan. '19; 
with 30th Engrs. (Gas and Flame Regt.); Inst, in the offensive use of gas, Gas School, Chaumont, July; 
returned to Regt. (now 1st Gas Regt.), 10 Oct. Disch., 28 Aug. '19. Somme Defensive, Mch. '18; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. 

ALDRICH, H. R. (Ill) ist Lt., General Staff. Statistics Branch, General Staff, Washington, D. C, 8 July '18 
— 8 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 

♦ALEXANDER, E. P. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 109). 

ANNIN, R. H. (IV) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Nov. '17; ist Lt., 15 Sept. '18. In charge of 
preparation of plans for building of Ord. Terminal Depots, Raritan, N. J., Curtis Bay, Md., Pig Point, near 
Norfolk, Va., Pedricktown, N. J., Harrisburg, Pa., Rock Island, 111., and other points. 

BAIRD, L. S. (II) Capt., A. S. A. ist Lt., A. S., 15 Aug. '17; Capt., A. S. A., 15 Oct. '18. Commanded Aero 
Sqs.Nos. 106, 120, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135,800,637, 875, Kelly Field, Texas, 15 Aug. '17 — 29 Oct. '17; 
left in command of 106th Sq., for Garden City, L. I., N. Y., 27 Oct. A. E. F., 7 Dec. '17 — 6 Feb. '19; Asst. 
Airplane Officer, later Officer in Charge, Machine Shops; Asst. Chief, Advance Shops Div., Mechanical Engr. 
and Electric Installation, 1st Air Depot, Zone of Advance, Colombey-les-Belles, I Feb. — 24 Dec. '18; Chief, 
electrical power and light for A. S. in Zone of Advance. 

BARKER, H. W. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. 110th Engrs., Ft. Sill, Okla., 30 July '17. A. E. F., 20 Feb. '18—6 Mch. 
'19; 6th Engrs. until 5 July '18; transferred Engr. School, Langres, July; transferred 317th Engrs., 1st Corps; 
Member, Engr. Bd., Peace Comm., Paris. Somme Defensive, Mch. — June '18; Ch^mpagne-Marne Defen- 
sive, (Chateau-Thierry;, with French, June — July '18; Vosges Mts., Aug. — 20 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive, 26 Sept. Gassed in Somme Defensive. 

BARNWELL, G. W. (VI) ist Lt., C. A. C. 4th Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., in Nov. '17; 3d Co., C. A. C, Ft. 
Screven, Ga., in Apr. '18. A. E. F., Hq., 2d Bn., 75th C. A. C. in Sept. '18. 

BARNS, F. B. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., Nov. '17; Mr. Engr., 15 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., Oct. '18. A. E. F., 
Mch. '18— Mch. '19; 26th Engrs. 

BARRATT, R. F. (IV) Lt., U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl, 30 Aug. '17; C. Q. M.; Ensign, Feb. '18; Lt. (j. g.), June; Lt. 
1 Apr. '19. A. E. F., France, May — Sept. '18; England, Sept. — Dec. Transatlantic Base Ship Newfound- 
land, England, May — June '19; organized Aerographic Service for Naval Aviation Weather Forecaster, U. S. 
Naval Air Station, Paimboeuf, France, Sr. Officer after July '18; located Observatories at L'Alier Vrach, St. 
Inglevert and Roche's Point; in charge of weather reporting for Transatlantic Flight; directed first upper air 
explorations between North America and England; made first known use of upper air wind changes in local 
forecast work, at Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. 

BATES, R. D. (XI) Sn. Inspector, Amer. Red Cross. Sn. Comm. to Serbia, and Greece, May '15 — Apr. '16. 
See Civilian Record and page 292. 

*BEACH, G. A. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 99). 

BEARD, G. H. (I) Sgt., Engrs. (Cons.). Sgt., Co. A, 33d Engrs., 2 Mch. '18; Sgt. of ist Bn. Hq., 1 Dec. '18. 
A. E. F., 10 May '18 — 2 June '19; Intermediate Sect., S. O. S.; graded Ry. Yard, Nevers; erected Classi- 
fication Camp and Warehouses, St. Amand, Cher; road repair work at Luzy, Nievre, Jan. — Feb. '19; closing 
Hospital Area in Vichy, Mch. — Apr. 

BEAUDETTE, J. B. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. (T). Commissioned, 8 June '18. Electrical Officer, U.S.S. Columbia, 
on convoy duty between New York and Brest. 

BORDEN, H.G. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., 29 Nov. '16; Capt., Apr. '17. Adj. ,ist Bn., 30thEngrs., later C. O. 

of 2d Bn., Oct. '17; Camp Humphreys, Va., June '18 — 5 Dec. '18; Co. Comdr. of two companies; Auditor of 

the Regimental Exchange; Pres. of the Exchange Council and Camp Survey Officer, investigating losses and 

damage of equipment. 
BOWLER, E. W. (XI) ist Lt., Engrs. Candidate, Plattsburg. Tr. Camp, 7 May '17; 2d Lt., Engr., 16 June; 

1st Lt., 25 June '18. In command Mounted Sect., Co. F, 3d Engrs., Canal Zone, 1 Sept. '17; Chief of Party, 

Military Survey of Panama, 1 Dec. '17; Topographic Inspector, Military Survey of Panama, I Mch. '18; 

Acting Comdr., U. S. Troops during occupation of City of Panama, July; Adj., 3d Engrs., Sept.; Camp 

Humphreys, Va., for duty with 3d Engr. Training Regt., I Nov. '18 — 7 Jan. '19. 
BRAFF, M. M. (V) Lt., M. C, U. S. N. Entered U. S. N. R. F., 7 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), M. C, U. S. N., 1 June; 

Lt. 1 Feb. '18. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H., 20 May '17; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1 June; 

Medical Officer, U.S.S. Leviathan, 1 Oct.; Medical Officer, U.S.S. Sierra, Aug. '18; at Washington, D. C, 

taking special course in gas defense and treatment of gassed cases, Nov; later, assigned U. S. Naval Medical 

Supply Dep., New York City; with U. S. Marines, Santo Domingo, D. R., 20 May '19 to date (Sept. '19). 
BRISTOW, J. J. R. (X) Capt., C. W. S. ist Lt., 15 Feb. '18; Capt., 30 Sept. Assisted in organizing Govt. 

laboratory for development of mechanical and chemical side of gas masks; final form of gas mask developed 

in this laboratory. 
BROGA, W. C. (XIV) Yoeman, 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Fore River Ship Yard, Quincy, Mass., 8 June '18; injured 

in line of duty and given a Medical Discharge. 
BROWNE, A. P. (Ill) Capt., Marine Corps. 2d Lt., 5 July '17; ist Lt., 1 July '18; Capt., 2 July. Quantico; 

Va., 1 Aug. '17; Puget Sound, Wash., 11 Nov.; Mare Island, Calif., 5 Apr. '18 — I Sept. '19. 

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*BRYANT, C. D. (XI) See Roll of Honor (page 107). 

BURNHAM, L. W. (VI) Capt., Marine Corps. istLt., 16 Aug. '17; Capt., 1 July'18. Entered Service, May '17, 
Off. Tr. Sch., Quantico, Va., June '17; 1st Regt., Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. A. E. F., Aug. — Dec. 
'18, with 88th Co., Searchlight Bn., 1st Regt., Advanced Base Force, temporarily attached to North Bombing 
Sq., Naval Air Forces. Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., to date (Dec. '19). 

BURNS, C. H. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S., 9 Aug. '18. A. E. F., unattached, Aug.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BURROWS, G. H., reported at 4th Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, Mass. 

BUSBY, H. S. (XIII) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Candidate, 2d Plattsburg Tr. Camp, 23 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 
23 Nov. Inst, in camouflage and camouflage cons., 2d Plattsburg Tr. Camp; in charge tests to develop 
standard designs for fire control instruments for arty., Office of Chief of Ord., Engr. Div. A.E.F., 7 Oct. '18 
— -10 June '19; tested various types of fire control material; reported to General Staff on types for post-war 
adoption by Army; equipped heavy and raihvay artillery units with this material. 

CALLAHAN, C. J. (XI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2d., U. S. N. R. F., 4 May '18; C. Q. M.: Ensign- 
M. I. T. for seven weeks' course; Office of Constructor of Aircraft, Buffalo, N. Y., in charge of govt, contracts 
for seaplanes and flying boats. See Civilian Record. 

CALVER, H. N. (XI) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt., 7 Nov. '17; Capt., 8 Apr. '19. Asst. to Camp Sn. Inspector, Camp 
Funston, Kan., 20 Nov. '17; Mobile Field Laboratory, 89th Div., 30 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 28 June '18 — 5 July 
'19; with field laboratory; A. E. F. University, 30 Apr. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

*CHADWICK, J. B. (II). See Roll of Honor (page in).' 

CHAMBERS, G. J. (I) Candidate, Engr. Off. Tr. Camp. Pvt. 472d Engrs., 5 June '18; Candidate, Engr. Off. Tr. 
Sch. Camp Humphreys, Va., 1 Oct. — 27 Nov. '18. 

CHANDLER, A. D., JR. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Commissioned 26 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 25 Dec. '17—10 June '19 

with 21st Engrs. (Lt. Ry.). Bois-de-Hazelle, 19-21 June '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive, 1 Oct. — 11 Nov. Regimental Citation. 
CHATFIELD, C. H. (II) Lt. (j. g), U.S.N. R. F. Sea. 2cl., U. S.N. R. F., Class 5, 15 Dec. '17; C.Q.M. (A.), 

8 Jan. '18; Ensign, 25 Mch.; transferred to C. C, U. S.N. R. F., Class 4, 1 July' 19; Lt. (j. g.), U.S. N. R. F., 

11 Aug. See Civilian Record. 
CHURCHILL, J. S. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 

COFFIN, SCHUYLER (III) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. A. E. F., 3d Aviation Instruction Center, in June '18. 
COHEN, HAROLD (XIV) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., 15 June '17; 1st Lt., A. S. A., 21 Dec. 6th Sq., Ground 

Sthool, M. LT., 15 June '17. A. E. F., Feb. '18— Feb. '19; training at Issoudun; Staff Pilot, Observers 

School, Tours, 85th Aero Sq., Hill 402, Oct., Toul Airdrome, I Nov. — Jan. '19. 

COLLINS, A. E. G. (Ill) Capt., Royal Engrs. (British). Off. Tr. Camp, (Cavalry), Mch. '15; 2d Lt., Royal 
Engrs., 22 July; 1st Lt., 1 June '16; Capt., 1 May '18. 461 Field Co., Royal Engrs., 22 July '15. B. E. F., 
end of '16-22 Apr. '19. 2d Battle of Somme; Battle of Ancre River; Battle of Bullecourt; 1st Battle of Cam- 
brai, '17; 2d Battle of the Marne, '18; entire advance in the Somme Region, 8 Aug. — 11 Nov., reaching j 
Maubeuge, 9 Nov. '18. Awarded Military Cross and cited in Dispatches (British). (Page 146.) 

COMBER, T. F., JR. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 8 Oct. '17; Corp., 1 May '18; 2d Lt., 28 Sept., 29th Engrs., 
8 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 31 Oct. '17 — 2 Feb. '19; with 3d Army Corps, after 1 May '18. Aisne-Marne Offensive 
(Chateau-Thierry); Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

CROCKER, E. C. (XIV) Corp., C. W. S. In Washington, D. C, on problems of gas defense from 29 Apr. '18. 

CROWELL,D.G. (X) 1st Lt., F. A., attached M. P. 2d Lt., 5 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 26 Oct. 301st F. A.; 71st F. A.; 
59th C. A. C; 109th Inf.; 297th M. P. Co. A. E. F., 30 July '18—6 July '19. Toul Sector. ' 

CUNNINGHAM, R. J. (I) Corp., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 20 May '18; Corp., Mch. '19. Casual with 13th Service 
Co., 20 May '18. A. E. F., 13 Sept. '18— 1 Aug. '19; 116 Field Sig. Bn., 15 Sept. '18; 43 Service Co., 30 Sept.; 
44th Service Co., 17 Dec. '18. 

•CURRIER, J. H. (II) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., 26 May '17; Lt. (j. g.), 15 Oct. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Asst. 
Engr. Officer, U.S.S. Arizona, 6 July '17— 1 June '18. A. E. F., 5 July— 26 Dec. '18; Asst. Engr. Officer, 
U.S.S. Wyoming, with Grand Fleet, at Scapa Plow and Firth of Forth; escort for U. S. mine layers; present at 
surrender of German fleet, 21 Nov. '18. Still in Navy (Aug. '19). 

CURRIER, L. W. (Ill) Pvt., A. S. Entered Service, Aug. '18. Aerial Photography Sect. Elementary and 
Advanced Training Schools, Military Aeronautics, Aerial Photography Sect. See Civilian Record. 

CURRIER, P. M. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Radio Off. Tr. Camp, 22 May '18; 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. 29th Serv- 
ice Co., Camp Vail, N. J., 22 May '18; Radio Research Laboratory, Radio Off. Tr. Sch., I Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 
See Civilian Record. 

DAVIS, C. P. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., Mass. Inf., 18 Oct. '17; Corp., 31 Oct.; Sgt., C. W. S., 31 Oct. '18; trans- 
ferred to C. W. S., 27 Dec. '17. Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., 25 Oct. '18—9 Jan. '19. 

DAWSON, E. E., JR. (II) Maj., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 7 Aug. '17; Capt., June '18; Maj., Feb. '19. Machine Gun 
Sect., Carriage Div., Ord. Dept., 7 Aug. '17. A. E. F., June '18 — June '19. In charge of 37 mm. canon and 
aircraft bombs. Citation from G. H. Q. 

DeLAMATER, H. I. (II) Pvt., F. A. Pvt., Bliss Electrical School, Washington, D. C, 14 June '18; Topography 
School, Btry. B, 10th Regt., F. A. Repl. Dep., Camp Jackson, S. C, 13 Aug.; F. A. Brig. Firing Center, Camp 
Jackson, S. C, 16 Dec- — 29 Jan. '19. 

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DERRY, G. C. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. U. S. Naval Academy, June— Sept. '18; Engr. Officer, U.S.S. Great North- 
ern, in transport service, Sept. '18 — Mch. '19. Inspector of engr. material and supervision of trial trips of 
Ford Eagles, Ford Shipbuilding Plant, Detroit, Mich., Mch.- — May '19. 

Des GRANGES, DONALD (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs. Bn. Sgt. Maj., 6 June '17; Regtl. Sgt. Maj., 18 July; Mr. Engr. 
(jr. gr.), 15 Nov.; 1st Lt., 30 Mch. '18. 17th Engrs. (Ry.), 6 June '17. A. E. F., 28 July '17—3 Jan. '19; 
Architectural work at St. Nazaire; Office of General Purchasing Agent, Paris, July '18 — 3 Jan. '19. 

DICKINSON, THORN (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 15 Aug.; 
1st Lt., Engrs., N. A., 5 Apr. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp,_ Plattsburg, N. Y., 13 May '17; Officer in Charge, Engr'. 
Sub-Depot, Camp Greene, N. C, 8 Sept.; Engr. Liaison Officer, Army Reserve Depot, Schenectady, N. Y. 
24 Aug. '18— s July '19. 

DICKSON, R. H. (X) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 24 Dec. '17; Capt., 8 July '19. Toluol Unit, Explosives Sect., 
Ord. Dept., 24 Dec. '17; worked for development of supply of toluol for T. N. T., necessitating the building of 
thirty toluol recovery plants in U. S. from Seattle, Wash, to New Orleans, La. and Boston, Mass.; in charge of 
inspection of materials and cons, work on all plants built by the Ord. Dept.; in complete charge of and account- 
able for all Toluol plant property. See Civilian Record. 

DIXON, DONALD (XI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp, 25 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 27 Nov.; 
1st Lt., 17 Oct. '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 25 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 12 Dec. '17—30 Jan. 'ioj 
Tractor Arty. School, Vincennes, Feb. '18; Adj., Tractor Arty. School, La Bate near Dourdan, Mch.; Tractor 
Depot, Bristol, England, Sept.; Sec. Tractor Arty. School, Gien, France, Oct.; in command, Tractor Arty. 
Sch. Repl. Detachment, Jan. '19. 

DOREMUS, R. C. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Production Div., Detroit Dist. Office, Ord. Dept., 9 Nov. '17; Sta- 
tioned at Detroit Plant of the American Car and Foundry Co. 

DORRANCE, A. C. (X) Maj., C. A. R. C. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 1st Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug.; 

Capt., 27 Nov.; Maj., C. A. R. C, Jan. '19. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Myer, Va., 15 May '17; transferred Ft. 

Monroe, Va., for training in Hv. Arty., 15 June; Inst., 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Snelling, Minn., 15 Aug.; Inst. 

in Gunnery, and Co. Comdr., H. A. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct. '17 — Sept. '18; Disch., Dec. '18. 
DOUD, C. E. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Camp Meade, Md., in Dec. '17; 2d Prov. Co., American Ord. Base Depot 

in France, Camp Jackson, S. C, in Feb. '18. A. E. F.; 2d Army. Base Hosp., Ft. Sheridan, 111., in Mch. '19. 
DOWNING, L. L. (II) 2d Lt., Army Transport Service. Pvt., Q. M. C, 26 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., Army Transport 

Service, 8 June '18. A. E. F., 18 June '18 — 17 Jan. '19; Prov. Motorcycle Co. No. 1, continuous service in 

war zone. 
DUFF, L. B. (I) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Service, 3 Oct. '17; Capt., C. W. S., 18 July '18. In 

charge of development and mfr. of the oxygen inhalator apparatus for the treatment of men overcome by 

poisonous gas, and development and mfr. of gas warning signals; with Lt.-Col. Dreyer, Royal Army Medical 

Corps (British Army), worked on quantity production of the Dreyer Apparatus for High Altitude Flying 

until 28 Feb. '19. 
DUFFIELD, T. J. (XI) Maj., Sn. C. istLt., 11 Sept. '17; Capt., 2 Mch. '18; Maj., 3 May '19. Camp Surgeon's 

Office, Camp Lee, Va., 11 Sept. '17; in command Camp Sn. Sqd. No. 83, 8th Div., Camp Fremont, Calif., 

31 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 6 Oct. '18 — 23 May '19; Chief of the Div. of Epidemiology and Sanitation, Chief 

Surgeon's Office, Hq. S. 0. S., Tours. 
EBERHARD, W. C. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F.(A.). C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 12 Apr. '18; Ensign, 25 Oct. '18 

Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, Apr. — May '18; Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, N. Y, June; Inspector, 

Burgess Aeroplane Co., Marblehead, Mass., 24 July; Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa., 6 Jan. — 

30 Jan. '19. 

EDELSTEIN, J. E. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., May '18; Sgt., July '18; 2d Lt., Dec. '18. Worked on develop- 
ment of wireless telephone and telegraph communication between airplanes. 

EKSERGIAN, RUPEN (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, Sept. '17; Corp., Engrs.; 1st Lt., Jan. '18; 
transferred to Ord. Corps.; Capt., Oct. '18. In charge of calculations, Mobile Gun Carriage Sect., Arty. 
Div., Ord. Dept. 

EVERSON, K. B. (VI) Capt., Inf. Entered Service, 26 Mch. '17; 1st Lt. Inf., 17 May '17; Capt., 5 Aug. '17. 
Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., 26 Mch. '17; 58th Inf., 10th M. G. Bn., nth M. G Bn. A. E. F., 
18 May '18 — 10 Jan. '19; 4th Inf.; 51st Prisoner of War Escort Co. Champagne-Marne Defensive, 14-18 
July; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18-28 July. 

FAY, H. V. V. (IX) Capt. (T.), Engrs., 2d Lt., 19 Oct. '17; 1st Lt.,Feb.'i8; Capt. (T.), May '18. Prov. 
Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 19 Oct. '17; 319th Engrs.; Aide-de-Camp to Commanding General, 
8th Div., Jan. — June '18; transferred Military Intelligence Branch, General Staff, Washington, D. C., July — 
Aug. '18. A. E. F.; Intelligence Officer, Harbin, Siberia; Chief Engr. Officer, C. O. Engr. Detachment, Chief 
Morale Officer, Ex. Officer of Intelligence Dept., Vladivostok, since Sept. '18. (Jan. '20). 

FISH, J. P. (VI) 2d Lt., Marine Corps. Pvt., 26 June '18; 2d Lt., 26 Aug. Sig. Bn., Philadelphia Navy Yard; 
26 June '18; Searchlight Bn., 26 Aug.; 22d Co., 1st Regt., on patrol duty in Oriente Prov., Cuba, 3 Nov., 
in active duty in Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, I Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

FISKE, C. P. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Commissioned 19 Sept. '17. In Washington, D. C, organized Blue Print 
Photostat and Duplicating Section for Ord. Dept.; transferred to Planning Sect., Engr. Div.; Chief. Auxiliary 
Sect, of Adm. Div.; Member, Comm. to Rate Mechanical Draftsmen, Draftsmen Efficiency Bd., Comm. on 
Records; for three weeks Proof Officer, Aberdeen Proving Grounds. (Page 265.) 

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FORBES, L. T. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Ensign, 10 June '18; Lt. (j. g.), i July '19. U. S. Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Md., 10 June '18; Transport Service, New York to Liverpool, Eng., and Brest, France, on U.S.S. 
Harrisburg, 4 Oct. '18 — 25 Sept. '19. 

FOX, C. E. (XI) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Amer. Red Cross Sn. Comm. to Serbia, 12 May '15; Austrian occupied territory, 
Jan. — Dec. '16; ordered to Balkan Front (Saloniki), Jan. '17 — -Jan. '18; returned to France and commissioned 
in Sn. C. 27 Mch. '18. _ A. E. F., 2 Mch. '18— 11 June ^19; Office of Chief Surgeon, Casual Officers' Depot, 
Blois; Member, American Peace Comm., Coolidge Mission to Enemy Countries for gathering political, 
economic, and industrial information for Peace Conference; Member, U. S. Food Adm. Mission to Southeastern 
Europe. Received two Serbian Decorations. (Page 292.) 

GALLENI, V. J. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Depot Brig., 4 Oct. '17; Candidate, Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 1 Jan. '18; 
2d Lt., Engrs., 10 Apr.; istLt., Sept. Depot. Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 4 Oct. '17; 301st Engrs., 15 Oct.; 
Candidate, Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 1 Jan. '18; Inst. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 1 Apr.; Inst., Engr. Off. 
Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., Sept.; C. O., Casual Co., 5th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 15 
Dec. '18 — 2 Jan. '19. 

GARDNER, H. L.(XIII) Enlisted in Engrs., at Camp Devens, Mass., but discharged in two weeks on account of 
defective vision. See Civilian Record. 

GAZARIAN, H. T. (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 11 Sept. '18—20 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

GILBERT, F. P. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., 30 Aug. '18; Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Grant, 
111., 25 Oct. '18—19 Apr. '19. 

*GREENOUGH, G. B. (X). See Roll of Honor (page 117). 

GREENWOOD, L. J. (II) Pvt., Ord. Corps. Co. D, 2d Bn., Edgewood Arsenal, Edegwood, Md., in Jan. '19. 

HAHN, A. J. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 1st Lt., C. A. C, 7 Aug. '17; Capt., 1 Mch. '18. Inst., and on regular garrison 
duty; assigned 16th Anti-Aircraft Sector, ordered overseas, armistice intervened. U. S., 7 Aug. '17 — 21 Dec. '18. 

HALL, H. H. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., 17 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., 3 Sept. Liaison Officer, Planning Sect., 
Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, charged with collection of tabulated and descriptive material 
and photographs pertaining to all ordnance materiel for the Handbook of the Chief of Ordnance, 17 Jan. '18 — ■ 
14 Dec. '19. 

HALL. L. S. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C.Q. M.,U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 16 Apr. '18; Ensign, 20 Dec. Naval 
Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Supt. Constructor of Aircraft for U. S. N., Buffalo, N. Y., 10 July — 20 Dec'18. 
Inactive duty, 22 Jan. '19. 

HAMMOND, A. S. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., F. A., 5 Sept. '17; Sgt., 4 Oct.; transferred to Engrs., 8 May '18; 
2d Lt., 17 June. Btry. F, 341st F. A., Camp Funston, Kan., 5 Sept. '17; Camp Lee, Va., 8 May '18; course 
in Forestry School, University of Wisconsin, 4 July; returned to Camp Lee, Aug.; Engrs. School, Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., 10 Aug.; Engr. Depot, Washington, D. C, Sept.; Packing Service, Engrs., General Staff, Oct. — 
14 Dec. '18. 

HARDING, G. W. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (E.). M. M. icl., U. S. N. R. F., 29 July '17; C. M. M., 1 May '18; 
Ensign, (E.), 24 Sept. Tr. Regt., Cloynefield Barracks, 29 July '17, for six weeks; Material Sect., Machine 
Shop, Newport, R. I., six weeks; Experimental Station, Machine Shops, New London, Conn., two months. 
Experimental Station, Public Works Dept., four months; Naval Dist. Base, New London, six months; U. S. 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., four months. Inactive list, 6 Feb. '19. 

HARDY, R. E. (I) Pvt., Engrs. 6th Prov. M. G Co., 10 May '18. A. E. F., Aug.— Dec. '18; Co. N. 116th 

Engrs., St. Aignan, France. 
HARLOW, HAMILTON (IV) Sgt., Inf. nth Co., 3d Bn.. 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 29 Mch.— 

4 Dec. '18. 
HARLOW, H. L. (II) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 27 May '18; Corp., 3 Aug. Co. 2, 1st Bn., 153d Depot Brig., Camp 

Dix, N. J., 27 May '18—15 Feb. '19. 
HARRISON, MATTHEW (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Inf., 19 Sept. '17; transferred to A. S., Nov.; 2d Lt., 

A. S. A., 29 Mch. '18. Co. L, 318th Inf., Camp Lee, Va., 19 Sept. '17; Camp Taliaferro, Ft. Worth, Texas, 

Nov.; School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. Disch., 21 Oct. '19. 
HAUSER, W. G. (VI) Bn. Sgt. Maj., F. A. 302d F. A., 25 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 14 July '18— 1 May '19. Meuse- 

Argonne Offensive. 
HAYWARD, E. D. (I) Capt., Sn. C. Pvt., Sn. C, 5 July '17; Sgt., Med. Corps, 10 Aug.; 1st Lt., Sn. C, 7 Jan. '18; 

Capt., 4 Nov. Supt. of cons, of Contagious Disease Hospital, Sn. Engr. Div., Med. Dept. at Ft. McDowell, 

Calif., 5 July '17; Surgeon-General's Office, Washington, D. C, doing research work on eradication of mosquito 

for malaria control in army camps, 7 Jan. '18; Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Fremont, Calif., 4 Apr. — 15 Dec. '18. 
HILLER, A. D. (VII) Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., Inf., 5 Oct. '17; Sgt., Mch. '18; Lt., Sn. C, 4 Sept.; Port of Embarkation, 

Newport News, Va., 5 Oct. '17 — 15 Aug. '19. 

HINES, J. W. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Electrician 3d., 6 Apr. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 1 Feb. '18. 
U.S.S. Missouri, with Atlantic Fleet, 6 Apr. '17; Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, L. I., Aug.; Naval Aviation 
Detachment, M. I. T., Sept.; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., Dec. '17. A. E. F., Feb. '18— Jan. '19; 
course in Machine Gunnery and Bomb Dropping, U. S. Naval Air Station, Montchic, Gironde, France; 
convoy work and submarine patrol over North Sea, Air Station, Killingholme, England, May; co-operating 
with British Grand Fleet, Royal Seaplane Station, Dundee, Scotland, Oct. — Nov. '18. Naval Air Station, 
Chatham, Mass., Jan. — May '19. 

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HUGHES, W. C. (I) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 4 July '18; Corp., 12 Oct.; Sgt., 21 Nov. M. G. Co., 1st Hawaiian 
Inf., 4 July '18 — s June '19. 

IRELAND, G. M. (VI) reported in British Army. 

ISAACS, JAMES (X) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 3 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 1 Oct. '18. Engr. Tr. 
Camp, 3 Sept. '17; 305th Engrs., 10 Dec; 3d Engrs., 29 Jan. '18 — 22 Jan. '19. 

JOHNSON, A. W. (II) Ensign U. S. N. (T.). Sea. 2d., U. S. N. R. F.,_ 10 Apr. '18; Ensign, U. S. N .R. F., 7 June 
'18; Ensign (T.), U. S. N., 18 Sept. '18. Hingham Training Station, Wakefield Rifle Range, Bumkin Island; 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., June; Submarine Base, New London. 

KARNS, F. P. (II) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs,. O. R. C, 2 June '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., N. A., 2Mch. '18; Capt. 
Engrs., 13 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 9 July '17 — 27 Apr. '19; Co. C, 15th Engrs.; in charge of grading and laying 
normal gauge track, Intermediate Ord. Depot No. 4, Mehun, Cher, 6 Sept. '17; Hq. 1st Bn., 15th Engrs., 
Advance Ord. Depot No. 4, 17 Nov.; Hq. 1st Bn., 15th Engrs., 1st Army, 24 Aug. '18 ; Act. Adj. Prov. Bn., 
Sept.; C. O., Co. F, 15th Engrs., 21 Oct.; engaged in reconstruction of track from Verdun to Conflans, and 
Verdun-Sedan line, after armistice. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept., Meuse-Argonne offensive, 26 Sept. — II 
Nov. '18. 

*KELLY, J. G., JR. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 128). 

KEY, EDMUND, JR. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. Candidate, Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Funston, Texas, in Oct. '17; Co. D, 
312th Ammunition Train, Little Rock, Ark., in Mch. '18; Hq. Motor Bn., 312th Ammunition Tr. 

LEATHERS, W. H. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, commissioned 16 June '17. Transportation and Equipment Officer, 
Supply Div., Ord. Dept.; Raritan Arsenal, N. J., Jan. '18 — Apr. '19. 

LESLIE, F.H. (II)2dLt.,A.S. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 8 Dec. '17; 2dLt., A. S., 5 Apr. '18. School 
of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. A. E. F., England, 15 Aug.— 11 Dec. '18. 

LEWIS, M. B., JR. (VI) Pvt., Engrs. 14th Engrs., 21 May '17. A. E. F., 28 July '17— 18 July '19; Intelligence 
Sect., 1st Army Hq., 5 Aug. '18. Cambrai Offensive, Nov. '17; Somme Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive 
(Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

LINNELL, R. M. (XIV) Cadet, A. S. Pvt., Sig. C, 12 Dec. '17; Cadet A. S. Training in military aeronautics 
in New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Tennessee. 

LONG, A. G.,. JR. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 29 Aug. '17; Capt., 30 Oct. '18. Ord. Training School, Kenosha, 

. Wis., 29 Aug. '17; Office of Tank, Tractor and Trailer Div., Ord. Dept., at Holt Manufacturing Co., Peoria, 

111., working on design, test and development of 10-, 15-, and 20-ton caterpillar arty, tractors, 6 Sept. '17; 

Chief of Tractor Sect., Tank, Tractor and Trailer Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 9 Apr. — 18 Aug. '19. 

LUCAS, W. E., JR. (II) Capt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 30 Nov. '16; 1st Lt., May '17; Capt., I20ct.'i7. Army Service 
School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., I Jan. '17; Co. I, 24th Inf., Columbus, New Mexico., and with 18th Inf., 
Douglas, Ariz., Apr. — May '17. A. E. F., 14 June '17 — I May '19; attended Staff School, Langres; with 
18th Inf., 1st Div., throughout service in A. E. F., transferred to Military Intelligence Section, General Staff; 
assigned as Asst. Military Attache to Roumania, I May '19; Military Observer with Roumanian Army of 
Transylvania on Hungarian-Bolshevik Front, in operations in Hungary, and Occupation of Budapest, 20 May 
— -20 Sept. '19. Cantigny Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. Gassed, May '18. Croix de Guerre; Citations from Army, Corps and Division. (Pages 149 
and 179.) 

MacCART,R. D. (II) Lt. (j. g.), C. C.,U. S. N. R. F. Sea. .2d., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 10 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., i S Jan. 
'18; Ensign, 28 Mch.; Lt. (j. g.), 10 Aug. '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 10 Dec. '17; Navy 
Inspectors' School, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y.; Inspector Naval Aircraft, HS2-L 
flying boats, plant of Standard Aircraft Corp., Elizabeth, N. J.; Army School of Aeronautic Engr., M. I. T.; 
Mechanical and Aero Engr., Bu. of Cons, and Repair (A.), Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, to date 

' (Nov. '19). 

McENARY, D. R. (IV) Pvt., F. A. 48th Training Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 27 Oct.' 18. 
See Civilian Record. 

McFARLIN, C. K. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea 2cl., U S.N. R. F., 26 Dec. '17; Ensign, 28 Apr. '18; 
Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. Trained at Blue Hill Observatory, and Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., as 
Aerographer. A. E. F., June '18 — Jan. '19; Aerographer, U. S. Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland, 
15 June '18; Liaison Officer with Air Ministry, U. S. Naval Hq., London, I Nov. '18 — 15 Jan. '19. 

*MacKAY, G. L. (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 91 and 149). 

McMENIMEN, R. A. (X) 2d Lt., 8th Cav., 15 Aug. '17—30 Apr. '19. 

MacLEOD, N. D. (II) Maj., F. A. 1st Lt., F. A., 5 Aug. '17; Capt., 1 Oct.; Maj., 13 Oct. '18. Entered Service 
with Federalized National Guard, 5 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 9 Oct. '17 — 10 Apr. '19. 103d F. A. Seicheprey; 
Xivray-Marvoisin; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with Palm. (Page 134.) 

MAGOON, E. H. (XI) Member, Amer. Red Cross Sn. Comm. to Serbia, May '15; on Engineering Comm., 
in epidemic control and relief work in Durazzo, Albania Oct.; assisted in Organizing Sn. Engr. Bu., Serbian 
Govt. Hq., Corfu, Greece, and made sanitary survey of non-resident Greek population temporarily located in 
Greek Macedonia, until Aug. '16. Received Gold Medal from Serbian Govt. See Civilian Record and 
page 292. 

♦MASON, E. W. (III). See Roll of Honor (page 91). 

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MAY, J. E. (I)C.C.M., U. S. N. R.F. C.M.2cl., U.S. N. R. F., 15 Dec. '17; CM. 1 cl, June '18; C. C. M., 
Dec. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Dec. '17; U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., Oct. '18— Apr. '19. 

MAYER, H. A. (XIV) Sgt., A. S. P. Pvt., A. S. (Spruce Div.) 28 July '18; Corp., 1 Oct.; Sgt., 1 Jan. '19. 

MAZZEI, F. J. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., A. S. 31 Co., 8th Training Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 2 Nov. '17; 
Kelly Field No. 2, 30 Nov., Waco, Texas, 25 Dec; 823d Aero Sq., 29 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 17 May '18 — 20 Jan. 
'19; 1108 Aero Sq., 26 Aug. '18; Engine Fitter, English airdrome, Gloucester, England; Draftsman on air- 
planes in France, 5 Sept. '18 — 20 Jan. '19; 1106 Aero Sq., 18 Sept.; 490 Aero Sq., 1 Jan. '19. 

MENDENHALL, F. D. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 19 Aug. '17; Corp., Oct.; Sgt., Nov.; Supply Sgt., 
1 Jan. '18; Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), 13 May; 2d Lt., 8 Sept.; 1st Lt., 2 Oct. '18. 7th U. S. Engrs., 5th Div., 19 Aug. 
'17. A. E. F., 30 Mch. '18 — 1 Apr. '19; Vosges Sector St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Lux- 
emburg, 27 Nov. — 28 Feb. '19. Distinguished Service Cross. (Pages 135, 192 and 200.) 

MERRILL, S. W., Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 12 May '17; 1st Lt., Engrs.; Capt., 12 July '18. 30istEngrs., 
Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., 12 July '18— 1 May '19; 2d Army Staff, 28 Oct. '18; 465 Engr. Pontoon Tn. 
12 Mch. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept. '18; Toul Sector, 16 Sept. — 16 Nov. '18. 

*MILLER, E. T. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 129). 

*MILLIKEN, A. S. (I). See Roll of Honor (pages 91 and 172). 

MITCHELL, E. A. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Chief Elec, U. S. N. R. F., 19 July '17; Ensign, n Feb. '18. 

Convoy duty, 11 Feb. '18 — 18 June '19. 
MOORE, M. V. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 13 May '17; 1st Lt., 15 Aug.; Capt., 5 Sept. '18. 307th Engrs., 

Camp Gordon, Ga. Feb. '18; Camp Lee, Va., Apr. '18; 210th Engrs. until 28 Feb. '19. 
MOORE, W. W., 2d Lt., Inf. (Machine Gun Company), '16— '20. 
MURPHY, E. E. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 1st Lt., Ft. Monroe, Va., in Nov. '17; Capt., Ft. Revere, Mass. in Mch. '18. 

NEWLIN, E. M. (VI) Capt., Inf. Entered Service, 11 May '17; 1st Lt., Inf.; Capt., 27 Oct. '18. Co. C, 312th 
M. G. Bn., Camp Meade, Md. A. E. F., June — Dec. '18; 312th M. G. Bn., 79th Div. Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive. Wounded, 30 Oct. '18. 

O'FARRELL, L. R. (I) Sgt., 4 Inf. National Argentine Service in Jan. '18. 

OLESEN, C. W. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Engrs., 15 Dec. '17; Candidate, Off. Tr. Sch., 15 June '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 
1 Sept. '18. Ft. Slocum, N. Y.; Engr. Co. No. 1, Camp Johnston, Fla., 15 Dec. '17; Motor Truck Co. 333. 
Supply Tn., Camp McClellan, Ala.; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 15 June '18; 58th F. A., 
Camp Jackson, S. C, Sept. — 6 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

OSBORNE, E. L. (I) Maj., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 1 Dec. '16; 1st Lt., 14 Apr. '17; Capt., 15 May; Maj., 16 Aug. 
'18. 1st Engrs., Washington Barracks, D. C, I Dec. '16; Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., May \17VA. E. F., Mch. 
'18 — Sept. '18; Act. Adj., Supply Officer, 7th Engrs.; Cons. Hq., 5th Div., Gerardmer, St. Die and La Couvelle, 

PARIS, MAURICE (IV) 1st Lt., Q. M C. Pvt., Q. M. C, 30 Nov. '17; 2d Lt.; 1st Lt., 9 Nov. '18. Utilities 
Detachment, Cons. Div., Q. M. C, Camp Johnston, Fla., 30 Nov. '17 — I Dec. '18. 

PARSONS, ROBERT (VII) 1st Sgt., C. W. S. 1st Sgt., 4th Engr. Tr. Regt., 29 May '18; transferred to C. W. S.,' 
Edgewood Arsenal, Md., mfr. of mustard gas, Aug. '18. 

PATTEN, E. L. O. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, attached to A. S. Entered Service, 15 Dec. '17. Worked on anti- 
aircraft and mobile gun-carriage design, Washington, D. C, Jan. — Mch. '18; Machine Gun Camp, Camp 
Hancock, Augusta, Ga., Apr. — June '18. A. E. F., June '18.— Mch. '19; Armament Officer, 139 Aero Sq., 
2d Pursuit Group, 1st Army. Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

PEASLEE, A. F. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 27 June '17; Lt., 15 Oct. U. S. Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Md., July '17; supervision of cons, work, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash., Aug. '17 — 
June '19. 

PEATROSS, R. W., JR. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. In charge of Ordnance Stores, Springfield Armory, 15 Aug. '17; 
Inspector of Cons., Nitrate Plant No. I, Sheffield, Ala., Mch. '18. 

PECK, E. B. (V) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., C. W. S., 12 Dec. '17; 1st Lt. A. E. F., 26 Jan.— 23 Dec. '18; Paris 
Laboratory, Technical Div., C. W. S.; Hanlon Field, Chaumont, making field experiments on gas warfare; 
Town Major, Choignes, Haute Marne. See Civilian Record. 

PLATT, P. S. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Capt., Amer. Red Cross, acting as Chef du Service, Propaganda d'Hygienei 
Infantile, Bu. D'Assistance a l'Enfance, Paris, Nov. '17 — Dec. '18. 1st Lt., Sn. C, A. E. F., at Army Uni- 
versity, Beaune, Mch. '19. 

POTTER, J. C. (VI) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Electrical Engr., Hq. Central Depot, Chicago, 111., 26 Aug. '18; commis- 
sioned, 8 Nov. '18. Supervision of telephone and fire alarm cons., making of contracts for leased wire service, 
settlement of claims in Central Dept., 26 Aug. '18 — 28 Oct. '19. 

RAUBER, B. T. (X) Pvt., C. W. S., 2 July— 16 Dec. '18. 

REILLY, C. F. (I) Lt., Canadian Inf. Pvt., Canadian Inf., June '15; Lt., May '17. C. E. F., Princess Patricia's 
Light Inf., Aug. '15; wounded Sept. '16, and in hospital in England for five months; transferred to 4th Cana- 
dian Labor Bn., Mch. '17. Sanctuary Wood, June '16; Battle of the Somme, July — Sept. '16. Slightly 
wounded at Courcellette, Sept. '16; seriously wounded Kansas Cross near Ypres, Nov. '17. 

RICHEY, T. B. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.; in charge of conversion of 
commercial vessels to war purposes; Shop Supt., duties in connection with plant maintenance and develops 
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RICHMOND, H. B. (VI) ist Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C; 1st Lt., C. A. C, 
15 Aug. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburgh, N. Y., i2May'i7; istProv. Tr. Regt., C. A. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, 
Va., 17 June; C. A. Board, 29 Aug.; 24th Co., Coast Defenses of Boston, 5 Jan. '18; Q. M., Ft. Banks and 
Heath and Nahant Reservation, I Feb.; Camp Engr. and Sig. Officer, Camp Eustis, Va., 5 Aug.; Regtl. Sup- 
ply Officer, in command Supply Co., 45th Arty., C. A. C, 27 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 21 Oct. '18 — 31 Jan. '19. 

ROGERS, C. B. (VI) Pvt., Electrical Research Div., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, 10 Oct. '17. 
A. E. F., 201st Aero Sq., Paris. Capt., Amer. Red Cross, in Serbia, Greece, Albania, along the Dalmatian 
Coast, and in Italy, after armistice. 

♦ROGERS, N. W. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 129). 

ROOT, J. A. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. Candidate, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs. 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 21 Jan. '18. Off. 
Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 27 Aug. A. E. F., 28 June '18 — 26 May '19; 
301st Engrs., 4th Corps, 3d Army, during march into Germany. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-13 Sept.; Minor 
Operations in the Woevre, 14-25 Sept.; Operations between Meuse and Moselle, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Army of 
Occupation, Brohl-am-Rhein, 17 Nov. '18 — May '19. 

ROOT, M. T. (VII) Sgt., M. C. N. Y. N. G., in Texas '16; Ft. Harrison, Ind.; Spartanburg Mobilization Camp; 
Cornell Medical School; Surgical Ward, Bellevue Hosp., New York City, July '18. 

ROSE, R. P. (V) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., Gas Def. Serv., Sn. C, 10 Sept. '17; Maj., C. W. S., 1 July '18; Maj., 
O. R. C, 16 May '19. Officer in Charge, Gas Defense Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., 10 Sept. '17; Gas Defense 
Hq., Washington, D. C, I Mch. '18; Officer in Charge, Chemical Dept., Long Island Development Labora- 
tory, Gas Def. Div., C. W. S., 1 July— 1 Dec. '18. Disch., 15 Feb. '19. 

ROSS, C. P. (Ill) Pvt., A. S. 29th Photographic Sect., 25 July— 12 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

RUOFF, C. F. (XIV) Maj. F. A. Entered Service, 25 Jan. '14; 2d Lt., 26 Nov. '16; ist Lt., to date from 26 Nov. 
'16; Capt., 4 June '17; Maj. (T.)., 7 Apr. '19. 5th F. A., Ft. Bliss, Texas, Apr. '17; C. O., Btry. E, 5th F. A., 
30 May. A. E. F., 20 Aug. '17 — 13 July '19; 5th Regt., ist F. A. Brig., ist Div.; Arty. Inst. Coetquidan, 
Brittany; Senior Instructor, 155 mm. howitzer firing dept., Soiige, 31 Mch. '18; Supervisor of Instruction for 
Arty. Brigades, Saulnes and Pessac Training Areas, 30 June; C. O., Btry. D, 5th F. A., 4 Oct.; C. 0., 3d Bn., 
5th F. A., 21 Oct.; Inst., 3d Army School for the Care of Animals, Jan. '19; Brig. Adj., 5th Arty. Brig., Grand 
Duchy of Luxemburg, 14 Apr. — 6 July '19. Somerviller Sector, 6-20 Nov. '17; Meuse-Argonne Offensive 
(Grand Pre to Sedan), 4 Oct. — 11 Nov. '18; Army of Occupation. (Page 199.) 

RUSSELL, H. R. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 6 Oct. '17; Corp., Inf., 11 Jan. '18; Sgt., 1 May; 2d Lt., F. A., 1 Sept.'i8. 
303d Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., Oct. '17; Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May; Camp Taylor, Ky., 1 July; Personnel Adj., 
14th Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, 1 Sept. '18 — 6 Jan. '19. 

RUSSELL, P. A. (I)Lt. (j. g.),U. S. N. R. F.(A.). Sea. 2 cl.,U. S. N. R. F., 15 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Jan. '18; 
Ensign, 23 Mch.; Lt. (j. g.), Feb. '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 15 Dec. '17; Curtiss Aeroplane 
and Motor Corp., Buffalo,N. Y.;Asst. to Supt. of Cons, of Aircraft, l U- S. A., Boston, Apr. '18; Inspector of 
Naval Aircraft, Gallaudet Aircraft Corp., East Greenwich, R. I., June '18. 

SALISBURY, R. D. (IV) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., Aug. '17; Capt., 24 Oct. '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. 
Leavenworth, Kan., 14 May '17; Asst. Inst., 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Aug.; 305th Engrs., Jan. '18; 9th Engrs. 
(Mounted), Jan. '18; Adj., 9th Engrs., 24 Oct. — 24 Mch. '19; served at Ft. Sheridan, 111., Camp Lee, Va., and 
Ft. Bliss, Texas. (Page 4.) 

SAMPSON, H. C. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 28 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 18 Dec. '18. F. A. Repl. Troops, 
Camp Taylor, Ky., 28 Aug.— 18 Dec. '18. 

SHACK, T. J. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 28 June '17; Lt., 15 Oct. Naval Academy, Annap- 
olis, Md., 5 July '17; Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., supervising const., including paint, machine, and struc- 
tural shops, and floating revolving crane, and radio stations in Alaska. 

SHAW, H. D. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Chief Elec, U. S. N., 22 July '17; Ensign, 18 Sept.; Lt. (j. g.), 19 Apr. '19. 
Inst, in Alternating Currents, Harvard Radio School, 22 July '18 — Sept. '17. A. E. F., Dec. '17 — 19 Nov. '19; 
Destroyer Duty, based on Queenstown, Ireland; in charge of Mine Assembling, U. S. Naval Base No. 18, 
Inverness, Scotland, and observer aboard ship planting mines of North Sea barrage; in command, Red Rose, 
first experimental sweeping trip over barrage, Dec. '18; in command, Div. of Submarine Chasers during sweep- 
ing of barrage, Apr. — Oct. '19. Navy Cross. (Pages 146 and 240.) 

SHEDD, GALE, JR. (XIV) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 June '17; Capt., 2 May '19. 
Organized 39th Div. Ord. Depot, Camp Beauregard, La., 15 June '17. A. E. F., 3 Dec. '17 — 15 Sept. '19; 
Observer at British Motor Transport School and 4th Corps Siege Park, St. Omer and Ypres, France and 
Belgium; Ord. Officer, Organization and Training Center No. 1; Ord. Off., 146th F. A., 1st Army; Personnel 
Adj., Convalescent Camp; Commanding, Ord. Repair Shop, Doulaincourt, Haute Marne; Ex. Officer, Ord. 
Motor Park, St. Nazaire; with General Sales Agent, Paris, Liaison between French, and American Liquidation 
Comm. British Defensive Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive. 

SHEDD, P. W. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Cadet, 1 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 15 Aug. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, 
M. I. T., Dec. '17; Ground School, Cornell University; Sq. 18, Camp Dick, Texas, in Apr. '18; IstProv. Tr. 
Sq. Ellington Field, Texas, in Feb. '19. 

SHEPARD, A. P. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. 2d Lt., O. R. C, 15 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., F. A. (Prov.), 1 May '18. Off. Tr. 
Camp, Plattsburg, May '17; assigned to 4th F. A. Discharged, I Apr. '19. 

SHORT, W. C. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Service, June '17. A. E. F., Feb. '18— Jan. '19: Engr. Officer and 
Inspector, 493d Aero Cons. S,q., in direct charge of standard gauge railroad cons, at Romorantin; Casual 

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assigned to Inspection and Acceptance Div., Hq., A. S., Paris, as inspector and buyer of airplanes from French 
mfrs., June — Dec. '18. 

SHURTLEFF, E. S. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Radio Gunner, U. S. N. R. F., May '17; Ensign, Feb. '18. 
U. S. S. Pennsylvania, June '17; U. S. S. Minnesota, July; Inst., Radio School, Harvard University, Nov. '17; 
Div. Radio Officer, Div. 10, Submarine Force, U. S. S Chicago, June '18; U. S. S. Rainbow, West Indies, 
Nov. '18 — May '19. 

SMITH, P. R. (II) Lt., U. S. Coast Guard. In West Indies and off Atlantic Coast, Apr. '17— Mch. '18; assigned 
shore duty for ten months, in charge of machinery repairs on troop transports, Hoboken, N. J. 

SMYTH, F. H. (V) Capt., C. W. S. American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, Sept. '17— 
Dec. '18. 

SNOW, L. W. (I) Maj., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 11 June '17; Capt., 8 Jan. '18; Maj., 5 Mch. '19. Asst. to Chief 
of Gun Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, June '17— 1 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 25 Mch. '18—24 Mch. '19; 
in charge of Tours Office of Aircraft Armament Sect., Ord. Dept., Apr.— July '18; Chief Armament Officer, 
American Aviation Acceptance Park No. I, Orly Field, July — Dec. '18; detailed to U. S. Postal Express 
Service, Vienna, Austria, to organize and operate courier service to keep American Peace Mission in Pans 
in communication with missions at Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Danzig, Budapast, Bucharest, Belgrade, and 
Triest. Jan. — Mch. '19. (Page 227.) 

SNOW, W. A. (II) Capt., F. A. 2d Lt., 21 July '16; 1st Lt., 9 June '17; Capt., 19 July '17. Ft. Bliss, Texas, 
Sept. '16; Ft. Sheridan, 111., Mch. '17; Camp Perry, Ohio, May '17; Ft. Harrison, Ind., June '17; Camp Sheri- 
dan, Ala., Sept. '17. A. E. F., 28 June '18—24 Mch. '19; Regtl. Personnel Officer, 134 F. A., 37th Div., for 
four months; Regtl. Adj. and Operations Officer. Marbache Sector; Pannes Sector (St. Mihiel Salient). 
Regiment twice cited for excellent artillery work. 

SPRINGFIELD, C. K. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 6 Dec. '17; Mr. Gun., June '18; 2d Lt., Sept. '18. 

STANLEY, L. L. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. A. A. E. F., doing technical work in Aviation Hq., Paris, in Oct. '18. Broke 
both legs in accident, May '18. 

STAPLES, E. I. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. Elec. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 2 Oct. '17; E. 1 cl., 15 Nov. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. 
R. F., 24 May '18; Ensign, U. S. N., 18 Sept. '18. Naval Radio School, 3 Oct. '17—24 May '18; Naval 
Academy, 11 June '18—18 Sept. '18; U. S.S. New Hampshire, 12 Oct. '18—16 Dec. '18; U. S. Submarine 
Patrol, 31 Mch. — 27 May '19. 

STEERE, EDWARD (I) Pvt., Canadian Royal Horse Arty. Enlisted, Aug. '14; Member first C. E. F. to France. 

STEVENS, G. S. (VI) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. M. G. and Small Arms Div., Ord. Dept., 10 Sept. '17. A. E. F„ 
Oct. '18— Feb. '19. 

STEWART, A. E. (X) Capt., Canadian Engrs. Entered Service, Oct. '14. B. E. F., Sig. Co., Canadian Heavy 
Arty. Corps; transferred to 1st Canadian Div., Sig. Co. Military Cross. (Page 147.) 

STEWART, G. U. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Co. H, 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., in Apr. '18; Co. E, 74th Inf., in 
Jan. '19. 

STONE, J. H. (II) Pvt., Ambulance Service, S. S. U. 511. 

STOREY, S. E. (IV) 2d Lt., Royal Flying Corps. Pvt., 1st Canadian Brig. Air Park, May '15; 2d Lt., Royal 
Flying Corps, Apr. '18. B. E. F., 1st Canadian Brig. Ajr Park for twenty-two months; transferred 
Royal Flying Corps, Nov. '17; graduated on DH-9 bombing planes; Pilot on Bristol Fighters. Ypres, Somme, 
Cambrai. 

STORKE, H. G. (II) 2d Lt., Q. M. O. R. C. Sgt., 18 Sept. '18; 1st Sgt., Off. Tr. Unit, 30 Oct.; Bn. Sgt. Maj., 

15 Nov.; 2d Lt., 0. R. C, 15 Mch. '19. Camp Johnston, Fla., 6 Aug. '18; Camp Alexander, Va., 14 Sept. — 
10 Dec. '18. 

STRAHLMAN, O. E. (II, VI) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 5 Jan. '17; Capt., A. S. A.; 
24 Oct. '18. Asst. Engr. Officer Mineola, L. I., N. Y.; Asst. Officer in charge of training, Mineola, L.I. 
(2d Aviation School Sq.); transferred to 15th Aero Sq., then to 23d Aero Sq.; Dayton, Ohio, 13 Oct. '17; Chief 
of Airplane Testing and Inspection, and in charge of Research and Plane Design Drafting Room, McCook 
Field, Dayton, Ohio; Chief Inst., Airplane Dept., Mechanics School, St. Paul, Minn.; Asst. to Officer in 
charge of training for all courses; 872d Aero Sq. Disch., 5 Mch. '19. 

STUBBS, A. R. (XI) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Balloon Sect., A. S., 1 Nov. '17; qualified as free Balloon Pilot and 
Aerial Observer; Inst, in Aerial Observation. A. E. F., 11 July '18 — 3 May '19; 8th Balloon Co. Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. Recommended for Distinguished Service Cross. (Page 196.) 

SUTHERLAND, D. L. (II) Capt., Inf. Commissioned 24 Apr. '17. 16th Pa. Inf. and C. O., Co. F, 112th 
Inf., 28th Div. A. E. F., 13 May '18—28 May '19; 28th Div., 13 May '18; Staff College, Langres, 15 June 
'18; attached to G-4, 1st Army, 12 Sept. '18; attached G-i, 7th Army Corps, 8 Oct. '18; attached G-4, 3d 
Army, 13 Nov. '18; attached G-i, 3d Army, 15 Dec. '18; G-4, 3d Army, 1 Mch.— 28 May '19. St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

SWEET, H. A. (I) Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 26 June '18. 

TALLMAN, WILLIAM (IV) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Sea., 10 Mch. '17; Ensign, 18 Sept. '17; Lt. (j. g.), U. S. 
N. R. F., 22 Nov. '18; Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U S. N. R. F., 2 July '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 

16 June '17; Ex. Officer, U. S. Submarine Chaser No. 226, 9 Oct.; Line Technical Officer attached to Hull 
Div., Navy Yard, New York City 14 Feb. '18; Asst. General Work Supt. for Production and Maintenance 
of Construction and Repair Materials, June '18 — 23 Aug. '19. 

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TAYLOR, E. C. (XI) 2d Lt., Sig. Sect., 0. R. C, Commissioned 4 Jan. '19. Sig. C, Officers' Tr. Sch., 31 July 

'18— 19 Dec. '18. 
TAYLOR, P. H. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Engr. 0. R. C, 3 Apr. '17; active service, 5 May '17; 1st Lt., 

Ord. Corps, 17 Aug. '17; Capt., 13 Apr. '19. A. E. F., 8 Sept. '17—10 Feb. '19; C. 0., Mobile Ord. Repair 

Shop, 26th Div.; Inspector of Arty., 1st Army Corps, Sept. '18. Chemin des Dames Sector; Seicheprey; 

Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Citation 

from G. H. Q. 

THOMAS, W. G. (II) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., New York N. G, '16; Pvt., Sig. C, 22 Aug. '17; Corp., 22 Oct.; 
2d Lt., 23 Mch. '18. Mexican Border, '16 and '17; Office of Chief Sig. Officer, Washington, D. C, 22 Aug. 
'17; testing Radio Tractors, J. G. Brill Co. Plant, Philadelphia, Pa., 12 Nov.; Radio Laboratories, Camp 
Vail, 22 Apr. '18'; in charge Model Shop, later in Apparatus Design Sect., 1 Aug.; Off. Tr. Bn., Camp Vail, 
awaiting overseas orders, 1 Oct.; Disch., 3 Dec. '18. 

THORNTON, I. T. (X) Capt., General Staff. 2d Lt., Inf., 8 May '17; 1st Lt., 15 Aug.; Capt., General Staff, 
17 Aug. '18. A. E. F., Oct. '17 — July '19; General Staff College, Langres; Operations Sect., General Staff, 
Hq., 1st Army Corps, 12 Feb. '18. Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne 
Offensives. 

TREAT, H. W. (II) Capt., A. S. P. 1st Lt., A. S., 31 Oct. '17; Capt., 18 June '18. Entered Service 15 Nov. '15; 
Mexican Border, Corp., Btry. B, 1st Ohio F. A., June '16 — May '17; Director of Balloon Production Dept., 
Washington, D. C, 31 Oct. '17 — 19 June '19. See Civilian Record. 

TRUE, A. S. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. R. C, 3 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 8 Nov. '18. Springfield Armory, 
Mass., 20 Nov. '17; Washington, D. C, 11 Feb. '18. A. E. F., Mch. '18— Jan. '19; M. G. Expert, in M. G. 
and Small Arms Sect., Engr. Div., Office of Chief Ord. Officer, Hq. S. 0. S., Tours. See Civilian Record. 

TURNER, E. O., 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt. 1 cl., Off. Tr. Sch., 12 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 16 Mch. '18. Cons, and Maintenance 
Officer, Park Field, Tenn., Mch. '18; C. 0., 138th Spruce Sq., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., engaged in con- 
struction of Railroad No. 1 on Olympic Peninsular, Wash., July — 3 Dec. '18. 

WAITT, A. H. (V, VII) Capt., Engrs., attached C. W. S., 1st Lt., Sn. C, 19 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., Mch. '18; 
Capt., Engrs., 8 May '18. Training, Washington, D. C, I Oct. '18; Inst., attached 309th Engrs., Gas Defense 
School, Camp Taylor, Ky., 12 Nov. '17; Chief Gas Officer, 84th Div., Mch. '18. A. E. F., May— 24 Nov. 
'18; duty with Chief of Gas Service, Tours, 3 July '18; Gas School, Chaumont; Div. Gas Officer, 29th Div., 
14 July '18; in charge of Technical and Intelligence Work, Defense Div., Hq. C. W. S., Oct. '18; Gas School, 
Chaumont,' I — 16 Nov. '18; detailed to U. S. as Inst. Alsace Sector, July — Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive, to Oct. 

WARREN, HAROLD (II) Corp., F. A. Camp Devens, Mass., 20 Sept. '17; A. E. F., 13 July— 26 Dec. '18; 
301st F. A. 

WARREN, W. H. (II) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Aircraft Engr. Div., Sig. C, 1 Aug. '17; Disbursing Officer, Aviation 
General Supply Depot, Middletown, Pa., Oct. '17 — Aug. '18; Supply Officer, Motor Transport Officer, 
Officer in Charge of Cons, and Maintenance, July '18 to date (Oct. '19). See Civilian Record. 

WATSON, W. P. (I) Maj., C. A. C. A. E. F., Tractor Arty. Service. 

*WEBBER, L. H. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 125). 

WEBSTER, W. W. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Asst. Naval Constructor, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 

Bremerton, Wash. 
WELLS, R. E., JR. (Ill) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, Aug. '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 27 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 3 1 Oct. 

'18. Pvt., Utah N. G., Cav., '16; 2d Presidio Training Camp, San Francisco, Calif., Aug. — Nov. '17; 9th 

F. A., School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., Nov. '17; transferred 65th F. A. Brig. Staff, July '18. A. E. F., Aug.— 

27 Dec. '18; Arty. Tr. Camp, Souge. 
WHEELER, R. H. (IV) 2d Lt , C. A. C. Sgt., C. A. C, 25 July '17; 2d Lt., 27 Mch. '18. 17th Co., C. A. C, 

Boston. A. E. F., 31 July '18 — 22 Feb. '19, with 71st Arty., C. A. C. 
WHITE, G. W. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 6 July '17; 2d Lt., 9 June '19. A. E. F., 28 July '17—28 Oct. '19; 

17th Engrs. (Ry.); transferred to Hq., Army Service Corps, 28 Aug. '18. 
WHITE, J. M. (VI) Capt., C. W. S. Pvt., M. C, 30 Sept. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 3 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 30 Feb. 

'18; 2d Lt., C. W. S., 13 July '18; 1st Lt., 12 Oct. '18; Capt., 12 Nov. '18. Ambulance Driver, American 

Field Service, S. S. U. 1, with French Army, I Mch. — 30 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 30 Sept. '17 — 18 Dec. '18; 

Asst. Adj. to Gen. Fries, C. W. S. Nivelle's Offensive, '17, Champagne, Verdun, '17. Crorx de Guerre 

with Silver Star. (Page 151.) 
WILD, M. E. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N., (A.). Ambulance Driver with French Army, 20 Feb. '16; French Air 

Service, Mch. '17; U. S. N...(A.), 11 Oct. '18. Croix de Guerre. 
WILKINS, C. H. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), 15 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., 16 May '18; 1st Lt., 24 Feb. '19. 

Co. D, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., Oct. '17. A. E. F., 18 Sept. '18 — 18 June '19 with 543d Engrs. 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
WILKINS, H. S. (XIV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Research Div., Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
WILLIAMS, F. W. (XI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Plattsburg Training Camp, 21 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 1 Jan. '18— 

I Feb. '19; 56th C. A. C; attached to A. S., Aerial Observer, July '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. 
WINNINGHOFF, W. J. (V) Capt., C. W. S. American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, 

Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

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WOOD, J. E. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., Aug.; 1st Lt., 25 July '18. 

Tr. Camp, Plattsburg and Washington, May — Aug. '17; 301st Engrs., 14 Aug. '17; 101st Engrs., 26th Div., 

5 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — 25 July '18; with ist Bn., 101st Engrs., constructing hospitals, Vosges; 

Regimental Topographical Officer at front. Toul Sector, Mch. — June '18 (Seicheprey); Chateau-Thierry, 

July '18. 
WYLDE, H. M. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Camp Grant, Depot Brig., 25 May '18; Pvt., C. W. S., Edgewood Arsenal, 

Md., 23 June— Dec. '18. 
YING, Y. T. (II) Reported in Ord. Dept., Ministry of War, Chinese Republic. 
ZECHA, R. F. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. U. S. Submarine Base, New London, Conn., 7 Sept. '18—31 Jan. '19. 

See Civilian Record. 
ZIMMELE, G. B. (VII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Entered Service, 20 July '18; Camp Sn. Engr., Camp Funston, Kan., 

21 Aug. '18; C. O., Sn. Sqd. No. 88, 10th Div., Camp Funston, 1 Oct. '18; Camp Sn. Engr., Langley Field, 

Va., 6 Dec. '18—28 Feb. '19. 



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ABRAMS, ALLEN (V) ist Lt., C. W. S. American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, 20 Dec. 

'17 — 6 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 
ADAMS, B. E., Pvt., Inf. ist Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 5-9 Aug. '18. Disch. because of 

overweight. 
ALGER, P. L. (VI) Capt., Ord. R. C. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 12 Nov. '17; ist. Lt., 3 Sept. '18; Capt., Ord. R. C, 

June '19. Asst. to Officer in Charge of Range Firing, Sandy Hook and Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 12 Nov. 

'17—18 Apr. '19. 
*ALTHOUSE, G. N. (X). See Roll of Honor (pages 96 and 186). 
ANDERSON, A. H. (I) Pvt. Inf. See Civilian Record. 
ANDERSON, H. W. (II) Corp., C. W. S. Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., Syracuse, N. Y., 5 Aug. '18; Long Island 

City, N. Y., 1 Sept. '18—18 Jan. '19. 

ANDREWS, E. R. (XIV) Corp., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 11 July '17; Corp., Feb. '18. Depot Co. H, 11 July '17; 

A. E. F., 29 Oct. '17 — 23 July '19; Motor Dispatch Service, G. H. Q., Nov. '17; Dispatch Rider for 1st and 2d 

Armies, Sept. '18; with 3d Army in Luxembourg and Germany. 
ARMISTEAD, S. W. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A.; Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Dec. '18. Replacement Troops, unattached. 

See Civilian Record. 
ASHKINS, N. T. (XI) Capt., Tank C. 2d Lt., Engrs , 10 Apr. '17; ist Lt.; transferred to Tank C; Capt., Tank 

C. A. E. F., France and England, 1 May '17 — 1 Apr. '19; Line of Communications, English Hq., Jan. '18; 

with 301 and 306th Tank Battalions. Chemin des Dames Sector; two operations on the Somme. Wounded 

by shrapnell. 

ATWATER, W. C, Capt., Engrs. Entered Service, 16 Oct. '17; A. E. F., 1 Sept. '18—8 Aug. '19, with 2d Engrs. 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

AUSTIN, R. W. (VII) C. P. O., U. S. N. R. F. Pvt., School of Military Aeronautics, 4 Apr. '18; C. P. 0., U. S. 
N. R. F., 20 July '19. 

BAGDOYAN, S. M. (I) Corp., Q. M. C. Pvt., Inf., 29 Apr. '18; transferred to Q. M. C; Corp., Q. M. C, Aug. 

'18. 6th Co., 2 Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 29 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 5 July '18 — 5 July '19. 

Co. F., 301st Inf.; in charge of Fuel and Forage Storehouse, 76th Div., Aug.; in charge of Forage Storehouse, 

A. E. F. University, Mch. '19. 
BAILEY, R. O. (XI) Capt., C. W. S, ist Lt., Sn. C, 12 Oct. '17; transferred to Engrs., 10 Apr. '18; Capt., 

Engrs., 13 June; transferred to C. W. S., 26 July. American University, Washington, D. C, 12 Oct. '17; 

Asst. Div. Gas Officer, Camp Wheeler, Ga., 10 Nov.; Div. Gas. Officer, 31st Div., 15 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 26 

Aug. '18 — 1 July '19; Asst. Army Gas Officer, ist Army Hq., 1 Oct. '18; Asst. Corps Gas Officer, 9th Corps 

Hq., 26 Dec; University of Clermont Ferrand, 4 Mch. '19. 

BAKER, D. B. (VI) Capt., Inf. Pvt. Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., Nov.; Capt., 18. 
Aug. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 May '17; 30th Inf., Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. A. E. F., 27 Feb. 
'18 — 7 July '19; University of Lyons, Lyons, Mch. — June '19. Aisne Defensive; Champagne-Marne Defen- 
sive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded 15 July '18. Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with 
Palm; Army Citation. (Pages 130, 175 and 193.) 

BARNWELL, J. W., JR. (I) Capt., Engrs. S. C. National Guard, July '16; federalized, Aug. '17; Capt., Engrs. 
S. C. National Guard, Mexican Border, '16 — '17. A. E. F., 18 Oct. '17 — 28 Apr. '19; H7th;,Engrs., 42d Div. 
Luneville Sector, training with the French, 21 Feb. — 23 Mch. '18; Baccarat Sector, 18 Mch. — 21 June; Cham- 
pagne-Marne Defensive (East of Rheims), 5-16 July; Aisne-Marne (Chateau-Thierry) Offensive, 25 July — 10 
Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-30 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 13-31 Oct.; Sedan, 5-11 Nov.; Army of Oc- 
cupation, 15 Dec. '18 — 8 Apr. '19. 

BARTLETT, BALL (VI) Warrant Machinist, U. S. N. R. F. (A). M. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A), 11 May '17. 
C. M. M., 14 Dec; Warrant Machinist, Aviation Detachment, Naval Base, Norfolk Va., ,Dec. '17. 
A. E. F., 18 June '18—6 Jan. '19. 

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BAUER, J. T. JR. (VI) Pvt. 2 cl., Radio Branch, A. S., Sept. '18. 298th Aero Provisional Service Sq., Carnegie 
Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. '18. Rejected for active service on account of defective vision. 

BAXTER, N. E. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Dec; 
transferred to Engrs., 3 July '18. Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 311th Am. Tr., Motor Sect., Camp Grant, 111., 
Sept.; Head of Tractor Dept., Motor Transport School, Camp Johnston, Fla., Dec.;Camp Humphreys, Va., 
July '18; Inspector, Military Ry., Office of Chief of Engrs., Washington, D. C, Sept. '18 — July '19. 

BEIERL, H. J. (IV) Corp., Engrs., 25 May '18. 312th Engrs., 87th Div., N. A., Camp Dix., N. J., 26 May '18. 
A. E. F., 5 Sept. '18 — July '19; trained at Paris; S. O. S., La Rochelle and La Pallice, constructing Car Erec- 
tion Plant; Sect. Engrs. No. 7 Hq., designing central power plant for car plant; at Bordeaux assigned to topo- 
graphical work on billet areas in Base Sect. No. 2. 

BELCHER, DONALS (X) Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, 14 Apr. '17. S. S. U. 19, American Field 
Service with French Army, 14 Apr. — 14 Oct. '17. Croix de Guerre with Silver Star. See Civilian Record and 
page 147. 

BENGSTON, L. T. (IV) 2d Lt., Military Intelligence Div. Pvt., Corps of Intelligence Police, 11 Mch. '18; 

Sgt., 12 Mch.; 2d Lt., Military Intelligence Div. Reserve Corps. Washington, Newport News, and Norfolk; 

in charge of military administration, Washington Detachment, C. I. P., 11 Mch. '18 — 8 July '19. 
BERGER, H. E., JR. (VII) reported to have been in Serbia with the American Red Cross in '15. 
BIDWELL, C. A., JR. (VI) Radio Sgt., C. A. C, 15 Dec. '17. 55th Regt., C. A. C, 15 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 24 

Mch. '18 — 22 Jan. '19. Aisne-Marne Defensive; Operations on the Vesle; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

(Page 292.) 
BIRNBAUM, C. A. J. (X) Sgt., M. C. Pvt., M. C, Nov. '17; Corp.; Sgt., U. S. Base Hospital No. 1, New York 

City, Nov. '17. A. E. F., Apr. '_i8— '19; Base Hospital No. 1, Bellevue Unit, Apr. '18; Dept. of Disinfection, 

Hosp. Center, Dec; Beaune University, Mch. '19. 

BLACKMORE, C. T. (VI) Pvt., M. D., 23 July '18. Development Bn., Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 23 July '18—17 
Jan. '19. 

BLOMQUIST, F. C. (I) Sgt., Q. M. C. Sgt., Cons. Div., 5 Oct. '17; Camp Devens, Mass., Oct. '17; Camp Lee, 
Va., Aug.— Nov. '18. 

BOND, A. H. (I) Lt. (T), C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N., 15 June '17; Lt. (T), i S June '17. 
Military Academy, Annapolis, Md., for six weeks; Asst. Public Works Officer of Navy Yard and 6th Naval 
Dist., Charleston, S. C, 14 Aug. '17; Acting Public Works Officer, Oct. — Dec. '18 and Mch. '19 — '20. 

BOYNTON, F. H. (VI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp., 15 May '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 29 Aug.; Capt., 8 June 
'18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Harrison, Ind., 15 May '17; 9th Engrs. (Mounted), El Paso, Texas, 29 Aug.; 
Repl. Troops, Camp Humphreys, Va., 8 June '18; Camp Forrest, Ga., 29 July; Regtl. Unit Supply Officer, 
213th Engrs., Camp Lewis, Wash., 15 Aug.; Camp Kearney, Calif., 27 Feb. — 23 Apr. '19. 

BOYNTON, K. K. (VI) Capt., Marine Corps. 2d Lt., Marine Corps, 29 July '17; 1st Lt., 1 July '18; Capt., 2 
July '18. Advanced Base Searchlight Co., 29 July '17; Co. O., Brty. Station, Harbor Defense, Virgin Islands, 
May '18— May '19. 

BRACKETT, W. H. (VI) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., Inf., 22 Sept. '17; transferred to Engrs., 24 Sept.; Corp., 24 Sept. 
Sgt., 12 Feb. '18. 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 2 Jan. '18 — Jan. '19. 

BRAND, C. L. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F., Nov. '17. Expert in Explosives, Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., Wash- 
ington, D. C, Nov. '17 — '19. 

BRANDT, M. F. (V) (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '18. 

BROWN, H. W. (IV) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Engrs., 7 May '17; 1st Lt., C. W. S., 13 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 
11 Dec. '17 — 29 July '19; Inst., 11 June '18; Asst. Director, 25 Aug.; Acting Director, 10 Nov.; Army Gas 
School, Langres; Asst. Divisional Gas Officer, 26th Div., Jan. '19; Student, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaus- 
sees, Paris, Mch. — July. 

BROWN, R. G. (VI) Sgt., F. A. 101st F. A., Nov. '17. A. E. F., Dec '17; Asst. Band Leader, Hq. Co., 101st 
F. A., 26th Div. 

BROWN, T. G. (X) Sgt. 1 cl., Inf. Pvt., Q. M. C, 2 Aug. '17; Sgt., 24 Sept.; transferred to Inf.; Sgt. 1 cl., Inf., 
30 Mch. '18. Ft. Strong, Boston Harbor, Aug. '17. A. E. F., 27 Nov. '17 — 25 Aug. '19; Hq. Troops, 1st Div., 
20 Oct. '18. Montdidier-Noyon Defensive (Cantigny Sector); Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons); St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Wounded, 3 Mch. '18. (Page 179.) 

BUCK, H. C. Sp., C. G. M., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 14 June '17; E. (Radio), 3 cl., Oct.; 

C. G. M., May '18. Radio School, Philadelphia, Pa., 14 June '17; U.S.S. Peter H. Crowell, Dec; Naval 

Proving Ground, Indian Head, Md., inspecting smokeless powder, Apr. — Dec. '18. 
BUCKLEY, F. E. (V) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 5 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Inf., 1 Dec. Co. 7, Off. Tr. Sch., 

Camp Johnston, Fla., 5 Aug. '18. 
BURTON, REUBEN, JR. (IV) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp., 14 May '17; 1st Lt., Inf., 15 Aug. 317th 

Inf., 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 26 May '18 — 20 May '19. Somme Offensive, 8-14 Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 10 Oct. 
BYRNES, B. H. (IV) Capt., C. A. R. C. 1st Lt., C. A. C, 27 Aug. '17; Capt., C. A. R. C, 15 May '19. Btry. E, 

64th Arty,, 27 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 31 July '18 — 23 Feb. '19. 

CAFFREY, A. J. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., Q. M. C, 4 Dec. '17; transferred to Sn. C, 1 Apr. '18; Corp., Sn. C 
1 June; Sgt., I July; 2d Lt., 28 Oct. Disch., 14 July '19. 

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CALDER, C. H. (VI) Pvt., M. D. Sect. 540, U. S. Army Ambulance Serv., 2 Oct. '17; transferred to 827th 
Aero Sq., 4 Mch. '18. A. E. F., England, 2 May '18—9 Mch. '19. 

CAMP, 0. P. (II) Sgt., Sig. C. Meteorological Sect., Sig. C, 19 Apr. '18—4 Feb. '19. 

CAMPBELL, W. L. (I) 1st Lt., Military Intelligence Div., General Staff. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 1st 
Lt., A. S., Sig. R. C., 4 Sept.; Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, 22 Sept. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Myer, 
Va., 14 May '17; War College, 19 Sept.; New York Office of Military Intelligence, 22 Sept. A. E. F., 12 June — 
Dec. '18; Hq., 3d Army Corps, 6 Aug. Aisne-Marne Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

*CATTON, R. B. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 114). 

CEDARSTROM, HJALMAN (VII) Sgt., A. S. A. E. F., 96th Aero Sq., in '18. 

CHELLMAN, L. H. (I) Pvt., Engrs., 1 Oct., '18. 1st Repl. Regt., Engrs., 1 Oct. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp 
Humphreys, Va., 1-27 Nov. See Civilian Record. 

CLARK, L. V. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., A. S., Sig. C, Dec. '17; 1st Lt., A. S. A. A. E. F., Feb. '18, with 
100th Aero Sq. Was on S.S. Tuscania, torpedoed, 6 Feb. '18. 

CLARK, S. E., 2d Lt., Marine Corps Reserve. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 5 May '17; Ensign, 8 Mch. '18; trans- 
ferred to 2d Lt., Marine Corps Reserve, 26 May '18. Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla.; 1st Marine Aviation 
Force, 26 May '18. A. E. F., 1 Aug. — 30 Nov. '18; Field D, Northern Bombing Group, Oye near Dunkirk. 

CLARK, V. E. (XIII) Lt. Col., A. S. Graduated from Naval Academy '07; transferred to C. A. C, '09; trans- 
ferred to A. S., '13. Chief Aeronautical Engr., U. S. Army, Apr., '17 — Mch. '18; Airplane Representative 
Boiling Mission to France, England, and Italy, June — Sept. '17; C. O., McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1 Nov. 
'17— Mch. '18; Chief of Airplane Design, Technical Div. A. S., Sept. '18. (Page 267.) 

*CLARKE, J. P., JR. (VI). See Roll of Honor' (page 115). 

COLDWELL, E. S. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Inst., Machine Gun Work, Camp Hancock, Ga., 16 May— 6 Dec. '18. Was 
refused enlistment in Aviation Sect, on account of heart murmur. 

COLLINS, G. H., 1st Lt., Engrs. 1st Lt., C. A. C, 2 Apr. '17; transferred to Engrs., 25 Aug. Co. F, 
101st Engrs., 26th Div., Camp Devens, Mass., 25 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '17 — 6 Mch. '19; C. 0., Co. F, 
101st Engrs.; built Hq. Camp., G. H. Q., Chaumont, and Field Hosp., Liffol-le Grand; Inst, in Engr., 92d 
Div. Intelligence School, Bpurbonne les Bains. Chemin des Dames; Toul Sector (Apremont); Aisne-Marne 
Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); Vosges Mountains; Frapell (Vosges); Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded 27 
Sept. '18. 

CONWAY, E. F. (V) 1st Sgt., Q. M. C, N. A., Nov. '17. Camp Johnston, Fla., Nov. '17. A. E. F., before Nov. 
'18; Supply Co., 310. 

COOK, F. L. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Small Arms Sect., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 20 Nov. '17; Inspection 
Div., 20 Nov. '17 — 1 Mch. '19. 

CORNELIUS, A. F. (VII) 1st Lt., U. S. Public Health Service. Sn. Inspector, Amer. Red Cross Sn. Comm. to 
Serbia, '15; Surgeon, Lady Paget's Hosp., Serbia, Oct. '15 — Feb. '16; U. S. Public Health Service, Newport 
News, Va., Dec. '18. 

COWLES, M. W. (XI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Sect., Sn. C. C. 0., Sn. Sqd. 86, attached 9th Div.; Camp Sheridan, Ala., 
10 Aug. '18 — 10 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

CRAIG, H. L. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Sgt., Inf., 3 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 1 June '18; transferred to A. S., 4 July. Co. A, 
347th M. G. Bn., 91st Div., 3 Oct. '17; Inf. Replacement Regt., Camp Lee, Va., 1 June '18; 113 Engr. Sqd., 
A. S., Cut-Up-Plant, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 4 July '18 — 30 Jan. '19. 

CURRY, WALTER (IV) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 2 Oct. '17; Corp., May '19. 307th Field Sig. Bn., 2 Oct. '17. 
A. E. F., May '18 — May '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

CURTIS, R. E. (VI) Pvt., Engrs., 17 Sept. '18. 1st Repl. Regt., Engrs., 17 Sept. '17; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp 
Humphreys, Va., 7 Oct. — 27 Nov. '18. 

DALEY, H. F. (II) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Pvt., 1 cl. (Cadet), A. S., Feb. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A., June; 
1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Mch. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T, Feb. '18; Engr. Officer, 
Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla., June '18— Jan. '19. 

DAVIS, E. C, M. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. U.S.S. Vestal and U.S.S. Milwaukee, '17. 

DAVIS, F. A. W. (I) Capt., Engr. R.C. 2d Lt., Engrs., June '17; 1st Lt., 30 July; Capt., Engr. R. C, 21 Apr. '19. 
Co. A., I02d Engrs., 27th Div., Camp Upton, L. I., N. Y., July '17; Camp Wadsworth, S. C, Sept.; constructing 
Govt. Standard Gauge Railroad, Camp Humphreys, Va., Mch. '18. A. E. F., 17 May — 7 Sept. '18; Division- 
al Engr., constructing "Pill boxes" near Kemmel Hill; constructed portion of 2d line of defense, Marieux, 3d 
British Army Hq. Officer in Charge, M. T. Operation, Camp Humphreys, Va., Sept.; Inst. Military Engr., 
13th Div., Camp Lewis, Wash., Nov. '18 — Jan. '19. Minor Operation in Ypres-Kemmel Sector, Belgium. 

DELANO, R. O. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 20 Sept. '17; Corp., 1 Nov.; Sgt., 1 Dec; 2d Lt., 1 Jan. '18; 1st 
Lt., 1 May '19. Co. B, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 20 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 27 July '18 — 26 May '19. 
St. Mihiel Offensive; Army of Occupation, 20 Nov. '18 — 26 May '19. 

DODD, M. J. (II) Pvt., A. S. A., 9 Aug. '17. Inst. U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., 9 Aug. 

'17; Aviation Repair Depot, Montgomery, Ala., Jan. '19. 
DOWST, HENRY, JR. (I) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 29 Jan. '18; Sgt., 7 June; 2d Lt., 12 Sept. Ord. 

Supply Div., Penn State College, 29 Jan. '18; Rock Island Arsenal, 13 Mch.; Inst., Ord. Supply School, Camp 

Hancock, 3 May.; Ord. M. G. School, 1 July; Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J., 5 Sept.; Aberdeen Proving 

Grounds, Md., 4 Oct. — 19 Dec. 

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DUFF, JOHN, JR. (II) Lt., M. C, U. S. N. Asst. Surg., Christiansted, San Croix, Virgin Islands, 'i8. 

DURKEE, C. H. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 4 Feb. '18; 1st Lt., 3 Sept. M. G. and Small Arms 
Branch, Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., 4 Feb. '18 — 2 Sept. '19. See Civilian Record. 

EARLY, P. H. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Aug. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, 
N. Y., 12 May '17; Btry. E, 7th F. A., ist Div., Aug. A. E. F., Sept. '17— June '19; F. A. School, '19; Btry. E, 
7th F. A., Tonnerre, (Yonne), Mch. Cantigny Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive, (Soissons); St. Mihiel Offen- 
sive. (Page 179.) 

ELLICOTT, C. E., JR. (XIII) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., 4 Sept. '17; Capt., 20 Feb. '19. Co. F, 105th Engrs., 
30th Div., Camp Sevier, S. C, 4 Sept. '17. A. E. F., June '18 — Apr. '18. Ypres; Picardy; Somme Offen- 
sive, 15-23 Oct. '18. 

ELLIOT, G. P. (X) Pvt., Engrs. A. E. F., France in '18; Co. A, 14th Engrs. (Ry). 

ENEBUSKE, VIKING (I) Corp., A. S. Pvt., Inf., 5 Oct. '17; transferred to Engrs., Dec; transferred to A. S., 
Feb. '18; Corp. A. S. 6th Bn., Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Oct. '17; 29th Engrs., 31 Oct. A. E. F., 
31 Oct. '17 — 18 July '19; 16th and 636th Aero Sqs. and 1103d Replacement Sq., 2d Aviation Instruction Center, 
Feb. '18; 3d Balloon Co., May; Sorbonne Detachment, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, Mch. 
'19; Casual Co. 2281, July; Co. Interpreter and Telephone Operator. Baccarat Sector, Lorraine, 31 July — 2 
Sept.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-17 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18; Army of Occupation. 

FIELDS, R. F. (X) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, '15 May '17; Corp., Engrs., Aug.; Sgt., Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 
Aug., ist Lt., Mch. '19. Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 108th Engrs., 33d Div., Aug. A. E. F., Apr. '18— Mch. 
'19. Attack before Villers-Bretoneux; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed 8 Oct. '18 
while bridging the Meuse at Consenvoye. 

FINE, SAMUEL (I) Pvt., Gas Defence Div., C. W. S., '18. 

FOGERTY, J. S. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 6 July '18. Submarine Service, U.S.S. N-2; U.S.S. Graf Waldersee. 

See Civilian Record. 
FOSTER, N. L. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug. ist Off. Tr. Camp, 

Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; 301st F. A., 76th Div., 29 Aug. A. E. F., 25 June '18 — -5 Jan. '19; in charge of 

regtl. wireless and M. G. Inst.; Advance School Detachment, Arty.; Schools at Valdahon and Bordeaux. 
FOWLE, D. A. (IV) Mr. Engr. (j. g.), Engrs. Entered Service, 15 June '17. A. E. F., '17 — '19; with 101st 

Engrs., 26th Div. 

FOX, S. M. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 19 Nov. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A), 
25 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. Inspection and Production of Naval Aircraft, Curtiss Aero and Motor Corp., 
Buffalo, N. Y.; in charge, Off. Tr. Sch., Buffalo, for inspection of Naval Aircraft; Navy Dept., Washington, 
D. C, Nov. '18; Asst. to Supt. of Cons., Naval Aircraft, ist Naval Dist., Jan. — 7 Feb. '19. 

FRANKS, J. B., JR. (II) Capt., M. T. C. 2d Lt., Q. M. C, 9 Nov. '17; ist Lt., M. T. C, 7 Oct. '18; Capt., 13 
Feb. '19. A. E. F., 9 Nov. '17 — 24 July '19; M. T. Service, Q. M. C; Hq. Organization, M. T. Service, later 
M. T. C; at British and French G. H. Q.; Oise-Aisne Offensive, 23 Aug. — 14 Sept. '18. Certificate of Especially 
Meritorious Service, A. E. F. 

FREEMAN, O. R. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 4 Oct. '17; Corp., July '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 4 Nov.; 2d Lt., Engr. 
R. C, 1 Feb. '19; 2d Lt., Engrs., 8 Apr. 310th Engrs., 91st Div., Camp Lewis, Wash., Nov. '17. A. E. F., 
22 July '18 — 10 Aug. '19; Draftsman preparing battle maps for 91st Div.; Training School; France, 7 Nov. '18 — 
10 Aug. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive, 13-15 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 4 Oct., Ypres-Lys Offen- 
sive, 31 Oct. — 7 Nov. 1. 

FRIEBUS, R. T. (I) reported ist Lt., Ord. R. C. 

FULTON, F. F. (IV) Jr. Officer, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 24 July '18; Q. M. 3 cl., U. S. Naval 
Auxiliary Reserve, I Oct. '18; Jr. Officer, Dec. '18. "Blue Jacket Guard," Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., 
24 July '18; Officer Material School, I Oct.; U.S.S. Evelyn, Transport Service, I Dec. '18 — Feb. '19. 

FUNK, F. J. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. ist Lt., Sn. C, 8 Feb. '18; Capt., 3 May ^19. Food and Nutrition Div., Sn. C. 
A. E. F., France, England and Russia, 27 July '18 — 18 July '19; Supervisor of Feeding Men in Rest Camps in 
England; Sn. Inspector, A. E. F. in North Russian, Dec. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; several minor engagements 
south of Archangel, Russia. 

GALLAGHER, J. S. (I) Sgt., Engrs. Co. E, 37th Engrs., 6 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 1 July '18—9 Mch. '19; Army 
Candidate School, Engr. Branch, Langres, (Graduate), Jan. '19. Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

GEER, L. P. (VII) ist Lt. (Asst. Sanitarian), Public Health Service. 22 Oct. '17 — '19. 

GILLESPIE, A. G., Maj., Ord. Corps. Divisional Ord. Officer, 86th Div., Camp Grant, 111., Mch. '18. 

GLADDING, R. D. (XI) ist Lt., Engrs., '17. American University, Washington, D. C, Oct. '17; Co. A, 5th Bn. 
20th Engrs., Jan. '18; 41st Engrs., Mch. 

GLYNN, J. W. K. (I) Mr. Gun., C. A. C. Pvt., Mass. C. A., National Guard, ' 12; Mr. Gun., C. A. C, 1 Mch. * 18. 
Ft. Strong, Mass., Aug. '17; Ft. Monroe, Va., Ft. Wright, N. Y. A. E. F., Apr. '18— Feb. '19. St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed, Argonne Forest, Oct.; wounded, Romagne, I Nov. '18. 

GOODELL, E. B., JR. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, '18; Chatham 
Naval Air Station, '18 — 10 Jan. '19. 

*GUETHING, T. H. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 121). 

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HADLEY, H. E. (X) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., 27 June '17; Capt., 29 May '18. Entered Service, Nov. '14; 

101st Engrs., 26th Div., Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., 25 Aug. '17 — 5 Apr. '19; Co. C, Hq., 101st Engrs. 

Chemin des Dames; Seicheprey; Champagne; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Toul Sector; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
HALE, C. W. (IX) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 20 July '17. Watervliet Arsenal, 20 July '17; Ord. Depot, Camp Cody, 

N. Mex., 19 Aug. A. E. F., 3 Dec. '17 — 4 Apr. '19; International Ord. Depot No. 1, Nevers, 8 Jan. '18; 

Advanced Ord. Depot No. I, Is-sur-Tille, 3 Mch.; 302d Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 15 July. Vesle; Oise-Aisne 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HALL, A. E. B. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 26 June '17. Aberdeen Proving Ground, testing materials for trench 
warfare, Md., 24 Jan. — 26 Dec. '18. 

HALL, C. L. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 20 May '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. 7th Co., C. A. C, Portsmouth 
N. H., 20 May '18; Inst. C. A. School, 25 Sept.; 27th C. A. C, Camp Eustis, Va., 20 Oct. — 16 Dec. '18. 

HAMILL, C. H. (I) 2d Lt., Inf. R. C. Pvt., Inf., 15 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., Inf. R. C, Nov. '18. Co. C, 63d Inf., 15 
Dec. '17; Off. Tr. Sch., May '18; M. G. School, July; disch. Nov. '18. Re-enlisted 10 June '19, and went to 
Siberia. 

HARDENBROOK, W. L. (XI) Lt., Inf., '18. A. E. F., '18, Co. I, 28th Inf. 

HARDING, MARSTON, Pvt., M. T. C, 13 Apr. '18. Automobile engine repairman, 306th Unit, Camp Hola- 

bird, Baltimore, Md. See Civilian Record. 
HARPER, R. R. (Ill) Maj., M. T. C. Capt., M, T. C, May '17; Maj., Mch. '19. A. E. F., Dec. '17—22 July '18; 

M. T. C, Reconstruction Park; in charge of Procurement Dept., M. T. C. Hq., Tours, Aug. '18. 

HART, M. S. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Hq., 109th F. A., Augusta, Ga.,'17. A. E. F., in '18; 301st Tank Bn.. attached 
B. E. F., Saulty, Mch. '18. 

*HARTMAN, F. S. (V). See Roll of Honor (page 105). 

HASLAM, GREVILLE (IV) Sapper, Canadian Engrs., 9 Sept. '18. Draft Co. A, 16th Field Co., Canadian Eners., 
9 Sept. — 18 Dec. '18. Secret Service work in Philippine Islands, '15 — '18. 

HATCH, A. S., 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. 

HAWGOOD, A. C. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Nov. '17. Inst., Holt Mfg. Co., Peoria, 111.; Four Wheel Drive 
Co., Clintonville, Wis.; Rock Island Arsenal; 6th Hv. Arty. Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, Camp Hancock, Ga., 
1 June '18. A. E. F., 13 Sept. '18 — 16 Feb. '19. Southampton, England; Cherbourg, Angouleme and Limoges, 
France. 

HAYDEN, W. R., E. 3 cl, U. S. N. R. F., '17— Jan. '19. 

HILTON, GABE (III) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A. Aug. 2d Tr. Btry., Presidio, 
Calif., May '17; 347th F. A., American Lake, Wash., Aug. A. E. F., 14 July '18 — 2 Apr. '19; with Btry. E, 
347th F. A. Gravenmacher-on-Moselle, Germany, Dec. '18 — Feb. '19. 

HINCKLEY, R. R. (XI) reported in C. W. S. 

HOOPER, PETER (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Inf., 1 Sept. '17; Sgt., 12 Oct.; ist Lt., Ord. Dept., 20 Oct. 

Capt., 6 May '19. Co. D, 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 1 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 1 Apr. '18 — 25 June '19; 

American Ord. Base Depot, Is-sur-Tille. 

HOUSER, W. A. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 30 Apr. '18. Co. D, Supply School, Camp Hancock, Ga., Apr. '18; 
Nitrate Div., Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., Aug. '18 — Jan. '19. 

HOWE, R. A. (IX) ist Lt., C. W. S. ist Lt., Sn. C, 3 Apr. '18; changed to C. W.'S. Gas Defense Plant, Long 
Island City, N. Y., Apr. '18; Field Testing Sect., Oct.; Hq., Gas Defense Div., Jan. — Apr. '19. 

HOWKINS, J. S. (II) Pvt., M. D., 19 Dec. '17. Interne, St. Luke's Hospital, New York. 

HUGHES, D. M. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). E. 3 cl., N. N. V., 6 Apr. '17; U. S. N. R. F., 27 May; Ensign, 
U. S. N. R. F. (A)., 28 May '18. U.S.S. Missouri, 10 Apr. '17; Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, 22 Sept.; Naval 
Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 15 Oct.; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., 7 Jan. '18; Naval Air Station, San 
Diego, Calif., 12 Aug. '18—12 Mch. '19. 

JENNINGS, WILLIAM (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, 15 Aug.; ist Lt., 
15 June '18; transferred as 2d Lt. to Engrs., 10 Nov. '18 (at own request), ist Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 
Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash.; Camp Upton, N. Y.; Service of Docks, Wharves, and Transports, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. '18; Transport Q. M., U.S.S. Duca d'Acosta, 1 May— 1 Nov. '18. 

JOHNSTON, T. R. (IV) Lt., A. S., '17. A. E. F., France, '18; Hq., S. O. S., Transport Div., A. S-, June '18. 

JONES, R. H. (VI) Officer Candidate. Candidate, Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Sherman, Ohio. A. E. F., 3d Army Corps 
School, Clamecy, (Merve). 

KAHN, K. D. (X) Pvt., C. W. S., 26 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

KELLEHER, W. B. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 7 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. Co. B, 301st Inf., 7 Sept. '17; 
814th Pioneer Inf., Aug. '18. A. E. F., Sept. '18 — Jan. '19; Conr. Center, Mch. '19. 

KELLER, PARRY (II) ist Lt. Ord. Corps, 11 June '17. Frankford Arsenal, 11 June '17; Member, Philadelphia 
Dist. Salvage Bd., Ord. Office, 22 Jan. — 30 Jan. '19. 

KENNEDY, V. C. (VI) Capt., F. A. ist Lt., F. A., '18. A. E. F., Btry. C, 147th F. A., 66th Brig.; Btry. A, 
31st F. A., '19. 

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KING, H. L. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt. Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., Aug.; 1st Lt., 3 Oct. '18. ist Off. 
Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17; 27th Engrs., Camp Meade, Md., Aug. A. E. F., 30 June '18 — Mch.'ic,. 
Marne Sector (Inf. Reserves having no Engr. equipment); St. Mihiel Offensive; Bridge building, Clermont-en- 
Argonne, 20 Sept.; Vertou near Nantes, Mch. '19. 

KING, K. T. (X) ist Lt., Ord. Corps, ist Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 11 May '17; Machine Gun and Small 
Arms Sect., Ord. Dept., Aug. A. E. F., 8 May '18 — 12 Feb. '19; with 36th Div. operating with 4th French 
Army, west of Argonne; Hq., S. 0. S., Oct. '18. Champagne Offensive. 

KUTTNER, JULIUS (II). Warrant M. M., U. S. N. R. F. See Civilian Record. 

LACY, C. W. (VI) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 9 Nov. '17; attached A. S., Feb. '18; ist Lt., Ord. 

Corps, Jan. '19. A. E. F., 23 Apr. '18 — 3 May '19; Equipment Div., Ord. Dept.; Armament Officer, 90th Aero 

Sq. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. See Civilian Record. 

LAMB, L. C. (V) Sgt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 11 Feb. '18; Sgt., Sept.; Sgt. 1 cl., Dec. Development Div., 
C. W. S., 11 Feb. '18— 7 Feb. '19. 

LAMSON, H. W. (VIII) C. E., U. S. N. R. F., 9 Aug. '18. Asst. on anti-submarine problems, Naval Experimental 
Station, New London, Conn., 9 Aug. '18 — 11 Aug. '19. 

LEEB, H. L. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, '17; Lt. (j. g.), Feb. '18; Lt., Sept. Radio and Signal Officer, U.S.S. 

Agamemnon, Sept. '17; Aide on Staff, Comdr. of Cruiser and Transport Force, Apr. '18; U. S. Naval Ry. Btry. 

No. 1, Soissons, France, Sept.; U.S.S. Wyoming, 6th Battle Sq., Grand Fleet, Oct.; U.S.S. George Washington, 

Mch. — July '19. 
LEGARD, F. C, Pvt., Inf., 24 June '18. 22d Co., 6 Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass. 

LEWIS, H. I. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 30 July '17; 1st Lt., 3 Sept. '18. Dist. Supervisor, 
Western Dist., for textile inspection, July '17; Asst. Insp. Mgr., Chicago Ord. Dist., Mch. '18; Army Insp. of 
Ord., American Brake Shoe and Foundry Co., Erie, Pa.; Special Asst. to Claims Bd., on Arty. Ammunition in 
Cleveland Ord. Dist., '19. 

LITTLE, J. S. (X) Capt., C. W. S. Lt. C. W. S., Capt., 1 Mch. '18. Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., in charge of 
laboratory, 17 Aug. '17 — '19. 

LYONS, B. P. (X) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Trench Warfare Branch, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., New York 
City, July '17; Washington, D. C, Jan. '18; Asst. Army Inspector, Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. '18 — Aug. '19. 
While experimenting, hand grenade exploded in right hand, 25 Oct. '18. 

MacBRIDE, E. T. (X) ist Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, School of Military Aeronautics, 10 July '17; ist Lt., A. S. A., 
16 May '18. School of Military Aeronautics, Ithaca, N. Y., 10 July '17. A. E. F., 27 Oct. '17 — 27 Apr. '19; 
Adj. to Officer in Charge of Training, 3d Aviation Inst. Center, May '18. 

McDONALD, W. J. (VII) Maj., M. T. C. Maj., M. R. C, '17; transferred to M. T. C, Base Hosp., Camp 

Greene, N. C, Dec. '17. A. E. F., Neuf Chateau, '19. 
McEWEN, W. R. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F., Jan. '18; Ensign (A), May. Co. 13, 

Ground School, M. I. T., Jan. '18; Inst. Gunnery and Bombs, Ground School, Seattle, Wash., June '18 — Feb. 

'19. See Civilian Record. 
McINTYRE, J. D. (I) ist Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, '17; ist Lt., '18. E. A. F. '18. Hv. Arty. School, 

Jan. '18; Btry. L, 53d Arty., Ft. Monroe, Mch. '19. 
McMURTRIE, D. H. (X) ist Lt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Chemical Service Sect., N. A. (later C. W. S.), Dec. '17; ist 

Lt., C. W. S., 11 Nov. '18. A. E. F., Jan. ^18— Aug. '19; Staff of Gas Officer, ist Army, Argonne Offensive; 

Enemy Gas Ammunition Specialist, Intelligence Div.; Student, University of Toulouse. Meuse-Argonne 

Offensive. See Civilian Record. 
MacNEILL, P. W. (VII) Pvt., Inf. Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 July '18; rejected, physically unfit, 

July. See Civilian Record. 
MACK, A. W. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Gas Defense Service, Sn. C, 13 Dec. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 5 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 

C. W. S., 5 Sept. Field Supply Sect., Astoria, L. I., N. Y., 23 Dec. '17; Long Island City, 4 Feb. '18; second in 

charge, mfg. gas mask equipment, J. Phelan & Sons, Lynn, Mass., 5 June; Officer in Charge, 5 Sept.; Hq., 

C. W. S., New York City, adjusting cancelled clai,ms, Jan. — 27 Mch. '19. 

MACKENZIE, C. C. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A., 21 Feb. '18. School of Military Aeronautics M. I. T, July '17; Sqd. B, 
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. '18; Ellington Field, Texas. A. E. F., I Sept. — 25 Dec. '18. Injured in air- 
plane wreck, 22 Oct. '18. 1 
MALCOLM, R. R. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 113). 

MALONE, C. B. (VI) Capt., F. A. ist Lt., Ord. Dept., 8 June '17; 2d Lt., Cav., 8 Aug.; ist Lt.,i Sept.; Capt., 
F. A., 28 Feb. '18. Frankford Arsenal, 14 July '17; 83d F. A., Camp Fremont, Calif., 4 Sept.; Inst., Material 
Dept., School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., Sept. '18— Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

MARION, H. L. (VI) Flying Cadet, A. S. A., Nov. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, '17; 
Barracks, No. 52, Kelly Field, Texas, Nov. '18. 

MILLER, L. B. (VI) Sgt. 1 cl., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 10 Apr. '18; Corp., July; Sgt., Sept.; Sgt. 1 cl., Feb. '19. 
29th Serv. Co., Radio Laboratories, Camp Vail, N. J. 

MITCHELL, R. W. (V) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps., 14 Dec. '17. Research work, Washington, D. C, Frankford Arsenal, 
and Ft. Myer, in connection with removing metal fouling from rifle barrels; Ord. Inspector, Buffalo and Niagara 
Falls, N. Y., at electrochemical plants making ammonium sulphate, 28 Feb. '18 — 27 May '19. 

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MOHR, K. A., 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 27 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 7 Aug. '18—24 Mch. '19; 317th F. A. 

MONAHAN, W. H. (VI) Corp., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton University, 
'17; Sq. 2, Dallas Field, Texas, '18; 241st Aero Sq., Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla., Jan. '19. Could not obtain 
commission as eyesight failed. 

MOODY, P. W. (VI) Pvt., A. S. A. S. Mechanics School, 7 Oct. '18; 8th Co., 2d Bn., Depot Brig., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 31 Dec. '18 — 4 Jan. '19. 

MORRISON, A. S. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps., 2 July '17; Capt., 2 Aug. '19. Inspection Div., 

Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 2 July '17; Ord. Inspector, Canadian Ingersoll Rand Co., Sherbrooke, P. Q., 

Canada, May '18. 
MORSE, C. L. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. (R. M. A.) Mch. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, 17 July 

'17; Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., 15 Dec; Camp Dick, Texas, Mch. '18; Pilot Inst, in Aerial Gunnery, 

Hicks Field, I June; School Aeronautical Engr., M. I. T, I Oct.; Pilot and Aeronautical Structural Engr., 

Technical Sect., A. S., McCook Field, Ohio, 7 Feb. '19. 
MUDGE, A. W., JR. (V) Capt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., '17; Capt., '18. Co. D, 22d Inf., Potomac Park, Washington, 

D. C.,'17. 
MYRICK, F. L. (II) Corp., Inf., 2 Apr. '18. Hq. Co., 320th Inf., 80th Div., 2 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 30 May '18— 

20 May '19; Pioneer Plattoon attached to Royal (British) Engrs., Albert on the Somme, Aug.; Arras, 21-28 

Aug. Rejoined Regiment, Nancois-le-Petit, 28 Aug. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 

Sept.— 7 Nov. '18. 
NELSON, A. L. (VI) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.) U. S. N., 27 Dec. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Naval Academy, 

Annapolis, Md., 27 Dec. '17; U. S. Submarine Base, New London, Conn., 12 Feb. — Sept. '19. 

NEWTON, J. B. (Sp.) Capt., F. A. 301st Trench Mortar Btry., 151st F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 14 May '17. 
A. E. F., 16 July '18— 1 Feb. '19. 

NIEMANN, HENRY (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N., 15 June '17; Lt., 15 Oct. Naval 
Constructor, Norfolk Navy Yard, Va., Sept. '17; Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., May '18. 

NIXON, G. F. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., A. S., 15 Dec. '17. 482d Aero Cons. Sq., Newport News, Va., Dec. '17. A. E. F., 
7 Mch. '18 — 7 Mch. '19; constructed airdromes at Autreville and Trampot near Colombey-les-Belles, (Vosges). 

NORBERG, E. P. (IV) Pvt., C. A. C. 1st Co., Officers' Class, Ft. MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., 28 Oct.— 13 
Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

NORTON, O. G. (II) Capt., A. S. 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 15 Dec. '17; Capt. (T), A. S., 21 Feb. '19. 
A. E. F., 15 Dec. '17 — 20 Oct. '19; Engine Div., Technical Sect., A. S., Paris, 15 Dec. '17; Liaison Officer, Villa- 
coublay Experimental Field and Renault Factory, testing Liberty Motors, 22 Feb. '18; Officer in Charge, 
Engine Test Plant, Experimental Field, Choisy-le-Roi, July; Liaison Officer with French Technical Service, 
installing Liberty Motors in French Army Aeroplanes, July '19. See Civilian Record. 

NYE, A. F. (IV) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 8 Sept. '17; Corp., 22 Sept.; Sgt., 1 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 31 Aug.; 
1st Lt., 23 Oct. Co. F, 302d Inf., 76th Div., Camp Devens, Mass., 8 Sept. '17; Asst. Regtl. Inst., Automatic 
Rifle School, Feb. '18; Arty., Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 24 June; Btry. F, 13th Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, 
Camp Jackson, S. C, 31 Aug.; C. O., Btry. E, 13th Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, 23 Oct. — 23 Dec. '18. 

O'DONNELL, OTTOMAR (III) Maj., F. A. 2d Lt., F. A., July '16; 1st Lt.; Capt.; Maj.; 5th F. A., Jan. '17. 
A. E. F., and Germany, July '17 — July '19; Inst, in Telephone and Wireless, Arty. Training Camps, France; 
with 1st Div., Germany, Dec. '18. 

ORTH, W. A. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs. Sgt., Engrs., '17; 1st Lt., Mch. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., Mch. '18- 

Co. D, 210th Engrs., Apr. '18 — Jan. '19. 
OSBORN, S. H. (VII) 1st Lt., M. C. '17. Army Medical School, Washington, D. C, '18. A. E. F., Apr. 

'18 — '19. Attached West Riding Field Ambulance, B. E. F., July '18; Central Medical Dept. Laboratory, 

Dec; attached Military Police, Nancy, Feb. '19. 

OTIS, S. S. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 25 June '17. Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 25 June '17; Asst. 
Navigator, U.S.S. Hannibal, 16 Oct. '17; U.S.S. Castine, 10 Jan.- — Feb. '19; U. S. Naval Base, Plymouth, 
England. '18— '19. (Page 236.) 

PARSONS, F. E. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., Sn. C. Driver, American Field Service, 15 Aug. '17; Pvt. 1 cl., Sn. C, U. S. A., 
2 Sept. '17. France and Germany, 15 Aug. '17 — 22 Apr. '19; S.S.U. 639. St. Quentin Sector, 19 Aug. '17; 
Suippes Sector (Champagne), I Nov.; Somme Defensive, 30 Mch. '18; Montdidier Sector, 7 Apr.; Montdidier- 
Noyon Defensive, 9 June; Ressons-sur-Metz Sector, 4 July; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 16 July; Aisne- 
Marne Offensive, 8 July; Verdun Sector, 19 Aug.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 15 Oct. — 4 Nov.; Army of Occu- 
pation attached to 1st Colonial Div., Foreign Legion (French). Cited by Marshal Petain for work in Mon- 
didier-Noyon Defensive and in the Battle of the Marne, and in Orders from the Commanding General, 18th 
Div. (French) and the Commanding General 7th French Army. (Page 288.) 

*PATTEN, H. K. See Roll of Honor (page 118). 

PATTON, L. T. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 15 May '17; 1st Lt., 10 June '18. Co. B, 113th Engrs., 
38th and 7th Divs., Camp Hattiesburg, Miss., 15 May '17. A. E. F., 15 Sept. '18 — 19 June '19. Saizerais' 
Meurthe et Moselle, Apr., '19. 

PEAKES, G. L. (XIV) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 20 July '18—^ 
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PERIN, D. VV. (VI) Sgt., Sig. E. R. C, 14 Dec. '17. Stationed at Radio Laboratories, Sig. C, Washington, D. C- 
and Camp Vail, N. J., working on radio telephones for aeroplanes, 14 Dec. '17 — Mch. '19. 

PICKERING, H. B. (I) Pvt., C. W. S. C. A. C, Aug. '17; transferred to Ord. Dept. and later to C. W. S. 
Co. C, 2d Bn., C. W. S., Edgewood Arsenal, Md. See Civilian Record. 

PINKHAM, M. B. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. W. S., 9 Apr. '18; transferred to C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 10 Oct.; 

2d Lt., C. A. C, Feb. '19. Ft. Monroe, Va., 10 Oct. '18. 
PIZA, ST. E. T. (IV) Pvt., Inf. 4th Off. Tr. Camp., Camp Devens, Mass., Apr. '18; rejected on physical exam' 

nation. Rejected twelve times in different branches of the service; taken in draft for limited service, 13 Sept. 

'18; 95th Co., 23 Recruit Bn., Camp Syracuse, N. Y.; had influenza, Gen. Hosp. No. 5, Oswego, N. Y.; disch- 

from Camp Dix, N. J., 13 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
POND, T. C. (X) 1st Lt., F. A. Rhode Island National Guard, Apr. '16; mustered into Federal Service, July 

'17; 1st Lt., F. A., July '17. Btry. A, R. I. National Guard, Mexican Border, July '16; Ft. Myer, Va., Nov. '17; 

Camp Lee, Va., Dec. '17; Inst., School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla. 

POTTER, JESSE (I) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., '17; 1st Lt., 53d Co., 159th Depot Brig., Camp Taylor, Ky., '17; 
Camp Hancock, Ga.; disch. 11 Jan. '19. 

=*PRESCOTT, L. W. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 92). 

PROCTOR, E. E. (X) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 15 June '18; Ft. Monroe, Va., Sept. '18; Camp Eustis, 
Va., Nov. 

PURINTON, F. G. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 1 Aug. '17; Capt., 26 Aug. '18. M. G. School, 
Springfield Arsenal, 1 Aug. '17; Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Oct. A. E. F., 29 Oct. '17 — 21 
Mch. '18; in Paris, studying development on airplane cannon. Cannon Unit, Aircraft Armament Sect., Ord. 
Dept., Washington, D. C, Mch. '18; Chief of Unit, June— Dec. '18. 

QUIRK, L. F. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Wadsworth, S. C, '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; 17th F. A., 
Hq., 3d Army Corps, Mch. '19. 

REYNOLDS, R. W. (VI) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., 15 May '16; Corp., 6 Dec. '17; Sgt., 6 Feb. '17; 1st Lt., 15 Dec. '17, 
Atlanta, Ga., 28 Mch. — 27 Aug. '17; Res. Off. Tr. Camp, Chickamauga, Ga., 27 Aug. — 27 Nov. '17; Co. H. 
i22d Inf., Macon, Ga., 15 Dec. '17—15 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 30 Oct. '18—19 June '19; Le Mans; Co. I, 312th 
Inf., Alise Ste. Reine (Cote d'Or), 6 Dec. '18; Semur (Cote d'OrJ 15 Mch; Bordeaux, 5 Apr. — 19 June. 

RIVERS, W. B. (IV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect.', Sig. R. C, Dec. '17. Engr. Officer, Rich Field, Texas, Apr. '18. 

ROGERS, D. P. (II) Lt., British Red Cross, before Nov. '17. 1st British Ambulance Corps, 1st Sect., attached 
3d Army Corps (Italian), War Zone, May '18. 

ROSENTHAL, C. H. (X) Sgt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., Oct. '17; transferred to C. W. S., Jan '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 
July. American University Laboratories, Washington, D. C, June '18. 

ROSSELL, H. E. (IV) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Lt., C. C, U. S. N., '17; Lt. Comdr., '18. Navy Dept., Wash- 
ington, D. C, Jan. '18; Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mch. '19. 

ROY, K. W. (II) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Sgt., Sn. C, 24 Sept. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., Nov.; 2d Lt., C. W. S., 18 Oct. '18. Gas 
Defense Service, Sn. C, Washington, D. C, 24 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 31 Oct. '17 — 15 Apr. '19; 1st Gas Unit, 
Gas Dump No. 2, France, Nov. '17; Royal Engrs., Laboratory, University of London, Jan. '18; Officer in 
Charge, canister filling of American gas masks, Birmingham, May; Hq., C. W. S., Tours, Oct.; Repl. Camp, 
St. Aignan, Jan. '19. 

RUDOLF, H. J. G. (IX) with Royal Flying Corps (British), '17. 

RUSSELL, W. S. (IV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Engrs., 29 June '17; transferred to F. A., Mch. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 
31 Oct. Co. B, 101st Engrs., 29 June '17. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '17 — 10 Jan. '19; Arty. Draftsman, 5th F. A., 
Mch. '18; Saumur Arty. Sch., I Aug. Ansanville Sector, Lorraine Front, 13 Mch. — 4 Apr.; Montdidier Sector, 
23 Apr. — 7 July; Montdidier Noyon Defensive; Aisne Marne Offensive (Soissons). (Page 179.) 

RYON, T. B. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 24 June, '18; 2d Lt., F. A. 5 Dec. '18. 

SABIN, H. P. (IV) Maj., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 11 May '17; Capt., Inf., Aug.; Maj., 1 Sept. '18. 1st Off. Tr. 
Camp, Ft. Riley, Kan. 11 May '17; M. G. Co., 355th Inf., Sept.; M. G. School, Ft. Sill, Okla., Mch. '18. A. E. 
F., 16 June '18 — 11 July '19; training area, Vosges, July; Temporary Brig. Adj., 15 Aug.; Brig. Adj., 178th 
Brig., 1 Sept.; Asst. Divisional Inspector, Div. Hq., 25 Oct., Arty. Tr. Center, 8 Mch. '19. St. Mihiel Offen- 
sive, 3 Aug. — 7 Oct. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 20 Oct. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation, Trier, Germany. 

SAUCHELLI, VINCENT (I) Pvt., Malay States Volunteer Rifles. Garrison duty in the Federated Malay 
States, 12 Apr. '17. See Civilian Record. 

SCHOELKOPF, A. H. (VI) reported Engr. Depot, Norfolk, Va., '17. 

SCHOEPPE, EDWARD (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. P. 2d Lt., Sig. C, 17 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., A. S. P., 25 Aug. Asst. Chief 
Balloon Production Branch, Aircraft Production, Washington, D. C, in charge of production of hydrogen gas 
and gas equipment, 17 Jan. '18; Chief, Balloon Production Branch; Member of Comm. with War Industries 
Bd., for development and production of hydrogen and later helium for the Army and Navy. 

SCULLY, F. P. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 23 Oct. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 
(A), 11 Jan. '18; Lt. (j. g.), I Apr. Naval Aviation Ground School, M. I. T, 23 Oct. '17; Curtiss Aeroplane 
and Motor Corp, Buffalo, N. Y., 8 Dec; Dayton Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, Ohio, 1 June '18; Bu. Steam 
Engr., Div. of Aeronautics, Navy Depart., Washington, D. C, 7 Nov. '18 — 4 Apr. '19. 

SEARS, L. R. (I) Corp., Engrs., 7 July '18. Co. G, 22d Engrs. (Ry.) N. A. A. E. F., 7 July '18—22 Aug. '19 

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SHEILS, H. C .(I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2c, U. S. N. R. F., 10 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Jan. '18; 

Ensign, 19 Mch. Naval Aviation Ground School, M. I. T., 10 Dec. '17; Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. '18; Keyport, 

N. J., Apr. '18— Mch. '19. 
SMALL, P. L. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 2 Oct. '17; Corp., 5 Oct.; Sgt., 30 Nov.; 2d Lt., F. A., 1 June '18. 

323d F. A., 2 Oct. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Sherman, Ohio, 5 Jan. '18.. Detached Service as Balloon 

Observer, 69th Balloon Co.; Member, Fine Arts Comm., Paris, Feb. '19; in charge of pencil sketching, Fine 

Arts School, Bellevue, Paris. St. Mihiel Offensive. (Page 226.) 
SMITH, C. L. (VI) 2d Lt., Ord. R. C. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 1 May '18; Sgt., Sept.; Ord. Sgt., Nov.; 2d Lt., Ord. R. C. 

June '19. Inst. School of Arms, 37th Div., I May '18 — June '19. See Civilian Record. 
SMITH, W. H. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N., 15 June '17; Lt. (T), 15 Oct. '17. Bu. 

Yards and Docks, Washington, D. C, '17; Asst. Public Works Officer, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 13 Oct. '17. 

*SOMMER, H. O. (VII). See Roll of Honor (page 97). 

SPEAR, T. F. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Hastings Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Gas Offensive Sect., C. W. S., overseeing 
design, construction, and equipment of furnances for producing mustard gas, 13 Sept. — Nov. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

STAUB, J. F. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 27 July '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 
(A), 24 Jan. '08; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. Naval Aviation Ground School, M. I. T., 27 July '17; Flying Training, 
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.,Oct.; Aerial Gunnery Training, Naval Detachment, Taliaferro Field, Texas, 
Feb. '18. A. E. F., Mch.— Dec. '18; U. S. Naval Air Station, Killingholme, Mch.— Dec; performed 
submarine search, convoy and mine laying escort and reconnaissance patrols over North Sea; Junior Aide to 
Commanding Officer, I Oct. Letter of Commendation from British Admiralty for successful bombing attack 
against an enemy submarine, 19 July '18. (Page 235.) 

STEERE, T. I., Maj., C. A. C. Lt., C. A. C, '17; Capt., '18; Maj. '19. Presidio, Calif., '17; Ft. Rosecranz, San 

Diego, Calif., Apr. '19. 
STELLE, E. H. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Mr. Gun., I3t C. A., New York National Guard, 15 July '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 

1 Sept. Topographic Militarv Mapping, S. C, Sept. '17; Georgia, Jan. '18; Camp Humphreys, Va., Sept. — 

Dec. '18. 
STEWART, J. S. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 1 Dec. '17—22 Jan. '19; did experimental work 

on machine guns for airplanes; attached Air Service six mos.; M. G. Officer with American troops on British 

front four months; Office of Chief Ord. Officer, A. E. F. 

STEWART, W. J. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., 27 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 10 Mch. '18; later trans- 
ferred to A. S. Ground School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., 27 Sept. '17; flying instruction, 
Rich Field, Texas, 28 Nov.; Inst, in Flying, Camp Dick, Texas, 23 Mch. '18; Pilot Inst., Aerial Gunnery for 
Observers, Selfridge Field, Mich., 8 Apr.; Asst. to Officer in Charge of Flying, 15 Aug.; instruction in reconnais- 
sance, Langley Field, Va., 8 Oct.; Taliaferro Field, Texas, 28 Nov. — 13 Dec. '18. 

STONE, NELSON (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 27 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 10 Jan. '18—10 July '19 with 6th 
F. A.; Inst. Arty. School, Saumur; Btry. B, 6th F. A., Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation, 
Coblenz, Jan. '19. 

THOMAS, W. S. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. (A). Lt. (j. g.), July '18; Lt., 1 Apr. '19. Naval Aviation detachment, 
M. I. T., 20 Nov. '17; Seattle, Wash., June '18; Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 111., I Oct.; Pensacola, 
Fla., 1 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

THOMSON, MALCOLM (II) Sgt., 1 cl., A. S. P. Pvt., C. A. C, 10 Dec. '17; Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Apr. '18, 
Sgt., Sept.; Sgt. 1 cl., 10 Nov. 2d Hq. Co., C. A. C, Boston, Mass., 10 Dec. '17; Specialists' School, Mch. '18; 
Bu. of Aircraft Production, Bu. of Standards, Washingon, D. C, Apr. '17 — 17 Dec. '18. 

*THYNG, E. F. See Roll of Honor. (Page 125.) 

TOBEY, J. A. (IX) 1st Lt., Sn. C. 2d Lt., U. S. Public Health Service; 1st Lt., Sn. C, 5 Mch. '18. 
Entered service, 4 Nov. '17; Sn. Officer, Gerstner Field, La., 28 Apr., '18; Detachment Comdr. and Sn. Engr., 
Charleston Port Terminal, S. C, 8 July; Sn. Engr., Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, 19 Dec. '18 — 17 Feb. '19. 

TOLMAN, S. L. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C, 29 May '18. Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 29 May '18; C. 0., Sn. C, Det. Camp 
Lee, Va., 27 July; C. O., Sn. Sqd. No. 122, Camp Crane, Pa., 25 Oct.; Camp Pike, Ark., 27 Nov. '18 — 2 Jan. '19. 

TOMKINS, CALVIN, JR., 2d Lt. A. S. A. In U. S. N. R. F., '17; transferred to A. S. A., '18. 

TRAVIS, L. L. (VI) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 10 Dec. '17; Ord. Sgt., 1 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., 12 Oct. '18. 
Co. D, 163d Depot Brig., Camp Dodge, Iowa, 10 Dec. '17; Camp Merritt, N. J. A. E. F., 28 Mch., '18 — 26 
Jan. '19; with S. 0. S. and 2d Army Hq. 

TURRELL, H. N., JR. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 2 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 30 May '18. Co. C, 3 16th Field Sig. 

Bn., 2 Nov. '17; 56th Engrs. (Searchlight Regt.), 15 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 11 Aug. '18— 11 Mch. '19. 
URQUHART, GEORGE (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Sn. C, 8 Jan. '18; transferred to C. W. S., 1 Aug.; Capt., 

C. W. S., 4 Nov. Gas Defense Service, 8 Jan. '18; mfg. horse masks; Asst. to Officer in Charge of mfr. of gas 

absorbing chemicals, Nov. '18 — 31 Mch. '19. 

*VIGNAL, P. G. (II). See Roll of Honor (pages 88 and 159). 

WALL, F. J. (V) 2d Lt., F. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., '17; 2d Btry., F. A., Nov. A. E. F., '18— '19; 

with 301st Trench Mortar Btry., 76th Div. 
WALTER, A. U. (II) 1st Lt., F. A. F. A., Maryland National Guard; 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Myer, July '18; 

Btry. C, 315th F. A., Jan. '18. A. E. F., May '18— May '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

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WARREN, R. A. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A), Ensign, 4 Jan. '19. Course for 
Airplane Inspectors, M.I.T., 21 May '18; Naval Inspector, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and Burgess 
Co., Marblehead, Mass., inspecting flying boats. See Civilian Record. 

WEAVER, E. A. (VI) (XIV) with Co. 11, New England Detachment, Plattsburg, N. Y., June '17. 

WEAVER, E. J. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs., Dec. '17. Co. A, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., '18. 

WEIL, N. S. (I) 1st Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 5 Aug. '17; Hq. Co., 133d F. A., 5 Aug. '17; Hq., 61st F. A., Brig.. 
Feb. '18. A. E. F., 4 July '18— 4 Aug. '19. 

WELLS, H. H. (IV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Aviation Field, North Island, San Diego, Calif., '17; 
Rockwell Field, May '18. 

WERLICH, McCENEY (X) 2d Lt., Q. M. C. Enlisted in France, 6 Oct. '18; attached_ to Staff of General 
Commanding 18th French Region (Base Sections 2 and 7, Bordeaux and La Rochelle) in charge of Franco- 
American relations, 6 Obt. '18 — 6 Apr. '19. See Civilian Record. 

WETHERALD, R. W. reported in Curtiss School of Aviation, Newport News, Va. 

WHITALL, C. W. (VI) Corp., Engrs. Entered service, 27 June '18. A. E. F., 5 Sept. '18—5 July '19; with 312th 
Engrs. 

WHITE, D. H. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 20 Mch. '18; Sgt., 1 July; 2d Lt., 8 Aug.; 1st Lt., 18 Oct. 
American University, Washington, D. C, and Edgewood Arsenal, Md. 

WHITWELL, G. E. (XIV) reported Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 4th Prov. Co., Madison Barracks, N. Y. 

WILLIAMS, C. W. (I) Ensign (T) U. S. N. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 5 July '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 13 May 
'18; Ensign (T), U. S. N., 18 Sept. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., 5 July '17; Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
Md., 13 May '18; Submarine Base, New London, Conn., 18 Sept.; Ex.Officer, U.S.S. D-3, Oct. '18 — 4 July '19. 

WILLIAMS, J. E. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. U.S. Destroyer McCall, Apr., '18; U.S.S. Greer, Apr., '19. 

WISEMAN, R. C. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. 507th Service Bn., Engrs., Camp Travis, Texas, May '17. A. E. F., Feb. '18 
— '19; transferred to Claims Service, Jan. '19; Renting, Requisitions, and Claims Service, Vittel, Yosges, Apr. 

WOODFALL, H. C. (VII) Scientific Asst. (Grade of 2d Lt.) later Asst. Sn. Engr. (1st Lt.), U. S. Public Health 

Service, Treasury Dept., at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and Camp Polk, N. C, protecting 

health of troops while away from camps. 
WOOLEY, G. T., JR. (II) Lt. (j. g.) U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., N. N. V., 6 Apr. '17; M. M. id., 6 May; Ensign 

U. S. N. R. F., 10 Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.) 1 Oct. U.S.S. Wisconsin, 8 Apr. '17; U.S.S. Oklahoma, 6 May '17; 

Naval Aviation Detachment, M. LT., 4 Dec; Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 26 Jan. '18 ; 

Curtiss Engineering Corp., Garden City, L. I., N. Y., constructing N-C-i, 2, 3, and 4, 10 Apr. '18 — '19. 

(Page 244.) 
WORTHINGTON, HAROLD (VI) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp., May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., Aug.; 1st Lt.- 

25 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 7 Sept. '17 — 17 Mch. '19; Sec, 1st Corps Arty. School. Grondrecourt; Orienting 

Officer, Btry. A, 5th F. A.; Asst. Operations Officer, 1st F. A. Brig.; Operations Officer, 1st and 4th Army 

Corps, Cantigny. Montdidier-Noyon Defensive; Champagne-Marne Defensive; (Chateau-Thierry) ; St. Mihiel 

Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
YOUNG, L. H. (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A). M. M. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. (A), 27 Apr. '17; M. M. 1 cl., 

20 Aug.; C. M. M. (A), I Jan. '18. Squantum Air Station, 27 Apr. '17; Hampton Roads Air Station, 20 Aug.; 

Packard Motor Co., 10 Jan. '18; Columbia University, 1 Dec 
ZEPFLER, L. H. (V) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., C. A. C, Nov. '17; Corp., Dec; transferred to C. W. S., 17 May '18. 

Btry. C, 55th C. A. C., Nov. '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18 — Feb. '19; training with 155mm. guns; Gas Research 

Laboratory, Paris. 

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AHEARN, R. L. (I) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., M. D., Feb. '18; Sgt., 10 June; Sgt. 1 cl, 10 Aug.; 1st Lt., Sn. C. 

29 Sept. Base Hospital No. 7, Camp Devens, Mass., Feb. '18. A. E. F., July '18— Mch. '19; Sn. Officer 

Base Hosp. No. 7. 
ALFARO-MORAN, RAFAEL (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Corp., Engrs., '18; Sgt.; 2d Lt., A. E. F. '18— '19; Co. B, 

14th Engrs. (Ry.); Engr. Off. Candidate Sch., Oct. '18; Office of Technical Representative, London, Jan. '19. 
ALLEN, G. P. (V) Pvt., A. S. (Medical). Medical Research Laboratory, Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, L. I., 

9 Sept. '18 — 10 Mch. '19. 
ALLEN, R. M. (IV) Sous-Lt., French Army. Refused four times by the American Army, Pvt., later Sgt., 

"Tech Unit," American Field Service, June '17; Pvt., Sqd. C, Sect. 526, 40th F. A., 40th Div., 32d A'rmy 

Corps (French), '18; Cadet, Mch.; Sous-Lt. Aisne; Chemin des Dames; Ft. Malmaison, '17; Champagne; 

Ardennes; Marne between Chateau-Thierry and Rheims; Champenoux; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Croix 

de Guerre with Bronze Star. His Regiment received the Medaille Militaire. (Pages 77, 80 and 147.) 
ATCHISON, T. C. (XIV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 6 July '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 5 Feb. '18. 

Aviation Sect., Sig. E. R. C, 6 July '17; U. S. Aeronautical Ground School, Ohio State University, 28 Aug.; 

80th Canadian Tr. Sq., Royal Flying Corps., Canada, 20 Oct.; 139th U. S. Aero Sq., Texas and Florida. 

A. E. F., 5 Mch. '18 — 1 Feb. '19; Pilot Inst., Observation School, Tours, 30 June '18 — 17 Jan. '19. 
BAGBY, R. B. (II) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., Aug.; 1st Lt., 9 Feb. '18. 21st 

F. A., Aug. '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18 — Aug. '19; Observer, F. A., attached 88th Aero Sq. Champagne-Marne 

Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; Oise-Aisne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; 

Army of Occupation, Weissenthurm, Germany, June '19. Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre; 

Belgian Order of the Crown. (Page 130.) 

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BAKER, N. D. (Ill) 2d Lt., Inf. 0. R. C. Entered Service, 15 May '17; i02d M. G. Bn. A. E. F., 4 Oct. '17— 

12 Dec. '18; Asst. Provost Marshal, 10 Jan. '18. 
BAKER, P. C. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Service, 31 Oct. '17; Cons. Div., A. S., 6 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 22 Nov. 

'17 — 9 Feb. '19; 73d Aero Cons. Sq., Hq., Cons. Div., A. S., Paris; Airplane Prod. Div., Paris, Tours, and 

Romorantin. See Civilian Record. 
BARKER, J. W. (VI) Maj., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, Nov. '16; 1st Lt., Nov.; Capt. (T.), 5 Aug. '17; Capt., 

9 Feb. '18; Maj., 26 Oct. '18. Btry. A, 63d C. A. C, Ft. Sill, Okla., '17. A. E. F., 13 July '18— '19; Arty. 

Repl. Regt., Le Courneaux; Asst. Adj. General, Dist. of Paris, Mch. '19. Order of Danilo I (3d Class). 
BARKER, S. T. (XI) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F., 7 Oct. '17; Lt., 27 Aug. '18. U.S.S. Sur- 
veyor, 7 Oct. '17; Ex. Officer, 27 Aug. '18; C. 0., Feb. '19. In Mediterranean Sea, 8 Jan. — 31 Dec. '18. 

Attack on Submarine U-52, 7 May '18; attack on U-39, 17 May. 

BARRETT, W. J. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 1 June '17. Ammunition Sect., Small Arms Div., 
Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 17 Dec. '17; Instrument, Container and Machinery Sect., Inspection Div., 
May '18; Technical Staff, Instrument Sect., Inspection Div., I Jan. '19; Ord. Representative, Long Range 
Fire Control Bd., Ft. Hancock, Sandy Hook, N. J., May — June '19. 

BARRY, E. H. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S.N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 22 Oct. '17 Lt. (j. g.), 23 Mch. '18. 

Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 22 Oct. '17; design of bomb sights, machine-gun sights, and 

development of Davis gun for aviation ordnance. 
BARTLETT, L. R., 1st Lt., Sn. C. Harvard-Technology School for Health Officers, '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; 

Central Medical Laboratories, Division of Food and Nutrition. 
BENNETT, H. R. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 25 June '17; 2d Lt., 25 Jan. '18. Sqd. B, Wright Branch Depot, 

25 June '17; 2d Prov. Tr. Sq., Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, Jan. '18; Camp Dick, Texas. A. E. F., 

Sept. '18— Feb. '19. 
BENSON, H. S. (II) Sgt. 1 cl, F. A. Pvt., Inf., 20 Sept. '17; transferred to Aviation Sect., F. A., Sept. '18. 

Sig. C., 1 Dec; Sgt. 1 cl., Sept. '18; 151st Depot Brig., 20 Sept. '17; 144th Aero Sq., Kelly Field, Texas, 

1 Dec; 42d Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 11 Sept.— 30 Nov. '18. 
BERGER, R. G. (V) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Sea., U. S. N., 11 June '17; C. G. M., 1 Nov.; Ensign, 4 Jan. '18; Lt. 

(j- g-)j J July 'i9- Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., '17; Receiving Ship, New York, '19. Suggested a 

plan, afterwards adopted, for a "mystery ship." 
BERKE, S. R. (formerly Berkowitz), (II) Candidate Officer, F. A., 7 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
BESLY, LEONARD (XV) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., M. D., 22 Apr. '17; 1st Lt., A. S. A., '18. Chicago Base 

Hosp. Unit, Apr. '17. A. E. F., 1 June '17—4 Apr. '19; Base Hosp. No. 12; transferred to A. S., and received 

a pilot's license. 

BICKFORD, H. L. (VI) Pvt., Cav. Entered Service, 26 Nov. '17; 5th Prov. Candidate Off. Bn. Hon. 
Disch. on account of physical disability, 15 Feb. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BINGER, W. D. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Service, 12 Jan. '18; Aero Cons. Sq., Morrison, Va., 16 Jan. A. E. F., 
24 Feb. '18 — 3 Jan. '19; 468th Aero Cons. Sq., Air Production Center No. 2, Romorantin, 4 Mch. '18; Asst. 
Cons. Officer, later Acting Chief Cons. Officer, 2d Aviation Instruction Center, near Tours, 19 Mch. 

BLAIR, ALEXANDER (XI) Lt., Royal Engrs. (British). 211th Field Co., Royal Engrs., B. E. F., '17; un- 
attached while in Officers Convalescent Hosp., Totnes, Devon, England, Mch. '19. 

BLAKNEY, R. B. (I) Capt., Chaplain's Corps. 1st Lt., Chaplain's Corps, 4 Oct. '18; Capt., 8 May '19. A. E. F., 
8 Apr. — 15 Aug. '19. 

BLANCHARD, WALLACE (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. O. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 15 May '18; 2d Lt., C. A. O. R. C, 
6 Dec. '18. Camp Meade, Md., 15 May '18; Ft. Howard, Md., 15 Aug.; Ft. Monroe, Va., 26 Sept.— 6 Dec. '18. 

BLANK, W. H. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., Sept. '17; Corp., 31 Oct.; 2d Lt., F. A., July '18. 301st F. A., 
Camp Devens, Mass., Sept. '17; Hq. Co., 31 Oct.; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, 1 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18 — 13 
Jan. '19; French Light Arty. School, Apr. '18; Heavy Arty., (French Howitzers), Angers, July; Anti-Aircraft 
Arty., Fort de Stains, Aug.; attached French Arty. Btry., Post 80, Nancy Front, Sept.; C. O., American 
Anti-Aircraft Btry. No. 2, in defense of Supply Center, Oct.; 3d Btry., 8th Anti-Aircraft Sector, C. A. C, 
Nov. '18. 

BLISS, M. W. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C; 2d Lt., A. S. A. E. F., Feb. '18— '19; 201st 
Aero Sq.; Technical Hq., A. S., Paris, Feb. '18. 

BOATWRIGHT, W. P. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. Ft. Monroe, Va., '17; A. E. F., '18. 

BOLTON, MEADE (IV) Pvt., F. A. 6th Observation Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 
6 Nov. — 1 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BOWDITCH, W. I. (II) 2dLt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., Nov. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., R. M. A., '18. U. S. School 
of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 19 Nov. '17; Camp Dick, Texas, Apr. '18; Barron 
Field, Camp Worth, Texas, Oct. '18. 

BOYD, W. H. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 19 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. 4 th Recruit Co., Ft. Slocum, 
N. Y., 19 Mch. '18; 26th Co., C. A., Ft. Greble, R. I., 24 Apr.; Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 6 July; Orienta- 
tion Course, C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe, 25 Sept.; Orientation Officer, 34th Arty., C. A. C., Camp Eustis, Va., 
S Nov. '18. Disch., 17 Dec. '18. 

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BRESTH, ALEXANDER (XI) ist Lt., Sn. C. 2d Lt., Sn. C, 1 Apr. '18, 1st Lt., 2 Nov. '18. Camp Sn. Engr., 
Camp Dodge, Iowa, I Apr. '18, and Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 2 July; C. O., Sn. C. Detachment, Camp Johnston, 
Fla., in charge of cons., and maintenance of draining ditches to control mosquito breeding. I Aug.; Camp 
Wadsworth, S. C, 29 Dec. '18 — 10 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

BROAS. C. L. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, 15 May '17; Co. A, 3d Engrs., (Sappers), May '17; Ft. Mills 
Philippine Islands, Sept. '17 — 12 Feb. '19. 

BRODIL, J. L. (V) 2d Lt., Engrs. Sgt. 1 cl., Engrs., '17; 2d Lt., '18. Co. E, 101st Engrs., '17. A. E. F., '17— '19; 
Army Candidates' School, June '18; Asst. Post Engrs., Dec. Slightly wounded. 

BROOKS, P. N. (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2d., U. S. N. R. F., 21 Apr. '17; M. M. id., May '18; 

C. M. M., Sept. Student, Gas Motors, Columbia University, New York City, Apr. '17; Aviation Dept., Bu. 

Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, June; testing Gas Motors (Aviation), Aero Engine 

Test Laboratories, Bu. Steam Engr., Sept.; test work on Liberty Motors, Pensacola, Fla., Mch. '18. 
BROPHY, T. D'A. (IV) Maj., C. A. R. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 23 Oct. '17; ist Lt., 26 Feb. '18; Capt., 24 Sept.; 

Maj., C. A. R. C, 15 July '18. Engr. Div., Cons. Div., War Dept., Washington, D. C, 23 Oct. '17; Inst., 

C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 24 Mch. '18; Asst. to Chief of C. A., Washington, D. C, 1 Sept. '18 — 15 

June '19. 
BROWN, R. G. (XIV) ist Lt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Sn. C, 28 Mch. '18: ist Lt., C. W. S., 18 Oct. '18. Detached 

service, Charleston, West Va., 15 Apr. '18; Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 5 July '18 — 10 Jan. '19. 
BROWN, W. C. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, Supply Corps, U. S. N., 20 June '17; Lt. (j. g.), July; Lt., 1 Feb. '18. 

Navy Base Hosp. No. 5, Brest, France, 13 Sept. '17 — '20. 
BROWN, W. G. (VIII) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2cl,U. S.N.R. F., 3 Jan. '18; C. Q. M., (A.), 3 Apr.; 

Ensign, C. C, 27 June '18. Aero Research Work, Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 

3 Jan. '18; Asst. Naval Constructor, Navy Dept., 27 June '18. 
BRYANT, F. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. ist Lt., Engrs., 13 Aug. '17; Capt., 23 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 13 Aug. '17— 19 

July '19; attached to British Army as Ry. Transportation Officer; St. Nazaire, six months; Inst., Ry 

Transportation Off. Sch., Angers; Transportation Hq., Tours, Oct. '18; in charge of Ry. Transportation in 

Belgium and Holland, Hq., Antwerp, Belgium, May — July '19. 

BUCKNAM, F. W. (I) Sgt., Engrs. Corp., Engrs., 1 June '17; Sgt., 7 July '18. A. E. F., 27 July '17—27 Apr. 
'19; Track Foreman, Co. F, 14th Engrs., constructing narrow gauge Ry. at the front, and broad gauge at 
Calais; English Section, Off. Tr. Sch., Langres, Nov.; Co. B, 14th Engrs., Cannes, I Jan. '19. Somme 
Offensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

BULIFANT, T. A. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., F. A., 18 Sept. '17; Corp., 1 Nov.; Sgt., C. W. S., 1 June '18; 
2d Lt., 8 Nov. '18. Co. E, 312th F. A., Camp Meade, Md., 18 Sept. '17; Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 
27 Jan. '18; American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, June '18 — 31 Mch. '19. 

BULLARD, B. S., Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. Asst. Naval Constructor, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. 

BURBANK, J. A. (I) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '17; U. S. N., Sept.; Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 
Aug. '18; Lt., Oct. U. S. S Question II (patrol boat) 6 Apr. '17; 1st Reserve Officers' Class, Naval Acad- 
emy, Annapolis, Md., July; U.S.S. Alabama, Atlantic Fleet, Sept.; Inst., Electrical Engineering, Naval 
Academy, Sept. '18 — June '19. 

BURKHARDT, H. H. (VI) ist. Lt., F. A., 15 Aug. ' 17. Btry. D, 2d Bn., 20th F. A., Camp Stanley, Texas, Aug. '17. 
A. E. F., Mch. '18 — May '19; attached French Army Arty., Champagne-Marne Defensive, Capture of Frap- 
pelle; rejoined 20th F. A., 5th Div.; in charge Arty. Information Center, Marney (4th Corps), Oct.; Staff, 
Chief of Arty., 2d Army, Oct.; G — 2, Advance G. H. Q., Trier, Dec; G— 2, Hq. 3d Army, Coblenz, Jan/ — 
May '19. Champagne-Marne Defensive; Frapelle; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

BURNAP, R. S. (VI) Mr. Sig. Elec, Sig. C. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Mch. '18; Sgt., Sig. C, Aug.; Sgt. 
1 cl., Oct.; Mr. Sig. Elec, Feb. '19. I22d Aero Sq., Mch. '18; Radio Research Laboratories, Camp Vail, 
N. J., Apr. '18— Mch. '19. 

BURNHAM, H. C. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea., icl.U. S. N. R. F., 14 May '17; Ensign, (A.), Oct. '18. 
U. S. Submarine Chaser No. 324, 14 May '17; Patrol Duty, Naval Air Station, Rockaway Beach, N. Y., 
July '17— '19. 

BUXTON, P. H. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Sgt., Ord. Corps, 7 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 11 July '18. Transferred to A. S. Arty. 
Ammunition Sect., Ord. Dept., Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., 7 Nov. '17; Camp Hancock, Ga., 
Jan. '18. A. E. F., 30 July '18 — 9 June '19; Aircraft Armament Sect., A. S., Experimental Field, Choisy-le-Roi. 

BYRNE, L. R. (XIV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Chief Electrician (R.), U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '18; Ensign, Nov. 
Inst., Radio Telephony, Radio Telephone School, New London, Conn., 6 Apr. '18; Director of Education, 
Great Lakes Training Station, Mch. — July '19. 

CALDWELL, A. P., JR. (VI) ist Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 18 May '18; ist Lt., A. S. A., 21 Aug. 
814th Depot Aero Sq.; Inst., Airplanes Dept., School of Alilitary Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., 18 May — 7 
Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

CAMP, G. D. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 30 Jan. '17; ist Lt., 15 Aug. '17. Inst., Engr. Off. Tr. 
Camp, Leon Springs, Texas, 1 Sept. '17; Co. C, 316th Engrs., Camp Lewis, Wash., 12 Nov. A. E. F., France 
and Belgium, 10 July '18 — 6 Apr. '19; School Det., Engr. Course, ist Corps School, Gondrecourt, 20 July; 
Army Bridge School, Langres, 20 Aug.; rejoined 316th Engrs., 91st Div., I Sept. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 4 Oct.; Lys-Scheldt Offensive, 1-11 Nov. '18. 

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CARR, J. B. (VI) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 2 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 8 July '18; Capt., 23 Aug. '18. 
Depot Engr. Repl. Troops, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; Camp Gordon, Ga.; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va.; Camp Lee, Va.; Camp Leach, Washington, D. C; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

CARSTENS, C. E. (Ill) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Engrs., 19 Oct. '17; transferred to C. W. S., 30 Jan. '18; Sgt., 
C. W. S., 11 Mch.; Sgt. 1 cl, 1 June; 2d Lt., 20 Aug. '18. 23d Engrs., Camp Meade, Md., 19 Oct. '17; Amer- 
ican University, Washington, D. C, 30 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 6 Sept. '18 — 17 July '19; Asst. Gas Officer, 1st 
Army Corps; Technical School, London, England, '19. 

CELLARIUS, C. F. (IV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 26 May '18; 2d Lt., 26 Aug. '18. 3d Co., 4th Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Sherman, Ohio, 26 May '18; Co. D, 326th M. G. Bn., 84th Div., 26 Aug. A. E. F., 1 Sept. '18—18 July 
'19; 128th M. G. Bn., 35th Div., 13 Nov.; G-5, G. H. Q., 18 Jan. — 6 Aug. '19; attached to Educational Comm., 
Fine Arts Dept., Bellevue, Paris, Jan. 19; Chief of Hospital Sect., in charge of Schools of Fine Arts in Hosp. 
Centers, Apr. '19. 

CHANDLER, W. S. (Sp.) Pvt., A. S. Army School of Aerial Photography, Rochester, N. Y., 28 Aug. '18. Unable 
to get into active service earlier on account of weak heart, accepted in limited service. See Civilian Record- 

CHOATE, D. H. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 1 Aug. '17. Res. Off. Tr. 
Camp, Fort Sheridan, III, 15 May '17; Btry. A, 332d F. A., Camp Grant, 111., 15 Aug.; F. A. Repl. Depot, 
Camp Jackson; Inst., School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla.; 26th F. A., Camp McClellan, Ala. 

CLARKE, B. A. (VI) Corp., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., Oct. '17; Corp., Nov. '18. Co. A, 25th Engrs., Camp Devens, 
Mass., 1 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 12 Nov. '17 — 18 Apr. '19; Military Works, St. Nazaire, 12 Nov.; Docks and Ry. 
Const., Bordeaux, Dec; Co. A, 127th Engrs., Nov. '18; detached service, Beau Desert Hosp., Merignac, 
general engineering work, Dec. '18. 

CLARKSON, E. H. (XI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 24 Apr. '18; Inst., Motor_ Transport School, Ft. 
Monroe, Va., 26 June '18; Sch. for Orientation Officers, Sept.; Regimental Orientation Officer, 30th Arty., 
Camp Eustis, to 17 Dec. '18. (Page 45.) 

CLARKSON, FREEMAN (VI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 9 May '17; Pvt., 1 cl.; Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt., July '18; 
Prov. 1st Lt., 7 July; Capt., 18 Oct. '18. Co. A, nth Engrs. (Ry.). A. E. F., 14 July '17—10 Dec. '19; 
attached to British Army; Co. E, 116th Engrs., 1st Army (American). Cambrai, Somme, and Lys Defen- 
sives; St. Mihiel Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

CLAUSSEN, H. P. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 11 Sept. '17; Lt. Q\ g-), 23 Mch. '18; 
Lt., 1 Oct. A. E. F., Dec. '17 — Oct. '18; Foreign Aviation Ord. Representative of Bu. of Ord., on staff of 
Comdr., U. S. Naval Aviation Forces; Aviation Ord. Officer and acting Liaison Officer between U. S. N. and 
Royal Air Force, staff of Admiral Sims, London, England, Mch. '18. In charge of naval aircraft bomb design 
and cons., Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, Oct. '18 — 16 Mch. '19. 

COLEMAN, C. A. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 1st Lt., C. A. C, 8 Aug. '17; Capt., 29 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 12 Dec. '17 
— 1 Aug. '19; Inst., Dept. of Gunnery, Heavy Arty. School; Btry. D, 52d Arty.; Member, Peace Conference, 
Paris, Dean and Commandant, American School Detachment, University of Poitiers, I Mch. — 7 July '19. 
Officer of the French Academy. 

COMISKEY, D. L. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Sch., 1 Sept. — 4 Dec. '18. Refused four times for active service 
on account of poor eyesight. See Civilian Record. 

CONNOLLY, J. I. (XI) 2d Lt., Public Health Service. Extra-Cantonment Units, Camp Gordon, Ga., and Camp 
Devens, Mass., 1 Mch. '18 — 15 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

CRANDALL, W. R. (V) Pvt., C. W. S. American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C. July '18 
— Jan. '19. 

CROSBY, R. A. (II) Ord. Sgt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 21 Aug. '17; Machine Gun School, Springfield, 
Mass.; Ord. Depot, 42d Div., Camp Mills, N. Y., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 18 Oct. '17 — 17 Apr. '19; Intermediate 
Ord. Depot No. 1; Advanced Ord. Depot No. 5, 101st Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 26th Div. Chemin des 
Dames; Ansanville Sector; Pas Fini. Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

CROWELL, H. R. (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. Pvt. (Aviation Sect.), Sig. C, 30 June '17; 1st Lt., A. S., 18 June '18- 
School of Military Aeronautics, Berkeley, Calif., 1 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 9 Oct. '17 — 28 Jan. '19; 8th Aviation 
Instruction Center, Foggia, Italy, 25 Oct. '17; Northern Italy, Oct. '18; France, Nov. '18. 

CURTIS, B. S. (VI) Pvt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 4 Sept. '18; 8th Co., C. A. G, Ft. Du Pont, Del., 8 Sept. '18; 

C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 4 Oct.— 21 Nov. '18. 
CURTIS, M. P. (VI) Wagoner, Sn. C. A. E. F. '18— '19; 28th Field Hosp. Sn. Train, 4th Div., May '18. Army 

of Occupation, Bad Bertrich, Germany, 1 Mch. '19. 

CURTIS, T. S. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl.,U. S.N.R.F., 12 June '18; Ensign, 30 Sept.' 18— 6 Jan. '19. 
CUSHMAN, R. W. (XIII) Lt., Q. M. C. 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., '17; 10th Co., nth Bn., Camp Johns- 
ton, Fla., Jan. '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; Motor Truck Co. No. 439, Mch. '19. 

CUTLER, S. C. (X) Corp., Engrs. Pvt., Inf., '17; transferred to Engrs., '18; Corp., Engrs. 3d Co., Prov. 
Recruit Bn., 310th Inf., Camp Dix, N. J., Dec. '17. A. E. F., '18; Co. F, 163d Inf., June '18; 1st Repl. Co., 
30th Engrs., 15 July '18. 

DANA, DUNCAN (VI) Capt., A. S. Pvt. Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 7 July '17; 1st Lt., A. S., 16 May '18; Capt., 
3 Oct. '18. Ground School, 7 July '17. A. E. F., 25 Oct. '18—31 Mch. '19; Asst. Mech. Supt., later Officer 
in Charge, Airplane Repair Shop; flying training; C. 0., 32d Aero Sq., 28 Sept. '18. 

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DANIELS, D. P. (V) ist Lt., A. S. Entered Service, June '17. A.E. F., 15 Oct. '17— Nov. '18; Italy, 15 Oct. 

'17; in charge, U. S. Flying Field, England, Sept. — Nov. '18. Pasadena, Calif., Mch. '19. 
DARLINGTON, F. G., JR. (VI) Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Niagara, 12 May '17; discharged for physical disability, 8 July 

'17. 
DAVIS, C. J., JR. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., 2 Sept. '17; 2d Lt.; ist Lt., 19 June '18; Capt., 4 Sept. '18. Res. Off. Tr. 

Camp, American University, Washington, D. C, 2 Sept. '17; Co. C, 3d Bn., 20th Engrs. A. E. F., 31 Jan. 

'18 — 8 Aug. '19; 116th Engrs., 13 Sept. '18; 316th Engrs., 15 Dec. '18; Co. E, 2d Engrs., 25 Mch. '19. 
DEAN, KEMERTON (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Ambulance Service, 5 June '17; discharged to re-enlist in A. S., 

23 Sept.; Pvt., A. S., 23 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., Jan. '19. Sect. 528. U. S. Ambulance Service, 5 June '17; 

Princeton Ground School, 23 Sept.; 3d Foreign Detachment, Garden City, L. I., 17 Nov.; 3d Flying Sq., 

Ellington Field, Texas, 26 Dec. '17; injured in flying accident, 1 Feb. '18; returned to duty, 18 Oct. Disch., 

10 Dec. '18. 

de FREMERY, DONALD (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., '17; Ensign, '18. 

DELABARRE, L. H. (XV) Section Director, American Field Service. Section at Dunkirk and attached to 8th 
Belgian Army, Jan. '15; Asst. Mech. Engr., Paris, June; Sect, in Champagne Dist., Aug.; in charge Sect. B, 
at Juilly, Nov. '15 — Apr. '16. See Civilian Record. 

deMERRITT, R. E. (I) ist Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; ist Lt., 18 May '18. 3d Tr. Camp, 
Ft. Monroe, Va., I Dec. '17; Ft. Stevens, Oregon, 28 Mch. '18; C. O., 13th Co., Columbia, Oregon, 15 Apr.; 
Inst., Garrison Officers' Sch. in Orientation; C. O., 2d Co., Columbia, Oregon; Orientation Officer, Adj., 3d 
Bn., C. 0. Btry. F, 27th Arty., C. A. C, Camp Eustis, Va., 3 Nov. '18; Fort Supply Officer, Ft. Levett, Maine, 

14 Jan. '19; Ft. Amador, Canal Zone, 26 Sept. '19. 

DIEMER, R. W., C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., May '18; Buffalo, N. Y., 

'18— '19. 
DODGE, W. W., JR. (IV) 2d Lt., Inf. Detached service, Engr. Div. of Ord., Washington, D. C. A. E. F. 

16th Inf. Gassed, 18 July, wounded, 21 July '18, near Soissons. Stationed in Paris after leaving hospital, 

in charge of bombing sites for aviation. Aisne-Marne Offensive. 
DUFF, P. H. (XI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt. and ist Lt., C. A. C , 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 26 Jan. '18. Ft. Monroe, Va., 

'17. A. E. F., 13 Dec. '17 — 1 Jan. '20; Heavy Field Arty Sch., Feb. '18; Hq., 51st C. A. C, Nov.; Bourges, 

Jan. '19; Hq., Paris, Mch. '19. 
DUNBAR, V. Y. (IV) Sgt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., 5 Mch. '18; Sgt., 1 Jan. '19. 25th Recruit Co., Ord. Storekeeping, 

Sch., 5 Mch. '18; 130th Ord. Depot Co., Camp Beauregard, La., June; Acting Storekeeper, Camp Exchange, 

Aug. '18— Mch. '19. 
*EASLEY, C. B. (VI) ist Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 1 Dec. '17; ist Lt., '18. Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. '17; 

Ft. DeRussey, Coast Defense, Oahu, Hawaii, '18 — 1 Nov. '19. Died, 20 Jan. '20. See Civilian Record. 
EDGERTON, L. F. (I) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. 301st Engrs., 29 Apr. '18. A.E. F., 13 July '18— 13 July '19; 301st Engrs. 

4th Army Corps; University of Lyons, 12 Mch. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army, 

of Occupation, 17 Nov. '18. 
EKDAHL, E. A. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Chief Elec. U. S. N. R. F., 22 Dec. '17; Ensign, 6 July '18. Experi- 
mental Station, New London, Conn., work on submarine detection, 14 Jan. '18; U.S.S. America (transport), 

installing and operating listening devices, 1 June — 15 Dec. '18. 
ELLICOTT, V. LeM. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Med. E. R. C, Dec. '17; S. A. T. C, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 

11 Oct. — 10 Dec. '18. 

ELLIS, H. W. (VI) Sgt. 1 cl., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 23 Jan. '18; Corp.; Sgt., Sgt. 1 cl., 23 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 
19 June '18 — 28 June '19; 34th Serv. Co., Hq., S. O. S., Tours, June '18; engineering work in Equipment, 
Installation and Cons. Sect., Telephone and Telegraph Div., Office of Chief Sig. Officer, A. E. F. Citation 
from General Pershing. 

ELLSWORTH, S. M. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Red Cross, Hampton, Va., 1 Sept. '17; Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 5 Jan. '18; 
Pvt., Inf., 1 Apr.; Engrs., 10 July; Sn. C, 16 Nov. '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; 
Co. C, 307th Inf., 1 Apr. A. E. F., 5 Apr. '18 — 22 July '19; Co. B, 26th Engrs. (Water Supply Regt.), 10 
July; in charge, Mobile Water Purification Plant, supplying water, and analyzing well-waters for poisons in 
territory captured from the Germans, during St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. 

*ERVAY, E. B. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 122). 

EVANS, H. T. (IV) Capt. (T.), C. A. C. Pvt., Inf., 22 Sept. '17; Corp., 20 Oct.; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 12 Nov.; ist Lt. 

15 Mch. '17; Capt., 18 July; ist Lt., C. A. C. (permanent rank); Capt., (T.). Co. B, 301st Inf., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 23 Sept. '17; Inst, in Gunnery, Field Fortifications and Camouflage, C. A. Tr. Camp; Co. 0., 
Army Mine Planter Mills, installing submarine detecting apparatus off Cape Henry, Va., and Intelligence 
Officer, C. A. Tr. Center, Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec; 4th Co., Coast Defense of Cristobal, Ft. Sherman, Panama 
Canal Zone, 3 Feb. '19. 

EVANS, J. M. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 10 Dec. '17; Lt. 0'- g-), 1 Sept. '18. Gun 
Mount and Small Arms Div., Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 10 Dec. '17 — 18 Apr. '19. See 
Civilian Record. 

FAIR, G. M. (XI) ist Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., Oct. '16; ist Lt., Mch. '17. Overseas Tr. Co., Off. Tr. Camp, C. E. F., 
University of Toronto, Canada, Oct. '16; Probationer, Royal Sch. of Instruction, Jan. '17; transferred to 
Casualties, Mch. '17. Hon. disch. on account of injury received in training, May '17. See Civilian Record. 

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FARRAR, J. R. (IV) Pvt. i cl., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, Nov. '17; Pvt. 1 cl., '18. ioth'Co., 3d Tr. Bn. 
157th Depot Brig., Camp Gordon, Ga., Nov. '17; Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Feb. '18; Aberdeen Proving 
Grounds, Md., Feb. '19. 

FARTHING, W. J. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 18 Feb. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct., 
'18. Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 2 Feb. '18— '19. 

FELLOWS, R. C. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 12 June '18; Miami, 
Fla., Pensacola, Fla., '18—13 May '19. 

FISHER, D. K. E., JR. (IV) Capt., F. A. R. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 1st Lt., F. A., 15 Aug.; Capt., 
31 Mch. '19. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Myer, Va., 12 May '17. A. E. F., 29 Sept. '17—31 Jan. '19; F. A. Sch., 
Saumur, 29 Sept. '17; Bn. Communications Officer, Btry. Ex., Bn. Adj., 6th F. A., 1st Div., 20 Jan. '18; 
Inst, of Section, later of Sub-Division, General Arty. Practice, F. A. Sch., Saumur, 29 Apr. — 29 Dec. '18. 
La Reine Sector, N. W. of Toul; Montdidier Sector (Cantigny), 6 Apr. '18. 

FLANNAGAN, COKE (VI) Capt., Sig. C. 1st Lt., Sig. C, 5 July '17; Capt., 13 Aug. '18. 1st Field Sig. Bn., 
5 July '17; C. 0., 3d Tr. Bn., Camp Meade, Md., 23 July; Co. A, 211th Field Sig. Bn., 6 Nov. A. E. F., 
24 Dec. '17 — 13 Aug. '18. Office of Chief Sig. Officer, War Dept., Washington, D. C, 13 Aug. '18 — '19. 
Aisne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive. Croix de Guerre with Silver Star; Citation from General Petain. 
(Pages 148 and 179.) 

FLETCHER, R. A. (I) Lt., (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 21 Nov. '17; Lt. (j. g.), S Mch. 
'18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 21 Nov. '17; in charge, Dept. of Gunnery, Naval Aviation Detach- 
ment, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 4 June '18 — 5 Jan. '19. Refused as physically unfit for 
Off. Tr. Camp and by the Draft Bd., '17. See Civilian Record. 

FLOYD, R. K. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Service, 28 July '17; Inst., Aerial Combat, Taliaferro Field, Fort Worth, 
Texas, Jan. '18— Jan. '19. 

FOOTE, C. L., 2d Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, '18.; transferred to Engrs. Inst., School of Mili- 
tary Aeronautics, Ohio State College, Columbus, Ohio, May '18. A. E. F., Oct. '18. 

FOOTE, F. C. (I) (XI) 1st Lt., Engr. R. C. 2d Lt., Engrs., 2 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, Aug. '19. 1st Co., 
2d Engrs. Off. Tr. Sch., American University, Washington, D. C, 5 Sept. '17; Co. E, 303d Engrs., Camp Dix, 
N. J., 10 Dec. A. E. F., 23 Jan. '18— 6 June '19; Co. A, 508th Engrs.: Bn. Supply Officer, 9 May '18— 19 June 
'19; Stationed at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse (Vosges), 15 Mch. '18; Liffol-le-Grand, 6 June; Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, 
15 Sept.; Lafranche, 30 Sept.; La Pallice, 30 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

FORSYTH, R. E. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 4 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., R. M. A., 23 Aug. 
'18. 

FOWLE, W. H. (II) Pvt., Inf. 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 2 Sept. — 4 Dec. '18. 

FREEMAN, H. T. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., 20 July '17; Capt., 8 Jan. '18. Proof Officer, Sandy Hook 
Proving Grounds, N. J., July '17; Asst. Chief Proof Officer, Acceptance Div., Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 
Md., 1 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 15 June '18 — June '19; Aide, Interpreter and Technical Asst. to Chief Ord. Officer, 
A. E. F., June '18—25 Jan. '19. 

FRY, C. W. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., A. S. Entered Service, 4 Feb. '18; 2d Detachment, Bu. of Aircraft Production, A. S. 

FULLER, H. C. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 12 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., R. M. A., 
17 Aug. '18. Ground Sch., Cornell University, 26 Jan. '18; training, Love Field, Dallas, Texas, 23 Mch.; 
Course for "Corps d'Armee" Pilot, and for Aerial Observer, Langley Field, Va.; Taliaferro Field, Texas, 
Jan. '19. 

GAGNON, E. C. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. Si Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., Cav. R. C, 15 Aug.; 2d Lt., 
F. A., N. G., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 28 Feb. '18; transferred to C. W. S., 25 Aug. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. 
Harrison, Ind., 13 May '17; 83d Div., Camp Sherman, Ohio, 15 Aug.; 37th Div., Camp Sheridan, Ala., Sept.; 
112th Ammunition Tn., Oct. A. E. F., 17 June '18 — 2 Feb. '19; Asst. Gas Officer, 33d Div., 25 Aug. '18; 
8th Tr. Area, Nov.; Organization and Tr. Center, Chinon, Jan. '19; Casual Officers Camp, Angers, 30 Jan. '19. 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

GARDNER, C. R. (IX) 1st Sgtj, Sig. C. Mr. Sig. Elec, Sig. C, '17; 1st Sgt., '18. Co. A, 101st Field Sig. Bn., 
'17. A. E. F., '18— '19. 

GFROERER, HERBERT (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 17 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 13 Sept. '18. 
Machine Gun Sect., Engr. Div., Ord. Dept.. Washington, D. C, 17 Nov. '17 — 10 Mch. '19. 

GILES, A. L. (IV) C. M. M., C. C, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. 1 cl., C. C, U. S. N. R. F., 2 May '18; C. M. M., 
1 Aug. '18. Office of Shop Supt., Hull Div., Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 2 May '18; Inspector on cons, of 
new executive office for Master Boatbuilder. 

GILKEY, H. J. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft.Leavenworth, Kan., 2 Sept. '17; Military Mapping, 
Mexican Border, detached service with U. S. Geodetic Survey, I Oct.; in Virginia, Mch. '18. A. E. F., 
14 July '18 — 18 Aug. '19; G. H. Q., Intelligence (G — -2C), 29th Engrs., Chaumont, 14 July '18; Supply, Cons, 
and Transportation Officer, Hq. 2d Army, G — 2C, 29th Engrs., Toul, 19 Sept.; 2d Army Defensive Area, 
19 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Head of Map and Drafting Dept., American Relief Administration, Paris, 25 Feb. '19. 

GLANN, C. B. (VI) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Entered Service, 14 July '17; Co. C, 302d Field Sig. Bn., Camp Upton, 
N. Y., '17. A. E. F., 29 Mch. '18 — 27 July '19; Chateauvillain, '19; University of Paris, 1 Mch. '19. Bac- 
carat Sector; Vesle Sector; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Divisional Citation. 

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GOLDSTEIN, E. J. (X) 2d Lt., C. W S. Pvt., C. W. S , 13 Dec. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 1 May '18; 2d Lt.. 1 Oct.; 

detailed to Ord. Dept., Apr. '19. Research Div., C. W. S., 13 Dec. '17; Property Officer, Nitrogen Research 

Laboratory, Nitrates Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Apr. — 11 Sept. '19. 
GOODING. PERCIVAL (X) Sgt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 10 Apr. '18; Corp., Oct.; Sgt. 1 cl, Dec. '18. 

Pyrotechnic Div., American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, 10 Apr. — 20 Dec. '18. 

GORE, JOHN (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 14 Aug. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 15 Aug.; 2d Lt., 4 Oct. '18. Over- 
seas Detachment, 14 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 31 Aug. '18 — 17 Feb. '19; Asst. Div. Gas Officer, 85th Div.; Inst., 
Gas Warfare, 3d Corps Sch., Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

GRAFF, M. G. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 12 Dec. '17; Sgt., Feb. '18; Sgt. 1 cl, Apr.; 2d Lt., 26 June; 
1st Lt., 26 Aug. '18. Co. B, 56th Engrs. (searchlight), Washington Barracks, D. C, 12 Dec. '17; Ellington 
Field, Texas, Apr. '18; Co. I, 56th Engrs., 26 June; Co. D, 605th Engrs. A. E. F., 19 Sept. — 12 Dec. '18; 
Training Base, Campigny near Langres, Sept. '18. 

GRAVES, W. L. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. 153d Depot Brig., Camp Dix, N. J., 25 June '18; Co. Clerk, 312th Engr. 
Tr. Regt., 18 Aug. A. E. F., 23 Aug. '18 — 16 June '19; Pons, 11 Sept. '18; S. 0. S. Troops, Bordeaux Dist., 
1 Oct.; Student and Inst., A. E. F. University, Beaune, 15 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 

GUETHING, C. T. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 7 June '17; Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., Muscle 
Shoals, Ala., 2 Nov. '17; Ord. Inspector, Baltimore, Md., Toledo, Elyria and Cleveland, Ohio, 16 Feb. '18 — 
S July '19. 

HAGGKVIST, F. E. (II) Lt. 0- g-), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 11 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Jan. 
'18; Ensign, (A.), 19 Mch.; Lt., (j. g.),4 June '19. Plane Inspector's Course, Naval Aviation Detachment, 
M. I. T., 14 Dec. '17; Student Officer, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 26 Jan. '18; Asst. Production 
Mgr., for U. S. N. at Curtiss Aeroplane Co., 18 Mch.; Photographic Officer, in charge Photographic Labora- 
tory, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., I May '19. 

HAINES, E. B. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Sn. C, 15 June '17; transferred to C. A. C; Mr. Gun., 30 Nov.; 

2d Lt., 31 Oct. '18. Ambulance Co., Middletown, Conn., 15 June '17; Master Gunners' Course, Ft. Monroe, 

Va., 1 Aug.; 56th C. A. C, Ft. Terry, Coast Defense, Long Island Sound, 30 Nov. A. E. F., 15 Feb. '18 — 

19 July '19; Arty. Hq., 1st Army, 15 Feb. '18; Arty. Sch., Saumur, I Aug.; Mess, Sanitation, and Mechanical 

Officer, Btry. F, 146th F. A., 31 Oct.; Grenoble University, 1 Mch. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of 

Occupation. 
HALE, E. D. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Entered Service, Sept. '18; Laboratory Asst., Long Island Gas Mask Factory 

and Asst. Inspector, Gas Alarms, Stewart Warner Speedometer Corp., for Gas Defense Div., C. W. S. See 

Civilian Record. 
HALL, H. E. (II) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., '17; Capt., '18. 30th Engrs. (Gas and Flame), '17. A. E. F., 

'18; Co. B, 1st Bn., 30th Engrs. 
HAMILTON, W. W. (VI) Maj., U. S. A. Capt., U. S. A., Retired; Q. M. Coast Defense of Portland, Ft. Preble, 

Maine, in '17; transferred to Letterman Hospital for treatment; Professor of Military Science and Tactics, 

Gordon Institute, Barnesville, Ga., since Sept. '18. 
HANDS, H. A. (VI) Sgt. 1 cl, Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 13 Dec. '17; Corp., 12 Jan. '18; Sgt., 26 Jan.; Sgt. 1 cl., 

7 Oct. '18. Searchlight Detachment, Washington Barracks, D. C, 12 Dec. '17; became 56th Engrs., Jan. '18; 

in hospital, 26 Feb.; Acting Regtl. Sgt. Major, 71st Engrs., Sept. — 9 Dec. '18. 

HARMS, H. W. (XIII) reported Capt., A. S. A. '18. 

HARRINGTON, C. F. (II) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., N.G., 28 Jan. '15; Corp., 12 July '17; Sgt., 27 July '17. A. E. F., 

Oct. '17 — Sept. '18; Co. D, 104th Inf.; Co. Gas non-comm. officer; in trenches, Feb. — Aug. '18. Inst. 

Gas Sch., Camp Sevier, S. C, Sept. '18 — '19. Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry). Slightly gassed, 

spring '18. Camp Sevier, S. C, Sept. '18 — '19. 
HARROWER, P. D. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Marine C, 20 Dec. '17; transferred to C. A. C, 10 June '18; 

2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Paris Island, S. C, 20 Dec. '17; Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 10 June '18; Camp Eustis, 

Va., 25 Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
HARVEY, CLARENCE (VI) Lt., Engrs. Corp., F. A., '17; Sgt., '18; Lt., Engrs., '18. Btry. D, 301st F. A., 

Camp Devens, Mass., '17. A. E. F., France, '18. Engrs., Camp Leach, Washington, D. C, Nov. '18. 

HASTIE, F. B. (I, XI) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 16 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 21 Feb. '18; Capt., 21 Apr. '18. Engr*. 
Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 10 Nov. '17; 303d Engrs., Camp Dix, N. J., 5 Jan. '18; Camp 
Adj., Camp Laurel, Md., 1 May; Co. Comdr., Camp Forrest. Ga., 16 July; Supply Officer, 209th Engrs., 
1 Sept.; Inst., Engr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., I Mch. '19. A. E. F., Inspection and Observation, Base 
Ports, S. 0. S., from St. Mihiel to Ostend, and through Strassburg, Mainz, Coblenz, Cologne and Paris, 
15 June — 1 Sept. '19. Supply Officer, Engr. Sch. and Light Railways, Camp Humphreys, Va., 10 Oct. '19. 

HATCH, PAUL (II) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 1 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 1 Apr. '18. Ft. Monroe, Va., Nov. 
'17; Ft. Andrews, Coast Defense of Boston, Mch. '18; Btry. C, 73d C. A., Sept. A. E. F., 15 Sept. — 25 Dec. 
'18; in hosp., Manchester, England, Oct.; American Rest Camp, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Oct.; Angers, Nov. '18. 

HAWES, CLAYTON (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Entered Service, 10 May '17. Btry. F, 351st F. A., 167th F. A. Brig. 
A. E. F., June '18 — Feb. '19; trained at La Courtine; Reconnaissance Officer, Marbach Sector. 

HAWLEY, K. F. (VI) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., '17; 2d Lt., '18. A. E. F., '18; 56th Engrs. (Searchlight.) 

HAYDEN, E. McK. JR. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Entered Service, '18; Edgewood Arsenal; Kingsport, Tenn. 

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HAYNES, WALTER (VI) Capt., Engrs. 403d Engrs., Ft. Douglas, Utah, 16 Oct. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 
Camp Humphreys, Va., 2 Nov.; Inst., Electrical and Mechanical Engr., Engr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, 
20 Jan. — Nov. '19. 

HAZARD, F. R. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. 2d Lt., O. R. C, May '17 resigned comm. and enlisted in F. A.; Pvt., F. A.; 
Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. Btry. A, 4th F. A., Chattanooga, Tenn., 11 Sept. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, 
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Jan. '18. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18 — 7 Mch. '19; Arty. Sch., Saumur; Heavy Arty. Sch., 
Angers; Btry. D., 54th Arty., C. A. C. 

HEFLER, R. E. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 26 July '17; 1st Lt., 6 Nov.; Capt., 23 Feb. '19. Co. C, 6th 
Engrs., 26 July '17. A. E. F., Nov. '17 — -Apr. '19. Somme Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Wounded in leg, 15 July. See Civilian Record. 
(Page 175.) 

HOBBS, J. B. (XIII) Sgt., Inf. Pvt. Inf., 25 May '18; Sgt., 18 Nov. Co. I, 314th Inf., 79th Div., 25 May '18. 
A. E. F., 8 July '18 — 20 July '19; University of Toulouse, I Mch. '19. Troyon Sector; Sector 304, Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive (Grand Montaigne) . 

HOFFMAN, S. A. (X)Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 20 Mch. '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 10 June; Corp., 9 Sept. '18. 
Chemical laboratories, experimenting on poison gases, and inspecting smoke cartridges; severely gassed; 
transferred to Mechanical Dept., invented mechanical parts for improvement of gas masks and supervised 
mfr. of parts, 20 Mch. '18 — 22 Jan. '19. 

HOGAN, J. F. (IV) Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 2 Oct. '17; Corp., Nov.; Master Engr., (jr. gr.) 
1 Apr. '18; Mr. Engr., (sr. gr.), 1 July '18. 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 2 Oct. '17; non-comm. 
officer, in charge of Topographical Office, I Jan. '18. A. E. F., 13 July '18 — 13 June '19; built Classification 
Camp, St. Admand-Montrand (Cher.), Aug. '18; Dept. of Architecture, University of Beaune, 27 Apr. '19. 
St. Mihiel Offensive; Toul Sector; Army of Occupation. 

HOLBROOK, F. C. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. 301st Ammunition Train, Camp Devens, '17. A. E. F., '18; 302d F. A., 
Dec. '18. 

HOLDEN, T. S. (IV) Capt., Ord. R. C. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 9 Feb. '18; Capt., Ord. R. C, 2 Apr. '19. Inst, 
in use of aerial drop bombs, later asst. in design of anti-aircraft fire control system, Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., 
Washington, D. C, 9 Feb. — 31 Dec. '18. 

HOLLAND, MAURICE (VI) 2d Lt. A. S. A. Ground School, M. I. T, 30 July '17; detached service with Royal 
Flying Corps, Long Branch, Canada, 16 Sept.; Flying Instruction and Aerial Gunnery, Taliaferro Field, 
Texas, 7 Nov.; 28th Aero Sq., 13 Feb. '18; Flying Officer, 139th, later 184th Aero Sq., intensive course in 
Aeronautical Engineering and Design, M. I. T., 18 May; Testing Dept., Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, 5 Aug.; 
Asst. Officer in Charge, Park Repair Dept., 10 Aug.; Observer on official flight tests, Handley-Page, and 
studying details of construction at Standard Aircraft Factory, 6 Sept.; Engineering Div., A. S., McCook Field, 
Dayton, Ohio, 2 Jan. '19; Asst. Officer in Charge, Planes and Engines Maintenance Dept., Jan. '19. 

HOLMBERG, C. H. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. 0. R. C. Pvt., Inf., 26 Apr. '18; C. A. C, 20 May; 2d Lt., C. A. 0. R. C, 
22: Nov. '18. 4th Co., 1st Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 26 Apr. '18; C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, 
Va., 20 May; 6th Tr. Camp, 10 Sept. — 22 Nov. '18. 

HOLMES, ALBERT (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., 8 May '17; ret Lt., 3 June '18. 1st Engrs., 8 May '17. 
A. E. F., 7 Aug. '17 — 26 Aug. '19; Inst., 112th Engrs., 3 June '18; 6th Engrs., 8 Feb. '19. Thiaucourt Sector; 
Baccarat Sector; Toul Sector; Ypres-Lys Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HOLMES, F. W. (V) Sgt., M. T. C. Driver, American Field Service, with French Army, June— 1 Oct. '17. 
Pvt., Q. M. C, 1 Oct.; Sgt., M. T. C, 18 Sept. '18. France, June '17—6 June '19. Chemin des Dames 
Offensive, 23-27 Oct. '17; Somme Defensive, 21 Mch. — 6 Apr. '18; Aisne, 27 May — 5 June; Montdidier- 
Noyon Defensive, 9-13 June; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 15-18 July; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — ■ 

6 Aug.; Somme Offensive, 8 Aug. — 17 Sept.; Oise-Aisne Offensive, 18-27 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 
1 Oct.— 11 Nov. '18. 

HOOD, J. M. (V) Pvt., Inf. 18th Co., 5th Bn., Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 Sept. '17; Gas Mask 
Factory, Hero Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Oct.; Gas Defense Control Laboratory, Nov.; Technical Develop- 
ment Laboratory, Astoria Heat, Light and Power Co., Long Island City, July '18; Field Training Sect., 
Gas Defense Plant, Long Island City, Sept. '18 — 11 Jan. '19. 

HUBER, L. S. (VI) 1st Lt., M. T. C. Pvt., M. T. C, 28 Sept. '17; Sgt. Maj., 9 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., 28 Oct. '18. 

Unit 304, 28 Sept. '17 — 1 June '19. 
HULSE, F. E. (XI) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., Inf., 5 Sept. '17; Sgt.; 1st Sgt.; Bn. Sgt. Maj.; 2d Lt., Sn. C, 3 June '18; 

1st Lt., 7 Nov. '18. Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Sept. '17; Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; Asst. Camp Sn. Engr., Camp 

Dix, N. J,, 29 July '18; Camp Sn. Engr., Camps Shelby, Miss., and Benning, Ga.; Inspecting Sn. Engr., 

Surgeon-General's Office, Wa hington, D. C, 10 Oct. '19. 

HUNNEMAN, J. R. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., Aug.; 1st Lt., (T), Feb. '18. 
1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburgh, N. Y., 12 May '17; 30th Inf., 3d Div., Aug. A. E. F., Apr. '18— Jan. '19; 
C 0., Co. E, 30th Inf. Aisne Defensive, (Hill 204 [Vaux]), 2 June '18; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 
13-23 July; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Vesle River); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded 
by bullet in Argonne Forest, 11 Oct. '18. Cited for work at the Marne. (Page 175.) 

HYDE, J. F. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Engr. 0. R. C, 24 Jan. '17; Capt., Engrs., 15 Sept. '18. Active duty, 

7 May '17; 308th Engrs., 2 Sept.; Co. C, 113th Engrs., 30 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '18 — 19 June '19. 
Supply Officer, 113th Engrs., 1st Bn. Hq., 24 Sept. '18. 

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*INGRAHAM, F. T. (I) See Roll of Honor (page 1 17). 

JASIONOWSKI, V. A. (II) (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y, 23 Aug. '17; Leon Springs 

Texas, Nov.; F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Taylor, Ky., July; 39th F. A., Camp Lewis, Wash., Aug. '18— Jan. '19! 
JEWETT, T. C. (II) Student Officer, Heavy Arty., 1st Off. Tr. Camp., 12 May '17. Disch. for disability, Aug. 
JEWETT, T. G., JR. (VI) Pvt., 1 cl. Engrs. Entered Service, 10 Dec. '17; Wagon Co. No. 5, 23d Engrs Camp 

Meade, Md. A. E. F., 15 Mch. '18—30 Mch. '19; Service Co., 1st Engrs. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 

Argonne Offensive. Gassed and evacuated, 15 Oct. '18. 

JONES, L. H. (II) istLt., T. C. Driver, Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, 3 May '17; Pvt. Ry T C 10 Sept • 
2d Lt., Ry. T. C, 9 Mch. '18; 1st Lt., T. C, 1 Nov. '18. _ A. E. F., 21 Apr. '17—22 Feb. '19; three months at 
the Front; Draftsman, plans of docks, Ry. Transportation Dept., Paris; Car Record Office, Tours- Asst. to 
General Supt. of Ry. Transportation; Asst. to Deputy Director-General of Railways, S. 0. S. 

KAULA, E. L. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt. 1 cl., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., F. A., 20 Apr.; 2d Lt., 12 July. 3d Off. Tr. Camp 
Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Btry. E, 304th F. A., 23 Mch. A. E. F., 21 Apr.— 30 Dec. '18; Arty. Sch.i 
Saumur, 10 May; Heavy Arty. Sch., Angers, 1 Aug.; Arty. Sect., Anti-Aircraft Sch., Arnouville-les-Gonesse' 
6 Aug.; 8th Anti-Aircraft Btry., with 5th French Army, Manonville and Augerville (Lorraine); Btry. C, 3d' 
Anti-Aircraft Bn., Hq. and Supply Co., 6th Anti-Aircraft Bn.; 42d Anti-Aircraft Btry., 5th 'Sector; 16th 
Anti-Aircraft Btry., 12th Sector. 

KELLER, A. R. (I) Capt., Engrs. Commissioned, June '17; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., June '18; 
Camp Humphreys, Va., Aug.; Office of Chief Engr., Washington, D. C, Oct. '18 — Aug. '19. 

KENNEY, F. S. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 3 May '17; C. M. M., 26 Dec; Machinist, 
27 Mch. '19; Ensign, 14 June '19. Boston Section Patrol, 3 May '17; Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 9 Nov.; 
1st Naval Dist. Hq., 18 Feb. '18; Naval Air Station, Chatham, 1 Apr.; Naval Steam Engr. Sch., Wentworth 
Institute, Mass., 18 Sept.; Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., 27 Dec; U.S.S. Paysandu, 25 Apr. '19; Stevens 
Institute, 3-14 June '19. 

KERSTEIN, B. H. (I) Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt.,Ord. Corps, 1 Feb. '18; transferred to C. W. S., Apr. '18. Engr. Bu., 
Ord. Dept., I Feb. '18; Supervisor of Cons., Mustard Gas Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 1 Apr. — 17 Dec. '18^ 

KLEMIN, ALEXANDER (XIII) 2d Lt., A. S. Mr. Sig. Elec, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 27 Nov. '17; 2d Lt.^ 
A. S., 19 July '18. Engr. Div., A. S., in charge of Aeronautical Research Dept., McCook Field, 'Dayton' 
Ohio, 27 Nov. '17 — 3 Jan. '19. (Page 20.) 

KNIESZNER, W. T. (VI) Sgt. 1 cl., Sig. C. 317th Field Sig. Bn., 16 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 9 July '18—14 June 
'19; Co. C, 317th Field Sig. Bn., 2d Corps Sig. Sch., Chatillon-sur-Seine, 15 Aug.; Inst., Telephone and Tele- 
graph, and later Radio Depts., 15 Sept.; Observer of signalling with Corps Liaison Officer, 5th Army Corps 
1st Div., Oct. N. C. O. Instructing Staff, Sig. Sch., 10 Nov. '18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

KNOWLAND, R. G. (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 18 May '17; Capt., C. W. S., 28 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 
Sept. — Dec. '18; special duty for protection of troops against mustard gas. Citation from Chief of C W S ' 
A. E. F. See Civilian Record. (Page 184.) 

KNOWLTON, L. E. (I) Capt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; Capt., Inf., 20 Aug. '17. C. O., M G 
Co., 316th Inf., Camp Meade, Md., 29 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 8 July '18— 29 May '19; Regtl. Intelligence Officer; 
Personnel Adj., 316th Inf., 9 June '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Montfaucon, Grande Montaigne)' 
Wounded, 29 Oct. '18. 

LAKE, H. R. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Oct. '17; Ensign, Feb. '18. Naval Cadet 
Sch., Cambridge, Oct. '17; Junior Watch and Div. Officer, U.S.S. Kansas, Jan. '18; Listening Device Service 
New London, Conn., 16 May; Ex. Officer, U. S. Sub-Chaser No. 244, Adriatic Sub-Chaser Detachment' 
Corfu (Greece) Base, 25 June '18 — Jan. '19. 

LAPHAM, SAMUEL, JR. (IV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. 2d Officers Tr. C, 27 Aug. '17; Asst. Cons. Q. M., Ft. Moultrie 
S. C, Dec; 61st Arty. C. A. C, July '18. A. E. F., 17 July '18— 17 Feb. '19; Camouflage Sect., Engr. Sch.) 
Ft. St. Menge, Langres; Heavy Arty. Course, Organization and Training Center No. 1, Libourne, Oct. '18; 
Camouflage Officer, 1st Bn., 61st Arty, and Orientation Officer, Btry. A, Sept.; Recording and Plotting Officer) 
Btry. A, for proof-firing of Mobile Sea Coast rifles, St. Jean d'lllac, 13 Nov. '18. 

LARNER, HAROLD (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Ensign, C. C, U. S. N., 14 Apr. '17; Lt., 15 Apr. '18. Con- 
structor, in charge of repair and cons, of ships, Boston Navy Yard, Mass., 14 Apr. '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18 
— Feb. '19; Naval Constructor, U.S.S. Bridgeport, Brest, and other ports of France, in charge of repairing 
destroyers and submarines. Asst. Outside Supt., Boston Navy Yard, Mass., Feb. '19. 




Officer, Hq., 1st Army Arty. Inst., Anti-Aircraft Div., C. A., Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct. '18 — '19. Nancy, 
Oct. '17. 
LAWRASON, LEVERING (II) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., May '18; transferred to C. W. S., July; Corp., 
C. W. S., 1 Oct. '18. Hq. Co., 156th Inf., May '18; Draftsman, Hq. Dept., Development Div. c' W S ' 
Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. 

LEACH, W. B., JR. (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 25 July '17; Capt., C. W. S., 25 Oct. '18. Inst., 
Ord. Tr. Sch., San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, 25 July '17; Office of Chief of Ord., Small Arms Div., Washing- 
ton, D. C, 20 Nov.; Inspector of Ord., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., 18 Dec; Chlorine 
Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 11 June '18; Chief of Experimental Div., C. W. S., Edgewood Arsenal, Md. '19. 

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LEMMON, MARK (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 5 July '17; ist Lt., 10 Aug. '18. 33d Engrs., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 5 July '17; 303d Engrs., 77th Div., Camp Upton, 10 Dec. A. E. F., Apr. '18 — May '19. 
British Front in Flanders, 16 Apr. — 11 June '18; Baccarat Sector; Vesle Sector; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. Regiment received the Croix de Guerre. 

LEVINE, S. E. (I) Corp., Engrs. Co. B, ist Repl. Regt., Engrs., '17. A. E. F., '18— '19; Co. D, 74th Engrs. 

LIDDELL, W. A. (I) ist Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, May '18; 2d Lt., F. A., Aug.; ist Lt.. F. A. R. C, 

1 Apr. '19. F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky.,_May '18; Inst., 5th Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 

Camp Taylor, Ky., 15 Aug. — 7 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
LIEBER, A. C, JR. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 11 June '17; ist Lt., 22 Feb. '18; Capt., 5 Apr. '18. 

Co. B, 309th Engrs., Camp Leach, D. G, 11 June '17; Panama Canal Zone, 5 Jan. '19. 
LITTLE, T. W. (I) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. Corp?, 20 Aug. '17; Capt., 28 June '18. Experiments and 

designs for Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., at Springfield Armory, Mass., 20 Aug. '17; in charge of Administration, 

Machine Gun and Small Arms Sect., Engineering Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, I July '18 — I Feb. '19. 
LITTLEFIELD, W.B. (VI) ist Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; transferred to C. A. C, 

26 Dec; ist Lt., C. A. C, Aug. '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 23d Inf., 15 Aug.; Bn. Adj., 23d Inf. 

A. E. F., 7 Sept. '17 — 4 Aug. '18. Hq. Co., C .A. Tr. Center, Camp Eustis, Va., Aug. — 7 Dec. '18. Aisne 

Defensive (Chateau-Thierry), 31 May — 6 June '18. Wounded, 6 June '18. 

LOOMIS, C. W. (XI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 28 June '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 2 July; 2d Lt., Feb. '18; ist Lt., 30 Sept.; 
Capt., 8 Apr. '19. Co. B, 14th Engrs. (Ry.), 28 June '17. A. E._ F., 27 July '17—19 July '19; Chief Train 
Dispatcher on light railways operated by 1st Bn., 14th Engrs., British Front, Sept.; in charge garage, Paris, 
Dec; Light railways location surveys, Feb. '18; Asst. General Supt. of Transportation, Div. of Light Rail- 
ways, Aug.; Acting General Supt., 1 Oct.; Asst. Adj. and Personnel Officer, Service of Light Railways, 
Mch. '19. 

LOPER, C. S., reported Capt., Sn. C, at Sch. of Hygiene, Newport News, Va., in June '18. 

LORD, C. R. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs. Entered service, 1 Aug. '18. A. E. F., Aug. '18 — Mch, '19; in charge Branch 
Office, Gen Purchasing Agent, A. E. F. in Turin, Italy. 

LOW, R. P. (IX) ist Lt., A. S. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. E. R. C, 8 June '17; ist Lt., A. S., 2 Nov. '17. Rock- 
well Field, San Diego, Calif., 8 June '17; Ground Sch., Berkeley, 1 July; Cadet, North Island, 8 Sept.; Flying 
Inst., 10 Oct. A. E. F., 20 Dec. '17 — 9 Dec. '18; Engr. Officer, 3d Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun, 
21 Dec. '17; Technical Section, Tours, 5 July '18; Colombey-les-Belles, 6 Oct. '18. 

LUCAS, E. W. VanC, JR., (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 6 June '17; Pvt. 1 cl., 1 Aug.; Corp., 2 Nov.; 2d Lt., 
25 May '18; ist Lt., 10 Apr. '19. Co. D, 14th Engrs. (Ry.), 7 June '17. A. E. F., 27 July '17 — 19 June '19; 
operating light railways near Arras, Aug. '17: Army Engr. Sch., Langres, I Dec; Angers, 2 June; C. O., 
Detachment of men, Div. of Cons, and Forestry, Office of Chief Engr., Tours, 14 June '18. Luneville Sector, 
7—28 Apr. '18. 

LYMAN, R. S. (VII) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Sig. R. C, 7 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 5 June '18. Inst, in cross- 
country flying and navigation, 7 Nov. '17- — 3 Jan. '19. Member, Tech-Harvard Unit to Serbia under Dr. R. P. 
Strong, '15. 

MACK, L. G. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 6 July '17; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C; ist Lt., Engrs. 
14 Feb. '19. Engrs. Off. Tr. Camp, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 2 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 27 Jan. '18 — 19 Feb. 
'19; Depot Engr. Officer, Paris, 27 Jan. '18, trans-shipping supplies from Le Havre and Rouen to Engr. Units 
in France. 

McADAMS, W. H. (X) Capt., C. W. S. ist Lt., Chemical Service Sect. (N. A.), 26 Jan. '18; Capt., C. W. S., 
13 July '18. Chemical Service Sect. (N. A.), Washington, D. C, 4 Feb. '18; Asst. Chief, Development Div., 
C. W. S., Cleveland, Ohio, I July '18. (Pages 257 and 258.) 

MCCARTHY, C. J. (I) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U.S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A), 29 Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.), C. C, 
U. S. N. R. F., 11 Aug. '19. Engineering duties on design and cons, of NC flying boats, Washington, D. C, 
Buffalo and Garden City, N. Y., 29 Apr. '18; Aeronautical Draftsman, Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., 
Washington, D. C, '19. (Page 244.) 

McCLURE, J. N. W. (I) ist Lt., Cav. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 21 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 15 Aug.; 2d Lt., 
Cav., 26 Oct., '17; ist Lt. (Prov.), 25 Dec. '18; 1st Lt. (permanent), 25 Oct. '19. Ft. Harrison, Ind., 21 May 
'17; 14th F. A., Ft. Sill, Okla., Aug.; 8th Cav., Border Patrol, Big Bend Dist., 30 Dec; 17th Cav., Douglas, 
Ariz., 24 Mch. '19; Asst. to Post Supply Officer, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 5 Apr. '19. 

McDANIEL, I. B. (IV) Lt. C. C, U. S. N. Sea/U. S. N. R. F., 1 July '17; Lt. 0- g-), C. C, U. S. N., 11 Nov.; 
Lt., 1 July '18. Under instruction, Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., I July '17; Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
Md., Jan. '18; Asst. Outside Supt., Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., Feb.; in charge of all submarines, Mare 
Island, Oct. '19. (Page 249.) 

McDONALD, K. M. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 26 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. 23d Co., 156th Depot Brig., 26 Apr. 
'18; F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Jackson, S. C, 15 May; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 1 July; 
Radio Officer, Hq. Co., 13th Reg., F. A. Repl. Depot. 

McLAUGHLIN, T. S. (IV) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 20 Oct. '17; ist Lt., Engrs., 9 Oct. '18. 
67th. later 479th Aero Sq., 20 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 10 Jan. '18 — 30 Mch. '19; Resident 'Engr., Engrs. Base 
Section No. 3, Jan. '18; Dist. Engr. for Winchester, Southern England Area, 18 Apr., constructing hospitals, 
camps and canteens of brick and concrete. Recommended for Certificate of Merit. 

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McRAE, D. M. (Ill) Lt.-Col., Inf., attached General Staff. Pvt., Canadian Inf., Dec. '15; Maj., June '16; 
resigned in Canada and re-enlisted as a Pvt., Can. Inf., in England, June '16; again made Maj.; reduced at 
own request to Lt., in order to serve with troops in Belgium: resigned, Oct. '17; made Capt., Inf., U. S. A., 
Oct.; attached General Staff, May '18; Lt.-Col, Inf., Oct. '18. Toronto, Canada, Dec. '15. C. E. F., Oct. 
'16; 14th Bn., 1st Can. Div. Lectured in camps in U. S., Oct. '17. A. E. F., May '18 — 10 Jan. '19; G-2, 
78th Div.; General Staff College, Langres, May '18; attached to 79th Div., Montfaucon, Sept.; Asst. Chief 
of Staff, G-2, 78th Div. Attached to General Staff, Washington, D. C, Mch. '19. Battle of Somme; Battle 
of Arras; Vimy Ridge, '17. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded at Vimy Ridge, 
Apr. '17. Military Cross (British); two citations for Distinguished Service Medal. (Pages 146 and 167.) 
MacRAE, NELSON (II) Capt., A. S. A. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 28 June '17; transferred to A. S., Dec; Capt. 
A. S. A., Sept. '18. Springfield Armory, Mass., 28 June '17; Off. Ground Sch., Austin, Texas, Dec; Kelly 
Field, San Antonio, Texas, Apr. — 10 Dec. '18. 
MACY, E. W. (I) Capt., Inf. Philadelphia Military Tr. Corps, Apr.— June '17; Maj.-Commandant, The Hill 

Military Tr. Camp, Pottsdam, Pa., June — Sept. '17; Maj.-Commandant, The Hill School, Sept. '17 — Aug. '18; 

Bn.Comdr. and Senior Musketry Inst., Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. — Nov. '18. A. E. F., Apr. — Aug. '19; Amer. 

Red Cross Representative, 2d Div.; Representative, Central Records Office, A. E. F., June — Aug. '19. 

MAHLMAN, O. L. (XIV) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Sn. C, 23 Aug. '17; C. W. S., July '18. Gas Defense Div., 
Astoria Light, Heat and Power Co., Long Island, in charge of production of carbon, 5 Sept. '17; Technical 
Development Sect., 27 Jan. '18; Officer in Charge, Central Mill, Giant Portland Cement Co., Egypt, Pa., 

2 Sept. '18 — 20 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

MAIN, THEODORE (X) Sgt. 1 cl., Q. M. C. Entered Service, '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; Hqs., 26th Div., '18. 
Citation from General Edwards and Citation for Croix de Guerre. 

MAKEPEACE, C. S. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. B. M. 1 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 13 Apr. '17; Ensign, 18 Sept.; 
Lt. (j. g.), 20 Sept. '18. Cadet Sch., 1st Naval Dist.,M. I.T., 13 Apr. '17; Asst. Engr. and later Radio Officer, 
U.S.S. Florida, 8th Div., U. S. Atlantic Fleet, 15 Oct., and with 6th Battle Sq., British Grand Fleet, in several 
submarine attacks and present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet. 

MARTIN, ALEXANDER (VI) istLt., Sig. C. Pvt.,Sig.C, 17 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 16 Apr. '18; 1st Lt., 2 May '19. 
307th Field Sig. Bn., 17 Oct. '17; 3d Sig. C. Camp, Leon Springs, Texas, I Jan. '18. A. E. F., 15 July '18 — 

3 Aug. '19; Base Section No. 2, Hq. Bordeaux, 15 July '18; Sig. Officer, Camp St. Sulpice; Hq. Office, S. 0. S. 
MAVERICK, G. M. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 7 July '17. A. E. F., Nov. '17— Jan. '19; Office 

of Chief Ord. Officer, A. E. F., Feb. '18; wounded, July '18. 
♦MAYERS, H. P. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 94). 
MEIGS, J. V. (V) Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 28 Mch. '18; Lt., C. W. S., 29 Aug. '18. 151st Depot Brig., 28 Mch. 

'18; Officer in Charge of mfr. of sulphur chloride for mfr. of mustard gas, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Aug. '18 

— Jan. '19. 
MENDELSON, HERBERT (X) 1st Lt.,Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. R. C, 28 July '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Oct. 

'18. Inspector of Ord. Equipment, Providence, R. I., 28 July '17; Boston Asst. to New England Dist. Inspec- 
tor, Dec; Control Bu., Methods and Organization Sect., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 21 Jan. '18; Engr. 

Div., Trench Warfare Sect., June '18 — 3 Jan. '19. 
MILLER, R. A., JR. (X) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., '17; 1st Lt., '18. nth Inf., iS2d Depot Brig., Camp Upton, 

N. Y., '17. Disch., '19. 
MILLIS, RALPH (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 8 May '17; 1st Lt., 28 Mch. '18; Capt., 8 July '18. 306th 

Engrs., Columbia, S. C, 27 Aug. '17. A. E. F., July '18 — June '19; on Div. Staff. St. Die Sector; Vosges; 

Sommedieue Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Convoy Officer with Polish Troops through Germany to 

Warsaw, Poland. 
MITCHELL, H. H. (VII) istLt., M. C. Entered Service, '17. A. E. F., '18; CO., Sn. Sqd. No. 1, and Asst. 

Div. Sn. Inspector, 44th Div., St. Aignan, Mch. '18. 
MONROE, M. A. (XI) Pvt., Engrs. 1st Repl. Engrs., 29 Aug. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va. 

Sept. — Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
♦MORRISON, P. G. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 120). 
MORSE, H. G. (II) C. Q. M. (A), U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 1 July '18; Naval Aviation Ground School, 

M. I. T. See Civilian Record. 
MOXON, H. A. (X) Pvt., Balloon Div., A. S. (Flying Cadet), Balloon Sch., Ft. Omaha, 16 Nov. '17; Columb us, 

Ohio, Mch. '18; Ft. Omaha, June; Arcadia, Calif., July— Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
MUMFORD, N. V. S. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Frankford Arsenal, Pa., 2 July '17—4 Jan. '19. 
MURDOUGH, J. H. (I) Pvt. 1 cl., A. S. Enlisted, n Jan. '18; active service School of Military Aeronautics, 

M. I. T., 1 June '18; Aviation Concentration Camp, Camp Dick, Texas, 24 Aug.; training for Aerial Observer, 

Ft. Monroe, Va., 10 Oct. — 29 Nov. '18. 
MURPHY, J. J., JR. (Ill) Corp., Engrs. 101st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 14 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 26 Sept. 

'17 — 28 Mch. '19; 26th Div. Toul Sector (Apremont, Seicheprey); Aisne-Marne Offensive; Pas Fini Sector; 

St. Mihiel Offensjive; Troyon Sector; Marcheville Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). 
NAUMBURG, R. E. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Enlisted, A. S., Dec; 2d Lt., July '18. School for Machine Gun Instruc- 
tors, Springfield Armory, Mass., 31 May '17; Civilian M. G. Inst., Sch. of Arms, Ft. Sill, Okla., Aug.; Ground 

Officers Tr. Camp, Kelly Field, Texas; School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T; Asst. Engr. Officer, 1st 

Provisional Wing, Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N. Y., July ' 18— Jan. '19. 

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NEILSON, H. H. (VI) Capt., Cav. Pvt. i cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 14 June '17; 2d Lt., Cav., 9 Aug.; 1st Lt., 
Cav., 12 Aug.; returned to A. S., 14 May '18; Capt., A. S., 17 June; returned to Cav., Mch. '19. 5th Sq., 
Ground Sen., M. I. T., 14 June '17; Selfridge Field, Mich.; Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; Camp Forrest, Tenn.; 
nth Cav., Park Field, Tenn.; 8th Cav., Big Bend Dist. along Rio Grande, Texas. A. E. F., France and 
Germany, 19 July '19 — '20. 

NELSON, F. O. (Ill) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., 4 May '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 23 Aug. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Platts- 
burg, N. Y., 4 May '17; School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Texas, 8 Dec; Camp Dick, Texas, 5 Feb. '18; 
Kelly Field, Texas, 5 Mch.; Eberts Field, Apr.; Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, 25 Aug.; Payne Field, 30 Aug.; 
Hoboken, N. J., 1 Nov. — 11 Dec. '18. 

NEWCOMBE, G. M. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., Inf., 9 July '18; transferred to C. A. C, 9 Aug ; 2d Lt., 
C. A. R. C, 24 Dec. '18. 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 9 July '18; C. A. Off. Sch., Ft. Monroe, 
Va., 9 Aug. — 24 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

NEWTON, B. D. (VI) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Motor Sect., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 10 Nov. '17; Raritan 
Assembling Plant, N. J., '18 — Jan. '19. 

NORRIS, 0. C, Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Asst. to Dean, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., '18— '19. 

NORTH, DEXTER (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. '18— Feb. '19. 

OUTTERSON, C. R. (X) Corp., C. W. S. Entered Service, 1 July '18. Development Div., C. W. S., Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

OWEN, K. B. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 28 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. 
Naval Aviational Detachment, M. I. T., 15 Sept. '17; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., 15 Nov. A. E. F., 
15 Mch. — Dec. '18; U. S. Naval Air Station, Montchic-Lacanau, France, 15 Mch. '18; U. S. Naval Air Sta- 
tion, Killingholme, England, 1 May. Adrift in the North Sea 15-20 May '18. (Page 242.) 

PACE, E. M., JR. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, '08. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Apr. '17; Naval Station, Fla., May '18; Chief Engr. Officer, Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa., '19. 

PAGE, ARVIN (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 5 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., 3 Sept. '18. Inst., mechanical 
operation and maintenance of machine guns, 5 Dec. '17; preparation of fire control tables for small arms and 
machine guns, Blandford, Mass., and Miami, Fla., I July '18 — 3 July '19. See Civilian Record. 

PATCH, E. L. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Navy, '07; Ensign; Lt. (j. g.), '14; Lt., 1 July '17; 
Lt. Comdr., 1 July '18. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., inspection of merchant vessels and motor boats, 
First Naval District, and Member of Joint Vessel Board, 12 May '16; Aviation Sect., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, 
Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 29 Oct. '17; Asst. Outside Supt., Hull Div., Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., 
in charge of repair and alteration to vessels and drydocking, 15 Feb. '18. 

PATTEN, D. L. (I) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 16 Mch. '18. Asst. Personnel Officer, 
49th Arty., C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va., 23 July '17. A. E. F., 4 Oct. '18 — 12 June '19; Repl. Officer with noth 
Inf., 28th Div.; Sorbonne, Paris. 

PEARSON, E. F. (VI) Engr. 3 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (R.). Training, Newport, R. I., 11 May '18; U. S. Naval Radio 
School, Sept. '18 — 21 Feb. '19. 

PETERS, E. B. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), '18; Ensign, Naval Aviation 
Detachment, M. I. T., Apr. '18; Asst. Inspector, Naval Aircarft, Gallaudet Aircraft Corp., East Greenwich, 
Conn., '18— '19. 

PETIT, G. H. (IV) Lt., F. A. Sgt., F. A., '17; Lt. '18. Btry. E, 10th F. A., Douglas, Ariz., '17; 3d Btry., Off. 

Tr. Camp, Camp Stanley, Texas, '18. A. E. F., France, '18 — '19. 
PETTEE, A. D. (VI) Mr. Engr. (j. g.), Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 17 May '18; 1st Sgt., 18 June; Sgt. 1 cl., 5 Aug.; 

Mr. Engr. (j. g.), 31 Oct. '18. Co. D., 29th Engrs. (Flash and Sound Ranging), 17 May '18. A. E.F., 10 July 

'18 — 24 Feb. '19; rebuilding sound ranging apparatus, factory of Le Materiel Telephonique, Paris; Engr. 

Dept., American Peace Comm., Nov. '18. Citation from G. H. Q. (Pages 155 and 277.) 

PHILLIPS, J. M. (V) Pvt. (Musician), F. A. Btry. B, later Hq. Co., 128th F. A., Fort Sill, Okla., '17. A. E. F., 
'18. 

PINKHAM, H. P. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 
'18; Chanute Field, July '18; Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, 29 July; Instructors Sch., Brooks Field. ^^^ 

POLLEY, E. E. (VI) istLt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 14 May '17; istLt., 16 Aug. '18. 115th Engrs., 14 May '17. 
A. E. F., Sept. '18— June '19; Co. A, 311th Engrs., 86th Div.; served on Peace Comm. War Damages Bd., 
Paris, Dec. '18 — Mch. '19. Member of Serbian Mission. 

PORTER, H. H. (XIV) 1st Lt. Q. M. C. 2d Lt., Inf., 0. R. C, 28 Apr. '17; transferred to Q. M. C, 15 Aug.; 
1st Lt., Q. M. C, 31 July '18. Tr. Sch., Camp Lee, Va., Apr. '17. A. E. F., 26 July '18—7 Sept. '19; Fire 
Truck and Hose Co. 344. 

PRATT, A. P. (VII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Sch. of Sn. Engr., Camp Greenleaf, Ga., C. 0., Sn. Sqd. No. 83, 8th Div.; 
3 Oct. '18; Camps Fremont, Calif., Mills, N. Y., Lee, Va. Inst, and Asst., Secretary, Harvard, M. I. T., Sch. 
of Public Health. 

PRATT, M. E. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 25 June '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. C. A. Sch., 25 June '18; 
Inst., C. A. Sch., 25 Sept.— 3 Dec. '18. 

PYLE, O. B., JR. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 25 Sept. '17; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.); 2d Lt. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Belvoir, Va., 25 Sept. '17; Co. D, 33d Engrs., '18. A. E. F., June '18— June '19; Hq., 33d Engrs. 

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RALSTON, J. M. (II) ist Lt., C. A. C. 2d Tr. Co., 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 

Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. 
RAYMOND, T. E. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. 0. R. C, 24 Oct. '17; Capt., Ord. Corps, N. A., 28 June 

'18. Ord. Sch. of Engr., Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J., Oct. '17; Mobile Gun Carriage Sect., Arty. 

Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 1 Dec; testing 75 mm. and 155 mm. caisson axles at Ford Motor Co. 

and Rock Island Arsenal, Jan. '18; Statistical Officer, Mobile Gun Carriage Sect., Feb.; subordinate officer 

in charge of development of 3.3" Gun Carriage, Model 1919, July '18 — 15 Mch. '19. 
REED, C. S. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 2 Jan. '18; Capt., 12 Aug. '19. In charge ballistic 

acceptance tests of smokeless powder, Jan. '18; Panama Canal Zone, testing powder for 14" and 16" guns, 

June; Washington, D. C, Sept.; inspection, engr. designs and production of artillery ammunition, Ord. 

Dept., Washington, D. C, Nov. '18 — '19. (Page 264.) 
REED, W. V. (XI) ist Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 12 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug.; ist Lt., 5 Apr. '18. ist Off. 

Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; Ft. Standish, Mass., 29 Aug.; Hq., New England Dept., 1 Feb. '18; Asst. Adj., North 

Atlantic C. A. Dist., 4 Aug.; C. 0., Nov.; Automatic Repl. Draft, Ft. Rodman, Mass., 9 Nov. '18 — 3 1 Jan. '19. 
REEVE, A. B. (II) ist Lt., Engrs. Co/A, 311th Engrs. (Sappers), Dec. '17. A. E. F., '18— '19; C. 0., Hq. 

Detachment, 311th Engrs., 86th Div., St. Andre de Cubsac, France. 
RENNIE, R. M. (II) Lt. (j. g.),U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 4 Dec. '17; Ensign, 8 Mch. '18; 

Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct.' 18. Naval Aircraft and Production Expert, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 

Feb. '18; Member, Technical Bd. for publications for use of U. S. N. R. F. (A.), and mechanics of Sub-Chaser 

Div., New York, 22 Nov. '18 — Sept. '19. 

RICHARDSON, C. N. (XIV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 7 Sept. '17; transferred to C. W. S., 25 Oct.; Sgt., 
C. W. S., 1 May '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 1 July; 2d Lt., 7 Oct. '18. Co. K, 309th Inf., American University Experi- 
ment Station, Washington, D. C, work on gas mask eye-pieces and gas mask design; field experiments with 
war gases. 

RICHMOND, ISIDOR (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Yeoman 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., July '17; C. Q. M., 
Feb. '18; Ensign, 6 Aug. '18. Naval Draftsman, Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., July '17; Naval Aviation 
Detachment, M. I. T., Feb. '18; Flying Training, Pensacola, Fla., I May; Machine Gun Inst., Aug.; Patrol 
and Convoy Duty, Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass., 20 Aug. '18 — 18 Apr. '19. 

ROBERTSON, J. D. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. R. C, 1 June '17; Capt., 27 Feb. '18. Reloading Div., 
American Ord. Base Depot in France, Washington, D. C, 27 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 12 Mch. '18 — 17 July '19; 
1st Army Ammunition and Arty. Park, Domgermain, 13 June; C. 0., 8 Aug.; C. 0. Trondes Ammunition 
Dump, ist Army, 12 Sept.; Corps Munitions Officer, 6th Corps, Saizerais, 22 Sept.; Villerupt, Nov. '18 — 
July '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Toul Sector. 

ROBINSON, CLARK (IV) Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, '17; Lt. Aviation Sect., Sig. C; A. S. A., '18. ist 
Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17. A. E. F., '18— '19; 8th Aero Sq., Aug. '18; captured while flying, 
8 Nov., afterwards escaped with French soldiers. 

ROBINSON, E. S. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 17 May '17; Lt. (j. g.), 24 Nov. '18; 
Naval Constructor, Great Lakes Training Station, May '17; Inspector for Bu. Yards and Docks, Naval Tor- 
pedo Station, Newport, R. I., Nov. '17 — June '19. 

ROOD, M. H. (X) ist Lt. (T), F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., 0. R. C, 15 Aug.; 2d Lt., F. A., 
26 Oct.; ist Lt. (T), Oct. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Harrison, Ind., 13 May '17; Btry. C, 14th F. A., Ft. Sill., 
Okla., 15 Aug.; Btry. A, Sch. of Fire for F. A., 7 Apr. '18; Btry. E, Ft. Sill, 23 June; Gas Sch., Camp Ken- 
drick, 23 Oct.; Asst. to Camp Gas Officer, F. A. Brig. Firing Center, Ft. Sill, 16 Nov.; Btry. C, 14th F. A., 
12 Dec. '18 — 17 Mch. '19. 

ROSENBERG, B. R. (I) Storekeeper 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 4 May— Dec. '18. 

ROSS,F. D. (IV) Ensign, U.S.N. R.F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U.S.N. R. F., 14 Dec.' 17; Ensign (A.), Oct. '18. Naval 
Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., June '18. See Civilian Record. 

ROWLETT, R. S. (II) ist Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 11 Jan. '18; ist Lt., 12 Sept. '18. Machine Gun 
Sect., Ord. Dept., 11 Jan. '18; Browning M. G. demonstration trips to Camps Cody, N. M., Travis, Texas, 
and Meade, Md., I May; supervising mfr. of 37 mm. automatic airplane cannon, United Shoe Machine Co., 
Lynn, Mass., 20 July. A. E. F., 19 Oct. '18 — 15 Sept. '19; Ord. Dept., Tours, 8 Nov. '18; equipping 6th, 
36th, 78th and 82d Divs. with Browning M. G. materiel, 15 Dec; organizing M. G. Sch. for Belgian Arty., 
Antwerp, 12 Apr. '19; Ord. Repair Shops, Mehun-sur-Yevre, 25 May '19. See Civilian Record. 

RYAN, D. F. (VII) 2d Lt., F. A. F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 7 Dec. '17; Ft. Warren, Mass., Feb. '18; 8th Btrv., F. A. 
Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Mch. '19. 

SADLER, W. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. Co. F, 18th Engrs. (Ry.), 5 June '17. A. E. F., 1 Aug. '17— Apr. '19. 

SAKELL, CHRISTY, Capt., reported in Greek Army, fighting in Macedonia for two years ('18). 

SANFORD, J. D. (I) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. Driver, Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, 16 Apr. '17; Sous-Lt., 
French Army; Capt., Amer. Red Cross, Sept. '18. Second in command, Base Ambulance Camp, Sandricourt; 
Asst. Director, Motor Transport Dept., Y. M. C. A., Sept. '17; with French and Americans in several engage- 
ments; Gassed. Supervisor of Cons., Bu. of Cons., A. R. C, Brest, Pontanazen and Kerhuan Camps, 17 Nov. 
'18—5 May '19. 

SAUNDERS, H. E. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. (Page 249.) 

SCHABACKER, H. E. (XIV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 17 Sept.— 28 Dec. 'iS. 

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SHAKESPEARE, W. M. (XI) Maj., Ord. Corps. Capt., Ord. Corps, 5 Jan. '18; Maj., 1 Oct. '18. Ex. Officer. 

Trench Warfare Sect., Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 5 Jan. '18; in charge of Branch of Trench 
Warfare Sect., Sept. '18 — I Feb. '19. 
SHEDD, C. E. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 3 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 4 Sept. '18. Supply Div., Ord. 

Dept., Washington, D. C, 3 Dec. '17; Ord. Engr. Sch., Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 9 June '18 — Apr. '19. 
SHEPARD, H. B. (II) Lt., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 24 Oct. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 22 Mch. '18; 

Lt., 1 Jan. '19. In charge of Aircraft Machine Guns and Airplane Cannon, Bu. of Ord., Washington, D. C. 
SIMPSON, S. G. (V) Pvt., Inf. I52d Depot Brig., Camp Upton, N. Y., 4 Sept. '18; Inst, in Chemistry, S. A. 

T. C, M. I. T., 12 Oct. '18. 
SMART, G. H. (I) Corp., Inf. Co. G, 332d Inf., Camp Sherman, Ohio, '17; Disch. early in '18. 
SMELTZER, L. P. (VI) Pvt., A. S. Entered Service, 13 Aug. '18; Sch. of Aerial Photography, Kodak Park, 

Rochester, N. Y.; Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
*SOMMER, H. 0. (VI). See Roll of Honor (pages 97 and 194). 
SPAULDING, S. M. (IV) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. Pvt., 0. T. C, May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, Aug.; 1st Lt., '18. 1st 

R. 0. T. C, Ft. Sheridan, Ind., May '17; Camp Custer, Mich., Aug.; Camp Johnston, Fla., Nov.; Co. 417, 

Motor Supply Train, 411, Dec. A. E. F., July '18 — July '19. 
SPENGLER, R. A. (VI) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 19 July '17; Capt., 22 Jan. '18. Mech. Engr., 

Watertown Arsenal, Mass., July '17 — '19. 
SPOONER, G. A. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. 1st Balloon School, Ft. Omaha, Neb., '17. A. E. F., '18— '19; Observer, 

9th Balloon Co., Balloon Div., A. S., '18. 
*SPRAGUE, W. G. (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 103 and 150). 
STAFFORD, J. W. (II) Capt., F. A. 2d Lt., F. A., 14 May '17; 1st Lt., 31 Dec; Capt., 24 Feb. '19. 3iSth 

F. A., Petersburg, Va., May '17; Btry. E, Jan. '18. A. E. F., 26 May '18 — 1 June '19; Reconnaissance Officer, 

later Btry. Comdr. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
STASON, E. B. (VI) Pvt., Engrs. Co. F, 304th Engrs. Dec. '17. 
STEESE, G. M. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Inf., 5 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., Sig. C; 1st Lt.; Capt., Engrs. Camp Lewis, 

Wash., 5 Sept. '17; Co. L, 362d Inf., 91st Div.; 405th Tel. Bn., Camp Lee, Va., 6 Jan. '18; Co. C, 316th Engrs., 

91st Div., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 2 May; Camp Leach, D. C, 3 July; Camp Glenburnie, Md., Aug. 

A. E. F., 31 Aug. '18 — 27 Feb. '19; Co. C, 604th Engrs., 5th Corps, 1st Army. Camp Humphreys, Va., 

4 Mch. — 15 Oct. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

STEVENS, L. W. (VI) Capt., A. S. A. Entered Service, '17. A. E. F., '18— '19; Zoneof Advance, Aug. '18. 
STEWART, A. K. (II) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 24 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 12 Nov.; 1st Lt., 
18 May '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. '17; Ft. Monroe, Va., 22 Sept.; Ft. Greble, Coast 

Defense of Narragansett Bay, R. I., 15 Dec. '17 — 8 Mch. '19. 
STEWART, W. S. (II) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 23 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., 17 Oct.; 1st Lt., 17 May '18. 2d 

Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 23 Aug. '17; 30th Co., Ft. Greble, R. I., 1 Dec; Btry. F, 73d Arty., C. A. C, 

Sept. A. E. F., 13 Sept. '18 — 23 May '19; served with Ry. Arty., Ry. Base, Haussimont; Casual, S. 0. S., '19- 

Army of Occupation. 
STONE, LEONARD (II) Capt., Marine C. 2d Lt., Marine C, 22 May '17; 1st Lt., 16 Aug.; Capt., 1 July '18. 

Paris Island, S. C, 16 June '17; Off. Tr. Sch., 16 July; 85th Co., 10th Regt. Mobile Arty. Force, Marine C, 

Oct.; 130th Co., nth Regt. Arty., Jan. '18; C. O., 131st Co., Feb.; converted to Inf., Sept. A. E. F., Oct.'i8 

— 6 Aug. '19; General Intermediate Supply Depot, Gievres, I Nov. '18. Naval Operating Base, Hampton 

Roads, Va., Aug. '19; Quantico, n Aug. '19. 
STORM, A. E. (V) Sgt., M. C. Med. Det. 409, Telegraph Bn., Sig. C, 8 June '17. A. E. F., 12 Oct. '17—14 July 

'19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
STRANGMAN, W. A. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 20 Apr. '18; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 

16 Nov. '18. 32d and 3d Service Co., Meteorological Sect., Texas; Test Dept., Research Sect., Naval 

Experimental Station, New London, Conn., Nov. '18 — 19 Mch. '19. 

STRIEBY, M. E. (VI) Capt., Sig. C. Co. C, 303d Field Bn., Camp Dix, N. J., '17. 

SULLY, K. M. (Ill) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 14 Dec. '17; Corp., 17 Apr. '18; 1st Sgt., 30 Apr.; Sgt. 1 cl, 

5 June; 2d Lt., 28 June '18. C, D and E Cos., 29th Engrs. (Flash and Sound Ranging). A. E. F., 25 Aug. 
'18 — 25 Feb. '19; 74th Engrs., 7 Dec. Pont-a-Mousson, Toul Front, 20 Oct. '18; Lorraine Front opposite 
Metz. 

SUTHERLAND, GEORGE (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 9 July '17; 1st Lt., A. S, A., 
13 May '18. Ohio State University Aviation Ground Sch., July '17. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '17 — 12 Aug. '19; 
Flying Training, Tours, Nov. '17; Inst, in flying; observation flying on the range, Arty. Sch., Saumur, July '18; 
Advanced Training, Issoudun, Oct.; Aerial Gunnery Sch., St. Jean de Mont, Dec; six weeks in hospital after 
a landing accident; University of Paris. (Page 156.) 

SWAIN, W. C. (I) Maj., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug.; Capt., 22 Jan. '18; Maj., 28 Sept. 2d 
Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 10 Nov. '17 — 8 June '18; Hv. Arty. Sch., Nov. '17; Btry. C, 
51st Arty., Mch. '18. U. S. A., 8 June— 6 Oct. '18; Inst. Btry. E, 50th Regt., Camp Eustis, Va., June. A. E. F., 

6 Oct. '18 — 16 Aug. '19; with Engrs., Kerhoun Hospital Center; in charge Repl. Camp, St. Aignan; Le 
Mans, Feb. '19. Toul Sector, 1 Apr. — 25 May '18. 

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THOMAS, H. von P. (X) Corp., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 15 Dec. '17; Corp., 18 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 12 June 
'18 — 28 July '19. London Sch. of Economics, England, 1 Mch. '19; France, 7 July. Toul Sector; St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

TOWNSHEND, BAILEY (VIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C. Q. M. (A.), 4 Oct. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F- 
(A.), 17 June '18. Inst, in Meteorology, Ground School, M. I. T., 4 Feb. '18; Aerographer, U. S.N. Air Station. 
Bay Shore, L. I., 27 Sept. '18; Air Station, Brunswick, Ga., 9 Dec. '18; Pensacola, Fla., 12 Mch. — 27 June '19- 

TUTTLE, G. W. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. E. R. C, 14 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A S. A., 18 July 
'18. School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 14 Dec. '17; Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, 
N. Y.; Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, 8 Aug. '18; Payne Field, Miss., 10 Sept.; Hoboken, N. J., 30 Oct.; 
48th Aero Sq., 1st Prov. Wing, Mch. '19. 

*UHLINGER, J. P. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 122). 

ULLIAN, H. B. (I) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 7 Dec. '17; in charge of engr. work on cons, of Har- 
vard Radio School, Cambridge, and Naval Fuel Depot, Boston. Disch., 7 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

UPTON, F. P. (VIII) Q. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, 12 Apr. '17; Naval Air Station, Squan- 

tum, Mass., 9 July — 12 Oct. '17. See Civilian Record. 
VILE, N. J. (II) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Sn. C, 1 Mch. '18; transferred to C. W. S., Aug. '18. Gas Defense 

Service, Long Island Laboratory, N. Y., I Mch. '18 — I Mch. '19. (Page 257.) 
WALKER, K. A. (II) Sgt., M. C. Pvt. 1 cl., M. C, 31 Jan. '16; Sgt., 27 July '17. Med. Det., 104th Inf., 18 June 

'16. A. E. F., 2 Oct. '17 — 4 Apr. '19. Chemin des Dames; Toul Sector; Pas Fini Sector; Aisne-Marne Offen- 
sive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
WALTER, R. B. (I) 1st Lt., F. A. 67th F. A. Brig., 42d Div., 13 May '17. A. E. F., 23 Sept. '17—29 July '19; 

attached as Aerial Observer to Escadrille, Spad 54, French Army, 26 Mch. '18; 12th Aero Sq., 16 May; 50th 

Aero Sq., 11 Sept.; Hq., 1st Army Corps, 28 Oct.; Hq., 8th Army Corps, 4 Dec. Aerial Observer and A. S. 

Liaison Officer in major operations with 4th, 42d, 77th, 78th, 82d and 90th Div. Champagne-Marne Defensive; 

Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
WANAMAKER, E. M. (Ill) Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 10 Oct. '17; Corp.; Sgt.; Sgt. 1 cl., Mr. 

Engr. (sr. gr.). Co. A, 25th Engrs., 10 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 31 Oct. '17 — 6 Sept. '19; Sorbonne Detachment, 

University of Paris. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
WARD, E. V. (IV) Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp. Plattsburg, N. Y., '16; qualified 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Central Dept., '17, 

but was not called. 
WARSHAW, NATHANIEL (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug. '17. 

1st Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 12 May '17; 55th Arty., C. A. C, Ft. Banks, Mass., 29 Aug. A. E. F., 

25 Mch. '18 — 23 Jan. '19; Heavy Arty. Sch., Angers; Antennae Officers Sch., Clermont-Ferrand; C. 0., 

Btry. B, 55th C. A., Beaufort. Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; Oise-Aisne Offensive; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
WASHBURN, G. H. T. (IV) C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F. Specification Dept., Public Works, Great Lakes Tr. Sta., 

111., 22 July '18 — 22 Jan. '19. 
WEBSTER, D. B. (X) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C; 1st Lt., 21 Jan. '18. 3d C. A. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, 

Va., Dec. '17; Ft. Stevens, Oregon, Apr. '18; 69th Arty., C. A. C, July. A. E. F., Aug. '18 — July '19; 1st 

Prov. Development Bn., Repl. Depot, Jan. '19; Detachment U. S. Army Students, Trinity College, Dublin, 

Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 
WELLINGTON, M. S., XI, Pvt., F. A. 301 F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 20 Sept. '17. Disch. for physical 

disability, 4 Oct. '17. See Civilian Record. 

WELLMAN, H. E. (V) Ph. M. 3 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Hosp. Appr., U. S. N. R. F., 22 July '17; Ph. M. 3 cl., 
Nov. '18. Newport, R. I., May '18. A. E. F., Queenstown, Ireland, Aug. — Dec. '18. 

WELLS, J. B. (I) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 12 Aug. '18. Ord. Inspector, Bausch & Lomb Optical 
Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

WENTWORTH, W. E. (XIV) Pvt., A. S. A. Enlisted 21 Jan. '18; Ground Sch., Princeton University, Princeton, 
N. J., July — Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WESSON, H. B. (II) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). 

WHITAKER, C. G. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 20 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. 4th Co., Off. Tr. Camp, Camp 

Devens, Mass., 20 Aug. '17; nth Co., 1st Regt., 164th Depot Brig., Camp Funston, Kan., June '18; 20th Inf. 

1 Nov. '18 — 25 Mch., '19. (Page 4.) 
WHITE, H. E. (II) Sgt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 13 Dec. '17; Sgt., 14 Dec. '17. In charge of ballistic 

computation and research on small arms ammunition, Springfield Armory, Mass., 13 Dec. '17 — 17 Apr. '19. 

See Civilian Record. 
WHITE, R. H. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. U. S. N. R. F., 7 Nov. '17; Ensign, 15 May '18. Inst., Navigation, 

Ground Sch., M. I. T., 7 Nov. '17; helped found Ground Sch., University of Washington, 31 May 'iS; given 

higher training in Aerial Navigation by British Officers, Pensacola, Fla., 20 Sept.; returned to University of 

Washington, 26 Nov. '18 — 24 Jan. '19. 

WHITING, E. A. (II) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U S. N. R. F. (A.), 14 Dec. '17; Ensign, 14 June 
'18; transferred to C. C, U. S. N. R. F., 2 July '19. Inspection and testing of airplanes, supervised first sand 
load test of a flying boat; Office of Inspector of Naval Aircraft, Keyport, N. J., 1 July '19. See Civilian 
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WHITNEY, H. O. (Sp.) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. Enrolled, U. S. N. R. F., 15 May '17; active service, Aug.; 
Newport Barracks, R. I.; patrol duty off Newport, Submarine Patrol 614 (his own yacht, given to Govt.), 
Aug.; Nantucket, Mass., Sept.; Ex. Officer, Hq., Nantucket, Oct.; Newport, R. I., 23 May '18; in charge, 
Recruiting Office, Westerly, R. I., June; Newport, R. I., 28 July — 3 Dec. '18. 

WHITTEMORE, H. E. (VI) Pvt., Marine C. Co. D, 22 Oct. '18—25 Jan. '19. Refused for commission in 
Naval Aviation as he was underweight. 

WHITTIER, ROSS (XV), Capt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., Apr. '17; Capt., Sept. '18. 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, 
Mass., Apr. '17: Judge Advocate, General Court Martial; Inst., R. 0. T. C, Harvard University, '18. 

WILLIAMS, E. H. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. R. C. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 11 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. R. C, 16 Dec. 
'18. Sq. 8, Camp Dick, Texas, 11 Sept. '18; Sch. for Arty. Observers, Sch. of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., 2 Oct.; 
Observers Sch., Post Field, Ft. Sill, 7 Nov.— 16 Dec. '18. 

WILSON, LeR. W. (IV) 2d Lt., Tank C. Pvt., Ga. Inf., June '16; 2d Lt., Ga. National Guard, 24 June '16; 
2d Lt., Inf., 24 Oct. '17; transferred to Engrs., later to Tank C. 17th Inf., Chattanooga, Tenn., '17; 65th 
Engrs., Jan. '18, later became Tank C; C. 0. 303d Bn., Tank C, 13 May '18. A. E. F., 14 Aug. '18— 
q Aug. '19; attached to B. E. F., with 10th Bn., British Tank Corps, acting with 25 th British Div., around 
Le Caieau; 4th Brig. Tank C, Langres, Feb. '19; Bonty Sch., Clignancourt Barracks, Paris, Mch. '19. 

WILSON, R. E. (X) Maj., C. W. S. Capt., 13 Apr. '18; Maj., 13 July '18. Unit Chief, Defense, Chem. Research 

Sect. See Civilian Record. 
WITHERSPOON, A C. (I) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 24 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 5 June '18. C. A. Tr. Sch., 

Ft. Monroe, Va., 24 Sept. '17; Ft. Howard, Md., 15 Dec. A. E. F., 23 Sept.— 23 Dec. '18; 74th C. A. C, 

Mailly-sur-Marne 
WOLFE, W. ]. (XIV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.: transferred to C. A. C, 1 Dec; 

1st Lt., C. A. C, 16 May '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; 39th Inf., Syracuse, N. Y. 

and Camp Greene, S. C, 29 Aug.; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., I Dec; Inst., Gunnery and Telephony, 

C. A. Sch., 5 Apr. '18; Camp Eustis, Va., 20 Sept.; 57th Ammunition Tn., C A. C, Camp Eustis, 1 Nov. '18. 
WOOD, E. C. (II) Sgt., American Ambulance Service. France, Oct, '16 — May '17. Wounded. See Civilian 

Record. 
WOODBRIDGE, D. E, (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, 1 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 21 June '18. Ground Sch., 

M. I.T., 1 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 27 Oct. '17— 1 Jan. '19; Flying Sch., Italy, Nov. '17; Radio Sect., A. S., Paris, 

June '18; Inspector and Purchasing Agent, later Supply Officer, Electrical Sub-Div., Radio Sect., A. S. 
WOODRUFF, B. H., JR., (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Entered Service, '17; Co. E, 106th Engrs., ("Dixie Division"), 

Camp Wheeler, Ga., Apr. '18. 
WOODS, J. E. (XIV Capt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 10 May '17; 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Aug.; 1st 

Lt., 18; Sept. '18; Capt., 27 Aug. '19. istOff. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 10 May '17. Supervisor in charge 

of ballistic testing of smokeless powder all over the United States, 15 Aug. '17 — '19; Asst. Chief of Explosives 

Sect., Ammuniion Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Oct. '19. 
WOOLLEY, C. H. (XI) 1st Lt,, A. S. A. Driver, American Field Service, 14 Apr. — 14 Aug. '17. Enlisted in 

U. S. Army, Paris*, France, 17 Aug. '17; Pilot, 95th Aero Sq., Aug. '17; Flight Comdr., 49th Aero Sq., 20 Aug. 

'18; C. O., 49th Sq., 1 Jan. '19. Toul Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Army Citation. (Page 155.) 

WRIGHT, L. S. (XV) Pvt., C. A. C. Ft. Harrison, Ind., May '17; C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, May. Disch. 
on account of sickness, Aug. '17. See Civilian Record. 

WYLDE, W. A. (X) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Sn. C, N. A., 21 Sept. '17; became C. W. S., 12 Sept. '18; Capt., 
C. W. S., 9 Nov. '18. Tr. Sect., American University, Washington, D. C, 21 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 12 Nov. 
'17 — 14 Nov. '18; Gas Sch., 1st Corps Sch., Gondrecourt, Nov. '17; Gas Instruction with British, near Ypres, 
Jan. '18; with 26th Div., Feb.; Div. Gas Officer, 32d Div., Mch.; Alsace, May; Gas Officer, 91st Div., Aug. 
Chemin des Dames Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Ypres-Lys Offensive (Escault River). Wounded 
by shell fire, 2 Oct. '18. 

*WYMAN, A. T. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 101). 

WYMAN, G. W. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 7 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 1 June '18. 
School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 2 Mch. '18; in charge Gunnery Dept., School of Military Aero- 
nautics, M. I. T., 25 May; Co. Officer, Asst. Sig., Supply, Ord., Cons., Maintenance, and Disbursing Officer, 
Camp Dick, Texas, 16 Sept.; Co. Officer, Kelly Field, Texas, 13 Nov. — 26 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

YOUNG, VERTREES, (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Supply Depot, Yaphank, L. I., Oct. '17. A. E. F., '17— '19; 
302d Mobile Ord. Repair Shop, 77th Div., Apr. '18; G-i, 77th Div., Feb. '19. 

YUEN, TEIN, reported Ensign, Chinese Navy. 

ZAMORE, B. V. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 19 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., Aug.; 1st Lt., 1 Sept. '18. 
1st Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 19 May '17; 308th Engrs., 15 Aug.; 1st Engrs., 6 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 
Jan. '18 — '19; 1st Div. Montdidier-Noyon Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons); St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Sedan); Army of Occupation. 

ZANETT1, SILVIO (IV) Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., A. S. '17; Lt., A. S. A., '18. School of Military Aeronautics, Prince- 
ton, N. J-, '17; Co. B, Detachment Flying Cadets, Kelly Field No. 2, Texas, Dec. '17; Love Field, Dallas, 
Texas, Aag. '18. 

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ZEIGLER, S. J., JR. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Navy, '08; ship repairs and maintenance, 
Charlestown and New York Navy Yards, and Navy Dept., Washington, D. G, Apr. '17. A. E. F., Nov. 
'18— Feb. '19; Brest. 

1917 

ABELS, C. A. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A., Balloon Div. Flying Cadet, Collegiate Balloon School, Macon, Ga., 8 Dec. 
'17 — 17 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 26 Aug. '18. Asst. Post Sig. Officer, Ft. Omaha, Neb., 26 Aug.; Post Sig. Officer, 
Ft. Crook, 12 Sept.; Telephone Inst., Camp Wise, Texas, 24 Sept. '18 — 30 Jan. '19. 

ADAMS, C. C. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Development Div., Cleveland, Ohio, 1 Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

ADAMS, W. E. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 

AHEARN, W. J. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). M. M. 2 cl.,U. S; N. R. F., 6 Sept. '17; C. Q. M. (A.), 1 Jan. 
'18; Ensign, Engr. Officer, 5 Apr. '18. Pensacola, Fla., Sept. — Nov. '17; Naval Aviation School, M. I. T, 
Dec. '17 — Jan. '18; Akron, Ohio, Jan. — Apr. '18; Rockaway Beach, L. I., N. Y., Apr. '18 — Apr. '19. 

ALDRIN, E. E. (II, XIII) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, Oct. '17; 1st Lt., Jan. '18. Trained Btry. E, 72d 
Regt., C. A. C, Ft. Preble, Me.; detailed Aviation Sect., Sig. C, assigned School of Aeronautical Engineering, 
M. I. T., 20 June '18; Chief of School Sect., and Asst. Chief, Airplane Sect., Engr. Div., A. S.; transferred 
Dayton, Ohio, Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

ALLAN, HAMISH (X) Pvt., 1st British Ambulance Unit for Italy, 1 Oct. '15. H. E. shell wound, Dec. '16. 

ALLEN, C. K. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 31 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 15 Oct.; Capt., 20 May '18. Com- 
manded Garrison Companies while stationed in Coast Defense of Boston, Dec. '17 — Oct. '18; assigned 33d 
Artillery, C. A. G, Camp Eustis, Va., Oct.; SupplyOfficer of Regt. until demobilization, Jan. '19; commanded 
Garrison Co., Ft. Adams, R. I., Jan. — June '19. 

ALTHOUSE, A. K. (XV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Co. F, 1st Repl. Regt. of Engrs., 1 Aug. '18; Co, 2, Engr. Off. 
Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va. Disch., 18 Dec. '19. See Civilian Record. 

AMES, C. E. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt,, M. C, 4 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct.; 1st Lt., 5 Mch. '18. 3d 
Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va.; Coast Defense of Boston; 71st Arty., May '18. A. E. F., July '18 — 10 June 
'19; regt. trained near Angers until the armistice; Town Major in a Leave Area in the Alps, after armistice. 
Stationed at Ft. Strong, Boston, (Oct. '19). 

AMES, N. B. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Candidate, Army Service Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 26 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 
Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 13 Feb. '18; transferred to A. S., June '18. A. E. F., 30 Apr. '18 — 1 Aug. '19; 
Sq. Radio Officer. See Civilian Record. 

ANDERSON, J. W. (XI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 10 Aug.; Capt., 23 Feb. '18. 
Stationed at Ft. Monroe, 9 Aug. — 30 Nov. '17; Materiel Officer, later in mine-laying company, Ft. Greble, 
R. L, 15 Dec. '17 — 20 Feb. '19; assigned to a motor battery, Ft. Sherman, Canal Zone, 6 Mch. '19. 

ANDREWS, G. A. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Midshipman, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 18 
June '09; Ensign, 7 June '13; Lt. Q.g.), 7 June '16; Lt., 20 Aug. '17; Lt., Comdr. C. C.,U. S. N., 21 Sept. '18. 
Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 9 Apr. '17; conversion, repairs, and docking of ex-German vessels Kronprinzessen 
Cecilie, Amerika, Cincinnati; outfitting U. S. mine planters, Shawmut and Aroostook, repair ship Bridge- 
port, submarine tender Savannah; repairs to torpedoed transport Mt. Vernon. (Page 234.) 

ANGAS, W. M. (I) Lt., C. E. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. E. C, U. S. N., 27 Dec. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. At Naval 

Academy, Annapolis, until 8 Feb. '18; ordered to Public Works Dept., Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. See 

Civilian Record. (Page 31.) 
ARISAKA, RYCHEI, (XIII) Lt., Japanese Navy Dept. Lt. Inspector, Aeroplane Mfg. Section, Govt. Arsenal, 

Tokyo, Japan, from beginning of War. 
* ATKINS, A. K. (XI). See Roll of Honor (page 9S)- 
ATKINSON, C. E. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 1 Mch. '18. Inst. 

gunnery, Ft. Adams. R. I., and Ft. Monroe, Va., 9 Aug. '17 — 20 Sept. '18. A. E. F., Sept. '18: 6th Sector. 

Army Anti-Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft School, France; Casual, Bordeaux and Gondrecourt; assigned to Postal 

Service, G. H. Q., Jan. — Sept. '19; with the Liquidation Comm. in Paris, Nov. '19. Cited in local orders 

for efficiency in administration. 

*ATKINSON, H. M., JR. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page in). 

ATWOOD, H. H., Jr. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Enlisted in 1st Corps Cadets, 11 Nov. '13; mustered into Federal ser- 
vice, organization becoming 101st Engrs. Disch., on account of physical disability, Sept. '17. 

AYER, H. E. (IV) Sea., U. S.N. R. F. Enlisted, 7 Apr. '17; active duty, 4 Oct. '17; Camp Burrage. Received 

medical disch., 12 Nov. '17. See Civilian Record. 
BABBITT, J. H. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., 8 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 15 Oct.; Capt., 21 May '18. C. A. Tr. Camp, 

Ft. Monroe, Va., 11 Sept. '17; Ft. Adams, R. I., 27 Nov. '17; Ft. Greble, R. I.; Camp Eustis, Va., 15 June '18, 

organized 13th Anti-Aircraft Btry., and received instruction in science of Anti-Aircraft Arty. A. E. F., 

7 Oct. '18 — 7 May '19; Anti-Aircraft School, Arnouville; after armistice, Le Courneaux, and later M. G. 

Anti-Aircraft School, Langres; convoy duty, guarding trains of supplies for the Army of Occupation, from 

Liffol-le-Grand, Vosges, I Jan. '19. Resigned, 16 July '19. 
BAILEY, H. E. (XI) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt., Inf., ?6 June '18; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 4 Dec. '18. 153d Depot 

Brig., Camp Dix, N. J., 26 June '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 28 July '18. Disch., 

3 Dec. '18. 

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BAKER, R. N. S. (XIII) Lt., U. S. N. Asst. Naval Constructor, Philadelphia, Navy Yard. 

BAKEWELL, B. P. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Naval Aviation Detachment, Flight No. 26, M. I. T., 
June '18; Pensacola, Fla., Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. 

BARNARD, C. T. (XI) 2d Lt., Tank C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; transferred to 
Tank C, 18 July '18. First Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; Co. C, 104th Inf., 26th Div., 
10 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 5 Oct. '17 — May '19; training near Neufchateau, Vosges, Nov. '17 — Feb. '18; Tank 
Sch., 18 July — 28 Aug.; Liaison Officer, 12-16 Sept.; Inst., Tank School. Chemin des Dames Sector, 12 Feb. — 
23 Mch. '18; Toul Sector, 1 Apr. — 20 June; St. Mihiel Offensive. 

BARRETT, L. W. (I) Pvt., M. C. 

BARRY, E. F. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 7 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 26 Oct., '17; Capt., 5 July '18. Served 
in various capacities at Ft. Winfield Scott, Ft. Monroe, Jackson Barracks and Ft. Crockett. A. E. F., 
since 15 July, '19; Hq., 36th Arty., C. A. C. 

BASCH, J. J. (X) M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. U. S. Sub-Chaser No. 97. A. E. F., r July '18— 15 Feb. '19; sta- 
tioned at Plymouth, Eng. 

BATCHELDER, S. S. (XV) 1st Lt., A. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 1st Lt., A. S. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17; transferred to Aviation Sect., Sig. C, June; Ground Sch., M. I. T. A. E. F., 
Aug. '17 — Jan. '19; Ground Sch., conducted by Royal Flying Corps, Oxford, Eng.; attached 64th Sq., Royal 
Air Force, in France, July '18; withdrawn to enter American A. S., 25th Aero Sq., 2d Army Sept., '18. ■ 
Somme Offensive, Aug. '18; Cambrai Sector, Sept. '18. 

BATSCHY, J. M. (IV) Capt., Engrs. 1st Lt., Inf., 27 Aug. '17; Capt., Engrs., 21 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 8 Jan. 
'18 — 10 July '19; Asst. Adj., Blois, France, 2 Feb. '18; Ex. Officer, Asst. Adj., Gievres, France, 22 Feb.; Asst. 
Regulating Officer, St. Dizier, 15 Oct. '18; Amer. Regulating Officer, Coblenz, Germany, 6 Jan. '19; G-4, 
G. H. Q., Chaumont, 19 Apr. — June '19. Individual Citation. 

BATTIS, J. T. W. (II) Pvt., Engrs. Ft. Slocum, N. Y, 13 Dec. '17. Disch., 21 Jan. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BAXTER, H. M. (VI) Pvt., F. A. 9th Co., 154th Depot Brig., 1 Apr. '18; 77 Div. Casuals, 27 Apr. '18. 
A. E. F., 23 May '18 — 6 July '19; 321 F.A ., Btry. B., 5 July; 321 F. A., Supply Co., 5 Oct.; Sorbonne Detach- 
ment, 27 Feb. '19; Brest Casual Co., 30 June '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

BEADLE, W. J. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inst., 18 Nov. '17; Sgt., Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 19 
May '18 — 19 Sept. '19; Liaison Inst., 307th M. G. Bn., Apr. — -June '18; Army Candidates Sch., Langres, 
28 July; 127th Inf., 32d Div., 25 Sept.; Musketry Inst., 3d Bn., 127th Inf., Feb. '19; Inst, in Mechanical 
Engr., A. E. F., University, Beaune, Mch. — June '19. Occupation of Bailleul Sector (attached 9th Scottish 
M. G. Bn.), 25 June — ■ 1 July; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

BEALER, W. P. (IV) 2d Lt., Engr. O. R. C. Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 24 July '18; Sgt., 140th Engrs., 15 Nov. '18. 

BEATTIE, J. A. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Entered Service, 24 July '18; Chem. Engr., Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., Geophys- - 
ical Laboratory, Washington, D. C, I Dec. '18, research on the Haber and Bucher processes for fixation of 
nitrogen. ! 

BEDELL, A. S. (VII, XI) 1st Lt., Amer. Red Cross. Sanitarian, Sn. Service, Amer. Red Cross Comm. to Greece, 
1 Oct. '18 — 25 Apr. '19. 

BELL, D. E. (XV) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; 2d Lt., 26 Oct.; 
1st Lt., 17 June '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 8 May '17; 39th Inf., Syracuse, N. Y., 15 Aug.; 
Charlotte, N. C, 5 Oct.; Aerial Observer, Hq., 4th Div., Ft. Sill, Okla., 28 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 2 May— 29 Dec. 
'18; attached Sq. No. 9, Royal Air Force, participating in all engagements, 14 May — 4 July; shot in head 
and fell 1,000 feet, 4 July, not returned to active flying; sent to rest camp, Winchester, Eng., 5 Oct. '18. 

BELL, K. E. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., Edgewood Arsenal, 16 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., 14 Oct. '18. Disch., 
27 May '19. See Civilian Record. 

BENSON, A. F. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A.'C, 10 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 10 Sept.; Capt., 1 Feb. '18. Supply 
Officer, 46 Arty., C. A. C. A. E. F., 12 Oct. '18 — 6 May '19; Btry. Comdr., 46th Arty. ,C..A. C; St, Aignan, 
1 Jan. '19; Ex. Officer of Building Staff, Camp Pontanezen, Brest, Feb.; Camp Q. M., Camp de la Rape, 
Apr. '19. Resigned, Ft. Worden, Wash., 22 July '19. (Page 12 and 60.) 

BERNARD, FREDERICK (VII) 1st Lt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, 15 Aug.; 
1st Lt., 30 Sept. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 May '17; Q. M. C, 15 Aug.; on duty with 
Operations Div. Army Transport Service, Hoboken, N. J., until 13 May '19. 

BERTELSON, P. J. (IX) Ensign, C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F. U.S.S. Covington, 15 Oct. '17; made three trips to St. 
Nazaire and Brest, France; Asst. Naval Constructor, Hull Div., Navy Yard, N. Y.; in charge of fitting out the 
transports Ruidjain, Plattsburg, and Kroonland, 28 Mch. '18; Asst. Outside Supt., Hull Div., Navy Yard, 
N. Y., later Hull Member of Joint Merchant Vessel Bd., N. Y. Minor submarine engagements. See Civilian 
Record. 

BEST, T. G. (IV) 1st Lt., M. T. C. Pvt., American Field Ambulance Service, 21 July '17; Sgt., Amer. Red Cross, 
I Mch. '18; 1st Lt., M. T. C, 18 Dec. '18. Service in France, 23 July '17 — 15 July '18; Sect. 526, American 
Field Ambulance Service, 21 July '17; Motor Transport Service, Advanced Sect., Amer. Red Cross in France, 
1 Nov. '17; stationed in Lorraine Sector. U. S., 15 July '18 — 1 Jan. '19; Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Johnston, Fla., 
8 Aug. '18; M. T. C, '18 Dec. '18. Aisne Sector; Malmaison Offensive, 23 Oct. '17; Lorraine Sector, Nov. '17; 
Toul Sector, Apr. ' 18. 

BLACK, C. M. (I) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., Mch. '18. 71st Arty., C. A. C. 



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BLANCHARD, R. H. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 17 May '18; Sgt., 1 Aug.; recommended for 2d Lt., 
11 Oct. Co. L, 3d Bn., C. W. S., Ft. Slocum, N. Y., 17 May '18; Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 12 June; Asst. in 
charge of a shift at the ethylene plant. Disch., 24 Dec. '19. 

BONNELL, W. E. (II) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 9 June '17; Wagoner; Corp.; Sgt., July '18. A. E. F., 27 July 
'17 — 12 June '19; Dispatch Rider, Hq. Co., 14th Engrs.; Inspection Dept., 803 Aero Repair Sq., Romorantin, 
France. 

BRAYTON, H. M. (II) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., Arty. Ammunition Sect., Ord. Dept., 1 Aug. ' 17; Capt., 23 
Jan. '18. Served at Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., I Aug. '17 — 24 Dec. '18; Experimental and Design- 
ing Engr., on Arty. Ammunition. 

BROCK, M. C. (XV) Pvt., Tank C. 302d Bn., Tank C, Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa., 17 Oct. '18; 4th Off. Tr. 
Sch., 18 Oct. '18. Disch., 8 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BROOKS, A. R. (XIV) Capt., A. S. A., (Ace). Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 23 July '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 25 Feb. 
'18; 1st Lt., 6 Nov.; Capt., 23 Feb. '19. Active Service, I Sept.; detailed to School of Military Aeronautics, 
Toronto, Canada, 18 Sept. A. E. F., 12 Mch. '18—29 July '19; Pilot, 139th Aero Sq.; Flight Comdr., 22d' 
Aero Sq., 12 Aug. '18; 47th Aero Sq. C. O. 1st Pursuit Group, 95th Aero Sq., Kelly Field, Texas, July '19 
to date (Oct. '19). Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Distinguished Service 
Cross; Cited by 1st Army Air Service Comdr. (Pages 311 and 202.) 

BROOKS,E. P. (XV) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 11 May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 15 Aug.; istLt., I20ct.'i8. 
1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 11 May '17; istU. S. Engrs., 15 Aug. A. E. F., 7 Sept. '17— 18 July '19; 
served with 1st Engrs. operating with 1st Div., except seven weeks, as Asst. G-3, Div. Staff; attended Sor- 
bonne, Paris. Northwest-of-Toul Sector, 15 Jan. — 30 Mch. '18; Montdidier-Noyon Defensive; Aisne-Marne 
Offensive; Saizerais Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation, Coblenz. 
Distinguished Service Cross. (Pages 132 andi79.) 

BROWN, D. M. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 13 Feb. '18; Sgt. 1 cl. 499th Aero Cons. Sq., Langley Field. 
A. E. F., 7 Oct. '18—7 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 

BRUSH, C. F. (VI) 1st Lt., Ord. 0. R. C. Enlisted June '17; active service, Sept. '17. In charge of Oxidation 
Dept., U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 1, Sheffield, Ala., last four months of service. 

BUFORD, A. W. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Pike, Ark., 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 21 June '18. 
A. E. F., June '18 — July '19; Saumur Arty. Sch., eight weeks; 3i6thF. A., Sept.; four months' course of instruc- 
tion in Economics, Oxford University, Eng., Feb. '19. 

BURK, H. G. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C. Specialist Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Dec. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., June '18; 
2d Lt., Nov. '18. Served at Ft. Monroe, Va., and Ft. McArthur, Calif. 

BUTTERWORTH, F. L. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. Commissioned 1 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

CADY, LOWELL (I) Lt., U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 1 Dec. '17; Lt., 3 July '18. Cons. C, U. S. Navy Yard, 

Philadelphia, Pa., since 14 Jan. '18. 
CAMPION, W. L. (XI) Corp., Engrs. Pvt., May '18; Corp.,Engrs. A. E. F., July '18— June '19; Co. C, 301st 

Engrs., attached to 4th Army Corps. St. Mihiel Offensive; Toul sector; Army of Occupation until May '19. 
CANAN, W. D. (VI) Lt., U. S. Naval Auxiliary Res. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Aux. Res., 16 May '18; Lt., 16 Jan. '19. 

Head of Boiler Dept., and advanced course work, U. S. N. Steam Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J., 18 May '18 — 

I June '19. 
CARGILL, W. W. (I) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 29 Nov. '17; Lt., 1 July '19. Cons. C, U. S. N., 

Washington, D. C, and Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash. 
CARLTON, A. C. (Ill) Capt., Inf. Pvt., 4th Prov. Off. Bn., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 9 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 

Nov.; 1st Lt., Mch. '18; Capt., June '18. U. S., 9 Aug. '17 — 4 Aug. '19; 3d Inf.; patrol work on the border, 

Camp Eagle Pass, Texas, 15 Nov. '17; later, guarding mining camps, Globe, Ariz. 

CARROLL, P. L. (VI) Lt. Comdr., U. S. N. Entered Service, May '05; during war attached to U.S.S. Mt. Ver- 
non and U.S.S. New Mexico. 

CARSON, F. S. (IV) Sapper, Engrs. (Canadian). Pvt., Engrs., 15 July '17; Corp., became Sapper on going over- 
seas. St. Johns, P. Q., is July '17 — 30 Jan. '18. C. E. F., 15 Feb. '18—17 Apr. '19; Canadian Engrs. Tr. 
Det., Seaford, Sussex, Eng., 15 Feb., France, 22 June — 6 Nov. '18; nth Canadian Engr. Bn. Gassed, 2 Nov. 
'18; in hospitals in England, 6 Nov. '18 — 17 Apr. '19. Amiens; Arras; Canal du Nord; Cambrai; Valenciennes. 

CARTER, A. A. (VI) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Depot Brig., 29 Apr. '18; Corp. Inf., 19 Nov.; Sgt., 23 Apr. '19. U. S., 
29 Apr. '18 to date (Aug. '19). Provost Guard Co., Camp Devens, Mass. 

CATLETT, R. H. (X) istLt., Engrs. 2dLt., Inf., 15 July '17; 1st Lt., 25 July; transferred to Engrs., 13 Feb. '18. 
Co. I, 1st Va. Inf.; Co. A. 116th Inf.; 30th Engrs., 13 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 23 Feb. '18—2 Feb. '19. Gas Offen- 
sive, Flirey-Pont-a-Meusson, June '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); Gas Offensive Operations 
on the Vesle, 15 Aug. — 15 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded by piece of H. E. shell, 6 Oct. '18. 

CHASE, A. W. (X) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Gas Defense Service, later C. W. S., 30 Mch. '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 24 May; 
Corp., 1 Apr. '19. Control Laboratory, Gas Defense Service, Long Island City, 30 Mch. '18; Overseas Repair 
Sect. No. 2, Gas Defense Service, CampDix and Camp Merritt, 25 May. A. E. F., 30 June '18 — 21 June '19; 
Gas Mask Salvage Factory, Chateauroux, 23 July; detached, had charge of two warehouses full of gas masks 
and C. W. S. material, Camp St. Sulpice, near Bordeaux, 1 Aug. '18 — 2 June '19. 

CHASE, N. C. (IV) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 21 Sept. '17; Corp., C. W. S., Nov. U. S., 21 Sept. '17— Mch. '19; 
Co. E, 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass.; C. W. S., Astoria, L. I., N. Y. 

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CHILDS, K. M. (II) Sgt., Sig. C. A. E. F., 13th Co., 1st Motor Mechanics Rgt., Sig. C; London School of 
Economics, Clare Market, London, Eng., spring '19. 

CHILDS, P. D. (IV) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. C. U. S. N., 27 Dec. '17; Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Asst. Naval 
Constructor, in office of Superintending Constructor, Quincy, Mass., Dec. '17 — to date (Aug. '19); in charge of 
outside inspection work on destroyers. 

CHISHOLM, S. L. (V) Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 4 Oct. '17; Corp., Sn. C, Gas Defense Service, 
Feb. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., Chemical, Service Sect., May; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), C. W. S., Jan. '19. Depot Brig., 76th 
Div., Camp Devens, Mass., 4 Oct. '17; Sn. C, Gas Defense Service, Washington, D. C., 23 Oct.; research 
work with Soda Lime Unit, Defense Research Sect., Research Div., C. W. S., to 13 May '19. 

CHRISTENSEN, ABBY W. (IV) Sec, Y. M. C. A. Entered Service, Nov. '18. France, 25 Dec. '18— 3 July 
'19; organized and conducted a wet canteen in the Y. M. C. A. hotel for enlisted men at Nancy. (Page 298.) 

CHURCH, V. S. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. (T.) Sea. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 
21 Sept.; Ensign, U. S. N. (T.), 1 Feb. '18; Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. (T.), 15 Aug. '18. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 
6 Apr. '17; 2d Reserve Officers' Class, Naval, Adacemy, Annapolis, 11 Oct.; Bu. of Naval Operations, Navy 
Dept., Washington, D. C. 24 May '18 — 11 June '19. 

CIAMPOLINI, ETTORE (VII) Physician, Italian Army; left for Italy May '17. 

CIANCIOLO, P. J. (I) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., 301st Engrs., 23 Sept. '17; Corp., June '18; Sgt., Aug. '18. A. E. F., 
14 July '18 — 23 July'19; on special duty at front todrawplans of strong German field fortifications; Univer- 
sity of Montpellier, i Mch. — 30 June '19. Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

CLARK, E. M. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., 21 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., C. W. S., 1 May '18. Camp Devens, Mass., 
21 Sept. '17; Chem. Service Sect., Washington, D. C, 1 Nov. '17 — 1 Mch. '19. 

CLARK, W. A. (XI) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. Off. TV. Camp, 16 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., Jan. '18; 1st Lt. 
28 Feb.; Capt., 22 Apr. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, 16 Oct. '17; Co. A, 303d Engrs., Camp Dix, N. J., Jan. '18; 
Camp Laurel, Md., 22 Apr.; Co. B, 8th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 5 Oct.; 2d Recruit Bn., Camp 
Forrest, Ga., 23 Oct.; Ft. Mills, P. I., 18 Feb. '19 to date (Dec. '19). 

CLARKSON, J. J. (II) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. G, 1 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., 24 Jan. '18. Ft. Monroe, Va.; 
36th Arty., C. A. C, 56th Am. Tn., C. A. C; Ft. Taylor, Key West, Fla. U. S., 1 Dec. '17— 29 July '19. See 
Civilian Record. 

CLAYTON, H. C. (XIV) Lt. (j. g.),U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Q. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.)., 10 May '17; Ensign, 18 
Feb. '18; Lt., (j. g.), 1 Apr. '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 23 July '17; Flying Sch., Hampton 
Roads, Va., 15 Sept.; Flying Sch., Pensacola, Fla., 11 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 15 Mch. '18 — 5 Feb. '19; Submarine 
Bombing Sch., Montchic, France, 3 Apr.; Italian Army Sch. of Aviation, Malpensa, Italy, 19 June; on duty 
with U. S. Naval Aviation Forces in Italy, 19 June — 26 Oct.; stationed with Italian Army, Gioia del Colle, 
Italy, 31 July — 15 Aug.; Northern Bombing Group near Calais, 29 Oct. '18. U. S. Naval Air Station, Chat- 
ham, Mass., 28 Feb. — 11 June '19. 

CLAYTON, L. L. (XIV) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., R. C, 27 Oct. '16; 1st Lt., C. A. C, O. R. C; Capt., C. A. C, 

11 May '18. 1st C. A. Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; Coast Defense of Boston Harbor, Ft. Revere, Aug. '17; 55th 
Arty., C. A. C, Ft. Revere, 1 Dec. A. E. F., 2 Apr. — 31 Dec. '18; Anti-Aircraft Service, 9 June '18. U. S. 

12 Jan. '19 to date (Aug. '19); detailed to Sig. C, Camp Vail, N. J., 6 June '19. (Page 4.) 

COBURN, C. L. (I) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Ship Draftsman, U. S. Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., 
2 July — 1 Dec. '17; Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F., 4 Dec. '17. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 5 Dec; Puget 
Sound Navy Yard, Wash., 9 Jan. '18; Asst. to Planning Supt., in charge of much repair work, and new cons., 
as Asst. to Outside Supt., handled work relating to the personnel of the Hull Div. Shops. Inactive duty, 
6 Mch. '19. 

COCHRANE, CLARENCE (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. M. M. 1 cl., U. S. N., 4 Apr. ' 17; C. M. M., Dec. '18. A. E. F. 
Dec '17 — Aug. '19; served aboard U. S. tug Concord, which brought into port several torpedoed cargo ships. 

COFFIN, J. R. (VI) istLt.,A.S.A. FlyingCadet, A. S., 13 July'17; istLt., 13 May'18. A. E. F., 1 Nov. '17— 
4 Feb. '19; 3d Aviation Instruction Center; 2d Aviation Instruction Center; 104th Aero Aq. St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Cited by A. S. Comdr., First Army. (Page 155.) 

COLBY, C. W. (IV) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N., 1 Dec. '17; Lt., Nov. '18. Boston Navy 
Yard, 1 Dec. '17; Annapolis, Md.; Asst. New Work Supt., Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., 21 Jan. '18 to date 
(Oct. '19); work in connection with new cons., the battleship California, and destroyers. (Page 249.) 

COLLEARY, W. B. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Coxswain, U. S. N. R. F., 18 July '17; C. B. M., 15 Oct.; Ensign, 
11 Feb. '18. Junior Watch and Division Officer, U. S. S. Connecticut, Feb. '18; Inst., Drill and Disciplinary 
Officer, Off. Material Sch., Cambridge, Mass., July '18 — Apr. '19. 

COLLIER, G. W. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., Sig. C. Enlisted, 21 June '17; active service, 8 Nov.; 323d Field Sig. Bn. 
Camp Funston, Kan., 8 Nov. '17; assisted in work of Sig. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Morse, Texas. A. E. F., 7 Oct. 
'18 — 3 July '19; transferred to 58th Service Co., Sig. C, 27 Dec. '18; detached service, in American Embarka- 
tion Center, Le Mans, Sarthe, and area, for six months. 

COLLINS, H. W. (X) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Sch., 10 Nov. '17; Prov. 1st Lt., Engrs.; Capt. Ft. Leaven- 
worth, Kan.; Engr. Otf. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va.; 3 15th Engrs., Camp Travis, Texas. A. E. F., 13 June '18 — 
27 June '19; 302d Engrs.; transferred to 6o2d Engrs., 29 Mch. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

CONATY, F. S. (I) Capt., F. A. 2d Lt., F. A., 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 15 Sept., '17; Capt., 11 July '18. 3d F. A. 
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Ft. McClellan, Ala. A. E. F., 14 July '18 — 19 June '19; Btry. E, 3d F. A.; Courier 
Service, Paris. 3d F. A., Camp Grant, III, 20 June '19 to date (Oct. '19). 

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CONNOLLY, J. P. (XII) 2d Lt., M. T. C. Pvt., Motor Transport Service, Q. M. C, 17 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 11 July 
'18; 2d Lt., M. T. C, 1 Aug. '18. Mechanical Repair Shop Unit 306, Motor Transport Service, Q. M. C, 

17 Dec. '17; trade classification work and recruiting service for M. T. C, 11 July — 27 Dec. '18. 

*COUCH, E. S. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 117). 

CREIGHTON, S. H., JR. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Entered Service, 18 Apr. '18; Engr. Officer, U.S.S. West Bridge; 

torpedoed 500 miles off coast of France, Aug. '18; on duty, U. S. N. Sch. of Turbine Engr., Carnegie Institute 

of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., 25 Nov. '18 — 4 Aug. '19. 
CRISP, F. G. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N., Navy Yard, New York. 
CRISTAL, P. N. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 16 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 22 Feb. '18; Capt. fT.), Apr. '18. Ft. 

Leavenworth, Kan.; 309th Engrs., 84th Div., Jan. '18; Camp Adj., Camp Leach, Washington, D. C, July; 

Aide-de-Camp to Chief of Engrs., U. S. A., Washington, D. C, 21 Nov.; Student, Post Graduate Engr. Sch., 

U. S. A., Camp Humphreys, Va., I Apr. '19 to date (Sept. '19). A. E. F., June — Sept. '19. 
CROSBY, G. E. (I) Pvt., Engrs. 6th Recruit Co., Ft. Slocum, N. Y., June '18; 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass. 

A. E. F., 13 July '18 — 13 June '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

CROSBY, I. B. (XII) Pvt. 1 cl, C. W. S. Pvt., 6 Mch. ' 18; transferred to Development Div., C. W. S., 25 Aug.' 18. 
Student, 3d Sig. Service Co., University of Vt., until middle of July; Inst, in Radio, until 25 Aug.; Laboratory, 
Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept.; transferred to a "Gas Factory" near Cleveland. Disch., 14 Dec. '18. 

CROSBY, W. A. (IV) Bn. Sgt. Maj., Inf. Hq. Co., Inf. Repl. and Tr. Troops, Camp Grant, 111., 16 May '18— 

7 Jan. '19. 
CUNNINGHAM, LAWRENCE (VI) Ensign, U. S.N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 3 Apr. '17; Ensign, 

18 Sept. '17. Submarine Patrol Service and Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet; Newport, R. I., 3 Apr., '17; New 
Bedford, Mass., June; Newport, R. I., 1 Oct. A. E. F., 13 Nov. '17 — 20 Feb. '19; on Adm. Sims' Communica- 
tion Staff, London, until I Feb. '18; Mine Force, Invergordon, Scotland, I Feb. '18 — 10 Jan. '19. Inactive 
duty, 10 Mch. '19. 

CURTIN, E. W. (XV) Capt., C. A. C. Driver, Sect. No. 2, American Ambulance Service, Pont-a-Mousson, 
France, Jan. —July '15. Candidate Off. Tr. Camp, June 'rj; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 27 Nov.; 1st Lt., 23 Sept. '18; 
Capt., 2 Nov. '18. Plattsburg Camp, June '17; Ft. Monroe, Va. A. E. F., Nov. '17— Nov. '18; C. A. C; 
Anti-Aircraft investigation work; Inst., Saumur Arty. Sch. Bois-le-Pretre, Feb. '18. (Page 85.) 

CURTIS, B. C. (I) 1st Lt., F. A. American Ambulance Service, French Army, 10 June '16 — 1 Apr. '17. 2d Lt., 
F. A., 25 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 25 Oct. '17. 16th F. A., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; Camp Greene, N. C, Apr. '18. 
A. E. F.,'9 May '18^18 July '19; 16th F. A., Tours; Sorbonne, Paris, spring, '19. Vesle Sector; St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

DAVIS, F. B. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Cadet, A. S., 17 Nov.;i7; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 15 June '18. U. S., 17 Nov. '17— 
6 Jan. '19; Flying Inst., School of Military Aeronautics^ Scott Field, 15 June '18. 

DAVIS, LAWRENCE (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. 2d Lt., Ord. R. C, 31 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 13 Sept. '18. 
Student, M. G. Sch., Springfield Armory; Inst, of machine guns: Inspector of machine guns, travelled through- 
out U. S.; Machine Gun and Small Arms Sect., Engr. Div. Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 31 Dec. '17 — 13 
Dec. '18, working on machine-gun design, ballistics and engr. features connected with production of machine 
guns, and fire control. 

DAY, K. H. (IV) Sgt., M. T. C. Tech Unit, American Field Service, France, 4 July '17; served with American 
Mission, Reserve Mallet, American Field Service, until 1 Oct.; Pvt., M. T. C, 1 Oct. '17; Sgt., 12 May '19. 
M. T. C, American Mission, Reserve Mallet, connected with French Army, I Oct. '17 — -19 June '19; only 
American Unit to take part in eight major operations. Somme Defensive; Aisne Defensive (Chemin des 
Dames, and Northeast of Rheims); Montdidier-Noyon Defensive; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne 
Offensive; Somme Offensive; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. (Page 86.) 

DEAN, C. M. (X) Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, 17 Dec. '17; placed on inactive list for indus- 
trial service. Disch., 19 July '18. See Civilian Record. 

DEAN, W. F. (II) Flying Cadet, A. S. A. Cadet, A. S., 2 Feb. '18. Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., 1 June; Ground 
Sch., Princeton University, 27 June; Carruthers Field, Ft. Worth, Texas, I Oct. — 30 Nov. '18. 

deBELL, J. M. (X) istLt., (T.), F. A. 2d Lt., F. A., 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., (T.),4 July '18. Btry.A, i6thF.A., 
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. A. E. F., 10 May '18 — 31 July '19; 16th F. A.; transferred Hq., 4th F. A. Brig., 
30 Aug. '18; transferred Hq., 4th F. A. Brig., 12 Feb. '19; Arty. Information Service, and Counter-battery; 
Asst. Counter-battery Officer, 1st Corps, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Aisne-Marne Offensive; Yesle Sector; 
Toulon Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. (Pages 42, 45, 64 and 66.) 

DENNEN, W. L. (XII, III) 2d. Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Res. Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, Nov. 
2d Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 27 Sept. '17; Coast Defense of Boston, company duty, Fts. Standish and 
Andrews, Asst. Coast Defense Ord. Officer, Ft. Warren, Dec. '17 — Sept. '18; assigned to command 2d Unit, 
Sept. Repl. Draft. A. E. F., Sept. '18 — Mch. '19; Heavy Arty. Tr. Bn., Angers, France; Btry.A, 53 d Arty., 
C. A. C, 1 Dec. '18. (Page 41.) 

DICKSON, A. D. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., ranking from 9 Aug.; Capt., 6 Feb. '18. 
Heavy Arty. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 6 Sept. '17; Coast Defenses, Long Island Sound; Aerial Defense, Long 
Island Sound, and munition cities of Bridgeport and New Haven, July '18; C. O., 37th Regt., C. A. C, Sandy 
Hook, N. J., Sept. '18; Camp Eustis, Va., Oct.; Embarkation Camp, Newport News, Va., until armistice; 
Ft. Hancock, N. J., until Jan. '19. 

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DICKSON, J. B. (V) Capt., C. W. S. Research Div., C. W. S., American University Experiment Station, Wash- 
ington, D. C, 12 Sept. '18 — 30 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
DIMLICH, H. C. (II) Pvt., Sig. C. Entered Service, Camp Upton, N. Y., 29 May '18; transferred to 13th Service 

Co., Sig. C, Camp Vail, N. J., a German-speaking unit, 22 July. A. E. F., I Sept. '18—19 May '19; 12th 

Service Co., Army Sig. Sch., Langres, France, doing Radio work; transferred to Co. C, 107th Field Service 

Bn., 32d Div., 1 Jan. '19; conducted post school, Div. Hq., Reugsdorf, Germany; A. E. F. University, Beaune, 

France, 6 Mch. '19. 
DODSON, F. W. (XIV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Q. M. 3 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 9 July '18; Ensign, 1 Dec. 'i8._ A. E. F. 

1 Aug. '18 — 11 May '19; served on mine sweepers and auxiliaries, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean 

and Adriatic Seas. 
DOHERTY, G. D. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 6 Oct. '17; commissioned 30 Aug. '18. 
DOHERTY, J. E. (V) Pvt., C. W. S. 
DONNELLY, J. J. (Ill) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 1st Lt., Inf., 14 Aug. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, 

Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; 302d Inf., 76th Div., Camp Devens, Mass., 29 Aug. A. E. F., 10 July '18 — 

12 Feb. '19; transferred to 163d Inf., 41st Div., Nov. '18. 
DOON, J. W. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, 

Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; 303d F. A.; took course, Off. Tr. Camp, in France, to qualify for topographical 

officer; Camp de Souge. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
DOUGLAS, L. W. (Ill) 1st Lt., F. A. Aide to Brig. Gen. Foltz, Camp Lewis, Wash. A. E. F. Belgian Cross 

and Citation from G. H. Q. 
DOWELL, A. E. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Asst. Naval Constructor, Charleston, S. C. 
DRACH, E. W. (XIII) Pvt., C. A. C. U. S., June— Dec. '18, Enlisted Specialists, Electrical Class, C. A. C. 
DUDLEY, P. F. (VI) Lt. (j. g,), U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Dec. '17; Ensign, 10 Feb. '18; Ensign, 

U. S. N., 5 June; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Jan. '19. Entered Service, 10 Dec. '17; Reserve Off. Sch., Annapolis, Md., 

12 Feb. '18; transferred to U.S. S.Arizona, June; Asst. Engr. Officer, U.S.S. Arizona, July; joined overseas fleet, 

later formed part of escort on Pres. Wilson's first trip to France; Asst. Engr. Off., U.S.S. Mount Vernon, 

1 Feb. '19. Disch., 1 July '19. 
DUMIT, M. J. (X) Pvt., C. W. S., Gas Defense, Div. U. S., 20 Sept. '17— 14 Dec. '18; Development Laboratory 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
DUNHAM, A. P. (II) 2d Lt., Tank C. Pvt., 303d M. G. Bn., 3 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., Tank C, 25 Jan. '18. 303d 

M. G. Bn., 76th Div., Camp Devens, Mass., 3 Dec. '17; transferred to Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, 5 Jan. '18. 

A. E. F., 8 Feb. — 12 June '18; 1st Tank Center; U. S., 12 June — -18 Dec. '18; sent to Gettysburg to instruct; 

Heavy Tank service, Camp Tobyhanna, Pa., Sch. for Instructors, Camp Polk, N. C. See Civilian Record. 

DUNNING, S. C. (XV) istLt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y, 11 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug.; 

1st Lt., 3 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 29 Aug. '17—4 Aug. '19; French F. A. Sch., Fontainebleau ; American F. A. 

Sch., Saumur; joined 17th F. A., Jan. '18; went to front near Verdun, Mch. '18; Inst., materiel of 75 mm. gun, 

Gondrecourt and La Courtine, May-Nov.; joined 15th F. A., 2d Div., after armistice. Verdun Sector; Toul 

Sector; Army of Occupation. 
DURYEA, G. R. (II) Lt., U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), 1 Dec. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Superintending Constructor, Buffalo, 

N. Y. 

EASTMAN, H. F. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. E. R. C, 28 Mch. '18; 
2d Lt., A. S. A., 26 July '18; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 4 Mch. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, 
M. I. T, 28 Mch. '18; Langley Field, Va., special course on Airplane Instruments, 26 July '18; Asst. Engr. 
Off., on Instruments and Special Equipment, Ellington Field, Texas, 29 Aug. '18 — 6 Jan. '19. 

EATON, R. H. (II) Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, 4 Apr. '18. A. E. F., France and Germany, 30 June '18— 

9 Mch. '19; 37 Engrs. Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive; Army of Occupation. (Page 223.) 

EATON, W. W. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 11 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 
15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 17 Oct. '18; Capt., 9 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 25 Aug. '17—28 Nov. '18; 51st Arty., C. A. C. 
Seven months' service at front, including St. Mihiel Offensive. (Page 201.) 

EDDY, H. P., JR. (XI) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 4 Dec. '17. Asst. Naval Constructor, 
Norfolk, Va. 

ENRIGHT, E. F. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Asst. Constructor, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ERB, R. C. (XV) Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), Gas Defense Div., C. W. S. Entered Service, Aug. '18; stationed at Gas 

Defense Plant, Long Island City, N. Y., mfg. gas masks. See Civilian Record. 
EWAN, C. M. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Bombing Sq., U. S. N. R. F. (A.); Great Lakes Naval Tr. Station, 

10 Dec. '17; U. S. Naval Aviation Det., M. I.T.,May '18; Bayshore, L. I., Aug.; Pensacola, Fla., Nov. '18. 
FALES, W. T. (VII) Hosp. Sgt., Sn. C. Pvt., Sn. C, 5 Feb. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 1 Mch. '18; Hosp. Sgt., 20 July '19. 

Attached Social Hygiene Div., War Dept. Comm. on Tr. Camp Activities; conducted anti-venereal educational 
campaigns at Camp Sheridan, Ala., Ft. Omaha, Neb., and Camp Dodge; Iowa; stationed with Laboratory 
Div., Surgeon Gen. Off., Washington, D. C. 

FARNSWORTH, A. P. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Cadet, Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 11 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., R. M. A., 
7 Mch. '18. U. S. Aviation Sch., Rich Field, Waco, Texas, 11 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 8 Sept. '18—26 May '19; 
C. O., 644th Aero Sq., 12 Mch. '19. 

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FARR, W. G. (II) Lt., U. S. N. (T.). Entered Service, 13 Nov. '17; Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. (T.), 14 Jan. '18; 
Lt., 1 July, '18. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 13 Nov. '17; New York Navy Yard, 13 Jan. '18 — I July '19; 
W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, and Tretzen & Lang Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, fitting our merchant vessels for 
transports, and repairs on many types of naval vessels. See Civilian Record. 

FAY, R. D. (VI) Chief Elec, U. S. N. R. F. Naval Experiment Station, Nahant, Mass., 15 Dec. '17—26 Nov. '18. 
Physically unfit for commission. See Civilian Record. 

FERRALL, J. P., JR. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 28 Oct.; Capt., 4 July '18. C. A. 
Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va. A. E. F., 19 Dec. '17 — 30 Nov. '18; Heavy Arty. Sch., France, I Jan. '18; Tractor 
Arty. Sch., Mch.; 55th Arty., C. A. C, 15 Apr.; Inst., Organization and Training Center, Tractor Arty., No. 3, 
Clermont-Ferrand, 1 May — 13 July and 4 Aug. — 9 Nov.; 51st Arty., C. A. C, 15 July — 2 Aug. Engaged in 
a defensive sector, but in no major engagements. Commanding 8th Field Sig. Bn., 4th Div., Camp Dodge, 
Iowa, Dec. '19. 

FESSENDEN, R. K., Capt., Army Service C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Sch., 5 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 
15 Dec; Capt., Army Service C, 10 Nov. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 5 May '17; 303d Inf., Camp 
Devens, Mass., Aug. A. E. F., 15 Mch. '18 — I Apr. '19; 303d Inf.; on staff of Co nmanding Gen., Renting, 
Requisitions and Claims Service, Advance Sect. S. 0. S., in charge of all billetting work carried on in the Zone 
of the Armies. 

FINEMAN, IRVING (I) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N., 13 Nov. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, 13 Nov. '17; Asst. to Superintending Constructor for U. S. N., William Cramp & Sons 
Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FLAGG, P. M. (II) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., 304th Engrs., 5 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 1 June '18; 1st Lt., 28 Aug. '18. 
U. S., 5 Oct. '17—28 Feb. '19; Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Meade, Md.; 6th Tr. Bn., 156th Depc Brig., Camp Jackson, 
S. C, June '18. 

FLAHERTY, J. C. (IV) Storekeeper, U. S. N., Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. 

FRENCH, H. N. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., Sept. '17; Ensign, U. S. N.; Lt. Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Sept. '17; Asst. Engr., U.S.S, Oklahoma, Feb. '18. A. E. F., July — Dec. '18; U.S.S. Wyoming, 
Scapa Flow, 4 July, serving in North Sea with Grand Fleet; Director of Radio Stations, Land and Ship, 
Queenstown, Ireland, Sept.; reported U.S.S. Wyoming, 10 Dec, escorted Pres. Wilson to Brest, returned to 
U. S. Left service, 15 Feb. '19. 

FULTON, GARLAND (XII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Midshipman, U. S. N., 26 May '08; Ensign, '12; Lt. 
0- g-)> 'iS; Lt. '17; Lt. Comdr., '18. Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

GAGER, C. C. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. ' I7; Lt. (j. g.), 1 July '18. 
Attached Newport District, 6 Apr. '17; attached U.S.S. Utah, 1 Sept. Service abroad, 20 June '18 — 19 Feb. 
'19, attached to U.S.S. Florida. Transport service, 19 Feb. — 8 Aug. '19, attached U.S.S. Antigone. Took part 
in surrender of the German Fleet, 21 Nov. '18. 

GANNETT, ROBERT (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (E.). M. M. 2 cl., Auxiliary Reserve, U. c .. V. R. F., 10 May '18; 
C. M. M., 1 Aug.; Warrant Mach., 24 Aug.; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., (Engr. Duties), 4 Dec '18. Naval Aux- 
iliary Reserve Steam Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J., May '18; shore duty after armisiice until placed on inactive 
list, 20 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

GARDNER, J. P. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug; Capt., 5 Mch. '18. Off. Tr. 
Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 3 Sept. — 26 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 11 Dec. '17 — 17 July '19; Heavy Arty. Sch., Mailly- 
le-Camp, 15 Jan. '18; special duty, Heavy Arty. Bd., designing trains for Railway Arty., 1-25 Apr.; in com- 
mand, Btry. H, 53d Arty., C. A. C, at front in Champagne Sector, 25 Apr. — 8 Nov.; stationed at Le Mans 
Embarkation Center after armistice. Champagne-Marne Defensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Croix de 
Guerre with Palm. (Pages 148 and 175.) 

GARTNER, W. C. F. (I) Lt., (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F.. 6 Dec. '17; C Q. M. (A.), 
1 Jan. '18; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 19 Mch.; Lt. (j. g.), I Apr. '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 
6 Dec. '17; with Superintending Constructor of Aircraft, U. S. N., Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, 
N. Y.; Inspector of Cons, of seaplanes and flying boats, 23 Jan. '18; with Inspector of En^r. Material (Aero- 
nautics, , U. S. N., Aeromarine Plane and Motor Co., Keyport, N. J., 15 Apr. '18, and s'ew York City, 14 Nov. 
'18 — 6 May '19; assisted in installation of power plants in NC boats, Rockaway Beac't, L. I., N. Y. 

GAUS, G. H. (II, VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., Mch. 'ii. Ft. Monroe, Va., 15 
Nov. '17; Ft. Hancock, N. J., Mch., '18; Btry. F, 38th Arty., C. A. C, Camp Eustis. Va.. '.ept.; Port of Embark- 
ation, Newport News, when armistice was signed. Resigned, 27 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

GAY, R. N. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 5 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. Inst., 44 Tr. 
Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., from graduation until 30 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

GAYHART, E. L. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered U. S. N., 16 June '09; Lt. (j. g.), Apr. '17; Lt., 
31 Aug.; Lt. Comdr., 21 Sept. '18. Ordered to office of Superintending Constructor of Aircraft, U. S. N., 
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., at entrance of U. S. into war, inspecting airplanes for 
Navy; took charge of branch office of Superintending Constructor of Aircraft, U. S. N.. Canadian Aeroplanes, 
Ltd., Toronto, Canada, 5 June '18, until close of war; inspection of F — 5 seaplanes under cons, for U. S. N. 

GIBBONS, T. M. (I) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., Sept. '17; transferred to Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., Oct.; 
Corp., Feb. '18; Sgt., 8 June; 2d Lt., 9 Oct. '18. 302d Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., Sept. '17; C. W. S., Oct.; 
Sn. C. and Gas Defense Service, C. W. S., Philadelphia, Pa., until disch., 20 Dec. '18. 

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GIFFORD, R. L. (V) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Chief Yeoman, U. S. N. R. F., 3 June '17; Ensign, 22 Feb. '18; 

Lt. (j. g.), 16 Sept. '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, Hingham, Mass., 3 June '17; Cadet Sch., First Naval 

Dist., 3 Oct.; Chief Radio Off., U.S.S. Kearsarge, 23 Feb. '18—7 Sept. '19. 
GILLESPIE, K. A. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 15 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., 15 Oct. '18. Chlorine Products 

Sect., C. W. S., and investigation in connection with boosters in gas shell, Edgewood Arsenal, Md. See 

Civilian Record. 

GILMOUR, A. E. (II) Pvt., 1 cl., F. A. Entered Service, 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 2 May '18— 28 Apr. '19; Electrical 
Engr., Hq. Co., 304th F. A., 77th Div. Baccarat Sector; Vesle-Aisne Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

GOKEY, N. W. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. (T.). Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 14 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Apr. '18; 
Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. (T.), 1 Dec. '18. Asst. Naval Constructor, Hull Div., Charlestown Navy Yard, 
Mass., 14 Apr. '17 to date (Oct. '19); engaged in: (1), conversion of ex-German liners, Mt. Vernon, America, 
and Covington into transports; (2), conversion of Bunker Hill into mine layer Aroostook; (3), repairing of 
Mt. Vernon in dry dock after torpedoing; (4), repairing and fitting out of submarines; (5), new cons, work in 
connection with building Fuel Oil Ships Nos. 16, 17, and 18. 

GOLDSMITH, H. F. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. Flyine Corps 3 Apr. '18; C. Q. M. 
(A.), 10 Apr.; Ensign, 10 Sept. '18. Entered Service, 3 Apr. '18. Released from active duty, 8 Mch. '19. 
See Civilian Record. 

GOODALE, FRANCIS (XI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 3 July '18; Mach., 16 Oct.; 
Ensign, 20 Feb. '19. Naval Auxiliary Reserve Steam Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J., July '18; U.S.S. Eastern 
Queen, Oct. '18; Engr. Officer, U.S.S. Merauke, Feb. '19; visited Denmark, Holland, London, Paris, Brest, 
and Hamburg, 2C Nov. '18 — 14 Jan. '19. Inactive duty, II July '19. See Civilian Record. 

GORRELL, E. S. (XIII) Col., A. S. Entered Service, 2 Mch. '08; Capt., A. S., until 14 May '17; Maj., 15 May 
'17; Lt.-Col, Oct.; Col., 28 Oct. '18. On duty in office of Chief Sig. Officer, 6 Apr. '17, A. E. F., 17 June 
'17 — 30 July '19; Member, Aeronautical Comm. sent to Europe to choose aircraft material for fabrication in 
U. S., and to arrange aircraft industrial program, 17 June; Chief Technical Sect., A. S., 15 Aug.; in com- 
mand of Strategical Aviation, 20 Nov.; duty with G — 3, Operation Sect., General Staff, 5 Feb. '18; A. S. 
Representative at G. H. Q., 1 Sept.; Asst. Chief of Staff, A. S., 4 Dec; Chief of Staff, A. S., 1-30 July '19. 
Served on Belgian, British, French, Italian and American fronts. Distinguished Service Medal; Dis- 
tinguished Service Order (British); Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. (P ges 137 nd 08.) 

GOUDEY, R. F. (XI) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Med. Off. Tr. Group, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 25 Oct. '18; Detachment, 
Sn. C, Camp Beauregard, La., 11 Nov. '18 — 14 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 

GRAMSTORFF, E. A. (IV) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j- g-), C. C, U. S. N., 1 Dec. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Nava 1 
Academy, Annapolis, Md., I Dec. '17; Asst. Docking Officer and Asst. to Outside Supt., Hull Div., Charles" 
town Navy Yard, 9 Jan. '18; Inst., second course in naval architecture, M. I. T., June; Outside Supt. Office* 
Charlestown Navy Yard, Ship Supt. on repairs to capital ships, Sept.; Ship Supt. on new cons., in charge of 
fitting out new fuel oil ships, May '19 to date (Sept. '19). 

GRANGER, H. I. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 6 Aug. '18; transferred S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct- 
Disch., 17 Dec. '18. 

GRAY, W. A., JR. (Ill) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf. R. C, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., U. S. A., 25 Oct.; 1st Lt., 
25 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 15 Apr. '18 — 22 July '19; 6th Inf., 5th Div. Anould Sector; St. Die Sector; St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation, Trier, Germany. Wounded by H. E., 9 Nov. '18. 
Divisional Citation. (Pages 156 and 200.) 

GROVES, L. R., JR. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Cadet, Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 15 June '16; graduated, 
2d Lt., Corps of Engrs., I Nov. '18. Since armistice, Engr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., except a two- 
months' inspection trip to France, summer '19. 

GUSTIN, E. E. (II) Corp., Q. M. C. A. E. F., Co. E, 307th Sup. Tr. 

HAGGARD, R. S., Pvt., Ord. Corps. Ord. Supply Sch., Camp Hancock, Ga., 4 May '18; Technical Asst., in 
connection with the direct synthetic ammonia process as developed by the General Chemical Co., U. S. 
Nitrate Plant No. 1, Sheffield, Ala., June '18 — 29 Jan. '19. Sec. Y. M. C. A., sent to Russia to work in the 
prison camps in Siberia, the work taking him across Russia and Siberia to Vladivostok, and return by way 
of Harbin, China, being stationed seven months in Chita, the capital of the Transbaikalia District, Siberia, 
'15— '16. 

HAMILTON, H. W. (VII) Capt., Sn. C. 1st Lt., Sn. C, U. S. A., 10 Nov. '17; Capt., 3 May '19. Army Med. 
Sch., 10 Nov. '17; transferred to U. S. Army Laboratory No. 1, 15 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 24 Jan. '18 — 6 Aug. '19; 
U. S. A. Laboratory No. I, Neufchateau, Vosges, fifteen months; zone of activity, the entire American Advance 
Sect.; transferred to G- — 5, Education Div., Paris, May '19. (Page 219.) 

HANNAH, T. E. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 5 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 30 Oct.; Capt., 5 Feb. '18. 3d Tr. 
Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 5 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 5 Dec. '17 — 5 Nov. '18; Heavy Arty. Sch., Mailly-sur-Marne, 
Jan. '18; 1st Bn., Prov. Howitzer Regt., Apr.; Army Sch. of the Line, Langres, 7 Oct.; ordered to U. S. to 
officer a new regt., 22 Oct. '18. U. S. 5 Nov. '18 — 5 Mch. '19; Ft. Monroe, Va., Mulberry Island, Ft. Wright, 
New London, Conn.; ordered to Honolulu, but disch. at San Francisco, Calif. Alsatian Front, 20 Apr. — 
15 Aug. '18; Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive. 

HANSON, E. R. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (E.). C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Aug. '18; Mach., 21 Nov.; Ensign 
U. S. N. R. F. (E.)., 13 Feb. '19. U. S. N. Steam Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J., 5 Aug. '18; U.S.S. West- 



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HARDWICK, RICHARD (VII) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt. 1 cl., F. A., 21 Sept. '17; Mr. Gunner, C. A. Tr. Sch., 
July '18; 2d Lt., C. A. O. R. C, Dec. '18. 201st F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 Sept. '17; C. A. Tr. Sch., 
Ft. Monroe, Va., Mch. — Dec. '18. 

HARLOW, F. C. (I) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 1 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 27 Mch. '18; 1st 
Lt., 21 June '18. C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. '17; Ft. Strong, Boston Harbor, Apr. '18; 
Hq. Co., 47th C. A. Regt., Camp Eustis, Va., July; detached service, Ft. Monroe Motor Transport Sch., 
Sept. A. E. F., 26 Oct. '18 — 6 Apr. '19; 47th C. A. Regt., Angouleine, France; Baggage Service, Bordeaux, 
Nov. '18 — Apr. '19. Adj., Ft. Warren, Mass., Apr. — 18 June '19. 

HARPER, C. B. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 3 Jan. '18; C. M. 2 cl.; 
C. Q. M., 1 Feb.; Ensign, C. C, 3 July '18; Lt. (j. g.), 15 Apr. '19. Entered Service, 3 Jan. '18; Chief of 
Scientific Sect., Aircraft Div., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, to date (Aug. '19). 

HARPER, JOHN (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 1st Sgt., Engrs., 1 Sept.; 2d Lt., 15 Jan- 
'18; 1st Lt., 15 June '18. 1st Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 
1 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 14 June '18 — 6 July '19; 3d Corps Sch., Clamecy, France; 301st Regt., Corps Engrs., 
4th Corps, at front for a month. Cambridge University, England, Mch. '19. Toul Sector; Army of 
Occupation. 

HARRINGTON, WALTER (XI) 1st Lt., C. W. S. A. E. F.; 1st Gas Regt. 

*HASLAM, R. H. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 105). 

HAVILAND, T. Z. (II) 2d Lt.,Ord. Corps. Pvt.,Ord. Corps, 12 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 31 Aug. '18. Entered Service, 

12 Dec. '17; Ft. Slocum, Aberdeen, 22 Dec; Sandy Hook, 20 Mch. '18; Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 
17 June '18. Disch., 4 June '19. 

HAWES, C. W. (XV) Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, 12 Dec. '17; 23d Engrs., Camp Meade, Md. A. E. F., 

13 Apr. '18 — 16 June '19; stationed near Bordeaux in S. O. S., for six months; Hq. Enlisted Staff, Inst, in 
Business Organization, College of Business, A. E. F. University, Beaune, 19 Mch. '19. Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

HEATH, C. J. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., Ord. Corps. Ord. Supply Sch., 2 May '18; Ord. Machine Gun Sch., June; Ord. 

Motor Instruction Sch., Oct. '18; 8th Army Corps Mobile Ord. Repair Shop; served at Raritan Arsenal, N. J., 

General Ord. Supply Depot for the A. E. F., six months. Disch., 15 Men. '19. 
HEATH, E. H., JR. (VII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., M. D., 13 Dec. '17; Corp., 1 Sept. '18; Sgt., 19 Sept.; 2d Lt., 

Sn. C, 30 Oct. '18. Laboratory diagnostic work; Med. Detachment, Base Hospital, Camp Devens, Mass., 

13 Dec. '17 — '18. Yale Army Laboratory Sch., 30 Oct. '18; Camp Devens, Mass., 13 Dec. '18 — 10 May '19. 
HEGENBERGER, A. F. (I) 2d Lt., A. S., Cadet, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 8 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., R. M. A., A. S. 

6 Apr. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 20 Oct. '17; trained in flying and instructed in 

flying, Ellington Field, Texas, 22 Dec. — 6 Apr. '18; Camp Dick, Texas, 30 Apr. '18; Sch. of Aerial Observers, 

Ft. Sill, Okla., 8 May; Sch. of Aerial Gunnery, Taliaferro Field, Ft. Worth, 15 June Second Prov. Wing 

15 July; Sch. of Aeronautical Engr., M. I. T., I Oct.; Aeronautical Engr., Engr. Div., A. S., McCook Field 

Dayton, Ohio, 11 Feb. '19 to date (Nov. '19). 
HENDERSON, G. W. (I) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 1 Dec. '18; Naval Academy, Annapolis, 

Md., 23 Dec; transferred to Philadelphia Navy Yard, 33 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
HIBBARD, L. C. (VI) 1st Lt., F. A. Driver, American Field Service, Sect. I, with French Army, Dec. '16; 

Chief, Sect. 67, June — Sept. '17. 2d Lt., F. A., 4 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 15 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 4 Oct. '17 — June 

'18; 6th F. A.; U. S., June — Dec. '18. Verdun; Chemin des Dames; Craonne; Cantigny. Croix de Guerre. 

(Page 148.) 
HILL, L. T. (XV) Capt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 29 Oct.; 

Capt., Sept. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17. A. E. F., 29 Aug. '17—5 Nov. '18; 

Btry. D, 2d Trench Mortar Bn., C. A. C; Army Trench Mortar Sch. Flanders with British Army; Verdun 

and the Woevre with French Army; Alsace with U. S. Troops. 
HILLS, L. H. (XIV) Pvt., Sig. C. 42d Service Co., Sig. C, 19 Sept. '18; transferred to Co. O, 3d Bn., Edgewood 

Arsenal, Md., 25 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
HODGSON, M. L. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F r , 26 Aug. '18. 
HOLDEN, D. F. (XV) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Entered Service, Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Gas Defense Sect., C. W. S., 27 Sept. 

'17. Stationed at Gas Defense Plant, Philadelphia, Pa., Inspecting, Supervising Govt. Stores, Accounting, 

Aug. '17 — Feb. '19. 
HOLT, C. G. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Enlisted, 29 Jan. '18; Flying Cadet, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 

23 May; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 29 May '19. U. S., 23 May '18 — 31 May '19. 
HOLTON, J. H. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Research Div., C. W. S., 14 Sept. '18; C. O., National Carbon Co. 

Detachment, Cleveland, Ohio, until Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 
HOPKINS, H. D. (VI) Elec 1 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Elec. 2d cl., U. S. N. R. F., 10 July '17; Elec 1 cl., 1 Apr. '18. 

U. S., 10 July '17 — 10 July '18; U.S.S. Jupiter, 10 July '18 — 31 Jan. '19. 

HOUGHTON, S. P. (XV) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., O. R. C, 4 June '17; active service, Ord. Dept., 13 Aug.; 
Capt., Ord. Corps, (N. A.), 30 June '18. In charge of Proof House, testing small arms ammunition, Frank- 
ford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., 13 Aug. '17 — 31 Dec. '18. 

HOWARD, F. C. (X) Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va.; 1st Lt.; Capt., 
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HOYT, F. A., JR., Sgt., Engrs. Entered Service, 25 July '17; Sgt., Co. A, 101st Engrs., 26th Div. A. E. F., 
8 Oct. '17 — 4 Apr. '19. Chemin des Dames; Seicheprey; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. 
Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HULBURD, P. E. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 2 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 16 Oct.; Capt., 7 Mch. '18. Ft. 
Monroe, Va., Ft. Adams, R. I. A. E. F., 18 July — 24 Nov. '18; 66th Arty., C. A. C; Organization and Tr. 
Center, Tr. Area No. 2, Limoges, France. 

HUNT, G. A. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., Prov., C. A. C, 11 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 25 May '18; Capt., 25 Sept. '18. 
3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 11 Nov. '17; assigned nth Co., Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay, 
15 Apr. '18; transferred 45th Regt. C. A. C, 4 July; detached service, Off. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., taking 
course in Orientation and Gunnery. A. E. F., 4 Nov. '18 — 7 June '19; detached service, S. O. S., St. Aignan, 
and later Blots, in command of a casual company; Mess Off., Forwarding Camp, Le Mans, Feb. — May '19. 
Resigned, 25 July '19. 

HUNT, P. L. (XV) Regtl. Supply Sgt., F. A. Enlisted, 18 Apr. '17; mustered into service, 5 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 
22 Sept. '17 — 28 Apr. '19; Regtl. Supply Sgt., io2d Regt., F. A., 26th Div. Chemin des Dames; Toul Sector 
(Seicheprey, Xivray, Apremont); Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive (Verdun Salient). Transferred to various base hospitals for treatment after armistice. 

HUNTER, W. B. (X) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt. 1 cl., Inf., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., 1 June; 2d Lt., 13 July '18. 3d Off. Tr. Sch. 
Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., France and Germany, 6 Apr. '18 — 15 Apr. '19; 306th Inf.; 311th, 
Inf.; 167th Inf., 42d Div., July; Hospital 44, Pouges-les-Eaux, with influenza, 4 Oct.; rejoined 167th, 15 Nov. 
'18. Baccarat Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Army of Occupation, Sinzig-am-Rhein, 13 Dec. — 6 Apr. '19. 

HUTCHINSON, E. H. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Coxswain, U. S. N. R. F., 17 July '17; C. B. M., 11 Oct.; 
Ensign, 11 Feb. '18; Lt., (j. g.), 21 Sept. '19. Naval Tr. Station, Bumkin Island, 17 July '17; Ensign Sch., 
Harvard, Oct.; Turret Off. in No. 3 turret, U.S.S. Michigan, Feb. '18; Asst. Engr., destroyer Schley, June. 
A. E. F., June '18 — June '19; with Patrol Sq. in Mediterranean Sea; based at Gibraltar until after armistice, 
then at Pola, Austria; Chief Engr. of Schley, Feb. '19. On first American destroyer ever to go through the 
Dardanelles to Constantinople. 

HYDE, S. W. (VII) Sgt., M. D. Pvt., Mass. N. G., 26 June '16; Sgt., M. D., 11 July '17. Mobilization Camps, 
25 July — 30 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 3 Oct. '17—27 July '19; Field Hospital 102, 26th Div.; Field Laboratory, 
26th Div., 20 Jan. '18 — 7 Mch. '19; Edinburgh University, Scotland, 7 Mch. — 2 July '19. Chemin des Dames; 
Toul Sector; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

IGLEHEART, G. P. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 4 Apr. '17; Ensign (A.), 
4 Feb. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. Served on converted yacht Malay, based on Provincetown, doing outer 
patrol work, 4 Apr. '17; transferred to aviation ground school, M. I. T., Aug.; given instruction in airplane 
cons; sent to Curtiss plant, Buffalo, N. Y., for further instruction, Dec; Asst. in charge of engr. to Superin- 
tending Constructor of Aircraft, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, Feb. '18 — 21 Apr. '19. 

JOHNSON, A. K. (VII) Pvt. 1 cl., M. D. Pvt., Base Hospital Lab., Camp Devens, Mass., Mch. '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 
Nov. '18. Transferred as Inst, in Chemistry, S. A. T. C, Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass., 14 Nov. 
'18— Feb. '19. 

JOHNSON, W. F. (I) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 11 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 11 Sept. '17. 302d Inf., Camp Devens, 
Mass., 11 Sept. '17; 13th Inf., Camp Fremont, Calif., Nov.; Camp Mills, L. I., N. Y., Oct. '18; Hoboken, 
N. J., Dec. — Aug. '19. On duty with 2d Philippine Inf. (Prov.), Philippine Islands, 14 Oct. '19. 

JOHNSON, W. T., JR. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Camp Greenleaf, Ga., Aug. '18; detached duty, drying vegetables 
at Canton, Pa., Nov. '18. 

JOHNSTON, A. B. (Ill) 1st Lt., Ord. Cops. 2dLt., Ord. R. C, 20 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 7 Sept. '18. 

Proof Officer, Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md., proof firing and general testing of all sizes and kinds of guns 

and ammunition, 20 Dec. '17 — 5 Mch. '19. 
*JONES, C. E. (X). See Roll of Honor (page 99). 
JOSLIN, E. L. (I) Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, 15 Dec. '17; 23d Engrs., Ft. Slocum, N. Y.; Camp Laurel and 

Camp Glenburnie, Md. Disch., 18 Feb. '18, on account of broken wrist improperly set. 

KEENE, H. N. (XV) Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), C. W. S. Pvt. 1 cl., Gas Defense Service, 26 Sept. '17; Corp., Oct.; 
Sgt., Feb. '18; Mr. Engr. (sr. gr.), C. W. S., Nov.; examined, and passed Commissioning Bd., Oct. '18. Allen- 
town, Pa., Sept. '17. A. E. F., 14 Nov. '17 — Apr. '19; Overseas Repair Sect. 1, Gas Defense Service; in charge 
Requirement Sect., C. W. S. 

KEESLER, E. Y. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 1 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Oct.; Capt., July '18. A. E. F., 
Dec. '17 — July '19; Casual Officer; Inst., Heavy Arty. Tr. Center, France; Observer, 15th Corps Heavy 
Arty., 2d British Army, Flanders Front, July '18; in command of one sect., first convoy of caterpillars to be 
run overland for long distance, Nov.; in command automobile transportation for G. H. Q., Jan. — June '19; 
piloted parties of King and Queen of Belgium, and of Marshall Haig on their visits to Chaumont. Order of 
Leopold, Belgian. 

KELLY, J. R. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt. Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf. 0. R. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 
Sig. C., 28 Sept.; 1st Lt., Engrs., 15 Nov. '17. 2d Co., 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; 
connected with development and mfr. of sound ranging apparatus, Palmer Laboratory, Princetown, N. J., 
30 Oct. '17 — 14 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 14 Aug. '18 — 22 Mch. '19; Sound and Flash ranging. Le Cateau, Somme 
Offensive, Oct. '18. (Page 277.) 

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KENNEDY, G. S. (II) Capt., C. A. C. Coast Defense of Alabama, Ft. Morgan, Mobile, Ala. 

KILLORIN, F. 0. (I) Lt. (j- g.), C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Hull Div., Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

KINGMAN, A. F. (VI) Capt., Itif. 2d Inf., 30 Nov. '16; 1st Lt., 24 May '17; Capt., 9 Feb. '18. A. E. F., June 

'17 to date (Oct. '19); 16th Regt., Inf. Toul Sector; Cantigny; Army of Occupation. Wounded in Toul 

Sector. 

KITTREDGE, G. D. (I) Capt., C. A. C. Prov. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Dec. 
'!7— June '18; Heavy Arty. Sch., Mailly; 55th Arty., C. A. C, Feb. '18; 44th Arty., general arty, action in 
Luneville Sector, Apr.— May '18. U. S., June '18 — 21 Jan. '19; Inst., attached for special duty, 67th Arty., 
C. A. C, Ft. Scott, Calif., June; Adj., 1st Bn., 40th Arty., Aug. — Nov.; arrived in New York, 11 Nov., on 
way to France; Camp Grant, 111., 3 Dec. — 14 Jan. '19. 

KNAPP, H. A. (X) Pvt. 1 cl., C. W. S.. Pvt., Gas Defense Service, 30 Mch. '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 18 May '18. Gas 
Defense Plant, Long Island City, N. Y., 30 Mch. '18—6 Feb. '19. 

KNIGHT, A. R. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Cadet, A. S., 23 July '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 16 Jan. '18. School of Military 
Aeronautics, M. I. T., 23 J\ily '17. A. E. F., 14 Sept. '17 — 20 Nov. '18; training in flying; and active duty 
with French A. S., attached to G. B. 7, Escadrilles 117 and 121, and G. B. 2, Escadrilles 115 and 130; served 
on Italian front, Jan. — Mch. '18, making several long-distance day bombardment raids across the Adriatic 
Sea into Austria; transferred to Chateau-Thierry Sector, 28 Mch.; long-distance night bombardment work, 
Champagne Sector, near Chalons, 20 May; took part continually in long-distance night raids on Cologne, 
Essen, Mayence, and Strasbourg; Piave; Chateau-Thierry Sector, Mch. '18; Champagne Sector; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. Croix de Guerre with two citations; Caproni Medal (Italian), French military brevet. 
U. S., 20 Nov. '18 — 3 Feb. '19; Inst., night flying, Houston, Texas. (Pages 148 and 206.) 

KNOX, C. V. S. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (5). Sea. 2cl., U. S. N. R. F. (5), 10 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., Dec. '17; 
Ensign, Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), June '19. M. I. T, 10 Dec. '17; balloon Inspection and production, Curtiss 
Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 26 Jan. '18; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 26 Mch. to date 
(Aug. '19). 

KRIGGER, ANSELMO (I) Pvt., Engrs. Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., acted as 1st Sgt., and later Bn. 
Sgt. Maj.; Co. A, 552 Engr. Service Bn., Camp Humphreys, Va., until 20 Dec. '18. 

KRUG, F. S., JR. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 16 Oct.; Capt., 5 Feb. '18. C. A. C. 
Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 9 Aug. '17; Ft. Caswell, N. C. A. E. F., 27 Oct. '18 — 20 June '19; Supply Officer, 
6th Trench Mortar Bn.; As9t. Camp Inspector, Camp Pontanezen, Brest, 26 Dec. '18. 

KUHN, S. L. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt. (Prov.), Engrs., 16 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., Feb. '18; Capt., May '18. Prov. 
Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 8 Nov. '17; 4th Engrs., Camp Greene, N. C., 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 
Apr. '18 — Oct. '19; Bn. Adj., 2d Bn., 4th Engrs.; Topographical and Intelligence Offcer, acting as Field 
Adj., 6th Engrs., 1 Au'g. '18; Topographical and Intelligence Officer, Provost Marshal, Officer in Charge of 
Civil Affairs, Athletic and Entertainment Officer, 6th Engrs., in Germany; on staff of Section Engr., Inter- 
mediate Sect, and Paris Dist., settling bills and closing contracts, etc., from Marseille to LeHavre, June '19; 
in office of Chief Engr., A. E. F., Paris, Aug. '19. Marne Sector; Champagne-Marne Defensive; St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Cited by 5th French Army Corps; Croix de 
Guerre with Gold Star. (Page 149.) 

KUHNS, AUSTIN (X) 1st Lt., Engrs., Pvt. Ord. R. C, 26 June '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 16 Aug. '17. Machine 
Gun Sch., San Antonio Arsenal, Texas. A. E. F., 6 July '18 — 18 July '19; Co. C, 29th Engrs.; Sound Rang- 
ing Sect. No. 1; 1st Army, 16 Aug. — 11 Nov. '18; College of Technology, Manchester, Eng., spring '19. St. 
Mihiel Offensive; St. Mihiel Sector until 11 Nov.'i8. 

LANE, K. M. (XI) Candidate, Engrs. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; transferred from Inf. 
to Engr. C, 16 June, sent to Washington, then to Belvoir, Va. Passed examinations for commission but 
failed to pass physical examination. Disch., 14 Aug. '17. See Civilian Record. 

LANE, S. M. (X) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Yeoman, 2cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 June '17; Ensign, C. C, 26 Sept.; 
Asst. Naval Constructor, Apr. '18. Asst. Material Officer, Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., 6 June '17; 
Asst. Outside Supt., in charge of outfitting repairs on destroyers, etc., 21 Dec. '17 — 31 Dec. '18. 

LEBBY, T. D., JR. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. 

LEE, M. C, (formerly Liebensberger), (IV) Capt., Adj.-Gen. Dept. Pvt., F. A , 6 Sept. '17; Sgt.; 2d Lt., Adj.- 
Gen. Dept., 14 May '18; Capt. Btry. D, 311th F. A., Camp Meade, Md., 6 Sept. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Sch., Camp 
Meade, 5 Jan. '18; Graduated, Personnel Sph., Washington, D. C, 14 May '18; Personnel Adj., Hq. 311th 
F. A., 15 May; graduated 1st Trade Test Sch., Newark, N. J., 6 June; Asst. Port Personnel Adj., Port of 
Embarkation, Newport News, Va., 7 July; on confidential orders and Personnel Adj., U. S. Army Transport, 
Martha Washington, to Bordeaux, France and return, 8 Feb. '19; Asst. Personnel Adj., 8 Mch. — I Sept. '19. 

LEE, S. M. (II) M. M. 1 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 7 July '17; U. S. submarine chaser 331, special 
anti-submarine force, on duty between Halifax N. S., and Norfolk, Va., 

LEONARD, P. C. (XV) Sgt., A. S. Pvt. 1 cl., 2 Oct. '17; Sgt., Jan. '18. U. S. 2 Oct. '17—12 Jan. '19; stationed 
at School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., entire time; Asst to president of Academic Bd., later Recorder 
of the Schools. (Pages 14, 45, 62 and 64.) 

LEWIS, B. I. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N R. F., 14 Apr. '17; Lt. (j. g.), C. C, 
U. S. N. R. F., 1 Apr. '18. Hull Div., Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., 14 Apr. '17; transferred to Seattle, 
Wash., 22 Aug. '18; Superintending Constructor for U. S. N., Todd Dry Dock and Construction Corp., 
Tacoma, Wash., 9 Jan. '19. 

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LEWIS, E. C, (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. i cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 Mch. '18; C. M. M., 25 Nov.; Ensign, 

27 Jan. '19. Design Dept., anti-submarine devices, U. S. N. Experimental Station, New London, Conn., 
25 Mch. '18—18 Feb. '19. 

LEWIS, S. 0. (VI) Capt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Q. M. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 12 Feb. 
'18; Capt., 2 Oct.'i8 In charge Fuel and Storage Dept., Camp Logan, 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 28 Oct. '18 — 

28 June '19; Supply Officer, Evacuation Hospital No. 22; stationed at Fromersville, France, and Coblenz, 
Germany. 

LITTLE, H. G. (VII) Sea. 2 cl., U.S.N. R. F. Hosp. App. 1 cl., reported at Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. 

LITTLEFIELD, W. J. (XV) Capt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Ord. Corps, 15 Aug ; 1st 
Lt., 8 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., F. A., 23 Sept.; Capt., F. A. 0. R. C, 1 Mch. '19. Btry. 3, ist Off. Tr. Camp, Platts- 
burg, N. Y., 12 May '17; in charge of Supply Office, Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D C; Personnel 
Off., 8th Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C; Supply Officer, in command Supply Co., 85th F. A., 
equipping regt. for overseas, Montgomery, Ala. Disch., 18 Dec. '18. 

LOBDELL, H. E. (IV) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 23 Aug. '18. 
5th Co., 1st Prov. Tr. Regt., Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; 10th Co., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, 
Mass., 14 Aug.; Adj., 3d Tr. Bn., 151st Depot Brig., 10 May '18; Asst. to Port Personnel Adj., Port of 
Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J., 28 Feb. '19; Transport Personnel Adj., U.S.S. Peerless, between U. S. and 
France, 15 Mch.; Shore duty, Hoboken, N. J., 30 Aug. '19. Disch., 24 Sept. '19. 

LOGAN, R. W. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug.; Capt., 5 Feb. '18. 2d C. A. C. 
Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 9 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Dec. '17— June '19; Heavy Arty. Sch., Mailly, Jan. '18; 
Prov. Howitzer Regt., 8" British Howitzers, Toul Front, Apr.; Inst, in Arty., Organization and Tr. Center 
No. 2, Limoges, May; Adj., and in command, 1st Bn., 58th Arty., C. A. C, July; detached duty, Postal 
Express Service Hq., Paris, Jan. '19. Toul Sector, Second Army Area (Moselle River). Ft. Strong, Boston, 
Mass., June — Aug. '19. 

LOVEJOY, G. M. (II) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, Nov.; ist Lt., 10 May 
'18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; C. A. C. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Sept.; Coast 
Defense of Boston, Dec; assigned to an overseas regt. Oct. '18, disbanded upon signing of armistice. Disch., 
Apr. '19. 

LOWE, R. V. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 9 Apr. '17; U.S.S. Vermont, Feb.— May '18; attached 
to U.S.S. New York, flagship of sq. of battleships operating with the British Grand Fleet, June — Dec. '18; 
present when German fleet surrendered. 

LOWENGARD, R. O. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 3d Off. Tr. Sch., 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. Camp Upton, N. Y., 
5. Jan. '18. A. E. F., 24 Apr. '18—25 A P r - ' IQ ; Arty. Sch., Saumur, France; 328th F. A., 5 Aug. '18. Toul 
Sector, Oct.— Nov. '18. (Pages 40, 41 and 45.) 

LUNN, J. A. (II) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Engrs., 16 Jan. '18; 1st Lt., C. W. S., 22 Oct. '18. Asst. to Dept. 
Engr., Hq. Northeastern Dept., U. S. 16 Jan. '18. A. E. F., May '18— Sept. '19; 30th Engrs.; transferred to 
C. W. S., 22 Oct. '18; Asst. Div. Gas Officer, Hq. 33d Div.; Reparation Comm. of the American Comm. to 
Negotiate Peace; Army of Occupation. See Civilian Record. 

LYONS, R. T. (Ill) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., F. A., Nov. '17. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; 302c! F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., Dec; Sch. of Fire for F. A. Ft. Sill, Okla., 
June '18; Hq., 12th F. A. Brig., Camp McClellan, Ala., Aug. '18— Feb. '19. 

McCLELLAND, R. F. (IV) Corp., M. P. Pvt., Inf., i June '18; Corp.; transferred to M. P. A. E. F., 7 Aug. 
'18 — -12 Apr. '19; 160th Inf.; 1st Army Hq., Souilly, France. 

McDONALD, H. J. (I) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., Engrs.', 25 Oct.; 1st Lt., 7 Feb. 
'18, Capt., 1 May '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; resigned to accept comm. in 
Regular Army, 25 Oct.; Engr. C, Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 10 Nov.; Co. A, 319th Engrs., 
Camp Fremont, Calif., 2 Jan. '18; Personnel Adj., 319th Engrs., 1 May; in command of Co. M, 5th Engr. 
Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., n June '18; 9th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Fremont, Calif., 2 Nov.; Co. D, 
3d Engrs., Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 5 Jan. — 1 Apr. '19. 

McDONALD, R. E. (X) Pvt., C. A. C. Entered service, 4 Nov. '18; 15th Co., C. A. G, Ft. Andrews, Boston, 
Mass., attempted to enlist in military service at beginning of war, advised by army officials to enter munitions 
business until notified. See Civilian Record. 

McDOUGALL, J. G. (VII) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 17 Oct.; Capt., 1 Aug. '18. 
C. A. C. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 27 Dec. '17— 1 Dec '19; Heavy Arty. Sch., Mailly- 
le-Camp, Dec. '17; Inst., Organization and Tr. Center No. 3, Clermont-Ferrand, Apr. '18; attached Btry. C, 
51st Regt., C. A. C, Bois de la Reine, 12 July; Inst., Heavy Arty. Sch., Angers, Aug.; Bn. Adj., 1st Bn., 
55th G A. C, 15 Oct.; Btry. Comdr., Btry. E, 55th C. A. C, 15 Nov.; Officer Convoyer, convoying Gen. 
Haller's Army from France to Poland via Germany, 15 Apr. — -20 July '19; Renting, Requisitions and Claims 
Dept., Aug. — Dec. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

McGRADY, L. L. (XV) 1st Lt., A. S. Entered Service, 20 Aug. '17; Inst., served as Adj. and Personnel Adj., 
School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 21 May '17 — Oct. '18; in command of a company of casuals, and 
taking instruction in flying, Kelly Field, Texas, 4 Oct. '18 — 4 Jan. '19. (Page 12.) 

McLAUGHLIN, R. J. (XV) ist Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug ; 1st Lt., 
Oct. '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17. A. E. F., 1 1 Aug. '17— Mch. '19; Btry. A, ist 
Bn. Trench Arty. C, A. C. Cambrai; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

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McLELLAN, D. H. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2c, U. S. N. R. F. (A), 10 Dec. '17; C. P. 0., 
1 Jan. '18; Ensign, 1 Mch.; Lt. (j. g.), I Nov. '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 12 Dec. '17; Inspec- 
tor of Navy seaplanes, Curtiss Aeroplane Co , Buffalo, N. Y., 29 Jan. '18: Office of Chief of Naval Opera- 
tions, Washington, D. C, 15 Sept. '18 — 21 Feb. '19. 

McMANUS, J. D.'(XIV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2d., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., (A), 

1 Jan. '18; Ensign, 15 May; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Apr. '19. Ground School, M. I. T., 10 Dec. '17; Engr. duties, under 
Inspector of Engr. Material, (A.), U. S. N., Brooklyn Aeronautic Dist., Keyport, N. J., 1 Feb., and Garden 
City, N. Y., 13 July '18 — 6 Aug. '19. Worked on development of NC-4 and other NC boats. 

McNEILL, W. I. (XV) 1st Lt . C. W. S. 1st Lt., Gas Defense Div. Sn. C, 28 Dec. '1 ; transferred to C. W. S. 

2 Sept. '18. U. S., 28 Dec. '17 — 28 Feb. '19; in charge Requirements and Progress Sect., Gas Defense Div., 
C. W. S.; after armistice, in charge Planning and Accounting Dept. 

MacRAE, DUNCAN (V) Capt., C. W. S. Entered Service, 7 Aug. '18; in charge Special Investigations Sect., 
Development Div., C. W. S., Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. '18 — Feb. '19. 

McWHIRK, CLARA V., Bacteriologist, Comm. for Prevention of Tuberculosis, Rockefeller-Foundation, France, 
Aug. '18 — -Jan. '19; with Red Cross Comm. to Palestine, Feb. — May '19. 

MAGUIRE, J. F., JR. (V) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 27_Aug. '18; Corp., 11 Sept. '18. 151st Depot Brig., Camp 
Devens, Mass.; attached C. W. S., Cleveland, Ohio, 21 Sept. '18; transferred to M. I. T. Inf. unassigned, as 
Inst, furloughed indefinitely. Disch., 9 Jan. '19. 

MALMFELDT, CARL (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, 17 May '18. A. E. F., 14 June '18—29 July '19 

Center Sector; Alsace; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, last phase. Divisional Citation. 

MANN, H. G. (XV) Pvt., Q. M. C> Mtethods and Procedure Div., Q. M. C, 14 July '18; transferred to Motor 
Transport Student Off. Tr. Sch., Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

MARINE, J. S. (II) 1st Lt. A. S. A. Pvt., 1 cl, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 9 June '17; 1st Lt., A. S. A. 4th Sq., 
School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 9 June '17. A. E. F., 22 Aug. '17 — 17 Dec. '18; French Flying Sch. 
Tours and Issoudun; Pilot, 99th Aero Sq., Observation, 11 Apr. '18; located at Haussimont (Marne), Amanty 
(Meuse), and Luxeuil-les-Bains, in southern Vosges Mts. Rheims-Chalons Sector, Toul Sector, Belfort Sector 
(lower Alsace). Seriously injured in an accident after forced landing, I Sept. '18. Disch., 9 Oct. '19. 

MARSILIUS, N. M. (XV) Capt., Ord. Corps. 1st Lt., U. S. R., 4 June '17; Capt., Ord. Corps, 28 June '17. U. S., 
4 June '17 — Feb. '19; Officer in Charge of Foundry, Blacksmith Shop and Hydraulic Press Dept., Rock Island 
Arsenal, 111.; detached service, recruiting mechanics for service in Rock Island Arsenal, 1 Jan. '18; Officer 
in Charge of Tool Mfg. Dept., Mch. '18. 

MARTIN, R. P., JR. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C. Sch., 22 Feb. '18; Corp., 1 Mch.; 2d Lt., 26 Aug. '18. 
Sig. C. Sch., Burlington, Vt., 22 Feb. '18; Sig. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Stanley, Texas, 7 May; Inst, and Supply 
Off., 3d Student Co., Sig. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Meade, Md., 23 Sept.— 17 Dec. '18. 

MARTINEZ, J. M. (V) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 14 Dec. '17; Pvt. 1 cl., 1 Oct. '18; Sgt., C. W. S., 15 Nov. 
'18. 154th Depot Brig., Camp Meade, Md., 14 Dec. '17; 118th Ord. Depot, Camp Wadsworth, Mch. '18; 3d 
Prov. Reg., Camp Hancock, Ga., May; transferred to C. W. S., Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Disch., 20 Dec. '18. 

MASON, S. S. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 23 Feb. '18; later, A. S. A. Inst., aeronau- 
tics and allied subjects, School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., Engr. Off. Sch., M. I. T., Ground School, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., Ground School, Austin, Texas, Feb. '18 — Feb. '19, and also for six months 
before entering Service. 

MATTHEWS, E. C. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 16 Apr. '17; Corp., 25 Aug.; 2d Lt., 10 July '18. A. E. F., 

3 Oct. '17 — 30 Mch. '19; I02d Regt., F. A.; went into action, 7 Feb. '18; Saumur Arty. Sch., I Apr.; Inst., 
Saumur Arty. Sch., July '18 — Jan. '19. Chemin des Dames Sector. 

MEDDING, W. L. (XV) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 16 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., Feb. '18; Capt., July '18. Engr. 
Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 16 Oct. '17; 318th Engrs. (Sappers), 6th Div., Vancouver Barracks 
Wash., Jan. '18. A. E. F., 8 May '18 — 6 July '19; 6th Engrs. (Sappers), 3d Div.; Inst, in bridging, Army 
Engr. Sch.; Office of Chief Engr., General Hq., Dec. '18; travelled over entire area of old battlefields on western 
front, collecting data on the work of the allied and enemy engrs.; 601st Engrs., Mch. '19. 

MEHAFFEY, W. C. (II) Asst. Naval Constructor, C. C, U. S. N., 1 Dec. '17. Boston, 1 Dec. '17; Annapolis, 
15 Jan. '18; New Orleans, La., Feb.— Nov. '18. 

MELOY, T. K. (XV) Capt. Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Engrs., 1 Feb. '18; Capt., 10 May '18. 
U. S., 25 Aug. '17 — 30 Aug. '18; Ft. Hancock, Ft. Myer, Ft. Leavenworth, Camp Lee, Vancouver Barracks, 
Camp Leach, Topographical Office, 604th Engrs., Camp Glenburnie, Md. A. £. F., 30 Aug. '18 — 10 Aug. 
'19; 604th. Engrs.; Engr. Officer, cons, of Rest Camp, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, 1st Engrs., 15 Feb. '19. Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Regimental Citation. 

MILLER, A. M. (I) 1st Lt., F. A., U. S. R. Pvt., F. A., Nov. '17; Sgt., Apr. '18; 2d Lt., June; 1st Lt., F. A., 
U. S. R., Apr. '19. 3d Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Dix, N. J., Nov. '17; F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, 
Apr. '18. A. E. F., June '18 — Jan. '19; Graduate of Arty. Sch., Saumur, France, I Oct. '18; Graduate of 
Tractor Arty. Sch., Gien, I Nov.; Btry. Officer and Orientation Officer, 144th F. A., 65th F. A. Brig. 

MILLER, C. G. (VI) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Camp Devens, Mass., and A. E. F., 301st Field Sig. Bn. (Page 12.) 

MILLER, F. 0. (XI) Pvt., A. S. Aerial Photography and Mapping, A. S., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 
17 Apr. — 13 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 6 Oct. '18 — 5 May '19. In training until armistice, then assigned to a 
photographic unit doing aerial mapping and making official historical works of photographic material in 
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MILLER, H,L. (VI) istLt.,C. A.C. 2dLt.,C. A. C, 260ct. '17; istLt., 21 May '18. 2d Tr. Co., Ft. Monroe, 
Va., 26 Oct. '17; Ft. Strong, Mass., 15 Apr. '18; Coast Defense Staff, Coast Defense of Boston, Ft. Warren, 
Mass., 15 May; Hq. Co., 73d Arty., C. A. C, Ft. Banks, Mass., 15 June; Gas Defense Sch., Camp Devens, 
Mass., Sept.; Q. M., Ft. Banks, Oct.; Supply Off., Motor Transport Officer, Surplus Property Officer, Pur- 
chasing and Contracting Officer, Ft. Banks, I Jan. '19; detailed to Ord. Dept., Ft. Banks, 2 Sept. '19. See 
Civilian Record. 

MISKOVSKY, R. J. (XV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Inf., 5 Sept. '17; Corp., 15 Sept.; Sgt., 12 Oct.; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 
13 Nov.; 1st Lt., 21 May '18. 341st M. G. Bn., Camp Funston, Kan., 5 Sept. '17; C. A. C. Tr. Sch., Ft. 
Monroe, Va., I Dec; Observation Work, Langley Field, Va., May '18; attached to A. S., taking course in 
aerial gunnery, Selfridge Field, Mich., 7 July. A. E. F., 21 Sept. '18 — 17 Apr. '19; aerial observation instruc- 
tion, Tours; 99th Aero Sq., engaged in instruction work with 26th, 29th, and 82d Divisions in training areas, 
U. S., Apr. '19 to date (Dec. '19); Personnel Adj., Commissioned Branch, assigned as Demobilization Officer, 
Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y., Apr. '19; transferred back to C. A. C, assigned to 39th Arty. Brig., Camp Jack- 
son, S. C. 

MONTAGUE, P. N. (XIII) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 20 Apr. '17; Sgt. A. S.; 1st Lt., A. S. A., 22 Sept- 
'17. A. E. F., 28 Oct. '17 — 22 Jan. '19; 1st Pursuit Group, 95th Aero Sq. Toul Sector, 15 May — 30 June 
'18; Chateau-Thierry Sector, 1-31 July. Prisoner of war, 31 July — 29 Nov. '18. 

MOODY, A. E. (XV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 
26 Oct. '17. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 May '17; transferred to C. A., Ft. Monroe, Va., June; 
Ft. Rodman, New Bedford, Mass.; sent as aerial observer to School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Texas, 
Nov. '17; attended schools for aerial observers, Langley and Selfridge Fields. A. E. F., 16 Sept. '18 — 12 Feb. 
'19; assigned 90th Aero Sq., Nov. '18. 

MORSE, H. E. (I) Chief Radio Elec, U. S. N. R. F. Radio Elec. 3 cl, 7 May '17; Radio Elec. 2 cl.; Radio Elec. 
1 cl.; Chief Radio Elec, 1 Jan. '19. A. E. F., '17— '19; U.S.S. K. L. McNeal; U.S.S. Piqua; mine sweeping 
and patrol work in French waters. 

MULLIKEN, R. S. (V) Pvt., C. W. S. Research Div., American University Experiment Station, Bu. of Mines, 
Washington, D. C, 15 Oct. — 20 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

NELSON, G. A., JR. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 22 Jan. '18. 
C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Sept. '17. A. E. F., Dec. '17 — June '19; 52d Arty., C. A. C., Haussimont, 
Marne; Btry. I, 52d Arty., Alsatian front, Apr. '18; Btry. D, 52d Arty., C. A. C, May; designated by com- 
manding general to take over first 14" naval guns assigned to the Army, Nov.; in command Btry. F, 42d 
Arty.; Forwarding Camp, Le Mans, Dec. '18. Resignation accepted, 28 July '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

NEUMANN, H. C. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Asst. Naval Constructor, Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. 

NEWELL, W. B. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 15 July '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, 
N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Co. H, 307th Inf., 77th Div. A. E. F., 20 Apr. '18— n Jan. '19; Bn. Scout Officer, 129th 
Inf., 33d Div. Baccarat Sector, 16 June — 15 July '18; Villers-Bretonneux Sector, 1-25 Aug.; Albert Sector, 
25 Aug. — -10 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 21 Oct. Gassed, 21 Oct. '18. 

NEWHALL, R. P. (VI) 1st Lt., M. G. Bn. 302d M. G. Bn., Camp Devens, Mass. U. S., May '17— July '18. 
A. E. F., July '18— Jan. '19; 302d M. G. Bn. 

NICHOLS, P. F. (VII) 2d Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., Inf., 5 Oct. '17; Sgt., Food Div., Sn. C, 1 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 27 Aug. 
'18. 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Oct. '17; on staff of pathological laboratory, Base Hosp., 
Camp Devens, 16 Jan. '18; Food Div., Sn. C, 8 Feb.; Surgeon-Gen. Office, Washington, D. C, 10 Feb.; 
engaged in research work on keeping qualities of dehydrated vegetables, biological laboratories, M. I. T., 
18 Feb.; School for Nutrition Officers, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 30 Aug.; M. I. T., 19 Nov. — 24 Dec. '18. 

NILES, A. S. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 28 May '18; Prov. 1st Lt., and Capt. (T.) 28 Aug. '18. 4th Engr- 
Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 28 May '18; 7th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 25 Sept.; 79th Engrs., 
Camp Leach, D. C, 20 Oct.; 3d Engrs., Corozal, Canal Zone, 13 Dec. '18. Disch. as Capt., I Apr. '19. 
Remained in service as 1st Lt., Engrs., Regular Army. 

NOYES, L. I. (IV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 17 May '18. C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Mon- 
roe, Va., 26 Oct. '17; Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay; Aerial Observers School, Langley Field, Va., May '18; 
Machine-gun training, Selfridge Field, Mich., June '18. A. E. F., 7 Sept. '18 — 30 May '19; Air Repl. Center, 
St. Maixent; Patient with influenza-pneumonia, in hospitals at St. Maixent, Quiberon and Karnac, Oct. — 
Jan. '19; Off. Repl. Depot, Gondrecourt, Jan. '19. Dept. of War Damages, Peace Comm., Paris; 
Gondrecourt, until May '19. 

O'BRIEN, J. S. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 28 Aug. '17; Ground School, M. I. T., 3 Nov. '17; Gerstner 
Field, La., Jan. '18. A. E. F., Sept. '18 — Apr. '19; Issoudun, France, Sept. — Oct. 

O'BRIEN, T. F. (II) (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 13 Nov. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Asst. Naval 
Constructor, Industrial Dept., Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. 

O'NEILL, J. E. 2d Lt., Engrs. A. E. F. 

PAINE, G. T. (I) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N., 17 Nov. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Office of super- 
intending constructor, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., San Francisco, Calif. 

PARKER, H. G. (VII) 2d Lt., M. C. Pvt., M. C, 15 Dec. '17; Sgt., 1 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., 3 Sept. '18. Stationed 

at Army Med. School, Washington, D. C. Disch., 28 Mch. '19. 
PARKINSON, SIMPSON (IV) reported in service of Canadian Army. 

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PAUL, A. H. JR.(I)Cadet, A. S. Pvt. i cl., A. S., 25 May '18; Cadet, Scott Field, Belleville, 111. Disch., 29 Nov. '18. 
PAYNE, E. B. (VI) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 13 Oct. '17; Sgt., 13 Oct.; Ord. Sgt., Nov.; 2d Lt., 

10 Jan. '18. 123th Ord. Depot., 13 Oct. '17; tests and instruction in machine guns, Camp McClellan, Ala. 

15 Oct.; Camp Mbade, Md., 30 Jan. '18; administrative duties, Ord. Depot, Camp Fremont, Calif., 18 Apr. 

transferred for technical instruction in motors and arty., Raritan Arsenal, N. J., 9 Aug.; Port of Embarka- 
tion, Hoboken, N. J., I Nov. '18. Disch., 13 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
PERKINS, L. W., 3d Lt., U. S. Coast Guard. Cadet, U. S. Coast Guard, 1 Aug. '16; 3d Lt., 1 Aug. '18. On 

duty in New York Harbor guarding the loading of ammunition vessels, 27 July '18 — 27 Mch. '19; Watch 

Officer, U.S.S. Androscoggin, Boston, Mass., 27 Mch. '19, to date (Dec. '19). 
PERRY, H. H., 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Enlisted, 11 June '17. Engr. Div., Small Arms Ammunition Sect., Ord. 

Dept.; Frankford Arsenal, 16 July '17; Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, 26 Aug.; Dominion Arsenal, 

Lindsay, Ont., 23 May — 12 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 17 Sspt. '18 — 12 Feb. '19; on technical staff, Small Arms 

Ammunition Sect., Ord. Dept., Hq. S. O. S., Tours, travelling to depots and lines of communication. Army 

of Occupation, 24 Oct. '18 — 18 Jan. '19. 
PETERSON, 0. R. (I) Capt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 10 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., Feb. '18; Capt., Apr. '18. Co. C, 

310th Engrs., 10 Nov. '17; 601st Engrs., Feb. '18. A. E. F., 16 July '18 — 28 July '19; 7th Engrs., 5th Div., 

Aug. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive. 
PETTIBONE, M. W. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., A. S. Entered Service, 13 Dec. '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18— Apr. '19; 480th 

Aero Construction Sq., A. S., Designs and Projects Div., A. S., Hq. at Tours, Aug., and at Paris, Nov. 'i8_ 

PFOHL, R. E. (IV) Pvt., Inf. Accepted for limited military service, 31 Aug. '18; Syracuse Recruit Camp, 4 Sept., 
17 Bn., 153d Depot Brig., Camp Dix, N. J., 17 Nov. '18. Disch., 27 Nov. '18. Rejected three times for 
active military service. See Civilian Record. 

PHILLIPS, L. S. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Coxswain, U. S. N. R. F., 8 Oct. '17; Ensign, U. S. N.; Lt. (j. g.), 
1 July '19. 1st Naval Dist., 8 Oct. '17; Naval Academy, Annapolis, until 29 May '18; Atlantic Fleet, June 
'18; New London, Conn., Sept. '18 — Mch. '19; on U.S.S. Eagle No. 1, service in northern Russia, May — Aug. 
'19; Brest, France, Sept. '19. 

PLATT, J. C, JR. (XV) Capt v Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 20 Nov. '16; 1st Lt., May '17; Capt., Aug. '19. Detached 
Officers List, attached to and commanding Co. E, 14th Inf., Camp Lewis, Wash.; 44th Inf., Jan. '18; Opera- 
tions Officer, Regt. Staff, 44th Inf., Small Arms School, Camp Benning, Ga.; 5th Inf., Sept. '19. A. E. F., 
Prov. Inf. Brig., 5th Inf., in Oct. '19. 

PLUMMER, C. E. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 13 Apr. '17; 2d Lt., 26 June '18. 17th Co., Ft. Revere, 
Mass., 13 Apr. '17; C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 6 Oct. '18—18 July '19; 50th 
Regt., C. A. C; after armistice, assigned 230th Co., Military Police Corps, doing duty as Asst. Provost Marshal. 

POND, W. F. (Ill) Capt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, 13 Aug. '17; Capt. 11 Dec. '17. 2d, Off. Tr. Camp, 
Plattsburg, N. Y., 25 Aug. '17; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Belvoir, Va., 1 Oct.; American University, Washington, 
D. C, 27 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 25 Dec. '17 — 9 Nov. '18; Co. B, 30th Engrs. (Gas and Flame), later 1st Gas 
Regt.; British training area for special gas troops, Flanders, 21 Jan. '18; front line service with British, Fland- 
ers, 1 Mch.; detached service, Hq. Chief of Gas Service, Tours, 25 Mch.; Gas Experimental Field, Chaumont, 
25 May; Co. A, 30th Engrs., 23 June; sailed to U. S. to assist in organization of 2d Gas Regt., 10 Oct. '18. 
Toul Sector; Vosges Mts. with 7th French Army; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Disch., 
5 Dec. '18. 

POTTER, P. O. (I) Pvt. 1 cl., Inf. 4th Recruit Co., Recruit Depot, Ft. Slocum, N. Y., 30 Sept. '18. Disch., 
15 May '19. 

PROCTOR, C. D. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. R. C. Pvt., Machine Gun Bn., 19 Sept. '17; Corp.; 2d Lt., Ord. R. C, 
12 Dec. '18. Co. A, 304th M. G. Bn., Camp Upton, N. Y. ,19 Sept. '17; Student and Inst., Q. M. Tr. Sch., 
Rock Island Arsenal, 111., 22 Oct.; Q. M. Tr. Sch., Raritan Arsenal, N. J., I June '18; Arty. Supply Truck 
Depot, Chicago, 6 June; Ord. Tr. Sch., Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., 26 Aug. '18. Relieved from active 
duty, 12 Dec. '18. 

PROCTOR, J. W. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, Commissioned, 7 June '17; active duty, 8 Jan. '18. Inspection and 
Engr. Divisions, Ord. Dept., organized an inspection system for Browning Automatic Rifle magazines; U. S. 
Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn. Still in service, 5 Sept. '19. 

PRYOR, W. L. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Remington Arms Co., Ilion, N. Y. 

QUILHOT, H. J. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F., 12 July '18; Ensign, Feb. '19. 

Ground School, M. I. T., 29 July '18; Key West, Fla., Nov. '18; Pensacola, Fla., Feb.— Apr. '19. See Civilian 

Record. 

RAMSEY, J. R. (formerly Ramsbottom) (VI) Maj., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; 
Capt., 30 Jan. '18; Maj., 2 Nov. '18. C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 3 Sept. '17. A.E. F., 11 Dec. '17— 
24 Nov. '18; Arty. Sch.; 3d Bn., 44th Arty., C. A. C; commanded btry. of British 8" howitzers at front, 
10 June — 10 Nov. '18; Bn. Comdr., last few weeks. Champagne Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

RANDOLPH, F. H. (II) Ensign, U. S.N. R. F. (E.). C.M.M.,U. S.N. R. F., 14 Aug. '18; Warrant Machinist, 
12 Dec; Ensign (E.), 22 May '19. U. S. N. Steam Engr. Sch.; Pelham Bay and Stevens Institute, Hoboken, 
N. J., 14 Aug. '18; Jr. Watch Officer, U.S.S. Rondo, 20 Dec. '18 — 25 Apr. '19. Released from active duty, 
28 May '19. See Civilian Record. 

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RAYMOND, E. H. (I) Capt., C. A. C. ist Lt., C. A. C, 5 Sept. '17; Capt.,4 Mch. '18. Entered Service, 5 Sept. 
'17; Ft. Stark, N. H.; 4th Co., C. A., Ft. Constitution, Portsmouth, N. H.; Canal Zone, 22 Feb. — 30 Apr. '19. 
As btry. comdr. directed first target practice of 16-inch gun at Perico Island, Panama. 
RICHARDSON, J. C. (XV) Radio Elec. U. S. N. U.S.S. Nahant. Naval Forces, A. E. F. 
RICHMOND, K. C. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 18 June '17; ist Naval Cadet School, M. I. T.; 
attached 3d Naval Dist. for target practice, 1 Oct. '17; Ex. Officer, Sub-Chaser 34, 1 Dec. '17. A. E. F.> 
Spring '18 — 20 Nov. '19; C. O., Sub-Chaser 34, and unit of three chasers, duty in English Channel, 10 June 
'18 — 16 Feb. '19; transferred to command Sub-Chaser 206 and six chasers with mine-sweeping detachment, 
North Sea, Feb. '19; transferred as Aide to Commander, Mine Force, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Orkney Islands, 
1 June '19. Navy Cross. (Pages 60 and 241.) 
RIDER, W. J. (II) Sgt., M. C. Sanitary Inspector, Aviation Field No. 2, Hempstead, N. Y. 
ROBERTS, C. H. M. (XIV) Capt., Ord. Corps, ist Lt., Ord. Corps, 18 May '17; Capt., 6 Mch. '19. Entered 
Service, 18 May '17; Springfield Arsenal, Mass., 22 Sept.; detailed to aviation, flying duty, Wilbur 
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, 26 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 15 Feb. '18 — 31 Oct. '19; with British Air Force, 15 Feb. — 
15 Apr. '18; with French Air Service, I May; 103d Aero Sq. (U. S.), 2 July; Aircraft Armament Officer, Hq., 
2d Army, 22 Oct.; Aircraft Armament Officer, Hq., Army of Occupation, Coblenz, 6 May '19; with Ord. Dept., 
July — Oct. '19. Somme Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
(Page 12.) 
ROBERTSON, S. S. (X) Pvt., Chemical Service Sect., American University Experiment Station, Washington} 

D. C. Disch. 20 Dec. '18. 
ROBINSON, R. K. (I) Pvt., Engrs. Co. I, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 12 Sept.— n Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
ROGERS, F. C. (I) Capt., Engrs. Prov. 2d Lt., Engrs., 16 Oct. '17; ist Lt., Apr. '18; Capt., June '18. Ft. 
Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. '17; New York City. Spinal injuries resulted in a stay of more than a year in the 
hosp.; at Gen. Hosp. No. 41, Staten Island, N. Y., Aug. '19. 
ROGERS, H. L. (I) Maj., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Sch., 13 May '17; Capt., F. A., 15 Aug.; Maj., 14 Aug. '18. Off. 
Tr. Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., 13 May '17; Inst., F. A., 2d Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Aug.; School 
of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., Dec. '17. A. E. F., 8 May ' 1 8—6 Aug. ' 19; School of Fire, Le Valdahon, France, May- 
June '18; 153d F. A. Brig, trained at Mencon, Brittany, and was attached 90th Div., Aug.; C. O., 2d Bn., 
308th F. A.; Brig, assigned 78th Div., Oct. — Nov.; 10th F. A., 3d Div., 16 Nov. '18; 308th F. A., 20 Dec. '18. 
Toul Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
ROGERS, J. A., JR. (II) ist Lt., Inf. Entered Service, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf. R. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., Inf., 
31 Dec. '17. 302d Inf.; Bn. Adj., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass.; Hq. Demobilization Group, Camp 
Devens, Mass. (Sept. '19). 
*ROPER, GEORGE, JR. (III). See Roll of Honor (page 100). 

ROSS, C. E. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Pvt., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 15 Apr. '18; Ensign, 12 Dec. '18. Enlisted 
15 Apr. '18; Ground School, M. I. T., 8 May; Flying School, Miami, Fla., Aug.; Advanced Flying School, 
Pensacola, Fla., 16 Oct.; qualified as naval pilot, 12 Dec; Pilot, instructed in flying in H-16's, 12 Dec. '18 — 
10 Feb. '19. 

ROSS, W. B. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 20 Sept. '17; Pvt., 308th Engrs.; Sgt., Sn. C; Sgt., Chem. Serv- 
Sect., 2d Lt., C. W. S. I May '18. Research work, chemical gas absorbents, especially soda lime, American 
University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, until 15 Mch. '19. 

ROUNDS, E, W. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 29 Oct. '17; C. Q. M., 21 Jan. 
'18; Ensign, 28 June; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Jan. '19. Ground School, M. I. T., 29 Oct. '17 — Mch. '18; submarine 
patrol, Hampton Roads, Va., May '18; Inst., Ground School, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., July; 
Inst. Advanced Flying, Pensacola, Fla., Jan. '19; Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, June' 19 to date 
(Aug. '19). See Civilian Record. 

RYAN, T. W., JR. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Engr. O. R. C, 15 Aug.; ist Lt., 
Engrs., 13 Sept. '18. ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; Engr. Camp, American University, 
Washington, D. C, June '17. A. E. F., 13 Sept. '17 — 18 May '19; Ecole du Genie, Versailles, Oct. — Nov.; 
ist Regt. Engrs., 1st Div., I Dec. '17. Toul Sector, 15 Jan. '18; Montdidier Sector, June— July; St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation, Coblenz, I Dec. '18 — 10 May '19. (Page 171.) 

SANBORN, L. P. (X) Flying Cadet, A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., 
12 Nov. '17; Camp Dick, Texas, 2 Mch. '18; Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., 15 Apr.; airplane accident 
resulted in nervous collapse, and four months out of service; transferred for temporary duty, C. W. S., Wash- 
ington, D. C. Disch., 31 Dec. '18. (Page 271.) 

SANBORN, P. N. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. A. E. F.; Co. F, 101st Engrs., 26th Div. 

SANDELL, H. N. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 5 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 31 Aug. '18. Supply Co., 301st Inf., 
Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Oct. '17; 4th F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 15 May '18; F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C. 
Disch. 31 Jan. '19. 

SARTI, E. E. (IV) Pvt., Cav. Troop D, 310th Cav., Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt. 

SAVILLE, THORNDIKE (I) ist Lt., A. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 27 Nov.; ist 
Lt., Sig. C, R. A., 27 Dec; ist Lt., A. S. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; Ft. Wetherill, 
Newport, R. I., 27 Nov.; Cons. Div., Sig. C, Langley Field, Va., as Officer in Charge of water works, sewerage 
and sub-soil draining; Supply Div., A. S., Langley Field, 5 Jan. '18 — 12 Mch. '19. 

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SAWYER, C. B. (XIV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 1 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Sept. '18. Inst., Motor Dept. 

Naval Aviation School, M. I. T. 
SAWYER, R. H. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 14 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 21 Jan. '18; Ensign, 

17 May '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 14 Dec. '17; Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, and, 

Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; transferred School for Aeronautical Engrs., M. I. T.; transferred Bu. of 

Cons, and Repair, 6 Sept. '18. 
SCANNELL, R. H. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs. Ambulance Driver, S. S. U. 13, American Field Service, 2 June '17. 

Pvt., U. S. Ambulance Service, 16 Sept. '17; 1st Sgt., A. S., 15 Oct.; 2d Lt., Engrs., 14 Mch. '18; 1st Lt., 

22 Feb. '19. A. E. F.; G-2-C (topography), G. H. Q.; Inst., Beaune University. Croix de Guerre with 

Silver Star. (Page 150.) 
SCHOONMAKER, L. E. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A., 31 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 11 Oct.; Capt., 27 Jan. '18. 

2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 31 Aug. '17; Ft. Hancock, Sandy Hook, N. J., until Aug. '18. A. E. F., 

30 Sept. '18 — 31 Dec. '19; French Anti-Aircraft Defenses of Paris; C. Q. M. Office, Tours; G-i, Baggage. 

Service, Embarkation Office, Brest. Germany, M. T. C, Silesian Brig., 5 Jan. '20 to date (Feb. '20). 
SEARLES, T. M. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered U. S. N., 6 July '09; Ensign, 7 June '13; Lt. (j. g.) 

7 June '16; Lt., 31 Aug. '17; Lt. Comdr., 21 Sept. '18. C. C, Norfolk Navy Yard; in charge of cons, of 18 

submarines building for U. S. N., San Francisco, Calif. 
SEELY, C. K. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 14 Aug. '17; Mr. Sig. Elec, Oct.; 2d Lt., A. S, 

Apr. '18. 57th and 84th Aero Sq., Kelly Field, Texas, 14 Aug. '17; School of Military Aeronautics, 

M. I. T., Feb. '18; Mineola, L. L, N. Y., Apr. '18. A. E. F., July '18— Mch. '19; Casual Engr. Officer, A. S.; 

1st Air Depot, Colombey-les-Belles. 

SENTER, E. G., JR. (XV) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 1st Lt., Engrs. R. C, 15 Aug.; Capt., 

Engrs., 10 June '18. 1st Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; Belvoir, Va.; 8th Engrs. 

(Mounted), Camp Baker, Ft. Bliss, Texas, 29 Aug. '17 — 12 Apr. '19; served as Recreation Officer, Officers 

Mess Officer, Athletic Officer, Censor, Exchange Officer, Personnel Adj., Co. Comdr., Topographical Officer 

Regtl. Supply Officer, Regtl. Adj. 
SEWALL, E. D. (II) Pvt., C. A. C. Entered Service, Oct. '18; Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va.; Fts. Warren, 

Standish, Banks, Heath, and Andrews, Boston Harbor. Worked at M. I. T. on tank "America," '17. 
SEWALL, SAMUEL (II) 1st Lt., Sig. C. Entered Service, 19 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 19 Nov. '17— 1 Feb. '19; Div. 

of Research and Inspection, Sig. C, detailed to work with the French Bu. of Inventions in the Sorbonne. 

Disch., 9 May '19. (Page 279.) 

SEYMOUR, W. H. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 11 Feb. '18. 

C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Sept. '17; Ft. Rodman, New Bedford, Mass.; Coast Defenses of Balboa, 

Canal Zone, 14 Feb. '19 to date (Jan. '20). 
SHAND, R. G. (XV) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N., 1 Dec. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Naval Academy, 

Annapolis, Md., I Dec. '17; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 15 Jan. '18 to date (Aug. '19). 

SHERINYAN, W. K., Pvt., M. G. Bn. Entered Service, 6 Oct. '17. A. E. F., June '18— July '19; 3 14th M. G. 
Bn., Hq. Detachment; Inst., Engr. Drawing, Engr. College, A. E. F. University, Mch. — June '19. Artois 
Sector, 23 Jan. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

SHERMAN, F. P., Lt., U. S. N. Midshipman, U. S. N, 17 June '14; Ensign, June '17; Lt. (j. g.), Oct. '17; Lt., 
Feb. '18. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 17 June '14. A. E. F.; U.S.S. Nashville, Mediterranean Sea, 
protecting convoys from Gibraltar to points east, Salonika, Alexandria, Marseille, etc., June '17 — Aug. '18; 
U.S.S. Murray, destroyer force, Brest, Sept. '18 — May '19. Various submarine attacks on convoys. 

SIDELINGER, R. L. (VI) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Detached duty with Gas Defense Service, Washington, D. C. A. E. F. 

SIEGEL, SAMUEL (X) Sgt. 1 cl., C. W. S. U. S., 5 Oct. '17—9 June '19; experiments with poison gases, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

SIMPSON, C. F. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 5 May '17; Pvt. 1 cl., 1 Sept.; Corp., 15 Sept.; Sgt., 12 Jan. '18; 
2d Lt., 1 Aug. '18. U. S., 5 May '17— Dec. '19; Btry. B, 126th F. A.; Camp Cody, N. M. 

SINDLER, J. J. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Gas Defense Service, 19 Sept. '17; Corp., Nov.; Sgt., Jan. '18; Sgt. 
1 cl., May; 2d Lt., C. W. S., Sept. '18. Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., Astoria Detachment, Astoria, N. Y., 
operating director of testing laboratory, testing gas mask absorbents, until I Jan. '19. 

SMITH, F. B., JR. (II, XV) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Tech Ambulance Unit, June '17. Y. M. C. A. Purchasing Office, 
Paris, July '17— Feb. '18. 1st Lt., Sn. C, U. S. A., Feb. '18; Medical Purchasing Office, Paris. (Page 87.) 

SMITH, W. W. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Corp., Sig. C, 14 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 3oMch. '18. Radio School, College Park, 
Md., 14 Dec. '17. A. £. F., 20 Apr. '18 — 20 Mch. '19; assigned Div. of Research and Inspection, stationed in 
Paris until 8 Aug.; making actual tests of sound locating apparatus, French front, Aug. — Oct.; began mfr. of 
Sound Direction Finding Apparatus, Paris, 8 Oct. '18. With French Army, Amiens-Montdidier Front, Aug. — 
Oct. '18. (Page 278.) 

SOLAKIAN, H. N. (Ill) Pvt., Sig. C. Entered Service, 18 Apr. '18. Trained for meteorological work in France, 
College Station, Texas, four months. A. E. F., 21 Sept. '18— 8 Apr. '19; 321st Field Sig. Bn., Meteorological 
Div., Sig. C. Toul Sector; Metz Sector. 

SPEAR, G. D. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., 2 July '17; 1st Lt., 13 May '18. School of Military Aero- 
nautics, M. I.T., July '17. A. E. F. 1 Oct. '17 — 2 Feb. '19; flying training with Royal Flying Corps, England, 
until Sept. '18; transferred to nth Aero Service Sq., 1st Day Bombardment group, co-operating with American 
1st Army, 15 Sept.; Casual, 18 Dec. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

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SPENCER, EDMOND (VI) Capt., Inf. Wagon Co., 301st Am. Tr., Camp Devens, Mass. 

SPITZ, GERTRUDE T. (VII) Staff Nurse, Harvard Unit, General Hosp. No. 22, attached to Royal Army Med. 

Corps, B. E. F., Dannes-Camiers, France, Mch. '17 — Jan. '19. 
STAGG, J. H., JR. (IX) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 28 Feb. '18; Ensign, Naval Ord., 

9 Oct. '18. Naval Inspector of Ord., Alloy Steel Forging Co., Carnegie, Pa. , 
STEARNS, F. A. (II) Ord. Sgt., Ord. Corps. Sgt., Ord. Corps, 13 June '17; Ord. Sgt., 26 Mch. '19. Enlisted, 

13 June '17; active duty, Watertown Arsenal, Mass., 25 Sept.; Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Oct. '17. A. E. F., 

26 Nov. '17 — 21 May '19; Intermediate Ord. Dept. No. I, Nevers, and No. 2, Gievres; Organization and Tr. 

Center No. I, Libourne, Apr. '18 — -Jan. '19. 
STEARNS, H. C. (IV) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., C. C, U. S. N. R. F., 12 Dec. '17; Ensign, 22 

Dec. '17. Office of Chief of Staff, Boston, Mass., Dec. '17; Cons. Officer, Deer Island Tr. Station, Boston 

Harbor, Jan. '18, and Wissahiskon Barracks, Cape May, June '19. Released from duty, 9 Aug. '19. 
STERNER, HAROLD (IV) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. Aide for information, Camouflage Dept., 3d Naval Dist.; dept. 

kept record of types of camouflage on vessels entering New York Harbor, sending drawings to Washington to 

be checked with original designs. 
STEVENS, G. R. (VI) Mr. Sig. Elec. Sig. R. C. Pvt., Sig. R. C, 10 May '17; Mr. Sig. Elec. 1 1 May '17. Disch., 

28 July '17, at request of Sec. of the Navy, to work with the Submarine Signal Co. in the Naval Branch. See 

Civilian Record. 
STEVENS, N. F. (VIII) 2d Lt., A. S. A. U. S. Army Balloon School, Arcadia, Calif. U. S., 8 Jan. '18—7 Jan. '19. 
STEVENS, R. S. (XV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Gas Defense Service, 15 Dec. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., Feb. '18; 2d Lt., 

C. W. S., 31 July '18. Production Service Mgr., Gas Defense Plant, Long Island City, N. Y. 
STOCKMANN, E. B. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Submarine Service, U. S., 15 Aug. '18— 1 Feb. '19. See 

Civilian Record. 
STONE, H. C. (I) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. Btry. E, 309th Hv. F. A., Camp Dix, N. J., 15 Dec. '17; Co. E, 26th Engr., 

21 Feb.. '18 — 21 Mch. '19. A. E. F., 18 Aug. '18 — 12 Mch. '19; developed points of water supply in Zone of 

Advance. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12 — 16 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 
STORROW, J. J., JR. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Enlisted 5 July '17; active duty, Chief Elec. U. S. N. R. F., 

31 Aug.; Ensign, 14 Feb. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 5 July '18. U.S.S. Proteus, 31 Aug. '17; U.S. S. Agamemnon, 14 Feb. 

'18; Transport Service, eight round trips to France before and seven after armistice, 14 Feb. '18 — 21 June 19. 

One engagement with a submarine, at time of torpedoing of U.S.S. Mount Vernon, 12 Sept. '18. See Civilian 

Record. 
STORY, JACOB (XIII) C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F. Enlisted, Charlestown Navy Yard, 7 Aug. '17; active service, 

League Island, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 10 Jan. — 24 Nov. '18; U. S. Naval Air Station, 

Pauillac, France; U. S. Naval Air Station, Brest, 8 Feb. — 16 Nov. '18. 
STRIBLING, S. R. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C; 1st Lt.; Capt., 6 Mch. '18. Entered Service, 28 Aug. 

'17; Ft. Monroe, Va.; 2d Co., Galveston, Texas; 64th Arty., 29 June '18. A. E. F., 14 July — 24 Nov. '18. 

Ft. Crockett, Galveston, 24 Nov. '18 to date (Aug. '19). 
STRONG, THEODORE (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. O. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 12 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., C. A., O. R. C, 29 Nov. 

'18. Ft. Hancock, N. J., 12 Sept. '18; Ft. Monroe, Va., 19 Sept. '18. Inactive service, 29 Nov. '18. 

STRONG, W. B. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 13 Mch. '18. C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. 
Monroe, Va., Oct. '17; Gunnery Inst., and Arty. Engr., Ft. Revere, Mass.; Radio Officer, Columbia Uni- 
versity, New York City; Supply Officer, Hq. Co., 28th Arty., Ft. Strong, Boston. Disch., 7 May '19. 

STROUT, H. E., JR. (XV) Capt., Engrs. Prov. 2d Lt., Engrs., i60ct. '17; 1st Lt., Mch. '18; Capt., May '18. 
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. '17; 319th Engrs., Camp Fremont, Calif., 4 Jan. '18; Recruiting duty, Los 
Angeles, Feb.; on Colonel's Staff, Mch. — Sept. '18. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '18 — 10 June '19; 319th Engrs., cons, 
work on Camp Pontanezen, Brest. 

SULLIVAN, A. P. (XIV) Sgt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 19 Sept. '17; Corp., C. W. S., 1 May '18; Sgt. 1 cl.» 
1 July '18. Hq. Co., 304th Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 19 Sept. '17; transferred to Ord. C, American Uni- 
versity, Washington, D. C, Dec. '17; transferred to C. W. S., Mch. '18. A. E. F., 3 Aug. — 23 Dec. '18; 
Hanlon Field, Experimental Station. 

SULLIVAN, W. A. (IV) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Asst. Constructor, Navy Dept., Annapolis, Md.; Asst. Construction 
Supt., Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. 

SWAIN, D. N. (XV) 1st Lt. Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 25 Oct. '17. 
1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17. A. E. F., 2 Apr. '18— 11 Feb. '19; 30th Inf. M. G. Co.; 
7th M. G. Bn., 3d Div.; 1st Depot Div., St. Aignan, France. Aisne Defensive; Champagne-Marne Defen- 
sive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. (Page 175.) 

SWAIN, R. B. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 25 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 9 July '18; 1st Lt., 3 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 
26 Sept. '17 — s Apr. '19; Co. B. 101st Engrs., 26 Div. Chemin des Dames Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive; 
Rupt Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Troyon Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

*SWAN, L. A. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 101). 

TAPLEY, W. L. (XV) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Washington, D. C, 16 Nov. '17; Camp Hancock, Ga., Mch. '18; 
Development Sect., Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., May '18 — Jan. '19. 

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TARPLEY, D. G. (IV) 1st Lt., Engrs. American Field Service, 23 June '17; joined Div. of Cons, and Forestry, 
Engrs., in France; is Lt., 7 Apr. '18. Foreign service, 23 June '17 — 5 July '19. Chemin des Dames, Oct. '17. 
(Page 87.) 

THOMAS, F. E. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., F. A., Nov. '17. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. 
Niagara, N. Y., Aug. '17; 3d F. A., Camp McClellan, Dec; Inst., 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., 
Feb. '18; Balloon Sch., Ft. Sill, Okla., Apr. '18. A. E. F., 14 July '18—22 May '19; Valdahon Atry. Sch., 
Aug.; training 6th F. A. Brig, recruits, Oct.; Aviation Sect., 7th Army Corps, Nov.; assigned to Arty, of 91st 
Div., Dec, later to 53d F. A. Brig.; assigned Co. E, 103d Am. Tn. (Horsed Bn.), attached 53d F. A. Brig. 
(28th Div.) Dec. '18— May '19. 

THOMSON, G. W. (I) Lt. (j. g.) (T), U. S. N. Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1 Dec. '18; Naval Academy, Md., 
20 Dec; Mare Island, Calif., 13 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 

THRASHER, W. E. (XI) Capt., Sn. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 19 Dec '17; Corp., M. C, 11 Mch. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 2 Aug.; 
2d Lt., Sn. C, 26 Aug. '18; 1st Lt., Engrs., 2 Feb. '19; Capt., Sn. C, 10 Mch. '19. 28th Co., C. A., Boston 
19 Dec. '17; transferred to Washington, D. C, 18 Feb. '18; Water Tank Tn. No. 301, 1 June; Water Tank 
Tn. No. 302, 26 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 29 Sept. '18 — 5 July '19; attached 26th Engrs., 2d Army Sector, 20 Oct.; 
reattached Water Tank Tn. No. 302, 11 Nov.; assigned 6th Engrs., 3d Div., Andernach, Germany, 2 Feb. '19. 
2d Army Defensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Casual Off. Detachment, Camp Dix, N. J., 5 July '19; Camp 
Sn. Engr., Langley Field, Va., 3 Sept. Disch., 3 Oct. '19. See Civilian Record. 

THYBERG, A. S. (II) American Field Service, S. S. U. No. 511, France. 

*TIERNEY, H. J. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 122). 

TOURTELLOTE, N. E. (IV, XV) Capt., C. A. C. Pvt., M. C, Base Hospital No. 44, June '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 
5 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug.; Capt., N. A., 7 Mch. '18. C. A.Tr. Sch. Ft. Monroe, Va., Aug. '17. A.E. F., 
Dec '17 — July '19; Student, later inst., Tractor Arty. Sch., near Paris; in charge of Motor Instruction, 
Organization and Training Center, No. 5; incoming Troops Officer, Bordeaux Embarkation Camp, in charge 
of all casual officers and men, Nov.; attached Inspector-Gen. Dept., G. H. Q., inspecting all motor equipment 
of U. S. Troops, France, occupied Germany and Belgium, until June '19. Aisne Defensive (with French 
Army), May '18; 2d U. S. Army, Nov. Departmental Commendation, Inspector-Gen., G. H. Q. C. 0., 
Co. A, 57th Regt., 31st Brig., C. A. C, July — Oct. '19. (Page 172.) 

TOYE, K. B. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. U. S., 25 Aug. '17—7 Jan. '19; M. G. Co., 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass.; Voca- 
tional Unit, New York University, New York City, 15 May '18. 

TROMBLA, D. C. (X) Corp., Sig. C. Enlisted, 24 July '17; Camp Devens, Mass., 7 Nov. '17—8 July '18. A. E. F., 
July '18 — June '19; 317th Field Sig. Bn., attached 5th Army Corps, to maintain telephone communication 
with combat divisions; after armistice, 9th Army Corps, at St. Mihiel, later at Nogent-en-Bassigny. St. 
Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

TURNER, C. E. (VII) Sn. Engr., (1st Lt., grade), U. S. Public Health Service. Shipyard Sanitation Detail, in 
charge of Dist. No. 1, Eastport, Maine, to R. I., 5 June '18 — 1 July '19. 

TUTEIN, D. A. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F ; C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 16 May '18; Ensign, 8 Jan. '19. Stationed 
at office of Naval Inspector of Ord., Midvale Steel and Ordnance Co., Philadelphia, Pa., production and inspec- 
tion work in dist. on naval ord. contracts. 

TUTTLE, A. E. (VI) Lt., U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Class 4, 20 Nov. '17; C. Q. M. (A.), Naval Reserve 
Flying Corps, I Jan. '18; Ensign, U. S. N., 15 May; Lt. (j. g.), I Oct.; Lt., I Apr. '19. Inspectors' Course, 
Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 10 Dec. '17; Inspector of Engr. Material (Aero), U. S. N., Brooklyn 
Aeronautical Dist., Keyport, N. J., and New York City, 27 Jan. '18 to date (Oct. '19). (P ges 41 and 45.) 

TWOMEY, E. F. (XI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Cadet, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 20 Dec. '17; Ensign, July '18. 
Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Dec. '17; in office of superintending Constructor of Aircraft, Curtiss 
Aeroplane Plant, Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. '18; experimental work on wood and laminated airplane parts, Forest 
Products Laboratories, Madison, Wis., May; Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, July; ordered to 
office of Superintending Constructor of Aircraft, New York City, July '18. Inactive duty, 25 Mch. '19. 
See Civilian Record. 

*TYLER, J. C. (II). See Roll of Honor (pages 96 and 150). 

VENABLE, C. S. (V) Capt., C. W. S. Development Div., C. W. S., 5 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WALKER, G. E. (XV) 2d Lt., Ord. R. C. Entered Service, 15 Nov. '17. Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., Explosives 
Branch, Philadelphia District. 

WALLACE, J. M. (V) 2d Lt., Ord. R. C. Entered Service, 26 Mch. '18. Special Tr. Co., Ord. Tr. Camp; Military 
Inst., Camp Hancock, Ga., Oct. — Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WALLIS, J. E., JR. (XV) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 15 Jan. '18. 
C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 5 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 12 Dec. '17 — 13 July '19; H. A. Hq., Mailly, France, 
1 Jan. '18; preliminary training as aerial observer, 210th French Escadrille, Feb.; French School of aerial gun- 
nery, Cazaux, Mch.; assigned Escadrille 122, eighth French army, near Toul, Apr.; Escadrille 41, Gondreville, 
91st Aero Sq., Gondreville, May; airdrome near Bar-le-Duc, Sept.; Operations Officer, 1st Army Observation 
MayjGroup, Oct.— Dec. '18. Disch., 4 Oct. '19. Toul Sector, 26 Apr.— 11 Sept. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded, 10 Aug. '18. Distinguished Service Cross; Citation from G. H. Q. 
(Pages 137 and 201.) 

WATSON, P. B. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Research Div., C. W S., 14 Oct. '18— 1 June '19. See Civilian Record. 

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WELLS, B. S. (I) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., i Dec. '17; Lt., 1 July '18. Appointed Asst. Naval 
Constructor, I Dec. '17, ordered to Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Asst. office and planning superintendent, 
Hull Div., Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., Jan. '18 to date (Oct. '19). 

WELLS, B. D. (II) 1st Lt., C. W. S. 1st Lt., Ord. Corps, 1 June '17; transferred to C. W. S. Design Sect., Gun 
Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, June '17; transferred to Gas Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 16 Nov. '17; 
Asst. in development of methods for large production filling of gas shells, spring '18; in charge of cons., opera- 
tion and development of everything pertaining to filling of various types of smoke grenades and shells, Aug.' 18. 
Disch., 26 Feb. '19. 

WELLS, E. D. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Cadet, A. S., 27 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 22 May '18. Ground School, 
University of Illinois, 27 Oct. '17; Flying training, Kelly Field, Texas; Inst, in flying, Kelly Field, 22 May '18 — 
22 Jan. '19. 

WENZELL, A. H. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.) Sept. '18. Active service 
aboard U.S.S. New Mexico, doing patrol work along Atlantic lanes, May '18 — Aug. '19. Escorted U.S.S. 
George Washington with Pres. Wilson's party back from France. 

WESTBROOK, L. R. (V) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Chemical Service Section, N. A., 8 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., C. W. S., 
5 Aug.'i8. Stationed at Washington, D. C, Apr. '18; assigned special duty, Cleveland Laboratory of Edge- 
wood Arsenal, Cleveland, Ohio, in charge of research group; stationed with Development Div., C. W. S., 
Nela Park, Cleveland, in charge of Confidential Information Sect., 5 Aug. '18 — 21 Apr. '19. 

WHETZEL, J. C. (X) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, Aug. '17; 1st Lt., F. A., Nov. '17; transferred to 
Gas Tr. Sect., Sn. C, '18, to Chemical Service Sect., and to C. W. S. Ft. Harrison, Ind.; Washington, D. C. 
A. E. F., Aug. — Dec. '18; Gas Field, Chaumont; Div. Gas Off. Camps, Choignes and Chinon; A. E. F. Labora- 
tory, Paris. 

WHITE, T. H. (VI) 1st Lt., A. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A.; 1st Lt., A. S. 1st Off. Tr. 
Camp, Ft. Harrison, Ind., 13 May '17; Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 29 Aug.; Langley Field, Va., I Oct. '17 — 25 Oct. 
'18; Washington, D. C, 26 Oct.— 31 Dec. '18. 

WHITMORE, J. T. (IV) Sgt., Q. M. C. Camp Supply Office, Camp Devens. U. S., 20 Nov '17—18 Feb. '19. 

WHITNEY, R. T. (XI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 17 July '17; Ensign, 4 Mch. '18; 
Lt.. (j. g.), 1 Sept. '18. Ground School, M. I. T., July '17; Hampton Roads, Va., 25 Nov.; Pensacola, Fla. 
30 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 1 Apr. — 1 Dec. '18; U. S. Naval Air Station, Finisterre. 

WILLIAMS, A. R. (VI) Capt., Engrs. 2d Bn., 205th Engrs.; Co. E, 217th Engrs. (Sappers), Camp Beauregard, 
La. 

WILLIAMS, L. A. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., Inf. 8th Mass. Inf., N. G., Mch. '17; Co. C, 103d Inf., 26th Div., Aug. '17. 
A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — 10 Apr. '19. In all engagements with 26th Div., including Aisne-Marne Offensive, 
Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Severely wounded, compound fracture of 
skull, Marcheville, 26 Sept. '18. (Page 180.) 

.WILLIAMSON, H. C. (IV) Maj., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 14 Aug.; Capt., 12 Feb. '18; 
Maj., 4 Oct. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 14 May '17; Div. Hq., Camp Devens, Mass.; Adj. 
Gen. Dept., Feb. '18. A. E. F. 3 June— 12 Dec. '18; Div. Adj., Hq. 76th Div. 

WILLIFORD, F. E. (VI) Col., C. A. C. Entered Service, 16 June '02; Maj., C. A. C, 27 Dec. '17; Lt.-Col., 
18 June '18; Col., 22 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 18 Aug. '17 — 23 Mch. '19; 30th Brig., C. A. C; in charge of training 
and development of all trench arty, in A. E. F. Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. Citation from G. H. Q. (Page 155.) 

WILSON, D. W. (V) C. W. S. 

WIRT, J. B. (X) Capt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 1 Mch. '18; Capt. 24 June '18. 17th Inf., garrison 
duty, Kan., Georgia, Mass., Md.; Camp Meade, Md. (Aug. '19). 

WOOD, H. L. (VI) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt. 1 cl., Off. Tr. Camp, 5 Jan. '18; Corp., Inf., 28 Mch.; Sgt., 1 Apr.; 2d Lt., 
13 July; 1st Lt., 6 Sept. '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Co. F, 307th Inf., 27 Mch. '18. 
A. E. F., 7 Apr. '18 — 19 May '19; Co. L, 130th Inf., 13 July '18; Bn. Intelligence Officer, 3d Bn., 130th 
Inf., 33d Div., 28 July — 18 Sept.; Bn. Adj., 19 Oct. — 24 May '19. Somme-Amiens Sector with Australian 
Corps, 27 July — 6 Aug. '18; Albert-Dernancourt Sector with 18th Div., B. E. F., 7 — 20 Aug.; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Luxemburg. 

WOOD, W. A. (XV) Q. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, 7 May '17. Hon. Disch., 3 July '17, to 
take up industrial work. See Civilian Record. 

WOOD, W. C. (X) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., 6 June '17; ist Lt., A. S. A., R. M. A., 5 Oct. '17. Inst., 
Ground School, M. I. T., June '17; School of Military Aeronautics, Toronto, Canada, 6 Aug.; Inst., Ground 
School, M. I. T, 6 Sept.; Inst, in Aerial Gunnery, Bombing School, Ellington Field, Texas, 30 Jan. '18; Talia- 
ferro Field, Texas, Mch.; Chief Inst, of Ground Training, Pursuit School, Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., 
June; Inst., Dorr Field, Fla., Sept. '18. Disch., 16 Dec. '18. 

WOODRUFF, J. T. B. (II) Pvt., Engrs. Ft. Slocum, N. Y., 13 Dec. '17. Hon. Disch., 21 Jan.'i8. See Civilian 
Record. 

WOODWARD, E. M. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. ist Lt., C. A. C, 25 Aug. '17; Capt., 9 Mch. '18. A. E.F., 22 Apr.- 
5 Nov. '18; Btry. A, 60th Arty., C. A. C; Tractor Arty. School, near Paris; H. A. School, Mailly and Angers; 
six weeks at front; ordered to U. S. on instructing duty, Oct. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive, to 22 Oct. '18. Disch., 22 Apr. '19. 

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WOODWARD, P. G. (X) Capt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Chemical Service Sect., N. A., 8 Dec. '17; 1st Lt., Apr. '18; 
1st Lt., C. W. S., 19 July; Capt., 26 Oct. '18. Overseas Laboratory, Dec. '17; detailed to aid Col. Walker, 
Edgewood Arsenal Feb. '18; later in charge Requirements Sect., Edgewood Arsenal. Disch., Mch. '19. See 
Civilian Record. 

WOOD WORTH, H. 0., Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (E.). Sea.,U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '17; Fireman 2 cl., 1 Dec; Fire- 
man 1 cl., 1 Apr. '18; M. M. 2 cl., 1 July; M. M. 1 cl., 1 Nov.; C. M. M., 15 Nov.; Mch., 6 Mch. '19; Ensign. 
(E.), 29 May '19. U. S., 6 Apr. '17—17 Mch. '19. Abroad, 17 Mch. — 1 May '19. 

WORKS, N. C. (Ill) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., Inf. R. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., Inf., 
1 Apr. '18. 1st Co., 1st Prov. Tr. Regt., Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, 
Mass., 15 Aug. '17 — 12 Dec. '18, except detached service, Small Arms Firing School, Camp Perry, Ohio, 
June '18. 

WYMAN, L. E. (XI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 14 May '17; 1st Lt., Engr. R. C, 15 Aug.' 17. A. E. F.> 
28 Sept. '17 — 23 Apr. '19; French Military School, Versailles, 29 Sept.; assigned 1st Regt. Engrs., 1st Div., 
1 Dec; at front with 1st Div., 15 Jan. — 11 Nov.; in command of Hq. Co., 1st Engrs.; in charge of materiel 
dumps of 1st Div. Toul Sector (Ansanville); Sector west of Montdidier (Cantigny); Aisne-Marne Offensive 
(Soissons); Saizerais Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation, Coblenz 
Bridgehead. (Page 179.) 

YEATON, P. 0. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. '18. See Civilian Record. 

YOUNG, I. W., JR. (XV) Candidate Officer, Engrs. Pvt., 1st Repl. Regt., Engrs., 8 Sept. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. 
Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 30 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

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ABRAMS, J. M. (X) Lt., C. A. C. Commissioned 26 Oct. '17. Coast Defenses of Boston Harbor; 50th Hv. 

Arty., June '18. A. E. F., 1st Repl. Depot, Dec, '18; General Staff, 1st Army Corps, Mch. '19; Instructed in 

gunnery and ballistics of Hv. Arty.; in charge of kitchen at Camp Pontanezen, Brest. 
ADAMS, M. W. (VI) 2d Lt., Marine Corps Reserve. Pvt. Marine Corps, 16 June '18; 2d Lt., 26 Aug. '18. Phil- 
adelphia Navy Yard, June — 22 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
ALLEN, H. B. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., French Army, 6 July '17; transferred, A. S., A. E. F., 10 Nov. '17; 

2d Lt., A. S., 15 June '18. In France, 4 July '17 — 4 Feb. '19; Inst, in flying, 3d Aviation Instruction Center. 

(Page 86.) 
ALLEN, L. J. (II) Pvt., Sig. C, Radio Sect. Entered Service 28 Aug. U. S. Sig. C. Radio School, College Park, 

Md.; placed on indefinite furlough for radio design, at General Radio Co., Cambridge, Mass., 28 Sept. '19- 

See Civilian Record. 
*ANGELL, C. M. (VIII). See Roll of Honor (page 93). 
ATWATER, DAVID (VII) reported in Sig. C. 
ATWELL, H. V. (XIV) Mr. Engr. (j. g.), C. W. S. Pvt., Ord. Dept., 6 Apr. '18; Sgt., 1 July '18; transferred to 

Gas Defense Sect., C. W. S., Aug. '18; Mr. Engr. (j. g.), 29 Nov. '18. Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 6 Apr.— Aug. 

'18; Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 14 Aug.'i8— 7 Feb. '19. 
AVERY, J. M. (XIV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Ord. Corps., Apr. '18; Sgt., July '18; 2d Lt., C. W. S., Aug. '18. 

Edgewood Arsenal, Md., engaged in production of toxic gases, Apr. '18 — May '19. 
AYER, C. S. (V) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Inf., 19 Sept. '17; transferred A. S., 17 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., A. S., Jan. '18, 

83d Div., Camp Sherman, Ohio, Sept. '17; School of Military Aeronautics, University of Ohio, Columbus, 

Ohio, Nov. '17— Jan. '19. 
BABER, M. J. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Cadet, Ground School, M. I. T., 8 Jan. '18; C. Q. M., U. S. N. 

(A.) ; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 25 June '18. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., 21 Mch. '18; 

U. S. Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa., inspecting flying boats of H-16 and F-S-L types, June '18 — 

30 Jan. '19. 
BACHE-WIIG, JOHN (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Cadet, F. A., May '17; 2d Lt., Aug. '17. Res. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. 

Sheridanlll., 14 May '17; 330th F. A., Camp Custer, Mich., 1 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 30 July '18—14 Mch. 

'19; transferred 310th T. M. Btry., 160th F. A., 14 Nov. '18. 
BALLANTINE, B. D. (II) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps., 14 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 14 Aug. '18; 1st Lt., 

7 May '19. A. E. F., 22 Sept. '18 — 19 July '19; Machine Shop at Mehun-sur-Yevre; in charge Jan. — June '19. 
BANCKER, E. H. (VI) Pvt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 18 Mch. '18; Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 12 Oct. '18. 

Acted as Sgt. training aviation recruits Waco, Texas, Mch. '18, and Charlotte, N. C, 22 May; Casual, Garden 

City, L. I., 1 Aug.; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Louisville, Ky., 12 Oct.— 28 Nov. '18. 
BARBER, H. M. (XI) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., F. A., Sept. '17; Corp., Oct. '17; Sgt., Nov. '17; 2d Lt., June '18. 

323d F. A., Camp Sherman, Ohio, Sept. '17. A. E. F., June '18— Feb.'i9; 8th F. A., Sept. '18. 
BARNES, A. H. (V) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 14 Feb. '18; Sgt., 11 July '18; transferred C. W. S., 25 Oct. 

'18. Washington, D. C, 14 Feb. '18; Lowell, Mass., 25 Mch. '18; Ft. Greene, R. I. Experiment Station, 

C. W. S., and Arlington Experimental Station until 15 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 
BARNES, D. A. (XV, IV) Ensign, U. S. N. (A.). C. Q. M., Ground School, M. I. T., Apr. '18; Ensign, 15 Nov. 

'18. Ground School, M. I. T., 1 Apr. — 22 June '18; Miami and Pensacola, Fla. until 25 Feb. '19. 
BEAL, L. I. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A., Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 27 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., 

18 Dec. '18. 

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BEAVER RUDOLPH (I) Pvt., Ord. Corps, Railway Mount Gun Sect., 6 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 
(Page 31.) 

BELLIS, C. B. (X) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 8 Oct. '17; transferred to F. A., Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 1 June '18; 
1st Lt. Oct. '18. Springfield Armory M. G. School, Oct. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Dix, N. J.; Camp Jack- 
son, s!'c.; helped to organize F. A. Repl. Depot and M. G. School, Camp Taylor, Ky. 

BERG,H. J. (II) 2d Lt -> A - s - A - Pvt -> A> S "> 9 Nov - ' I7; 2d Lt -' A> S - A> ' 2 3 Mch - ' l8 - Cadel School > Kell y 
Field Texas, 26 Dec. '17; School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 16 Jan. '18; Engr. Dept., Ellington Field 
Texas. 23 Mch.; Asst. Engr. Officer, Motor Overhaul Shop, 3 Apr.; Engr. Officer 271st Aero Sq., Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds, Md., making flights to test live bombs, bomb sights, and bomb releases, 30 June '18 — 
12 Mch. '18. 

BERLINER H. A. (II) Pvt., A. S. School of Aerial Photography, Langley Field, Va., 20 Jan. '18; Ithaca, N. Y., 
Aug.; Madison Barracks, N. Y., Sept.; Langley Field, Oct. '18; Chanute Field, 111., Oct. '18— Jan. '19. 

BERMAN, ELI (VI) Ensign, U. S.N. R. F. Entered Service, 20 Oct. '18; C. M. M., 1 Dec. '18; Warrant Machin- 
ist, 7 Apr. '19; Ensign, 14 June '19. 

BETTS, E. G. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 1 Feb. '18. 1st Howitzer Regt., 2d Tr. Camp, 
Ft. Monroe, Va., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 12 Dec. '17 — 24 June '18; C. 0., 8" Howitzer Btry. for two months; at 
Front six weeks. U. S., June '18 — 8 Jan. '19; Inst, in Hv. Arty., Ft. Monroe, Va.; C. O., two batteries of 
Ry. Arty., Ft. Hancock. N. J. 

BIGGAR, W. T. (I) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Inf., 6 Sept. '17; transferred C. W. S,, 6 Oct. '17; Corp., C. W. S., 
1 Feb. '18; transferred Engr. R. C, 15 May '18; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 11 Jan. '19. Co. D, 301st Inf., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 6 Sept. '17; transferred to Gas Defense Service, Astoria, L. I., 6 Oct. '17; transferred to Engr. 
R. C, and sent to M. I. T., 15 May '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., Until 11 Jan. '19. 

BLAISDELL, S. B. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Warrant Gunner (Electrical), U. S. N. R. F., 13 Dec. '17. Ensign, 
U. S. N., 31 May '18; Lt., (j. g.), 21 Sept. '18. U.S.S. Missouri of Atlantic Fleet, 8 July '18; Receiving Ship 
at n! Y.','Nov. '18; u!s.S. New Mexico of Pacific Fleet, 9 Mch. '19 to present date (17 Nov. '19). See Civilian 
Record. 

BLANCHARD, C. W. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Cadet, A. S., 3 Nov. '17; 2d Lt. (R. M. A.), 28 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 
A S R. C, 13 Mch. '19. Ground School, M. I. T, 3 Nov. '17; Kelly Field, Texas, 18 Jan. '18—28 Mch. 
'18; Wright Field, Ohio, 30 June '18—4 July '18; Love Field, Dallas, 4 July '18—29 A ug- '18. A. E. F., 

20 Aug. 13 Dec. '18; stationed at St. Maixent, France, and with Royal Air Force, Montrose, Scotland, 

training men to fill in casualties for 14th and 148th Casual Sq. on British Front. 

BLANK, H. M. (XV) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 6 Feb. '18. Ft. 
Monroe, Va., Aug.— Nov. '17. A. E. F., 12 Dec. '17 — 2 Dec. '18; Hv. Arty. School; Capt. in charge, Btry. 
A, £2d Arty.' St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

BLODGETT, L. S. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Cadet, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T; inspector 
of planes' in Feb. '18; special duty, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, May '18—28 Jan. '19. 

BLOUNT, H. N. (XV) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. In Service, 5 Feb. '18. U. S. Naval Gun Factory, Washington, 
D. C.', 3 Sept. '18; U. S. Training Station, Newport, R. I. 

BOND, N. A. (XI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 6 Apr. '18. 

BOUKNIGHT, W. M. (VI) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 15 May '17; 1st Lt., Inf., 19 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 28 June 
>!8 I2 June '19. Gerardmer Sector (Vosges), 1 Sept. '18 — 12 Oct. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Divi- 
sional and Army Citations. 

BOYD S. M. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 17 Jan. '18; Sgt., C. W. S., 17 Dec. '18. Ordered to remain 
atM. I. T. to complete course; transferred to Ord. Corps, Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 15 Apr. '18; unit 
transferred to C. W. S. July '18. 

BRADLEY, G. D. (IV) Lt. (j. g.),U- S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2cl., U. S. N. R. F., 17 Oct. '17; Ensign, 6 Feb. '18; 
Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. Boston, Mass., Oct. '17; Buffalo, N. Y., 6 Dec. '17; Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp., 
Dayton, Ohio, 21 May — Dec. '18. 

BRAISLIN, J. C. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Commissioned 4 July '18. Senior Watch and Div. Officer, 
U.S.S. Carrillo and U.S.S. Moncus, Naval Overseas Transportation Service. See Civilian Record. 

BREWER G. S. (X) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 25 Feb. '18; Corp., 12 Mch.; transferred to Gas Defense Service 
(later C W. S.) 17 Mch. '18. 29th Co., 8th Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., Feb. '18; Gas 
Defense Service, Philadelphia, Pa., 17 Mch.; New York City, 1 Dec. '18—25 Jan. '19. 

BROWN H. H, JR. (X) 1st Lt., F. A. Provisional 2d Lt., C. A. C, Sept. '17; commission refused, Nov. '17; 
2d Lt. F. A. (N. A.), Feb. '18; 1st Lt., May '18. Camp Sheridan, Ala., Sept. '17— June '18. A. E. F., 
June '18— Apr. '19; 135th F. A. on 2d Army Front, Sept.— Nov. '18. 

*BROWN, M. C. (XIV). See Roll of Honor (page 102). 

BROWN, R. B. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '18. On U.S.S. Standard Arrow, and U.S.S. Oregonian traveling 

between New York and France. 
BROWNE, DONALD (VIII) 2d Lt., A. S. Cadet, A. S., 17 June '18. 2d Lt., O. R. C, 16 Jan. '19. 
BRUCKHAUSER, W. K., JR. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2cl., Nov. '17; Ensign stationed at Pensa- 

cola, Fla., Feb. '18; New York City in Mch. '19. 

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BUCHANAN, D. R. (XIII, II) ist Lt., A. S. Commissioned, 18 May '17. A. E. F., 2 Nov. '17—2 Feb. '19, 

Issoudun and Clermont-Ferrand Flying Schools; with 96th Aero Sq., Apr. — Aug. '18; training in Italy, 

Aug. '18. 
*BUCK, W. F. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 103). 
BUERKIN, J. A. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2d, 17 Sept. '17; Ensign, 11 Feb. '18; Lt. Q. g.), 

Oct. '18. U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Sept. '17; Office of Superintending Constructor of 

Aircraft, Curtiss Plant, Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. '18 — 25 Jan. '19. 
BUGBEE, J. M. (Ill) Corp., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 14 Feb. '18; Corp., Radio Sect., ist Army, Sig. C, 16 Nov. '18. 

A. E. F., 26 July '18 — 20 July '19; Member, American School Detachment, University of Toulouse, Mch. — 

July '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 25 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 
BURGESS, K. A. (II) Ensign, U. S.N. Sea. 2d, 11 Dec. '17; Ensign, 7 June '18. On U.S.S. Columbia in escort 

and convoy duty. 
BURKE, A. E. (VII) Pvt., F. A. Camp Devens, Mass., Nov. '17. A. E. F., with Btry. A, 301st F. A., in July '18. 
BURROWS, G. H., 2d Lt., Inf. Co. K, 3d Div., Camp Devens, Mass. in Nov. '18. 
BURTON, 0. D. (V) Sgt. 1 cl, C. W. S. Pvt., Research Div., C. W. S., 24 Nov. '17; Sgt., 1 May '18; Sgt. 1 cl, 

1 Oct. '18. Canister Research Unit, Gas Mask Research Sect., American University, Washington, D. C, 

24 Nov. '17 — Feb. '18; research work on carbon monoxide absorbent, Feb. — -July '18; Asst. to Chief of 
Canister Research Unit, Aug. — Oct. '18; in full military control of large-scale field tests, and Asst. Liaison 
Officer between Defense and Offense Sections, Oct. — 11 Nov. '18; compiled monograph correlating results of 
field tests, Nov. '18 — 14 Feb. '19. Slightly gassed, July '18. 

BUSHEE, R. J. (XI) Ensign, N. N. V. Sea., 6 Apr. '17; C. B. M., 1 July '18; Ensign, 13 Nov. '18. U.S.S. 

Nebraska, 9th Deck Div., 6 Apr. '17; S.S. Pearl Shell for Armed Guard Duty, 28 Sept. '17; St. Helena, 

Norfolk, Va., 1 Apr. '18; Officer Material School at Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, 1 July '18; 

U. S. Submarine Chaser No. 298, 13 Nov. '18; released at Mare Island, Calif., 8 July '19. 
BUTLER, A. S. (XIII) Pvt., F. A. Sect. 115, Anti-Aircraft Service, 5 June '17; transferred to F. A. Cent. Off. 

Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 10 Oct. '18. 
BUTLER, H. B. (V) Pvt., ist cl., Q. M. C. Pvt., Inf., 15 Dec. '17; transferred Q. M. C, 29 Jan. '18. Co. G, 

312th Inf. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18— 6 July '19; Butchery Co. No. 305; Q. M. Salvage Div., Tours. 
CALDWELL, S. H. (II) Ensign, C. E., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, 4 June '18; C. M. M., 15 Sept. '18; Machinist, 

25 Feb. '19; Ensign, 25 May '19. In Boston and New York, 25 June — 29 Julv '18. A. E. F., 1 Aug. — 2 Sept. 
'18. U. S., Sept. '18— 16 Feb. '19. A. E. F., 17 Feb.— 1 May '19. 

CAMERON, E. J. (VIII) Pvt., M. C. Gen. Hosp. No. 13 (Harvard Unit) at Boulogne attached to B. E. F. 
CAMPBELL. T. J. (II) ist Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 17 June '17; Cadet, Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C; ist Lt., 

13 May '18. A. E. F., Oct. '17 — Jan. '19; 8th Aviation Instruction Center, Italy, Oct. '17 — June '18; Royal 

Air Force, 3d Aviation Instruction Center, June '18 — Oct. '18; 41st Aero Sq., 5th Pursuit Group, Oct. '18 — 

Jan. '19. 
CANNON, G. Y. (IV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt. 1 cl., 16 May '18; 2d Lt., 26 Aug. '18. 4th Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, 

Mass., May '18; Camp Lee, Va., and Small Arms Firing School, Camp Perry, Ohio, June — Oct. '18; returned 

Camp Lee, Va., 9 Oct. '18—23 Dec. '18. 
CARPENTER, C. C. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Enlisted, 5 Apr. '18; Sea. 2 cl., 11 June '18; C. B. M, 19 Aug. 

'18; Ensign, 17 Dec. '18. Stationed at Hingham, Mass., Wakefield Rifle Range, Bumkin Island and Com- 
monwealth Pier, June — Aug. '18; Off. Tr. Sch., until 23 Dec. '18. 
CARR. P. W. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Co. A, ist Bn., Research Div., C. W. S., 20 Sept.— 20 Dec. '18. 
CARTER, E. S. (II) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 19 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 25 May '18; ist Lt., Apr. '19. Camp Devens, 

Mass., Sept. '17; Gas Defense Plant, Astoria, L. I., Oct. '17 until spring '18; Co. B, 542d Engrs. (Cons.), 28 

June '19. 
CARTER, J. W. (Ill) ist Lt., F. A. A. E. F., Dec. '17— Aug. '18; with 135th F. A. attached French Army 

and ist Corps Arty. Ordered to U. S. as Inst, in F. A., Aug. '18; in a hospital Sept. and Oct. '18; disch. 

Nov. '18. Champagne-Marne Defensive; (Chateau-Thierry) Aisne-Marne Offensive. 
CARY, F. W. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Commissioned 26 Sept. '18. Enlisted in American Field Service, T. M. 526 

Peloton C, 20 June — 23 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 23 Nov. '17 — 29 Jan. '19; Civilian Employee, 23 Nov. '17 — 26 

Sept. '18; Production and Maintenance Div., A. S.; Inst, in Aviation Mechanics, Bleriot Plant, Suresnes, 

Paris; Asst. Officer in charge Assembly Plant I A (De Haviland Assembly) and Liberty Flying Field, Romo- 

rantin, Jan. '18 — Jan. '19. 
CASSIDY, J. E. (XV) Sgt. F. A. Sgt., Q. M. C. Detachment, Base Hospital, Camp Kearney, Calif., in Apr. '18; 

Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Taylor, Ky., in Aug. '18. 
CHAMBERLAIN, S. V. (IV) Pvt., Sn. C. Driver, S. S. U. 14-632, Amer. Field Service with French Army, 

2 June '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17 — 2 Apr. '19. Champagne, June — July '17; Aisne, '17; Verdun Offensive, 

Aug. '17; Marquise Sector, '17; Champagne, Jan. — June '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive, July '18; Aleuse-Argonne 

Offensive, Oct. — Nov. '18. (Croix de Guerre.) (Page 147.) 
CHASE, J. H. (I) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 5 May '18; 2d Lt., 25 May; ist Lt., 10 July. A. E. F., 27 June 

'18 — 11 June '19; transferred from 108th Engrs. to 318th Engrs., 18 Apr. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
CHURCH, A. A. (VI) Electrician, U. S. N. R. F. In Service 10 Dec. '17. A. E. F., Sept.— Dec. '18, on convoy 

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CLARK, D. S. (VI) Capt., Sig. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 23 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Sig. C, 8 Nov. '17; Capt., Feb.'ic,. 

Plattsburg Tr. Camp, 23 Aug. '17; Camp Vail, N. J., Nov. A. E. F., 13 Jan. '18 — spring '19; Army Sig. 

Sch., Langres, France, Feb. '18; in charge of Radio Dept., Observers Sch., 2d Aviation Instruction Center, 

Tours, Mch.; Adj., Supply Officer, and Officer in Charge, Radio Dept., Observers Sch., May. 

CLARK, J. A. (VIII) Pvt., M. C. In Service 4 Nov. '18. Gen. Hosp. No. 35, West Baden, Ind. See Civilian 

Record. 
CLARK, J. L. (XV) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., 1st cl., 16 May '18; Corp., 16 July; Sgt., 20 Aug. 23d Co., 6th Bn., 151st 

Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., May — 4 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
CLARKE, W. J. (II) Electrician 2cl., U. S. N. R. F. E. 3 cl, 24 Dec. '17; E. 2cl., Oct. '18. A. E. F., 25 Apr. 

'18 — 1 June '19; Submarine Chaser. 
CLARKSON, J. W. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt. 1 cl., 19 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 13 Mch. '18. School of Military Aero- 
nautics, Austin, Texas, Dec. '17; Adjutant's School, Ohio State University, Feb. '18; Inst., Observer's School, 
Langley Field, Va., 14 Mch. — Sept. '18; course in Aerial Gunnery, Mount Clemens, Mich.; returned as 
Inst., Langley Field, and remained until 20 Dec. '18. 
CLOGHER, E. J. (VI) Pvt., A. S. 295th Aero Prov. Service Sq., Columbia University, New York City, in Nov. '18. 
COBB, COLLIER, JR. (I) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., 12 Feb.; Sgt., 13 Mch. A. E. F., 10 Apr. '18—27 July '19 with 

Co. A, 42d Engrs. 
COCHRANE, E. L. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Outside Supt., Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., in general charge 

of repairs and outfitting naval vessels, 12 Apr. '17 — to date (22 Aug. '19). 
COLLIER, R. T. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., May '17; Corp., July '17; Sgt., Nov. '17; Sgt. 1 cl, Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 
F. A., June '18. Co. B, 14th Engrs., May '17. A. E. F., June '17— May '19; transferred to F. A., June '18. 
COLLINS, E. P. (X) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). In Service 28 Oct. '18. M. I. T. Ground School, 28 Oct. '18. 

transferred to Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass., 11 Nov. '18. 
COLLINS, H. E. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 15 May '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. 7th Co., Ft. Warren, Mass., 
May '18; transferred to 3d Training Co., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 4 July '18; Inst, of Gunnery, 
C. A. C. Sch., 25 Sept. '18—31 Nov. '18. (Page 45.) 
COLLINS, W. L. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. R. C. Observer and Radio Operator, Ft. Sill, Okla., Sept. '18; Pvt., 295th 
Aero Prov. Service Sq., Columbia University, New York City, in Nov.; Advanced School of Wireless Teleg- 
raphy, Gerstner Field, La.; Disch. 14 Dec. '18. 
CONNETT, HAROLD (X) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., 15 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 26 Oct. '17; Capt., 22 June '18. Platts- 
burg, N. Y., 14 May '17; transferred to Hv. Arty. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., June. A. E. F., 6 Sept. '17 — 16 
June '19; Hv. Arty. Sch., Sept. — 27 Dec. '17; served with 7th Regt., C. A. C; special duty at Troyes as Asst. 
Provost Marshal; Commanded Btry., M. 42c! Regt. (formerly 7th Regt.); Engr. Officer, i82d Bn., 53d Arty.; 
Engr. Officer, 30th Arty. Brig., having charge of all A. E. F. railway guns; Courier to American Peace Com- 
mission, Dec. '18 — June '19; in charge Courier Service in London until 7 Aug. '19. (Page 180.) 
COOPER, S. K. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Served on Submarine Chaser No. 355. 
CORBETT, F. P. (VII) Acting Sgt., Q. M. C. Pvt., 1 Dec. '17; Pvt. 1 cl., 18 Feb. '18; Corp., Nov.; Acting Sgt., 

Dec. Camp Johnston, Fla., 19 Dec. '17—23 Mch. '19. 
COSTELLOE, W. H. (VI) Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 13 Feb. '18; Pvt., Sig. C; Pvt., A. S., 
Aug. '18; Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 11 Jan. '19. At M. I. T. taking course in Radio Communication, 
Feb. — June '18; transferred Govt. Radio School, College Park, Md., 13 June '18; Radio Cadet, Air Service 
School for Radio Officers, Columbia University, 20 Aug. '18; member of 8th Platoon, training at Post Field, 
Ft. Sill, Okla. and at Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., until 14 Dec. '18. 
COWARD, R. S. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Commissioned, 4 Mch. '18; Res. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg,i5 May '17; 
transferred School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 14 Aug. '17; Kelly Field, Texas. A. E. F., 15 July 
'18 — 29 July '19; Aviation Training Center, Issoudun, 14 Aug. — -28 Sept. '18; attached 1st Aero Sq. Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive, 1 Oct. — 11 Nov. Army of Occupation. 
COYNE, H.J. (I)2dLt.,F. A. Pvt., Inf., 21 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 17 Aug. '18. With 301st Inf., Sept.— Nov. 

'17; Gas Defense Div., Nov. '17— Jan. '18; 6th Regt., F. A., Camp Taylor, Ky., Jan.— 21 Dec. '18. 
CRAIGHEAD, P. B. (I) 2d Lt , A. S. A. Pvt., 1 cl. 19 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., (R. M. A.) A. S. A , 30 Aug '18. Cor- 
nell University, Feb. '18; Mineola, N. Y., May; Souther Field, Americus, Ga., July; Wilbur Wright Field, 
Dayton, Ohio, Sept.; Payne Field, West Point, Miss., Oct. '18 — Jan. '19. 
CREEDON, F. R. (I) 1st Lt., F. A. 2d Lt., F. A., 26 Feb. '18; 1st Lt.,Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; with 82d F. A. 

on Mexican Border for five months; Inst, in Gunnery, School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla.; disch. 18 Dec. '18. 
CROSBY, R. J. (II) Lt. Q. g.), U. S. N. Warrant Gunner, 14 Feb. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 3 June '18; Ensign, 

U. S. N, 18 Sept. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 July '19. Served on U. ?. New Mexico. 
CUMMINGS, S. R. (II) Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 8 Apr. '18, but not called to active service. 
CUSHING, DANIEL, (V) Maj., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Capt., A. S., 1 Mch. '18; Maj., Aviation Sect., 

Sig. R. C, 26 Mch. '19. Bu. of Aircraft Production, I Mch. '18 — 2 May '19. 
CUTTS, G. B. (II) 2d Lt., A S. Flying Cadet, Jan. '18; Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., in Nov. '18; Disch; 

Dec. '18. 
CYR, H. M. (X) Pvt., C. W. S . In Service 26 Aug. '18. Chemical Development Div., C. W. S.; Camp Jackson, 
S. C, Sept. '18; transferred to Prof. Lewis' "Emergency Squad" and worked on research and development of 
both offensive and defensive gas warfare until discharged in Jan. '19. See Civilian Record . 

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DAGNALL, C. H. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, June '18; 2d Lt., 7 Nov. '18. Enlisted Engr. Reserve Corps, 

22 Jan. '18; Radio Course, M. I. T., Feb. '18; Sig. C, Radio School, College Park, Md., 14 June '18; 1st 

Co., Off. Tr. Bn , Camp Vail, N. ]., Aug. '18—3 Dec. '18. 
DAMON, J. W. (XV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 25 June '17; Corp., Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 5 July *i8. A. E. F. Co. B, 

101st Engrs.; with 26th Div. until 1 Mch. '18; attended 1st Army Candidates School, Engr. Sect., Ft. St. 

Menge; 1st Corps, 1st Army Hq., Argonne. St. Die Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
DANIELSON, K. M. (I) Pvt. 1 cl, Inf. Clerk and Typist, Co. E, 301st Inf., 76th Div., Sept. '17. A. E. F., 

4 July '18 — 18 June '19; transferred from Co. E, 301st Inf. to Co. E, 164th Inf., then Hq. Detachment, Camp 

Pontanezen, Brest. 

D'ARCY, F. G., reported Corp., Engrs., A. E. F., 

DAWSON, NORMAN (XI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 1 cl. 5 Jan. '18; Corp., 8 Apr.; Sgt., 16 Apr.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. 

A. E. F., 2 May '18 — 19 June '19; 304th F. A.; Saumur Arty. School, 14 May '18; 3d F. A., 24 July '18. 
DE SALVO, LEOPOLD (II) Pvt., Inf. 151st Depot Brig., 4th Co., Camp Devens, Mass., in May '18; Co. D, 

302 M. G. Bn., in June. Hqs. Troop, 3d Army Corps, A. E. F., in Sept. 
DESMOND, D. B. (XV) in Service 5—16 Oct. '17. 

DINKINS, P. M. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Sept. '18; See Civilian Record. 
DIXON, E. S. (V) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., Aug. '18; 9th Co., Ft. Strong, Mass., in 

Jan. '19. 
DONNELLY, T. J., JR. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. C. M. M., U. S. N., 15 Nov. '17; Ensign, 30 Sept. '18. Inspector 

of Cons., Public Works Dept., Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., Apr. '18; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 

30 Sept. '18 — Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 
DOW, C. W. (V) Sgt., M. C. Pvt., M. C, 1 June '18; Sgt., 28 June '18. U. S. A. Auxiliary Laboratory No. 1, 

New York City; Army Laboratory School, New Haven, Conn., 16 Aug. '18; Laboratory, Port of Embarkation, 

Newport News, Va., in charge of Media and Sterilizing Dept., Feb. '19. 
DRAKE, A. F. (IV) Corp., Engrs. Co. B, 1st Bn., 79th Engrs., Camp Stuart, Va., in Mch. '19. 
DRURY, E. W. (IV) Pvt., 1 cl. Engrs. Pvt., 28 May '18; Pvt. 1 cl., July 18. With 472d Engrs., stationed at 

Washington, D. C, doing guard duty. 

DYER, H. A. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 44th Co., Southern N. Y., C. A. C. Ft. Totten, N. Y. in Nov. '17; 47th 

C. A. C. A. E. F., in Dec. '18. 
EALES, M. A. L. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1st cl., Aviation Sect , Sig. R. C, 18 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A. 

24 July '18. School for Engr. Officers, M. 1. T, 16 Mch. '18; Eberts Field, Ark., 29 June '18; Asst. Engr. 

Officer, Hq. Staff, Eberts Field; Detroit, Mich., doing special work on Liberty Motor and D. H. 4 Plane, 

Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

EARLE, F. M. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Ship Supt., Boston, Navy Yard; converted Yacht Isabel to patrol 
boat; superintended building of U.S.S. Brazos, oil tanker; Outside Supt., Planning Supt., Asst. Shop Supt., 
and Docking Officer in the Hull Div. 

♦EASTMAN, WILLIAM, JR (II). See Roll of Honor (page 128). 
EHERT, G. L. (X) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. A. E. F. in Apr. '18. 

EKWALL, G. 0. (X) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Plattsburg Camp, 22 July '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. Inf. Repl. Troops, 
Camp Grant, 111., until 30 Jan. '19. 

ELLIOTT, S. E., 1st Lt., A. S. Entered Service, 21 May '17; 1st Lt., 26 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 12 Nov. '17—4 Mch. 

'19; 13th Sq., 2d Pursuit Group, A. S. Toul Sector, I July — 30 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 21 Sept. — 

11 Nov. '18. 
ELLIS, C. M. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl., 15 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 18 Dec. 'iS. 3d Engr. Tr. 

Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 15 July '18; Candidate, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Tavlor, Ky., 15 Aug. 

'18—18 Dec. '18. 
ELLITHORP, J. S., JR. (V) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 21 Nov. '18; Corp., 1 Jan. '19; Sgt. 1 cl., 15 May 

'19; 2d Lt., C. W. S;., 11 Aug. '19. Stamford Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 21 Nov. '18 — 13 Dec. '19. 

*ELY, DINSMORE (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 86, 92 and 162). 

ELZ, G. A. (VI) Pvt., Sig. C. Pvt., 3 1st Service Co., Sig. C, 3 June '18. Transferre d to A. S. School for Radio 

Telephone Officers, Columbia University, New York City, 21 Aug. '18; Ft. Sill, Okla., Sept. — Oct. '18; Gerst- 

ner Field, Lake Charles, La., Nov. — Dec. '18. 
ENGELBRECHT, W. B. (X) Pvt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Astoria Detachment, 18 Feb. '18. 
ESTES, F. M. (V) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 1st cl., 9 June '17; Ensign, 12 Feb. '18. Boston Navy Yard, 

June '17; transferred to Harbor Patrol, U.S.S. Inca (Submarine Patrol 1212) July; Cadet School, Harvard 

University, 15 Sept.; U.S.S. Nevada, 12 Feb. '18; with Destroyer Force in Foreign Waters, June; U.S.S. 

Cummings, Brest, 16 July; U. S. Naval Headquarters, Brest, 23 Sept. '18; duty in Communication Office 

and Office of Code and Signal Sect, until 21 Aug. '19. 

ESTY, E. S. (XV) Lt. (j- g-), U. S. N. Ensign (T), U. S. N., 1 Dec. '17; Lt. (J. g.), 1 Jan. '19. 3d Reserve 
Officer Training Class, Annapolis, Md., served on U. S.S. Nevada, U.S.S. Leviathan, and U.S.S. Imperator. 
A. E. F., 14 Aug.— 26 Dec. '18, on U.S.S. Nevada. 

EVELETH, F. C. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt. 1st cl., 15 May '18; 4th Off. Tr. Camp, F. A.; 2d Lt., F. A., 3 1 Aug. '18. 
9th F. A., Ft. Sill, Okla., Aug. '18 to date (19 Aug. '19). 

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FELSING, W. A. (V) Capt., C. W. S. 2d Lt., Ord. R. C, 21 Jan. '18; transferred to C. W. S., 18 July '18; Capt., 

C. W. S., 25 Oct. '18. Cleveland, Ohio, 21 Jan. '18; Edgewood Arsenal, Md., July — 20 Dec. '18. Burned 

by mustard gas and spent thirty-nine days in hosp. at Edgewood Arsenal. 
FIELDS, E. S., JR. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Inf., 14 Apr. '17; Corp., 7 June '17; Sgt., Inf., 4 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 

Engrs., 16 May '18. Co. B, 19th Inf. A. E. F., 29 Aug. '18 — 26 Aug. '19; 534th Engrs. 
FISCHER, F. W. (I) Pvt., Inf. Entered Service, 30 Jan. '18. Co. 10, 166 Depot Brig., Camp Lewis, Wash. 

Disch. 21 Feb. '18, due to valvular heart disease. See Civilian Record. 
FISHER, W. P., JR. (X) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 4 June '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Btry. F, 18th Arty., 

C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va., June — Sept. '18; San Francisco, Calif., Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. 
FISK, H. H. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 22 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. C, O. R. C, 6 Feb. '19. Jackson Barracks, 

New Orleans, La., Oct. '18; Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Nov. '18—6 Feb. '19. 
FISKE, C. D. (II) M. M. 2 cl , U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 17 June '18; Hingham Naval Training Station, 

27 June '18; Inspector Engr. Material, in charge of statistical work of Production Div., Bu. of Steam Engr., 

Boston, Mass., 19 July '18 — 7 Jan. '19. 
FITCH, H. W. (II) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., 9 Apr. '18; Corp., 15 Sept. '18. Gas Defense Service, Sn. Corps, 

L. I. Laboratory, Apr. '18—5 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. (Page 45.) 
FLINT, J. A. (II) Lt., (j. g.) U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, Bu. of Ord., U. S. N. R. F., 15 Dec. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 13 Sept. 

'18. In Washington, D. C, and Newport, R. I.; in charge of long range torpedo work during summer of 'i8_ 
FOGARTY, T. S. (XV) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 15 Dec. '17; Corp., C. W. S., 1 July '18. At American 

University, Washington, D. C, working on development and testing of all kinds of gas masks and smoke 

protectors or filters. 
FOLSON, R. A. (XIV) 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. Pvt., 28 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Sig. R. C, 17 Dec. '18. 31st Service Co., 

Sig. C., College Park, Md., Aug. '18; 3d Service Co., New Haven, Conn., Off. Tr. Sch., 13 Sept. '18; Inst., 

15 Oct.— 13 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
FORD, K. L. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, Nov. '17; M. M. 2 cl., Jan. '18; Ensign, Feb. '19. U.S.S. 

Commonwealth; Pelham Bay Naval Tr. Station; Experiment Station, New London, Conn.; Navy Stean 

Engr. School, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J., Aug. '18; Engr. Officer, U.S.S. Beaufort, 

Naval Collier, in southern waters, Cuba, Haiti and St. Thomas, and Norfolk, Va., Feb. — Aug. '19. 
FOSTER, S. M. (VI) Capt., F. A. 1st Lt., 12 May '17; Capt., 3 Mch. '19. A. E. F., Oct. '17—26 Apr. '19; 

Hq., 67th F. A. Brig., Div. Munitions Officer, 42d Div., 26 Apr. '18 — 8 Apr. '19. Champagne-Marne Defen- 
sive, 14 July '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Oct. and Nov. '18; Army of 

Occupation. 
FOSTER, W. C. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. In Training, Army Military Aero. Sch., Princeton, N. J , Park Field, 

Memphis, Tenn., and other fields, 10 Aug. '17 — Aug. '18; Pilot Inst., combat work and aerial gunnery Sel- 

fridge Field, Mt. Clement, Mich., Aug. — 26 Dec. '18. 
FOWLER, W. H. (XV) Sea., Mine Force, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 26 June '17. M. G. Co., Newport, 

R. I., 15 Oct. '17; U.S.S. Canonicus, Mine Layer, Mine Sq. No. 1, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Dec. '17. A. E. F., 

May '18 — Jan. '19, Planting Northern Mine Barrage, North Sea. 
FRANKLIN, S. H. (X) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Tr. Co., Ft. Monroe, Va. in Feb. '18; 10th Co., Ft. McKinley, Ore., 

in Apr. '18; 72d Arty., Ft. Preble, Ore., in July '18. A. E. F., 6 Aug. '18—2 June '19 with 72d C. A. C. 
FRAZIER, W. S. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt. 1 cl, 23 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 15 Aug. '18. School of Military Aeronautics. 
M. I. T.; Ground School, University of Illinois, Champaign; Camp Dick, Texas; completed flying training 

and Inst., Eberts Field, Ark.; Hoboken, N. J., 11 Nov. — 19 Dec. '18. 

*FRIERY, J. W. (I). See Roll of Honor (page 1 19) . 

FULLER, C. C. (XIV) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt., Engr., R. C. 31 Jan. '18; 2d Lt.,_ F. A. R. C., 18 Dec. '18. 
Transferred from Engrs. to Ord. Dept. and assigned Engr. of Tests, Pittsburgh Dist., supervising testing of 
steel munitions at Pittsburgh steel mills, 7 May '18; F. A. Repl., Troops, 9 Sept. — 18 Dec. '18. 

FULLER, J. R. (XIV) Sgt., C. W. S. Co. L, 304th Inf., 19 Sept. '17; transferred to Gas Defense Service, Astoria, 
L. I., 6 Oct. '17; transferred to C. W. S., Gas Defense Div., July '18; disch. 5 Feb. '19. 

*GAILLAC, E. B. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 106). 

GAY, D. M. (VII) Sgt., M. C. Base Hosp. Detachment, Camp Devens, Mass., 14 Dec. '17. 

GILES, E. P. (IV) (XIII) Pvt., Engrs. R. C, 17 Jan. '18— June '18. See Civilian Record. 

GLEASON, H. L. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Motor Inspector of flying 

boats, Curtiss Plant, Buffalo, N. Y., in Feb. '18. 
GOLDSMITH, H. J. (Ill) Pvt., M. C. Entered Service, 21 Aug. '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17— Mch. '19; Orderly, 

U. S. Base Hosp., No. 12, Comiers, France. 

GOODMAN, AARON (VI) Ensign; U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, July '18; C. M. M., Nov. '18; Warrant 
Machinist, Apr. '19; Ensign, June '19. 

GORE, E. W. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 21 Sept. '17; Sgt., 18 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 12 July '18. Btry. F, 301st F. A.; 
N. C. 0. School, 24 Sept. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '19— 
5 Mch. '19; Arty. School, Saumur, France, 15 May'i8;Hv. Arty. School, Angers, 1 Aug. '18; Orientation Course, 
Hv. Arty. School, 25 Sept. '18; Inst., Organization and Training Center No. 2, Limoges, 1 Nov. '18; Btry. B, 
66th Regt., C. A. C, 3 Dec. '18. 

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GOSS, D. C. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 15 May '18; transferred F. A., June '18. Camp Devens : Mass. 
May '18; Camp Taylor, Ky., 28 June '18; Motor School, Camp Travis, Texas, with 25th T. M. Btry., and 
Camp Stanley, Texas, with 15th Am. Tn. F. A., 31 Aug. '18 — 23 Dec. '18. 

GOULD, G. S. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., C. A. C. Pvt., 1 cl, 7th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va., 21 Sept. '18— Jan. '19. 
* GOULD, P. W. (II) See Roll of Honor (page 108). 

GREELY, B. M., JR. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. (A). Entered Service, 23 May '17; commissioned, 19 Feb. '18. Nor- 
folk, Va., in Jan. '18. A. E. F., 26 Feb. — 15 Dec. '18; trained in France and operated French flying boats, 
then sent to Italy and qualified as Italian Military Aviator; transferred to Northern Bombing Group, U. S. N. 

GROSSMAN, A. P. (Ill) Pvt. 1 cl., Q. M. C. Pvt., Inf., 4 Aug. '18; transferred Q. M. C; Pvt. 1 cl., 23 Oct. '18. 
Depot Brig., Inf., Camp Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. '18; Cons. Div., Q. M. C, Camp Merritt, N. J., Oct. '18—15 
May '19. 

GUILBERT, H. M. (II) Capt., A. S. 1st Lt., A. S., 5 June '17; Capt., 18 Mch. '19. A. E. F., 15 Oct. '17— 
10 June '19591st Aero Sq., 22 Feb. '18 — 3 June '19. Toul Sector, 24 May — 12 Sept. '18; St. Mihiel Offensive, 
12-23 Sept. '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 24 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation, 21 Nov. — 16 Apr. '19. 
Croix de Guerre with Palm. (Pages 148 and 201.) 

GUIRANOVICH, A. J., JR. (I) enlisted in Engr. R. C, Feb. '18. Disch., June '18. See Civilian Record. 

GUSTAVESON, J. W. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., Engrs., 25 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 26 June '18; 
Enlisted, Engr. R. C, 16 Jan. '18; Ft. Monroe, Va., 25 Mch. '18; transferred 4th C. A. Tr. Camp, 8 Apr. '18; 
15th Co., Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay, 15 July; Hq. Co., 50th C. A. C, 30 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 7 Oct. 
'18—14 Feb. '19. 

HAERTLEIN, ALBERT (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt. 1 cl., 4 May '18; 2d Lt. (N. A.), 30 July; 2d Lt., 10 July '18; 
1st Lt. (T), 10 July '18. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '18 — 25 June '19; C. O., Co. B, 546th Engrs. Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive, 25 Oct. — 11 Nov. '18. 

HAFNER, V. L. S. (IV) Ensign, C. C, U. S. N. Plane Inspector, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Jan. 
'18; Asst. Naval Constructor, New York City, Mch. '19. 

HAIGH, H. R. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Commissioned, 27 Mch. '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. 
'17 — 27 Mch. '18; Ft. Warren, Boston, Mass., 15 Apr. '18; Anti-Aircraft School, Ft. Monroe, Va., 3 June 
'18; 4th Anti-Aircraft Bn., Camp Eustis, Va., 15 July '18; 5th Bn., Ft. Williams, Portland, Me., 19 Aug. 
A. E. F., 20 Oct. — 25 Dec. '18; Anti-Aircraft School, Arnouville. 

HALL, I. G., JR. (II) 1st Lt., M. T. C. Pvt., Service des Autos, French Army, 25 June '17; Brigadier, 19 July 
'17; Marschal des Logis, 1 Sept. '17; Pvt., Reserve Mallet and M. T. C, U. S. A., 1 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 2 May 
'18; 1st Lt., 8 May '19. In France, 25 June '17 — 19 July '19. Chemin des Dames, 17-20 Oct. '17; Cambrai, 
25 Nov. — 5 June '18; Montdidier-Noyon Defensive, 9-13 July '18; Champagne-Marne Defensive, 15 July '18; 
Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — 6 Aug. '18; Somme Offensive, 8 Aug. — 17 Sept. '18. Gassed at Braisne, 
28 May '18. Company received five citations, three from 6th French Army, one from 1st French Army, 
and one from 3d French Army. (Pages 86 and 287.) 

HAMILTON, N. R. (VIII) Capt., Cav. 2d Lt., 25 Aug. '17; istLt., 19 Mch. '18; Capt., 25 July '18. Ft. Leaven- 
worth, Kan., 2 Sept. '17; Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Va., 18 Nov. '17; Ft. Myer, Va., 8 Oct. '18 — 
— 22 Jan '19. 

HANCOCK, G. L. (IV) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 19 June '17; 1st Lt., A. S., 6 Jan. '18. 
Ft. Sill, Okla., 8 Feb. '18; Asst. Officer in Charge of Flying, 15 Mch. '18; Officer in Charge, 6 Sept. '18—23 
Jan. '19. 

HANLEY, J. M. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 14 Oct. '18. 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 31 Jan. '19. C. A. C. 
Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 14 Oct. '18—31 Jan. '19. 

HANSBERRY, T. W. (I) reported promoted from 2d Lt. to 1st Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; reported Pvt., 60th 
Inf., Hq. Co., A. E. F., 10 May '18. 

HANSCOM, C. D. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Airplane Inspectors' School, U. S. N., M. I. T., in charge of 
all work in airplane design, stress analysis, and details of cons., Dec. '17 — Oct. '18; Aeronautical Engr. School, 
M. I. T.; Inst, in Aeronautics, Wind Tunnel Expert, U. S. A., Research Div., A. S., assisting in and super- 
vising tests of models, and conducting an independent research on wing design, Oct. '18 — Feb. '19. 
(Page 270.) 

HARDY, A. C. (VIII) 2dLt.,A. S. Pvt., 11 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 9 Aug. '18. Photographic Branch of A. S., 11 Dec. 
'17. C. 0. of 23d Aerial Photographic Sect., 13 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 20 Oct. — 7 Jan. '19. 

HARRALL, E. R. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., Engrs., 8 Aug. '18; 1st Lt. (T) 13 Oct. '18; Prov. 1st Lt., 7 Feb. '19. 
With replacement troops until Dec. '18; at school until May '15, '19; 5th Engrs., May '19 to date (21 Aug. 
'19). See Civilian Record. 

HARRINGTON, E. D., (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. (A), 5 June '18. 16th Aero Sq.; Inst, in Gunnery and Bombing, 
U. S. N. Aviation Detachment, Seattle, Wash.; in charge of Gunnery and Bombing, U. S. N. Air Station, 
San Diego, Calif. 

HART, C. D., 2d Lt., M. R. C. Sgt., M. C, 91st Sn. Sq., 12th Div., Camp Devens, Mass. 

HARTLEY, W. E. (X) 1st Sgt., C. W. S. Development Div. Disch., 19 Dec. '18. 

HATCH, H. W. (IV) Pvt., Gas Defense Service. Pvt., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 4 Oct. '17; 
transferred to Gas Defense Service, 19 Oct. '17; Aero Detachment, Philadelphia, Pa., until 18 Dec. '18. 

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HATHAWAY, M. D., JR. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Aviation Tr. Depot, Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Mich., in Feb. '18; 
Garden City, Air Service Dep., L. I. Disch., 11 Dec. '18. 

HATTEN, E. R. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. Cadet School, 1st Naval Dist., 1 June '17— 1 Oct. '17; Ex. Officer, U. S. 
Submarine Chaser, 10 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 1 May '18 — 30 June '19; C. 0.,U. S. Submarine Chaser no, I June 
'18; Unit Comdr. of three sub-chasers, I Sept.; C. 0., U. S. Submarine Chaser 178 and made Div. Comdr. 
of six chasers, 1 Oct. '18. Five engagements with German submarines in Irish Sea. Possible credit for two 
submarines. Commended by Admiral Sims and mentioned in Admiralty Dispatches. 

HAZELET, C. P. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Co. F, 1st Repl. Regt. Engrs. Camp Humphreys, Va., 19 Aug.— 18 Dec. '18. 
HELLIER, E. W., 1st Lt., Royal Flying Corps (British). Cadet, Royal Flying Corps, 3 Sept. '17; 2d Lt., 18 Jan. 

'18; 1st Lt., 1 Apr. '18. Inst, at Ft. Worth, Texas, England, and Canada. 
HELRICH, C. S. (I) Sgt., F. A. Entered Service, 24 June '18; Corp., Inf., 1 Aug. '18; Sgt., 1 Oct. '18; transferred 

F. A., Nov '18. 12th Co., 3d Bn., Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass.; 51st Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. 

Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky.; Disch., 2 Dec. '18. 
HERFURTH, W. R. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. (A). Ensign, Naval Aviation, Engr. Office, 6 Dec. '17; Miami, 

Fla., 1 Apr. '18; installed first Liberty Motor in a Navy Plane on Pacific Coast, San Diego, Calif., 9 Sept. '18. 

See Civilian Record. 
HERZSTEIN, JOSEPH (VII) Sgt., 1 cl., M. C. Pvt., 26 July '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 1 Aug. '18; Sgt., 16 Sept. '18; Sgt. 

1 cl., 12 Nov. Divisional Hq., Camp Humphreys, Va., in charge of medical statistics of the camp, and doing 

epidemiological work until 18 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
HEWITT, P. A. (V) Sgt., M. C. Entered Service, 19 Sept. '18; Sgt., 2 Dec. '18. Yale Army Laboratory School, 

New Haven, Conn., 21 Sept. '18; Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1 Nov. '18; Laboratory, Greenhut 

Hospital, New York City, 17 Dec. '18; Laboratory, Grand Central Palace, New York City, 23 Feb. '19; 

Laboratory, Base Hosp., Camp Merritt, N. J., 20 June — I July '19. 
HEYL, R. C, JR. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 1 cl., 2 Jan. '18; Sgt., Apr.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, 

Camp Upton, L. I., 4 Jan. '18; Hq. Co., 304th F. A., 20 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 23 Apr. '18 — 1 Jan. '19; 9th Anti- 
Aircraft Sector. 

HICKMAN, E. T. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). C. Q. M., M. I. T. Naval Aviation Unit, 18 Oct. '17; Ensign, 
U. S. N. R. F., 19 July '18. At Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., supervising inspection, 
and running tests and experiments for Navy, Mch. '18 — Feb. '19. 

HILBERT, W. E. (XI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., in Dec. '18. U.S.S. Arizona at 
Guantanamo, Cuba, in Mch. '19. 

HINCKLEY, N. C. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., 26 Apr. '17; 2d Lt., 6 Apr. '18. Ground School, M. I. T., 14 Aug. 
'17; Kelly Field, Texas, 22 Dec. '17; Camp Dick, Texas, 6 Apr. '18; Inst, of Ground Officers, Ellington Field, 
until 6 May' 19. 

HOLDEN, E. V. (IV) Sgt., Engrs. A. E. F. Co. E, 14th Engrs. (Ry.), in Feb. '18. 

*HOLMES, J. H., JR. (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 94, 133 and 179). 

HOLT, W. R. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S., 19 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

HOWARD, A. F. (V) Ensign, U. S. N. (A). Entered Service, 4 Dec. '17; Inst, in Motor Engines, Naval Aviation 
Detachment at M. I. T, '18; Miami and Pensacola, Dec. '18— May '19. 

HOWE, J. C. (XV) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl, Off. Tr. Camp, 9 Jan. '18; Corp., Engrs., 8 Aug.; Sgt., 31 Oct.; 
2d Lt., O. R. C, 11 Dec. '18. Res. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 9 Jan. '18; 3d Tr. Regt., Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., 8 Aug.; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., 1 Oct.; Student Inst., Engr. Off. Tr. 
Camp, Camp Humphreys, 31 Oct. '18. Disch., n Dec. '18. 

HOWLETT,W.M.(XV)Lt.(j.g.),U.S.N.(A). Ensign, June '18; Lt. (j. g.), Apr. '19. Ground School, M.I.T. 
12 Apr. '17; Hampton Roads, Va., Nov. '17; flying instruction at Pensacola, Dec. '17; convoy and patrol duty 
in New York Harbor, June '18 — June '19. 

HUCKINS, E. W. (XV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., C. A. C, 3 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Engrs. A. E. F., 23 Sept. '18—25 
Aug. '19; with 310th and 6th Engrs.; attended Saumur Arty. Schhool. Army of Occupation. 

HUDDER, E. W. (II) C. M., 1 cl., U. S. N. (A). C. M., 2 cl., 18 Dec. '17; C. M., 1 cl., 15 June '18. A. E. F., 
17 Jan. '18 — 15 Jan. '19; U. S. Naval Aviation Station, Aghada, Ireland. 

HUGO, 0. G. (II) Cadet, A. S. Entered Service, 23 Nov. '17; Cadet, School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, 
Texas, 20 Apr. '18; Camp Dick, Texas, 20 July; Rich Field, Texas, Sept. — Dec. '18. 

HULSEMAN, G. D. (VI) Pvt., Engrs. Pvt., Co. G, 1st Repl. Engrs., 14 Aug. '18. Transferred to Co. 1, Engr., 
Off. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 15 Sept. — 27 Nov. '18. 

HUTCHINGS, G. B., JR. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., 10 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A), 
1 Jan '18; Ensign, 4 Mch. '18. Naval Detachment, M. I. T, 10 Dec. '17; Inst, in Gunnery and Bombing, 
and in charge Motor Dept., Naval Detachment, M. I. T.; Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., 23 Sept. '18; Naval 
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., 8 Dec. '18 — 3 Apr. '19. 

IMHOFF, W. E. (II) Mr. Elec, Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 7 Dec. '17; Mr. Elec, 
1 July '18. A. E. F., 25 Jan.— Mch. '19; 176th Pursuit Sq. In Scotland, Jan.— Sept. '18; England, Sept. 
and Oct.; France, Oct. — Mch. '19. 

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IRWIN, T.C., JR. (X) ist Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Cav. R. C, 15 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., Inf. (N. A.), 15 Aug. '17; ist Lt., 

Inf. (N. A.), 12 June '18. Mass. Cav., N. G., 6 Apr. '17; Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., May— Aug. '17; 

302d M. G. Bn., 29 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 8 July '18—28 Feb. '19; 2d Corps School, Oct. '18; 147th M. G. Bn., 

9 Nov. '18. 
JERMAIN, H. F. (XIV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Pensacola, 

Fla., in Feb. '19. 
JOHNSON, G. E. (XV) Capt., C. A. C. ist Lt., 12 Oct. '17; Capt., 25 Jan. '18. Entered Service, 9 Aug. '17. 

A. E. F., 10 Dec. '17 — 12 June '19; Bn. L, 51st Arty. Hq., 38th Arty. Brig. Toul Sector (Seicheprey), (Apre- 

mont), (Bernecourt), Verdun Sectors. (Page 201.) 
JOHNSON, R. L. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Sgt., 1 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., 15 Jan. '18. Kelly Field, Texas, with three months 

detached service in San Francisco, I Aug. '17 — 16 Dec. '18. 
JONES, B. F. (V) Bn. Sgt. Maj., Inf. Pvt., 21 June '18; Bn. Sgt. Maj., 22 July '18. 13th Bn., 153d Depot 

Brig., Camp Dix, N. J., 21 June '18 — 12 June '19. 
JONES, J. L. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. A. E. F., Bn. D, 101st F. A. in Jan. '18; Candidate, F. A. Sch. of Instruction 

in Feb. '18. 
JONES, W. A. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Camp Humphreys, Va., 22 July — 22 Nov. '18; 218th Engrs., Camp Travis, 

Texas, 26 Nov. '18 — 26 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. (Page 45.) 
JOSLIN, A. W. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 18 June '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Fifth C. A. C. Tr. Camp, 6 July— 

25 Sept. '18; Inst, in Orientation, C. A. C. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 25 Sept. — 3 Dec. '18. 
JUDGE, C. E. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 4 May '17; Cox., 4 Oct. '17; Ensign, 8 Feb. '18; 

Ensign (T), U. S. N., 8 June '19. U. S. Submarine Chaser 254; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; U. S. 

Submarine School, New London, Conn., I July '18 — 7 Dec. '18; U.S.S. H-9, San Pedro, Calif., I Jan. '19 — 

14 June '19. Qualified for command of submarine torpedo boat, 14 June '19. 

JUSTHEIM, C. I. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., 6 Dec. '17; C. M. M., 1 Mch. '18; Ensign (D), 
U. S. N. R. F., 10 Aug. '18; Lt. (j. g.), (D), U. S. N. R. F., 21 June '19. In U. S., 2 Jan. '18—17 Apr. '18. 
A. E. F., 17 Apr. — 17 June '18. U. S. 17 June — 24 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 24 Aug. '18 — 10 June '19. 
(Page 230.) 

KAISER, K. H. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea., 4 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Jan. '18; Ensign, Class 5, 19 Mch. '18. 
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., P'eb. '18 — Apr. '19; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, 
Ohio, Apr. '19— Oct. '18. 

KALER, H. V. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 June '17; C. M. M., 23 Sept. '17; 
Ensign, 2 Oct. '17. Stationed at Bumkin Island, Boston Harbor, and Office of Naval Operations, Washing- 
ton, D. C; in charge of some repair work on German interned ships, Boston, Mass.; duty with Naval Over- 
seas Transportation System, Montreal, Can.; temporary duty at New Orleans, La., Key West, Fla., Washing- 
ton, D. C, Norfolk, Va., Charleston, S. C, Pensacola, and Miami, Fla. Placed on inactive list, 2 Jan. '19. 

KEELER, H. Y. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Candidate, 2d Tr. Co., Ft. Monroe, Va., in Dec. '17; 30th Co., Ft. 
Standish, Mass., in Apr. '18. A. E. F., Sept. '18— May '19; 73d C. A. C. 

KELLEY, J. A. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Entered Service, 22 Jan. '18. Assisted in developing methods of mfr. of 
mustard gas, di-phosgene, and ethylene, Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. — Dec. '18. 

KELLY, T. P. (X)Sgt.,C.W. S. Pvt., Engrs., Jan. '18; transferred to C.W. S., Aug. '18; Sgt., Oct. '18. Worked 
on development of mustard gas for large scale production, Jan. '18 — 16 Dec. '18. 

KENNARD, J. W. (VI) 2d Lt., Marine Corps. Pvt., 6 June '18; 2d Lt., 15 Aug. '18. 100th Co., U. S. Marine 
Corps, Cuba, 5 Nov. '18 — Mch. 20, '19; in operations against revolutionists in Haiti, 31 Mch. '19 — 30 July '19. 

KENNARD, R. P. (VI) in Ord. Dept., May '18. 

KENNEDY, P. H. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs., Pvt., 26 Jan. '18; Corp., 17 Mch. '18; Sgt., 18 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 31 May '18. 
A. E. F., 21 July '18— s Jan. '19, with Co. F, 56th Engrs. 

KENT, E. R. (VI) Pvt., Engrs., 2 Oct. '17. Co. E, 2d Btry., 20th Engrs. Transferred to Engr. Detachment, 
Dept. of Construction and Transportation, 21 May '18; transferred to Co. F, 33d Engrs., 10 Sept. '18. 
A. E. F., 26 Nov. '17 — 17 Apr. '19. As result of influenza twice and pneumonia, in Walter Reed Hospital, 
Washington, D. C, Apr. — Oct. '19. 

KILGORE, H. D. (I) M. M. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., 2 July '18; M. M. 2d., 1 Oct. '19. Inspector for 
Public Works Dept., Navy Yard, on construction of new buildings at Bumkin Island, Boston, 10 Aug. — 
Sept. '18, and at U. S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., until 23 Jan. '19. 

KINGSBURY, C. L. (XV) Corp., Engr. In Service, 12 June '17. A. E. F., 30 Sept. '17—31 Apr. '19, with 101st 
Engrs. Chemin des Dames, Toul Sector (Seicheprey), Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry), St. Mihiel 
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). Croix de Guerre. (Page 148.) 

KLINE, F. L. (IV) 2d Lt., M. T. C. Pvt.; Sgt.; Sgt., ist cl.; 2d Lt. Served in France, 4 July '17—4 Nov. '18; 
Reserve Mallet, American Field Service; transferred, A. E. F., M. T. C, I Oct. '17. M. T. Co. 367; Inst., 
M. T. C. Sch. No. 1 at Decize; Inst, in U. S. until 10 Dec. '18. Chemin des Dames, '17; Cambrai, '17; Marne 
Defensive, Somme Offensive. (Page 87.) 

KNOWLAND, T. M. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Engrs., Oct. '17; disch. to work in Bu. of Mines; 2d Lt., C. W. S., 
14 Sept. '18. Served in various plants and on war gas investigations in U. S. until 12 Feb. '19. See 
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KRASNOFF, NATHANIEL (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Cadet-Engr., U. S. Coast Guard, 27 Jan. '18; Ensign, 

U. S. N., 20 June '18; Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 21 Sept. '18. U.S.S. Vermont, July— Dec. '18; U.S.S. Madawaska, 

Dec. '18— May '19; U.S.S. Cummings, May '19 to date (22 Aug. '18). 
LACEY, H. R. (I) M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Sea 2 cl., 4 Apr. '18; M. M. 2 cl., 1 Oct. '18. Attached Bu. Yards 

and Docks and detailed to Charlestown Navy Yard after training at Hingham, Mass., and Bumkin Island, 

Boston, for seven weeks. 
LANDIS, M. N. (Ill) Pvt., F. A. 4th Co., 1st Tr. Bn., 161st Depot Brig., Camp Grant, III, in Apr. '18. 

A. E. F., Hq. Co., 124th F. A., assigned to reconnaissance; attended Sorbonne, Paris, after armistice. 

LANE, F. A. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 13 Feb. '18; Pvt., Sig. C, 12 June '18; Cadet, A. S., 20 Aug. 
'18; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 20 Dec. '18. College Park, Md., 12 June '18; Columbia University, 
20 Aug. ; Advanced School for Radio Telegraph Officers, Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla., 22 Oct. ' 1 8 ; A. S. Advanced 
School for Radio Telephone Officers, Gerstner Field, La., 28 Nov. '18 — 21 Dec. '18. 

LARNER, H. B. (VII) 1st Lt., U. S. Public Health Service. Scientific Asst. (rank of 2d Lt.), U. S. Public Health 
Service, 13 June '18; Asst. Surgeon (rank of 1st Lt.), 13 Dec. '18. Extra-cantonment sanitation in various 
southern states, 13 June '18 — Aug. I, '19; Chief, Div. of Food Control and General Sanitation at Public Health 
Service Station, Florence, Ala., 1 Jan. — I July '19. 

LASKEY, W. G. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. E. 1 cl., 10 Dec. '17; C. P. 0., July '18; Ensign (E.), 15 Aug. '18. 
Inst., Radio Telephone Sch., New London, Conn.; installation of radio telephones in seaplanes, Norfolk, 
Va., 1 Feb. — 16 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 29 Sept. — 12 Dec. '18, radio installation on aircraft, U. S. N. Air Station, 
Killingholme, Eng. 

LEONARD, J. T. (XV) 1st Lt., Inf. At Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17; reported with 303d Inf., A. E. F. Disch., 
24 Feb. '19. 

LEONARD, R. S. (I) Corp., Inf., 1 Sept. '18. 

LIPPITT, C. W., JR. (VI) Sgt., F. A. Pvt., 17 Apr. '17; Sgt., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 9 Oct. '17—13 July '19, with 
103d Regt., F. A., 26th Div. Toul Sector (Seicheprey), (Xivray-Marvoisin), Richecourt, Aisne-Marne 
Offensive (Chateau-Thierry). 

LITCHFIELD, A. C. (XV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, 4 Dec. '17; Ensign, U.S. N. R. F., 
27 July '18; Lt. (j. g.), 24 Mch. '19. In charge of power plant installation in flying boats building for Navy 
Dept., Standard Aircraft Corp., Elizabeth, N. J., 12 Mch. '18 — 20 Jan. '19. Inactive duty, 26 Apr. '19. 

LITTLE, E. N. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation, Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 19 Jan. '18; active service, 6 June '18; 
transferred A. S., 19 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 21 Dec. '18. A. S. School for Radio Officers, 
Columbia University; A. S. School for Radio Officers, Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla., 19 Oct. '18; A. S. Advanced 
School for Radio Officers, Gerstner Field, La., 28 Nov. '18 — 21 Dec. '18. 

LOHMEYER, WILLIAM, JR. (I) Capt., Engrs. In Service, 20 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 29 Apr. '18— 11 Dec. '18 
with 4th Engrs. Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July '18. Severely wounded in action Chezy-en-Orxais near 
Chateau-Thierry, 19 July '18. 

LONG, C. C. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2dLt., Engrs., 26 Aug. '17; istLt., 6 Oct. '18. Plattsburg Camp, 25 Aug. '17; 
American University Tr. Camp, Washington, D. C, Oct. '17; Office of Chief of Engrs. designing and purchas- 
ing electrical equipment for use in France, 11 Nov. '17; joined Co. A, 38th Engrs., 29 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 
27 Feb. '18 — 18 June '19; Co. A in charge of electrical work in Base Sect. No. 2; C. 0., Co. B, 38th Engrs. 
returning to U. S. 

LONG, H. W. (IV) Capt., A. S. A. Cadet, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 28 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., 23 Mch. '18; Capt., 
Apr. '19. In France, I Mch. '17 — July '19; Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, with French Army, 
I Mch. — Sept. '17; flying training in A. E. F., Sept. '17 — Aug. '18; with 93d Pursuit Sq., 3d Pursuit Group, 
St. Mihiel and Argonne Fronts. Offensive at Verdun, Aug. '17; St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. 
Croix de Guerre for ambulance work. 

LONGLEY, J. E. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Enlisted, 29 Jan. '18; active duty, 23 May '18; commissioned, 30 July '18. 
Camp Lee, Va.; assigned 79th Engrs., Camp Leach, D. C, until 2 Dec. '18. 

LONGLEY, J. R., 2d Lt., Engrs., 30 July '18. Enlisted, Engr. R. C, 4 Feb. '18; 4th Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp 
Lee, Va., 25 May '18; 5th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 12 Aug. '18; 547th Engrs., Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., 23 Sept. '18; 78th Engrs., Camp Leach, D. C, 16 Oct. — 2 Dec. '18. 

LOOMIS, P. W. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 27 Mch. '18; Provisional 2d Lt., C. A. C, 1 May '18; 
1st Lt. (T), C. A. C, 22 June '18. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. '17—27 Mch. '18; 19th Co., 
Ft. Banks, Coast Defenses of Boston, 15 Apr. — 7 July '18; 47th C. A. C, Camp Eustis, Va., 9 July '18 — 
13 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 26 Oct. '18— June '19; with 47th C. A. C. until 4 Dec. '18; F. A. Repl. Regt., 5 Dec. 
'18—29 Dec. '18; Co. D, 109th Inf., 28th Div., 12 Jan. '19 — 22 Apr. '19; 10th M. G. Bn., 8th Div., 25 Apr. 
'19 — 24 May '19; Camp Dix, N. J., 24 June '19 — to date (15 Aug. '19). 

LORD, W. M. B. (XV) Pvt., Ord. Corps, 23 Jan. '18. Inspector of construction of mechanical equipment in 
Power House and "Process" Building, Sheffield (Ala.) Detachment, Nitrate Div. 

LORENZ, 0. C. (IV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt. 1 cl., 16 May '18; 2d Lt., 15 Oct. '18. 4th Off. Tr. Camp, 76th Div., 
Camp Devens, Mass.; Camp Lee, Va., and 153d Depot Brig., Camp Dix, N. J. 

LUFKIN, GARLAND (XV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 7 May '17; Corp., Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 19 July '18. A. E. F., 
8 Oct. '17—22 June '19; Co. C, 101st Engrs., 26th Div., until I July '18; Bu. of Fire Prevention, Hq., S. O. S., 
July '18 — 22 June '19. Toul Sector, 1 Apr. — 1 July '18. (Page 223.) 

LYONS, S. C. (V) Pvt., Sig. C. Pvt., 46th Serv. Co., Radio Div., Sig. C, 21 July— 26 Dec. '18. 

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MacALISTER, A. G., JR. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Sch., 5 Jan. '18; Pvt., I cl.; Corp., 17 Aor ; 2d Lt. 
15 July. 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; 307th Inf., 26th Mch. A. E. F. 6 Apr. '18— 
5 Jan. '19; 307th Inf.; 7th Inf., 2d Div., 15 July; attached Technical Bd., Office of General Purchasing Agent, 
Paris. Lorraine Front. (Pjge22o.) 

McASKELL, DONALD (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. 5th and 7th Tr. Regiments, Camp Humphreys, Va.; Co. B, 218th 
Engrs., Camp Travis, Texas, in Jan. '19; disch., Camp Upton, N. Y., 31 Jan. '19. 

McCANN, R. B. (XIII) Candidate, 3d Inf. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, Mass., in Apr. 't* 

MCCARTHY, E. B. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., s Mch. '18; 
Ft. Monroe, Va., 3 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 12 Dec. '17 — 24 June '18; attended 2d Hv. Arty. School at Mailly-le- 
Camp, France; 1st Amer. Howitzer Regt., 31 Mch. '18. St. Mihiel Salient, 26 Apr. — 9 June '18; Toul Sector. 
Inst., Hv. Arty., Ft. Monroe, Va., July '18 — 6 June '19; Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay, June '19 to date 
(16 Oct. '19). 

McCAUSLAND, J. W. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C.Q. M. (A.), 9 Dec. '17; Ensign, 20 Aug. '18. Ground School 
training at M. I. T.; stationed at Burgess Plant, Marblehead, Mass., and Buffalo, N. Y. Transferred to 
Washington, D. C, Sept. '18. 

McCLELLAN, J. L. (V) Sgt., M. C. Pvt., M. C, 29 Apr. '18; Sgt., June '18. Rockefeller Institute, New York 
City, 29 Apr. — 15 Aug. '18; Yale Army Laboratory School, New Haven, Conn., 15 Aug. — 31 Jan. '19. 

McCLURE, N. F. (VII) Pvt. 1 cl, M. R. C. Entered Service, 12 Nov. '17. 73d C. A. C, Ft. Warren, Mass., 
Nov. '17. A. E. F., 19 Sept. '18 — I July '19; Railroad Artillery Camp No. 2, Haussimont (Marne); gave 
dental treatment to various batteries on Verdun Front; transferred Dental Infirmary, Brest, 13 Dec. '18. 

McDILL, B. M. (XI) Capt., Cav. 2d Lt., 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 5 Nov. '17; Capt., 6 May '19. Cav., Student 
Officers School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. 9th M. G. Bn. A. E. F., 2 Apr. '18 — 18 July '19. Aisne Defen- 
sive (Chemin des Dames and N. E. of Rheims); Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; 
Vesle River Operation; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Army Citation. Divisional Cita- 
tion. (Page 175.) 

McDONALD, W. F. (I) Pvt., Engrs. Pvt., Co. C, 33d Engrs., 23 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 28 June '18—12 July '19, 

McFARLAND, D. M. (X) Pvt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., 16 May '18. Stationed at Muscle 

Shoals, Ala., 22 May '18—8 Feb. '19. 
McGREENERY, P. A. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., 4 June '18; C. M. M., 1 Aug. '18; Machinist 

5 Oct. '18; Ensign, 23 Jan. '19. On supply ships U.S.S. Westpoint and U.S.S. Pasadena running from U. S. 

to France, See Civilian Record. 
MacGREGORY, S. A. (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt. 1 cl., 29 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 31 July '18; 1st Lt., 13 May '19. 4th 

Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 29 Jan. '18; transferred Camp Humphreys, Va., 16 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 30 Sept. '18 — 

28 June '19; C. O., Casual Co. No. 1, doing construction work around St. Nazaire; acted as supply and Mess 

Officer for company and Asst. to Chief Engr. in charge Road Dept., Base Sect. No. I; transferred Co. B, 

137 Engrs., 19 Nov. '18; injured and sent to Base Hosp. No. 101, 23 May '19. 
McIVOR, C. C. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. on U.S.S. C-i. 
McKEON, J. J., Pvt., A. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton University; Garden City, Long Island 

4 June '18. A. E. F., in England, 15 July — 5 Dec. '18, 314th Aero Sq. 

McLAUGHLIN, C. P. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. M. M. 2 cl., 4 June '18; C. M. M., i Aug. 'i8; Ensign (Engr.), 
13 Mch. '19. Entered U. S. N. Steam Engr. School, June '18; assigned U.S.S. Western Chief. A. E. F., 
Oct. '18 — 30 June '19. 

McLAUGHLIN, H. C. (IV) Sgt., Engrs. Entered Service, 22 Jan. '18. Sgt., Engr. R. C. 2d Regt., Camp 
Humphreys, Va., until Mch. '19. 

MacLEOD, W. R. (XV) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., 20 Sept. '17; transferred Gas Defense Service, 10 Oct. '17; 2d Lt. 

5 June '18; 1st Lt., 21 Oct. '18. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Devens, Mass., 5 Jan. '18; Camp Gordon, Ga., I May 
'18; Camp Pike, Ark., 22 July '18; Tank C, Camp Polk, N. C, 5 Oct. '18; Camp Merritt, N. J., 28 Jan.— 
24 Sept. '19. 

McNALLY, E. M. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, 20 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 14 Mch. '19. Naval 
Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 10 Dec. '17; Inspector of Engr. Material (Aeronautics) under Inspector of 
Engr. Material, U. S. N., in charge of aeronautical inspection for Cincinnati Dist., 25 Mch. — 24 June '19. 

McNARY, H. L. (XV) Corp., Inf. Corp., Inf. Personnel, Camp Upton, N. Y., 29 Aug. '18—5 Dec. '18. See 
Civilian Record. 

McVICKAR, LANSING (I) istLt.,F.A. Pvt., June'i6; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 11 May '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 29 Sept. 

'17; 1st Lt., 16 Nov. '18. Pvt., Btry. A, 1st Mass. F. A. on Mexican Border; Plattsburg, N. Y., in May '18. 

A. E. F., 12 Sept. '17 — 17 May '19; attached 7th F. A. Ansanville Sector; Toul Sector; Montdidier-Noyon 

Defensive (Cantigny Sector); Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

Wounded, 18 July '18. Divisional Citation, 18 Dec. '18; Distinguished Service Cross. (Pages 135, 179 and 

189.) 
MACHECA, G. M. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Asst. to Officer in Charge of Torpedo Sect., Bu. of Ord., Navy 

Dept., Washington, D. C, 22 July '18 — 7 July '19. 

*MACKAY, R. A. (II). See Roll of Honor (pages 96 and 179). 

MAHONY, R. G. (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 9 July '18; C. M. M., Oct. '18. In 
Engr. Dept., U. S. N., First Naval Dist., for six months. See Civilian Record. 

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MALLEY, G. F. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt. 1 cl, 25 May '18; 2d Lt., 30 July '18. Assigned 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., 
Camp Humphreys, Va., 1 Aug.; 3d Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, 23 Aug.; Bayonet Inst., 24 Aug.; 
transferred with 220th Engrs. to Camp Sevier, S. C, in charge bridge cons.; Regtl. Athletic Officer, Officer 
in Charge of School of Drafting; Judge Advocate of General Court Martial, 1 Mch. ' 19. Disch., 19 Mch. ' 19. 

MANN, SAMUEL (VI) 2d Lt., A. S., 11 July '18, attached 295th Aero Sq. 

MANTER, E. M. (II) M. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Lds. M. M., 11 Dec. '17; M. M. 2 cl, 1 Feb. '18; M. M. 
1 cl, 1 Oct. '18. U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. A. E. F, 15 Feb.— 11 Dec. '18, stationed at 
Pauillac and U. S. N. Air Station, Montchic. 

MARKHAM. J. R. (II) Capt, C. A. C. 31st Co, Coast Defense of Narragansett Bay, Ft. Getty, R. I, in Jan- 
'18. A. E. F, Btry. D, 6th Anti-Aircraft Bn. in Oct. '18; Central Baggage Office, Gievres, in May '19. 

MARSH, A. J. (IV) Pvt, A. S. School of Aerial Photography, Co. 3, Kodak Park, Rochester, N. Y. 

MARSHALL, L. P. (XV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, 10 Aug. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Jan. '19. Entered 
Service, 1 1 Dec. '17; Ground School, M. I. T, Mch. — May '18; preliminary training, Bay Shore, L. I, May 
— June; Gunnery Pilot Inst, U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, June '18 — Feb. '19. 

MARTIN, G. R. (Ill) 2d Lt, C. A. C. Entered Service, 30 Apr. '17; 2d Lt, 1 Aug. '18. Aviation Sect, Sig. C, 
30 Apr. '17; Arty. Observer; transferred F. A, Camp Stanley, Texas. A. E. F, 23 Apr. '18 — May '19' 
Saumur Arty. School; Forward Observer for French railway gun. Wounded in Aug. '18 and sent to hospital 
at Angers, and to Nice before being invalided home. Somme Offensive. Cited for Croix de Guerre. 

*MAY, J. deG. (X). See Roll of Honor (page 100). 

MEAD, E. A. (X) 1st Lt, Inf. 2d Lt, 15 May '17; 1st Lt, 13 Aug. '18. 47th U. S. Inf. A. E. F, May '18— 
May '19; served with 4th Div, except for five months in a hospital at Bordeaux. Aisne-Marne Offensive. 
Wounded, 29 July '18. 

MEANS, L. M. (XV) 2d Lt, A. S. A. Enlisted, 17 Aug. '17; 2d Lt, 15 June '18. M. I. T. Ground School 
17 Nov. '17; Aviation Cadet, Princeton Ground School, 8 Jan. '18; Aviation Concentration Camp, Camp 
Dick, Dallas, Texas, 14 Feb.; Flying Cadet, Kelly Field, Texas, 3 Apr.; Hazelhurst Field, 29 Apr.; Camp 
Dick, Texas, 2 July; Aviation Pursuit Training, Gerstner Field, La.; Rockwell Field; U. S. A. School Aero- 
nautical Engr. and Design, M. I. T, 5 Oct. '18 — 30 Jan. '19. 

MERRICK, B. A. (VI) 2d Lt, A. S, Sig. C. Entered Service, 4 Sept. '17; Pursuit Pilot and Aerial Gunnery 

Inst, July '18—9 Jan. '19. 
MILLER, ALAN (VII) Junior Watch Officer, U. S. N. R. F. Q. M, 2 cl, 14 Apr. '17; Acting C. Q. M, U.S.S. 

Ophir, S Sept. '18; Junior Watch Officer, U.S.S. Ophir, 16 Oct. '18. Six months in hospital due to accident. 

Disch, 10 Feb. '19. 

MILLER, A. B. (XIV) Pvt, C. W. S. Pvt, Development Div, C. W. S, 1 Nov. '18; secret post, Willoughby, 
Ohio, working on new poison gas, 4 Nov.; Camp Sherman, Ohio, 5-14 Dec. '18. 

MILLER, R. P. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea 2 cl, 3 Dec. '17; C. Q. M, 1 Jan. '18; Ensign, 15 May 
'18; Lt. (j. g.), 24 June '19. Student on airplane inspection, Keyport, N. J, Feb. '18; in charge of power plant 
inspection on H-S 2-L flying boats, College Point, N. Y.; Power Plant Inspector, N-C flying boats, Garden 
City and Rockaway, L. I, under Inspector of Engr. Material, U. S. N. (A.). (Page 244.) 

MILLIKEN, J. R. (XV) Lt, Aviation Sect, Sig. C. A. E. F, 2d Aviation Instruction Center in Feb. '18; Base 
Sect. No. 1, Beaumont Detachment in June and Aug. 

MOFFATT, E. H. (VI) Gunner, Canadian F. A. Junior Summer Camp, M. I. T. '17; Gunner 85th Btry, Cana- 
dian F. A, 3 Apr. '18; served in Asiatic Russia during winter of '18 — '19. 

MONROE, W. P. (VI) Cadet, A. S. Air Service School for Radio Officers, New York City, 31 Oct.— 27 Nov. '18. 

See Civilian Record. 
MONTGOMERY, D. H. (XV) 1st Lt, A. S. 2d Lt, 25 June '17; 1st Lt, 1 Aug. '18. A. E. F, Feb. '18— 

Feb. '19, with 12th Aero Sq, doing corps sq. work of contact patrol, corps photography and reconnaissance- 

two months with B. E. F, on Amiens Sector. Toul, Baccarat, Luneville, Chateau-Thierry, Belfort Sectors'. 
MOORE, F. R, reported Pvt, Marine Corps. 
MOORE, W. A, JR. (IV) 1st Lt, C. A. C. Enlisted, n May '17; 2d Lt, C. A. C, 15 Aug. '17; 1st Lt, 7 Mch 

'18. 1st Tr. Camp, Ft. Howard, Md. A. E. F, '18— '19; 4th Trench Mortar Bn, 90th Div.; Army of 

Occupation. 
MORAN, F. A. (I) 2d Lt. 2d Lt, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan, 26 Nov. '17. A. E. F, 26 May '18—13 May '19 with 

19th F. A, 5th Div. 
MORRILL, H. B. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Commissioned, 22 Oct. '18. Ambulance Driver, American 

Field Service with French Army, 18 Dec. '16 — 7 June '17. A. E. F, 9 Mch. '18 — 25 Aug. '19 in 3d Naval 

Dist. Western Front with French Army; Verdun; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Somme Offensive; Meuse- 

Argonne Offensive. 

MOYLAN, L. J. (XV) Corp. M. T. C. Service Park Unit 465. Boston, Mass, 1 Sept.— 26 Oct.; Atlanta Georgia 
30 Oct. — 6 Nov.; Baltimore, Md, 10 Nov. — 1 Mch. '19. ' 

MUMFORD, A. R. (XIV) Sea, U. S. N. R. F. In Service, 22 Apr. '18. Hull Div. Navy Yard, Charlestown 
Mass. Owing to poor eyesight unable to enter any active branch. See Civilian Record. 

MURPHY, D. B. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Aviation Tr. Sch, Hampton Roads, Va. A. E. F, Apr. 
'18 — '19; on the coast of Lincolnshire, scouting for submarines. Supposed to have sunk a submarine. 

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MURRAY, A. F. (VI) ist Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., 26 Mch. '18; 1st Lt., 1 1 Oct. '18. School of Military Aeronautics, 
M. I. T., 10 June '18; transferred to School Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, 6 Sept. '18; disch., 
16 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

MURRAY, G. S. (XIII) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.) Class 5. C. Q. M. (A.), 3 Jan. '18; Ensign, 24 Apr. '18; 
Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '19. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Bu. of Steam Engineering Div. of Aeronautics, 
assigned to study of air plane propeller designs with a representative of the British Admiralty; in charge of 
all propeller design, cons, and testing of experimental propellers, Dec. '18 — Oct.'ic;. 

NANGLE, C.J. (X) Ensign, U. S.N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, 23 Feb. '18; Naval Station, Hingham, Mass.; 
Xaval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Mch. — June '18; Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla.; Inst, in flying, 
Pensacola, Fla.; Inactive List, Mch. '19. 

NELSON, O. A. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 14 June '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Ft. Warren, Mass., 14 June '18; 

5th Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, \ a., 6 July '18; in command of men taking Motor Transportation Course, 

Ft. Monroe; disch., 20 Feb. '19. 
NELSON, WILLIAM (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Ensign, 2 Sept. 'n; Lt. (j. g.), June '17; Lt., Oct. '17; Navy 

Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., in construction work. Abroad in Aug. '14. 
NEWTON, E. M. (XV) ist Lt., 5 Feb. ' 19. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 15 Oct. '17; 71st C. A. C. A. E. F., 

30 July '18 — 23 Jan. '20. 
NICHOLS, HALL (I) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., 30 July '18; ist Lt., 5 Nov. '18. Entered Service, 20 Mch. '18; 

4th Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 30 June '18; Repl. Troops, Camp Humphreys, Va., 13 Aug. '18; 

219th Engrs., 30 Sept. '18 — 5 Mch. '19. 
NIGHTINGALE, W. E. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Student Flight 

Officer, U. S. N. Air Service in Oct. '18; teaching flying at Pensacola, Fla.; Disch., Mch. '19. 
NORTON, J. T. (VIII) Gunnery Sgt. Aviation Sect. Marine Corps. Entered Service, 15 Aug. '18; Naval Avia- 
tion Ground School, 1 Oct. '18; Marine Flying Field, Miami, Fla., 10 Dec. '18 — I Mch. '19. 

NUTE, A. D. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 21 July '18; Sgt., C. W. S., Nov. '18. Cleveland, Ohio, 7 Sept. '18; 

Willoughby, Ohio, 9 Sept. '18 — 10 Apr. '19. 
OBERT, A. A. (X) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt.. Inf., 29 Oct. '17; Corp., 1 Nov. '17; Sgt., 11 Jan. '18; Sgt., Engrs., 

1 May '18; 2d Lt., 16 May '18; ist Lt., 9 Aug. '18; ist Lt., O. R. C, Engr. Sect., 29 Mch. '19. 34th Co., 

9th Tr. Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 29 Oct. '17; Musketry School of Arms, Camp Devens, 

Mass., 29 Oct. '17; Musketry School of Arms, Camp Devens, Feb. '18; transferred to 4th Engr. Off. Tr. 

Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 3 May '18; disch. to accept commission in Engrs.; Asst. Regtl. Personnel Adj., 4th 

Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., 25 May '18; Regt. Personnel Adj., 28 July '18; Asst. Camp Personnel 

Adj., Ft. Harrison, Ind., in charge of organization of Engr. Ry. Troops, 10 Sept. '18; Acting Camp Personnel 

Adj., 20 Dec. '18 — 8 Jan. '19. 
O'BRIEN, R. L. (XI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. U. S. Marine Corps, Paris Island, S. C, May— Sept. '17. Transferred 

A. S., M. I. T. Ground School, 8 Jan. '18; flving training in Texas and Park Field, Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 

'18— Feb. '19. 
O'DONNELL, H. F., 1st Lt., C. A. C. Candidate, 2d Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. '17; ist Lt., C. A. C, 

3 July '18. Coast Defense of Boston, 27 Alch. '18; Anti-Aircraft School, Ft. Monroe, I June — 5 July '18; 

4th Anti-Aircraft Bn., 15 July — 25 Sept. '18; Provost Guard, Camp Eustis, Va., I Oct. '18 — 17 June '19. 
OTIS, J. P. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., 12 June '18; 2d Lt., Jan. '19. Sig. C. Radio School, College Park, Md., 

and Camp Vail, N. J. 
OWEN, F. E. (I) 2d Lt., F. A., Dec. '18. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Aug.— Dec. '18. 
PARKER, J. A. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., 1 Apr. '18; Sgt., 1 June; 2d Lt., 13 Julv. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Upton, 

N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Hq. Co., 308th Inf., 1 Apr. A. E. F., 19 Apr. '18—17 Apr. '19; Co. L, 306th Inf., 13 July. 

Baccarat Sector; Vesle River; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed in action at St. Juvin, 

13 Oct. '18. 
PARKINSON, D. B. (IV) Flying Cadet, A. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Berkeley, Calif., 21 Jan. '18; 

transferred to March Field, Riverside, Calif., 1 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

*PARSONS, A. M. (XI). See Roll of Honor (page 101). 

PEERS, F.W. (IV) 2dLt.,Sn. C, Pvt., U.S. Army Ambulance Service, 9 June '18; Pvt., Sn. C, Apr. '18; 
2d Lt., 7 Oct. '18. U. S. Army Ambulance Service, Allentown, Pa., 9 June '17; transferred to Army Medical 
School, Washington, D. C, Apr. '18; Yale Army Laboratory School, 7 Oct. '18; volunteered to be subject 
for experimentation regarding influenza; Base Hosp., Ft. Sill, Okla., 28 Dec. '18 — 18 Jan. '19. (Page 252.) 

PETER, W. W. (Sp.) Acting Director, Dept. of Citizenship, Army Educational Commission, Y. M. C. A., in 
Feb. '19; in Chinese Dept., Y. M. C. A., Chinese Labor Corps, Paris, in May '19. 

PHILBRICK, F. B., Ensign (T), U. S. N. Warrant Gunner (E.), U. S. N. R. F., 28 Jan. 'iS; Ensign, U. S. N. 
R. F., 7 June '18; Ensign (T.),U. S. N., 15 Sept. '18. Entered Service, 25 Jan. '18; 4th Reserve Officers' Class. 
U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; U.S.S. Delaware, 15 Sept. — 15 Dec. '18. 

PICKETT, E. R. (VII) Sgt., M. C. Pvt., 13 June '17; Corp., 5 Apr. '18; Sgt., 15 Sept. '18. Base Hosp. No. 5. 
A. E. F., 11 July '17 — 22 June '19; U. S. Mobile Hosp. No. 6, 16 Sept. 'iS; Ambulance Co. No. 159, 115th 
Sn. Tr., 27 Jan. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 

PIERCE, G. R. (XV) ist Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Regimental Staff, Camp Dick, Texas, in Apr. '18; Hq. 
Staff, Camp Dick, Texas, until 13 Jan. '19. 

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PIERCE, MARVIN (I) ist Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., 26 May '18; 1st Lt., 11 Sept. '18. Entered Service, 19 Jan. '18; 

Washington Barracks, D. C, June '18. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '18 — 20 Apr. '19; Bn. Comdr., Knotty Ash Camp, 

Liverpool, Eng. 
PINKERTON, HENRY (VII) Corp., M. C. Entered Service, 13 June '17. A. E. F., 12 July '17— 30 Apr. '19; 

U. S. Base Hosp. No. 5 attached to British Army. 
PINKHAM, B. O. (II) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 4 Oct. '17; transferred Sn. C, 29 Oct. '17; Sgt., 8 Jan. '18; 

transferred to C. W. S., July '18; 2d Lt., C. W. S., 5 Sept. '18. 
POPE, A. W., JR. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). C. P. O., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 28 Jan. '18; 

Ensign, 30 Apr. '18. Bu. of Steam Engr., Washington, D. C, 29 Mch. '18; Aero Engine Test Laboratory, 

Washington, D. C, 13 Dec. '18. 
PORTER, G. H. (X) Sgt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., 16 Mch. '18; Pvt., 1 cl, June '18; Sgt., Sept. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., Nov. 

'18. Development Div., C. W. S., Cleveland, Ohio, 25 Mch. — 12 Dec. '18. 
POTE, K. E. (II) Sgt. 1 cl., M. T. C. Pvt., 1 Oct. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., Dec. '18. Reserve Mallet with French Army, 

1 July '17 — 1 Oct. '17. A. E. F., I Oct. '17 — 18 June '19. Chemin des Dames, Oct. '17; Cambrai Offensive, 

Nov. '17; Somme Defensive, Apr. '18; Aisne Defensive; Montdidier-Noyon Defensive; Champagne-Marne 

Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive. 
POTEAT, J. R. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, 26 Mch. '18; C. E., 1 May '18; Ensign, 13 Sept. '18. 

Experimental Station, New London, Conn., I May '18; Nahant Experimental Station, Nahant, Mass., 5 June; 

New London, 1 Jan. — 22 Mch. '19. 
PURVES, J. C. (I) Pvt., 1 cl., Engrs. 304th Engrs., 3 Nov. '17; transferred on indefinite furlough to complete 

course, I July '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., 26 Nov. '18— 11 Dec. '18. 
READ, C. S. (II) 2dLt., F. A. Corp., 11 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 31 Aug. '18. 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 7 Sept. 

'17; 301st Sup. Tn., 15 Oct. '17; Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 5 May '18; F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp 

Jackson, S. C, 7 Sept. '17; School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., 15 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 
READ, M. M. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; ist Lt., June '18; Capt., 19 Oct. '18. Ft. 

Monroe, Va., Oct. '17 — 30 Mch. '18; Ft. Warren and Ft. Standish, Mass., 15 May '18 — 10 Jan. '19; Ft. 

Amador, C. Z., 28 Mch. '19. 
REED, D. A., JR. (IV) Sgt., M. T. C, 1 Nov. '17. Member, Tech Unit, American Field Service, 26 June '17; 

Reserve Mallet attached French Army, 5 July '17; assigned Sect. T. M. 526 of Reserve Mallet; transferred 

A. E. F., 1 Oct. '17; M. T. C, 1 Oct. — 22 Mch. '19; Asst. to Director, Tech Bu. American University Union in 

Europe, Paris until 18 July. Chemin des Dames with French Army, Summer '17; eight engagements in 

American service. (Pages 84 and 87.) 
REID, KENNETH (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N., 16 Dec. '18. C. C, U. S. N., Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H. See 

Civilian Record. 
REYCROFT, A. G. (Ill) Pvt. 1 cl, Engrs. 318th Engrs., 21 Dec. '17—8 May '18. A. E. F., 18 May '18, 

Geradmer Sector, Sept. I — Oct. 10, '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1 Nov. — 11, '18; Army of Occupation. 

25 Apr. — 25 May '19. 

RICHARDS, C. E., JR. (IV) Ensign, U S. N. R. F. (A). C. Q. M., 15 Nov. '17; Ensign, 18 June '18. Ground 

School, M. I. T., 26 Dec. '17; Inspector's School, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., 19 Mch. 

'18; detached duty, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, 13 June '18; Asst. Inspector of Naval 

Aircraft, Curtiss Engineering Corp., Garden City, N. Y., 21 June '18 — 18 Feb. '19. 
RICHARDS, H. E. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Warrant Gunner, (Electrical) 25 Mch. '18; active duty, New 

York City, 12 Apr. '18; Ensign, 16 Oct. '18. U. S. Navy Steam Engr. School, Hoboken, N. J., 1 May '18; 

in training went to France on U.S.S. Ophir; U.S.S. Winding Gulf, I Nov. — 21 Dec. '18. 
RICKETTS, J. L. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., F. A. ist Ohio Cav., 25 Mch. '17; transferred Btry. E, 136th F. A., Camp 

Sheridan, Ala., for ten months. A. E. F., 28 June '18 — 24 Mch. '19; Hq. Co., 136th F. A., 28 Oct. '18. Mar- 

bache Sector; Troyon Sector. 
RIDDELL, W. B. (IV) Lt., Canadian Engrs. C. E. F., July '17—4 Mch. '19. 
RIMBACH, RICHARD (I) Pvt., Engrs. Camp Humphreys, Va., 24 Jan. '18—27 Nov. '18. 

ROBERTSON, W. H. (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., 4 Dec. '17; C. Q. M., 1 Jan. '18; Ensign, 
19 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. Boston, Mass., 10 Dec. '17—25 Jan. '18; Buffalo, N. Y., 26 Jan. '18— 
15 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

ROBINSON, W. R. (I) Pvt., A. S. 631st Aero Sq., 1 July— Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

ROESSLER, H. F. B. (X) Sgt., C. A. C. Pvt., 17 May '17; Corp., 5 July '18; Sgt., 16 Aug. '18. With 2d R. I., 
C. A. C, Ft. Standish, Mass., May '17— Oct. '18. A. E. F., 6 Oct. '18—28 Jan. '19. 

ROGAL, EDWARD (VI) ist Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., May '17; ist Lt., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T.. 
19 Nov. '17; Asst. Commandant of Cadets, Call Field, Texas, Jan. '18; Gunnery Inst, at Call Field, Apr. — 
May '18; C. O., Sq. D, Flying Officers Wing, Camp Dick, Texas, June— Aug. '18; C. O., Flying Officers Wing, 
Aug. — Dec. '18; Hon. disch. I Apr. '19. 

ROGERS, J. W. (II) ist Lt., A. S. A. 2d Lt., Sig. C, Aviation Sect., 25 Sept. '17; ist Lt., A. S. A., 31 July '16. 
At Washington, D. C. and Sig. C. Radio School, College Park, Md., 25 Oct. '17 — 26 Feb. '18; Observers 
School, Ft. Sill, Okla., 4 Mch.— 7 Apr. '18; Inst., Chanute Field, 111., 7 Apr.— 3 July '18; Washington D. C. 
and Hoboken, N. J., 3-15 July '18. A. E. F., 15 July '18— 28 Dec. '18; No. 1 (T.) Wireless School, Radio 
Navigation and Night Bombing, So. Farnborough, Hants, Eng., 8 Aug.; C. O., 23 Sept. — 4 Dec. '18. 

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♦ROGERS, R. T. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 125). 

ROLLINS, WINGATE (XV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., 10 Nov. '17; C.Q. M.Jan. '18; Ensign, 

4 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. Div. Officer, Cambridge, Mass.; Asst. to Naval Aviation Officer, 1st Naval 
Dist., Boston, Mass.; Asst. to Supervisor, U. S. N. R. F., Washington, D. C; Asst. Recruiting Officer for 
Naval Aviation, New York City. 

*ROPER, KENYON (IV). See Roll of Honor (pages 95 and 201). 

ROSSMAN, E. F. (II) Corp., Q. M. C. Co. D., 110th Sup. Tn., Q. M. C, 28 June '17. A. E. F., 27 May '18— 
27 Apr. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

ROWE, J. E. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 24 July '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 1 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., 19 Dec. '18. 9th Co., Coast 
Defense of Narragansett Bay, 24 July '18; Co. C, 58th Am. Tn., 1 Sept. '18; Co. E., C. A. C. Sch., 4 Oct. '18— 
19 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

ROWE, R. R. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Co. A, 5th Engr. Tr. Regt., Camp Humphreys, Va., in Sept. '18. 

ROYCE, DONALD (XIII) Lt., U. S. N. Asst. Naval Constructor, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass. 
in May '18. 

RUBIN, D. N. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., 9 July '18; C. M. M., 1 Oct.; Warrant Machinist, 13 Feb. '19; 
Ensign, (E.), 23 Apr. '19. Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass., Aug. '18; Steam Engr. School, Stevens Insti- 
tute, Hoboken, N. J., Oct.; U.S.S. Louisville, 19 Feb.— 1 Apr. '19. 

RUSSERT, W. R. C. (Ill) Acting 1st Sgt., Engrs. Engr. Enlisted R. C, 16 Jan. '18. Acting 1st Sgt. at Yale 
University in charge of chemists and engineers of S. A. T. C. in fall of '18. Disch., Feb. '19. 

RYAN, W. P. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Development Div., C. W. S., 25 Mch. '18; Corp., 20 June '18; 2d Lt., 
C. W. S., 27 Sept. '18. 

SAUNDERS, ALBERT (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Aug. '18; C. M., 30 Aug.; War- 
rant Machinist, 20 Jan. '19; Ensign, (E.), 22 May. Engr. Course, M. I. T., '18; U.S.S. Santa Paula and U.S.S. 
El Sol, in foreign waters. 

SAWYER, A. F. (II) 2d Lt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Q. M. C, 4 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., 3 July '18. Tr. Div., Camp Johnston, 
Fla., 4 Dec. '17 — Dec. '18. Edited a course in "Steam Engineering" for Trade Schools, Camp Johnston. 

*SAWYER, E. C. (VI). See Roll of Honor (page 92). 

*SCHROEDER, F. E. (IV). See Roll of Honor (page 116). 

SCOTT, W. J. (XI) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. In Service 6 Aug. '18. Tr. Station, Hingham, Mass., 6 Aug. '18; 
Public Works Dept., 1st Naval Dist., Navy Yard, Boston, 27 Aug. — 21 Dec. '18. 

SEARLES, W. F. (II) M. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. In Service 18 Apr. '18. Roanoke, Va., 18 Apr. '18; A. E. F., 
22 May '18 — 24 Jan. '19, French Aviation Cons. Detachment; on U.S.S. Leviathan, when attacked by five 
German submarines, 30 May; Pauillac, June '18; Army-Navy Project, Quimper, 29 Sept. 

SELTZER, MAX (II) Pvt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Entered Service 5 Aug. '18. Detached service, Cleveland, Ohio, 

5 Aug. — 16 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

SHELTON, P. S. (VI) Warrant Gunner (E), U. S. N. R. F. In Service 2 Jan. '18. Naval Ammunition Depot, 
Hingham, Mass., 19 Oct. '18—17 May '19. See Civilian Record. 

SHIELDS, E. J. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., '17; C. B. M., Dec. '17; Ensign, '18. 
Ensign Cadet Sch., Harvard University, '17; U.S.S. Machigonne, Provincetown, Mass., Feb. '18; Naval Hq., 
Brest, France, Aug. '18— Jan. '19. 

SHIRER, H. F. (IV) Sgt. 1 cl., M. C. Pvt., Ambulance Serv., 9 June '17; transferred to M. C. and made Sgt. 
I cl., I Mch. '18. Sect. 48, Ambulance Serv., Camp Crane, Pa., 9 June '17; in charge of erection and operation 
of Machine, Blacksmith and Repair Shop, Sect. 601, Sept. '17 — 1 Feb. '19. 

SIBLEY, D. S. (II) Ensign, U. S. N .R. F. (A). Motor Inspector, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Jan. '18; 
in charge naval work, Propeller Factory, Jamestown, N. Y., July; Bu. of Steam Engineering, Curtiss Aero- 
plane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 

SIMPSON, R. M. (II) Capt., Marine Corps. Pvt., 25 May '17; 2d Lt., 11 Oct.; 1st Lt., 1 July '18; Capt., 2 July 
Co. 9, Recruit Depot, 25 May '17; 85th Co., 10th Regt., Quantico, Va., Oct.; Naval Proving Grounds, Indian 
Head, Md., July '18; 15th Regt., 2d Bn., Santo Domingo, '19. 

SLATOR, GROVER (VI) Sgt., M. T. C. '18. Co. D, 312th Recruit Unit, M. T. C. 

SMITH, ARTHUR (X) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 16 Jan. '18; Pvt., Ord. Corps. 24 Apr.; transferred to 
C. W. S., Pvt. 1 cl., July; Corp., Nov. Cleveland Laboratory, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Apr. '18; Offense 
Laboratory, Development Div., C. W. S., Cleveland, Ohio, July — 8 Dec. '18. Burned by mustard gas. 

SMITH, G. B. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 9 Nov.; Capt., 15 Jan. '18. 2d Tr. 
Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Sept. '17. A. E. F. Dec. '17—4 June '19; Hv. Arty. Sch. and Tractor Arty. Sch.; 
Inst., Arty. Center, Clermont-Ferrand, 12 Apr. '18; 54th Arty. Haussimont, July, transferred to Air Service 
and took course in Aerial Observation, Tours, Aug.; attached to Peace Comm., Paris, Dec; convoy work, 
taking supplies to Luxemburg and Germany, '19. 

SMITH, H. L. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs., 6 May '18; 2d Lt., 1 Aug. Co. 6, 4th Engr. Tr. Regt., 
Camp Humphreys, Va., 6 May '18; Ex. Officer, Co. A, 2d Engr. Tr. Regt., 15 Aug.; C. O., Co. D, Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., until 17 Jan. '19. 

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SMITH, M. H. (VI) Radio Sgt., C. A. C. Pvt., Inf., 21 Sept. '17; transferred to Q. M. C, 12 Mch. '18; trans- 
ferred C. A. C, 28 Mch.; Radio Sgt., C. A. C, 17 July. Co. C, 302d M. G. Bn., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 

Sept. '17; C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 28 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 29 July '18—2 Feb. '19; Hq. Co., 61st 

Arty., C. A. C. 
SMITH, M. L. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. (Cadet), A. S., 30 July '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 12 Feb. '18. School of 

Military Aeronautics, Champaign, III, 30 July '17; Taliaferro Field, Texas, Feb. '18; Disch. 10 Dec. '19. 
SMITH, R. H. (XV) Ensign, A. S. Plane Inspector, U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; resigned from 

Naval Aviation in August '18 to take a position in the Navy Yard, Washington, D. C; in charge of official 

Govt. Wind Tunnel and Aeronautic Laboratory. 
SMITH, R. S. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt. 1 cl., C. A. C, Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Oct. 1st Tr. Co., 5th Tr. Camp, Ft. 

Monroe, Va., Aug. '18. A. E. F., Oct. '18 — '19; Orientation Course, Hv. Arty. Sch., Angers, Nov. '18; Casual 

Officers' Camp, Angers, Mch. '19. 
*SMITH, W. F. See Roll of Honor (page 120). 
SMYTH, R. B. (II) Sgt., Engrs. Entered Service, 23 May '17. Corp., 24 Apr. '18; Sgt., 9 Nov. '18. A. E. F., 

27 July '17 — 27 July '19; Co. F, 14th Engrs. Arras-Baurne Sector, 21 Aug. '17 — May '18, including Somme 

Defensive, 21 Mch. — 6 Apr. '18; Aisne-Marne Sector, 2 Aug. — 10 Sept. '18, including Aisne-Marne Offensive. 

2 Aug. — 6 Aug. '18; Meuse-Argonne Sector, 19 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18, including Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 

26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '19. (Page 77.) 
SOUTHWICK, A. M. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea., Class 4, U. S. N. R. F., 18 July '18; C. B. M., 

Dec. '19; Ensign, 11 Apr. '19. See Civilian Record. 
SPOONER, F. C. (II) Pvt., F. A. Entered Service 16 Oct. '18. 26th Tr. Btry. F. A., Off. Tr. Camp, Louisville, 

Ky., 16 Oct. — 29 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
STEERE, J. A. (I) Capt., F. A. Co. M, 4th Provisional Officers Bn. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Nov. '17; 

13th F. A., Camp Green, N. C, in Jan. '18. A. E. F., Spring '18— Summer '19; Supply Officer, 13th F. A. 

Army of Occupation. 
STEIN, M. H. (I) Pvt., Engrs. Co. F, 104th Engrs., 15th Sept. '17; 1st Army Hq. Regt., Co. I, 5 Jan. '18. 

A. E. F., 23 Mch. '18 — 22 July '19; Sorbonne Detachment, University of Paris, I Mch. — July '19. Toul 

Sector. 
STEPHENS, H. C. (Ill) Cadet, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 19th Tr. Btry., Aug.— Dec. '18. 

See Civilian Record. 
STETLER, M. M . (IV) 1st Lt., Cav. 2d Lt., Cav., 26 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 15 Oct. '18. Army Service Schools, Ft. 

Leavenworth, Kansas, Nov. '17; 16th Cav. in Texas, 25 Feb. '18; 1st Cav., Ariz., 26 May '18. 
STEVENS, F. B. JR., Maj., C. A. C. Pvt., Apr. '17; Corp., July '18; Regtl. Sgt. Maj., Aug. '18. 10th Co., 

R. I., C. A. C.j transferred Hq., 51st F. A. Brig., Aug. '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17 — Apr. '19. Chemin des 

Dames and Toul Sectors; Seicheprey; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
STEVENSON, E. P. (V) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Research Div., C. W. S., Oct. '18—19 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 
STEWART, L. A. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. Co. A, 43d Regt., Inf., New Orleans, La. 
STURTEVANT, H. V. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Radio Branch, 14 Dec. '17. Princeton Ground School, Mch. '18; 

transferred to Columbia University, 1 Apr. '18; Radio School, Ft. Sill, Okla., 1 July '18; Gerstner Field, La., 

7 Aug. '18; Inst, in Radio, Camp McClellan, Ala., 1 Sept. '18: Camp Bragg, N. C, organizing Radio School, 

1 Feb. '19; Radio Officer, 74th Aero Sq., Langley Field, Va., 1 Aug. '19; Carlstrom Field, Fla., until 7 Sept. '19. 
SULLIVAN, J. H., JR. (XV) Ensign (T), U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 27 Oct. '17; Y. 2 cl., 20 Dec. '17; 

C. B. M., 16 June '18; Ensign, 14 Oct. '18; Ensign (T), U. S. N., 22 Apr. '19. Bumkin Island, Boston, Mass., 

Oct. '17; Charlestown Navy Yard, Metallurgical Laboratory, Dec. '17 — 16 June '18; U. S. N. Cadet School, 

Harvard University, June '18 — 14 Oct. '18; Inst., Officer Material School, Harvard University; U S.S. Mahan 

15 June '19. 
SWAN, H. G. (X) Lt. (j. g), U. S. N. R. F. (A). C. Y., 8 Aug. '17; Ensign, 3 Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18, 

U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 10 Dec. '17; Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., 

10 Jan. '18; Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa., 15 Apr. — 31 Dec. '18. 
THOMAS, G. W. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., 5 Apr. '18; C. B. M., 18 Oct. '18; Ensign, 20 Feb. '19. Active 

duty, 27 June '18; Officer Material School, Harvard University, Oct. '18 — 21 Feb. '19. 
THORPE, L. A. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U S. N. R. F. (A). Lds. for Q. M.; Q. M., 2 cl.; Ensign; Lt. (j. g.). Pensacola 

Fla., 16 July '17; M. I. T., 26 Nov. '17; Pensacola, Fla., 19 Feb. '18; Brooklyn Naval Hosp., 16 July '19 to 

date (18 Aug. '19.) 

THRESHER, B. A. (XV) Pvt., Engrs. Engr. R. C, 16 Jan. '18. S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18—12 Dec. '19. 

TIMANUS, C. S. (I) C. Q. M. (A), U. S. N. Entered Service, 4 Apr. '18; Sea. 2 cl., 25 July '18; C. Q. M. (A), 
7 Aug. '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 7 Aug. '18 — 21 Nov. '18. 

TIPTON, J. H. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Sig. R. C, 31 May '18; transferred A. S. 20 Aug. '18; 
2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 20 Dec. '18. Enlisted at Knoxville, Tenn., 13 May '18; 4th Service Co.; 
31st Service Co.; 295th Provisional Service Sq.; 296th Provisional Service Sq.; U. S. Sig. C. Radio School, 
College Park, Md.; A. S. School for Radio Officers, Columbia, University; A. S. School for Radio Officers, 
Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla.; Advanced School for Radio Officers, Gerstner Field, La. See Civilian Record. 

*TOVEY, H. O. (XIII). See Roll of Honor (page 106). 

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TURNER, W. H. (Ill) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl. ; 26 Nov. '17: C. Q. M., 10 Dec. '17; Ensign, 
17 Apr. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. M. I. T. Naval Aviation Detachment, 10 Dec. '17; Inspector of Engr. 
Material (Aero), Pittsburgh, Pa., 28 Jan. — '18; Inspector of Engr. Material, Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, 
Mich., mfrs. of NC — 4, 16 Sept. '18 — 20 Sept. '19. (Page 244.) 

*TUTEIN, C. R. (III). See Roll of Honor (page 104). 

UEBELACKER, A. A. (VI) istLt.,F.A. 2dLt., 14 Nov. '17; istLt., 20 Sept. '18. 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Meyer, 
Va., Aug. '17; Btry. C. 3d F. A., Camp Travis, Texas, Jan. '18; School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., Mch. '18. 
A. E. F., 19 July '18 — 29 July '19; Radio Officer, Hq. Co., 3d F. A., Camp du Valdahon at Arty. Tr. Center 
till Oct. '18; Villouxel, Oct. '18; Chaume (Cote d'Or) Dec. '18; University of Montpellier, Mch. '19. 

UNDERWOOD, H. R. (II) Pvt., A. S. Engr. Detachment, Marmon Aircraft Motor Plant, Indianapolis, Ind., 
10 May '18 — 15 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

VAN da LINDA, L. B. (XV) 1st Lt., A. S. Plattsburg Training Camp, 25 Aug. '17; School Military Aeronautics, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 27 Nov. '17; School Military Aeronautics, Cambridge, Mass., 22 Jan. '18; 
Rich Field, Waco, Texas, 29 Mch. '18; Garden City, L. I., 1st Oct.— 31 Dec. '18. 

VAN KIRK, R. W., JR. (X) Corp., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 16 Mch. '18; Corp., Aug. '18. Cleveland, Ohio, 
24 Mch. — 1 Dec. '18. In U. S. Marine Hospital, Cleveland, with mustard gas burns In May, and 15 July — 
1 Sept. '18. 

VOUGHT, A. B. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Entered Service, Jan. '18; 15th Aero Sq.; Balloon School, Ft. Omaha; Aerial 
Observer, Arcadia, Calif, until Jan. '19. 

WALKER, A. C. (X) Pvt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 19 Jan. '18; transferred Chem. Development Sect., 
Research Div., C. W. S., 4 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WALLACE, S. G. (V) Lds. for Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Enlisted 12 Dec. '17; Tr. Station, Charlestown, S. C, 

19 May '18; Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., 9 Sept. — 29 Jan. '19. 
WANSER, ROY (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Entered Service, 8 Jan. '18; Kelly Field No. 2 for eight months. 

WARNER, D. D. (XV) 1st Lt., A. S. 96th Aero Sq., 16 July '17. A. E. F., 2 Nov. '17— 1 Nov. '18; Bombing 
Observer. Toul Sector, Apr. — Sept. '18. Wounded in aerial combat, 4 Sept. '18. Distinguished Service 
Cross, 16 Oct. '18. (Pages 137 and 204.) 

WARNER, F. L. (II) Capt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs. 7 June '17; 2d Lt., 29 June '17; 1st Lt., 19 July '17; Capt., 

26 Aug. '18. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '17 — 24 Apr. '18, 101st Engrs., 26th Div. U. S., 24 Apr. '18 — 4 Mch. '19. 
WASHBURN, F. A. (VI) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (inactive), 3 Dec. '17; C. Q. 

M. (A.), 23 Nov. '18. Inst, in Gunnery, M. I. T. Ground School, 25 Sept. '17 — 4 Jan. '19. (Page 45.) 
WATT, C. H. (Ill) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 22 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. 31 Aug. '18. 4th Off. Tr. Camp, 

Camp Devens, Mass., 15 May '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 1 July '19; Btry. C, 2d Regt., 

F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, 7 Sept. '18 — 11 Dec. '18. 
WEBER, H. C. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., A. S., 14 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S., 23 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., C. W. S., May '18. 

Gerstner Field, La., Feb. — May '18; Chemical Corps at American University Experiment Station, Washington, 

D. C, May— Dec. '18. See'Civilian Record. 

WEBER, WILLIAM (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. Appr. Sea., 12 June '17; Sea., 2 cl., 28 Aug. '17; Sea., 1 cl., 28 Oct. 
'17; Ensign. Off. Tr. Sch., I May '18; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; U.S.S. Idaho, 30 Sept. '18; 
U.S.S. New Hampshire, 11 Oct. '18. 

WEI, W. L. (VI) Sec, Y. M. C. A., 1 Oct. '18. England, Oct.— Nov. '18; France, in charge of athletic work 
among Chinese laborers, Nov. '18 — Jan. '19; transferred Educational Dept., and taught students from Royal 
Engrs. in mathematics and electricity, Jan. — Apr. '19. (Page 299.) 

WEISCOPF, M. W. (II) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Ord. Inspector, Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y. 

WELLCOME, H. E. (II) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 22 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 16 Oct. '17; Capt., 8 Mch. '18. 
A. E. F., 25 Dec. '17 — 31 Dec. '18; Casual, 59th Arty., C. A. C.; 8th Anti-Aircraft Sector. 

WELLS, F. H. (II) 1st Sgt., Inf. M. G. Co. 3, Mass. Inf., 25 July, '17; Hq., 3d Pioneer Inf., 12 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 
29 Aug. ! i8 — 13 July '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

WELLS, R. H. (XII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). U. S. Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland, In Feb. '19. 

WHEELER, H. B. (II) Capt., Inf. 37th Inf., 9 Aug. '17; on Mexican Border, Nov. '17— Nov. '19. 

WHITCOMB, R. L. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 3 Dec. '17; Ensign, 12 Apr. '18. 
U.S.S. Pueblo, on convoy duty, May — Nov. '18. 

WHITE, F. W., JR. (XV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., 5 Sept. '17; Corp., 10 Sept. '17; Sgt., 20 Sept. '17; 1st Sgt., 
5 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 14 Nov. '17; 1st Lt., 23 May '18. Co. C, 301st M. G. Bn., 76th Div., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 5 Oct. '17; Btry. F, 303d F. A., 76th Div.; Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Dec. '17; 12th Co., C. A. C, 
15 Apr. '18; 4th Co., C. A. C, Washington, D. C, 16 July '18; C. 0., White House Guard, C. A. Camp, 
Washington, D. C, 5 Aug. '18 — 18 Nov. '18; C. O., 4th and 7th Companies, Ft. Monroe, Va., 19 Nov. '18 — 1 
Jan. '19. 

WHITE, G. R. (XV) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., 30 June '17; Sgt., Mch. '19. Co. A, 101st Engrs., 26th Div., 30 June '17. 
A. E. F., Sept. '17 — Apr. '19. Chemin des Dames Sector, Seicheprey; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau- 
Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed with mustard at Chateau-Thierry. 

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WHITE, J. M. (I) 2d Lt., Royal Engrs. (British). Driver, American Field Service, S. S. U. 4, 14 Dec. '16—7 July 

'17. Pvt., Royal Engrs., 23 Dec. '17; Corp., Feb. '18; Cadet, June '18; 2d Lt., Oct. '18. B. E. F., Dec. 

'17— Dec. '19 with 492d Field Co. Segesha, Maselskaya, Kavgora, Pliuma, in North Russia. With French 

in Champagne Offensive Apr. — May '17, Mentioned in dispatches, 16 Sept. '19. 
WILEY, S. K. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 17 Jan. '18; Pvt., 1 cl., May '18; 2d Lt., 23 July '18. 4th Engr. 

Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., May '18; Camp Humphreys, Va., 10 Aug. '18; Hq. Co., 5th Engr. Tr. Regt., 

14 Aug. '18; Casual Detachment Service Bn., 9 Sept. '18; 3d Engr., Tr. Regt., 18 Dec. '18—28 Jan. '19. 
WILKINS, R. A. (X) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Development Div., C. W. S., 25 Mch. 'i8; ; Corp., 20 June '18; 

2d Lt., 12 Aug. '18. In charge of research chemical laboratory, 26 Mch. '18 — -14 Feb. '19. 
WILLIAMS, A. L. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., 16 Jan. '18; Corp., 20 Jan. '18; Sgt., 12 Feb. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 16 Mch. 

'18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Vancouver Barracks, 16 Jan.— 21 Apr. '18; Camp Merritt, N. J. A. E. F., 8 May 

'18— 11 June '19 with 318th Engrs. (Sappers). Gerardmer Sector (Vosges), 28 Aug.— 22 Oct. '18; Meuse- 

Argonne Offensive, 30 Oct. — 11 Nov. '18; Army of Occupation. 
WILSON, W. C. (XV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ensign, 27 Aug. '18; Lt. (j.g.), n Aug. '19. U. S. N. 

Air Station, Bay Shore, L. I.; Pensacola, Fla., and Naval Department, Washington, D. C. 
WINDLE, A. E. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Enlisted 7 Dec. '17; M. I. T. School of Military Aeronautics and Kelly 

Field, Texas, Dec. '17— Mch. '18; Engr. Officer, Barron Field, Texas, Mch.— July '18. A. E. F., 21 July 

'18— S Jan. '19; Asst. Engr. Officer, Issoudun; Officer in Charge of Motor Instruction at School for Flying 

Officers, St. Maixent. 
WINSLOW, E. N. (IV) Sgt., Ord. Corps. Driver, Reserve Mallet, attached French Army, June— Nov. '17; 

transferred A. E. F.; Sgt., Ord. Corps, Engr. Div., 22 Nov. '17 — June '19. (Page 87.) 
WIRT, H. L. (XIII) 2d Lt., Engrs. Enlisted 16 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 25 May '18. Off. Tr. Camp, 6th Co., Camp 

Lee, Va. A. E. F., 3 Sept. '18 — 30 June '19 with 539th Engrs. (Pages 41 and 45.) 
WOODLAND, L. N. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Dec. '17; Y. 2 cl., 1 Mch. '18; 

Ensign, 17 May '18. Navy Dept., Charlestown Navy Yard, Dec. '17; Washington, D. C, 18 June '18— 

31 Mch. '19. 
WOODRUFF, G. W. (II) reported Pvt. 307th Engrs. See Civilian Record. 
WOODRUFF, L. F. (VI) Pvt., Engrs., 28 Oct. '18. 472d Engrs., Camp Humphreys, Va. 
WOODWARD, J. B. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 21 Sept. '17; Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt. A. E. F., July '18— July 

'19, with 301st Engrs. St. Mihiel Offensive; Minor Operations in the Woevre; Operations between Meuse 

and Moselle; Army of Occupation. 
*WOOTEN, J. C. (III). See Roll of Honor (page 95). 
WRIGHT, H. W. (IV) reported with American Field Service. 
WRIGHT, T. P. (IV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Class 5, 21 Nov. '17; Ensign, 

25 Mch. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 29 Mch. '19. Stationed at Cambridge, Mass., Buffalo, N. Y., and Garden City, L. I.; 

conducted inspection of N-C flying boats, preparing for transatlantic flight. (Page 244.) 
WRIGLEY, P. P. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. 51 Aero Sq., Radio Branch, A. S.; College Park, Md., 7 Jan. '18; Gerstner 

Field, La., 28 June '18; Ft. Sill, Okla., 28 July '18; Mineola, L. L, 17 Aug. '18— Dec. '18. 
WYER, WILLIAM (IX) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs., 2 May '18; 2d Lt., 25 May; 1st Lt., 13 Sept. 4th 

Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., May '18; Camp Humphreys, Va., 6 June; Camp Laurel, Md., 8 July; 

Camp Humphreys, Va., 28 Sept. — 21 Dec. '18. 

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ADAMS, E. C. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. R. C, 21 Feb. '18. Transferred to S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 

23 Oct. — 9 Dec. 
ADAMS, F. S. (VI) Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Apr. '18. Test Dept., Naval Experimental Station, New London, 

Conn., assisting in tests of under-water and submarine detectors. 
ALDRICH, E. H. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Driver, American Field Service, 3 May '17; Pvt., C. A. C, 30 May '18; 

2d Lt., 25 Sept. S. S. U. 27, attached to French Army, 3 May — 1 Dec. '17; C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 

May '18; Ft. Monroe, Va., 25 Sept. — Dec. '18. Champagne Offensive, '17. Croix de Guerre with Silver 

Star; American Field Service Medal. 
AMES, A. P. (XV) Enlisted in Navy, Oct. '18. Assigned to Engr. Off. Sch., U. S. N. R. F., when armistice was 

signed and assignment was cancelled. 

AMES, P. D. (II) Pvt., Q. M. C. Service Co. No. 1, Camp Johnston, Fla., 4 June— 24 Dec. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

ANDERSON, E. C. 1st Lt., F. A. A. E. F., France and Germany, '18— '19. F. A. Sch.; Btry. C, 5th F. A., 

'18; Btry. F, 6th F. A., Coblenz, Feb. '19. 
BABBITT, C. S. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., May '18. 68th C. A. C, 26 Oct. 

'17. A. E. F., France, '18 — '19; Aerial Observer. 
BABBITT, F. M. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., '17; 2d Lt., '18. 2d Co., Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens, 

Mass. A. E. F., France, '18— '19; Co. C, 78th Engrs. 

BAKER, F. A. (VI) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.) In Service May '18. Ground School, M. I. T., May '18; Naval 
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BAKER, F. P., (X) Pvt., Engr. R. C, 31 Dec. '17. 

BALFOUR, M. C. (VII) Sgt., Sn. C. Pvt., Sn. C, 16 Sept. '18; Corp., 27 Mch. '19; Sgt., 20 May '19. 302c] 
Water Tank Tn., Camp Holabird, Md., 16 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 29 Sept. '18 — 17 Aug. '19; Commercy, 
(Meuse), 16 Oct.; attached to 2d Army; pumping stations and filter plants, Allerey (Saone et Loire), 
Tours and St. Nazaire. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. (Page 219.) 

BARNEY, F. W. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 20 July '18; Naval Overseas Transportation 
Service, 20 July '18 — 7 Mch. '19. Member, Bd. of Survey of ships, tugs, and barges to be purchasedby Navy; 
Junior Engr., trial trip tests of new ships; work on salvage of materials, 7 Mch. '19. 

BARNICOAT, F. M. (XIII) 2d Lt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Engrs., 19 May '17; Corp., 4 July; transferred to Inf., 
7 Sept.; transferred to Ord. Corps, as Pvt., 26 Oct.; Sgt., Ord., 16 Nov.; 2d Lt., 24 Nov. '18. 101st Engrs., 
Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass., 19 May '17; Watertown Arsenal, 26 Oct.; Ord. Engr. Tr. Sch., Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds, Md., 5 Sept. — 24 Dec. '18. 

BARRETT, H. W. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt." 1 cl., Inf., 5 Jan. '18; Corp., 15 Apr.; Sgt., 3 June; 2d Lt., 12 July. 
3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; Co. K, 307th Inf., Mch. A. E. F., 6 Apr. '18—29 Mch. '19; 
Co. H, 9th Inf., 12 July. Albert Sector; Vosges Sector; Marbach Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne 
Offensive. Wounded at Blanc Mont. Distinguished Service Cross. (Pages 131 and 195.) 

BARTLETT, F. H. (V) 2d Lt., C. A. C. '17. Ft. Standish, Mass., Apr. '18. 

BARTLETT, R. H. (XIII) Sea., 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '18. Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., 1 Oct. '18— 
23 Jan. '19. 

BASSETT, W. H., JR. (X) Sgt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 5 Feb. '18; Sgt., 24 Oct. '18. Aide to Chief of 
Metallurgical Div., Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 5 Feb. '18; intensive training as Engr. 
of Tests, Pittsburgh, Pa., Mch.; Engr. of Tests, Cayahoga Stamping and Machine Do., (mfg. 75 mm. cart- 
ridge cases), Cleveland Brass & Copper Mills, Inc., and Cleveland Crane and Engineering Co., forging 5- 
inch steel shells; Inspector, Cleveland Brass and Copper Mills, Inc., mfg. cartridge case discs and brass rods 
for fuses. Disch., 20 Jan. '19. 

BAUM, G. L. (XV) Corp., Ambulance Service. Pvt., Ambulance Service, '17; Corp., '18. S. S. U. 71, with 
French Army, '17; S. S. U., 32, Feb. '18; in the Vosges Mountains, Mch.; S. S. U. 644, Apr. '18. Croix de 
Guerre. 

BEAULIEU, L. E. (VI) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. at M. I. T, 28 June '18. See Civilian Record. 

BEECHE, G. A. (Ill) Corp., Tank C. In Service 6 Nov. '18. 343d Light Tank Bn., Tr. Camp, Raleigh, N. C. 

BEERS, G. F. (I) Pvt., Inf. (N. A.), 19 Sept. '17. Co. F, 302d Inf. 

BENNETT, W. F., JR. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T C. 

BENT, R. L. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Machinist, 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 9 Sept. '17; Ensign, 6 June. Ensign 
Cadet Sch., Cambridge, Mass., 9 Sept. '17; U.S.S. America (Transport), June. 

BERMINGHAM, F. A. (IV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 15 June '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. Tr. Camp, Ft- 
Monroe, Va., 15 June '18. A. E. F., 12 Oct. '18 — 12 Aug. '19; Hv. Arty. Tr. Bn., Angers; Asst. Regtl. Sup- 
Officer, 54th C. A. C, Nov.; Renting Requisition and Claims Bn., S. O. S., 15 Jan. '19; Town Maj., Angers 
Area, later in Cholet Area. 

BEST, H. W. (IX) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea., 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 22 Dec. '17; C. Q. M. (A.); Ensign, 
18 Sept. '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 22 Dec. '17; Nova Scotia, Sept. — Dec '18; Naval 
Aviation Air Station, Miami, Fla., '19. 

BLAKE, A. H. (II) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 1 Oct. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BLOOD, R. M. (XV) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 22 Oct. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BLOUKE, PIERRE (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 15 May '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., Aug. '17. U. S., 
May '17 — Jan. '19; Ft. Sheridan, Ala., and Ellington Field, Texas. 

BOMAR, E. C. (XV) Capt., C. A. C. 1st Lt., C. A. C. '17; Capt., '18. Adj., 1st Bn., 61st C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, 
Va., '17. A. E. F., France 18 — '19. Gondrecourt, Jan. '19. 

BOND, G. R., JR. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 21 Jan. '18; transferred to active service in C. W. S., 
Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, 15 Nov. — 13 Dec. '18. 

BOTT, T. H., JR. (V) 2dLt.,F. A.R.C. Pvt., F. A., 29 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, n Jan. '19. F. A. Cent. 
Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 2 Sept. '18 — 11 Jan. '19. 

BOURKE, N. T., 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engrs., 31 Jan. '18; 2d Lt. Engr. R. C, 11 Jan. '19. Rejected 
for enlistment three time^ for defective eyesight. Enlisted in Engr. E. R. C. under "optical waiver." Off. 
Tr. Sch., Camp Hunphreys, Va. See Civilian Record. 

BOWMAN, J. D. (VI) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt. Inf., 4 Sept. '17; Sgt., 1 Oct.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18; 1st Lt., 22 Oct. Co. E, 
333d Inf., Camp Taylor, Ky., 4 Sept. '17; Repl. Camp, Camp Pike, Ark., 10 June '18; Co. C, 307th Bn., 
Hv. Tank C, Camp Polk, N. C, I Oct.— 14 Dec. '18. 

BRAATEN, I. T. (VI) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Engrs., 6 Sept. '17; Officer Candidate, F. A., 19 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 
F. A., 1 June; 1st Lt., 2 Nov. Co. B, 313th Engrs., Camp Dodge, Iowa, 6 Sept. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, F. A., 
5 Jan. '18; Camp Jackson, S. C, 19 Apr.; Sup. Officer, Hq., nth F. A. Brig., Camp Meade, Md., 4 Aug. 
A. E. F., France, 2 Nov. '18 — 24 Mch. '19; Brig. Radio Officer, nth F. A. Brig., Advance Sch. Det.. Bordeaux, 
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BREHAUT, C. S. (I) Pvt., Amb. Sect., M. C, 13 June '17. Sect. 605, Amb. Serv., Allentown, Pa., 13 June 
'17. A. E, F., 2 May '18 — I May '19; attached to 832c! Aero Sq., Winchester, England; Ambulance Driver, 
American Red Cross Military Hosp. No. 4, 15 June '18; Automobile Mechanic, Camp Hosp. No. 40, 12 
Feb. '19. 

BRISTOL, B. H., 2d (II) Ensign, (E.),U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Apr. '18; C. M. M., 3 Dec! 
Warrant Machinist, 27 Mch. '19; Ensign (E.), 5 June '19. Hingham, Mass., 31 Oct. '18; Receiving Ship> 
Boston, 27 Nov.; Pelham Bay, 3 Dec; Steam Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J.jU.S.S. Canandaigua, (Transport), 
4 Apr. '19. Steam Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J., 4 May — 12 June. 

BROWN, L. A., JR. (IV) Pvt. (Candidate Officer), F. A. Pvt., Inf., 5 Sept. '18; transferred to F. A., 7 Nov. 
24th Co., 6th Tr. Bn., 155th Depot Brig., Camp Lee, Va., 5 Sept. '18; Acting Sgt., Co. A, 19th Bn., Inf. 
Repl. Troops, 12 Oct.; 115th Provisional Overseas Co., 1 Nov.; F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 7 Nov. 
— 7 Dec. See Civilian Record. 

BROWN, W. C. (II) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., 4 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Sig. C, 16 Apr. '18. 301st Field Sig. Bn., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 4 Oct. '17; Sig. Off. Tr. Sch., Leon Springs, Texas, 30 Dec; Bn. Intelligence Officer, 7th Field 
Sig. Bn., Ft. Bliss, Texas, 16 Apr. '18; Bn. ordered to Nogales, Ariz., to construct telephone lines connecting 
outpost border cavalry patrols, 8 Sept. '18. Disch., 31 Dec. '18. 

BRUTON, L. M. (VI) Cadet Pilot, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). 27 Mch. '17. A. E. F., France and England, 21 May 
'17 — 13 Dec. '18; Ecole d' Aviation, Tours, May '17; U. S. Naval Seaplane Sch., Moutchic (Gironde); Naval 
Purchasing Office, Paris, purchasing aviation material in France and England, 10 Feb. '18. 

BRYANT, E. H. (X) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 3 June '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. Ft. McKinley, Md., 3 June '18; 

Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va.; Boston, Mass., 25 Sept.; 25th Anti-Aircraft Btry. Ft. Rodman, Mass., 16 Oct.; 

25th Anti-Aircraft Btry., Camp Eustis, Va., 19 Oct.; 64th Bn., 16th Anti-Aircraft Sector, 10 Nov.; Casual 

Detachment, 20 Dec; 401st Reserve Labor Bn., 20 Jan. — 7 May '19. 
BYRNE, P. B. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 14 Feb. '18; C. B. M., 18 June; Ensign, 

14 Oct. Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., 14 Feb. '18; Officer Material Sch., Cambridge, Mass., 18 June; 

Receiving Ship, New York, 13 Nov.; U.S.S. Antigone (Navy Transport), 15 Feb. — 5 June '19. 
BURBANK, R. L. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, June '18; transferred to C. W. S., 9 Nov. but had 

no active service on account of the signing of the armistice. 
BURCKETT, D. M. (VI) Sgt., Engrs, Pvt., Engrs., 25 Nov. '17; Corp., 1 Mch. '18; Sgt., 1 Aug. Wagon Co. 

No. 3, 23d Engrs. (Highway), Camp Meade, Md., 8 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 30 Mch. '18 — 11 Jane '19; Railroad 

Yards, Nevers, (Nievre), May '18; Highway Engrs., at Front, Aug. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12 — 16 Sept. '18; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. 
BURNHAM, B. C. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A. 21 Sept. '17; Sgt., 15 Nov.; 2d Lt., 31 Aug. '18. Btry. F, 

301st F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 Sept. '17; Camp Taylor, Ky., 25 J.ne '18; Camp Lewis, Wash., 7 Sept. 

*i8— 2 Jan. '19. 
BUTLER, J. H., TR. (IV) Sgt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Q. M. C, 12 Dec '17: Sgt., 2 Aug. '18. Camp Johnston, Fla., 

12 Dec. '17; Salvage Co., Q. M. C, Camp Greene, N. C, 16 Apr. '18 — 14 Mch. '19. 

CAHILL, L. B., JR. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Driver, American Field Service, 25 June '17; transferred to A. S., 
Dec; 2d Lt., A. S. A., June '18. In France, 25 June '17 — Mch. '19; Tech Unit, American Field Service, 
Sect. 526 — B, with French Army, Jouaignes (Aisne), supplying ammunition to 6th and 10th French Armies 
June '17; 28 Aero Sq., Dec; Issoudun, Aug. '18; Colombey-les-Belle-, Dec; 26th Aero Sq., 3d Pursuit Group, 
Jan. '19. Chemin des Dames, 22-25 O ct - ' l 7- (Page 86.) 

CALLAHAN, F. J. (VI) Ensign (E.), U. S. N. R. F. E. 1 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 27 May '18; C. M. M., 1 Aug.; 
Machinist, 3 cl., 15 Nov.; Ensign (E.), I Mch. '19. A. E. F., 25 Dec. '18 — 10 July '19. 

CAMMANN, OSWALD, JR. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 3 June '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 16 Sept. Tr. 
Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 3 June '18; Camp Taylor, Ky., 16 Sept. — 16 Dec. '18. 

CAMPBELL, D. W. (XV) 1st Lt., Inf. Provisional 2d Lt., Inf., July '17; 2d Lt., Inf., 25 Feb. '18; 1st Lt., 
19 Oct. Army Service Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 26 Nov. '17; 1st Inf., Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 
25 Feb. '18; 1st Inf., Camp Lewis, Wash., n June; C. O., Co. C, 1st Inf., during strikes in Northwest, guard- 
ing hydraulic power plants at Electron and La Grande, Wash., Feb. '19: Camp Devens, Mass., 22 Sept. — 
25 June' 17 — i Oct. (Page 282.) 

CANN, G. W. (XIII) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. In Service, 6 Apr. '18. Sch. for Naval Constructors, Navy Yard, 
Boston, Mass., 9 Oct. '18 — 25 Jan. '19. 

CANNELL, J. E. (VI) Pvt., Engr. R. C. Entered Service 20 June '18. S. A. T. C, 14 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

CARTER, J. M., JR. (II) istLt., Cav. 2d Lt., Cav., 25 June '17; 1st Lt., 25 Oct. 17th Reg., 15th Div., Cav., 
25 June '17 8 Jan. '19. 

CARTER, J. S. (II) Pvt., Engrs. Co. 1, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., n July— 27 Nov. '18. 

CARTWRIGHT, R. A. (II) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). In Service, 22 July '18. Flight 34, Naval Aviation 
Det., M. I. T., 14 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 

CASSIDY, H. L. (X) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Cav., 15 May '17; Corp., Inf., Aug. '18. Troop K, 2d Cav.; Hq. Troop, 
4th Inf. Div., Camp Greene, N. C. 15 May '17. A. E. F., France and Germany, 3 May '18 — '19; Liaison 
Agent between 4th U. S. Inf. and 164th French Div.; University of Toulouse, May '19. Aisne-Marne Offensive, 
18 July — 6 Aug. '18; Vesle Sector, 12 Aug.; Toulon Sector, 6-11 Sept.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-15 Sept.* 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 18 Oct.; Army of Occupation, Nov. — Mch. '19. 

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CASSIDY, J. E. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Q. M. C, 27 Nov. '17; Sgt., s Mch. '18; transferred to F. A., 9 July; 
2d Lt., F. A., 16 Oct. 1st Co. Engrs., Jacksonville, Fla., 27 Nov. '17, Camp Taylor, Ky., 9 July '18; Arty. 
Off. Tr. Sch. of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., 16 Oct.— 16 Dec. 

CHADWICK, NOEL (X) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Q. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., June '17; Ensign (A.), 
1 Nov.: Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. '18. 1st Dirigible Class, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, June '17; 
Free and Kite Balloon and Dirigible Pilot; in charge, 2d Dirigible Class, I Nov.; Commanding Dirigible 
Officer, Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla., 1 1 Jan. '18; convoy and patrol duty, Naval Air Station, Montauk, 
N. Y., 11 June; Naval Air Station, Cape May, N. J., 11 Dec. '18—8 Jan. '19. 

CHURCH, W. E. (IV) Mr. Gun., C. A. C. Corp., C. A. C, 11 Dec. '17; Mr. Gun., 6 Nov. '18. 65th Arty., 
C. A. C, San Francisco, Calif., 11 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 28 Mch. '18— 1 Feb. '19; 65th C. A. C; training, 
Limoges, Apr. '18; La Courtine, 20 July; at Front 77 days. St. Mihiel Offensive (Pont-a-Mousson); Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive (Montfaucon, 26 Sept. Verdun, Grand Pre, 1 Nov.). See Civilian Record. 

CLAFIN, F. E. (II) Pvt., A. S., 8 Feb.— Aug. '18. 

CLARK, M. H. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., 24 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 20 July '18. Ground School, 
Princeton, N. J., 24 Dec. '17; Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, July, '18 — 6 Jan. '19. 

CLARKSON, A. B. (XV) Mr. Gun., C. A. C. Hq. Co., 50th Regt., Ft. Monroe, Va., Apr. '18. A. E. F., France, 
Oct. '18— Mch. '19. 

COHEN, B. S. (VII) Pvt., C. A. Entered Service, 28 Oct. '18; Ft. Warren, Mass., 28 Oct. '18; C. A. Off. Tr. 
Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Nov. — Dec. '18. 

COLBY, L. C. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 21 Mch. '17; Corp.; 2d Lt., Ft. Slocum, N. Y., 21 Mch. '17. 
A. E. F., 17 Aug. '17 — 26 Jan. '19; Btry. F, 7th Provisional Regt., C. A. C, Mailly-le-Camp, (Aube), 13 
Sept. '17; Hv. Arty. Sch., Mailly; 3d Howitzer (8") Regt. Baccarat Sector, 15 Apr. '18; Alsace Sector, 
1 June. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

COLDWELL, J. S. (VI) Gunnery Sgt., Marine Corps, (A.) ,21 Aug. '18. Marine Detachment, Naval Aviation 

Ground Sch., M. I. T., 21 Aug.— 7 Dec. '18. 
CONNIERS, N. D. (II) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., 1 cl. Inf., 5 Jan. '18; Corp., 1 Jan. '19; Sgt., 3 Jan. Btry. A, 3d Off. 

Tr. Sch., Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18; in Base Hosp., Camp Upton, Feb. — Sept.; 5th Co., 152c! Depot 

Brig., 18 Oct. '18— 20 July '19. 

COOK, A. A. (IV) Capt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 8 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 18 Feb. '18; Capt., 13 June. Ft. Leavenworth, 
Kan., 8 Aug. '17; Adj., 2d Bn., 8th Inf., Camp Fremont, Calif., 19 Nov. A. E. F., 18 Oct. '18 — 3 June '19. 

COOMBS, R. H. (VII) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 21 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 21 Dec. Co. D, 36th M. G. Bn., 
1 2th Div., 21 July '18; 20th Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 13 Sept.— 21 Dec. '18. 

CORTHELL, H. D. (I) Pvt. 1 cl., Co. F., 23d Engrs., Camp Meade, Md., 4 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 30 Mch. '18—16 
June '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 

COSGROVE, J. T. (VI) Pvt. (Flying Cadet), A. S. A. Ground Sch., Princeton, N. J., 17 Jan. '18; Camp Dick, 
Texas, 19 Sept.; Flying, Call Field, Texas, 2 Nov. — 14 Dec. 

COYNE, F. J. (IV) Corp., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 31 Oct. '18; Corp., 10 Nov. Btry. B, 28th C. A. C. 

CREEDON, W. J. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Co. I, Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 8 May '17; Sch. of Military, 
Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., Mch. '18; Kelly Field, Texas, June; Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla., Dec. 

CUNNINGHAM, K. M (II) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 8 May '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 1 Sept.; 1st Lt., 
28 Feb. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Madison Barracks, N. Y., 8 May '17; Ground School, Cornell, 20 July. A. E. F., 
England and France, 18 Sept. '17 — 6 Apr. '19; training with British Air Force, Westcliff-on-Sea; with 55th 
Sq., Independent Royal Air Force in long distance day bombing in Rhine Valley on Coblenz, Duren, Mayence, 
Stuttgart and other towns, and short work during St. Mihiel and Chtaeau-Thierry Drives; Airplane Design 
Div., U. S. Air Service Hq., Paris, 10 Nov. '18. Squadron cited three times by the French and twice by the 
British, especially for a raid over Frankfort. (Page 205.) 

CURRAN, JOHN (VI) Pvt., Inf. Entered Service, 5 Jan. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18, 
Hq. Co., 305th Inf., 77th Div. A. E. F., 28 Apr. '18 — 25 Apr. '19. Baccarat Sector; Vesle; Oise-Aisne Offen- 
sive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

CURTIS, INGRAHAM (VI) Pvt., M. C. A. E. F., '18— '19; U. S. Base Hosp. No. 19. 

DARLING, BLAKE (X) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. Pvt., Inf., 29 Mch. '18; M. C, 1 May; Engr. E. R. C, 15 May— 
15 Dec. '18. 

DAVIDSON, K. S. M. (II)-2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., A. S., '17; Cadet, '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A. Army School of Aero- 
nautics, Cornell University, N. Y., Sept. '17; 4th Cadet Sq., Ellington Field, Texas, Jan. '18; 3d Provisional 
Air Sq., June — Dec. '18. (Page 45.) 

DAVIS, C. P. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., 21 Dec. '17; 2d Lt. (Pilot), A. S. A., 29 Oct. '18. Ground 
School, Princeton, N. J., 21 Dec. '17; Camp Dick, Texas, 20 June; Loncke, Ark., 15 Julv; Course for Pursuit 
Pilots, Rockwell Field, Calif., 14 Nov. '18—25 July '19. 

DAVIS, G. H. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., 17 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A. 18 July '18. Army School 
of Aeronautics, Cornell University, N. Y., 17 Dec; Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N. Y., Oct. '18; Ellington 
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DAVIS, I. W., ist cl. Sgt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 25 Feb. '18; Corp., 1 Sept.; Sgt., 1 Oct.; 1st cl. Sgt., 5 Feb. '19. 
University" of Vermont, 25 Feb. '18; 209th Field Sig. Bn., Camp Sheridan, Ala., in charge of detail to establish 
world's record for distance of 35 cm. French lights; Chief Inst, in Sig. C. work, 9th Div. Sig. Sch. See Civilian 
Record. 

DEACON, E. F. (XV) ist Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17, 2d Lt, Engrs. 15 Aug.; ist Lt., 12 June 
'18. Co. I, ist Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17. Co. C, 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 
Aug. A. E. F., France and Germany, 26 June '18 — 31 Mch. '19; built artillery dumps in St. Mihiel Salient, 
worked on lines of communication, reconnaissance, and first and second position wiring; constructed and 
maintained only pontoon bridge on Moselle River located between Treis and Karden. 

DEANE, ANDREW (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.) '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., June '18; 
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., Feb. '19. 

de BONNEVAL, H. A. (II) with 234th Regt., Inf., Sect. 136, French Army, June '17. 

DERBY, H. S. (XIV) . See Class of '2 1 . 

DERR, T. S. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 5 Oct. '18; Pvt. 1 cl, 20 Oct. Long Island Laboratory, 
Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., 5 Oct. '18—5 Mch. '19. 

DIMMICK, H. E. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C, 17 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 21 Feb. 
'18. School of Military Aeronautics, Oct.; Love Field, Texas, Jan. '18; Flying Inst., Gerstner Field, La., 
and Carlstrom and Dorr Fields, Fla., until Dec. '18. 

DOTEN, E. F. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. Off.Tr. Camp, 1 July '18; 2d Lt., Engrs., 11 Jan. '19. Co. 1, 
Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 12 Oct. '18 — Jan. '19. 

DOUGLAS, A. D. (Ill) Corp., Q. M. C. In Service, 5 June '17. ist Regular Div. Sup. Tr., 22 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 
France, Belgium, and Germany, 22 Apr. '18 — 5 July '19. Co. C, 439th Sup. Tr. Champagne-Marne 
Defensive, 17 — 18 July '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — 3 Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-16 Sept.; 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 20 Oct. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation. 

DREW, C. W., JR. (XV) 2d Lt., Marine Corps. Pvt., Marine Corps, 30 July '18; 2d Lt., Jan. '19. Searohlight 
Bn., League Island, Philadelphia, Pa., 30 July '18; Officers Camp, Quantico, Va., Aug.; Special Inf. Officers 
Sch., Dec. '18 — 29 Jan. '19. 

DUFFY, H. L. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Oiler, U. S. N. R. F., Dec. '17; C. M. M., July '18; Ensign, Jan. 
'19. Submarine Chaser Unit, Dec. '17; Class 14, Naval Gas Engine School, Columbia University, '18; trans- 
ferred to Stevens Institute, July; U.S.S. Wabash (Transport Service), '18; Chief Engr. Officer, Mine Sweeper 
Swain in North Sea, July — Oct. '19. 

DURLAND, R. W. (II) reported with French Army Transport Service, '17; Motor Transport Corps, Base Sect. 
No. 1, '18; 133d Advanced Ammunition Sect. Gassed and invalided home, May '18. 

ELLIOTT, J. T. (VI) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 9 Apr. '18; C. M. M., 1 Dec. See 
Civilian Record. 

ELWELL, F. G. (II) Sous-Lt., Arty., French Army. Driver, American Field Service, Apr. '17; Pvt. 2 cl., Foreign 
Legion, French Army, Jan. '18; Cadet, 15 May; Sous-Lt., 15 Mch. '19. In France, Apr. '17 — 31 Aug. '19. 
S. S. U. No. 66, Apr. — 30 Sept. '17; evacuated wounded of 17th and 46th French Divs., at Craonne, Chemin 
des Dames; 1st Regt., Foreign Legion, Jan. '18; 32d Arty. Regt., 12 Feb.; Arty. Sch., Fontainebleau; 2d Group 
of African F. A. 15 May. Villers Bretonneux, July '18; Moreiul, 8 Aug.; Plesier, 12 Aug.; Noyon, 25 Aug.; 
La Fere, Sept.; St. Quentin, Oct.; French Army of Occupation, near Wiesbaden, Feb. — 31 Aug. '19. Gassed 
4 Oct. '18. Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, American Field Service Medal. (Page 288.) 

ERVING, J. M. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt., Mass. Volunteer Militia, 14 May '16; transferred to F. A., 6 June '175 
transferred to C. W. S., 24 Aug. '18. Co. L, 8th Mass., Inf., May '16; I02d F. A. June '17. A. E. F., 23 
Sept. '17 — 31 Mch. '19; Artillery Draftsman, Mch. — Sept. '18; 4th Div. Hq., C. W. S., Casual Co., 23 Jan. 
— 31 Mch. '19. Chemin des Dames, 4 Feb.; Toul Sector, 3 Apr.; Chateau-Thierry, 4 July; St. Mihiel Offen- 
sive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation (Bad Bertrich), 20 Nov. '18 — 20 Jan. '19. Gassed near 
Raulecourt, 5 June '18. 

EVERIT, R. S. (Ill) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 1 Oct. '18; Pvt. 1 cl, 10 Oct.; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 
26 Jan. '19. 7th Co., C. A. C, Coast Defense of Boston, Mass., 1 Oct. '18; Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 
11 Nov. '18 — 26 Jan. '19. 

FARIST, C. J. (VI) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 8 Aug. '18—9 May '19. 

FALKENBERG, J. J. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, Jan. '19. Co. G, Training 
Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., '18. 

FALKENBERG, R. L. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 12 Nov. '17; ist Sgt., 26 Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 5 July. Co. F, 
23d Engrs., Camp Meade, Md., 12 Nov. '17; 66th Engrs., Laurel, Md., 26 Mch. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Ft. Monroe, Va., 6 May; Engr. Repl. Troops, Ft. Leach, D. C, 5 July — 25 Nov. 

FARRAND, E. G. (VI) Ord. Sgt., Ord. Corps. Pvt., Ord. Corps, 14 Dec. '17; Corp., Dec. '18; Sgt., Mch. '19; 
Ord. Sgt., June. Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 14 Dec. '17; Co. C, 3d Bn., Provisional Ord. Depot, May '18. 
A. E. F., 27 May '18 — 4 July '19; constructing Ord. Repair Shops, Mehun; Ord. Technical Sect, with French 
Arty., Proving Grounds, Bourges; Electrical Engr., Ord. Repair Shops, Mehun. 

FARRINGTON, A. E. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. (R. M. A.) Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 15 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A. 
School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., Mch. '18; Dallas, Texas, June; Eberts Field, Ark., July — 
Dec. '18. 

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FARRISEE, W. J. (I) Pvt. i cl. (Flying Cadet), A. S. A. Flying Cadet Detachment, Kelly Field, Jan. 'i8; Dallas, 
Texas, I June; Austin, Texas, 15 Aug.; San Antonio, Nov. '18. 

FASSITT, A. J., JR. (VI) Mr. Sig. Elec, Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 23 Jan. '18; Sgt., Mch.; again Pvt., Apr.; Corp., 
May; Sgt. I cl., July; Mr. Sig. Elec, Jan. '19. Inst, in radio, telephone, telegraph and allied forms of com- 
munication, Land Div., Sig. C, Camp Sherman, Ohio, 23 Jan. '18: Co. B, 325th Field Sig. Bn., Apr. A. E. F., 
10 June '18 — 1 Mch. '19; management and installation of telephone systems in front line sectors. Vosges 
Mountains, Argonne and Marbach-Metz. 

FIELDS, E. S., JR. (I) 2d Lt., Engrs. Corp., Inf., 3 Apr. '17; transferred to Engrs. as 2d Lt., '18. Co. B, 19th 
Inf., Ft. Houston, Texas, 3 Apr. '17. A. E. F., '18 — '19; Co. A, 524th Engrs., Mch. '19; American Red Cross 
Hosp. No. 3, July. 

FISHER, J. R. (I) Corp. Inf. Pvt., Inf., 18 July '17; Corp., Oct.; Sgt. Maj., 22 July '18 (wounded befor 
promotion became official). Co. A, 23d Inf., 18 July '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17 — 21 Nov. '18. Verdun 
Sector: Pont-a-Mousson Sector; Aisne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); Aisne-Marne Offensive; Champagne 
Phase of Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded by machine gun, 4 Oct. '18. (Page 174.) 

FLECKENSTEIN, JACKSON (XV) C. Q. M. (A.) U. S. N. R. F. ( May '18. Student Officer, Seattle, Wash., 
and Great Lakes, 111. See Civilian Record. 

FLEMING, G. G. (Ill) Pvt. (Officer Candidate), M. T. C, Oct. '18. 

FLEWELLING, R. C. (IV) Capt., Inf. Co. A, 19th Inf., San Antonio, Texas, '17; Co. D, 19th Inf., Ft. Bliss, 
Texas, Mch. '19. 

FORD, A. R. (II) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '18. Not called into service on account of poor eyesight. 

*FOWLER, F. M. (V). See Roll of Honor (page 105). 

FREEMAN, O. F. (VI) M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.) '18. U. S. Naval Base, Brest, France, Apr. '18. 

FRENCH, G. F., 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., Sig. C, 10 Oct. '17. 2d Lt., A. S. A., 1 May '18. Ground 
School, Cornell University, N. Y., 10 Oct. '17; 4th Cadet Sq., Ellington Field, Texas, 18 Jan. '18; Inst, in High 
Altitude Bombing, 3 June; Inst, in Acrobatic Flying, 1 July; Inst., in Aerial Gunnery, Taliaferro Field, 11 Nov. 
— 19 Dec. 

FRIEDLICH, ROBERT (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, '17; Sea. 2 cl. 

U. S. N. R. F., 18 Jan. '18; Ensign., S. S. U. 68, with French Army, '17; returned to U. S. A. and entered 

U. S. N. R. F., Newport, R. I. 
GAIL, G. P., (II) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 21 Jan. '18. M. I. T, 21 Jan. '18—25 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 
*GARNSEY, A. E. (VI) See Roll of Honor (page 109). 
GAY, G. E. (X) 2d Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., Aug. '17. 1st Off. Tr. Camp; 

Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17; 101st Engrs., 26th Div., Camp Devens, Mass. A. E. F., 1 Sept. '17 — 1 Aug. '19, 

Co. B, 101st Engrs.; Engr. on Cons., Base Hosp., Bazoilles-sur-Meuse; Office of Provost Marshal General, 

Tours, Oct. '18; Asst. P. M., Aix-les-Bains and Grenoble Leave Areas. 

GIBSON, J. W. (XV) 1st Lt., Inf. attached to A. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 May '17; 310th 
Inf., Camp Dix, N. J., Dec; attached A. S., Austin, Texas, Mch. '18; Kelly Field, Texas, June; Post Field, Ft. 
Sill, Okla., 19 Oct.; Taliaferro Field, Texas, Nov. '18—6 Jan. '19. 

GILBERT, R. H. (Vl)Pvt. 1 cl., Sig. C. Entered Service, 19 Mch. '18. Co. C, 115th Field Sig. Bn., 19 Mch 
'18. A. E. F., 13 Aug. '18 — 13 July '19; 115th Field Sig. Bn., 40th Div., 2d Army; repaired telephone instru- 
ments and field equipment, 2d Army Sig. C. Dump, during Woevre Offensive; Electrical Engineering Course, 
Special Sch. of Public Works, Sorbonne, Paris, I Mch. '19. 

GILES, H. C. (XV) reported with Co. A, 1st Platoon, 56th Engrs., A. E. F. in '18. 

GILLETT, L. A. (XI) Pvt. 1 cl., Engr. E. R. C, 1 July '18. Engr. Officers' Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 
Nov. '18. 

GIVEN, F. J. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 12 July '18; Sgt.; 2d Lt., Sig. R. C, 4 Jan. '19; re-enlisted 
as Pvt. and was made Sgt., 11 Jan. '19. 13th Service Co., Camp Vail, N. J., 2 Oct. '18; 3d Serv. Co., Officers' 
Tr. Detachment, Yale University, 22 Oct.; 13th Service Co., Camp Vail, N. J., 18 Dec; volunteered for over- 
seas service as German speaking Radio Operator; disch., 29 Mch. '19. 

GLEASON, R. W. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 18 June '18; Plotter, Sept.; 2d Lt. 18th Co., C. A. C, 
Ft. Monroe, Va. 

GODDARD, R. E. (IV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Pvt. 1 cl., R. O. T. C, June '17; 2d Lt., Inf., Aug.; trans- 
ferred to Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Oct. R. O. T. C, Harvard University, June '17; 322d Inf., Camp Jackson, 
S. C, Aug.; Aero Observers' Ground Tr. Sch., Austin, Texas, Oct. A. E. F., England and France, '18; took 
Pursuit Observers' Training, Sch. of Aerial Gunnery, Royal Air Forces, England; Officer in Charge, Aerial 
Gunnery Sch., U. S. Air Service, Tours, France, June — Dec. '18. 

GOLDTHWAIT, J. A. (II) 1st Lt., A. S. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; 2d Lt., U. S. R., Aug.; 1st Lt., F. A. 
(N. A.), Dec; transferred to A. S., Mch. '18. F. A. National Guard, '16— '18; Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, 
N. Y., May '17; Hq. Co., 303d F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., Aug.; School for Aerial Observers, Okla., Mch., 
'18; Advanced Gunnery School Mt. Clemens, Mich.; Inst., School for Radio Operators, Houston, Texas, 
until Jan. '19. 

GOODRIDGE, M. E. (XV) Pvt., Engrs., 29 July '18. 2d Engr. Officers Tr. School, Camp Humphreys, Va., 
25 Oct. — 27 Nov. '18. 

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GOODWIN, T. L., JR. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl. U., S. N. R. F., 17 Oct. '18; C. M. M., 1 Dec; 
Ensign, 14 June '19. Preliminary Training, Hingham, Mass., 17 Oct. '18; Steam Engr. School, Hoboken, 
N. J., 16 Mch. '19; U.S.S. Santa Paula, 14 June. 

GRIEBEL, F. W. (II) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. (inactive), 22 Jan. '18. See Civilian Record. 

GRIFFIN, A. E. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 16 June '17; C. B. M., 7 Oct.; Ensign, 

16 June '18. Ensign Cadet Sch., Harvard University, 16 June '17; Naval Overseas Transportation Service, 

17 Jan. '18; U.S.S. Philadelphia (Transport); Aide to Supervisor, Office of Cruiser and Transport Force, 
Boston, Mass., 1 Dec: U.S.S. Chew (Destroyer), 6 June — 6 Sept. '19. 

GUPPY, J. S. (I) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Engrs., 6 June '17; Mr. Engr. (j. g.), 24 June; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 29 Jan. 
'18; transferred to Inf., N. A., 16 Apr.: 1st Lt., Inf., 15 Aug. 14th Engrs. (Ry.), 6 June '17. A. E. F., 
28 July '17 — 12 Feb. '19; 14th Engrs. assigned to British near Arras, Aug. '17; Army Candidates Sch., Lan- 
gres, Dec; Inst, with 14th Engrs., Mch. '18; Casual Officer, Blois; 23d Inf., 2d Div., June; 369th Inf., I Aug. 
Aisne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); Aisne-Marne Offensive; Champagne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; 
Sept. — Oct.; Thann Sector, Oct.; Army of Occupation (Mulhouse). Wounded once. Croix de Guerre with 
Gold Star. (Pages 148, 174 and 176.) 

HADLEY, H. S. (V) Driver, French Ambulance Service, France, '17. 

HALL, R. T. (XI) Pvt. 1 cl., C. A. C. 7th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Warren, Mass., 15 Oct. '18: C. A. Off. Tr. Sch. 

Ft. Monroe, Va., 31 Oct. — 23 Nov. '18. 
HALL, W. T. (X) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., attached 151st Depot Brig., 28 Aug. '18; Corp., 21 Sept. '18; transferred 

to C. W. S., 1 Oct. '18; transferred to M. I. T. as Inst., 15 Oct. '18. 
HAMMOND, W. S. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Inf., Apr. '17; 2d_Lt., F. A., 27 Nov.; transferred to A. S., Jan. '18. 

Harvard Regt., Inf., Apr. '17; 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Leon Springs, Texas, Aug.; F. A., Nov.; graduated, Aerial 

Gunnery Sch., Houston, Texas, Mch. '18; Inst., Field Arty, and Aerial Gunnery, 27 Nov. '17 — Feb. '19. 
HANSON, J. J. (Sp.) 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Chicago Dist. Office, Carriage Div., Inspection Sect., Ord. Dept., 25 

Jan. '18; Asst. Army Inspector of Ord., Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co., in charge of shop mfg. 155mm. 

gun carriages, 27 Mch. 
HARTMAN, L. E. (II) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 14 Dec. '17; Sgt., 1 Aug. '18; Sgt. 1 cl., 1 Oct.; 2d Lt., 

6 Nov. Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 14 Dec. '17 — Dec. '18. 
HAWKES, J. R. (I) Capt., Inf. Maine Hv. Arty., 5 Aug. '17; Capt., Inf., 13 Feb. '18. 1st Maine Hv. Arty., 

5 Aug. '17; Capt., Inf., 13 Feb. '18. 1st Maine Hv. Arty., 5 Aug. '17; 56th Pioneer Inf., 13 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 

France and Germany, 4 Sept. '18 — 27 June '19; Personnel Adj., Hq., 56th Pioneer Inf., 3d Army; 360th Inf., 

90th Div., May '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 
HAYES, S. J. (VII) Sgt., Sn. C. Pvt., Sn. C, 18 Sept. '18; Sgt., 16 Jan. '19. Water Tank Tn. No. 302, Camp 

Holabird, Md., 18 Sept. '18; Army Medical Sch., Washington, D. C, 28 Sept.; Asst. to Camp Sn. Engr., 

Camp Sn. Detachment, Camp Sevier, S. C, 23 Nov. '18 — I Feb. '19. 
HEDIN, C. H. (VI) Pvt. (Ambulance Driver), American Field Service, 2 June '17. Section 66, American Field 

Service with French Army, 12 June — 29 Nov. '17. See Civilian Record. 
HELMRICH, E. R. (Sp.) Pvt., Ord. Corps. Ord. Depot, Ft- Slocum, 24 June '18; Sheffield Detachment, Nitrate 

Div., Ala., 6 July. 
HENDERSON, R. J. recorded in files at Paris Bureau, in Technology Review and on page 85 of the Record 

as member of Tech Ambulance Unit. There is no such person listed in the Register of Former Students. 

See Henderson, R. S., '99. 
HERRICK, C. M. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl., Radio Sect., Sig. C. 3d Service Co., Sig. C. Tr. School, Yale University, 4 Oct. 

— 18 Dec. '18. Recommended for a reserve commision. 
HEWES, F. R. (I) Pvt. (Candidate) C. A. R. C, 11 Oct. '18. 
HILL, E. W. (XV) Capt., Inf. Prov. 2d Lt., Inf., 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Mch. '18 to rank from 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 

19 June '18. Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Aug. '17; Camp Fremont, Calif., Nov.; Co. G, 12th Inf., Camp Hill, 

Va., Nov. '18. A. E. F., 20 May '19; to date (3 Dec. '19); 4th Inf., later with Repl. Depot, American Troops, 

Coblenz. 
HIRSCH, G. B. (II) Pvt., Engrs. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 17 Jan. '18. Entered Service, 29 Sept. '18. Co. 7, 

Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Engr. Repl. Troops unassigned, Camp Humphreys, Va., Sept. — Nov. '18. 
HOFFMAN, A. G. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 15 Jan. '18 (inactive); Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 

Oct.— Dec. '18. 
HOLMGREN, R. S. (I) Member, Friends Reconstruction Unit, American Friends Service Comm. in France, 

'17 — '19. Work in Somme and Marne, and Meuse-Ardennes. Chief of Distribution, region around 

Varennes, seeing that portable houses were unloaded and distributed correctly and completely, '19. 
HOLT, JAMES (II) Pvt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 3 July '18; transferred to C. A. C, 12 Oct. C. A. 

Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 12 Oct.— 26 Nov. '18. 
*HOMER, J. W., JR. (XV). See Roll of Honor (pages 112 and 243). 
HOOPER, B. M. (II) Ensign (T), U. S. N. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 3 Dec. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 8 

Feb. '18; Ensign (T), U. S. N., 9 June '18. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Dec. '17; U.S.S. Utah, June 

'18; European waters, Aug. — Dec. '18. 
HOPKINSON, F. J. (X) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 27 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., '18. San 

Leon Gunnery School, Ellington Field, Texas, '18; Observer, Bomber and Pilot. 

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HOUGH, A. W. (XIII) Ensign (Engr.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 28 Apr. '18; Ensign (Engrs), 
Mch. '19. Enrolled in U. S. N. R. F. at M. I. T., Apr. '18; Naval Tr. Camp, Hingham, Mass., Sept. 

HUBBARD, E. R. (VI) 1st Lt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 5 June '17; Corp., 1 Aug.; Sgt., 20 Aug. ; Sgt. 1 cl., 1 Nov.; 
1st Lt., 5 Mch. '18. Co. C, 7th Engrs., 5th Div., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 5 June '17; 3d Engr. Off. Tr- 
Camp, Camp Lee, Va., 1 Jan. '18; Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Investigation Sect., 488th Engrs., Washington, 
D. C, 5 Mch. '18— 11 Apr. '19. 

HUNT, R. S. (VII) Sgt., F. A. Entered Service, I June '17; Corp., F. A., 13 Dec. '17; Sgt., 11 Oct. '18. Mass. 
N. G., 1 June '17; federalized, 5 Aug. A. E. F., 22 Sept. '17— 31 Mch. '19; Hq. Co., I02d F. A. Toul Sector 
(Seicheprey, Xivray); Pas Fini Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sive (Verdun). 

HYDE, C. W. (VI) U. S. N. R. F., 14 May '17. Paymaster's Asst., U.S.S. Galatea, 14 May '17; U.S.S. Barnegat, 
at Azores, Feb. '18; Paymaster's Asst., U. S. S. Carola; Chateau, Brest, until Jan. '19. 

INGLIS, G. A. (XIII) Pvt., A. S. 22d Aero Sq., Camp McArthur, Texas, 8 Dec. '17; Student May '18, and 
after graduation Inst., A. S. Mechanics School, St. Paul, Minn., in charge of airplane construction, main- 
tenance and repair, Standard Aircraft Factory, N. J., Dec; Handley-Page Mechanic, Repair Depot, Indian- 
apolis, Ind., Feb. — Mch. '19. 

INSLEY, ROBERT (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 23 Apr. '18; Mach., 24 July; 
Ensign, 16 Oct.; Lt. (j. g.), 5 Apr. '19. Pelham Bay, Apr. '18; Navy Steam Eng. School, Hoboken, N. J., 
May; U.S.S. Standard Arrow (Transport), July; Inst., Engr. School, Sept. '18 — June '19. 

IRWIN, G. A. (XV) 2d Lt., M. T. C. Pvt., M. T. C, 13 Dec. '17; Sgt.; 2d Lt., 10 Sept. '18. Mechanical Repair 
Unit, Baltimore, Md., Dec. '17; Asst. to Cons. Engr., M. T. Depot., Washington, D. C, Mch. '18; Head, 
Boxing and Crating Dept., M. T. C. 

JACKSON, L. A. (XI) Pvt., Engr. Pvt., C. A. C, 29 Oct. '18; transferred to Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, 10 Nov. 
29th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Standish, Mass., 29 Oct. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. School, Camp Humphreys, Va., 10-27 
Nov. '18. 

JOHNS, A. A. (XI) Sgt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., June. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y., Jan. '18; 
Radio Detail, Hq. Co., 304th F. A. A. E. F., 24 Apr. '18 — 29 Apr. '19; with 77th Div., in charge of a field 
radio telegraph outfit, regulating fire. Baccarat Sector; Vesle Sector; Oise-Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

JOHNSON, R. B. (I) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 18 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 1 Feb. '19. 
On inactive list, M. I. T., 18 Jan. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 1 Nov.— 1 Feb. '19. 

JOHNSTON, N. P. (Ill) Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., Apr. '18. Ambulance Driver, '17; Pvt., A. S., '18. Section Sanitaire 
Americaine 64, with French Army, '17; School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, N. Y., Apr. '18. 
Croix de Guerre. 

JONES, C. C. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 4 Aug. '17; Sgt., 8 Dec; Sgt. 1 cl., 12 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 27th Aug. 
324th Field Sig. Bn., 4 Aug. '17; Co. A, 6th Tr. Bn., Radio School, College Park, Md., 30 Aug. '18; Engr. 
Dept., Sig. C, 17 Sept. — 5 Dec. '18. 

JONES, H. C. (IV) Pvt., F. A. Co. B, 312th Am. Tn., A. E. F., '18— '19. 

JONES, I. P. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 5 Sept. '17; Sgt., 1 Dec; 2d Lt., 22 July '18. Btry. E, 319th F. A., 
Camp Gordon, Ga., 5 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 19 May '18 — 19 July '19; Brig. F. A. School, La Courtine, June; 
Arty. School, Saumur, Aug; 103d F. A., 26th Div. 315th F. A., 80th Div., Jan. '19; University of Bordeaux, 
Mch. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

KAHN, GEORGE (VII) Pvt., Inf., 21 Oct. '18. S. A. T. C, Harvard University, 21 Oct.— 4 Dec. '18. 

KARG, E. E. (X) Pvt., Ord. Corps, 8-13 Mch. '17. See Civilian Record. 

KAUPE, A. F. (Ill) Pvt. 1 cl., M. C. Pvt.,M. C.,9 Dec '17; Pvt. 1 cl.,'18. Sn.Sqd.No.2,9Dec.'i7. A. E. F., 
Mch. '18 — July '19; Central Medical Dept. Laboratory. 

KEITH, SCOTT (I) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 9 Oct. '18. Student in intensive course in 
Naval Architecture, M. I. T., Sept.— Dec. '18. 

KELLEY, L. A. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. Enlisted, Pvt., Sig. C, 13 July '18; entered Service, 1 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., 

Sig. R. C, 4 Jan. '19; reenlisted as Warrant Sgt., 11 Jan.; 1st Sgt., 1 Mch. 13th Service Co., Camp 

Vail, N. J., transferred Tr. Detachment, Yale University, Oct. '18; volunteered for German-speaking Radio 

Group, 13th Serv. Co., Camp Vail, Jan. — 3 Apr. '19. 
KELSEY, A. S. (V)Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 3 Sept. '18; transferred to C. W. S., 11 Oct. 17th Co., 5th Bn., 

151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 3 Sept. '18; Development Div., C. W. S.., Nela Park, Cleveland, 

Ohio, 11 Oct. — 13 Dec. '18. 
KENISON, E. M. (XV) Pvt., F. A., 26 Aug. '18. Btry. D, 1st Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, 

26 Aug. '18; 20th Btry., F. A. Repl. Depot, 16 Oct.; Btry. C, 8th Regt. F. A., 28 Nov.; Btry. C, 60th F. A., 

12 Dec. '18 — 30 Jan. '19. 
*KENNARD, IRVING (XIV). See Roll of Honor (page 104). 

KENNEDY, CHARLES (I, XI) Pvt., Engrs., 5 July '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., Nov. '18. 
KITCHIN, D. W. (V) Sgt. 1 cl., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 21 May '17; Corp. 15 Sept.; Sgt., 1 Mch. '18; Sgt. 1 cl, 

20 June. Co. A, 301st Field Sig. Bn., Camp Devens, Mass., 21 May '17. A. E. F., July '18 — July '19; 

6th Corps, 2d Army, Metz Sector. Army of Occupation; Villerupt, France, Mch. '19. Regiment received 

the Croix de Guerre. 

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LAFEAN, R. G. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt. C. W. S., 27 Aug. '18; Corp., 1 Nov.; Sgt., 18 Dec. Development 
Div., C. W. S., Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. '18; in charge of Electric Dept., 18 Dec; Director, Electric Furnace 
Dept., developing electric furnaces for the activation of charcoal, Dec. '18 — Mch. '19. 

LANGILLE, W. 0. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Sig. C, July '18; 2d Lt., Sig. R. C, '18. 3d Service Co., Sig. C. 

Detachment, Off. Tr. Sch., Yale University, July '18. 
LAVAGNINO, J. F. (XV) Lt., Inf. Was graduated from U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., June '19; 

in Europe, with Class, studying conditions, July — Sept. '19. 

LAW, G. R. (IV) Pvt. 1 cl. (Cadet), Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Kelly Field, Texas, '18; Cadet Detachment, Love 
Field, Texas, Mch. '19. 

LAWTON, E. H., 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Engrs., '17; 2d Lt., F. A., Feb. '18. 117th Engrs., Columbia, S. C, '17; 
2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Nov.; 318th F. A., Camp Jackson, S. C, Feb. '18; School for Aerial 
Observers, Ft. Sill, Okla., July; School of Aerial Gunnery, Mt. Clemens, Mich., Oct. A. E. F., Nov. '18 — 
Mch. '19; Btry. E, 318th F. A.; attached to A. S. as Aerial Observer, 2d Aviation Instruction Center, Tours, 
Nov. '18; Chatillon-sur-Seine, Jan. '19. 

LEE, F. M. (X) Capt., Inf. Co. B, 10th Regt. Camp Custer, Mich. 

LEE, M. B. (II) Ensign (E.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '18; C. M. M., 1 Dec; Warrant 
Machinist, 27 Mch. '19; Ensign (E.), 5 June. Hingham, Mass., 31 Oct. '18; Pelham Bay, N. Y., 3 Dec; 
Navy Steam Engr. School, Hoboken, N. J., 18 Jan. '19; U.S.S. Canandaigua, 6 May — 12 June '19. 

LELAND, R. M. (II) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 6 Sept. '17; Duty Sgt., 15 Oct.; 2d Lt., 15 June '18. 302d Inf., 
Camp Devens, Mass., 6 Sept. '17; 1st Inf. Co., 3d Off. Tr. Camp, 22 May '18; Inf. Repl. Troops, Camp Lee, 
Va., 1 June; Depot Brig., Camp Taylor, 14 June. A. E. F., I Oct. '18 — 22 Feb. '19; Co. A, 1st Bn., 814th 
Pioneer Inf., Marseilles and Toulon. 

LEWIS, R. F. (Ill) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 14 Nov. '17; Ensign, 20 June '18; 
Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. Asst. Inst., Military Drill, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Nov. '17; Air Patrol, 
Key West, Fla., June '18 — Jan. '19. 

LICHTER, JACOB (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 

LIKINS, C. C. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Flying Inst., Scott Field, Kelly Field, Texas, 30 Nov. '17—6 May '19. 

LITTLE, C. E. (II) Sgt., A. S. A. Pvt., A. S., '17; Cadet, '18; Sgt. Army School of Military Aeronautics, Prince- 
ton, N. J., Jan. '18; Aero Sq. 267, Chanute Field, 111., Apr. A. E. F., before Aug. '18. 

LITTLE, W. H. (Ill) 1st Lt., Cav. Pvt., Arty., 27 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., Cav., Dec; 1st Lt., '18. 1st Btry., Arty. 
Tr. Regt., Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 27 Aug. '17; Troop H. 2d Cav., Ft. Ethan Allan, Vt., 16 Dec. A. E. F., 
22 Mch. '18 — 6 Aug. '19; Hq. Troops, 1st Army Corps, 30 June '18; Adj. to C. O., Luchon, Mch. '19. Cham- 
pagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; 8th Cav., Ft. Bliss, Texas, Nov. '19. 

LLOYD, T. M. (VI) Pvt., Sig. E. R. C, 25 Jan.— 16 Dec. '18. 

LONG, W. J., Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl. (Cadet), A. S., Mch. '18; Lt., A. S. A. Army School of Military Aero- 
nautics, Cornell University, N. Y., '18; Chanute Field, Texas, until 18 Dec. '18. 

LUNDQUIST, D. A. (XIII) M. M. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Naval Training Station, Hingham, Mass., 9 Oct. '18; 
Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., 30 Oct. '18 — -27 Jan. '19. 

McCARTEN, G. V. (X) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 20 July '18; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 11 Jan. '19. 

Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 31 Oct. '18 — 11 Jan. '19. 
MCCARTHY, L. A. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Ambulance Driver, S. S. U. 62, with French Army, Oct. 

'17; Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Apr. '18; Naval Air Service, Jan. '19. 

McCLINTIC, H. H, JR. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl, F. A., 25 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 8 Dec. F. A. 
Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 25 Aug.— 8 Dec. '18. 

McCLOSKEY, L. C. (XIV) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. 

McCLURG, V. B. (IV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Co. H, Engrs., Washington Barracks, D. C, '18; Co. A, 313th Engrs., '19. 

McCREERY, G. W. (I) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). 26 July '18. Flight 34, Naval Aviation Detachment, 

M. I. T., 26 July— 16 Nov. '18. 
McINTOSH, A. H. (II) Ord. Sgt. (sr.gr.), Ord. Corps. Entered Service 20 Aug. '18; Sgt., Dec. '18. Co. H, 

3d Prov. Off. Tr. Camp. Camp Hancock, Ga., 20 Aug. '18 — 20 Jan. '19. 

MacKAY, R. A. D. (II) 1st Lt., Engrs;.. Color Sgt., Engrs., Apr. '17; 2d Lt.; 1st Lt. A. E. F., '17— '19; Hq. 
Detachment, 117th Engrs. Army of Occupation, Brohl, Germany, Mch. '19. (Page 170.) 

McKECHNIE, DONALD (III) Candidate, Off. Tr. Sch. Co. K, 302d Inf r , Camp Devens, Mass.; Co. C, 301st 
Engrs., F. A. Central Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Aug. '18. 

McKENNEY, W. R. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 18 Jan. '18; transferred to C. A. C, 22 July; 
2d Lt., C. A. C, 22 Nov. 16th Co., Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay, Ft. Monroe, Va., 22 July '18; Co. A, 
C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 15 Sept.— 22 Nov. 

MacKIRDY, H. S. (I) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt. C. A. C, 7 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., Oct. '17; Capt., 7 Mch. '18. C. A. 
School, Ft. Monroe, Va., 9 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 18 Dec '17—26 Nov. '19; Hv. Arty. Sch., Mailly, France, 
Jan. '18; French Tractor Arty. School, Mch.; 59th C. A. C, Apr.; Orientation School, Limoges, June; target 
practice, La Courtine, 25 July; Casual Co., Blois, Feb. '19; Adj., Gievres, 1 Sept.; Paris, 12 Nov. St. Mihiel 



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McLAUGHLIN, E. R. (VI) 2d Lt., Sig. R. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 1 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., 18 Dec. 'i8. 3d Service Co., 

Sig. C. Detachment, Yale University, I Oct. — 18 Dec. '18. 
McMORRAN, A. M. (II) Lt., Royal Air Force. Cadet, Royal Air Force, 4 Jan. '18; Lt., 19 Sept. Cadet Wing. 

Royal Flying Corps, Toronto, Canada, 4 Jan. '18. C. E. F., England, Sept. '18 — July '19; South Carleton* 

near Lincoln. 

MacMULLIN, R. B. (X) Corp., C. W. S. Entered Service, 13 May '18; Co. E, 1st Gas Regt. (Offensive), 
C. W. S., Ft. Myer, 13 May '18. A. E. F., 14 July '18— 24 Jan. '19. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12 Sept. '18; 
Verdun Sector, 23 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 

MACFARLAND, A. W. (II) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt. 1 cl., Inf., 19 Sept. '17; Corp., May '18; Sgt., Aug.; transferred 
to C. W. S., 1 Oct. Co. M, 302d Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 19 Sept. '17; Development Sect, on Gas Masks 
Gas. Defense Service, Akron, Ohio, 1 Nov.; Field Testing Sect., C. W. S., 1 Oct. '18— 1 Feb. '19. 

MAGRAW, G. F. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 9 Oct. '18; C. M. M., 7 Nov.; Warrant 
Machinist, 8 Men. '19; Ensign, 5 June. Enlisted, 6 Apr. '18; Hingham Trainine Camp, Mass., 9 Oct.; Pel- 
ham Bay, N. Y., Nov.; Naval Steam Engr. School, Hoboken, N. J., Dec; U.S.S. Caesar, Norfolk, Va., Mch. 
'19; Hoboken, May. 

MALOY, C. B. (IV) Corp., F. A., Btry. A, 103d F. A., 26th Div„ 8 May '17. A. E. F., Oct. '17— Apr. '19. 
Ansanville Sector (Seicheprey); Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive (Verdun). 

MANDELBAUM, ISADORE (I) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Sept. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T, Sept. '18. Organ- 
ized Naval Unit Orchestra. 

MARDOIAN, H. H. (I) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 3 June '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 16 Sept. 301st Engrs. (formerly 
76th Div.), 4th Corps, 3 June '18. A. E. F., 14 July '18 — 24 June '19. St. Mihiel Offensive, 12-13 Sept.; 
Woevre Sector, 14-25 Sept.; Meuse-Moselle Sector, 29 Sept. — 11 Nov.; Army of Occupation, 17 Nov. '18 — 
11 May '19. See Civilian Record. 

MARKUS, F. E. (IV) C. C. M., U. S. N. R. F. C. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 22 Dec. '17; C. C. M., 1 Sept. '18. 
Entered Service, 22 Dec. '17; A. E. F., 29 Jan. '18 — 14 June '19; in charge, construction of U. S. Naval Air 
Station, La Trinite-sur-Mer, (station had four kite balloons for patrolling and spotting submarines in and 
about Quiveron Bay.); Transport Service, 14 June — 13 Sept. '19. 

MARSHALL, H. F. (II) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 11 June '17; 2d Lt. (R. M. A.), 
4 Aug.; 1st Lt., A. S. A., 3 Oct. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 11 June '17; Hazelhurst Field, 
Mineola, N. Y., 4 Aug. A. E. F., 9 Jan. '18 — -21 July '19; Second in Command, 50th Aero Sq., 3d Aviation 
Tr. Center, Issoudun, Jan. '18; Engr. Officer and Pilot, 1st Flight, 13th Aero Sq., 4 May; Pilot, 88th Aero 
Observation Sq., 28 June; later, Deputy Flight Comdr., Flight Comdr. and Transportation Officer; Grenoble 
University, Mch. '19. Aisne Defensive, 25 May — 5 June '18; Toul Sector, 28 June — 7 July; Champagne- 
Marne Defensive and Aisne-Marne Offensive, 7 July — 6 Aug. (1st Corps); Oise-Aisne Offensive, 6 Aug. — 
10 Sept. (3d Corps); St. Mihiel Offensive, 11-17 Sept. (5th Corps); Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 17 Sept.— 11 
Nov. (3d Corps); Army of Occupation, Treves, Germany, Nov. (7th Corps). Citation from Air Service 
Comdr., A. E. F. Squadron also cited. (Page 155.) 

MARTIN, G. R. (Ill) 2d Lt., F. A. F. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Stanley, Texas, '17; Arty. Observer attached to 
Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Dec. '17. A. E. F., '18 — '19; Candidate Arty. School, Saumur, June '18; Organization 
and Tr. Center No. 4, Oct.; Base Hosp. No. 93, Cannes, Apr. '19. Wounded. Croix de Guerre. (Page 149.) 

MARTINSON, O. S. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl., C. A. C, 28 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 20 Dec. '18. 

7th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Warren, Mass., 28 Aug. '18; Co. E, 6th Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 3 Oct.; Coast 

Defense of Chesapeake Bay. 
MAY, E. D. (II) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 16 July '18; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 15 Feb. '19. Engr- 

Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., Nov. '18— Feb. '19. 
MAYER, ALBERT (I) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 18 June '18; Sgt., 1 Sept.; 1st Sgt.; 2d Lt., C. A. 

R. C, 22 Nov. '18. Ft. Monroe, Va., 18 June '18; 17th Co., Coast Defense of Chesapeake Bay, 8 July; 

Co. A, C. A. School, Ft. Monroe, Va., 14 Sept. — 22 Nov. '18. 

MEANS, R. S. (I) Pvt., F. A. Btry. A, 301st F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., '17; 7th Co., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 

May '18. 
MERRILL, H. C. (VII) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl. (Cadet), A. S., 7 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., A. S., 

Sig. R. C, 4 Feb. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 18 May '18; Camp Dick, Texas, 17 Aug.; 

Ellington Field, Texas, 21 Sept. '18—12 Feb. '19. 

MERRILL, J. 0. (IV) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 26 Oct. '18; Capt., 14 June '18. 
Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct. '17; School of Anti- Aircraft Arty., Ft. Monroe, May '18; Officer, 
36th Arty., Oct. '18; Personnel Adj. during demobilization, Dec. '18. 

MERRILL, L. H. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Supply Officer's Asst., Langley Field, Hampton, Va., '17. 

MERRITT, R. A. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A)., 15 Mch. '18; Ensign, 10 Jan. 
'19. Naval Aviation Detachment, Ground School, M. I. T., 15 Mch. '18. 

MICHEILS, M. A. (XV) U S. N. R. F., Apr. '18; Co. Comdr., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. 

MILLER, W. B. (II) Pvt., Canadian Tank C. 1st Bn., Canadian Tank C, Ottawa, Canada, 29 Apr. '18. 
C. E. F., England, 3 June '18 — 20 May '19; Tank C. Tr. Center, Bovington, Dorset. 

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MINARD, D. P. (XIII) Capt., Cav. 1st Lt., Cav., 9 Aug. '17; Capt., 9 June '18. 8th Cav., Marfa, Texas, 
9 Aug. '17; Troop L, 8th Cav., Indio, Texas, Men. '19. Skirmish with Mexican Bandits, Pilares, Mex., Mch. 
'18. (Page 283.) 

MITCHELL, R. W. (II) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

MONTGOMERY, R. A. (V) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., 16 May '18; Corp., 15 Nov.; Sgt., 15 Jan. '19. 
Astoria Detachment, Gas Defense Div., C. W. S, 16 May '18 — 21 Feb. '19. 

MOODY, E. G. (II) Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Motor Mechanic and Aeroplane Rigger, 268th Aero Sq., Mch. 
'18. A. E. F., England, 16 July — 7 Dec. '18; stationed at Dover with bombing squadron which raided 
Germany at night; on "Defense of London" Field, Nov. 

MOORE, J. R. (XV) Pvt. 1 cl, M. C. Entered Service, 13 July '17. Base Hosp. No. 44, (Mass. Homeopathic 
Hosp. Unit), 10 Mch. '18; Camp Dix. N.J. A. E. F, 6 July '18 — 20 Apr. '19; Pougues-les-Eaux, near Nevers, 
Aug. ' 18— Jan. '19. 

MULLER, A. L. (IV) Sgt., C. W. S. Graphic Charts Bu., Gas Defense Div., C. W. S.; Hq., New York City, 
29 Oct. '18 — 26 June '19. See Civilian Record. 

NELSON, J. H. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., F. A. 20 June '17; transferred to Sig. E. R. C, Sept.; 
2d Lt., A. S. A., July '18. U. S. Military Academy, 20 June '17; O. R. C, Harvard University, Dec. '17; 
3 2d Aero Sq., Camp Dick, Texas, Apr. '18. A. E. F., England and France, Aug.' 18 — Jan. '19; sch. for 
night bombing pilots, and acceptance field for U. S. Govt. Handley-Page Tr. School, Ford Junction, 
England. 

NEWCOMB, RAYMOND (XV) Ensign (Engr.), U. S. N. R. F. Fireman 3 cl.,U. S. N. R. F., 10 Jan. '17; 
C. M. M., 22 Aug. '18; Warrant Machinist, 2 Dec; Ensign, 8 Feb. '19. Mine-sweeping duty, Massachusetts 
Bay, '17; on furlough at M. I. T., Oct.; Naval Steam Engr. School, Hoboken, N. J., Oct. '18; transport 
duty, 8 Feb. '19. 

NOYES, M. S. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 9 Apr. '18. Hingham, Mass., 9 Oct. '18; 
Charlestown Navy Yard, Nov. '18 — 25 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

NUTTER, K. L. (II) 2d Lt., Engrs. Engr. Repl. Troops, Camp Humphreys, Va., 5 Aug. '18. 

NUTTING, C. L. (V) Pvt., Inf. 3d Co., 1st Provisional Bn., 156th Depot Brig., 28 Aug. '18; Camp Sevier, 
S. C, 26 Sept.; furloughed as Inst, in Chemistry, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 7 Oct. '18 — 17 Jan. '19. 

O'CONNOR, A. M., Capt., Inf. In Service, '17. A. E. F., France, '18. Gassed and wounded. 

ORCUTT, J. W. (X) Capt, C. A. C. 2d Lt, C. A. C, 9 Aug. '17; 1st Lt, Capt. '18. 7th Co, Ft. Monroe, 
Va, 9 Aug. '17. A. E. F, 12 Dec. '17—29 Nov. '18; Hv. Arty. School, Mailly, Jan. '18; 3d Bn, Prov. 
Howitzer Regt, 65th C. A. C, 12 Apr.; 1st Co, Coast Defense of New Bedford, Mass, Apr. '19. Bussang, 
(Vosges) Sector (Alsace), Apr.; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

OSGOOD, F. G. (XV) Lt. (j. g.), C. C, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 14 Oct. '17; C. Q. M. (A), 
1 Jan. '18; Ensign, 29 Mch.; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Oct. Transferred to C. C, U. S. N. R. F, July '19. Naval Aviation 
Student Inspector, M. I. T, Oct. '17; Curtiss Aeroplane Works, Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. '18; in charge Naval 
Airplane Inspection, Burgess Co, Marblehead, Mass, Apr.; Naval Cons, Lighter-than-air Aircraft Con- 
struction, Bu. of Cons, and Repair (A), Washington, D. C, Jan. '19. 

OSGOOD, W. R. (II) Pvt, Engr. E. R. C, 17 Jan. '18. See Civilian Record. 

PAGE, A. E. (XV) 2d Lt, Q. M. C. Pvt, Inf., 15 May '17; 2d Lt, Q. M. C, Aug. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Platts- 
burg, N. Y, 15 May '17; in charge of warehouses, Camp Lee, Va, 16 Aug.; Transport Q. M, Army Cargo 
Transport Munwood, 7 Dec; in charge three warehouses, NewportNews, Va, 11 May '18; Transport Q. M, 
U.S.S. West Haven, 17 July '18 — 9 Mch. '19. Attacked by submarine about 180 miles off Cape Race, 
Newfoundland, 31 Aug. '18. (Page 231.) 

PAGE, SHERWOOD (II) Pvt, C. A. C, 2 Nov. '18. 14th Co, Coast Defense of Boston. See Civilian Record. 

PARKER, BENJAMIN (I) Corp, Engr. Pvt, Engrs, 3 June '18; Corp, 11 Aug. Co. E, 301st Engrs, Camp 

Devens, Mass, 3 June '18. A. E. F, 14 July '18—20 June '19. St. Mihiel Offensive; Toul Sector; Army 

of Occupation. 

PARKER, F. A. (VI) 2d Lt, Sig. R. C. Pvt, Sig. C, 15 July '18; Sgt, 18 Dec; 2d Lt, Sig. R. C, 4 Jan. '19. 
13th Service Co, Camp Vail, N. J, 15 July '18; 3d Serv. Co, Sig. Off. Tr. Sch, 22 Oct.; German Speaking 
Radio Personnel, 18 Dec. '18— 11 Mch. '19. 

PARKS, G. U. (VI) Lt, A. S. A. Entered Service, 16 June '17; A. E. F, France, Nov. '17— July '19. 

PAULSEN, C. H. (II) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 6 Apr. '17; C. M. M, July; Ensign, 
Jan. '18; Lt. (j. g.), 1 Apr. '19. U.S.S. Wachusett, Submarine Patrol 548, 20 Apr. '17; Naval Aviation Detach- 
ment, M. I. T, 10 Aug.; Inspector of Engr. Material, Curtiss Aero and Motor Corp, Hammondsport, N. Y, 
Jan. '18; Engr. Officer, Naval Aircraft Storehouse, Gloucester, N. J, Mch. '19. 

PAYNE, K. C. 1st Lt, A. S. A. Harvard Regt, '17; Sq. 14, Aviation School, M. I. T.; Mineola, N. Y. A. E. F, 
'18 — '19; 20th Aero Sq, 1st Day Bombardment Group. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Missing in Action, 
5 Nov. '18. In prison, Karlsruhe; escaped. Distinguished Service Cross. (Page 136.) 

PEASE, R. H, (IV) Sgt, Inf. Pvt. Inf., Sept. '17; Corp, Oct.; Sgt. Dec. Co. L, 304th Inf., Camp Devens, 
Mass, Sept. '17. A. E. F, 8 July '18—19 Feb. '19; 14th Co, Inf., Off. Tr. Camp, La Valbonne. 

*PELTIER, P. D. (VII). See Roll of Honor (page 129). 

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PENHALLOW, J. H. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., '13; Sgt., 9 Apr. '17; 2d Lt., 26 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 9 Sept. 
'17 — 30 Aug. '19; Hq. Co., 101st F. A.; Aide to Chief of Arty., 1st Div., 1 Dec. '18 — 19 Aug. '19. Toul 
Sector (Seicheprey, 20 Apr. '18); Champagne-Marne Defensive, 15-18 July; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — 
4 Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. 

PERKINS, E. F. (X) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A). Commonwealth Pier, Boston, 8 July '18; Naval Aviation 
Detachment, Ground School, M. I. T., 29 July; Student Flight Officer, Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., 
28 Oct.— 23 Nov. '18. 

*PERO, DONALD (II). See Roll of Honor (page ioz). 

PHELPS, C. W. (X) Pvt., Co. A, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

PIERCE, E. F. (II) enlisted in Aviation, Sept. '18, but was not called. 

PINKNEY, WILLIAM, JR. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F., May '17; Ensign, '18. U.S.S. 

Spartan, mine sweeping, May '17; U.S.S. Achilles (Collier); Communication Officer, U.S.S. Santa Ana 

(Transport). Lost half of right thumb in a wreck. 
POLSON, C. G. (VI) Pvt. 1 cl. (Cadet), A. S. Camp Dick, Texas, 1 June '18; Princeton Ground School, 12 

July; Camp Dick, Texas, 21 Oct.; Ellington Field, Texas. 

PORCHER, F. D. (I) C. Q. M. (A), U. S. N. R. F., '18. Flight 34, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T. 

PUTNAM, H. M. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 29 May '18; 2d Lt., 16 Oct. F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, 
S. C, 29 May '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 5 July; Inst, in Topography and the use of 
fire control instruments, School of Reconnaissance, Camp Taylor, Ky., 16 Oct. '18 — 6 Jan. '19. 

PUTNAM, J. P. (II) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. Engr. Branch, M. I. T, 24 Jan.— 1 Oct. '18. 

QUICK, L. M. (XV) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A), '18. Co. 24, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 30 May 
'18; Bayshore, 29 Sept. — 26 Nov. '18. 

RANNEY, B. M. (X) Corp., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 30 July '17; Corp., 1 Mch. '19. Co. E, 317th Field Sig. Bn., 

Camp Devens, Mass., 30 July '17. A. E. F., 9 June '18 — 6 June '19. St. Mihiel Offensive i'2-16 Sept. '^8; 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. (Laid telephone line to 37th Div. near Montfaucon, 26-27 

Sept.) Battalion received Army Corps Citation. 
REID, A. L. 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, Apr. '18; 2d Lt., Sept. Training Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., Apr. '18. 

A. E. F., Oct. '18— Mch. '19; Co. B, 54th C. A. C. 

REIS, J. W., JR. (Ill) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. Entered Service, 24 Jan. '17. Waiting orders to report to Engrs. 
Officers Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., when the armistice was signed. 

REYNOLDS, A. B. (VI) Pvt., Engr. R. C, 5 July '18. Inactive service. 

REYNOLDS, F. P. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 5 Jan. '18; Sgt., 22 Apr.; 2d Lt., 12 July. Off. Tr. Camp, 
Camp Upton, N. Y., 5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 10 June '18 — 19 Jan. '19; Arty. Sch., Saumur, July; Hv. Arty. 
School, Angers, I Oct.; Inst, of Arty., Orientation and Training Center, Clermont-Ferrand, 10 Nov. 

RHODES, P. L. (XIII) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. In Service Jan. '18— Sept. 18 at M. I. T. See Civilian Record. 

RICHARDSON, E. A. (II) Pvt., Engrs., 5 Aug. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 18 Oct.— 11 Dec. 

RICHARDSON, L. A. (XV) 1st Lt., Royal Flying Corps (British). 2d Lt., 1 July '17; 1st Lt., Apr. '18; Acting 
Capt., Jan. '19. Training in Canada, July '17. C. E. F., Nov. '17 — July '19; London, England, Nov. '17; 
with 74th Sq. in France. Inst, and Flight Comdr., Scotland, after discharge from hospital. Flanders Sector 
in March Defensive, '18; Battle of Kemmel Hill; Ypres Front. Wounded in a "Dog Fight," 15 miles over 
the lines, and crashed within the British lines, 19 July '18. 

RODGERS, K. F. (II) Corp., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 5 Oct. '17; Corp., Apr. '18. 35th Co., Depot Brig., Camp Devens, 
Mass., 5 Oct. '17; 99th Co., Overseas Casuals, Jan. '18. A. E. F., Mch. '18 — 2 Feb. '19; 116th Engrs.; Co. A, 
1st Gas Regt. (30th Engrs.), Apr. '18. Projector Gas Operations, Bois de Jury, 6-18 June; Gaschney Sector, 
18 July; Tete du Violu, Anould Sector, 5 Aug.; Hartmannsweiller-kopf, Vosges, 24 Aug.; St. Mihiel Offensive, 
12-16 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 18 Oct. Gassed, 18 Oct. '18. 

ROMMER, HENRY (II) Pvt., Engr. R. C, 22 July '18. Intensive course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T. 
ROOT, B. A. (XIII) Engineman 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 16 July '17; Fireman, 3 cl., 2 cl., 

and I cl.; Engineman 2 cl., Mch. '19. Tr. Stations, Newport, R. I., Submarine Base, New London, Conn., 

and Brooklyn Navy Yard; U.S.S. President Grant (Transport), Feb. '18 — Oct. '19. (Page 87.) 
*ROOT, G. W. (X) . See Roll of Honor (page 113). 

RUSSELL, W. K. (II) 2d Lt., F. A., 27 Aug. '18. F. A. Repl. Troops, unassigned. 
SACHE, E. L. (VI) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Mch. '17; M. M. 1 cl., June '18; 

C. M. M., May '19. Patrol Service, Halifax to Key West, 9 Apr. '17; U. S. Submarine Chaser 154, Tampa , 

Fla., Oct. '19. 
ST. JOHN, L. D. (II) Pvt., Engrs., 3 Aug. '18. Co. 1, Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 10 Oct.— 

27 Nov. '18. 

SANFORD, D. C, JR. (IV) 2d Lt., C. A. O. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl., C. A. C, 13 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 24 Dec. 
9th Co., Ft. Adams, R. I., 13 Sept. '18; 6th Tr. Camp, C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct. 

SANSBERRY, J. C. (IV) 2d Lt., Inf. Commissioned, Oct. '18. Inst., S. A. T. C, Virginia Military Institute, 
Lexington, Ky., Oct. — 27 Dec. '18. 

♦SANTOS, A. H. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 102). 

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SAUNDERS, E. E. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 2 Apr. '18; C. M. M., 3 Nov.; Warrant 
Machinist, 4 Apr. '19; Ensign, 12 June. Transport Service, Apr. — June '19. 

SAUNDERS, W. F., JR. (XV) Driver, American Field Service, June— Oct. '17. Engr. E. R. C, transferred to 
S. A. T. C, M. I. T., June— Dec. '18. 

SAVAGE, R. H. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 25 Apr. '18; Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 26 June '18; 
C. B. M., 19 Aug.; Ensign, 12 Dec. '18. Hingham Naval Tr. Station, Mass., 4 June '18; Wakefield Rifle 
Range, 6 July; Bumkin Island Tr. Station, 28 July; Officer Material School, Harvard University, 19 Aug.; 
Bd. of Trial Tests, Rockland, Me., Dec; Bumkin Island, 25 Apr. '19; U. S.S. Aeolus (Transport), 1 May — 
1 Aug. '19. 

SCHWARTZ, E. L. (VI) Pvt., Engr. C, 1 July '18. 

SCOFIELD, E. E. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 26 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 7 Aug. '18. 
Kelly Field No. 2, Texas. 

SCOTT, R. W. (XV) Sgt., Tank C. Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, 30 May '17; transferred Ambu- 
lance Service, U. S. A., 2 Sept. '17; transferred Tank C, 19 Mch. '18; Corp., 1 July; Sgt., 19 July. S. S. U. 
72 with French Army, 30 May '17; Co. A, 327th Bn., Tank C, 19 Mch. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive. Wounded by shrapnel, Apr6mont, I Oct. '18. 

SCRANTON, C. W. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. '18. Tr. Station, Pelham Bay, 
N. Y., '18. 

SCULLY, J. B. (Ill) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., 23 Sept. '17; Sgt., 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 1 June; 1st Lt., 18 Sept. Sup. 
Co., 301st Inf., Camp Devens, Mass., 23 Sept. '17; Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Devens, 5 Jan. '18; 6th Casual Detach- 
ment, Camp Lee, Va., 5 May; Inst, in bayonet fighting, calisthenics, and athletics, Central Off. Tr. Sch., 
Camp Lee, Va., 1 July — 29 Nov. 

SELYA, H. P. (X) Pvt., C. A. C, 22 Oct. '18—15 Nov. '18. Awaiting transfer to C. W. S. at time of armistice. 

SHAW, P. M. (IV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., 5 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 13 Dec. '18. Camp Dick, 
Texas, Mch. '18; Ground School, Cornell, N. Y., June; C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 12 Oct.; Aerial 
Observer for Hv. Arty., 13-20 Dec. '18. 

SHEELINE, P. D. (IX) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Enlisted as Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., 9 Feb. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pilot, Cali- 
fornia Aviation Corps, May — 22 Aug. '17; Inst., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Ground Sch., and 
Flying Sch., 9 Feb. '18. 

SHERMAN, B. H. (X) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, May— Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

SHIPPEY, W. B. (XV) Lt., Cav., Troop B, 15th Cav., Nov. '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18— July '19. St. Mihiel 
Offensive. 

SHULTZ, E. C. (XV) Corp., Engrs. 56th Engrs. (Searchlight Regt.), 24 June '18. A. E. F., 9 July '18—25 
Feb. '19; Toul Sector, 1st Army Front, 1 Oct. — 1 Dec. '18. 

SLOTNIK, ISADOR, (I) Sea., Naval Engr. Reserve, U. S. N. R. F., 8 Aug.— 17 Dec. '18. 

SMITH, F. G. C, JR. (XV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl. (Cadet), A. S. A., 8 June. '18; 2d Lt., 
A. S., Sig. R. C, 11 Mch. '19. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 25 May '18; Camp Dick, Texas, 
21 Aug.; Scott Field, 111., 13 Nov.; Payne Field, Miss., 4 Dec; Park Field, Tenn., 20 Jan. — 15 Mch. '19. 

SMITH, J. H. Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. Entered Service, 30 Apr. '17. Co. D, 101st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., 
25 July '17. A. E. F., 25 Sept. '17 — '19. Chemin des Dames Sector; Toul Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive; 
St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). 

SMITH, M. A. (VI) Pvt. Engr. E. R. C, 4 Feb.— 20 Nov. '18. Never called to active service. See Civilian 
Record. 

SMITH, M. P. (I, XIII) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. In Service, 23 Apr. '18. Naval Unit, Special Course in Naval 
Architecture, M. I. T., 18 Oct. — 17 Dec. '18. 

SMITH, R. S. (XI) Pvt., C. A. C. 24th Co., Coast Defense of Boston, C. A. C. Ft. Heath, 26 Oct. '18; 14th 
Co., 14 Nov.; 15th Co., Ft. Andrews, Mass., 20 Nov. — -14 Dec. Sent to C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 
but refused admission as school was closed to new men on account of signing of the armistice. Disch. 
14 Dec. '18. 

SMITH, VAN D. C. (IX) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Safety Pilot, Navigation School, Pensacola, Fla., May '18. 

SNOW, W. B. (XV) reported C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. 

SOARS, E. A. (VI) Appr. Sea., 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 1 Oct.; Appr. Sea. 1 cl., 
Dec. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

SOUTHWICK, B. H. (II) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 2 Feb.— Dec. '18. Intensive Naval Architecture Course, M. I. T. 

STEHLE, R. B. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 5 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 16 Sept. Off Tr. Camp, Platts- 
burg, N. Y, 5 July '18; 35th Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky,. 26 Sept.— 28 Dec'18, 

STEVENS, JOHN 3d (XV) Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt., Engrs. R. C, 1 Aug. '18. Transferred to C. W. S. Defense 
problems, Research Div., C. W. S.j research work with Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., on smoke 
filter for 1919 model gas mask, I Aug. — 20 Dec. '18. 

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STUART, KIMBERLY (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Ambulance Driver, American Field Service, 19 Aug. 

'16; transferred U. S. N. R. F. (A), Sept. '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A), Oct. '18. Sect. 4, American 

Ambulance, France, Aug. '16; Sous-Chef and later Chef of Sect. 10; Salonika and Albania, attached to 76th 

Div., French Army, for seven months; Lds. for Q. M., Naval Aviation Ground School, France, Sept. '17; 

Naval Aviation Station, Porto Corsini, Italy. Verdun, six months, '16; Battle of the Lakes, Albania, Men. 

'17; flying in Northern Adriatic, July — 11 Nov. '18. Croix de Guerre; Italian War Cross; Divisional Citation. 

(Pages 150 and 285.) 
STUBENRAUCH, E. A. (IV) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 22 May '18; Corp., Oct.; Sgt., 7 Feb. '19. 4 th Engrs 

(Ry.) 22 May '18. A. E. F., 4 July '18 — 28 July '19; 4th Ry. Engrs., 13 Div., Zone of Advance. 
SULLIVAN, C. R. (X) 1st Sgt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 17 Dec. '17; Corp., 18 Mch. '18; Sgt., July; 1st Sgt., 

10 Sept. Ft. Greble, R. I., 17 Dec. '17; C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 5 Sept.— 26 Nov. '18. 
SVENSON, C. L. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 30 Oct. '18; Machinist, 6 Mch. '19; 

Ensign, 12 June. Naval Engr. Sch., Hoboken, N. J., 30 Oct. '18 — 12 June '19. 

SWASEY, P. F. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Enlisted, 5 Feb. '18; Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Co. 1, 1st Repl. Regt., Camp Hum- 
phreys, Va., 21 Oct. '18 — 27 Nov. '18. 

TABER, S. H. (X) Capt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 24 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 16 Nov.; Capt., 13 Feb. '18. Ft. 
Monroe, Va., 3 Sept. '17; Co. B, Coast Defense of Narragansett Bay, R. I., 15 Dec. '17; Ft. Randolph, 
Coast Defense of Cristobal, Canal Zone, 22 Feb. '19. 

THOMAS, C. E. (II) Lt., Royal Flying Corps (British). B. E. F., England, 31 Jan. '18; Hooten, near Chester, 

England, Apr. '18. 
THOMPSON, P. R. (X) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., June '18; C. M. M., 1 Mch. '19 

Chemist, Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, Mass., June '18 to date (11 Aug.'i8). 

THURBER, J. P. (XI) 2d Lt., F. A. F. A., unattached, 8 Jan. '18. A. E. F., Apr. '18— '19. Severely wounded. 

TILLSON, E. M., Midshipman, U. S. N. U.S.S. San Diego, '18; reported missing when ship was sunk, 19 July 
but landed safely; Midshipman, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 18 Sept. '18. 

TODD, J. M. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 15 June '17; Ensign, 15 Oct. 1st Naval 
Dist. Cadet School, M. I. T., 15 June '17; Ex. Officer, U.S.S. Dupont, on coast patrols and convoy duty 
from Boston to New York, base at New London, Conn 15 Oct.; C. 0., U.S.S Blakely, 3 Sept. '18; Communi- 
cation and Watch Officer, U.S.S. Powhatan (formerly German Liner Hamburg), on transport duty between 
U. S. and France, 3 Mch.— 8 July '19. 

TRAVERS, F. A. (X) Pvt., M. C. 27 Aug. '18. 156th Depot Brig., 27 Aug. '18; Yale Army Laboratory School. 
New Haven, Conn., 28 Sept.; Base Hosp., Camp Jackson, S. C, 16 Dec. '18— '19. 

TRIBOU, R. E. (I) Pvt., Engrs. 27th Co., 7th Bn., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 2 Sept. '18; Co. B. 
212th Engrs., 30 Oct. '18 — 28 Jan. '19. 

VAN NESTE, RAPHAEL (XIV) Q. M. 1 cl, Engr. Corps, U. S. N. R. F. Flight A., U. S. N. R. F. (A), May- 
Sept. '17; returned to M. I. T, Sept. '17; re-entered Navy Engr. Corps, Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

VOGT, W. H., JR. (II) Pvt., Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 26 Jan.— 27 Nov. '18. 

WALWORTH, W. F. (XI) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 8 July '18. See Civilian Record. 

WARD, J. R.,Pvt., S. A. C.T. 

WARREN, A. L. (VI) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 21st Sept. '17; Sgt., '18. Co. C, 30,2d M. G. Bn., Camp Devens, 
Mass., 21 Sept. '17. A. E. F., June '18— Aug. '19. 

*WASGATT, H. C. (X). See Roll of Honor (page 94). 

WAY, D. D. (VI) Pvt., Sig. C, '18. Studying Radio Communication, M. I. T, '18; 13th Serv. Co., Camp Vail, 
N. J., Oct.; Co. G, Sig. C. Detachment, Yale University, Nov. '18. 

WEAVER, L. H. A. (II) Sgt. 1 cl., T. C. Pvt., Inf., 4 Sept. '17; Corp., 1 Mch. '18; transferred to Engrs., 11 Mch.; 
Regt. changed to Transportation Corps, 10 Dec; Sgt. 1 cl., T. C, 25 May '19. M. G. Co., 312th Inf., 78th 
Div., 4 Sept. '17; 3d Provisional Co., 3d Provisional Recruit Bn., 1st Div., 9 Nov. A. E. F., 24 Jan. '18 — 
5 July '19; Special Casual Co., attached to 163d Inf., 61st Div., 14 Feb. '18; Co. F, 19th Engrs. (Ry.), Nevers, 

11 Mch.; Co. F, 19th Regt., T. C, Sept.; 108th Co., 19th Grand Div., T. C, 10 Dec; 110th Co., 5 Feb. '19. 

WEBBER, EATON (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Oct. '18. U. S. Naval Steam Engr. School, Pelham Bay, 

N. Y., 5 Oct. '18—18 Jan. '19. 
WELCH, W. G. (II) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A). Naval Tr. Station, Charleston, S. C. 

WELLS, R. K. (X) Midshipman 1 cl., U. S. N. Midshipman 3 cl., U. S. N., 9 Aug. '17; Midshipman 1 cl., June 

'19. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 9 Aug. '17. 
WEYMOUTH, H. S. (I) Sgt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Inf., 1 Oct. '18; Sgt., Q. M. C, 14 Feb. '19. 151st Depot Brig., 

Camp Devens, Mass., 1 Oct'.'i8; Utilities Detachment, Cons. Div., 24 Nov.; Q. M. C, 15 Feb. — 21 May '19. 
WHITAKER, M. M. (X) Pvt., Engr., E. R. C. 20 Aug. '18. See Civilian Record. 
WHITON, H. R. (VI) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 8 Apr. '18. 
♦WILLIAMS, R. G. See Roll of Honor (page 1 16). 
WILSON, H. E. (I) 2d Lt., Engr. R. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, July '18; 2d Lt., Engr. R. C, 1 Feb. '19. Co. 1, 

Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humrpheys, Va., 4 Nov. '18 — 1 Feb. '19. 
WINSLOW, A. F., Lt., A. S. A. A. E. F., France and Germany, '18. Reported missing after aerial combat 

over German lines, 31 July '18. Wounded and in prison camp, Treves, Germany. 

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WISWALL, G. H., JR. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 4 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 30 Jan. '19. 

Coast Defense of Boston, 4 Oct. '18; C. A. Sch., Oct. '18 — -30 Jan. '19. 
WOLFF, LOUIS (VII) Pvt., S r A. T. C. Pvt., S. A. T. C, Harvard University, 21 Oct. '18. 
WRIGHT, K. A. (XV) 2d Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Ord. Corps, Dec. '17; transferred to Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), C. W. S., 

Aug. '18; 2d Lt., Sept. Fort Meyer, Va., Dec. '17; Washington, D. C; Filling Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, 

Md., Jan. '18— Feb. '19. 

WYSE, F. 0. (II) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 4 June '18. Bumkin Island, Boston Harbor, Sept.— 6 Dec. '18. 

YOUNG, H. F. (XV) Pvt., C. W. S. Pvt., M. D., 1 Jan. '18; transferred to C. W. S., 12 Aug. Lakehurst Prov- 
ing Grounds, N. J., 1 Jan. — 24 Dec. '18. 

ZIMMERMAN, H. A., JR. (X) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Military Police, 6 Oct. '17; Sgt., 20 Apr. '18; 2d Lt., Inf. 
1 June '18. Co. B, 308th M. P., 6 Oct. '17; transferred to Inf., 1 June '18. A. E. F., 28 Oct. '18—6 Mch. '19. 

1920 

ABBOTT, N. G., JR. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 17 Oct. '18—2 Jan. '19. 

ACKER, C. D. (I) Pvt., Engrs. Engr. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Humphreys, Va., '18. 

AKERS, K.F. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 

ALEXANDER, C. E. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ALLEN, L. H. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. G., M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

ANDERSON, G. W. (I) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Enlisted, 10 Apr. '18; S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 1 8 Dec. '18. 

ASH, P. D. (XV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Marine Corps. Gunnerv Sgt., Class 5, Naval Aviation Detachment, 

M. I. T, 17 June '18; Marine Flying Field, Miami, Fla., 31 Aug. '18—10 Jan. '19. 
ATWATER, A. C. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 3 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
BANGRATZ, E. G. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BARKER, J. C. (XV) Gunnery Sgt., Aviation Sect., Marine Corps. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 

July '18; Marine Flying Field, Miami, Fla., Nov. '18— Jan. '19. 
BARNES, G. H. (V) Pvt., Engrs. Co. K, 4th Bn., 23d Engrs., '18. A. E. F., '18— '19. 
BARRON, W. N. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BARTHOLOMEW, J. R. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BATES, H. F. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BATES, J. H. (I) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Pvt., Inf., '17; 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, '18. 301st Inf., 

Camp Devens, Mass., '17; Taliaferro Field, Camp Hicks, Texas, Dec. '17. 
BEAN, K. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BECKETT, M. M. (X) Sgt., C. W. S. Pvt., C. W. S., Aug. '18; Corp.; Sgt. Camp Taylor, Ky., Aug. '18; Hq. 

Development Div., C. W. S., Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. — Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
BENNET, H. H. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 12 May '17; 2d Lt., 15 Aug. '17. 341st F. A., 12 May '17; 1st 

R. O. T. C, Ft. Riley, Kan.; Btry. E, 59th F. A., 15 Aug. '17—7 De,c. '18. 
BERG, L. F. (II) reported in Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, '18. 
BERKO, P. M. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BIBBER, H. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
BIGELOW, E. C. S. (XV) 1st Lt., Amer. Red Cross. Pvt., American Field Service, July '17; 1st Lt., Amer. 

Red Cross, Oct. '17. In France, July '17— Aug. '18; with Dept. of Canteens at the front with French Red 

Cross, chiefly in Verdun Sector. Croix de Guerre. (Page 147.) 

BLACKMER, F. H. (XV) Corp., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

BLACKWELL, L. E. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BLAKE, A. H. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BLISS, GEORGE (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. Pvt. (Candidate), F. A., 19 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., F. A. R. C, 4 Dec. '18. 
Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 22 Aug.— 4 Dec. '18. 

BLODGETT, J. H. (X) Pvt., C. A. C. 21st Co., C. A. C. '18. 

BOCHER, FREDERICK (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BOND, C. L. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 6 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A. 30 July '18. 

Ground School, Cornell University, 6 Dec. '17; Camp Dick, Texas, 9 Feb. '18; Aerial Gunnery School. Mt. 

Clemens, Mich. A. E. F., 3 Sept. '18— Feb. '19; 7th Aviation Instruction Center, Clermont-Ferrand, 

Sept. '18. 

BOOTH, R. D. (VI) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

BORIGHT, W. N., reported 1st Lt., Royal Flying Corps (British), '18. 

BOWDITCH, F. C, JR. (XV) Cadet Sgt., S. A. T. C. Co. C, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 30 Sept.— 9 Dsc. '18. See 
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BOWER, H. G. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., i Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BOYDEN, L. E. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BOYER, W. W. (Ill) Pvt., Engr. R. C, 1. Feb. '18. 

BRADLEY, F. L. (II) Sgt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct.— Dec. '18. 

BRADLEY, R. I. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BRAGDON, S. B. (XV) Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 29 Aug. '18; Lt., 11 D;c. '18. Off. Ti. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 

29 Aug. — 11 Dec. '18. 
BRAGG, E. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BRAY, C. C. (XV) Pvt., 1 cl., Engrs. American University, Wa hington, D. C, '17; Co. A, 2d Bn., 20th Engrs., 

Mch '18. A. E. F., '18 — '19; University of Toulouse, July '19. 
*BRECK, F. P. See Roll of Honor (page 115). 
BRICKETT, E. M. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BRITTON, F. S. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BRODRICK, R. W., Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., July '18; C. B. M.; Ensign. 
BROOCKMANN, HERMAN (I) Pvt. (Candidate), C. A. C. C. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 

Sept. '18. 
BROWN, C. E. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 2 Apr. '18; Q. M. 3 cl., and transferred 

Naval Auxiliary Service, 27 Dec. '18; Ensign, 25 Apr. '19. Bumkin Island Training Station, First Naval 

Dist., 2 Apr. '18; transferred to Naval Auxiliary Service, 17 Dec. '18; transport service, May — Aug. '19. 
BROWN, D. P. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, G. I. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 2 July '18; Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 26 Nov. '18. 

See Civilian Record. 
BROWN, P. S. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, W. H. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Dec. '17; Naval 

Air Station, Chatham, Mass., Apr. '18. 
BRUNO, H. J. (XV) 1st Sgt. U. S. Tr. Detachment, State College for Teachers, Albany, N. Y., '18. 
BUCKEY, P. B. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUGBEE, HAROLD (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUNKER, F. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
BURDELL, E. S. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 18 July '18; 2d Lt., 26 Sept. '18. Personnel School, Plattsburg 

Barracks, N. Y., 16 Sept. '18; Adj., S. A. T. C, St. Bonaventure, N. Y., '18—10 Jan. '19. 
BURKE, A. W. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18; C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, 

Va., 18 Oct.; commissioned, 3 Jan. '19. 
BURNHAM, L. H. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., A. S. A. School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, N. Y., 5 Nov. '18; 

82d Aero Sq., Austin, Texas, 23 Nov.— 23 Dec. '18. 
BURR, R. G. (VI) Appr. Sea. S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
BUTLER, A. M. (IV) C. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A). A. E. F., U. S. Naval Air Station, Gujan, Gironde, France, 

July '18. 
BYRNE, P. J., JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CALDWELL, H. B. (X) Appr. Sea. (Cadet), U. S. N. R. F. (A). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, Nov. 

'18— Jan. '19. 
CAMERON, E. J. (Ill) Cook, M. C. Entered Service, 13 June '17. A. E. F., 11 July '17—22 June '19. Harvard 

Base Hosp. No. 5, attached to B. E. F., U. S. Ambulance Co. 159, Feb. '19. 

CAPPS, C. B. (XV) Pvt. F. A. Entered Service, Sept. '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. '18. 

CARLETON, C. D. (X) Sgt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

CARLSON, C. E. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

CARROLL, E. V. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CASEY, B. F. (II) reported in F. A, Mch. '18. 

CHAFFIN, W. L. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, Oct.— 18 Nov. '18. 

CHAMBERS, L. B. (VI) Lt. Col, C. A. C. Permanent rank, Capt, C. A. C. Entered Service, 25 Sept. '08; 
Lt.-Col, Oct. '18. A. E. F, Div. Sig. Officer, 6th Div, 12 July —3 Oct. '18. 

*CHIDSEY, N. C. See Roll of Honor (page 123). 

CLARK, B. J. (X) 2d Lt, F. A. Pvt, S. A. T. C, 5 July '18; ^ Lt, F. A, 16 Sept. '18. Co. L, 3d Bn, 1st 
Regt, S. A. T. C, Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y, 5 July '18; 35th Tr. Btry, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch, Camp 
Taylor, Ky, 26 Sept.— 14 Dec. '18. 

CLARK, E. K. (IV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CLARK, W. A, JR. (X) 1st Lt, C. A. C. 2d Lt, C. A. C, 12 Nov. '17; 1st Lt, 20 Dec. '17. 74th C. A. C, 
12 Nov. '17. A. E. F, 23 Sept. '18—19 July '19. 

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COCHRAN, A. P. (XV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Marine Corps. Ground School, M. I. T., '18; Marine Aviation 

Field, Miami, Fla. 
COFREN, W. L. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 
COLLINS, H. C. (X) Corp., S. A. T. C. Co. A, S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. 

COLTON, R. B. (VI) Lt.-Col. (T), C. A. C. Permanent rank, Capt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 4 Nov. '10. 
COUCH, H. R. (X) Cadet Sgt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 26 Jan. '18; transferred to S. A. T. C, Oct. '18. 

Corp., S. A. T. C, 14 Oct. '18; Sgt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
COUGHLIN, E. J. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
COUSINS, EDWARD (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
COYLE, J. H. (II) Sgt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
CROSBY, E. D. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., '18. 
CROSS, G. L. (XV) C. Q. M.,U. S. N. R. F. (A). Entered Service, 10 June '18. Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, 

L. I.,N. Y. 
CROWLEY, J. W. A., JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CUSICK, W. M., 1st Lt., Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 1 July '17; Frankford Arsenal, Pa., 1 Aug. '17; C. O., 

Ord. Depot, Philadelphia, Pa., I Oct. A. E. F., 13 Sept. '18 — 15 June '19; Munitions Officer with Railway 

Arty.; Chief Ord. Officer in charge of four areas for demolition of enemy ammunition, with 1st and 2d Armies, 

after armistice. 
CUTTER, G. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DAGHLIAN, H. K. (VI) Pvt., M. C. Camp Devens, Mass., '17. A. E. F., '18— '19; Hq., Medical Detachment, 

12th Engrs. 
DAVIDSON, H. O. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C. 21 Jan. '18; transferred to S. A. T. C, Oct. Co. Q, 

S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— Dec. '18. 
DEAL, H. B. (VI) Platoon Comdr., S. N. T. C. E. 1 cl. (Radio), U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '17; transferred to 

S. N. T. C, Oct. '18. Great Lakes Training Station, 111., Apr. '17; Cleveland Naval Radio Station, Ohio, 

Apr.; resumed studies at M. I. T. as civilian, Oct.; S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— Dec. '18. 
DEAN, J. L., Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., '17; Sgt. '18. 5th Co., Tr. Branch, Depot Brig., Camp Lee, Va. 
3>e MARS, P. A. (VI) Mr. Engr. (jr. gr.), Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 5 Oct. '17; Sgt. 1 cl., 1 Jan. '18; Mr. Engr. (jr.gr.), 

1 Feb. '19. 307th Engrs., 82d Div., Camp Gordon, Ga., 5 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 18 May '18 — 15 June '19; 

Off. Tr. Camp, Langres, installing and operating electric lighting plants in 10th Training Area, after 11 Nov. 

Sagney Sector, Woevre Front, 25 June '18; Toul Sector, I Aug.; Pont-a-Mousson, Marbach Sector, 14 Aug.; 

St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Fleville, Chatel Chehery, 7 Oct., and St. Juvin). 
DES MARAIS, G. F. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 10 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 3 Jan. '19. Co. G, 

C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 10 Oct. '18— Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

DE MEULENAER, JOHN (I) Petty Officer, 3 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 13 Apr. '18; Petty 
Officer, 3 cl., Nov. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

DEWEY, W. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

*DEYETTE, J. C. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. Died as result of accident 1920. 

DOANE, F. P., JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C. R. O. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., June '18; S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 30 Sept . 

—9 Dec. '18. 
DOBLE, E. H. (XV) Pvt., M.C. Med. Det., I02d M. G. Bn., Camp Devens, Mass., '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; 

missing, 23 Apr. '18; Prisoner of War, Darmstadt and Giessen, Germany; Hospital, Toul, France, Dec. '18; 

rejoined Regt. and returned to U. S. A., Feb. '19. 
DOOLEY, H. G. (XV) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 29 Oct. '18. 
DOPMEYER, A. L. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 
DORR, H. R. (II) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, July '18. 
DOWLING, D. L. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DOWNEY, J. F., JR. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. S., 19 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A., R. M. A., 

29 Aug. '18. Ground School, Princeton University, N. J., 19 Dec. '17; Gunnery School, Dayton, Ohio; 

1st Pursuit Sq.; Officer in Charge, Acrobatic Flying, Payne Field, West Point, Miss.; in eight wrecks without 

serious injury. Disch., 31 Dec. '18. 
DOWNEY, J. J. (I) Pvt., Ord. Corps. School for Engineer of Tests, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 8 Oct. '17; 

Main Ord. Office, Washington, D. C, Dec; Steel Inspector, Detroit Shell Co. and Chicago Railway Equipment 

Co., under Detroit Dist. Ord. Office, Mch. '18. 

DOYLE, J. I. (I) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A),. Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., 27 Sept. '18. 

DUDLEY, S. E. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., June '16; Lt. (j. g.), Aug. '17; Lt., Oct. '17. 
A. E. F., Mch. '18 — Mch. '19. Submarine engagement. 

DUFFILL, H. P. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

DU VERNET, J. N. (I) Sapper, Canadian Engrs. Entered Service, '17; Co. A, 6th Canadian Engr. Bn., 2d 
Div., B. E. F., '18. 

DYKE, F. H. (X) 1st Lt., Inf. R. C. 2d Lt., Inf., May '18; 1st Lt., Inf. R. C, Jan. '19. 

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DZIADIK, W. B. (VII) Corp., Inf. 24th Co., 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., '18. 

EDMONDS, R. W. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 1 Dec. '17; C. Q. M. (A), 7 Feb 
'18; Ensign, 7 Oct. '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 25 Mch. '18; Miami, Fla., 7 Tune; Navai 
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; Inst, in flying and aerial navigation, Naval Air Station, Miami Fla 'ic Oct 
'18 — 31 Jan. '19. 

ELLIS, C. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ELLSBERG, EDWARD (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., '14; Lt. (j. g.), '17; Lt. '17; Lt. 
Comdr., C. C, '19. 

♦EMERSON, W. K., JR. (II). See Roll of Honor (pages 93 and 147). 

ERICKSON, W. H. (Ill) Pvt., Marine Corps, 87th Co. (Signal), Camp Fuller, Tredyffein, Pa. 1 June '18 

A. E. F., '18— '19; Guard Co. 66, St. Nazaire, Mch. '19; University of Bordeaux, Mav. 
ETHERINGTON, E. L. (VII) Corp., S. A. T. C, 11 Oct. '18— Jan. '19. 

ETTER, H. P. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Co. H, C. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 21 Oct.— 9 Dec '18 
FAIRBROTHER, E. C. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FALES, H. Y. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A), 14 Dec. '17; C. Q. M, 1 Jan '18- 

Ensign, 6 Aug. 'l8. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 14 Dec. '17; Asst Inspector of Engr. Material 

(Aero), Hammondsport, N. Y., 20 Jan. '18; Inspector, Engr. Material (Aero), Buffalo, N. Y., 8 June '18— 

15 Jan. '19. 

FARROW, E. S., JR. (X) Pvt. (Candidate), F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Kv., 21 Oct '18 
FEDERHEN, H. M. (X) Pvt., C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct.— Dec. '18. 

FIELD, HOWARD, JR. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. (Cadet), A. S. A., 28 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 14 June '18. See 

Civilian Record. 
FISCHER, F. C. (XV) Corp., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— Dec. '18. 

FISKE, D. L. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt. (Candidate), C. A. C, 10 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 23 Dec '18- 
FITZGERALD, W. J. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect, Sig. C, 1 Dec. '17; 2d Lt, A. S. A,'i2 Sept. '18 

Ground School for Aviation, Cornell University, N. Y, Jan. '18; Dallas, Texas, Taylor Field, Ala. and West 

Point, Miss, until 7 Jan. '19. 

FLEMING, W. A. (I) 2d Lt, C. A. R. C. Pvt, C. A. C, *i8; 2d Lt, C. A. R. C, Jan. '19. Ft. Monroe Va. '18- 
C. A. Off. Tr. Camp, Oct. — Dec. '18. 

FORBES, W. C. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FORREST, H. O. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FRANCK, J. J. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 30 Sept.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
FRASER, A. A. (II) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
FREED, SIMON (V) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

FREEMAN, W. M. B. (I) Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 3 July '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T, Oct.— Dec '18 
FRENCH, E. B. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FRENCH, G. K. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FREY, A. R, (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FRITH, H. H. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GEE, R. H. (II) Sea. 3 cl, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

GIBSON, R. K, JR. (Ill) Capt, Inf. 1st Lt, Inf., '17; Capt, '18. Co. F, H7th Inf., Chickamauga Park 
Oct. '17; Camp Sevier, S. C, Dec. A. E. F, '18— '19. Wounded at St.-Quentin; Hospital, London Nov '18' 
GILL, F. M. (IV) Corp, S. A. T. C. Pvt, Engr. E. R. C, Feb. '18; transferred to S. A. T. C, Oct '18 
GILLIATT, L. W. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 30 Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 
GLASSETT, A. T. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. See Civilian Record. 
GLOVER, E. C. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GOKEY, G. F, JR. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 25 Sept. '18. 
GOLDSMITH, R. H, reported in U. S. N. R. F. 

GOODWIN, H. L. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Oct.— Dec. '18. 

GRAVES, D. S, Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, Jan. '18; Q. M.; Ensian. Naval Training 
Camp, Hingham, Mass, Jan. '18; Naval Auxiliary School, Pelham Bay. N. Y, Apr. '18 — Feb. '19. 

GRAY, H. A. (XV) Pvt, C. A. Off. Tr. Sch, Ft. Monroe, Va, 29 Oct.— 22 Nov. '18. 

GREEN, H. J. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GREGORY, D. V. (V) Pvt, C. W. S. Pvt, Inf., 24 June '18; transferred to C. W. S, 1 Aug. '18. 12th Co 
I52d Depot Brig, 24 June '18; Johns Hopkins' Detachment, 1st Bn, C. W. S, 1 Aug. — 16 Dec. '18. 

GRIESEMER, E. P. (X) 2d Lt, M. T. C. Pvt, Reserve Mallet, Tune '17; transferred to M. T. C. A E F 
2dLt, M. T. C. In France June '17— '19; S. S. U. No. 20 with French Armv, June '17; M. T C Sch No 1' 
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GRILLI, J. P. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
GROSSCUP, H. A. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
GROVER, N. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, n Oct. '18. 
HAEBLER, P. E. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HALL, G. L. (XIV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., 12 Nov. '17; 2d Lt., 5 June '18. Armorer's School, Wright Field, 
Fairfield, Ohio, until 15 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 15 Sept. '18 — 20 Feb. '19; Pursuit Pilot. 

HAND, ALFRED (X) Sea., 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 28 Apr. '17; Woods Hole, Mass., 23 July— 
20 Sept. '18. 

*HANDY, W. R. (II). Member of the Students' Army Training Corps at the Institute. He was awaiting 
induction into the Service when he was taken ill with pneumonia. He died at the City Hospital, Boston, 
Nov. 1, 1918. 

HARDY, J. B. (IV) Corp., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. 141st Aero Sq., '17. A. E. F., '18 — '19; American Aviation 
Tr. Detachment, Chateauroux, Oct. '18. 

HARLIN, E. L. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., June '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. R. O. T. C, The Presidio, San Fran- 
cisco, Calif., June '18; S. A. T. C, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1 Oct.— 26 Dec. '18. 

HARRIS, L. B. (VIII) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Marine Corps. Gunnery Sgt., Aviation Sect., Marine Corps, 

4 June '18; 2d Lt., 20 Oct.; Naval Aviator, 20 Nov. '18. Marine Aviation Detachment, Miami, Fla., I Sept. 

—23 Dec. '18. 
HARRIS, L. I. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— Dec. '18 
HARRIS (formerly Harshowitz), LOUIS (XIV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HARROP, JAMES (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 
HARSCH, ERWIN (I) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 26 Nov. '17; Lt. (j. g.), 28 Apr. '19. 

U. S. Naval Auxiliary Reserve Officer Material School, Chicago, 111., 26 Nov. '17; Watch Officer, U.S.S. 

Panuco, Nov. '18; Navigating Officer, U.S.S. Kentuckian, May '19; Inst. Naval Auxiliary Reserve Officer 

Material School, Chicago, 111., Sept. '19. 
HART, C. G. (X) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 26 June '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 

HARVEY, T. F. (II) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 8 Apr. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 20 July— 17 Sept. '18; 
S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

HASKELL, H. C. (XV) C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea., 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 Apr. '17; C. Q. M. (A.), 
June '18. S. S. Topeka; S. S. Akbar; Submarine Patrol 336; Ground School, M. I. T., June '18; Naval Avia- 
tion Detachment, Miami, Fal. 

HATHAWAY, S. D. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, '17; Co. B, Naval Aviation Detachment, 

M. I. T., '18. 
HEDBERG, H. F. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 

HEDLUND, W. T. (XIII) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
HENRY, J. E. (VII) Lt., M. C, U. S. N. R. F. Base Hosp. No. 17, Seattle and Bremerton, Wash., Oct. '18— 

Apr. '19. 
HENNESSY, D. J. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HERCZEL, R. E. (X) Pvt., Engrs. Camp Humphreys, Va., Oct. '18. 

HERRON, J. C. (Ill) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). 22d Co., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., June '18. 
HIGGINS, A. D. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Pvt., Inf., 6 Apr. '17; 2d Lt., Marine Corps. 29 May '17 

resigned and enlisted as Sea. 2 cl.,U. S. N. R. F., 8 Mch. '18; C.Q.M., 13 May'i8; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 

(A.), 20 Nov. '18. Ft. Slocum, N. Y.; Paris Island, S. C; Cambridge, Mass.; Inst, in H — 81 Flying Boats, 

Miami and Pensacola, Fla. until 8 Feb. '19. 
HILLS, H. W. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HINGSTON, T. H. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 20 Dec. '18. 
HITCHCOCK, L. B. (X) C. Q. M.,U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Co. 32, Naval Aviation Detachment, Cambridge, Mass. 

26 July '18 — Jan. '19. 

HITCHCOCK, R. S. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 12 June '12; Ensign, 3 June '16; Lt. (j. g.) 
1 July '17; Lt., 15 Oct. '17. On U.S.S. Pennsylvania. 

HOLLENNDER, E. A. (XIV) Sgt., Marine Corps. Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Arkansas, 16 June '17; with 
British Grand Fleet Jan. — Dec. '18; present at surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, 21 Nov. '18. 

HONISS, W. T. (II) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Apr. '17. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18— 1 Jan. '19. 

HOOPER, W. P. (IV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOPKINS, G H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOUGHTON, A. S. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOWE, C. W. (XV) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. San Antonio, Texas, '18. 

HOWE, M. S. (XIII) Sea. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Submarine Base, New London, Conn., 3 Apr. '18—21 Jan. '19; 
transferred to U. S. Shipping Board vessels as 3d Engr., Jan. — I Oct. '19. See Civilian Record. 

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HUBBELL, R. V. (II) Pvt., Ambulance Service. Ambulance Unit, Allentown, Pa., '17. A. E. F., with an 
AmericanSq. attached to French Army, at repair station doing workfor several sections, Mch. '18. Reported 
slightly wounded, Oct. '18. 

HUGHES, T. J. (XV) M. M. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass., Apr. '18; Bethlehem 
Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River Plant, Quincy, Mass. 

HUNTER, F. L., JR. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUNT, F. B. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUNTER, H. F. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '18; C. Q. M. (A.), 17 July, 
Ensign, 3 Apr. '19. Boston, 17 July '18; Miami, Fla., 21 Nov.; Pensacola, Fla., 24 Feb. '19. 

JAMES, L. L. (X) Pvt., C. W. S. 6th Co., 154th Depot Brig., Camp Meade, Md., 6 Sept. '18; transferred to 

Experimental Plant, Nela Park, Development Div., C. W. S., 12 Oct. '18. 
JOHNSON, L. E. (II) Capt., Inf. 1st Lt., Philippine Constabulary '14; 2d Lt., Inf., U. S. A., 27 Nov. '16; 1st 

Lt., 27 Nov. '16; Capt., 15 Aug. '18. 31st Inf., Philippine Islands, 27 Nov. '16; Siberia, 15 Aug. '18. 
JOHNSON, W. S. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
KAHN, H. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 7 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 
KAHN, L. D. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
KAPLAN, D. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. 
KEATS, JOHN (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KELL, C. O., Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, July '11; Destroyer Flotilla in European Waters; U.S.S. 

Cushing. Submarine engagements. 

KELLAR, J. W. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Mch. '18; Dirigibles, 
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., Jan. '19. 

KEPNER, H. R. (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 16 Jan. '18; S. A. T. C, 21 Oct. 
KIMBALL, D. B. (X) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 24 May '18- Flvine 
School, Bay Shore, L. I., N. Y. ' ' B 

KINGHORN, A. H., JR. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
KLINGLER, C. H. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KNAPP, A. M. (XIV) Pvt., Engrs. 7th Casuals, 33d Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., Apr. '18. A. E. F., '18 — '19; 

Co. B, 33d Engrs. 
KNIGHT, G. R. (XI) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass., Mch. '18. 
KNAPP, R. T. (II) Pvt., Engrs., S. A. T. C. 
KNOX, M. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
KRANTZ, H. K. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
KREEGER, A. S. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KRUSE, ALBERT (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass., 1 July '18; Naval 

Air Stations, Pensacola and Key West, Fla. 
LARSEN, R. R. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Feb. '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A., May '18. School 

of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., Feb. '18; Dallas, Texas, May '18 — Mch. '19. 

LAVEDAN, P. F. (X) 1st Sgt., S. A. T. C. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 18 July— 18 Sept. '18; S. A. T. C 
M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

LAVELLE, K. T. (II) Pvt., American Field Service. Allentown, Pa., June '17; S. S. U. No. 506, attached to 

French Army. 
LAWLER, J. P. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
LAWSON, C. J. (VI) Lt., Engrs. 301st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., '17; Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Lee, Va., '18. 

A. E. F., '18 — '19 Co. B, 301st Engts.; with 4th Army Corps, West of the Rhine, Feb. '19. 

LAWTON, F. W. (I) 2d Lt., Inf. Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., 19 July '18; Camp Perry, Ohio, 12 Aug.; Rifle 

Inst., S. A. T. C, Villa Nova College, Pa., 14 Oct.— 23 Dec. '18. 
LEANDER, C. H. (XV) Cadet Corp., S. A. T. C, Oct. '18. 

LEANDER, C. T. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 14 Aug. '18; Ensign. Bumkin Island, Mass., 
Aug. '18; Naval Training Station, Hingham, Mass., 14 Dec. '18. 

LEE, M. H. (VI) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Ensigns' School, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J., 
'18 — '19. 

LEE, S. M. (II) M. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 7 July '17; Engine Room, U. S. Submarine Chaser 
331, Div. N, Special Anti-Submarine Force, 5 Dec. '17. 

LEVY, H. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LIBBY, A. E. Pvt., F. A. Btry. B, 101st F. A., '17. A. E. F., '17— '19; 26th Div. Gassed and wounded, 4 

Nov. '18. 
LIPP, M. N. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LITTLEFIELD, A. S. (X) Acting Sgt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 4 Oct. '18. 
LITTLEFIELD, M. B. (X) Boatswain, U. S. N. R. F., 21 Nov. '17—5 Feb. '19. 

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LOCKWOOD, E. S. (VI) Corp., Sig. C. 316th Field Sig. Bn., 31 July '17; 29th Serv. Co., Radio Laboratories, 
Camp Vail, N. J., 22 July— 22 Nov. '18. 

LOGAN, J. W. JR. (VI) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 21 June '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. See Civilian 

Record. 
LORD, E. D. (X) Corp., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
LOWENTHAL, JULES (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
LUCAS, JOHN (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I..T. 
MCCARTHY, E. J. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

McCLOSKY, JOHN, JR. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Oiler on Hospital Ship running from U. S. to France, '17; 17th 
Co., Ft. Revere, Mass., Mch. '18; Ft. Banks, Mass., Nov. '18. 

McFADDEN, R. J. (I) Corp., Engrs. Co. A, 101st Engrs., Camp Devens, Mass., '17. A. E. F., '17— '19; 

Casual Officers' Depot, Jan. '19. 
McGILL, R. J. (X) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Garden City, N. Y. '18; Roosevelt Field, Mineola, L. I., Jan. '19. 
McGUIGAN, J. L. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N., '14; Lt. (j. g.), 5 June '17; Lt., C. C, 29 Aug. '17. 

M. I. T., Apr. '17; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., repairing ex-German vessels, Apr. '17 — Nov. '18. 
McINTOSH, H. W. (II) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 5 Apr. '18; S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 15 Oct.— 

17 Dec. '18. 
McLEOD, J. G., JR. (V) Corp., M. C. 13th Co., iS2d Depot Brig., Camp Upton, N. Y. '18; Co. C, Base Hosp., 

Camp Upton, N. Y. 

MacLEOD, W. D. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Ft. Strong, Mass., 30 Oct. '18; Ft. Heath, 11 Nov.; Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, 
Va., 19 Nov.; 15th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Andrews, Mass., 25 Nov. — 14 Dec. '18. 

MAHER, P. F. (XIII) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 10 Dec. '17. S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 12 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 
MANNING, G. C. (XIII) Lt., Comdr. U. S. N. Entered Service, 6 May '10; Ensign, 6 June '14; Lt., (j. g.) 
6 June '17; Lt., 31 Aug. '17; Lt. Comdr., 25 Sept. '19. 

MAROVITZ, H. J. (II) Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 15 July '18. 

MARRON, A. R. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N. Midshipman, 9 June '10; Ensign 5 June '14; Lt. (j. g.), 5 June 
'17; Lt., 31 Aug. '17 Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C, '17 — '19. 

MASSEY, H. P. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MATTHEWS, G. K. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Service in Texas, 16 Jan. '18— June '19. 

MATTHEWS, MEDWIN (I) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 6 Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

MEAD, F. L. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MEISSNER, W. E. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MERRIAM, H. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 30 Sept.— 11 Dec. '18. 

MERRYWEATHER, W. 0. (VII) 2d Lt., C. A. C, C. A. Training Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., '18; Narragansett 

Bay Coast Defense, Ft. Getty, R. I., Sept. 
MEYER, C. B. Lt.-Col. (T.), C. A. C. Permanent rank, Capt., C. A. C. Entered Service, 15 June '05. A. E. F., 

5 Oct. '18 — 24 Mch. '19; 40th Brig., 2d Army as Lt.-Col. of 75th Arty. (Ry.). 
MICHAELS, M. A. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
MILLER, A. W. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., S. A. T. C, S July '18; Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt, F. A, 14 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., 

F. A. R. C, 6 May '19. R. O. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y, 3 June '18; S. A. T. C, 5 July; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr- 

Sch, Camp Taylor, Ky, 14 Sept.- — 28 Dec. '18. 

MILLER, R. A. Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

MILLIKEN, J. R, See class of '18. 

MILLIKEN, S. A. (XIII) Lt, Marine Corps, U.S.S. Pueblo, Apr. '18; 167th Co, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va, Jan.'i9. 

MILLS, B. M. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

MILLS, O. A. (Ill) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MITSCH, J. D. (I) Sgt, S. A. T. C. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y, 17 July '18; S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct.— 

16 Dec. '18. 
MOIR, J. G, JR. (VI) Pvt, acting Corp, S. A. T. C, 9 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

MOORE, C. C, JR. (X) 2d Lt, A. S. A. Pvt. (Flying Cadet), A. S, 17 Nov. '17; 2d Lt, 16 May '18. 
MORGAN, G. B. (I) 2d Lt, Engrs. Pvt, Sig. C, 24 Nov. '17; transferred to Engrs, and made 2d Lt, 16 May '18. 

1st Telephone Bn, Sig. C, 24 Nov. '17; Camp Humphreys, Va, May '18. A. E. F, 20 Sept. '18 — 18 June '19; 

laid pipe line and light railways into 1st line trenches. 2d Army Offensive. 
MORSE, A. L. (IX) Ensign, Kite Balloon Div, U. S. N. R. F. Akron, Ohio; Rockaway, L. I. A. E. F, Apr- 

'18 — '19; Queenstown, Ireland; Rohampton, England; Castletown, Ireland; La Trinite and Brest, France. 
MORSE, B. C, JR. (XV) 1st Lt, Inf. 2d Lt, Inf., Feb. '18; 1st Lt. Camp McGrath, Batangas, Philippine 

Islands, '17; Co. L, 338th Inf., Camp Custer, Mich, May '18. A. E. F, '18— '19; Hq, 169th Inf. '18- 85th 

Div, Mch. '19. 
MOSSCROP, R. G. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MURDOUGH, E. B. (I) Pvt, C. A. C, Ft. Monroe, Va, '18. 

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MURPHY, H. R. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., i Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

MURPHY, L. H. (V) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Naval Reserve Force, European Waters, '18— '19. 

MURRAY, H. J. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F.(A.). C. Q. M. (A.), 2 June '18; Ensign, 16 Jan. '19. Ground School, 

M. I. T., 3 June '18; Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., 17 Aug.; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., 8 Nov. 

'18 — 20 Feb. '19. 
MUSNITSKY, JOSHUA (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MYERS, A. S. (X) Radio Elec, 2 cl., Communication Service, U. S. N. Sea., 2 cl., New York Naval Militia, 

28 July '17; Radio Elec. 3 cl., 12 Oct. '17; Radio Elec. 2 cl., 1 Oct. '18. Radio Elec. in charge, U. S. Submarine 
. Chaser 80. A. E. F., Greece, Austria and Italy, Mch. '18 — May '19; Radio Station, U. S. Naval Base No. 

25, European Waters, Corfu, Greece, Apr. '18; took part in Battle of Durazzo; Cattaro, Austria, 11 Nov. '18 

NASH, J. C. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Coast Defense of Boston. 

♦NATHAN, T. C. (XV). See Roll of Honor (pg: 100). 

NELLES, P. A., JR. (II) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 4 Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

NELSON, A. D., Cadet, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., '17. 

NELSON, G. W. (XIII) Lt. Comdr., C. C, U. S. N. Entered Service, 16 June '10. 

NEWHALL, K. C. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NOELKE, H. M. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NOLEN, JOHN, JR. (I) Gunnery Sgt, Aviation Sect, Marine Corps, 14 Oct. '18. Flight 34, Naval Aviation 
Detachment, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18 — 18 Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. 

OSBORN, C. F. (Sp.), Lt, U. S. N. Midshipman, U. S. N, '11; Ensign, '15; Lt. (j. g.), 1 July '17; Lt, 15 Oct. '17. 
Patrol duty, U.S.S. Albany; Torpedo Inst, Newport, R. I.; Armed Guard Officer, New York to Liverpool; 
Submarine-chaser, New London, Conn.; U.S.S. Boggs, West Coast of U. S. A. 

OWEN, F. S. (IV) Lt, Inf., N. A. 76th Div. Hq, Camp Devens, Mass, '17. A. E. F, '17— '19. 

OWENS, G. R. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

PAGE, K. B. (II) Pvt, 1 cl, M. C. 104th Inf., Dec. '17. A. E. F, '17— '18. Hospital No. 3, Rahway, 

N. J, Nov. '18. Slightly wounded. Croix de Guerre with silver star; Distinguished Service Cross. (Pages 

135 and 150.) 

PARR, H. A. (I) Pvt, Canadian Army, 1 Oct. '15. 

PARSONS, J. S. (XV) 2d Lt, C. A. C. Pvt, C. A. C, 10 Aug. '18; 2d Lt, 10 Dec. '18. 6th Co, Ft. Banks, 
Mass, 10 Aug. '18; Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va, 1 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

PASSELL, S. M. (XIII) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

PEIRCE, J. T. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F, 24 Nov. '17. Inst, Ensign Cadet School, Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 

'17— Dec. '18. 
PERKINS, J. R, JR. (Ill) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PETERSON, A. W, (XIII) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PETERSON, M. S. (Ill) 2d Lt, C. A. R. C. Pvt, 6th Off. Tr. Camp, C. A. C, 22 Oct. '18; 2d Lt, C. A. R. C, 

10 Jan. '19. 
PHELPS, C. W. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PIERCE, H. C. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PIKE, W. K. (VI) Pvt, C. A. C. 6th Co, Ft. Banks, Mass, 22 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. 

POLLOCK, R. B. (VI) Pvt, Sig. C. 13th Service Co, Sig. Off. Tr. Sch, Yale University, Conn, 8 July '18. 
POPE, KENNEDY (XV) 2d Lt, C. A. C. Pvt, C. A. C, 15 May '18; 2d Lt, 25 Sept. '18. 7th Co, Coast 

Defense of Boston, 15 May '18; Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va. A. E. F, 11 Oct. '18—5 Mch. '19; Hv. 

Arty. Sch, Angers, 11 Nov. '18; Btry. F, 42d Arty, C. A. C, 23 Nov. '18. 
POWERS, J. H. (VII) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PRESTON, W. H. (II) Pvt, C. A. C. 29th Regt, C. A. C, Ft„ McKinley, Maine, 19 Oct. '18. 
RADASCH, A. H. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y, '18; S. A. T. C. 
REED, C. H. (XV) Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 3 Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 9 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 
REYBURN, F. C. (XV) Sea, 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, Apr. '18. 
REYNOLDS, B. M. (X) 2d Lt, Inf. Entered Service, 27 Aug. '17; 6th Regt, Marine Corps. A. E. F, 15 Jan. 

'18 — 17 Feb. '19; in all engagements with 6th Marines, until 19 July '18. Toul Sector; Verdun Sector; Aisne 

Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); Aisne-Marne Offensive. Wounded, 19 July '18. Croix de Guerre. 

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REYNOLDS, S. C. (IV) 1st Lt, F. A. Pvt. (Officer Candidate), F. A, 22 June '18; 2d Lt, 7 Aug.; 1st Lt, 21 Sept. 

'18. 9th Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, S. C, 22 June '18; October Automatic Repl. Draft, Oct. — 

23 Dec. '18. 
RIDGWAY, R. R. (XIV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

RILEY, W. A. (IV) 2d Lt, Inf. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl. Inf., 12 Aug. '18; 2d Lt, Inf. R. C, 20 Nov. '18. Cent. Off. 
Tr. Sch, Camp Lee, Va, 12 Aug. — 20 Nov. '18. 

ROBERTS, ARTHUR (XIII) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

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ROBILLARD, R. E. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 25 Oct. '18; 15th Co., Ft. Andrews, 
Mass., Nov. '18. 

ROBINSON, F. R. (II) Sgt. 1. cl, M. C. Pvt., M. C, 10 Sept. '17; Corp., 8 Dec. '17; Sgt., 26 Dec. '17; Sgt. 
1 cl., 10 July '18. Ft. Slocum, N. Y., 12 Sept. '17; Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., 3 Oct.; Allentown, Pa., 2 Mch. '18., 
A. E. F., 23 May '18 — 8 Feb. '19; Evacuation Hosp. No. 5 at Prauthoy, Sery Magneval, Chateau-Thierry 
Villers Cotterets, Ville sur Crezances, La Veuve and Dunkirk, France, and Staden, Belgium. 

ROCKEFELLER, J. D. (Ill) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Ft. Monroe, Va., '18. 

ROMAN, KENNETH (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. 

ROSENTHAL, E. I., Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROSS, M. B. (XV) Pvt., M. C. Ambulance Co. No. 33, Camp Greene, N. C, July '17. A. E. F., May '18— 

June '19; 33d Ambulance Co., 4th Div. Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne; 

Army of Occupation in Germany. 
ROWE, G. E. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROWE, R. R. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., July— 14 Dec. '18. 
ROWE, W. H, JR. (IV) Lds. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. 3d Regt., Naval Tr. Station, Charleston, S. C; 1st Regt. 

Oct.— Dec. '18. 
RUBIN, SAMUEL (VIII) Pvt., C. W. S. Gas Defense, Astoria Detachment, L. I., Apr. '18— '19. 
RUTTENBERG, SAMUEL (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
RYER, E. D. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 1 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 10 Jan. '19. Co. H, C. A. Sch. 

Troops, Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Oct. '18. 

SALE, W. H., JR. (XIV) 1st Y., U. S. N. R. F. U.S.S. Mt. Vernon (Transport), '18— '19. 
SANDERS, M. S. (VI) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 6 July '18; Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
SCHENBERG, SAMUEL (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct. '18. 
SCHIMMELPFENNIG, W. H. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SCOTT, J. H., JR. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 7 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 3 Jan. '19. Co. T, 
C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct. '18—3 Jan. '19. 

SEAVEY, H. V. (X) Pvt., Marine Corps. Recruit Camp, Paris Island, S. C, 15 May '18; Barracks Detachment, 
Philadelphia, Navy Yard Guard Pa., 15 June; Off. Tr. Camp, Quantico, Va., 20 Aug. '18 — 15 Feb. '19. 

SHAKESPEARE, M. C. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 12 Oct.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

SHLAGER, A. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHLAGER, MAX (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SIMMS, H. S. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SIMON, I. B. (VII) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 8 May '17; 1st Lt., 15 Aug. '17. 324th Inf., 8 May '17. A. E. F. 
Aug. '18 — -Feb. '19; 38th Inf., 20 Nov. '18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

SKINNER, R. L. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SLOAN, E. W. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., July '18; 2d Lt. Tr. Camp, Presidio, Calif., July '18; Camp 
Taylor, Ky. 

SMIDDY, H. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Co. E, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 9 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

SMITH, A. V. (II) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, '17; Co. D, Naval Aviation Detachment, 

M. I. T., Jan. '18. 
SMITH, H. H. (X) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 5 Jan. '18; S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— Dec. '18. 
SMYSER, F. H. (XIV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMYTH, C. A. (X) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., '17; C. M. M., '18. U.S.S. Granite 
State, New York Harbor, Nov. '17; Marine Engine Works, New London, Conn., Feb. '18; U.S.S. Hannibal 
(Transport), June '18. 

SNOW, LANCY (XIII) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C; 2d Lt., A. S. A., Apr. '18. Dallas, Texas, 

and San Diego, Calif. 
STACEY, J. H. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F., '18; Ensign, '19. 

STANWOOD, C. B. (X) Pvt., 1 cl. C. W. S. Entered Service, Oct. '18: Long Island Laboratory Detachment, 

C. W. S., 1 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record. 
STARK, EDWARD (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 
♦STEWART, GORDON (II). See Roll of Honor (page 107). 

STOCKBARGER, D. C. (XIV) Pvt., C. W. S. Research Div., C. W. S., Clark University, Worcester, Mass., 
22 Aug. — 16 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

STROBRIDGE, J. G. (XV) Capt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug., Capt. '18. 13th 
Co., Plattsburg, N. Y., May '17; Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug.; Co. E, 83d F. A., Dec. A. E. F., '18— '19. 

STUART, L. L. (IV, XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., June '17; 2d Lt. (Pursuit Pilot), A. S. A., 14 Nov. '18. 
Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, June '17. A. E. F., 22 Nov. '17 — 12 Aug. '19; St. Maixent; 2d Aviation 
Instruction Center, Tours; 3d Aviation Instruction Center, Issoudun; 7th Aviation Instruction Center, 
St. Jean des Monts; 27th Aero Sq.; Grenoble University Detachment, Grenoble, Mch. '19. 

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SULLIVAN, E. C. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SULLIVAN, J. W. (V) M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Marine Iron Works, New London, Conn., Apr. '18. A. E. F., 

'18 — '19; Submarine Chaser 145, Submarine-Hunting Sq. 
SUMWALT, R. L. (I) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 29 Jan. '18. Engr. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Humphreys, Va., 1-20 Nov. '18. 
SWIFT, G. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TABER, T. R. (XIII) 2d Lt., Cav. Entered Service, July '17; 2d Cav., Dec. '17. A. E. F., attached to Co. B, 
9th M. G. Gn., June '18. 

TALCOTT, C. H. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea., 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., '18; Ensign, Div. 19, Naval 

Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Apr. '18; Sq. 1, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., Oct. '18 — '19. 
TATTERSFIELD, GERALD,(X) Pvt. S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
*TAYLOR, E. A. (II). See Roll of Honor (page 104). 
TAYLOR, M. H. (XV) reported 2d Lt., Inf. 
THIES, O. J., JR. (V) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

THOMAS, L. G. L. (II) Pvt, Ord. Corps. Entered Service, 2 Dec. '17. A. E. F, Aug. '18— Mch. '19; 68th 
Arty, C. A. C. 

THOMPSON, H. B. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. Sea, 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 25 May '18; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F, 25 Sept.; 
Ensign, U. S. N, 31 Jan. '19. 

TIRRELL, R. W. (II) Appr. Sea, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 7 Aug. '18; Newport, R. I, 19 Aug. '18; 
Rumfort Rifle Range, 10 Sept.; S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 30 Sept.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

TOBIN, R. J. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TOMLINSON, A. H. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TRAVIS, R. E. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 3 May '18; U.S.S. Canandaigua, Mining Squad- 
ron No. 1, Atlantic Fleet, North Sea, laying and removing North Sea Barrage, 4 Sept. '18 — 24 Jan. '19. 

TUSHIN, AARON (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TYSON, H. N. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

VAN DEUSEN, E. T. (II) 2d Lt, Aviation Sect, Marine Corps. Sea, U. S. N. R. F, 7 May '17; U. S. N. R. F. 
(A.), 10 Aug.; C. Q. M. (A.), 1 Jan. '18; Aviation Sect, Marine Corps, 6 June; 2d Lt, Marine Corps, 6 June '18. 
Torpedo Station, 7 May '17; Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 3c Oct. '17; Naval Air Station, Pensa- 
cola, Fla, 11 Mch. '18; Marine Flying Field, Miami, Fla, 6 June. A. E. F, 13 July — 20 Dec. '18. North 
Bombing Sq. Marine Field, Miami, Fla, 20 Jan. — 27 Mch. '19. 

VIANO, A. E. (X) M. M. 1 cl, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). M. M. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), May '18; M. M. 1 cl, '19- 
Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, L. I, May '18; Miami, Fla, '19. 

WAIT, P. E. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 28 Nov. '17; Ensign, 6 June '18. Bumkin 
Island, Mass, 28 Nov. '17; 1st Naval Dist. Cadet School, Cambridge, Mass, U.S.S. Martha Washington, 
sailing between England, France, and U. S, July '18 — May '19. 

WALMSLEY, GEORGE (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 9 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. 

WARNER, W. W. (II) Capt, C. A. C. 1st Lt, C. A. C, 13 June '13; Capt, (T), 5 Aug. '17. Coast Defense 
Service, New York, I June '17; Military Academy, West Point, N. Y, 25 Aug. '18 — 1 Oct. '19. 

WATERS, L. A. (VI) 2d Lt, Inf. Ft. Niagara, Nov. '17. A. E. F, '18 — '19; machine gun service with 26th 
Inf., Apr. '18. 

WATTS, E. F. (I) Pvt, S. A. T C, M. I. T. 

WEXLER, DAVID (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WELLFORD, A. L. (VI) 1st Lt, C. A. C, attached to A. S. 2d Lt, C. A. C, 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt, 8 Apr. '18. 
2d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Myer, 25 Aug. '17; Ft. Monroe, Va, I Dec; Langley Field, for training as Aerial 
Observer, 15 Apr. '18; School of Aerial Gunnery, Mt. Clemens, Mich, 12 June '18; attached to Air Service, 
7 July '18. A. E. F, 21 Sept. '18 — 21 Apr. '19; St. Maixent, Sept. '18; 2d Aviation Instruction Center, 
Tours, 6 Oct.; 8th Aero Sq, Colombey-les-Belles, 19 Nov. '18. 

WELLS, S. H. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WEYMOUTH, L. E. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

WHELAN, D. E. (I) 2d Lt, A. S. A. Pvt, 1 cl, A. S, 9 Jan. '18; 2d Lt, A. S. A, 8 Nov. '18. School of Military 
Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J, 25 May '18; Camp Dick, Texas, 20 Aug.; School of Fire for F. A, Ft. Sill, 
Okla,. 28 Sept. '18; School for Aerial Observers, 8 Nov. '18. 

WHITE, K. B. (XV) 2d Lt, Inf. Pvt, Inf., 17 July '18; 2d Lt, 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y, 
July '18: Inst, S. A T. C, City College, N. Y, 26 Sept.— 20 Dec. '18. 

WHITEHEAD/E. P. (I) Pvt, S. A. T C, M. I. T. 

WHITTEN, L. P. (X) 2d Lt, A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S, '17; 2d Lt, A. S. A, '18. School of Military Aeronautics, 
Princeton, N. J, '17; Taliaferro Field, Texas, May '18; Ellington Field, Texas, Dec. '18 — 6 Jan. '19. 

WIDDOWSON, R. J. (V) Pvt, C. W. S, '18. Astoria Detachment, C. W. S, Astoria, L. I, '18— '19. 

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WILCOX, F. D. (I, IV, XV) 2d Lt., Engrs. Civilian Employee (Militarized), Cons. Dept., U. S. Air Service, 

Paris, France, 24 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 4 Oct. '18. In charge of lay out work during cons, of various camps 

in France; Dist. Engr. Representative, Tours Dist., 15 Apr. '19; Army of Occupation, Co. D, 6th Engrs., 

12 July. C. O., Service Park Unit, No. 318, M. T. C, 3d Div., 31 July '19. 
WILDE, W. C. (IV) Pvt., Marine Corps, Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 30 July '18. 
WILLIAMS, A. F., reported 2d Lt., Inf. 
WILSON, G. A. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WILSON, I. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WILSON, J. C. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 
WILSON, L. D. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Ft. Monroe, Va., '18. 
WINANT, W. L. (XV) 2d Lt. (T.), Aviation Sect.. Marine Corps. Gunnery Sgt., Aviation Sect., Marine Corps, 

21 Aug. '18; 2d Lt. (T.), 4 Jan. '19. Marine Barracks, Charlestown Navy Yard, 21 Aug. '18; Co. 33, Naval 

Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 20 Sept. '18 — 4 Jan. '19. 
WINEBAUM, ARTHUR (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WIRT, WILLISTON (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WOLAZIN, JULIUS (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WOLFSON, J. J. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WRIGHT, LIVINGSTON (III) Pvt., 1 cl., American Ambulance Service. American Field Service with French 

Army, S. S. U. 641, 7 July '17: enlisted in U. S. A., at Lanchy, France, I Sept.; transferred to S. S. U. 649, 

9 Oct. '18. Somme; Verdun; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
WURZELBACHER, G. M. (VI) Sgt. Inf. 330th Inf., Camp Sherman, Ohio, '18. A. E. F., '18; Co. G, 330th 

Inf., 83d Div. 

YOUNG, P. L. (X) Pvt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Camp, 10 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

ZAHN, E. G. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ZIMMERMAN, W. E. (XIV) Bn., Sgt. Maj., Army Service Corps. Pvt., F. A., 27 Apr. '18; Sgt., 16 Sept.; 

transferred to Army Service Corps, 10 Feb. '19; Bn. Sgt. Maj., 11 June '19. 316th T. M. Btry., F. A., 91st 

Div., 27 Apr. '18. A. E. F., 28 June '18—23 July '19; Hq. Troops, '19. 

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ABRAMS, H. J. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

ADAMS, B. F. (V) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 18 July '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. Repl. and Tr. Troops, Plattsburg, 

N. Y., 18 July '18; Camp Grant, III, 16 Sept.— 6 Dec. '18. 
ADAMS, E. T. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

ADAMS, WALDO (II) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, '19. 
ADAMS, W. T. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ADDICKS, A. D. (X) Sea. 2 cl., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 
AHERN, A. G. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ALTER, H. A. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ANABLE, ANTHONY (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Cadet, U. S. N. R. F., 18 Oct. '17; Ensign, 3 June '18. 

Ensign Cadet Sch., Cambridge, Mass., 18 Oct. '17; U.S.S. America, transport service between New York 

and Brest, France, 3 July '18 — 27 Jan. '19. 
ARONSON, A. H. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 
ARONSON, J. C. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ARRIGONI, C. L. (II) Sgt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18; Cadet Sgt. S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 

Oct.— 9 Nov. '18. 
ATKINSON, G. H. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
AVERY, C. O. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

AVERY, W. K. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 
AYRES, E. D. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 

BACHMANN, A. E. (X) 2d Lt., Inf., 22 July '18. Detached Officers' List. 
BAKER, C. N. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BAKER, J. B. (XV) Pvt., 1 cl., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 5 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
BANKS, L. H. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 19 Oct. '18. See Civilian RecorJ. 
BARCLAY, A. T. (II) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 25 July '18. Puget Sound Naval Camp. 
BARKER, L. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

BARKER, R. W. (II) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 12 Aug. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
BARKER, W. R. (XIV) Sea. 2 cl, U S. N. R. F. Newport, R. I., 14 May '17; Woods Hole, Mass., Aug. '18; 

S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Sept. '18. 
BARRIGER, J. W. 3d (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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BARRY, E. L. W. (XV) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), Sept.— Dec. '18. 
BARTON, C. B., JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. ; Oct. '18. 
BATCHELDER, H. B. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BAWDEN, GARVIN (XV) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, M. I. T., i Feb. '18. Applied for commission in Aviation 

Sect., Marine C, just before armistice. 
BAYLE, J. H. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, June '18; 2d Lt., Nov. '18. Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., June '18; 

Ft. Monroe, Ya., Sept. '18. 
BEATTIE, M. B. (XV) Pvt., Royal Highlanders, (Scottish Horse). 3d Black Watch, Royal Highlanders, 

Canada, 25 Apr. '18. B. E. F., 30 May '18 — Feb. '19; transferred to 13th Black Watch, 14 Oct. '18. 

Le Cateau; Landrecies; Fontaine-au-Bois; Mont-Dourlers; Mormal Forest. Wounded, right knee, 31 Oct. '18. 
BEAZLEY, C. L. (XIII) Sapper, Royal Canadian Engrs., 9 May '17. Service in Canada. 
BEIQUE, J. E. (I) Cadet, (3d), Royal Air Force, (British). Cadet for Pilot, School of Aeronautics, University 

of Toronto, Canada, Aug. — Dec. '18. 
BERGEN, M. J. (V, VII) Hosp. Appr., U. S. N. R. F. Hosp. Corps, Transport Service, Newport, R. I., 8 Feb. 

'19; Philadelphia, Pa., Apr.; U.S.S. Sol Navis, May; France, 10th June to 20 Aug. '19. 

BINNS, F. W. (X) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 2 June '18; 2d Lt., Inf.. 3 Sept. '18. Plattsburg, N. Y., 
June '18; 73d Co., M. G. School, Camp Hancock, Ga., 7 Aug.; Inst., machine gun tactics, "gas," grenades 
and bombing, Machine Gun Tr. Center, Camp Nancock, Ga.,Sept. '18. 

BIXBY, H. 0. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BLACK, R. D. (Ill) Pvt., C. A. C. Btry. C, 29th Regt., Fort McKinley, Portland, Maine, '18. 

BLEWER, F. L. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

BLOMQUIST, H. R. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 26 Sept.— 9 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

BOND, D. B. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 2 Nov. '18. 

BOSSERT, T. W. (X) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 4 Tune '18; 2d Lt., 25 Sept. '18. 54th Artv., C. A. C> 

Ft. Monroe, Va., 4 June '18. A. E. F., Sept. '18— Men. '19. 
BOSTON, J. L. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BOUCHER, W. F., JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BOYLE, M. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BRADFORD, S. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BREED, C. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 
BRIGGS, J. M. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 
BRIMBLECOM, W. K. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROIDE, S. J. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, D. T. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, 0. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BROWN, SAMPSON (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Co. D, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWNE, 0. A. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUCKLEY, J. E., JR. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 30 Sept. '18. 
BUCKNER, L. O. (VI) Corp., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
BUGBEE, L. W., JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BURKETT, M. K. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BURNHAM, C. H. (XIII) 2d Lt.,Sig. R. C, (A.). Pvt., 1 cl, A. S., 25 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., Sig. O. R. C, Flying 

Status, 4 Mch. '19. Camp Dick, Texas, I June '18; School of Military Aeronautics, University of Texas, 

30 June; Camp Dick, Texas, 13 Oct.;Flying School, Park Field, Tenn., 8 Nov. '18 — 12 Mch. '19. 
BURRELL, L. K. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 30 Sept.— 12 Dec. '18. 
BURROUGHS, M. S. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BURT, G. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUTTER, H. M. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUTTER, M. R. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUTTON, H. C. (X) Sea. 1 cl., U S. N. R. F., 19 Apr. '17. Bumkin Island, Mass., 19 Apr. '17; S, N. T. C, 

M. I. T., 16 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 
CAKE, H. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CALVERT, ALBERT (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CAMPBELL, T. P. (XIV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Ambulance Driver, S. S. U. 66, American Field Service, France, 
2 June— Nov. '17. Transferred to A. S., U. S. A., 17 Dec; 2d Lt., A. S. A., 28 Feb. '18. Ft. Worth, Texas, 
Dec. '17; Houston and Austin, Texas, to Jan. '19. Chemin des Dames, July '17. 

CANTERBURY, M. P. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 16 Oct.— 26 Nov. 'iS. 

CANZANELLI, ATILLIO (III) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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CARD, T. B. (VI) 2d Lt., A. S. A. 

20 July '18. School of Mil' 

Camp Dick, Texas, Eberts 

Fields, Fla. 
CARPENTER, D. F. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Co. K, C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 28 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., 

24 Jan. '19. 





14 1NOV. 1/ 10 jui/ iy, ijyi" i»v.i« ^., ~~ ^ U i» U i.. ui^,.. ^ t . 

Citation from Commander of A. S., 1st Army. Disch., 13 Oct. '19. 
CARTE, J. R. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
CARTER, D. B. (XV) Corp., Co. B, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. 
CARVEN, C. C. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CASE, W. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CASSELL, C. A. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18. 
CASTONGUAY, LAWRENCE (II) Pvt., Inf. (Limited Service). Assigned to Engineering Dept., Winchester 

Repeating Arms Co., Aug. '18 — 10 Mch. '19. See Civilian Record. 
CASTOR, A. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CHAMBERS, I. F. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CHELLIS, L. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. G, M. I. T. 
CHUTTER, G. A. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CLARK, E. P. (II) Pvt., S. A. T C , M. I. T. 
CLARK, O. W. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

CLARK, P. W. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 5 Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 
CLARK, R. S. (X) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 22 July '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 

July '18; in command of a company, S. A. T. C, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 16 Sept. — 31 Dec. '18. 
CLARKE C. A. (VI) Elec. 2 cl., U. S. N. Electrical Constructor, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Victory Plant, 

Squantum, Mass., working on electrical cons, on torpedo boat destroyers. 
CLARKE, E. R. (X) Acting Corp., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18. 
CLARKSON, E. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 14 Oct. '18. 
CLEMENTS, W. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
COACHMAN, K. P. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
COES MARION L. (X) Laboratory Technician, Med. Dept. Entered Service, 20 June '18. A. E. F., 14 July 

'j'g — Mch. '19; Base Hospital No. 44, Pougues-les-Eaux and Mesves. See Civilian Record. 
COFFIN, P. T. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
COHEN, C. M. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
COLDWELL, F. H. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
COLE, HARRY (I) 1st Lt., Engrs. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 25 July '17; 2d Lt., Engrs., 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 30 July '18. 

C. A. C, Rhode Island N. G, July '17. A. E. F., Sept. '17— U. S., Aug. — Dec. '18. Chemin des Dames 

Sector- Soissons Sector; Toul Sector; Pas Fini Sector (Chateau-Thierry). Regimental Citation. See Civilian 

Record. 
COLE, V. C. (II) Corp., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
COLLINS, J. J. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F.,25 May '18; Ensign, Jan. '19. 

Disch., 15 Feb. '19. 
COLLINS, W. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CONANT, L. W. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
COOK, H. D. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 21 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 

July '18. Disch., 30 Dec. '18. 
COOK, R. S. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 14 May '17; 2d Lt., 27 Nov. '17. A. E. F., Feb. '18—25 June '19; Arty.; 

Sch., Saumur, Feb. '18; 7th F, A., 1st Div., May '18. Montdidier-Noyon Defensive; Aisne-Marne Offensive; 

St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Divisional Citation. (Page 156.) 

CORBETT, W. P. (II) Sgt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, i S Aug. '18. 

COWIE L K. (Ill) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, Oct. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. C, Jan. '19. 12th Co.,C.A. C, 
Coast Defense of New York, Ft. Totten, Oct. '18; Sch. for N. C. O.'s, Oct.; Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 
to 7 Feb. '19. 

COWLES, W. H., Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '17. 

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CRAFTS, A. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CRAWFORD, R. B. P. (XIV) C. Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Flight 34, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 

13 Oct. '18. 
CROSBY, E. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 
CROSBY, J. D. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CROWLEY, J. D. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CUDWORTH, J. R. (Ill) Cadet, U. S. Coast Guard Academy, U. S. N., 1 Aug. '18— Feb. '19. 
CUMMINGS, J. S. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
*CURRY, DONALD (XIII). See Roll of Honor (page 124). 
CURRY, J. R. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 15 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
CURTIN, F. J. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
DATEO, GEORGE (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DAVIS E. W. (II) Pvt., Ord. S. A. T. C, 28 Sept. '18. 

DAVIS, L. B. (I) Petty Officer, U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 1 Sept. '18; Petty Officer, 4 Oct. '18. 
S. N.T. C, M. LT. 

DEAN, WINTER (XV) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 12 Apr. '18; Armed Guard and Submarine 
Service; Hingham and Bumkin Island, Mass., and Pelham Bay, N. Y., 31 July — 2 Dec. '18. 

DELANY, E. F. (I) S. A. T. C. See Civilian Record. 

DENNISON, H. T. (IV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

DERBY, H. S. (XIV) Corp., F. A. Btry. A, 101st F. A., 26th Div.,7 Sept. '17. A. E. F., 9 Sept. '17— 1 Apr. '19. 
Chemin des Dames; Toul Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive (Verdun). Divisional Citation. 

DERBY, T. H. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

De STAEBLER, H. C. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DIXON, VLADIMIR, (II) Pvt., Sig. C, S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. 

*DOLLBAUM, M. P. (XIII) Student, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. Died of pneumonia, City Hospital, Boston, Mass., 
7 Nov. '18. (Not on Honor Roll, not having been inducted, because of age.) 

DOLLE, R. C. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 22 July '18; 2d Lt., Inf., Sept. '18. Plattsburg, N. Y.> 

22 July '18; Syracuse, N.Y., 26 Sept. — 26 Dec. '18. 
DOUGHERTY, ISAAC (V) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 

17 Sept. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17. A. E. F., 25 May '18— 28 May '19; 313th 

F. A., 80th Div. St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
DOWLIN, F. F. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DREW, S. T. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
DUBE, E. N. (I) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, 15 Oct. '18. 
ECKLES, R. A. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., i S Oct. '18. 
EDSON, A. L. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl., (Flying Cadet), A. S. A., s Sept. '17; 2d Lt., A. S., 9 May '18., 

School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 3 Nov. '17; Gerstner Field, La., Mch. '18; Ellington Field, Texas, 

to 11 Jan. '19. 
EDWARDS, E. R. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
EKSERGIAN, C. L. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
EMERSON, H. W. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
EMERY, W. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ENTWISTLE, J. L. (VI) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
EPSTEIN, E. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ESKEW, R. K. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ESNER, ARTHUR (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
EVANS, LAIGHTON (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
EVANS, R. R. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

EWERTZ, H. N. (XIII) Appr. Sera., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 
FACEY, J. A. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FAIRBANKS, H. K. (I) Corp., Tank C. Pvt. 1 cl, Tank C, 29 July '18; Corp., 10 Sept. '18. 327th Bn., 307 h 
Brig., Tank C, July '18. A. E. F., 20 Sept. '18—3 May '19. 

FAIRBANKS, R. D. (IX) Pvt. 1 cl., A. S. Entered Service, 21 Feb. '18; School of Military Aeronautics, Prince- 
ton, N.J. , 15 June '18; Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, 18 Sept.; Cadet Sq., Souther Field, Ga., 5 Oct. — 5 Dec. '18. 

FARMER, G. E. (VI) Sgt. (Bugler), S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

FARREN, M. F. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 9 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

FEATHERMAN, SIDNEY (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

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FELSENTHAL, R. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FERGUSON, J. S. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Q. M. 3 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 1 May '17; C. B. M., Oct.; Ensign, 
11 Feb. '18. U.S.S. Topeka, May '17; Bumkin Island, July; Cadet School, Harvard University, Oct.; 
U.S.S. Utah, Mch. '18; U.S.S. Samson (Torpedo-Boat Destroyer), Convoy Duty, Brest, July '18; Flag Officer, 
Brest, Aug.; Communication Duty, American Peace Commission, Vienna and Budapest, Feb. — May '19. 
(Page 229.) 

FERGUSON, N. E. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FESTORAZZI, A. 0. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FIELD, H. P. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FINCH, H. F. (II) Pvt,, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FISCHER, H. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FISHER, BENJAMIN, JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct. '18. 

FLAHERTY, F. T. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt. (Cadet), 30 May '17; 2d Lt., F. A., 17 Nov. '17. Madison Barracks, 
N. Y., 30 May '17; Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 17 Aug.; 328th F. A., Camp Custer, Mich., Nov.; F. A. Repl. Depot 
Camp Jackson, S. C, May '18; School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., July; 58th F. A., Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt., Sept. '18. 

FLEMMING, HARTWELL (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

FLETCHER, A. H. (XI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. ; f I 

FORD, J. B. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. ' 

FOSS, W. L., reported at Motor Transport Off. Tr. Sch. in West. 

FOSTER, W. P. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FOX, G. M., JR. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FREDRICKSON, G. O. (VI) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 8 Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I, T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

FREEMAN, E. W. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FROST, L. E. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FROST, T. H. (X) 1st Lt., Inf. 2d Lt., Inf., 26 Oct. '17; 1st Lt., 31 Oct. '17. 54th Inf., Oct. '17. A. E. F., 
June '18 — July '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Disch., 8 Oct. '19. 

GAHAGAN, F. M. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GARDNER, C. T. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

GARRIGUS, A. C. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GATEWOOD, A. R. (XIII) 2d Lt., Inf. 1st Sgt., S. A. T. C, Oct. '18; 2d Lt., Inf., 26 Oct. '18. S. A. T. C, 
M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18; 151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 26 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

GENASKE, A, S. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GEORGE, E. B. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GIDDENS, Z. P., JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A.'T. C, M. I. T. 

GILES, J. M. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 

GOFF, LUTHER (II) Corp., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 

GOODMAN, A. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GORDON, E. R. (Ill) Pvt., Marine Corps. Harvard Detachment, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. — Dec. '18. 

GRAY, J. A. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GREENE, A. B. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

GREENE, C. D. (X) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 

GREENWOOD, T. S. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

♦GRIFFIN, R. B. (XV). See Roll of Honor (page 123). 

GRIFFIN, S. P. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Fort Standish, Boston Harbor, Mass., 29 Oct. '18—27 Apr. '19. See Civilian 
Record. ' 

GRIFFITH, H. G. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GRIFFITH, P. W. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Dartmouth Unit, 3 Oct. '18. 

GRIMMONS, J. A. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GRISWOLD, H. D. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Comm. on Education and Special Training, 18 July '18—3 Jan. '19. 

GUILD, J. H. (XV) Mechanic, Ambulance Service, '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; Sect. No. 555, with 13th Bn., Italian 
Army. 

GWYNN, H. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

HADDEN, WESTON (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HAGERTON, W. C. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HAIGH, E. R. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 3 Oct. '18. 

HAINES, H. R. (VI) Pvt., Inf. R. O. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., June '18; Presidio of San Francisco, 10 July; 

S. A. T. C, University of California, Sept. '18. 
HALLINAN, C. J. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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HALTERMANN, H. L. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Plattsburg Training Camp, 7 Aug. '18; Post Exchange and Drill 
Officer, Northeastern College, until 26 Dec. '18. 

HAMBURGER, M. V. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 31 Sept. '18. 

HAMILTON, L. M. (XV) reported 2d Lt., Inf., '18. 

HAMMOND, C. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HANLEY, A. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HANSON, P. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct. '18. 

HARDIN, E. A. (I) Pvt., 1 cl., M. C. Pvt., 13 Dec. '17; Pvt., 1 cl., Apr. '18. Base Hospital No. 28, 13 Dec. '17. 

A. E. F., 12 June '18—16 July '19; Base Hospital, Limoges, June '18; Student, Universite d' Aix, Marseille 

Mch. — June '19. 

HART, MORRIS (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 30 Sept.— 21 Dec. '18. 

HARTMAN, G. O. (I) 2d Lt., Inf. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., July '18; Repl. Camp, Camp Grant, 111., 
Sept. '18. 

HARVEY, A. D. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 23 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 10 Jan. '19. C. A. Sch , 
Ft. Monroe, Va., 23 Sept. '18 — 10 Jan. '19. 

HARVEY, J. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HASKEL, R. W. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HASSOLD, V. C. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HASTINGS, W. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HATCH, H. R., JR. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 1 cl., F. A., 16 May '18; 2d Lt., 31 Aug. '18. 4 th Off. Tr. Camp 

F. A., Camp Devens, Mass., 16 May '18; Camp Taylor, Ky., 28 June; Btry. A, 16th Bn., F. A. Repl Depot' 

7 Sept.; Hq. Co., 6th Regt. F. A. Repl. Depot, 15 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 
HATCH, P. H. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

HATHEWAY, D. H. (VI) Pvt., Co. B, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— i S Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
HAUBER, J. G. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
HAWES, M. C. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HAYES, JAMES (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HAYWARD, ROGER (IV) Sea., U. S. N. R. F. Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H., 10 Apr. '17; Bumkin Island 

3 July; S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
HAYWARD, SUMNER (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HAYWOOD, E. W. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HAZARD, SCHUYLER, JR. (I) Corp., Tank C. Pvt., Tank C, 12 July '18; Corp., 10 Sept. 379th Tr and 

Repl. Co., Gettysburg, 12 July '18. A. E. F., 24 Sept. '18—28 Feb. '19; Hq. Co., 331 Bn. Tank C, 30 Oct. 

'18. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, s-i 1 Nov. '18. Gassed, 9 Nov. '18. 
HEMEON, J. R. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Oct.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
HERMANN, E. R. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HERMANN, F. H. (VII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HERSUM, LeR. M. (I) 2d Lt., F. A. Mess Sgt., S. A. T. C, 5 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 16 Sept. '18 S A T C 

Plattsburg, N. Y., 5 July '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 16 Sept. '18. 

HICKERNELL, L. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HICKEY, T. F., (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

HILL, F. T. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

HINDES, B. G. (II) C. M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 23 Mch. '18; C. M. M., 13 Nov '18 
San Pedro, Calif.; Pelham Bay, N. Y. J ' " 

HINES, J. J. JR., (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOLE, R. J. (XV) 1st Lt., C. A. C. 2d Lt., C. A. C, 24 Sept. '17; 1st Lt., Sept. '18. C. A. Sch., Ft. Monroe 

Va., Sept. '17. A. E. F., Nov. '17— '18; Orientation Officer, 3d Bn., 51st F. A. Troyon Sector; St. Mihiel 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

HOLMES, F. O. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HONIG, A. R., JR. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOOPS, L. F. (X) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt., 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, '18. 2d Lt., Aviation 
Sect., Sig. R. C, '19. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T, '18; Dallas, Texas; Cadet Detachment 
Carlstrom Field, Fla., Mch. '19. ' 

HOWARD, E. I. (XIII) Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 2 Apr. '17. 

HOWARD, E. M. (I) Pvt., C. A. C. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 24 Oct.— 22 Nov. '18. See Civilian Record 

HOWE, P. C. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUDNUT, F. P., JR. (VII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUGGINS, F. E., JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HULL, J. T. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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HUNTER, N. W. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HURLEY, J. L. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HYSOM, R. H. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., 17 May '17; C. Q. M. (A.); Ensign. 

Naval Aviation Det., M. I. T.; Rockaway Beach; Inst., Akron, Ohio, and Key West, Fla. 
IRWIN, W. H. (XV) Corp., S. A. T. C. Off. Tr. Camp, Pittsburgh, N. Y., June '18; S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, July; 

Disch., under age, Sept.; in command of a Junior company, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. — Dec. '18. See Civilian 

Record. 
JACKSON, A. L. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 
JACKSON, D. G, JR. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 12 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 15 Aug. '17. 

1st Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 12 May '17; Coast Defense of Boston, Ft. Standish, 29 Aug. '17. A. E. F. 

23 Sept. '18 — 29 Apr. '19; Heavy Arty. Tr. Bn., 42d Arty., C. A. C, Angers; Member, War Damages in Allied 

Countries Bd., American Comm. to Negotiate Peace; Inst., A. E. F. University, Beaune. 
JACKSON, E. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

JAKOBSON, I. D. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
JANES, L. R. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Q. M. 1 cl., Naval Auxiliary Reserve, 9 June '17; Ensign, 

U. S. N. R. F., 18 May '18; Lt. (j. g.), 14 Nov. '18. 2d in command, Submarine Patrol 1011, Great Lakes, 

June '17; Naval Reserve Tr. Station, Pelham Bay, N. Y., Jan. '18; Deck Officer, U.S.S. Osterdyk, trans- 
atlantic supply ship, 21 June '18; sunk in mid-ocean as result of collision, 10 July '18; U.S.S. Hisko, 4 Sept. — 

25 Dec. '18. 
JENNEY, M. R. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

JENSEN, A. C. (XV) Pvt. 1 cl., A. S., '18. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
JETTER, KARL (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
JOHNSON, A. J. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 19 Oct. '18. 
JOHNSON, C. H. R. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 11 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 
JOHNSON, R. C. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
JOHNSON, S. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
JOHNSTON, S. P. (II) Pvt., 1 cl, A. S. (Cadet Pilot, A. S. A.), Prov. Tr. Regt., Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 

3 June '18; School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., 26 July — 26 Nov. '18. 
JONES, E. V. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 
KAIN, G. A., Jr. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 
KAPLAN, HERBERT (IV) 1st Lt., Inf. Hq., CampDix.,N, J., Sept. '17; Camp Gordon, Ga., 13 May '18; 

Camp Hancock, 25 June; Camp Dix, 25 Dec. '18 — 15 Aug. '19. 
KAPLAN, M. J. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
KASCH, R. M. (II) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Officer Material School, 1st Naval Dist., 8 Apr.— 2 Dec. '18; Civil 

Engr. duties, Charlestown Navy Yard, 2 Dec. '18 — -I Feb. '19. 
KAUFMANN, H. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 7 Oct. '18. 
KEENAN, F. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
KEITH, J. B. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
KELSEY, J. R. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
KENDALL, J. W. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 2 Mch. '18; Elec. Sgt. 1 cl., 20 Sept.; 2d Lt., 

C. A. R. C, 6 Dec. '18. Enlisted, Ft. Scott, Calif., 2 Mch. '18; Electrical Course, Ft. Monroe, Va., 10 Mch.; 

Co. C, 6th C. A. C. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe. Disch., 5 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
KEPNER, D. E. (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct. '18. 
KERRIGAN, A. L. (VI) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
KILEY, A. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 15 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
KIMBALL, P. B. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
KIRKPATRICK, A. N. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 
KITSON, S. W. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 7 July '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 30 Jan. '19. Coast 

Defense of Boston, 7 July '18; C. A. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 30 Sept. '18—30 Jan. '19. 
KITTREDGE, F. B. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C. Pvt., C. A. C, '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 3 Jan. '19. Ft. Monroe, 
Va., '18—3 Jan. '19. 

KITTREDGE, W. W. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct.— Dec. '18. 

KLOCHE, E. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KNIGHT, C. S. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, Oct. '18. 

KNOEPKE, W. L. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, New York University, 1 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. 

KOHL, W. C. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

KRUSE, V.N. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LACY, K. B. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

LANDIS, H. N. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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LANE, H. M. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LAPOINTE, A. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 8 Oct. 'i8. 

LEACH, R. W. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LEE, J. G. (II) Cadet Corp., Co. B, Inf., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Nov.— 10 Dec. 'i8. 

LeFEVRE, G. H. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LESLIE, J. R. (IX) Pvt., i cl, C. A. C. C. A. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., until Dec. 'i8. 

LESSER, L. L. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct. '18. 

LEVENSOHN, H. J. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 

LEWIS, R. R. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 2 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

LITEHISER, R. R. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 3 Oct. '17; Sgt., 3 Nov.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. Btiy. A, 322d 

F. A., 3 Oct. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Sherman, Ohio, 5 Jan. '18; Camp Jackson, S. C, 6 May '18. 

A. E. F., 20 May '18—13 Mch. '19; Arty. Sch., Saumur, June '18; Btry. C, 106th F. A., 12 Sept.; Hq. Co., 

106th F. A., 52d Brig., Lonvoigne, Feb. '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

LLOYD, L. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LOESCH, W. G. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

LORD, G. F. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

LOVIS, D. B. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LUCE, R. E. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LUKE, W. E. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LUNDEN, S. E. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LURIE, JOSEPH (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McALLISTER, D. G. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, io Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

McARN, T. A. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., C. A. C, 7 May '17; Cadet, Aviation Sect., Sig. C; 2d Lt., A. S. A. 

R. M. A., 25 July '18. Enlisted C. A. C, 7 May '17; transferred to A. S. Canal Zone; Nicaragua; Porto 

Rico. 
MCCARTHY, D. E. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

McClelland, j. m., (ii) Pvt. s. a. t. c, m. i. t. 

McCOMB, W. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MacDONALD, E. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MacDONALD, J. J. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
McGILL, C. F. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct.— 14 Dec. '18. 
McGORUM, W. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
McKAY, RICHARD (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

MacKinnon, charles (in Pvt., s. a. t. c, m. i. t. 

McKINSTRY, H. E. (XII) Capt., Amer. Red Cross. A. E. F., France, Sept. '17— Feb. '19. Berlin, Germany, 

with Comm. for Allied Prisoners, under Inter-AlliedComm., Feb. — Aug. '19. 
McMAHON, T. L. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MacMANUS, F. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MacMILLIN, H. F. (II) Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 9 Apr. '18. S. N. T C, M. I. T., Sept. '18. See Civilian 
Record. 

McNAUL, J. W. (II) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 1 Mch. '18; S. A. T. C, 1 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

MacNEIL, D. M. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MacNEIL, J. J. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McNELLIS, J. S. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MacLACHLAN, A. D., JR. (II) Bugler, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. 

MACONI, FRANK (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MAFFITT, H. C. (V) 1st Lt., Sn. C. Pvt., Water Supply Service, Sn. C, 12 Mch. '18; Pvt. 1 cl., 21 Mch.; Sgt., 

16 Aug.; 2d Lt., 28 Oct.; 1st Lt., 3 May '19. A. E. F., 29 Mch. '18—18 July '19; Base Sect. No. 2. See 

Civilian Record. 

MAHONEY, J. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MANDEL, LOUIS (II) Corp., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 

MANDELL, H. C. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MASON, MAURICE (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

MATTSON, J. B. (VI) Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 25 Jan. '18. S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18. 

MELLEN, R. J. (Ill) C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F. Naval Training Station, Seattle, Wash., May '18; Naval 
Air Station, Key West, Fla., Aug. — Dec. '18. 

MERRILL, EDGERTON (X) Pvt., Marine Corps. Marine Unit, Cambridge, Mass., 15 Oct.— 16 Dec. '18. 
See Civilian Record. 

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MINER, G. L., JR. (I) Sgt., S. A. T. C. Carleton-St. Olaf Unit, S. A. T. C, I Oct. '18. 

MITCHELL, FRANKLIN (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MITCHELL, TERRY (II) Pvt., i cl. (Cadet Pilot), A. S. Ground School, Cornell University, N. Y., 2 Nov. '18; 

Ground School, Austin, Texas, Nov.; Park Flying Field, Memphis, Tenn., 8 Feb. '19. See Civilian Record. 
MOBLEY, W. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Auburn, Ala., 1 Oct. '18. 
MOORE, H. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MOORE, R. L. (XV) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., A. S., 17 May '17; 1st Lt., 12 Dec. '17. A. E. F., 23 July '17— Feb. 

'19; served at Tours, Issoudun and Cazaux, France; Hythe, England; Clermont-Ferrand, France; Escadrille 

Br. 29 at Front. Aisne Defensive. Wounded at Soissons, 12 June; in hospitals in Jouilly, Paris, Savenay 

and Biarritz. Croix de Guerre with Palm. 
MOORES, K. A. (XIV) 2d Lt., (Bombing Pilot), A. S. A. Entered Service, 16 Nov. '17; School of Military 

Aeronautics, Berkeley, Calif., Jan. '18; Rockwell Field, Calif., Mch.; Camp Dick, Texas, June; Wilbur Wright 

Field, Ohio, July; Camp Dick, Aug.; Ellington Field, Texas, Aug. '18 — Mch. '19. 
MORAN, B. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MORETON, S. E., JR. Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
MORGAN, P. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MORRELL, J. C. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
MORRISON. W. D. (I) 2d Lt., Inf. Off. Prov. Tr. Bn., Plattsburg, N. Y., 15 July '18; Repl. Camp, Camp 

Grant, 111., 16 Sept. '18. Hurt in bayonet practice; 2 months in General Hosp. No. 30. 

MORSE, D. G. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 

MORSS, C. A., TR- (XV) Pvt., 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. Entered Service, 3 Jan. '18; Ground School, M. I. T., 

11 May '18; Camp Dick, Texas, 10 Aug.; School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla., 14 Sept.; Post Field, Ft. Sill. Okla., 

2 Nov. — 15 Dec. '18. 

MOSS, L. W. (I) Sea., 2 cl., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 12 Sep> '18. 

MUNCE, M. G. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 15 May '18. 

MURPHY, T. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MYERS, H. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NAIGLES, M. H. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

NEITZKE, 0. F. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NELSON, C. B. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

NICHOLS, S. E. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NIXON, STUART (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 17 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

NOCK, H. K. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NOELKE, H. M. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NORBERG, E. M. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NORTON, A. W. (XV) Cadet, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 11 July '18. 

NOYES, E. W. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

OFFICER, R. F. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 29 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A., Dec. '18. Plattsburg, 

N. Y., 29 July '18; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 
OLCOTT, E. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
OLSON, F. F. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
O'NEIL, F. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
*ORAM, S. S. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. Died March 30, 1919. 

ORLINGER, A. A. (X) 1st. Sgt., S. A. T. C. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 19 July '18; 1st. Sgt., Co. A, 

S. A. T. C, College of City of New York, 17 Sept.— 7 Dec. '18. 
PAINTER, C, R. (II) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

PARKER, C. F. (XIII) Pvt., Marine Corps. Port Royal, N. C, 8 May '18; Quantico, Va. A. E. F., July '18— 
June '19; 17'th Co., 5th Regt., Marine Corps. St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne Offensive (Blanc Mont); 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Landres-St. Georges); Army of Occupation. Gassed. (Page 174.) 

PATTON, N. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PAULI, ERNEST (XV) Pvt., C. W. S., Dec. '17. 

PAYSON, P. P. (II) Sgt., S. A. T. C. R. O. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 3 June— 3 July '18; S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 
10 Oct. — 11 Dec. '18. 

PEABODY, E. G. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Sept. '18. 

PEARLSTEIN, M. B. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

PEARSON, E. A. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PEARSON, H. C. (X) Pvt. 1 cl., (Cadet), A. S., 26 Jan. '18. Camp Dick, Texas, and Princeton University, N. J. 

PEIRCE, R. M. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

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PHANEUF, V. S. (II) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 22 Mch. '18. S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

PIKE, M. B. (VI) Pvt., F. A. Btry. B, 2d Regt., F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Taylor, Ky., 7 Aug.— 15 Dec. '18. 

PINE, R. L. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

PISTON, D. S. (VIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

POOLE, R. C. (II) Sgt., Inf,. S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Sept. '18. 

POWELL, A. P. (XIV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 18 July '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 
18 July '18; S. A. T. C, Richmond College, Va., 23 Sept. — 26 Dec. '18. Acted as 2d in command to a Colonel 
(retired) as Capt. of Co. A, Post Exchange, Mess and 4th Liberty Loan Officer. 

PRAETZ, E. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 11 Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. 

PRATT, H. C. (II) 2d Lt., Marine Corps. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 31 May '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 
9 Mch. '18; transferred as 2d Lt., Marine Flying Corps, 19 Aug. '18. Naval Aviation Detachment, M.J. T., 
23 July '17; Flying Sch., Norfolk, Va., Oct.; Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., Dec; disabled in aviation 
accident and unable to go overseas; Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Aug. '18 — 31 July '19. 

PROCTOR, T W. (I) 1st Lt., Army Service C. 2d Lt., Inf., 25 Aug. '17; 1st Lt., 23 Mch. '18; transferred to 
Army Service C, 17 Dec. '18. 49th Inf., Aug. '17. A. E. F., 26 July '18 — 25 Jan. '19. 

PURNELL, L. J. (VI) 2d Lt., Inf. Tr. Detachment, 4 July '18. 

RANDALL, J. H. (II) Sea. 2 cl., S. N. T. C, 10 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

RAPHAEL, R. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RAYMOND, N. G. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— Dec. '18. 

READY, W. C. (I) Corp., Inf., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— Dec. '18. 

REINHARD, H. W. (XV) Corp., Inf., S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. 

RICHARDS, C. W. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RICHARDSON, E. M. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

RIMMER, C. A. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROBBINS, D. A. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROBERTS, E. B. (I) Pvt., S. A. T C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

ROGERS, A. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROGERS, B. F. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T 

ROSE, W. H. F., JR. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 12 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

ROSENFIELD, HARRY (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROSS, S. W. (IV) Corp., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 23 Apr. '17; Corp., 15 June '17. Co. B, 101st Engrs., Camp 
Devens, Mass. A. E. F., 26 Sept. '17 — I Feb. '19; Northwest-of-Toul Sector, I Apr. — 28 June; Aisne-Marne 
Offensive (Chateau-Thierry), 4-24 July '18. Shell shocked, La Croisette Woods, 24 July '18. 

ROSS, W. S. (VI) Corp., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 12 May '17; Corp., Co. B, 301st Field Signal Bn. A. E. F., 
1 Aug. '18 — 16 May '19. 2d Army Offensive. 

ROWELL, E. P., JR. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROWELL, F. M. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 27 Sept. '18. 

RUDOW, E. W. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., C. A. C, 9 Apr. '17; Corp;. Sgt.; 2d Lt., F. A., 1 June '18. 63d Arty., 
C. A. C, 9 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 5 June '18—12 Feb. '19; Arty. Sch., Saumur; 156 F. A. Brig.; 43d, 15th and 
16th Balloon Companies; Balloon School, Souge; St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Wounded 
24 Oct. '18. 

RUNDLETT, R. C. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. Station Rating, Petty Officer. 

RULE, J. T. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RUSSELL, E. S. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 3c Sept. '18. See Civilian Record. 

SAFFORD, G. S. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ST. LAURENT, R. A. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SARGENT, J. C. (VI) Student Flight Officer, U. S. N. R. F., July '18. 

SARGENT, RALPH (II) Ensign, (R. F.) U. S. N. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 12 July '17; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 
June '18; Ensign, (R. F.), U. S. N., Sept. '18. Atlantic Fleet, 12 July '17 — 3 May '18; Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Md., 11 June '18; Jr. Officer, Fireroom Station, U.S.S. Georgia, Crusier and Transport Force, 
18 Sept.; Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va., 2-18 Dec. '18. 

SAXE, MYER (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SCARLETT, J. A. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SCHEIN, SUMNER (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SCHNITZLER, GEORGE (II, VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

SCHOCK, E. I. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SCOTT, E. J., JR. (I) Corp., S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. 

SCOTT, PALMER (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct.— 22 Dec. '18. 

SEARS, F. W. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '18. Active Service, 9 Oct. '18—8 Jan. '19. 

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SEAVER, H. D. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 14 May '18; 2d Lt., 31 Aug. '18. Camps Custer, Taylor and 
Jackson and Ft. Sill, Okla. 

SEDDON, JOHN (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 15 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 

SEITZ, WILFORD (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHAUGHNESSY, A. J. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 

SHAW, J. E. (Ill) Pvt., Marine Corps, Barracks Detachment, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., '18. 

SHAW, R. M., JR. (VI) 2d Lt., F. A. F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 18 May— 14 Dec. '18. 

SHEA, E. D. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHELDON, M. F. (XV) 2d Lt., A. S. A. Pvt. 1 cl, A. S., '18; 2d Lt., A. S. A., '19. Cornell University, N. Y.; 
Barron Field, Fort Worth, Texas; Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla., until 23 May '19. 

SHEPARD, J. W. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., S. A. T. C, 22 July '18; 2d Lt., Inf., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, Pitts- 
burgh, N. Y., 22 July '18; S. A. T. C, College of City of New York, 16 Sept.— 20 Dec. '18. 

SHERBROOK, W. A. (II) C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 25 Aug. '18. 

See Civilian Record. 
SHERMAN, J. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 

SHIREY, H. M. (VI) Pvt., C. A. C. Co. H, C. A. Off. Tr. Camp, 1 Oct.— 28 Nov. '18. 
SHOEMAKER, G. E., JR. (VI) 2d Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 15 May '17; Corp.; 

Sgt.; Sgt. 1 cl.; Mr. Sig. Elec; 2d Lt. 45th Aero Sq., Chandler Field, 15 May '17; Gerstner Field, Nov.; 

Air Service Sch. for Radio Mechanics, July '18; Air Service Sch. for Radio Officers, Oct. '18 — Feb. '19. 
SIEGFRIED, R. R. (XIII) Pvt., C. A. C. 14th Co., Ft. Heath, Winthrop, Mass. 
SILVER, A. L. (XV) Post Sgt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 31 Aug. '18. 
SILVERMAN, L. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SKARDON,K.B. (I)istLt., F.A. 2d Lt., F. A., N. A., 16 May '17; istLt., 31 Dec. '17.324th F. A., May '17. 

A. E. F., 12 June '18 — 22 May '19. Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
SKINNER, R. H. (X) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., S. A. T. C, 18 July '18; 2d Lt., F. A., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, 

Plattsburg, N. Y., 18 July '18; Camp Taylor, Ky., 26 Sept.— 28 Dec. '18. 
SMITH, J. B. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMITH, R. W. (XII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
SMITHWICK, R. H. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SNOW, R. A. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 2 Oct. '18. 
SPARROW, E. G. (VI) reported Pvt., Marine Corps, A. E. F.. '18. 
SPEARS, J. McK. (II) Ensign (E.),U. S. N. R. F. Mach. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 May '17; Ensign, (E.) 10 July 

'18. Cruiser and Transport Service, 20 May '17; engagement with submarine, Aug. '18. Released, 8 June '19. 
SPENGLER. H, H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SPITZ, R. J. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
SPITZ, T. P. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
SPOONER, W. K. (IV) Pvt., Engrs. Co. A, 29th Engrs., Oct. '17. A. E. F., 28 Oct. '17—2 July '19; Top. 

Div., Intelligence Sect., G. H. Q.; A. E. F., American Peace Comm., Jan. '19. 
STARCK, C. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
STARKWEATHER, J. B. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
STEELE, B. M. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
STEFFIAN, E. T. (XV) Pvt., C. A. C, Sept. '18. 9th Co., C. A. C, Ft. Warren, Mass., Sept. '18; Ft. Heath, 

until 24 Dec. '18. 

STEIDLITZ, D. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STIFF, C. K. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STILLMAN, H. C. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STONE, C. L. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct.— 20 Dec. '18. 

STOSE, H. F. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 

SUTHERLAND, K. R. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. See Civilian Record. 

SWANSON, H. R. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., 1 Oct.— 5 Dec. '18. 

SWIFT, D. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

SYLVESTER, W. B. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

TAINTOR, H. C. (II) Appr. Sea., 6th Co., S. N. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 

TASSLER, A. H. (IX) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TAYLOR, C. W. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

TAYLOR, E. E. (II) Sgt., Q. M. C. Pvt., Ord. Corps, N. A., 12 Dec. '17; Corp., Jan. '18; transferred to Q. M. C, 
Aug. '18; Sgt., Q. M. C, Feb. '19. 

TEWKSBURY, R. B. (VII) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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THOMSON, GEORGE (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

THURBER, L. T. (XV) Capt., A. S. A. Capt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C., Dec. '17; 2d Regt. A. S. Mechanics, 

Dec. '17. A. E. F., 12 Mch. '18—9 June '19. 
THURSTON, R. R. (X) Pvt., 1 cl. (Flying Cadet), A. S. Camp Dick, Texas, Jan. '18; Ground School, M. I. T. 

and Cornell University; Observers Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va. 

TJORNTON, C. E. (VI) Pvt. S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TOBIN, F. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TOWNEND, M. G. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TRAVIS, S. E., JR. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TROWBRIDGE, L. W. (X) Corp., S. A. T. C. Co. C, S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 23 July— 16 Sept. '18. 
Co. E, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

TROWBRIDGE, 0. H. (VI) Elec. 2 cl. (R.), U. S. N. R.F., 6 Apr. '17. Navy Electrical School for_ Radio Opera- 
tors, New York, 4 May '17; Equipment Office, Newport, R. I., 1 June; Machinist, Submarine Patrol 45* 
Woods Hole, Mass., 29 July. Released to return to M. I. T., 20 Sept. '17. Unable to re-enlist on account 
cf sickness, '18. 

TUCKER, E. R. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TUCKER, H. A. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TURKEL, SIDNEY (V) S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TURNER, A. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C.y M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

TUTHILL, H. B. (XV) C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 12 Aug. '18: Great Lakes Training School, 
111. 

TUTTLE H. B. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 

UNDERHILL, ELIOT (X) Pvt., Inf. Rejected in U. S. N. R. F. for weight, 19 May '18; S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, 
N. Y., 22 July '18; Disch., 17 Sept., with recommendations for inst.; S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1-12 Oct.; applied 
for Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Taylor, Ky., notified to await call, 12 Oct.; drafted, at South Station en route to 
Camp Lee, 11 Nov. '18. Disch., 22 Feb. '19. 

VADNER, L. S. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A., '18. 

VAUGHAN, LEONCE, JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

VAUPEL, J. L. (I) Corp., Arty., S. A. T. C, 15 Oct. '18. 

VEPSALA, ALFRED (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct.— Dec. '18. 

VOGEL, F. C. (X) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Pvt., S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., July '18; Sea. 2 cl, S. N. T. C. 
Oct. '18— Jan. '19. 

WAKEMAN, A. G. (II) Pvt., 1 cl. Inf. Sept. '18. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Grant, 111., Sept. '18. 

WALD, WILLIAM, (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WALLACE, R. H. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18. 

WASON, A. B. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf., U. S. R. Pvt., Inf., 29 July '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, 
N. Y., July '18: Inst., Q. M., Disbursing, 4th Liberty Loan, Inventory and Asst. Property Supply Officer, 
Albright College, Myerstown, Pa., Sept. '18 — 18 Mch. '19. 

WASON, ELBRIDGE (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WATERMAN, R. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 

WATERMAN, W. G, JR. (VI) Pvt., C. A. C, Fort Monroe, Va., '18. 

WATOV, A. E. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WEHE, R. A. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 15'Apr. '18; C. M. 2 cl; C. M.; Warrant 
Machinist; Ensign. A. E. F., U.S.S. Mocassin; U. S. Destroyer Landsdale; U.S.S. Merauke. 

WEISMAN, MYER (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WENICK, JOSEPH (X) Pvt., C. W. S., S. A. T. C, 7 Oct.— Dec. '18. 
WENTWORTH, C. S. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WEST, T. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WETHERBEE, G. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WEXLER, H. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Co. E, S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '19. 
WHEATLAND, D. P. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WHELAN, F. H. E. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WHELPLEY, F. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHELTON, F. R. 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., '17; Corp.; Sgt.; 2d Lt., July '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Upton, N. Y.. 
Jan. '18: Co. F, 305th Inf., 28th Div., July '18. A. E. F., '18— '19; nith Inf., 28th Div. Croix de Guerre 
with Bronze Star. (Page 151.) 

WHIPPLE, J. VAN H. (II) Sgt., Sig. C. 29th Service Co., Army Radio Laboratories, Camp Vail, N. J., June 
'18 — Jan. '19. See Civilian Record. (Page 278.) 

WHITE, H. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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WHITEHOUSE, IRVING (XII) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., Feb. '17; 2d Lt. F. A. Repl. Depot, Camp Jackson, 

S. C; F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 
WHITEHOUSE, R. R. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 
WHITWORTH, F. T, (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WIEGAND, F. W. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILLARD, L. L. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
WILLIAMS, B. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 30 Sept. '18. M. I. T, 11 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
WILLIAMS, B. P. (XV) Elec. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 2 Jan. '18. Lds., U. S. N. R. F., 2 Jan. '18; Elec. 2 cl, (R), 

Nov. '18. In training, Jan. — Nov. '18; U.S.S. Hickman, Nov.; U.S.S. Freedom, Mch. — 9 June '19. 
WILLIAMS, C. A. (VI) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. Ensign, U. S. N. R. F., 13 July '17; Lt. (j. g.), U.S. N., 23 Sept. '18. 

U.S.S. New Hampshire and U.S.S. Texas with Atlantic Fleet, Nov. '17. On convoy service Sept. — Dec. '18. 

WILLIAMS, O. E., JR. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILLIAMS, T. S. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILSON, E. G. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILSON, E. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WINDHAM, E. A. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WINDISCH, R. P. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WINN, f. J., JR. (X) Sgt. 1 cl., Med C, Regular Army. Dept. Surgeon's Office, Southeastern Dept.. Charleston, 

S. C.,'Mch. '19. 
WINSOR, C. E. (XI) Radio Operator, U. S. N. R. F. In U. S., from 7 Dec. '17; in Adriatic, Aug.'i8— June '19. 

See Civilian Record. 
WISHNEW, ALEXANDER (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WOOD, A. R. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WORSENCROFT, R. R. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WYLDE, E. P. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
YOUNG, A. M. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 8 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
YOUNG, E. L. (XIII) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 15 May '17; Brooklyn, N. Y., Pelham Bay, 

N. Y., 16 Aug.— 27 Sept. '17; S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
YOUNG, W. H, JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ZAGER, H. L. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ZOLLER, M. M., (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

1922 

AARON, H. R. (II) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, College of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

ABBOTT, S. B. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 17 Oct. '18. 

ACKER, L. F. (X) Sgt., Inf. Entered Service, 25 May '15; M. G. Co., 16th Inf., 1 Aug. '16; Camp Hancock, 
Ga., July '17. A. E. F., England and France, '17— Apr. '19; M. G. Co., 112th Inf., 28th Div. Champagne- 
Marne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); Aisne-Marne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Metz-Sedan). 
Wounded in right hand and burned by mustard gas, Fismes, 5 Aug. '18. Distinguished Service Cross, for 
gallantry at the capture of Fismes, 6 Aug. '18. Sgt. Acker, while in charge of an isolated platoon of a Machine 
Gun Co., though wounded and temporarily blinded by constant exposure to gas continued to direct his men 
throughout the engagement. Sgt. Acker was informed of the award after the chapter dealing with cita- 
tions and decorations was already in the press. The award has not yet been officially announced. 

ADAMS, HAROLD (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ADAMS, PAUL (II) Corp., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 6 Dec. '17; Corp., '18. Truck Co. 6, 23d Engrs., 6 Dec. '17. 

A. E. F., 1 Apr. '18 — 9 July '19; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. Gassed, Peronne, 10 

July '18. 
AKERLY, E. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ALBERT, B. G. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ALDEN, P. M. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ALDER, T. W. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ALLAND, A. B. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 30 Sept. '18. 
ALLEE, H. D. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
ALLEN, N. T. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
AMBLER, H. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
ANDEM, K. S. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ANDERSON, A. C. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ANDERSON, P. N. (IX) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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ANDERSON, W. A. ist Lt., A. S. A. 2d Lt., A. S. 1st Lt., A. 5 . A., 9 Oct. '18. Training Sect., 6 Dec. '17. 

Disch., 7 May '19. 

ANGIER, 0. C. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C. 

APOLLINIO, N. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

APPEL, P. D. (VI) Corp., S. A. T. C. Co. B, M. I. T., 30 Sept. '18. 

ATWOOD, W. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

AVERELL, E. S. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BACHMANN, E. J. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BAILEY, G. T. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BAILEY, W. S. (II) Sgt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 20 Sept.; Corp., 22 Nov.; Sgt., 21 June '18. Co. E, 301st Inf., Camp 
Devens, Mass., 20 Sept. '17. A. E. F., England, France and Germany, 5 July '18 — 31 July '19; Hq. Detach- 
ment, 1st Depot Div., 19 Aug. '18; 163d Inf., 1 Oct.; Co. B, 116th SupplyTn., 31 Dec; attached Postal Express 
Service, 3 Feb. '19; drove a car in the Courier Mail Service, Feb. — July '19. 

BAINBRIDGE, W. W., JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BAKER, C. H. (XV) Appr. Sea., Naval Unit, University of Maine, 4 Oct. '18. 

BAKER, E. H. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Engr. E. R. C, 25 July '18: 2d Lt., F. A., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C. 

Plattsburg, N. Y., 3 1 July '18; 38th Tr. Btry, F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., 16 Sept.— 28 Dec'18. 
BAKER, J. S. (X) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Inf., 1 Jan. '16; transferred to Engrs., May '17; transferred to C. A. C, 

Sept.; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 27 Nov. '17. Co. D, Minn. Inf., 1 Jan. '16; Co. D, 2d Engrs., 12 May '17; 2d Off. Tr. 

Camp, 26 Aug.; 63d Arty., C. A. C, 27 Nov. '17; assigned Air Service for training and duty, June '18. A.E.F., 

4 Oct., '18 — 17 Aug. '19; Arty. Aerial Observer, 85th Areo Sqdn., Toul, Nov. '18; Postal Express Service, 

Mch. '19. 
BALL, C. G. (VX) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 
BARDES, O. L. (XV) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BARNARD, A. M. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BARNARD, T. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. 
BARROWS, J. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BARSTOW, L. E. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BASHIAN, ARAM(V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BATES, W. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BAUMER, F. S. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BEASLEY, J. O. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BEATTIE, HAMILTON (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BELL, E. T. 2d, (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BENEDICT, P. C. (XII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
BENSON, C. A. (X) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., Maine C. A., N. G., 5 May '17; Sgt., 7 May; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 

27 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 72d Arty., C. A. C. 
BERNARD, KENNETH (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BERRY, H. O. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BEST, H. W. (IX) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A), Cadet, U. S. N. R. F., 23 Dec. '17, Ensign, '18. Cambridge, Mass., 

23 Dec. '17; Bayshore, N. Y.; Pensacola, Fla.; North Sydney, Nova Scotia; Miami, Fla. 
BIGANESS, L. K. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. 
BIGELOW, E. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 12 Oct. '18. 
BIGELOW, H. L., JR. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BIRNEE, J. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BISHOP, R. C. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BLACK, C. A. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BLAKE, W. G. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BOVEY, W. H., JR. (XV) Q. M. 3 cl, U. S. N. R. F. (4). Entered Service, 24 Mch. '17; active service, 17 May— 

8 Sept. '17, and 10 July — 10 Sept. '18. Submarine Patrol, 427, Mch. '17; U.S.S. Seneca, May; Transport 

Service, May — Sept. '17 and July — Sept. '18. 
BLAKER, J. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BLANCHARD, FORD (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BLANCHARD, K. C. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BLOOM, M. C. (X) Pvt., S. A. T C, M. I. T. 
BODEN, J. H. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BOGHOSIAN, ARDAVAST (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BOLAM, L. G. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 

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BOLI, G. T. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BORLAND, J. P. (VI) Pvt., Co. D, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

BOUFFARD, A. W. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BOWDITCH, E. F. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BOWERS, J. A. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 15 Oct. '18. 

BOWLES, R. L. (I) Pvt., C. A. C, 31 Oct. '18. 

BOYD, S. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BOYDEN, B. T. (XIII). Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BOYLE, J. G. (IV). Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

BRACKETT, J. E. (XV). Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BRAGG, C. R. (III). Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

BRAMBACH, A. N. (XV). Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

BRAY, C. C, Pvt., Engrs. Entered Service, 11 Feb. '18. A. E. F., 10 May '18— July '19, with 42a Engrs. 

BRAY, P. A. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BRETTING, H. L. (II). Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BREWER, F. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

BRIGGS, F. B. (XIV) Cadet, U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 20 July '18. Student Flight Off. Ground Sch., Great Lakes, 

111., 22 July— 8 Dec. '18. 
BRITTAIN, J. F. (I) Pvt., Co. C, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 2 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
BROKAW, C. E. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROLIN, W. A., JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
BROOKFIELD, G. P. (IV) 1st Lt., Royal Canadian Arty. Canadian Off. Tr. Camp, Nov. '14; commissioned, 

17 Apr. '15; Royal Canadian Garrison Arty., 6 June '16; placed on Officer's Reserve, 20 Dec. '19. 
BROUDY, D. M. (VI), Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROUWER, R. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BROWN, C. H. (II) Sgt., Co. E., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 
BROWN, EDWIN C. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, EVERETT C. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, E. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, E. S. (II) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, H. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, L. N. (VI) Corp., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
BROWN, P. B. (IV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BROWN, R. D. (VI)' Acting Sgt., S. A. T. C. PlattsburgOff. Tr. Camp, 3 June '18; S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 

S July '18; discharged, 17 Sept.; S. A. T. C., M. I. T., 1 Oct. Recommendation for Cent. Off. Tr. Camp, 

Camp Taylor, Ky., Nov., cancelled by armistice. 

BROWN, WILLIAM (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

BUCK, H. H. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., Inf., 3 June '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '19; transferred to F. A. Off. Tr. Camp. 

3 June '18; Bn. Adj., 82d F. A. Engagement in and around Juarez, Mexico, 15-16 June '19. 
BUCKLEY, W. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUDNITZ, M. B. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BUNDY, H. E. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
BUNTING, F. T. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BURBANK, H. A. (VI) 2d Lt., Royal Flying C. (British). Cadet, R. F. C, Apr. '18; 2d Lt., Nov. '18. Recruits' 

Depot, Toronto, Apr. '18; Cadet Wing, Long Branch, Ontario, May; Arty. Observation, No. 4 School of 

Aeronautics, Toronto University, July; arty, correction, photography, 43d Wing, 91st Sq., Leaside, Ont., 

Aug.; Aerial Fighting Sq. No. 4, Oct. '18. 
BURNHAM, H. E. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
BURKETT, K. M. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
BURRUS, R. C. (II, VI) 2d Lt., Inf., 19 July '18—18 Oct. '19. 
BUTTLER, G. H., JR. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CALDOR, L. J. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 
CAPLAIN, PHILIP (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 
CARLETON, R. D. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CARROLL E. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CARVER, R. D. (II) Pvt., Co. D., S. A. T. C, University of Chicago, 6 Oct. '18. 
CAULDWELL, W. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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CHACE, JONATHAN (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHADBOURNE, J. H., JR. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHALFIN, S. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHAPMAN, R. W. (XV) 2d Lt., F. A. 37th F. A., 13th Div., 22 Aug. '17—6 Jan. '19. 

CHASE, C. A. (XIII) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Q. M. 2d., U. S. N. R. F. (4), 3 Apr. '17; Ensign, 28 Sept. '17. 

Submarine Patrol 733, Newport, May '17; Aide to C 0., 2d Naval District Mine Force, Nov.; Ex. Officer, 

Submarine Patrols 980, 838 and 839, 14 Nov. '18 — 22 Mch. 'l). 

CHASE, D. H. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

CHASE, H. D. (I) Pvt., Co. C, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct.— 15 Dec. '18. 

CHASE, R. B. (IX) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHATFIELD, R. S.(IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHENEY, D. S. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHEVES, L. McC. (I) Ensign, (Pilot), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Seattle, Wash., 31 July '18; San Diego, Calif.; Pen- 
sacola, Fla. 

CHICK, W. G. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHRISTOPH, JOSEPH (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHOQUETTE, P. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CHURCH, J. W. (X)_ Pvt., C. A. C. 14th Co., Boston, 21 Oct. '18; 7th Co. Fort Warren; R. 0. T. C. Sch., Fort 
Heath, Mass., Disch., 13 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

CLAPP, ROGER (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CLAPP, R. D. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CLARK, E. C. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct. '18. 

CLARKE, W. E., JR. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CLEMENS. H. S. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CLENDENIN, E. H. (VI) Pvt., Co. C, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., to Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 

CLIFF, S. E. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

COCKS, V. V. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CODDING, L. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

COHEN, NATHAN (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C. 

COHEN, R. L. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

COHEN, SIGMUND (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

COLEMAN, C. B. (XV) Pvt., Marine C. 

COLLERAN, J. J. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M.I. T. 

COMEY, C. S. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. 

COMPTON, J. H. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct. '18. 

CONLEY, E. M., JR. (IV) Yeo. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F., S May '17; U.S.S. Henderson, Transport; Naval Aviation 
Detachment, M. I. T., Aug. '18. 

CONNELL, L. H. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CONNOR, H. A. (X) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CONNORS, F. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CONNORS, P. A. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CONROD, R. L, 2d Lt, Inf., Camps Devens, Lee and Perry. 

COOGAN, E. D. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

*COOK, H. M, JR. See Roll of Honor (page 124). 

COOK, J. F, JR. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

COOK, R. M. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

COOPER, C. M. (V) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CORBETT, L. S. (I) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CORBIN, W. H. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

COSGROVE, J. M. (XIV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

COUPLAND, R. S. (IV) 2d Lt, C. A. C, Aug. '18. Co. N, Heavy Arty, Ft. Monroe, Va, Aug. '18—6 Feb. '19. 

CRABB, J. P. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

CRABTREE, K. G. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CRAIGNE, J. S, JR. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CREAMER, L. C. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

CROOKER, A. P. (XIII) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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CROFT, W. J., JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 14 Oct. '18. 
CROFTON, C. K. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CROSBY, P. W. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
CROWE, E. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CROWELL, H. G. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

CROWELL, H. P (I) Pvt., C. A. C. 2d Co., C. A., Portsmouth, N. H., 22 Oct. '18; passed examination for Off. 

Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 25 Nov. '18. 
CRYAN, M. C. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
CULBERT, R. R., JR. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
CUMMINGS, R. F. (II) Pvt. S. A. T. C, 1 Oct.— 20 Dec. '18. 

CUSHMAN, G. A. (II) Sgt. I cl., F. A. Pvt., Ambulance C, 7 June '17; Sgt., I cl, '18; transferred to F.A., 
1 Aug. '18. Sect. 606, Ambulance C, Allentown, Pa., 7 June '17; 101st Tr. Btry., F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 
Camp Taylor, Ky., I Aug. '18. Disch., 25 Nov. '19. 

CUTLER, G. J. (II) C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea! 1 cl.,U. S. N. R. F., i S May '17; B. M. 1 cl., 18 Jan. '18; 
C. Q. M. (A.), 9 Sept. '18. Key West Training Camp, Fla., 15 May '17; U.S.S. Tampa; Submarine Patrol 
263; Submarine Chaser 153; Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 9 Sept. '18. 

CYCHOL, J. J. (I) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

DADMUN, F. B. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DAMON, R. H. (II) Bugler, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— Dec. '18. 

DANE, JOSEPH, JR. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

DANENHOUR, G. B., Maj., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr.Camp, 13 May '17; Capt., Inf., '17; Maj., 24 Oct. '18. A. E. F., 
May '18 — 26 Oct. '19; 358th Inf., 90th Div. Saizerais Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Puvenell Sector (Raid of 
Sept. 26); Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Divisional Citation and two recommendations for Distinguished Ser- 
vice Cross. (Page 156.) 

DAVIDSON, F. G. (IV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. Entered Service, June '18. 

DAVIS, E. N. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DAVOL, P. W. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DEANE, G. P. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

de CASTRO, EDSON (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

de LUE, G. H. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

DENNETT, E. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DIAMOND, HARRY (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DIBBLE, W. H. (X) Elec. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Oct. '18; Elec. 1 cl.,Dec.'i8. 

S. N. T. C, 10 Oct.— Dec. '18. 
DIDISHEIM, F. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DIEFENDORF, A. C. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DIGGS, G. L. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DILLON, F. N., JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DIMMOCK, M. S. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 6 Jan. '18; Sgt.; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. Btry. C, 313th F. A., 

80th Div. A, E. F., 26 May '18—24 May '19; Inst., Saumur Arty. Sch., Nov. '18; Btry. C, 110th F. A., 29th 

Div., 12 Feb. '19. 
DINGEE, A. L. M. (XIV) Chief Elec. (R.), U. S. N. R. F. Elec. 2 cl., (R.), U. S. N. R. F., 9 June '17; Elec. 1 cl., 

Mch. '18; Chief Elec, Nov. '18. Disch., Aug. '19. 
DIPPEL, C. D. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DIRKSEN, P. C, JR. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
DODGE, M. G. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DONOVAN, J. G. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
DOUBLED AY, J. S. (X) Platoon Sgt., S. A. T. C, Columbia University, New York City, 1 Oct. —11 Dec. '18. 

See Civilian Record. 
DOYLE, H. M. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DRISCOLL, W. B. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DRISCOLL, W. F. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
DRURY, R. S. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
DUANE, JAMES (XV) Pvt., Cav., S. A. T. C, Norwich. 
DU BOIS, C. A. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
DUCKWORTH, F. L. (VI) Appr. Sea.. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. ' 

DUDLEY, SHEPARD (XV) Pvt., Marine Corps Aviation, Sect., Cambridge, Mass., 12 Oct.— 16 Dec. '18. 
DUGE, H. J. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 

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DUNCAN, W. T. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

DUNLEVY, J. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DYER, C. P. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

DYER, G. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 14 Oct.— i S Dec. '18. 

EDDY, L. B. (XV) Pvt., Marine C. 107th Co., 8th Regt., 7 July '17; 1st M. G. Repl. Bn., A E F May '18— 
Aug. '19: 6th M. G. Bn., 81st Co. St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive- 
Army of Occupation. 

EDWARDS, M. R. (VI) Pvt., Sig. C. Entered Active Service, with N. G., 15 July '17 A E F ic Sept '17— 
Aug. '19:00 A 101st Field Sig Bn., 26th Div.: Hq. Co., io 2 d Inf. Sig. Platoon, 20 June'''i8; Telephone 
Lineman in Inf. big. Platoon at the Front. Chemin des Dames Sector; Toul Sector; Aisne-Marne Offensive 
(Chateau-Thierry), July; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Verdun). Gassed Beaumont 
Verdun Sector, 2 Nov. '18. (Page 193.) 

ELDER, L. W., JR. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ELLIOTT, J. R., JR. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 16 Oct. '18. 

ELLIS, RAY C. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ELLIS, ROBERT C. (Ill) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

EMERSON, L. W. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

ERIKSON, A. F. (Ill) Pvt, S. A. T. C, 14 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

ERICKSON, G. L. (VI) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

ESPINOSA J. C. (X) Sgt, Engrs. Pvt Engrs, 31 Oct. '18; Sgt, 22 Nov. Co. D, 1st Regt, Philippine National 

Guard (federalized), in Philippine Islands, 31 Oct. 18 — 16 Jan. '19. 
ESTES, R. D. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
EWART, J. L. (V) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
EWERTZ, R. W. (XIII) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
FALES, E. C. (XV; Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 28 Sept. '18. 
FARNHAM, E. T. (Ill) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FARRER, J. A, JR. (XV) C. Q. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F. Pvt, S. A. T. C, 18 July '18; C. Q. M U S N R F 

1 Nov. '18. S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y, 18 July '18; Camp Hancock, Ga, for special instruction in machine 

guns, 22 Aug.; chose discharge at end of special course, and re-en!isted in Naval Aviation Detachment 

M. I. T, 1 Nov. '18, Disch, 20 Nov. '18. 

FAUST, C. G, JR. (II) Pvt, S A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FEGELY, J. C. (VI) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FELDMAN, ISADORE (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FELL, N. H. (V) Pvt, S. A. T. C, Delaware College, 18 Sept. '18. 

FERDINAND, R. E. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FERGUSON, W. T. (IV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 13 Oct. '18. 

FINKEL, H. H. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FIRST, M. J. (II) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FISHER, L. B. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TISHER, M. L. (VI) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 11 Oct. '18; transferred to U. S. N. R. F • on leave at 
M. I. T. (Dec. '19). 

FITZGERALD, T. E. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M I. T. 

ELATHER, J. H. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FLETCHER, F. A. (XIV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FLETCHER, S. G. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ELOURNOY, A. F. (VI) Lds. Elect. (Gen.), U. S. N. R. F, Naval Training Station, 7 Mch. '18. Inactive duty 
5 Dec. '18. 

FOLLIARD, R. J. (II) Appr. Sea. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FORD, E. L. (XIII) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FORRESTER, J. J, JR. (X) 2d Lt, C. A. R. C. Pvt, C. A. C, 5 July '18; Corp, 8 Sept.; Sgt, 2 Oct 2d Lt 

C. A. R. C, 31 Jan. '19. 8th Co, C. A. C, Boston, Mass, 5 July '18; 24th Co, Boston, c Oct.- d' A Sch' 

Troops, Ft. Monroe, Va, 1 Nov. '18 — 31 Jan. '19. 
FORSTER, D. W. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FOSTER, J. E. (II) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
FOSTER, R. D. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FREIHEIT, A. J. (X) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
FREEDMAN, L. H. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
FRICK, H. W. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
JRIEDRICK, VALENTINE, JR. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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FROST, H. B. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

FULLER, N. M. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

FULTON, C. C. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. 

FYNN, G. F. (X) Pvt., Inf., 26 Aug. '18. Div. A. E. F., Oct. '18— Mch. '19; 124th Inf., 31st Div. 

GAHAGAN, W. C. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GALLAGHER, E. F. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GASKILL, H. E. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N T. C, M. I. T. 

GASSER, BERNHARD (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

GENTLEMAN, L. M. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 20 Dec. '18. 

GIBB, G W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GILES, E. C. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C., M. I. T. 

GILL, T. H. (I) Pvt., Co. B, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

GIROUARD, C. L. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GITTER, JACOB (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GODBOUT, A. P. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GODFREY, J. K. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct. '18. 

GOLDBERG, HARRY (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GORDON, M. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GOUCHER, C. L. (XI) Pvt., S, A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GOVE, K. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GOVERMAN, I. L., Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GRADY, W. J. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GRAHAM, M. P. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GRAY, E. F. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GRAY, W. C, JR. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GREANEY, J. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GREENBERG, EDWARD (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GREENBLATT, JOSEPH (XV) Sea. 2 cl. ; U. S. N. R. F., 3 Mav '18. Section Chief, Boston, Oct. '18; trans- 

ferred to S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 
*GREEN, J. B. (V). See Roll of Honor (page 121). 
GREENEWALT, C. H. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
GREENING, C. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Oct.— Dec. '18. 
GREENOUGH, R. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
GRIP, C. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
GRISWOLD, E. A. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
GUY, D. W. (X) 1st Lt., A. S. A. Pvt., American Field Service, 19 Feb. '17; Sgt., Lafayette Flying Corps.' 

1st Lt., A. S. A., 8 Nov. '18. France, 19 Feb. '17 — 6 Apr. '19; Sect. No. 15, Ambulance Service, with French 

Army, 19 Feb. '17; Sqs. 156 and 38, Lafayette Escadrille; 1st Aero Sq., A. S., U. S. A., 7 Nov. '18. On 

active fronts for thirteen months. Aisne Defensive; Champagne-Marne Defensive; Aisne Marne Offensive 

and other major operations. Croix de Guerre with Palm. 
HACKETT, T. W. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HADLEY, H. A. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HALL, F. C. (VI) Corp., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, s Oct. '17; Corp. A. E. F., France and Germany, 10 June '17— 

27 May '19; 301st Field Signal Bn. Marbache Sector; Moselle Offensive. 
HALL, SYDNOR (II) 2d Lt.,F. A. F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky., Sept. '18. 
HALLOCK, ROBERT (II) C. M. 1 cl., (A.), U. S. N. R. F. C. M. (A.), U. S. N. R. F., Apr. '17; C. M. 2 cl.; C. M. 

icl., (A.). Charleston, S. C, Apr. '17; Pensacola, Fla.; Inspector of Propellers, Curtiss Aeroplane Plant, 

Philadelphia, Pa.; Advanced Training Sch., Off. Tr. Sch., Philadelphia. 

HALPIN, J. F., JR. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HAMER, G. F., JR. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HAMMOND, A. M. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 5 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

HANSON, H. E. (II) Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., 2 June '18; S. A. T. C, Plattsburg, N. Y., 3 July— 
17 Sept. '18; S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 12 Oct.— 9 Dec. '18. 

HARMON, L. E, JR. (X) C. Q. M. (A.),U. S. N. R. F. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, Aug. '18. 

HARRIS, C. W. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HARRIS, W. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C , M. I. T 

HARRINGTON, D. W. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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HASKELL, BRODERICK, JR. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, 28 Sept. '18. 

HASKINS, E. B. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HASTINGS, A. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HART, C. E. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HARTSHORN, S. D. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HATFIELD, S. J. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 12 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

HANEISEN, B. R. (XIV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HAVKR, M. M., JR. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 9 Oct. '18. 

HAYES, A. G. (I) Sgt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Engrs., 14 Oct. '18; Sgt., 25 Oct. S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 14 Oct.— 

10 Dec. '18. 
HAYES, J. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HEFFERMAN, J. T., JR. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 
HELME, J. B. (IV) six weeks at the Hill Military Tr. Camp, under govt, supervision; ordered to Camp 

Jackson, Fla., for an officer's training in M. T. C. Induction cancelled after armistice. 
HEMENWAY, S. H. (II) Pvt., Inf., Co. A, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
HEMPHILL, J. W. (II) Sgt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., 3 Oct. '18: Act. Sgt., Nov. '18. S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 3 Oct.— 

20 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

HENNESSY, J. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HENRICKSSEN, S. J. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HENRY, C. C. (VI) Chief Elec. (R.), U. S. N. R. F. Lds. Elec, U. S. N. R. F., 17 July '17; Elec. 2 cl., (R.), 

Jan. '18; Chief Elec. (R.), May '18. Naval Radio School, Harvard University, Sept. '17: Inst., Jan. — July '18. 

Disch., 22 May '19. 
HERBERT, W. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HERLIHY, W. F. (XTV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
HERSHENSON, B. B. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HICKEY, H. A. (Ill) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 18 July '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. S. A. T. C, July '18; Mexico 

Agricultural College, 30 Sept. '18. 
HIGGINS, A. F. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HIGGINS, F. A. (I) Sea.. U. S. N. R. F., June '18. Bumkin Island, 22 June '18; passed examination for Harvard 

Ensign School, 14 Nov., appointment refused on account of armistice; Naval Rifle Range. Camp Plunkett, 

Mass., 18 Nov. '18 — 4 Jan. '19. 
HODGINS, E. F. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Cornell University, Oct. '18. 
HOGAN, R. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
HOLDERNESS, G. S. (IV) 1st Lt., F. A. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 13 May '17: 2d Lt., F. A.; istLt. istOff. Tr. 

Camp, Ft. Logan, Ark., 13 May '17; 335th F. A., Camp Pike, Ark.; Camp Jackson, S. C; School of Fire, 

Ft. Sill, Okla.; 37th F. A., Camp Lewis, Wash.; Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., until 13 Feb. '19. 

HOLMES, P. B. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOMER, T. J., JR. (I) Pvt., Co. C, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18. 

HORGAN, F. J. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOPKINS, G. R. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HORLICK, W. I. (VI) Sea. 2cl., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

HORN, H. J., JR. (XV) M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 26 May '17. 

HOROVITZ, 0. H. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HORVITZ, W. G. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOUSTON, J. F. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. C. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 27 May '17; C. M. 1 cl, Nov.; Ensign, 
Sept. '18. U.S.S. South Carolina, with Atlantic Fleet, July '17 — Sept. '18; 5th Reserve Officers' Class, Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Md., Oct. '18 — Feb. '19. 

HOVGAARD, 0. M. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOWARD, A. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOWE, E. W. (II) Pvt., Co. E, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 11 Oct. '18. 

HOWE, W. L. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HOWLAND, W. E. (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

HOWLAND, W. T. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUFF, S. N. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUGHES, R. W. (X) Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18. 

HULL, R. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

HUMES, H. L. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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JACKSON, C. T. (VI) Boatswain, U.'S. N. R. F. Sea. i cl., U. S. N. R. F., i Apr. '17; Boatswain, 6 June '18. 
Patrol Boat Scotia, Boston Section Patrol, Apr. '17; Bumkin Island; Harvard Naval Training Unit, 25 Aug.; 
Cadet School, Cambridge, 5 Feb. '18; not eligible for a commission being under age, made Warrant Boatswain, 
and assigned to shore duty; Inst., Officers Material School, Cambridge; Office of Comdr., Naval Forces, First 
Dist.; Rockland, Me., until Dec. '18. 

JAMES, W. H. L. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 

JASON, J. F. (I) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

JENKINS, G. S. (Ill) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

JENKINS, V. N. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

JOHANSEN, E. L. (Ill) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 9 July '17; Ensign (A.), 8 Feb. 
'18; Lt. (j. g.), Mch. '19. 2d Co, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T, 9 July '17; Naval Air Station, Pen- 
sacola, Fla, Dec. '18. A. E. F, Italy, Mch. '18— Jan. '19; U. S. Naval Air Station, Salse Bolseno, '18; Air 
Raids on Pola, Austria. Italian War Cross. 

JOHNSON, A. L. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, 5 Oct. '18. Bn. Adj. at station. See Civilian Record. 

JOHNSON, A. V. (VI) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

JOHNSON, C. A. (IV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

JOHNSON, G. A. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C. 

JOHNSON, R. F. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

JOHNSON, R. S. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

JOHNSON, W. W, (X) Corp, Engrs. Pvt, Engrs, 30 Sept. '17; Corp, 25 Feb. '19. Co. B, 26th Engrs, 30 Sept. 
'17. A. E.F, 29 Oct. '17— 26 July 19; Central Med. Laboratory, 8 Nov. '18; Hq. Troop, 2d Army, 15 Jan. 
'19. St. Mihiel Offensive. 

JONES A. L. (I) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Sea, U. S. N. R. F, 3 1 May '17; Ensign. Naval Aviation Detach- 
ment' M. I. T, 5 June '18; Miami, Fla, 17 Aug.; Pensacola, Fla, I Nov. '18 — 12 Feb '19. 

JONES, J. E, JR. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C. Plattsburg Camp, 3 June— 3 July, '18. Co. D, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 
11 Dec. '18. 

JUSTICE, F. E. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, New York University, 1 Oct. '18. 

KANE, H. J. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KEARFUL, G. G. (XIV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 9 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

KELLEY, F. H. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KELLEY, J. S. (XV) 1st Lt, Inf. Pvt, Inf., 11 May '17; 2d Lt, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt,29Apr.' 18. 88th Div, 
15 Aug. '17; 350th Inf., 29 Aug.'i7. A. E. F, 28 Aug. '18—3 Aug. '19. Alsace Sector, Oct. '18; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive, final phase, 7-1 1 Nov. '18. 

KELLOGG, P. M. (VI) Pvt, Co. E, S. A. T. C, 1 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 

KEMPER, S. V, JR. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S. N. R. F, 14 Dec. '17; C. M. M, 3 Dec. '18; 
Warrant Mch, 17 Apr. '19; Ensign, 14 June '19. San Pedro Naval Tr. Camp, Calif, 11 Mch. '18; Pelham 
Bay; U. S. Steam Engr. School, Stevens Inst, Hoboken, N. J, Nov.; Overseas Cruise, 8-31 May '19. 

KENEFICK, R. F, JR. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

KENNEDY, J. H, JR. (V) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KERR, CHARLES, JR. (VI) Pvt, C. A. C, 9 Oct. '18. Candidates Div, C. A. School. 

KERR, H. J. (XV) Act. Sgt, S. A. T. C, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa, 1 Oct. '18. 

KILLILEA, T. W. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KING, A. S. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KING, C. J. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KIRKBY, W. R. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KNIGHT, D. P. (VI) Pvt, Inf., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

KNIGHT, F. P, JR. (Ill) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KNIGHT, MONTGOMERY, (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KOEHLER, E. H, JR. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

KUPOSKY, A. I. (XIII) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

LAIRD, L. B. (XV) Corp, F. A, S. A. T. C, Yale University, 25 Sept. '18. 

LAMONT, P. T. (Ill) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

LANE, F. S. (XV) 1st Lt, Inf. Pvt, Inf., 14 May '17; 1st Lt, 312th Inf., 78th Div. 

LANE, J. J. (XIV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

LANE, S. H. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LANG, W. H. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LAPPIN, C. R. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LARSSON, L. E. G. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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LAUGHTON, W. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LAVERTY, F. J. (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

Le COUR, H. J. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

LEISK, H. N. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LELAND, S. D., JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

Le MOSY, F. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LENNON, W. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

LESHURE, W. D. (VIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LEVINE, I. B. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LEVIN, J. I. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T C, M. I. T. 

LEVY, W. I. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. C, 17 July '18; C. A. Sch., Fort Monroe, Va. 

LIECTY, J. L. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LINCOLN, E. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LINCOLN, F. S. (VI ) Pvt. 1 cl., Co. D, 303d Inf., 5 Oct. '17; Co. C, 307th Engrs., 9 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 19 
May '18 — 17 July '19; G-2, Hq. 82d Div., 21 Nov. '18; Besancon University, 25 Feb. '19; Brest, 30 June '19. 
Toul Sector; Marbache Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

LINSLEY, D. R. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LITTLEFIELD, R. M. (I) Pvt. 1 cl, Engrs., 11 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 24 May '18—2 July '19; Co. B, 33d Engrs. 

LOCKHART, H. G. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C... M. I. T. 

LOCKLEY, K. L. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LOCKWOOD, J. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LOOMER, H. N. (II) Sgt., Sig. C. Pvt., Sig. C, 25 July '17; Corp!, 1 Mch. '18; Sgt, 1 Apr. '18. Sig. C. Reserves, 
25 July '17; 317 Field Sig. Bn., 7 Nov. A. E. F., 9 July '18 — 6 June '19. St. Mihiel and Meuss-Argonne Offen- 
sive. Battalion Cited. 

LORD, P. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LOUD, F. G. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LOVE JOY, JULIAN (XV) Elec. 1 cl., (R.),U. S. N. R. F., 11 Apr. '17. Charlestown Navy Yard, 20 June '17; 
Harvard Radio School, 21 June; Inst. Radio Work, Naval Tr. Station, Minneapolis, Minn., 20 Sept. '17 — 

10 Jan. '19. 

LOVEJOY, S. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. Minneapolis, Minn., 20 Sept. '17—10 Jan. '19. 

LUNDBORG, C. J. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

LUYKX, D. J. (IV) Pvt., U. S. Army Ambulance Serv., 12 Oct. '17. A. E. F., S. S. U. 647, with French Army, 
Oct. '17. 12 Oct. '17 — 28 May '19; Seicheprey and Xivray with 26th Div., St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive; Army of Occupation. Section Citations from 26th and 82d Div. and Letter of Com- 
mendation from Hq. 

McAULIFFE, J. B. (VII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

McCarthy, c. j. (V) Pvt., s. a. t. c, m. i. t. 
Mccormick, j. r., jr. (vi) Pvt., s. a. t. c, m. i. t. 

McCULLOUGH, A. E. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

McCURDY, H. W. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Appr. Sea., U. S. N., 12 Sept. '17; M. M. 2 cl.; M. M. 1 cl.; 
C. M.; Warrant Mach.; Ensign (E.), U. S. N. R. F. Pacific Fleet, Sept. '17— Apr. '18; abroad, Apr. '18— 
Oct. '18; Inst., Steam Engr. School, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., Oct. '18 — June '19. 

MacDONALD, H. D. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McDONALD, J. A. (XV) Ensign (E.),U. S. N., Dec. '17. Transport and convoy service; Naval Steam Engr. 

School, Stevens Inst, of Tech., Hoboken. N. J. 
McDONOUGH, F. L. (XV) Supply Sgt., Med. C. Pvt., Med. C, 16 June '17; Supply Sgt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 

11 Oct. '18. Base Hosp. No. 7, Feb. '18; S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 7 Oct.— Dec. '18. 

McFARLAND, J. B. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

McGHIE, M. S. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— 20 Dec. '18. 

McGRADY, C. T. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McGRAIL, J. V. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

McINROE, W. G. (II) Pvt... S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McINTOSH, C. D. (IV) 2d Lt., F. A. R. C. 15 Oct. '18—31 Jan. '19. 

McINTYRE, H. B. (XV) Ensign (T.),U. S. N. Elec. 3 cl, (R.), U. S. N. R. F., 4 Apr. '17; Elec. 2 cl, (R.), 

Aug.; Elec. 1 cl, (R.), Nov.; Ensign, U. S. N. R. F, 22 May '18; Ensign, (T.) ,U. S. N., 18 Sept. '18. U.S.S. 

Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Petrel, Nebraska and Topeka. 

McIVER, W. R. (Ill) Pvt, Marine C, 12 Oct. '18. Act. Sgt, Marine Unit, Harvard University. 
McLEAN, WILLIAM (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. 

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MacMAHON, W. K. (II) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 3 June '18; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 25 Sept. C. A. Sch., Ft. 
Monroe, Va., 6 July— 9 Dec. '18. 

McQUEER, B. H. (X) Sgt., Engrs. Pvt., Engrs., 30 May '17; Corp., Oct.; Sgt., Apr. '18. A. E. F., 21 Dec. '17 
— 11 Feb. '19; 6th Engrs., 3d Div. Aisne-Marne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

McQUODE, T. E. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McWANE, WILLIAM (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 12 Oct.— 23 Dec. '18. 

MACKENZIE, LACHLAN (XV) Pvt., Co. E, S. A. T. C, 11 Oct. '18. 

MACOMBER, J. K. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MADDEN, K. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MADDOCKS, A. W. (II) 1st Lt., C. W. S. Pvt., Inf., 3 Apr. '17; Regtl. Supply Sgt., 13 May; 2d' Lt., 13 May '18; 
1st Lt., C. W. S., 13 Nov. '18. 103d Inf., 26th Div., 3 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 9 Oct. '17 — Jan. '19; 1st Army 
Candidate School, winter '17 — '18; French Front studying trench warfare, spring, '18; Bn. Gas Officer, 123d 
Machine Gun Bn., June; Asst. Gas Officer, Hq., 33d Div., Aug. '18. Alsace Sector; Albert Sector; 
St. Mihiel Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

MAGARIAN, M. C. (VIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MAGEE, F. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MAHONEY, H. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MAHONEY, J. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 12 Oct. '18. 

MARKSON, Y. D. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MARMON, F. H., Corp., S A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

MARSHALL, L. F. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MARTIN, J. T. (VI) Pvt., Ord. C. Pvt., Inf., Aug. '18. Transferred to Ord. C, Sept. 22d Co., Camp Devens, 
Mass., Aug. '18; Bethlehem Steel Co. Proving Grounds, and Amatol, N. J., Sept. '18. 

MASCHAL, C. W. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., 30 Mch. '17; Q. M. 2 cl., (A.), 7 Jan. '18; 

C. Q. M. (A.), 15 Aug.; Ensign, 13 Nov. '18. Disch., 19 June '19. 
MASON, J. C. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
MATARESE, A. D. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MATTHEWS, T. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MAXIM, H. H. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
MECHLING, E. B. (VI) 1st Lt., Aviation Sect., Sig. R. C. Pvt. 1 cl., Aviation Sect., Sig. E. R. C, 20 Oct. '17; 

2d Lt., A. S., Sig. R. C, 20 Apr. '18; 1st Lt., 29 Apr. '19. Inst. Formation Flying, Payne Field, Miss., 29 

May '18 — 12 Sept. '18; Inst., Pursuit Acrobatics, Carlstrom Field, Fla., 5 Nov. '18 — 3 Apr. '19. 
MEIGS, JONATHAN (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MENDINHALL, C. E. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MERRILL, E. A. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, University of Minnesota, 11 Oct.— 16 Dec. '18. 
MESMER, A. J. (XV) Lt. (j. g.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., Oct. '17; Coxs., Dec; C. B., Feb. 

'18; Ensign, June; Lt. (j. g.), June '19. Fleet, Cruiser and Transport Force; on foreign service, June '18 — 

June '19. 

METCALF, H. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MEYER, M. P. (XI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MILES, FREDERICK, JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MILLER, J. C. C. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MILLER, T. T. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MILLIKEN, A. W. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MINK, E. J. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MINOT, FRANCIS (XIII) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. Naval Tr. Station, Hingham, Mass., Aug. '18; Naval 
Hosp., Chelsea, Mass., 28 Nov. '18. Disch., 20 Dec. '18. 

MISKELLY, R. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MITCHELL, J. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MOORE, C. G. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

MORGAN, F. R. (I) Pvt., Co. B, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 

MORGAN, MYLES (III) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MORGAN, W. V. (X) Pvt., C. W. S., 17 Sept. '18. Research work at Bu. of Standards, 17 Sept.— 20 Dec. '18. 
See Civilian Record. 

MORRILL, JACK (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

MORRIS, F. H. (IX) Mr. Gun., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 8 Mch. '18; Mr. Gun., 30 Sept. '18. Enlisted Specialists' 
Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., Mch. '18; 38th Arty., C. A. C, Sept.— Jan. '19. 

MORROW, L. A. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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MORSE, C. B. (XV) Pvt. i cl., C. A. C. yzd Arty., C. A. C, July '18. A. E. F., S Aug. '18-? Mch 'iq 
MORTON, J. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. ' 

MORTON, J. R. (XIII) Ensign (T.) ,U. S. N. Sea., 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 10 Aug. '17; Ensign U S N R F • 

Ensign (T.), U. S. N. U.S.S. Rochester and U.S.S. Greene; Naval Academy, Annapolis Md 
MOSHER, H. A. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MOYNIHAN, J. C. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
MULLIN, J. T. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MULLOY, L. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MUNNING, A. P. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MURPHY, J. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
MYER, C. R., JR. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C., M. I. T. 

MYERS, C. R. 2d (X) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F. Petty Officer (Plat. Comdr.), S. N. T. C, M. I. T 8 Oct '18 
NEILEY, S. B. (XV) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 June '18. Great Lakes Training Station Tune '18- S N T C 

M. I. T., 23 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 5 , June le,.. i\. i.e., 

NELSON, R. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

NESMITH, JAMES, 2d (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

NEWMAN, ANSLEY (VI) Pvt., F. A., S. A. T. C., Yale University, Sept. '18. 

NOELTE, A. E. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

NORRIS, GEORGE (X) Pvt., Co. A, S. A. T. C, 12 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

NORTON, J. R. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NORTON, L. M. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

NOVAK, J. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

NOVECK, G. A. (I) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 28 Aug. '18; Corp., 1 Nov. '18. S th Co., icist Depot Brie Camo 
Devens, Mass., 28 Aug. '18; 45th Co., 151st Depot Brig. (Non-commissioned Off. Tr. Sch.)- Co Clerk cth 
Co., 1 Dec. '18 — 24 Feb. '19. > • » a 

NOYES, W. H. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
OAKES, R. B. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C. 

ODAMS, L. N. (X) 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 14 May '17; 1st Lt., Inf., 15 Aug.'i 7 . 303 M. G Bn A F F 
France, 8 July '18— 23 July '19; 148th M. G. Bn. ' j ' *" **' 

ODDLAFSON, A. G. (VI) 1st Lt., Inf. (British). Pvt., Inf. (Canadian), Sept. '14; Sgt. Apr '16- 2d 1 1 Sent 
'17; 1st Lt., Mch. '19. 78 Bn., Canadian Militia, Sept. '14. C. E. F., Oct. '16-May ^ 9 ; The London Regt 
Passchendaele, '17; German Offensive, Mch. '18. A prisoner of war in Germany from Mch 11 Nov '18 ' 

O'HEARN, E. F. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. LT. 

OLIVER, E. L. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 19 July '17; Corp., Sept.; Sgt., Jan. '18; 2d Lt. 2C Tune '18 
2d D. C, C. A., 19 July '17; Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., Apr. '18; 48th Arty., C. A. C. Oct 'S ' 1Q ' 

OLSSON, R. W. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. F ' v ' 

ORTIZ, A. L. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PACKARD, C. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PAGE, A. E. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

*PAINE, A. I. See Roll of Honor (page 123). 

PARKER, M. E. (II) Pv,t., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PARSONS, A. D. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PASSANO, L. M., JR., Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

PATCHETT, W. H. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

PATRICK, SAMUEL, JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PAUL, F. C. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

PAYNE, H. J. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PEALE, W. B. (Ill) C. Q. M. (A.), U S. N. R. F., '18. 

PEARSON, H. L. (II) 1st Sgt., Co. A, S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

PEARSON, R. S. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C.,M. I. T. 

PENNELL, E. G. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PERKINS, A. M. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

PERKINS, C. W. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PERKINS, E. H. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, Harvard University, Oct. '18. 

PERKINS. M. D. (I) Pvt., Inf. M. G. Co., 13th Inf..; Camp Fremont, Cal., Aug. '18; Port of Embarkation 
11 Nov.; Camp Merritt, N. J., until 2 July '19. 

PERKINS, W. F. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., i S Oct.— Dec. '18. 

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PERRI, D. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PERRIN, HUGH (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
PERRY, J. R. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
PERRY, W. M. (X) Prt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PERSKY, JOSIAH (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
PETTENGILL, R. G. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PHELAN, L. T. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PHELPS, D. S. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PHILLIPS, A. G (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

PHINNEY, H. M. (X) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Sea. 2 cl, U. S.'N. R. F., 4 June '18; C. B. M., 19 Aug.; Ensign, 

17 Dec' 18. Ensign Sch., Harvard University, June 18. Still in service, Oct. '19. 
PIERCE, J. F. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
PINNEY, T. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PLIMPTON, J. A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

POMEROY, ELTWEED, JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 23 Oct. '18 
POOLE, J. W. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 17 Oct. '18. 
POPE, C. F., JR. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
POTTER, E. W. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

POTTER, G. W. (XV) Pvt., Co. D, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 12 Oct.— 14 Dec. '18. 
POTTER, W. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
POWELL, B. B. (II) Pvt. icl., Sig. C. Entered Service 3 June '17. Camp Devens, Mass., Oct. '17— July '18. 

A. E. F., July '18— July '19, 301st Field Sig. Bn. Marbache Sector, 25 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18. 
POWELL, P. W. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
POWERS, L. W. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
PRATT, FEARING (VI) Elec. 2 cl., (R.), U. S. N. R. F. Sea., U. S. N. R. F.,.20 June '18; Elec. 2 cl, (R.), 28 

Dec. '18. Nava Radio Sch., Cambridge, Aug. '18; Radio Telephone School, New London, Conn., Jan. — 

Feb. '19. 
PRATT, W. J. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PRESCOTT, ROBERT (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PROUT, B. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PROUT, G R. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
PURINTON, W. B. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
PURL, F. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
QUINLAN, T. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
RADCLIFFE, O. T. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
RAIRDEN, A. S. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 16 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 

RAMSAY, G. D. (Ill) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 10 Oct. '18; 2d Lt., Inf. R. C, 15 Jan. '19. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 

Camp Lee, Va., Oct. '18. 
RAMSAY, H. M. (IX) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

RANDLETT, N. P. (IV) Pvt., Arty., S. A. T. C, New Hampshire College, 31 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 
RANLETT, F. J., JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct., '18. 
RAPP, W. G. (I) 2d Lt., Sig. C Pvt., Sig. C, 24 Sept. '17; Sgt., 1 Nov.; 2d Lt., 19 July '18. Burlington Camp, 

July— Aug. '17; Plattsburg, July— Aug. '15; 302d Field Sig. Bn., Camp Upton, N. Y., Sept. '17; 3d Off. Tr. 

Sch., Camp Upton, 5 Jan. '18; 30th Serv. Co., Sig. C, New York City, 25 Mch.; 13th Bn. Repl. Camp, Camp, 

Lee, Va., 19 July '18—8 Jan. '19. w 

RAYMOND, F. L. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

READ, J. M. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RED WAY, A. S. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Tufts College, 14 Oct. '18. 

REICHE, PARRY (III) Pvt., S. A» T. C., M. I. T. 

REMSEN, J. W. K. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RESNICK, H. M. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RETTEW, H. F. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RICE, E. A. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Elec. Sgt., 20 June '18; 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 27 Mch. '18. Mass. C. A., 20 
June '17; Ft. Andrews, Boston, 25 July '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Ft. Monroe, Va., 5 Jan. '18; Ft. Strong, Mass., 
29 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 30 July '18— 11 Feb. '19; 71st Arty., C. A. C; Arty. School, Sig. Officer, 71st Arty. 

RICH, W. T., JR. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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RICHARDS, C. R., JR. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., American Field Service, 17 Feb. '17; entered Engrs., U. S. A., 
12 Sept.; 1st Lt., 25 Sept. '18. Service in France, 17 Feb. '17— 11 July '19; ambulance service; 17th Engrs.; 
interpreter; 6th Inf. Vosges Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
RICHARDS, H. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. E. R. C, 11 Jan. '18. Ground Sch., M. I. T., 
Jan. '18; discharged on account of ill health, 24 Aug.; tried to enter the Royal Air Force, in Canada; worked at 
Squantum until entering the S. A. T. C, 12 Oct. '18. 
RILEY, P. L. (XI) Pvt.. S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROACH, D. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROBBINS, B. E., JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROBBINS, B. G. (IX) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROBBINS, K. W. (I) Pvt., Co. B, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. 
ROBERSON, W. C. (XV) 1st Sgt., Co. D, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 4 Oct. '18. 
ROBESON, S. B. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROBERTSON, A. F. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROBINSON, C. H. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROBINSON, J. F. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 
ROBINSON, N. O. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N..T. C, M. I. T. 
ROGERS, J. C. (VII) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROOP, R. W. (XI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROSBECK, I. J. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROSE, J. H. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROSE, S. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 16 Oct. '18. 
ROSS, W. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROSSITER, M. P. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
ROUSE, A. W. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
RUDDERHAM, C. G. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
RUSHTON, E. R. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
RUSSELL, DANIEL, JR. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
RUSSELL, F. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RUSSELL, R. P. (X) Pvt., Marine C. 2d Separate M. G. Bn., Marine C, 30 June— 26 Dec. '18. 
RUSSELL, W. W. (XV) Sgt., Engrs. (Canadian). Pvt., Engrs., 4 July '17: Sgt., Oct. '17. C. E. F., Aug. '17— 
July '19; Engrs. (Forestry), near St. Dizier, Haute Marne, Aug '17; in hospitals (pneumonia), 28 Dec. '17 — 
18 Sept. '18; Khaki University of Canada, Yorkshire, England, Nov. '18 — July '19. 
SALLAWAY, J. E. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 

SAMMET, W. P. (XIII) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., F. A., 21 Sept. '17; Gun Corp., Nov.; Gun Sgt., Apr. '18; 2d Lt., 
F. A., June '18. Btry. E, 301st F. A., 76th Div., Camp Devens, 21 Sept. '17; 3d Off. Tr. Camp, Camp Devens 
5 Jan. '18. A. E. F., 15 Apr. '18— Aug. '19; Casual Co., Arty. Sch., Saumur; graduated, 30 July; Hq. Co., 
132 F. A., 36th Div., Aug.; Repl. Depot, St. Aignan, Feb. '19; Sorbonne University, Paris, Apr. '19. 
SANBORN, E. E. (II) Pvt., Co. E, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 1 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 
SANDERS, L. B., JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SANDERSON, N. H., JR. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 16 Oct. '18. 
SARGENT, F. H. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SAWYER, D. D. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SCHAEFER, W. J. (X) Corp., Co. B, S. A. T. C, 1 Oct. '18. 
SCHNEIDERMAN, NATHAN (II) Pvt., S. A. T C, 10 Oct. '18. 
SCHOTT, N. B. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SCHULMAN, WILLIAM (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 1 Oct.— 23 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
SCHUMACKER, G. P. JR. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SCHUR, A. P. (XI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
SCHWAMB, E. B. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SCHWAMB, T A. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SCOTT, G. A. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M I. T. 
SCOTT, J. A. (VI) 1st Lt., C. A. C. Pvt. (Candidate), C. A. C, 10 May '17; 2d Lt., C. A. C, 15 Aug.; 1st Lt., 

7 Feb. '18. 1st Off. Tr. Camp, May '17; Coast Defense of Columbia, 15 Aug. '17. A. E. F. 16 Aus '18— 

8 Mch. '19; 69th Arty. (C. A. C.) May '18. 5 ' 
SCOTT, R. B. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Sept. '18. 

SEABURY, G. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
SECORD, H. W. M. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

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SEDER, M. B. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHAMPANIER, MANUEL (XV) Inst., Recruiting Service, U. S. Shipping Bd. Apprentice, 25 July '18: Inst. 

15 Nov. '18 — 10 Jan. '19. This branch trained thousands of sailors, cooks and firemen. 
SHATTUCK, C. W. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. (Aerial Observer). Pvt., (Cadet), A. S., 3 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 2 Nov 't8. 

School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J., 11 May '18; School of Fire, Fort Sill, Okla., 14 Sept.; Post 

Field, Okla., 2 Nov. — 20 Dec. 

SHATTUCK, G. A. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHAW, D. N. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHAW, E. C. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHEARER, W. E. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHEPHERD, T. E. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18. 

SHEPPARD, M. K. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHERBROOK, R. E. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 21 Dec. '18. 

SHERMAN, W. A. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SHERMAN, WARREN (XV) Pvt., Sn. C. Ambulance 148, Sn. Train, 37th Div., 23 May '17. A. E. F., France 
and Belgium, 26 June '18 — 15 Mch. '19. Baccarat Sector; Avocourt Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; 
Pannes Sector; Ypres-Lys Offensive. 

SILVERMAN, I. J. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SJOSTROM, R. L. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SKINNER, FRANK (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct.— Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 

SLADE, H. A. (V) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SLAYTER, F. E. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMITH, A. E. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMITH, EASTMAN (IT) Pvt. 1 cl, Med. C. Entered Service, 22 Apr. '18. A. E. F, 15 June '18—7 Apr. '19; 
Base Hospital 202. 

SMITH, HAROLD W. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMITH, HERBERT W. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMITH, I. J, JR. (X) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C. Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y, 4 Oct.— 19 Dec. '18. 

SMITH, N. L. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SMITH, W. A. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SNELL, F. A. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SNOW, W. F. (II) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

SPALDING, F. W. (II) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, 14 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

SPEAR, L. E. (XV) C. M. M, U. S. N. R. F. San Pedro, Calif, 18 May '18; Pelham Bay Park, N. Y, Nov.; 
Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J, Jan. '19. 

SPOFFORD, C. P. (X) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

STAGG, D. E. (XV) Appr. Sea, U. S. N. R. F. S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

STALL, R. G. (II) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

STANLEY, H. P. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, i S Oct. '18. 

STEPHENS, H. H. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STEUER, W. A. (XV) Appr. Sea, S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

STEVENS, A. H. (VII) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STEVENS, P. C. (IV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STEWARD, T. B, JR. (I) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STEWART, D. C. (VI) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

STOCKBRIDGE, H. A. (XV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STONE, R. A. (II) Pvt, Co. H, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 14 Oct. '18. 

STOSE, C. W. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

STRAUSS, S. M. (I) Pvt, S. A. T C, M. I. T. 

STUART, R. D, JR. (XIV) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, Oct. '18. 

SULLIVAN, C. D. (X) 2d Lt, Inf. Pvt, Inf., 20 June '18- 2d Lt, 16 Sept. '18. Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, 
N. Y, 20 June '18; Inf. Repl. Troops, Camp Grant, 111, 18 Sept. — 30 Jan. '19. 

SULLIVAN, J. P. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SWAN, G. D. (IV) 2d Lt, Royal Air Forces (British), 4 May '18. 

SWEM, L. A. (II) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

SWENSON, H. S. (Ill) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T 

TABOR, L. P. (X) Pvt, S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 11 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 

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TAIT, D. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TAUSSIG, F. B. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

TAYLOR, G. E. (X) Pvt., Arty. Btry. B, 148 F. A., 4 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 1 Jan. '18—31 Jan. '19. Hq. 66th 

F. A. Brig. Aisne-Marne Offensive (Chateau-Thierry); Vesle; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

Contusion of skull from shrapnel. 

TAYLOR, T. M. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 7 Oct. '18. 

TERKELSEN, E. A. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

THAYER, P. J. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T 

THOMAS, E. R. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

THOMAS, L. E. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T C, M. I. T 

THOMPSON, A. J. (I) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T 

THOMPSON, N. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

THOMPSON, W. G. (XV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

THOMSON, W. M. (VI) Pvt., Inf. (Canadian). 20th Machine Gun Co., Canada, 17 May '18; Siberia, Dec. 
'18— May '19. 

THULMAN, R. K. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

THORON, B. W. (IX) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt. 1 cl, Inf., 16 May '18; 2d Lt., 16 Sept. '18. 4 th Off. Tr. Camp, Camp 

Devens, Mass., May '18; Central Machine Gun Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Hancock, Ga., 21 June '18 — 4 Jan. '19. 

See Civilian Record. 

TICKNOR, M. F. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TONON, A. R. (XV) App. Sea., S. N. T C, M. I. T. 

TOWNE, G. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T C, M. I. T 

TRIPP, W. A. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T C, 10 Oct.— 18 Dec. '18. 

TRUE, O. S. (X) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 5 Jan. '18; 2d Lt., 1 June '18. Co. D, 306th Inf., Camp Upton, N. Y., 

S Jan.'iS. A. E. F., 16 Apr. '18—5 July '19577th Div.; Co. H, 167th Inf., 42d Div. Aisne-Marne Offensive; 

St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

TUCKER, C. M. (VII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TUCKER, N. A. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

TURBET, W. J. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

TURNER, E. E., JR. (XIV) Appr. Sea., S. N. T C, M. I. T 

TURNER, S. W. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

TYSON, C. W. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

UNDERWOOD, R. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

UPHAM, H. B. (II) Pvt., S, A. T. C, M. I. T. 

VAHLBERG, W. Q. (IV) Pvt., Aviation Sect., Sig. C. 353d Aero Sq., New Mexico, 4 Jan. '18. 

VAN PELT, E. V. B., JR. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T, 4 Oct. '18. 

VAN TUYL, E. E. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

VAUGHN, R. L. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

VILETT, E. W. (VI), Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

VINCENT, A. G. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 1 Oct. '18. 

VREELAND, K. M. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WAGNER, H. C. (X) 2d Lt.,_Inf. Pvt. 1 cl., Inf., July '18; 2d Lt., Inf., 2 Oct. '18. Plattsburg Bks., N. Y., 

July '18; Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug.; Camp Grant, 111., 22 Oct.; San Francisco, Calif., 4-16 Sept. '19. 
WALCH, D. E. (VI) Sgt., Inf. Sgt., S. A. T C, M. I. T., Oct. '18; Sgt., Inf., Camp Devens, Mass. See Civilian 

Record. 
WALKE, R. S. (VI) Pvt., Casual Co., Arty., S. A. T. C, Columbia University, N. Y., 30 Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. 
WALKER, W. H. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WARD, J. S., JR. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. 1. T. 
WASHBURN, P. C. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WAUGH, D. R. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 
WEBBER, J. T (VI) Pvt., S. A. T C, M. I. T. 
WEBSTER, F. D. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WEBSTER, R. C. (II) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 
WEED, N. H. (XIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WEINBERG, S. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 
WELLING, C. M. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T 
WELLS, E. D. (XIII) Appr. Sea., S, N. T. C, M. I. T. 

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WELLS, F. G. (XII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WERRA, M. C. J. (XV) Pvt., M. T. C. _ Entered Service, 27 May '18. A. E. F., 20 Aug. '18—6 JuneVi9; 463d 
M. T. Co., 417th Motor Supply Train. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 25 Sept. — 11 Nov. '18; Army of Occupa- 
tion. 

WERRA, J. W., Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., 1 Oct. '18. 

WESTFIELD, H. E. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHELAN, A. W. (VIII) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHITE, H. E. (I) Regtl. Sgt. Maj., S. A. T. C, 30 Sept. '18. 

WHITE, T. E. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHITAKER, K. W. (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHITING, A. C. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

WHITLEY, F. T. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

WHITMAN, S. E. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T. 

WHITMAN, V. E. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C., M. I. T., 10 Oct. '18. See Civilian Record. 

WHITTEMORE, C. W. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct.— 17 Dec. '18. 

WHITTEN, G. P. (X) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHITTLE, W. L. (V) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

WHITTUM, C. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILBUR, H. A. (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILKINS, F. E. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T, 10 Oct. '18. 

WILKS, A. P. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., French Motor Transport Service, June '17; American Red Cross, Oct.; 
S. A. T. C, Sept. '18. American Group, Military Transport 526, June '17; Red Cross Ambulance, Oct.; 
Staff Car Driver, U. S. A., 20 Oct.; transferred to S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Sept. '18. Aisne Sector '17. French 
Field Service Medal. 

WILLIAMS, H. L. (VI) Pvt., American Ambulance Service. A. E. F., 28 Apr. '17— Dec. '18; S. S. U. 26, France, 
May — Dec. '17; Verdun Offensive, Aug.; Section 3 in Italy, June — Dec. '18; Austrian Offensive, June '18; 
Italian advance to Trieste, Oct. — Nov. '18. Italian Service Medal. 

WILLIAMS, 0. G. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILLIAMS, T. F. (VI) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 30 June '17; Elec. Sgt. 1 cl., Mch. '18; 2d Lt., 26 June 

'18. Ft. Banks, Mass., July '17; Ft. Monroe, Va., Oct.; nth Co., Coast Defense of Balboa, Ft. Amador, 

Canal Zone, July '18— Aug. '19. 
WILLIAMS, M. W. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 30 Sept.— 13 Dec. '18. 

WILLIAMSON, D. D. (XIV) 2d Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 18 July '18; 2d Lt., 45th Machine Gun Bn., Camps Hancock 

and Logan. 
WILSON, E. MacN. (XV) 2d Lt., C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 30 Sept. '18; 2d Lt., 10 Jan. '19. C. A. Off. Tr. 

Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 30 Sept. — 10 Jan. '19. 

WILSON, M. S. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WILSON, P. P. (XV) Sgt., A. S. Pvt., A. S., 13 Dec. '17; Corp., 1 Mch. '18; Sgt., 21 May '19. A. E. F., 28 
June '18 — 29 June '19; 227th Aero Sq. 

WINSLOW, E. L. (XIII) Midshipman, U. S. N. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 19 June '17; Atlantic Fleet, 
June — Sept. '18; Annapolis, Oct. '18 — June '19. 

WINSOR, PAUL, JR. (IX) Pvt., Co. E, S. A. T. C, M. I. T., 11 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. 

WOLF, J. R. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WOLSTENHOLME, J. G. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WOOD, F. H. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WOOD, G. A. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WOOD, R. W. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WOODBURY, F. W., JR. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WRAY, T. S. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WYETH, F. H. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

YORMARK, JOSEPH (X) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

YOUNG, E. J. (VI) Appr. Sea., S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

.ZACK, S. I. (XI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ZAPOLSKI, W. W. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ZIOCH, E. J., JR. (XV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ZURLO, J. V. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

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• ALDEN, R. H. (Ill) 2d Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.), 24 July '18. 
ANASTOS, PETER (VI) Corp., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 22 July '18; Corp., 1 Oct. '18. 9th Co. and Co. L, 3d Bn., 

151st Depot Brig., Camp Devens, Mass., 22 July — 1 Dec. '18. 
BABCOCK, G. C, JR. (II) Sgt., Marine Corps, 25 Apr. '17. 73d Co., 6th Regt., Apr. '17. A. E. F., France 
and Germany, Oct. '17 — Aug. '19. Toulon Sector; Marbache Sector; Aisne Defensive (Belleau Woods 
Chateau-Thierry); Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive; Army of Occupation, 13 Dec. '18 — 20 July '19. (Page 174.) 

BARNES, G. E. (I) 2d Lt., C. A. R. C, 6 Feb. '19. Pvt., S. A. T. C, Lehigh University, Pa., 9 Oct. '18; Ft. 
Monroe, Va., 9 Nov. '18 — 6 Feb. '19. 

BILLINGS, F. O. (VI) Sgt., F. A., Btry. E, 12th F. A., 2d Div., Columbus, Ohio, 19 Apr. '17. A. E. F., 11 Jan. 
'18 — 20 Aug. '19; Arty. Observer, 2d Div. Toulon Sector; Aisne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); 'Aisne-Marne 
Offensive; Marbache Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne-Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Cited 
for work at Chateau-Thierry, and Blanc Mont (Champagne Offensive). (Pages 156 and 173.) 

BOOTH, C. R. (Ill) Pvt., S. A. T. C, 11 Oct. '18. 

BRADSHAW, AARON, JR. (VI) Capt., C. A. C. U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 13 July ' 13 . A. E. F. , 
8 Aug. '18 — 18 Aug. '19; Btry. 34, 3d Anti-Aircraft Sector. St. Mihiel Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

BRENNAN, H. F. (VI) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 20 Apr. '17. Transferred to Naval Aviation, July '18. 

BRIGGS, H. W. (XV) Pvt., Inf., S. A. T C, Norwich University, Vt., 2 Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. 

BROWINSKI, B. M. (VI) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 29 June '18. Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., 

29 June — Dec. '18. 
BURCHARD, J. E., JR. (IV) Pvt. 1 cl., M. C. Pvt., M. C, 21 Dec. '17; Pvt. 1 cl.,Oct.'i8. A. E. F., Sept.' 18— 

Mch. '19; Mobile Hosp. No. 100. 

CAMPBELL, R. J. (VII) Pvt., F. A. Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass., 14 Aug. '18. F. A. Off. Tr. Sch., 
Camp Taylor, Ky., 4 Sept. — 9 Dec. '18. 

CARPENTER, T. H., Pvt., S. A. T. C, University of Vermont, 13 Sept.— 13 Nov. '18. 

CHAMBERLIN, C. V. (IV) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 15 May '17; (E.), 3 cl., 15 Feb. '18; (E.), 2 

cl., 1 June; Ensign, 30 Jan. '19. Steam Engr. Sch. and Electrical Sch.; U.S.S. Amphion, Transport Service. 
CHAMPION, L. S. (X) G. M. 1 cl., (Torpedo), U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, N. N. V., 11 June '17; U.S.S. 

Indiana; U. S. Naval Torpedo Station; U.S.S. Yarnal (Destroyer No. 143). A. E. F., 29 Nov. '18 — 30 June '19. 

CHAPIN, B. L. (II) Capt., Inf. Pvt., Off. Tr. Camp, 27 Aug. '17; 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. '17; 

Camp Stanley, Texas, Dec. '17; Hq., Camp Greene, N. C, Mch. '18 — Mch. '19. 
CLAPP, J. K. (VI) Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. (E.), 2 cl., (R.),U. S. N. R. F., 17 Feb. '17; (E.), 1 cl. (R.), Jan. '18; 

C. E., May; Gunner (R.), Nov.; Ensign, Aug. '19. Naval Radio Station, Boston, Mass., 10 Apr. '17; U.S.S. 

Maine 22 June; U.S.S. Hannibal, 21 Oct. A. E. F., 3 Nov. '17 — 3 Sept. '19; Radio Inspector of U. S. vessels 

touching Plymouth, Eng., June — Dec. '18; experimental work with direction finders; active Radio Repair 

Officer of Sub-Chaser Detachment. Communication Officer, U.S.S. Hannibal, Dec. '18 — Dec. '19. 
CLARK,H0BART,2dLt.,A.S.A. (R.M.A.) Pvt., M.C.June '17; transferred to A. S., Nov.; 2dLt., A. S. A., 

July '18. Ambulance Co. No. 9, June '17; Ground School, Ohio State University and University of Calif.; 

Field Call, Texas, Brooks Field, Texas, and Garden City, N. Y. 
CONNORS, M. H. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., Inf. Entered Service, 24 Apr. '17; Co. C, 101st M. G. Bn., 26 Div., Niantic, 

Conn., 25 July '17, A. E. F., 23 Oct. '17 — 30 Oct. '18. Toul Sector, Chemin des Dames; Aisne-Marne 

Offensive. Gun shot wounds, left arm and left knee. 
CROSBY, R. R., JR. (I) Appr. Sea., U. S. N. R. F., S. N. T. C. 
DAYS, S. A., M. M., U. S. N. A. E. F., 3 June '17—8 Mch. '19. 

DENNETT, L. B. (XV) 2d Lt., Inf. R. C. Pvt., Inf., 15 Aug. '18; 2d Lt., 30 Nov. '18. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., 
Camp Lee, Va., Aug.— Nov. '18. 

DOSCH, E. L., Sea., Naval Unit of S. A. T. C, Madison, Wis., 4 Oct. '18. 

EARLE, A. H. (IV) Sgt., M. T. C. (Reserve Mallet). With French Army, 1 June— 1 Oct. '17. A. E. F., 1 Oct. 
'17 — 2 June '19. Chemin des Dames, 23-27 Oct. '17; Cambrai Offensive, 25 Nov. — 2 Dec. '17; Somme 
Defensive, 21 Mch. — 6 Apr. '18; Aisne Defensive, 27 May- — 5 June '18; Montdidier-Noyon Defensive, 9-13 
June; Champagne-Marne Defensive 15-18 July '18; Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July — 5 Aug. '18; Somme 
Offensive, 8 Aug.— 17 Sept. '18; Oise-Aisne Offensive 18 — 29 Sept.; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1 Oct. — 11 
Nov. '18. Lettres de Felicitations, Commandant Doumero, General Petain. 

EVANS, J. H. (X) Sgt., Inf. Enlisted, 1 June '17; Corp., 13 Oct. '17; Sgt., 3 June '18. 106th Inf., 27th Div., 
Camp Wadsworth, S. C, Oct. '17. A. E. F., 25 May '18 — 22 Jan. '19. At Regtl. Hq., Battles of Dicke- 
busch Lake and Mt. Kemmel in Belgium July and Aug. '18; in front line in drive on Hindenburg line between 
Cambrai and St. Quentin 24 Sept. — 27 Sept. '18. Wounded by machine gun bullet through right shoulder 
joint 27 Sept. '18, disabling right arm. Taken prisoner. (Page 194.) 

FERGUSON, H. S. (II) Cadet, U. S. Corps of Cadets, West Point, N. Y. 

FIELD, D. P. (II) Pvt., F. A., 7 May '18. Btry. A, 101st F. A. Chemin des Dames Sector; Aisne-Marne Offen- 
sive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

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FREEMAN, W. L. (XV) S. A. T. C, Boulder, Colo. 

FULLER, P. D. (VI) C. E., U. S. N. R. F. E. 3d, (R.), U. S. N. R. F., Harvard Radio School, 27 Apr. '17; 
E. 2 cl, 1 Apr. '18; E. 1 cl., 1 Oct. '18; C. E., 1 Apr. '19. U.S.S. Bridge, 10 June '17; U.S.S. Cuyana, 21 
July '17; Transport Service, Aug. '17 — Nov. '18: Atlantic Fleet, Ncv. '18 — July 'iq. Two encounters with 
submarines. 

FURBUSH, G. W., JR., 1st Lt., Inf. Entered Service, 27 May '17: Co. I, 23d Inf., 27 May '17. A. E. F., 15 
Jan. '18 — 14 July '19.; 262d M. P. Co., Nov. '18: 261st M. P. Co., May '19. Verdun Sector; Aisne Defensive; 
Chateau-Thierry Sector. Wounded at Vaux, 1 July '18. Distinguished Service Cross No. 232; Croix de 
Guerre with Palm. (Page 174O 

GIGNILLIAT, F. P., 2d Lt., Inf., Marine Corps. 13 Repl. Bn., Marine Corps; Commissioned at Ft. Sheridan; 
Camp Taylor, Ky.. Brookings, So. Dak., Lincoln, Neb.; Quantico, Va.; Philadelphia Navy Yard. 

GOODALL, A. D. (I) Sgt., Inf., 23d Inf., 2d Div. A. E. F., 6 Sept. '17—10 Jan. '19. Aisne Defensive (Chateau- 
Thierry); Aisne-Marne Offensive; St. Mihiel Offensive; Champagne Offensive. Wounded in Champagne. 
(Page 174.) 

GOOGINS, J. C, Candidate, F. A., Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., 1 Sept. '18. 

HAILS, T. J. (I) Pvt., S. A. T. C. Pvt., Inf., S. A. T. C, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala., 8 Oct. '18. 

HANSON, L. W. (II) Pvt. 1 cl., Engrs. 1st Repl. Regt., Engrs., Washington Barracks, D. C, 12 Aug. '18— 

29 Jan. '19. 
HART, F. M. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Bowdoin College, 8 Oct.— 10 Dec. '18. 

HAYDEN, H. L. (VI) Corp., M. C. Enlisted, 15 June '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18— May '19; Base Hosp. 116. 
HERSUM. H. D. (I) 2d Lt., Inf. Enlisted, 23 Aug. '17: 2d Lt., 27 Nov. '17. A. E. F., 31 Aug. '18—30 July '19. 
JOE, C. B. (II) Sgt., Inf. Enlisted, 13 July '17; Corp., June '18; Sgt., July '18. Co. K, 23d Inf., 2d Div. A. E. F., 

6 Sept. '17 — Feb. '19. Verdun Sector; Aisne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry); St. Mihiel Offensive, Champagne 

Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded by machine gun bullet, 5 Nov. '18. One French Citation; 

two American Citations; Disting .ished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. (Pages 133, 174 and 200.) 

KELLER, A. M. (VI) Cadet, A. S. Cadet, Ground School, Champaign, 111., Oct. '18. 

KERSHAW, P. F., Sgt., Inf. In Service, 9th Inf., 5 Sept. '17 — 1 Aug. 'n. Verdun Sector; Aisne Defensive 

(Chateau-Thierry); Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Wounded. Croix de Guerre. 
KIRCHNER, O. J. (II) Q. M. 2 cl., U. S. N., 19 Apr. '18. Great Lakes Training Station; Pelham Bay Training 

Station; Submarine Base, New London, Conn.; Norfolk, Va.; service on destroyers and chasers. 

KLEINBERGER, R. C. (VI) Radio Operator, U. S. N., Aug. '18— Mch. '19. 

KNIGHT, E. P. (XV) Flight Q. M., U. S. N. R. F. (A.). Entered Service, 23 July '17; Great Lakes Naval Air 
Station, 4 Sept. '17 — 29 Dec. '18. 

KOCHMAN, E. L. (V) C. Y., U. S. N. R. F. C. C. M. 2 cl., 6 July '18; C. M. 1 cl., U. S. N. R. F. (A.);C. Y. 

LANGE, F. F. (II) Sgt., A. S. A. Pvt., A. S., 14 Dec. '17; Corp. '18; Sgt. '18. A. E. F., 24 Mch. '18—12 July 
'19; Aircraft Armament Sect., Hq., A. S., Mch. '18; Asst. Chief Draftsman, Drafting Div., Technical Sect., 
Apr. '18. Sent to Washington, D. C, as courier with war records, June '19. See Civilian Record. 

LINLEY, N. D. (II) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Brown University, 6 Oct. '18. 

LOVE JOY, L. E. (XV) Pvt., M. C. 22 Ambulance Co., M. C, 2 Aug. '17; Ambulance Co. 328, 1 Oct. '17. A.E.F., 
England and France, 18 May '18 — 3 Feb. '19 Ambulance Co. 16, 1 Aug. '18. St. Mihiel Offensive: Oise- 
Aisne Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star from Marshal Petain, 18 Oct. 
'18. Wounded in Argonne 1 Nov. '18, while acting as a runner. (Page 149.) 

LYMAN, C. F., JR. (XV) C. E., U. S. N. R. F. (R.). Entered Service, 22 Aug. '18. Charlestown Navy Yard, 

1 Sept. '18 — -22 Feb. '19; U.S.S. Mount Vernon, 22 Feb. — 18 Aug. '19. 
McMEANS, W. F. (VI) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Purdue University, Oct. '18. 

MANN, N. T. (II, VI) Pvt., Marine Corps. 460th Co., Bn. E, Marine Corps Training Camp, Paris Is., S. C> 
20 Oct. '18—28 Feb. '19. 

MARTIN, E. D. (Ill) 2d Lt., Inf. Bn. Sgt. Maj., 15 Mav '17; Regtl. Sgt. Maj., Inf., 20 Aug. '17; 2d Lt., 9 July 
'18. 2d Mass. Inf.; 104th Inf., 26th Div., A. E. F., England and France, 1 Sept. '17 — 27 Mch. '19; Platoon 
and Co. Comdr., Army Candidate Sch., Langres, France. Chemin des Dames Sector; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

MAURY, D. H., JR. (II) 2d Lt., F. A. Pvt., 28 Sept. '17, 2d Lt., Oct. '18. In France 28 Sept. '17— 1 Feb. '19. 
U. S. Army Ambulance Service with French Armies, S. S. U. 623, 28 Sept. '17; Saumur Arty. Sch., Saumur, 
France, I Aug. '18; 148th F. A., Oct. '18 and evacuated with pneumonia, 30 Nov. '18; attached to 46th Chas- 
seurs, 10th French Army; 61st Div., 6th French Army. Chemin des Dames Offensive: Craonne (Aisne) 
Sector, Oct. — Nov. '17; Vailly (Aisne) Sector, Dec. '17; Soissons Sector, Jan. — May '18; Aisne Defensive, 
May — June '18; Baccarat (Vosges) Sector, June '18; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Oct. — Nov. '18: Army of 
Occupation, 28 Nov. '18. Cited for Croix de Guerre, 6 June '18. Gassed, 24 June '18. (Page 149.) 

MORAN, J. J. (I) Corp. C. A. C. Pvt., C. A. C, 13 Dec. '17; Corp., 12 Mch. '18. A. E. F., 25 Mch. '18-28 Jan. 
'19; Hq. Co., 55th C. A. C. Aisne-Marne Offensive; Operations of Vesle and Aisne; Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 

PERLSTEIN, HARRY (XIII) Pvt., M. C. Base Hosp. Detachment, Camp Devens, Mass., 9 Aug. '18—2 June ' 19. 

PEW, A. E. (X) (E.) 3 cl., U. S.N. (R.). Entered Service, 29 June '17; Crew >f U.S.S. Juaniata, U. S. N.; Atlantic 

Coast Patrol, 4th Dist., June — Sept. '17; U. S. Naval Academy, 3 June '18 — June '19; practice cruise to 

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POMYKALA, E, S. (I) Corp., C. A. C. Enlisted, 5 Aug. '17. A. E. F., July '18— Feb. '19. Btry. D, 61st 
Arty.; Saumur Arty. School, Sept. '18. 

PRATT, P. P. (VI) (E.) 1 cl., U. S. N. Lds. (E.), 26 Apr. '17. Submarines, Coast Patrol; Patrol at Azore Islands. 

PUGSLEY, R. F. (VI) Pvt., C. A., S. A. T. C, Bowdoin College, Oct.— Dec. '18. 

RICHARDSON, PHILIP (XV) S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

ROSS, G. N. (XV) Pvt., U. S. A. Ambulance. In France, 4 July '17—24 Mch. 'iq; Driver, American Field Serv- 
ice; transferred to A. E. F., 7 Oct. '17; S. S. U. 638, U. S. A. Ambulance Service with French Army. Verdun 
'17; Woevre '17; Champagne '17; Defense cf Mt. Kemmel (Belgium); Champagne-Marne Defensive; 
Aisne-Marne Offensive '18; Champagne Offensive '18. Croix de Guerre; American Field Service Medal. 
(Page 150.) 

RUSSELL, H. F. (II) 2d Lt., A. S. Enlisted, 12 Nov. '17; 141st Aero Sq., A. S. A. E. F., 4 Sept. '18—5 July '19. 

SANBORN, E. L. (XIV) Pvt., S. A. T. C. S. A. T. C, University of Maine, 12 Oct.— 8 Dec. '18. 

SATTERLEE, H. Y. (VI) Pvt., 1 cl., Tank C. 317th Repair and Supply Co., Tank C, 21 July '18. A. E. F., 
France and England, Sept. '18 — Apr. '19. 

SCOFIELD, W. D. (II) Ensign, U. S. N. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N., 9 July '17; M. M. 1 cl., 1 Aug. '18; C. M. M., 
30 Aug. '18; Warrant Machinist, 9 Jan. '19; Ensign, 27 Mch. '19. U.S.S. Maumee: U.S.S. Camden; U.S.S. 
Kittery; Naval Auxiliary Reserve; U. S. N. School of Turbine Engr.; Naval Overseas Transportation Service; 
U.S.S. Graf Waldersee. 

SHEFFIELD, J. R., JR. (V) C. E., U. S. N. R. F. Entered Service, 2 May '17; Brooklyn Navy Yard, June— 

Nov. '17; U.S.S. George Washington, transport service, Nov. '17 — Mch. '19. 
SHEPARD, A. R. (IV) Pvt., Ambulance Service. Entered Service, 18 May '17. A. E. F., Apr. '18— May '19, 

S. S. U. 632. On the Marne '18; advance to Meuse, Sept. '18. Wounded, July '18. Croix de Guerre at 

order of the 117th French Inf. 

SIMPSON, W. S. (Ill) Sgt., Tank C. Enlisted, 21 May '18: 306 Co., Tank C. A. E. F., 30 Aug. '18—28 Feb.'ig. 
Second Somme Offensive. 

SLAUGHTER, S. M. (I) Pvt., Inf. Entered Service 7 Apr. '17, with 118th Inf. A. E. F., 18 Oct. '17—13 Aug. 
'18; Co. A, 117th Engrs., 42d Div. Lorraine Sector; Badonvilles, 21 Mch. '18; Toul, 21 Apr. '18. Wounded 
and gassed at Montigny, France, 21 Apr. '18. 

STERN, A. H. (VI) M. M., U. S. N. R. F. Officers Material School. 

STEWART, B. 0. (X) M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N. Entered Service, 16 June '17; Sea. 2 cl., 5 Sept. '17; H. A., 2 cl., 
30 Oct. '17; Sea. 2 cl., 25 Sept. '18; M. M. 2 cl., 7 Nov. '18. First Naval Dist. 

STORM, JOHN (XV) Pvt., Marine Corps, 4 Nov. '18. 

STUCKEY, A. R. (I) 2d Lt., A. S. A. (R. M. A.) Pvt. 1 cl, Sig. R. C, 1 Dec. '17; 2d Lt., A. S. A. (R. M. A.), 

26 July '18. Enlisted, 13 Sept. '17; Cornell University; Camp Dick. Texas, Love Field, Wilbur Wright 

Field, Payne Field and Hoboken, N. J. 

TENNEY, 0. D. (XV) Gunner 1 cl., C. A. C. Pvt., 20 Apr. '17; Corp., 1 June '18: Sgt. (1st class Gunnerl, 15 
June '18. Repl. Detachment, 6 Aug. '18; 54th Regt., C. A. Brig., 1st Army Corps, 10 Sept. '18. A. E. F., 
23 Sept. '18 — 13 June '19; St. Nazaire Hosp. with influenza, then mumps; served in embarkation service at 
Embarkation Camp No. 1, St. Nazaire, until 1 June '19. 

WADE, H. M., Pvt., F. A. Entered Service, 5 Aug. '17. A. E. F., 22 Sept. '17 — 29 Mch. '19; Hq. Co., 101st 
F. A., 26th Div., transferred to Sch. of Arty., Camp de Souge, Bordeaux. 

WADSWORTH, P. S. (IV) Pvt., S. A. T. C, Colby College. 

WEBB, A. S. (XV) Pvt., A. S. A. U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Champaign, 111., 29 Oct.— 30 Nov. '18. 
WEILL, DAVID (II) Acting Corp., S. A. T. C, Columbia University, 1 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18. See Civilian Record. 
WERNER, H. D. (XV) Ensign, U. S. N. Sea. 2 cl., May '18, Q. M. 3 cl.; Ensign. A. E. F. on U.S.S. Sagna for 
two months. 

WERTHEIMER, R. R. (XV) Candidate, Inf. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Grant, 111., Oct.— Dec. '18. 
WILKS, H. E. (I) Driver, Canadian F. A., '18. 79th Depot Btry., Canadian F. A., Guy Barracks, Montreal, 
July '18. 

WILLS, A. K. (VI) Pvt.. S. A. T. C, Union College, Oct. '18. 

WRIGHT, J. B., C. M. M., U. S. N. M. M. 2 cl., U. S. N., May '17; M. M. 1 cl., Jan. '18; C. M. M. Apr. '19. 

Sub-Chaser Detachment No. 2, May '17. A. E. F., Mch. '18 — June '19; Submarine Chaser No. 80, Otranto 

Mobile Barrage. Raid and capture of Durazzo, Oct. '18. (Page 237.) 

UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS 
BARNARD, D. P. (X) Sea. 2 cl., U. S. N. R. F., 19 Apr. '17. Wissahickon Barracks, Sept.— Dec. '18. 
BROMAR, J. D., 1st Lt., Inf. Pvt., Inf., 4 Sept. '16; Sgt., 1 Oct. '17; 2d Lt., 1 June '17; transferred Tank C> 

Oct. '17; 1st Lt., Oct. '18. Co. E, 333d Inf., 87th Div.; Co. C, 307th Bn., Hv. Tanks, Raleigh, N. C Oct. '17— 

12 Dec. 't8. 

CARREN, C. C, Pvt., S. A. T C, 28 Sept. '18. 

CONNOLLY, W. R., Lt.,-Col, F. A. Entered Service, 9 Sept. '10; 1st Lt., F. A., Jan. '17; Capt., May '17: Maj., 
May '18; Lt.-CoL, Oct. '18. A. E. F., July '18— June '19, with nth F. A. 

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DESCHAMPS, ANDRE, Cadet, Belgian Army. Entered Service, July '15; 1st Btry., 1st Group, Belgian Artil- 
lery (long 105 mm. guns). Belgian Front at Houthulat Fore-t and Dixmude. Divisicnal Citation. 

HANSON, GEORGE (XII) Lt., Royal Air Force (British). Entered Service, Sept. '17; Flying Inst., Test Pilot, 
Dispatch. 

JEMMETT, D. M. (VI) Lt., Canadian Engrs. Sapper, 1st Field C)., Cana ian Engrs., 8 Aug. '14; Corp., 1 May 
'15; Sgt., 9 May '15; Lt., 28 May '16. In Canadian sei vice, 8 Aug. '14—22 Jan. '18. Neuve ChapehV, Mch. 
'15; Ypres, Apr. '15: Festubert, May '15; Gic/enchy, June '15; Ploegsteert, July '15; Loos, Sept. '15; Sanctuary 
Wood, June '16; Souchez, Nov. '16. Wounded, 12 Jan. '16, 13 June '16, and 27 Nov. '16. Distinguished 
Conduct Medal (British). (Page 138.) 

JOHNSON, C. C, Pvt., S. A. T. C, 10 Oct. '18. 

NEUMANN, W. B. (V) Pvt., 1 cl., C. W. S., Sept. '18— Feb. '19. 

RUNDLETT, R. C. (XIV) Petty Officer (Sta. Rating), U. S. N. R. F. Mass. Tr. Unit, M. I. T., 1 Oct. '18. 

SANDERS, F. W., Pvt., Inf. Co. D., S. A. T. C, University of Colorado, Oct. '18. 

There are known to have been at least forty other former students of the Institute 
in the military or naval service of the Uniied States or its allies, but these men in sending 
in their records, neglected to sign them. At the date of going to press it has been impos- 
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REGISTER OF CIVILIAN RECORDS 

In compiling the civilian records of war service, some difficulty has been encountered 
in determining what activities should be classed as war service. Most American colleges 
are planning in the publication of their war records to include only such civilians as gave 
their entire time to the service of the United States Government. A glance at the ensuing 
pages will demonstrate that to have applied this rule in the case of our own former stu- 
dents would have resulted in the omission of men whose work was so important to the 
United States and the Allies that it may have been a well nigh decisive factor in determin- 
ing the outcome of the war. There has probably never been a conflict in which the question 
of munition supplies and equipment played a more important part, and it will be found that 
while the Government manufactured much material at its own arsenals, these produced 
but a small proportion of the total actually used, the remainder being furnished by pri- 
vate firms. It is considered that this fact alone entitles all men engaged in such work to 
classification as having been engaged in war service. In the administration of the draft 
law, it will be noted that the United States Government took the attitude that men engaged 
in such work were performing a duty of a most essential character. 

Some question has arisen as to whether or not it is proper to include men engaged in 
industries less directly connected with the conduct of the war, notably paper manufacture, 
sugar refining, and the maintenance of public utilities. In such cases the policy has been 
followed of including those men who stated in their replies that the products were being manu- 
factured for Government use, or that the work performed involved special measures 
to aid the Government in the conduct of the war. In a similar manner the records of men 
engaged in agriculture have been included only where their statements indicate that they 
produced components of the army ration on a sufficient scale to be available to the mili- 
tary forces of the Nation. All men engaged in transportation work under the United States 
Railroad Administration have been included. 

Employees of the Government have in general been included, but those engaged in 
work of no direct bearing upon the war, for example the valuation of railroads, have been 
omitted. There were, of course, many who volunteered their services to the Government 
for various types of work, notably as Liberty Loan and Red Cross workers, special constables 
and members of the Home Guard. As it has been found that practically every Tech man 
not in military service was engaged in one or another of these activities, only those records 
have been included in which the individual served as an official, or in the case of special 
constabulary and home guards, in which he was actually called out, and saw active service. 

Women engaged in Red Cross and similar work have, however, been included. 



FACULTY, INSTRUCTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 

ALDRIN, E. E. See Class of '17. 

AYDELOTTE, FRANK, Director, War Issues Courses, Comm. on Education and Special Training, War Dept., 
Washington, D. C, June '18 — Jan. '19, in charge of organization and direction of the course given to soldiers 
in one hundred and fifty training detachments for mechanics and in five hundred and forty colleges maintain- 
ing units of the S. A. T. C. (Page 52.) 

BABCOCK, J. B., 3d. See Class of '10. 

BARROWS, H. K. See Class of '95. 

BARTLETT, D. P. See Class of '86. 

BERRY, C. W. See Class of '95. 



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BIGELOW, R. P., Investigator in the drying of fruits and vegetables, Bu. of Chemistry, U. S. Dept. of Agricul- 
ture; studied effects of dehydration upon the microscopic structure of a number of common vegetables; 
assisted in preparation of balloon fabric; devised a method of making very fine threads of rubber. 
(Page 274.) 

BLANCHARD, A. A. See Class of '98. 

BOWMAN, H. L. See Class of '14. 

BRADLEY, H. C. See Class of '91. 

BREED, C. B. See Class of '97. 

BREED, S. A. See Class of '93. 

BRIGHAM, G. B., JR. See Class of '12. 

BROWN, S. E. See Class of '04. 

BUGBEE, E. E. See Class of '00. 

BURTNER, EVERS. See Class of '15. 

BURTON, A. E. U. S. Shipping Bd., Recruiting Service in charge of instruction, Navigation Schools, Recruit- 
ing Service, U. S. Shipping Bd., since '17; established schools on Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, Gulf of Mexico 
and Great Lakes. (Page 30.) 

BUSH, VANNEVAR. See Class of '16. 

■CARLSON, H. N. See Class of '13. 

CASTLEMAN, PHILIP. See Class of '05. 

■CHAMBERLIN, R. R., Radio Inspector and Designer of radio apparatus, Sperry Gyroscope Co., of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., at Charlestown Navy Yard. 

CHENEY, R. B., Aeronautical Draftsman, U. S.'Sig. Co., Research Dept., at Aerodynamical Laboratory, M. I. T., 
and Dayton, Ohio; research work, wind tunnel, M. I. T., testing strength of materials for aero work; Second 
Asst. Engr., Merchant Marine, Jan. '19. 

COWDREY, I. H. See Class of '05. 

CROISSANT, D. C, Special Investigator, U. S. Bu. of Efficiency; made phonetic transcription for European 
languages; Member, Comm. on Public Information; Four Minute Man. 

•CRONIN, J. T. See Class of '17. 

DENKINGER, G. M. See Class of '13. 

DEWEY, D. R., Director of Economic Sect, of Information and Education Service, U. S. Dept. of Labo r, Washing- 
ton, D. C, i Aug.— 31 Dec. '18. 

DOLE, M. W. See Class of '04. 

EAMES, J. J. See Class of '02. 

EMERSON, C. J. See Class of '04. 

1ERNST, R. H., Supervisor in Dept. of Spagnum Moss Bandages, Red Cross; Member of committee in charge 
of S. A. T. C., University of Washington. 

TALES, D. A. See Class of '14. 

TAY, HENRY, Consulting Chemist, Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 
New Haven, Conn., U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; special work at M. I. T., training Naval Aviation 
Inspectors along metal inspection lines. 

TEINSILVER, J. E., assisted Prof. Webster of Clark University in research on artillery cannon, Feb. — Aug. '18. 

FORD, H. S., Bursar, M. I. T., in charge of financial and physical side of all war activities at M. I. T. and all govt, 
contracts with M. I. T. (Page 54.) 

FRANKLIN, W. S., Assoc. Physicist, Bu. of Standards, working on airplane and bomb sight problems. 

TULLER, C. E. See Class of '92. 

GARDNER, H. B. See Class of '17. 

■GILL, A. H. See Class of '84. 

•GOODRICH, A. L. See Class of '98. 

GOODWIN, H. M. See Class of '90. 

•GRACEY, F. M., Inst., S. A. T. C; Inst., Dept. of Drawing, M. I. T. 

HALL, W. T. See Class of '95. 

HAMILTON, A. L. See Class of '18. 

HAMILTON, L. F. See Class of '14. 

HAUSER, W. J. See Class of '14. 

.HAVEN, G. B. See Class of '94. 

HAYWARD, H. W. See Class of '96. 

HOLMES, A. F. See Class of '04. 

IHOSMER, G. L. See Class of '97. 

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HOVGAARD, WILLIAM, in charge Research Sect., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Design Div., Navy Dept., carried 

on scientific investigation and inspected troop transports for necessary changes in construction, May '17 — 

Sept. '18. (Pages 153 and 233.) 
HOWARD, J. W. See Class of '03. 
HUDSON, R. G. See Class of '07. 
HUMPHREYS, WALTER. See Class of '97. 

JACKSON, D. C, Member of Dist. Exemption Bd. for Boston, July — Dec. '17. See Military Record. 
JONES, W. H. See Class of '09. 
KENISON, ERVIN. See Class of '93. 
KENNELLY, A. E., Civilian Liaison Officer, Sig. C, U. S. A., 6 June '18; special instructions from Chief Signal 

Officer in regard to duties with A. E. F. U. S. 7 June '18 — 1 Oct. '18; A. E. F. (France and England) 21 

July — 15 Sept. '18. (Pages 28 and 220.) 

KNEELAND, F. R., Inst., Dept. of Chemistry, M. I. T., working on development of new poison gases under the 

C. W. S. 
KNOWLAND, T. M. See Class of '18. 
LAMBRITH, J. R., gave course in forging to student officers in aviation, M. I. T. 

LANGLEY, E. F., Volunteer, Y. M. C. A., Inst, in French, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., fall of '17; 
discharged from Plattsburg to be Inst, in S. A. T. C. at M. I. T., 7 Sept. '18; Inst, in French, School of Military 
Aeronautics, M. I. T., spring '18; translator of papers in foreign languages, General Solicitor's Office, Washing- 
ton, D. C, '18. See Military Record. 

LEGAIN, J. H., Inst., Aviation, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T. 

LEWIS, W. K. See Class of '05. 

LIDDELL, W. A. See Class of '16. 

LINDGREN, W., Prof, of Geology, M. I. T., and Inst. S. A. T. C. 

LITTLEFIELD, C. E. See Class of '95. 

LOCKE, C. E. See Class of '96. 

MacINNES, D. A., Director of research in co-operation with the National Research Council at Research Labora- 
tory of Physical Chemistry, M. I. T. 

McINTYRE, R. D. See Class of '18. 

MacKINNON, J. C. See Class of '13. 

♦MACLAURIN, R. C, Pres., M. I. T. Educational Director of the S. A. T. C, under the Educational and Train- 
ing Section of the War Plans Division of the General Staff; in general charge of all educational work per- 
formed by the Institute for the Government during the war. Died, Jan. 15, 1920. (Pages 7 and 50.) 

MARSTON, N. S. See Class of '11. 

MILLER, E. F. See Class of '86. 

MILLER, H. L. See Class of '18. 

MOORE, A. H., entered Sturtevant Blower Works, Readville, Mass., engaged in work on forced draft fans, etc. 

MOORE, F. J., Prof, of Organic Chemistry, M. I. T., conducting experimental chemical work bearing on various 

military problems. 
MORKS, PEREY, entered Service May '18, spent summer and fall in camps returning to Institute I Jan. '19. 
MUELLER, EDWARD, Asst. Prof, of Chemistry, M. I. T., giving summer course during the war in School of 

Public Health, M. I. T.; working on poison gas defense problems, analysis of T. N. T. as assistant inspector 

for Italian Govt., '15 — '16; consultant with Ord. Dept., in connection with mfg. of explosives, fall '18. 
NORRIS, J. F., in charge Offense Chemical Research, War Gas Investigations, American University Experiment 

Station, Bu. of Mines, Washington, D. C, June '17 — June '18. See Military Record, and pages 253 and 257. 

NORTON, A. E. See Class of '09. 

NORTON, C. L. See Class of '93. 

NORTON, P. W. See Class of '08. 

NOYES, A. A. See Class of '86. 

O'NEILL, J. F. See Class of '02. 

OWEN, GEORGE. See Class of '94. 

PALMER, H. H. See Class of '09. 

PARK, C. R., Inst., Dept. of Chemistry, M. I. T., and Inst. S. A. T. C. 

PEABODY, C. H. See Class of '77. 

PEABODY, DEAN, JR. See Class of '10. 

PEARSON, H. G., associated with various auxiliary organizations connected with the Institute and Alumni 
Association during the war, especially those dealing with undergraduate activities; member of the Joint 
Comm. for National Service; member, special comm. on shipyard work for undergraduates; prominent in 
the organization of Camp Cunningham and the Technology Paris Bureau of the American University Union; 
during the summer of '17 made a trip to various alumni centers to arouse interest in Technology's war activi- 
ties. (Pages 48, 62, 64 and 68.) 

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PERKINS, F. W., Constructor of Apparatus, Dept. of Mechanical Engr., M. I. T., working on experimental 

apparatus used in development of airplanes and tanks. 
REED, H. F., Asst. Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. See Military Record. 
REED, R. C. See Class of '04. 
RICKER, C. W. See Class of '14. 
ROBBINS, A. G. See Class of '86. 

ROBINSON, A. T., Special Clerk, Bu. of War Risk Ins., Washington, D. C, July '18— Sept. '18. (Page 345.) 
ROBINSON, C. S. See Class of '09. . 

ROBINSON, K. C. See Class of '12. 
RUSSELL, A. L. See Class of '18. 
RUSSELL, G. E. See Class of '00. 
SAUVEUR, ALBERT. See Class of '89. 
SCHELL, E. H. See Class of '12. 
SCHROEDER, R. A. See Class of '17. 
SHEA, T. E. See Class of '19. 
SHERRILL, M. S. See Class of '99. 

SHIMER, H. W., Assoc. Prof, of Geology, M. I. T., and Inst., S. A. T. C. 

SLACK, F. H., Inst., Dept. of Biology, M. I. T., War Laboratory Course, teaching diagnostic methods. 
SMITH, H. W. See Class of '97. 
SMITH. L. S. See Class of '00. 
SPEAR, E. B., Consulting Chemist, Research Div., C. W. S.; Assoc. Prof, of Inorganic Chemistry, M. I. T, aiding 

in cons, of gas masks and activation of carbon for gas masks; joint inventor of anti-dimming compound for 

eyepieces of gas masks, oxidation of carbon monoxide. 

SPOFFORD, C. M. See Class of '93. 

STRANG, J. M. See Class of '19. 

TAFT, T. H. See Class of '01. 

TALBOT, H. P. See Class of '85. 

THOMPSON, M. deK. See Class of '98. 

TIMBIE, W. H., Editor in Chief, Vocational Sect., Comm. on Education and Special Training, War Dept., 

Washington, D. C, in charge of educational methods and material for training detachments. 
TREMERE, B. B. See Class of '13. 

TUCKER, D. S., Inst, in Economics and War Aims, S. A. T. C, Tufts College Unit. 
TYLER, H. W. See Class of '84. 
UNDERWOOD, W. L. See Class of '98. 
VENABLE, C. S. See Class of '17. 
WALWORTH, W. F. See Class of '19. 
WAREHAM, C. M. See Class of '16. 

WARREN, C. H., Prof, of Mineralogy, M. I. T, and Inst., S. A. T. C. 
WHITNEY, W. R. See Class of '90. 
WILKES, G. B. See Class of '11. 
WILLIAMS, R. S. See Class of '02. 
WILSON, R. E. See Class of '16. 
WOODMAN, A. G. See Class of '97. 
YEATON, P. O. See Class of '17. 

FORMER STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATES 



FORBES, ELI (S. and L.) Local Representative, Food Conservation Comm., Lancaster, Mass.; Registrar under 

Draft Law. 
RICHARDS, R. H. (Ill) Member of Comm. to study amount of manganese State of Virginia could produce. 

1869 
ADAMS, E. D. (Sp.) Director, American Comm. for Devastated France, Inc., New York City. 
BLASHFIELD, E. H., Member of Art Comm. of Liberty Loans; Chairman, Comm. of Pictorial Publicity. 
VEAZIE, WINCHESTER, Food Adm., Hyannisport, Craigville, and Osterville, Mass.; Registrar of Draft Enroll- 
ment, Hyannis. 

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1870 

BRECK, C. H., placed 700 soldiers, sailors and aviators in suitable places without expense to them after their 
return to this country. 

CROSS, C. R. (S. and L.) Consultant on govt, problems. 

HERRESHOFF, N. G. (II), Pres., Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Inc., Bristol, R. I., constructing scout boats, patrol 
boats, pontoon barges and hydro-airplanes. (Page 393.) 

MASON, S. D. (I) Asst. Engr., U. S. Engr. Dept., Ft. Worden, Wash. 

OSGOOD, J. A. See page 354. 

WILLARD, D. W., (II) Inventor of device for protecting vessels from mines and torpedoes. (Page 279.) 

1871 

APPLETON, F. H. (Sp.) Maj. Gen., Mass. N. G. (retired); Pres., Veteran Assn. 1st Corps Cadets, later 101st 

Engrs.; Chairman, Essex Co. Branch, Red Cross. 
DURHAM, C. W. (I) Principal Asst., U. S. Engr. Office, Rock Island, 111. 

FRENCH, D. C, carried on propaganda work; designed statues for Victory Arch, New York City. 
HALL, F. R., Member of Legal Advisory Bd. for Draft, Boston, Mass. 
HOWE, H. M. (Ill) Metallurgist, investigated erosion of guns for Naval Consulting Bd.; Civilian Attache, Ord. 

Dept., investigating materials for helmets and body armor; Chairman, Engr. Div., National Research Council; 

Scientific Attache, American Embassy, Paris. (Pages 304 and 306.) 

ROLLINS, E. W. (II) President of the firm of E. H. Rollins & Sons, which placed its sales organization at the 
Government's disposal for selling Liberty Bonds. About one sixth of the entire series of issues was handled by 
committees directed by members of the firm's staff. (Page 59.) 

WEAD, C. K., (VIII) Asst. Examiner, Patent Office. 

1872 

ALLEN, C. F. (I) Agent for Household Fuel Economy in Mass., Fuel Adm.; lectured on "Coal Saving in House- 
holds;" Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., West Roxbury, Mass. (Page 66.) 
CARPENTER, E. J., Asst. Engr., Corps of Engineers, War Dept., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
HODGE, J. M. (Ill) Chairman, Home Serv. Sect., Red Cross, Big Stone Gap, Va. 
LOCKE, E. C, built hydroplanes for U. S. Navy Dept. (Pages 244 and 372.) 
STAFFORD, F. H. (I) Member Legal Advisory Bd., Huron Co., Mich. 

UPTON, E. W., Adviser in regard to patrol boats, Navy Dept.; Asst. Physicist, Bu. Standards. 
WALES, W. Q., supplied iron and steel to Govt. 

1873 
BROTHERTON, W. E. (V) Pvt., Co. D, 2d. Bn. Cincinnati Home Guard. Active duty during flood of Feb. 

'18 and strike of policemen and firemen, Apr. 'i9- 
BROWN, F. N. See Roll of Honor (page 118). 
FELTON, S. M. (I) Adviser and Consulting Engr., Engr. C, June '16; Director General, Military Railways, 

July '17; Vice-Chairman, Port and Harbor Facilities Comm., U. S. Shipping Bd., Jan. '18; A. E. F., Inspector 

of transporation facilities, July '18 — Jan. '19. Distinguished Service Medal and Commander of Legion of 

Honor. (Pages 59, 139 and 212.) 
HAINES, W. S. (V) Prof, of Chemistry, Materia Medica and Toxicology, University of Chicago; Member, State 

Food Comm. 
HAYES, EDMUND, (I) Member of Comm. on Mobilization of Technology's Resources. (Page 59.) 
LUCHARS, ALEXANDER, Trade Commissioner, Dept. of Commerce; abroad, reporting on engr. industries 

in Europe. 
SHAILER, R. A. (I) Engr. of Cons., Cons. Div., Q. M. Dept., Charleston Port Terminal, S. C. 
VERY, F. W. (V). See page 354. 
WILLIAMS, F. H. (V) Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps. 

1874 
ARNOTT, J. L. (S. and L.) Asst. to Production Engr. in Marine Equipment, Sup. Div., New England Dist., U. S. 

Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; Portland, Me., 10 June '18 — 14 Sept. '18, Boston, Mass., 16 Sept. — 15 

Jan. '19. 
BARRUS, G. H. (II) Field Engr., Mass. Dept., U. S. Fuel Adm.; Inspector, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet 

Corp.; Tester of mine-sweepers built by The Foundation Co., for French Govt. 
BLUNT, W. T. (I) Asst. Engr. at Large, War Dept., in charge of harbor work, Chicago, 111. 

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DOANE, G. E. (II) Sec, Local Draft Bd., Div. 39, Mass. 

ELLIOT, G. T., Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Div. 35, Norwood, Mass.; Supply Sgt. and Sec. Training School 

Comm., Norwood Military Training School. 
EMERSON, J. S. (I) with wife raised $48,366.23 for Belgian Relief. (Page 302.) 
FISH, C. C. R. (V) Mfg. Chemist, Otis Clapp & Son, Inc., Boston, Mass., mfg. supplies for Red Cross and 

Surgical Units. 
HOWARD, C. P. (I) mfg. metal work for railway passenger cars, hardware for ships, tools for airplane parts, 

6.1" gun mounts, machine gun equipment and condensers for destroyers. 
LAMB, H. W., Member, Ex. Comm., Chairman, Finance Comm., Brookline Branch of Boston Chapter, Red 

Cross. 

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BOWERS, GEORGE (I) Project Engr., later supervising Engr., U. S. Housing Corp., Dept. of Labor, Lowell, 

Mass. 
EDES, W. C. (I) Chairman, Alaskan Engr. Comm.; Member, Bd. of National Defense at Anchorage, Alaska. 

GOOD ALE, C. W. (Ill) Chairman, Bu. of Safety, Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Butte, Mont.; Asst. Inspector, 

Bu. of Mines. 
HIBBARD, THOMAS (II) Treas. of George Lawley & Son Corp., Dorchester, Mass., builders of submarine 

chasers, hulls for flying boats and depth bomb gears; altered vessels for patrol service for Navy Dept. 
LEWIS, G. W. (IV). See page 354. 
LEWIS, WILFRED (I) Consulting Engr., Liberty Motors and Tanks, Ord. Dept., Bridgeport and New Haven, 

Conn., and Springfield, Mass. 
SHOCKLEY, W. H. (Ill) Member Ex. Comm., War Camp Community Service for Camp Fremont, Calif. 
SLADE, A. E. (I) Treas. Laurel Lake Mills, Fall River, Mass., mfg. cotton goods for U. S. Govt. 
STODDARD, G. H., Member, Advisory Comm., Food Adm., Boston, Mass. 
STANWOOD, J. B. (II) Engr. and Sec, Houston, Stanwood & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, designing and 

constructing lathes for gun work for Ord. Dept. and Navy Dept., and building engines and boilers for Forestry 

Dept., in France. 

1876 
ATWOOD, W. P. (V) Chemist, Mass. Cotton Mills, Lowell, Mass. 

BREED, J. B. F. (I) Volunteer Consulting Engr., summer '17; Member of Fuel Conservation Comm., Jefferson 
Co., Ky. '18— '19. 

CODD, W. F., Local Treas., 2d Red Cross Fund. 

COPELAND, F. K. (I) Chairman, 111. Comm. on Industrial Preparedness, Naval Consulting Bd., Sept. '16 — May 

'17; Chairman, Advisory Comm., Naval Consulting Bd., June '17 — Dec. '18; Chairman, Comm. on Engr. 

and Inventions, State Council of Defense, June '17 — Dec. '18; Chairman, Ord. Recruiting Comm., Technical 

Societies of Chicago, Nov. — Dec. '17; Chairman, War Comm., Technical Societies of Chicago, '17 — '18. 
CROSBY, W. 0. (VII) Consulting Geologist for U. S. Army Engrs., Reclamation Service, Aluminum Co. of 

America and General Electric Co. 
du PONT, WILLIAM, Pres. and Chairman of Bd. of Ball Grain Powder Co., mfg. grenades, shells and making 

fuses, for foreign and U. S. Govts.; Vice-Pres., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. during early war period. 
FLETCHER, C. R. (V) organized Lafayette Society of Calif. (Page 353.) 

FLETCHER, F. W. (VI) Naval Pilot on Great Lakes, took first three Ford Eagles to salt water. 
FREEMAN, J. R. (I) Chairman, National Advisory Comm. for Aeronautics; Member, Advisory Comm., Fire 

Prevention Bd.; Member, Nat. Research Council. (Pages 306 and 328.) 

GILES, J. E., Volunteer Examiner for Aviation Service, Physician at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. 

HAPGOOD, E. E. (IV) Member of firm, Hapgood, Frost & Co., Wellesley, Mass., working on govt, contracts. 

HODGDON, F. W. (I) Engr. in charge of dry dock and wharf cons, in Boston Harbor for Comm. on Waterways 
and Public Lands, Commonwealth of Mass. Advised with army and navy officers regarding use of Common- 
wealth Pier, location of Victory Plant at Squantum, and Army Supply Base. 

JACQUES, W. W. (VIII) Expert for British Admiralty, Anti-Submarine Div.; originated and developed into 
practical use method and apparatus to locate submarines. (Page 275.) 

KENDALL, H. H., Chairman, Liberty Loan Campaign, Newton Centre, Mass.: Director, Local Red Cross 
Chapter. 

KILHAM, A. C. (II) Member, Ex. Comm., Red Cross, Springfield, Mo. 

LAVERY, G. L. (II) Mech. Engr. and Mgr., Steel Wheel Dept., West Steel Casting Co., mfr. and delivered to 
Ord. Dept. and M. T. Div., Q. M. Dept., more than 30,000 cast-steel wheels. 

LEWIS, T. J. (II) Chairman, Local Draft Bd. No. 20, Philadelphia, for sixteen months. 

MAIN, C. T. (II) Adviser, Cons. Div., U. S. Army; Member, War Dept. Comm. with reference to form of emer- 
gency contract for construction work; War Dept. Comm. for investigation of conduct of work on certain 
project; Member, American Engr. Delegation to France; Member, Bd. of Advisory Engrs. to Fuel Commissioner 
of Mass.; Member, Special Fuel Comm. of Boston on Public Buildings and Departments. (Pages 225, 315 
and 316.) 

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MILLS, A. L. (I) Receiver and General Manager, Fort Smith & Western R. R. Co. 
MORTON, G. A., General Baggage Agent, Traffic Dept., N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 
PRINCE, G. T. (I) Dist. Engr., New England, U. S. Housing Corp. 

WOOD, H. B. (I) Asst. Engr., Comm. on Waterways and Public Lands, Commonwealth of Mass., engaged on con- 
servation of water resources, to save coal. 

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BALDWIN, G. J. (Ill) Chairman, Bd. of Directors, American International Shipbuilding Corp., U. S. Shipping 

Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. (Pages 59 and 383.) 
FAIRBANKS, W. E. (IV) with Taft Woolen Co., packers and shippers of silk filling to be woven into 100 lb. 

powder bags for use of artillery. 
HALE, R. A. (I) Principal Asst. Engr., Essex Co., Lawrence, Mass., providing water power for mills. 
HIBBARD, H. D. (Ill) Member, Comm. for conservation of manganese, Bu. of Mines; Chairman, Comm. to 

deal with non-metallic impurities in steel, Engr. Div., National Research Council. (Page 306.) 
*JAQUES, HERBERT (IV) Chairman, Serbian Relief Comm.; Chairman, Ex. Comm., National Allied Bazaar, 

Boston, Dec. '16; devoted much time to Belgian Relief. Died, Dec. '16. (Page 301.) 

KITTREDGE, G. W. (I) Chief Engr., N. Y. C. &H.R. R.R.; Member, Budget Comm. for railroads in Eastern 

Regional Dist. (Page 312.) 
MUDGE, B. C. (I) in Cost and Efficiency Dept., United Shoe Machinery Co., Beverly, Mass., mfg. machinery 

for repairing shoes in the trenches and for making all kinds of army and civilian shoes. 

PEABODY, C. H. (II) Prof, of Naval Architecture and Marine Engr., M. I. T-; gave intensive courses in Naval 
Architecture, 25 Apr. '17 — -Dec. '18; Pres., Academic Bd., U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, 25 June '17 
— 19 Nov. '17; Pres., Academic Bd., Naval Aviation Detachment, 23 July '17; Pres., Academic Bd., School for 
Inspection Naval Aviation Detachment; in charge of School of U. S. A., Aeronautical Engrs., 6 May, '18 — 17 
Jan. '19. (Pages 11, 23, 26, 36 and 48.) 

SKINNER, F.C., Examiner in Chief, U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C; Member, Comm. to determine what 
patents should be withheld as likely to convey useful information to the enemy; Mgr., Campaign for Fourth 
Liberty Loan, U. S. Patent Office. 

SOUTHWORTH, H. C. (Ill) Chairman, Comm. on Production and Conservation of Food, Stoughton, Mass. 

THAYER, A. W. (I) Inventor, device for automatic, firearms, removing recoil (not yet accepted by the Govt). 
(Page 279.) 

WILLISTON, B. T. (II) Works Mgr., Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc., mfg. steam valves and other brass 
work for allied armies. 

WOOD, F- W. (Ill) Vice-Pres., American International Shipbuilding Corp., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet 
Corp. (Page 59.) 

1878 

ALLBRIGHT, W. B. (V) Member of firm, The Allbright-Nell Co., Chicago, III, mfrs. of machinery for mfr. and 

preparation of food. 
BRADFORD, W. B. (II) Mechanical Draftsman, Construction and Repair Dept , Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 
BROWN, J. F., Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Draft. 

'18—15 Dec. '19. 

COTTON, LESLIE (II) Assoc. Field Director, Red Cross Convalescent House, Camp Merritt, N. J., 1 July 

FISHER, W. B. (Ill) lead, silver and copper miner, Nevada. 

HAMLIN, A. D, F. (IV) Inst, in French, S. A. T. C, Columbia University, 23 Sept.— 20 Nov. '18; Special Com- 
missioner, Member of Ex. Comm., American Comm. for Relief in the Near East, investigating and reporting on 
conditions in Constantinople and Asia Minor, May '19 — Oct. '19. Cross of George I (Greek). (Page 296.) 

HENSHAW, J. O. (I) Member of Ex. Comm., of Merchant Pig Iron Distributers' Assn.; Treas., Fund for the Relief 

of Children of Belgium. 
LOVERING, G. G. (I) Deputy Food Commissioner, Texas. 

RACKEMANN, C. S. (I) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Service, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
ROBERTSON, R. A. (II) Mfr. of shrapnel and high explosive shells; Consultant for sundry govt. work. 
ROLLINS, J. W. (I) Pres., Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corp., Constructors, Destroyer Plant and Victory Bridge, 

Squantum, Mass.; wharves for Boston Army Supply Base; wharf and shed for Army Supply Base, New 

Orleans, La. (Pages 66 and 380.) 
SARGENT, J. W. (II) adjusted marine engines for U. S. Shipping Bd. 
SCHWAMB, PETER (II) designed and developed special airplane wing covering of ply wood; experiments at 

McCook Field suspended on signing of armistice. (Page 279.) 
SOHIER, W. D., Chairman, Mass. Highway Comm., co-operating with various govt, depts. 

1879 
BATCHELDER, J. F. (Ill) Member, Local Bd., Selective Draft, Hood River Co., Ore. 
CROSBY, ALICE BALLARD (Mrs. W. 0.) (V) Worker in War Relief Societies. 

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CUTLER, E. A. (V) Vice-Pres., A. H. Richardson Lumber Co., Boston, Mass., furnishing lumber for army 
cantonments, supply bases and navy yards. 

FULLERTON, H. B. (IX) in Secret Service for Treasury, Post Office, Interior, Justice and Agricultural Depts.; 
Director of Agricultural Development, Long Island R.R. (Page 351.) 

GARRATT, A. V., Collaborator with the Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., in development of anti-aircraft gun sights, air- 
craft gun sights, firing mechanisms and nitrogen extraction; Fuel Adm., Holliston, Mass.; Chairman, Y. M. C. 
A. Fund for Holliston. 

GOSS, W. F. M. (II) Member, National Research Council; Member, State Comm. for 111., Council of National 
Defense; mfr. railway cars. (Page 306.) 

HASELTINE, W. S., clerical work for Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., mfg. motors and generators for submarines. 

HOWE, L. P. (I) Field Director with rank of Maj., Red Cross, Portsmouth Naval Dist., charged with care of 
enlisted men and naval prisoners in connection with family affairs. 

KIMBALL, W. N. (S. M. A.) Agent, Manville Co., Woonsocket, R. I., mfr. cloth for govt, supplies, bandages 
for Red Cross. 

KNAPP, F. B. (I) Inst, in Mathematics, S. A. T. C. and S. N. T. C, Harvard University. 

LORING, F. R. (VII) Tutor in Naval Subjects. 

MELCHER, G. S., (S. M. A.) Mechanical Engr. and Works Mgr., Mason Regulator Co., Sharon, Mass., furnish- 
ing reducing valves and pump regulators for Navy Dept. and locomotives. 

MORGAN, R. H. (IV) Worker in War Relief, London, Eng. 

NICHOLS, G. M. (Ill) Chairman, Food and Fuel Supply Comm. and Bd. of Registration of Soldiers and 

Sailors. 
WAITT, A. M. (II) Organization work, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, New York, Detroit, and 

Bridgeport after resignation from Engr. R. C. See Military Record. 

1880 

BOND, W. C. (S. M. A.) supplied War and Navy Depts. with chronometers and other instruments. 

BROWN, A. N. (II) Prof, and Librarian, U. S. Naval Academy. 

DEAN, J. S. (S. M. A.) Assoc. Member Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Draft. 

FOOTE, 0. K. (IV) Field Investigator, Rochester Dist. Ord. Office; Member, Salvage Bd. 

GILBERT, CASS (IV) Architect, Army Supply Base, Brooklyn, N. Y.; buildings for Treasury Dept.; Assoc. 

Chairman, Div. of Pictorial Publicity, Comm. on Public Information. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 

(Pages 144 and 322.) 
POTTER, E. C. (Ill) (VI) Trade Expert, War Trade Bd., Washington, D. C, passing on applications for export of 

tin plate and articles made of tin. 
WHITE, LAURA R. (IV) managed large farm in Ky., producing chiefly corn. 

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ALLEN, J. H. (Ill) Chairman, Finance Comm., Walpole Red Cross; Ex. Comm., Walpole War Fund Assn. 
BRIGGS, F. H. (IX) Chairman, War Trade Comm., National Assn. Importers of Hides and Skins. 
CROCKER, EMMONS (X) Treas., Union Machine Co., and Union Screen Plate Co. of Mass. and Vice-Pres. 

Union Screen Plate Co., Canada. 
DUFF, JOHN (V) volunteer medical work in connection with Selective Draft Service, Red Cross, and returned 

soldiers and sailors. 
FRENCH, D. W. (I) Supt., Hackensack Water Co., supplied water to Camp Merritt, Port of Embarkation, 

Hoboken, N. J., and additional quantity of water to mfg. industries on west shore of Hudson River. 
HILL, A. E. (IV) Supt. in charge of construction of buildings for mfr. of war material and machinery. 
LINDSAY, W. B. (V) on New York City Exemption Bd. 

MOWER, G. A. (II) Managing Director and Chairman of British Companies producing goods for war purposes; 

Member, Comm., American University Union in Europe, in London. 
MUNYAN, OSCAR, Member, Comm., Conn. State Council of Defense. 
NOBLE, F. C. (I) Agent of Treasury Dept. to issue W. S. S. and Certificates. 
NORRIS, WEBSTER (III) experimented on rubber for military equipment. 

ORDWAY, EVELYN WALTON (Mrs. J. M.) (V) Member, Surgical Dressing Unit, Lynn, Mass.; Worker at 
M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary. 

PROUTY, I. J. (V) Member, Volunteer Medical Service Corps, Medical Advisory Bd. 

REVERE, W. B. (II) (III) Chairman, Canton Branch, Red Cross. 

ROGERS, ROBERT, Legal Advisory Bd., and Exemption Bd., Div. 35, Canton, Mass. 

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ROSENHEIM, A. F. (IV) Supt., Bu. Yards and Docks, U. S. Navy Dept., New London, Conn., and Charleston, 
S. C, '18. 

ROSING, W. H. V. (II) in charge of Mech. Dept. of the Globe Seamless Steel Tubes Co., Milwaukee, Wis., mfg. 
for Navy and for our allies. 

SARGENT, A. C, Pres., C. G. Sargent's Sons Corp., Graniteville, Mass., mfg. machinery for textile and muni- 
tions plants working on govt, orders. 

SMITH, J. E. (II) Member, Local Sect., Dept. of Labor, U. S. Employment Service, Dist. Bd., Socorro Co., 
New Mex. 

STEARNS, G. H. (Ill) Emergency Fleet Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., '18. 

WALLACE, G. R. (I) Chairman, Fitchburg Comm. on Public Safety, Vice-Chairman Red Cross Chapter. 

WALSH, F. T. (V) Mfr. mordants for khaki clothes. 

WINSLOW, ARTHUR (III) work with U. S. Shipping Bd. 

1882 
ADAMS, A. E. (S. M. A.) Skilled Draftsman, Ord. Office, War Dept. 

ADAMS, E. R., Secret Service Agent; helped take over about 500 wood and steel steamers for the U. S. Shipping Bd. 
AYER, W. B. (I) Federal Food Adm. for Ore.; Chairman, 1st Red Cross Campaign. 

DORCHESTER, E. D. (S. M. A.) Vice-Pres., Red Cross Chapter, Velasco, Texas; with Freeport Sulphur Co., 

producing a war product. 
FAUNCE, GEORGE (III) Pres., Pennsylvania Smelting Co., Carnegie, Pa., producing lead and silver under 

control of Lead Producers Comm., War Industries Bd. 
HERRICK, R. F. (V) Sales Representative, Utility Equipments, especially "baling presses" for shipment of 

A. E. F. uniforms. 
HILL, F. E. (IV) Time Keeper, construction of temporary Food Bldg., Apr. '18; Auditor, U. S. Housing Corp., 

Washington, D. C. 
JENKINS, C. D. (V) Inspector of Gas, Comm. of Mass.; Bd. of Gas and Electric Light Commissions, assisting 

companies to recover light oils. 

JONES, H. W. (IV) Dist. Vocational Officer, Federal Bd. for Vocational Education; Administrator, work of 
vocational training for disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in Minn., N. Dak., S. Dak., and Mont. 

KEYES, J. M. (S. M. A.) Chairman, Local Draft Bd.; Member, Local Public Safety Comm.; Retail-price Reporter 
for U. S. Food Adm., Concord, Mass. 

LEWIS, L. G. (II) Engr., U. S. Housing Corp., Bridgeport, Conn. 

MUNROE, J. P. (Ill) Vice-Chairman, Federal Bd.for Vocational Education; Member, Comm. on Mobilization 

of Technology's Resources; Chairman, M. I. T. Comm. for National Service. (Pages 58, 62. 64, 68 and 341.) 
NEAL, B. W. (S. M. A.) Member, Comm. Public Safety, Brookline, Mass.; Chairman, Comm. Employment of 

Returned Soldiers. 
ROSS, H. F. (Ill) Pres., Mercantile Wharf Corp., conducting wholesale market with over a hundred tenants 

handling food products. 
ROSS, J. H. (S. and L.) produced threads and twine for Army and Navy. 
SNOW, W. B. (II) Chairman, Finance Comm., and Member Ex. Comm., Public Safetv Comm. of Watertown. 

Mass. (Page 68.) 
STEVENS, ALICE A. (V) Red Cross and War Relief Worker. 
THOMPSON, E. B. (II) Asst. Engr., Chicago & North Western Railway Corp. 
WARREN, G. E. (II) Engr., United Shoe Machinery Co., Beverly, Mass., developing shoe machinery for the mfr. 

of army shoes. 



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ALEXANDER, WINTHROP (I) applied for commission in Engr. O. R. C, but not accepted. 
BROWNING, J. F., (S. M. A.), Machinist, Burgess Co., Marblehead, Mass.; Inspector and Asst. Supervisor, U. S. 

Shipping Bd., Boston, Mass.; Constructor and Organizer, Atlantic Loading Co., Amatol, N. J.; Member, Legal 

Advisory Bd., Selective Draft Service, Atlantic Co., N. J. 

CHASE, H. S. (II) Supervisor, Liberty Loan Accounts, Federal Reserve Bank, 1st Dist. (New England); Consult- 
ing Accountant, Federal Trade Comm.; reorganized accounts and methods of aircraft construction at the 
Metz Co. under contracts with War Dept.; Member, Comm. on Education and Training, War Dept.; Inst., 
Harvard School of Business Administration, cost accounting for war contracts. 

DRACH, G. W. (IV) Supervising Engr., Cincinnati Dist., Ord. Dept. 

FORAN, G. J. (II) Chairman, American Engr. Service of the Engr. Council; Member, Mayor's Comm. of Defense 
of New York City; Member of Technical Comms. of U. S. Shipping Bd. and War Industries Bd.; Chairman, 
Comm. of Engr. Resources of the American Society of Mech. Engrs. 

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GALE, H. B. (II) Chief Engr., Simplex Electric Heating Co., designing electrical apparatus used by Navy; Chair- 
man for Natick Chapter, Red Cross; Vice-Chairman, United War Work Campaign. 

HUTCHINGS, J. H. (II) Chairman, Comm. Public Safety, Phillipston, N. H.; Food Production and Conserva- 
tion Comm.; Member, U. S. Fuel Comm. and Local Comm. of Council of National Defense. (Page 307.) 

KINGSBURY, H. W. (V) Chairman, War Loan Organization, War Savings Div., Lackawanna Co., Pa. 

LA FARGE, C. G. (IV) Asst. Gen. Mgr., Bu. of Industrial Housing and Transportation, U. S. Housing Corp., 

Dept. of Labor. 
LAWTON, M. A. (V) Treas., A. J. Morse & Sons, Inc., Boston, Mass., mfrs. of diving apparatus for Army 

and Navy. 

MANSFIELD, H. M. (Ill) Asst. Mgr., Tiger Bay Plant, Palmetto Phosphate Co., producing phosphate rock, 
forming basis of practically all commercial fertilizers. Chairman Ex. Bd., Ft. Meade Chapter, Amer. Red 
Cross; Pres., Polk Co. Self-Preservation Loyalty League; Capt., American Protective League, Polk Co., Fla. 

PIKE, CLARA M., Worker for Red Cross, Hampton, N. H. 

STEVENS, E. F. (IV) Hosp. Adviser, overseas hospitals, with Engr. Dept., and Member, Comm. on Army Hosp. 
Plans appointed by Asst. Sec. of War, designing more efficient units of construction. 

WALKLEY, E. N. (II) Treas. of Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., Southington, Conn., mfrs. of machines and mechanics 
tools for Govt. 

WESSON, DAVID (V) Member, Comm. of Fats and Oils, National Research Council. (Page 306.) 

1884 

APPLETON, C. B. (II) applied for Commission in Engr. C. and Ord. Dept. but not accepted. 
BARD WELL, F. L. (V) Inst., School of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, '17— '18, S. A. T. C, '18. 
BARTLETT, T. H. (Ill) Sec, Co. Council of Defense, Nez Perce Co., Idaho; Agent, U. S. Fuel Adm. 
CHASE, R. L. (V) Mgr., U. S. Finishing Co.'s plant, Pawtucket, R. I., mfrs. of khaki uniform cloth and shelter 

tent cloth for the Govt. 
COBURN, D. L. (V) Guard, German boats held by U. S. Customs Office, Boston, Mass.; Analytical Chemist, 

for Medical Supply Bu., U. S. A. 
CUSHMAN, S. F. (S. M. A.), Treas., Y. M. C. A. War Fund, and Monson's War Fund, Monson, Mass. 
du PONT, T. C. (Ill) S. M. A., Pres. E. I. du Pont de Memours & Co. until Mch. '15. (Pages 54, 59, 68 and 335.) 
FITCH, A. L. (II) planned Picric Acid Plant to be built at Grand Rapids, Mich. 
FRENCH, G. L. R. (I) General Chairman, Railroad Comm., Liberty Loan Campaigns. 
GILL, A. H. (V) Consultant on quality of lubricating oils and gasolines for Q. M. C. (Page 3 27.) 
HAMMETT, H. G. (II) Mfr. small parts for locomotives for U. S. R. R. Adm. and for A. E. F. 
HOOKER, H. D. (IV) Asst. Architect, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., under U. S. Railroad Adm. 
HORTON, I. C. (II) Engr., Stone & Webster, Hog Island Shipyard, Pa. (Page 391.) 
JOHNSON, F. F. (Ill) Chairman, Liberty Loan Comm. for Idaho; State Treas., Red Cross in 1st War Drive, 

later Chapter War Fund Cashier; Member, Capital Issues Comm , 12th Federal Reserve Dist.; Chairman, 

Securities Comm. of Federal Reserve Bank, Boise, Idaho. 

LULL, G. F. (I) Inventor and mfr., marine glue for Navy and cement for hulls of hydroplanes; Lecturer on adhe- 

sives to Naval Squad at M. I. T. 
LUTHER, W. J. (I) Member, Public Safety Comm., Attleboro, Mass.; Chairman, Comm. on Industrial Survey for 

War Purposes. 
LYLE, D. A. (Ill) Col., U. S. A. (retired). Member, Bd. of Life-Saving Appliances, U. S. Coast Guard; Navy 

Dept., 6 Apr. '17 — 28 Aug. '19. 

MAYNARD, AMY BARNES (Mrs. S. T.) (V) Chairman, American Fund for French Wounded, Northborough, 
Mass. 

MORSE, P. S. (Ill) Consulting Metallurgist, Amer. Smelting & Refining Co., New York City, and inspector of 

metallurgical work at the various plants, promoting the lead-copper industry. 
PURINTON, A. J. (II) Chief, Atlantic City Dist., American Protective League; Member, Ex. Comm., War 

Camp Community Service; Member, Advisory Bd., Victory Loan and other War Comm. 
RICH, W. J. (Ill) Member, Primary Examiners' Advisory Comm. U. S. Patent Office, overseeing applications 

for patents. 
RICHARDS, F. B. (Ill) Member, Comm. on Iron Ore, Pig Iron and Lake Transportation, Council of National 

Defense. See Military Record. 

ROBINSON, C. S. (Ill) Pres., The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., mfrs. pig iron, steel, shell steel, pipe 
sheets, merchant bars and wire for Govt.; Member, Bd. of Directors, Organization for Industrial Preparedness, 
for State of Ohio, a position which carried with it appointment as Assoc. Member, Naval Consulting Bd., 
4 Apr. '16; Member, Advisory Bd. of U. S. Employment Service for Ohio. 

ROBINSON, T W. (Ill) Chairman and Member, Bd. for Div. I, N. Dist. of 111., Selective Service System; Member, 
Comm. on Housing, Council of National Defense, Washington, D. C. (Pages 59 and 308.) 

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RYDER, J. P. (V) Prof., Physical Education, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., in charge of S. A. T. C. 
TYLER, H. W. (V) Special Agent, Dept. of Labor, 27 May — 30 Aug. '18; Statistical work for Employment Serv- 
ice, Sept. 10 — Oct. '18. (Pages 65, 66, 68 and 340.) 

TYLER, ALICE I. BROWN (Mrs. H. W.) (V) prepared food exhibits for Boston; Volunteer, Food Adm., Wash- 
ington, D. C, summer '18. 

WALWORTH, J. P., Vice-Pres. and Treas., Walworth Bros., Inc., mfg. khaki shirtings for Govt. 

WHITNEY, A. W., Metallurgist, Enterprise Foundry & Machine Works, Bristol, Tenn., mfg. roller bearing 
mining car wheels. 

WHITNEY, W. M. (II) Mfr., machinery for aircraft production; Chairman, Local Public Safety Comm., Win- 
chendon, Mass. 

1885 

ACKER, E. O'C. (Ill) Metallurgist, Bethlehem Steel Co., South Bethlehem, Pa.; Consulting Engr., Tioga Iron 
& Steel Co.; Consulting Engr., under Navy Dept., Inland Ordnance Co., Bedford, Ohio. 

ALLEN, C. R. (V) Expert in Vocational Training, Asst. Supt. of Training, Supt. of Instructor Training; U. S. 
Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Education and Training Dept., training expert shipyard mechanics 
and green men. 

BAKER, DAVID (III) Mgr., Iron & Steel Works, Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd., Newcastle, New South 

Wales, mfg. rails and shell steel for Australia and Europe. 
BARTLETT, C. H. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 
BATES, J. H. S. (II) Consulting Engr., with Guy M. Walker & Sons, for power plants and special work. 

BEDLOW, F. E., Div. Auditor of Receipts, The Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. (Bell System), 
Dallas, Texas. 

CHOATE, P. C. (V) Metallurgist, research work on zinc, and permanganate of the alkalies. 

COPELAND, B. F., Investigator, National Labor Bd., investigating and settling strikes in U. S. 

DEWSON, E. H. (II) Resident Engr., Westinghouse Air Brake Co., New York City; mfg. brakes for "Pershing" 
locomotives and freight cars for A. E. F., and six-cylinder, rotary, air-cooled motors for practice planes. 

DODGE, L. L. (II) Asst. Chief Draftsman, U. S. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 

FISKE, REDINGTON (III) Mgr., Belgian Relief Comm. '14— autumn '16. See Military Record. 

FRY, T. W. (II) Member, Bd. of Directors, N. H. Naval Consulting Bd.; Local Fuel Administrator; Advisory 
Member, Local Draft Board, Claremont, N. H. 

HARDING, J. P. (IV) Chairman, Ex. Comm., Red Cross, Longmeadow, Mass. 

HUNT, A. K. (V) Asst., Red Cross, Military Relief Dept., New York City. 

KIMBALL, F. M. (VIII) Mgr., Small Motor Dept., General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. 

KINGSBURY, F. J., Member, National War Work Council, Y. M. C. A.; Member, Finance Comm., Comm. 

War Work in Industries; Chairman, New Haven United War Work Campaign; Member, Conn. State Council 

of Defense; Member, Comm. on Co-ordination of Societies. 
LITCHFIELD, I. W. (II) (VIII) Chairman, Comm. on Mobilization of Technology's Resources, Oct. '16; offered 

Tech's resources to Govt., Apr. '17, and furnished 500 men of officer material before July '17; Assoc. Director, 

U. S. Public Service Reserve, July '17; Chief, Clearance Sect., Skilled Labor Sect, and Professional Sect., U. S. 

Employment Service, Dept. of Labor; left service, 10 Apr. '19. (Pages 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 66 and 339.) 
LITTLE, A. D. (V) Pres. and General Mgr., Arthur D. Little, Inc., working on development of airplane dopes, 

acetone by fermentation, smoke filter and many miscellaneous problems; attended weekly conferences, Gas 

Defense, C. W. S.; miscellaneous work for Army Intelligence Branch, Navy Dept. and Food Adm. (Page 396.) 
LUFKIN, E. C. (II) Vice-Chairman, National Petroleum War Service Comm., co-operating with Oil Div., Fuel 

Adm., supplying U. S. and Allies with fuel oil, gasoline, kerosene and lubricating oils. (Pages 59 and 312.) 

LULL, R. S., (S. M. A.), Inst., Seamanship, Yale University Training Unit, '17 — '18; Capt. of Station, Summer 

Camp; Head, Dept. of Seamanship, U. S. Naval Unit, Yale University, Oct. '18. 
MAGOUN, H. A. (Ill) Sr. Vice-Pres., New York Shipbuilding Corp., which produced 160,000 tons shipping during 

the war. 

MEARS, H. A., (S. M. A.), detective work for U. S. Marshal, Boston, Mass. 

MORSS, EVERETT (III) Member, Priorities Comm., Oct. '17; Chief, Brass Sect., War Industries Bd., Washing- 
ton, D. C, Apr. '18. 

NEWELL, F. H. (Ill) Vice-Chairman, Comm. on Reconstruction Problems, National Research Council; Collector 

of data on Asiatic Turkey for members of Peace Comm. 
NUTE, J. E. (I) Member, Fall River Preparedness Comm.; Member, Ex. Comm., Fall River Chapter, Red Cross; 

Chairman, 2d Red Cross War Fund; Mass. Dist. Chairman, United War Work Fund; Chairman, Fall River 

Comm., War Camp Community Service; Chairman, Teams Comm., Red Triangle Campaign. 
NYE, G. H. (I) Member, Local Comm. of 100, New Bedford, Mass.; Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Draft; 

Chairman of Draft, Registration Precinct. 
POWER, P. W., (S. M. A.), Mech. Engr., Pittsfield Works, General Electric Co., mfg. Gaines timefuses and 

3"x 5" brass cases. 

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PRATT, H. G. (VI) Pres. and Treas., Samson Cordage Works, Boston, Mass., producing govt, supplies; Ward 
Chairman, Liberty Loan Comm. of Newton, Mass. 

REBER, L. E. (II) Assoc. Director, Public Reserve, U. S. Labor Dept., Aug. '17— Mch. '18; Director, Education 
and Training, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Apr. '18 — 15 Dec. '18; Director, Engineering and 
Trade Education, Y. M. C. A. Army Educational Comm., France, Dec. '18 — -July '19 (Educational Comm. of 
Y. M. C. A., became Army Educational Corps, Apr. '19); Director, College of Engineering, A. E. F. Uni- 
versity at Beaune, France. Decorated by French Govt, and made an Officer of the Academic (Pages 154, 
225 and 344.) 

RICHARDS, C. R. (II) Organizer, Unit of S. A. T. C, Cooper Union, New York City; classes in Gas Engine 
Practice, Marine Engine Practice, Motor Vehicle Construction and Testing, for training technicians to enter 
govt, service. 

ROBERTSON, N. G. (Ill) Mfr., shovels for Ry. Engrs. and for Q. M. Dept. 

SISE, LYMAN, Member, Local Draft Bd., Medford, Mass. See Military Record. 

STEELE, G. F. (II) (VIII) District Mgr., Power and Mining Dept., General Electric Co., Boston, Mass.; assisting 
mfrs. on all lines of war work to get needed electrical apparatus. 

TALBOT, H. P. (V) Member of the Advisory Bd. of Chemists, Bu. of Mines (later taken over by the War Dept.); 
Consulting Chemist, Bu. of Mines (later to the War Dept.); one of two to formulate courses of instruction 
in chemistry for use throughout the country in connection with the S. A. T. C, Washington, D. C. 

VANIER, G. P. (Ill) Chief Chemist, Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. 
WILLIAMS, H. J. (V) Fuel Engr., American Agricultural Chemical Co., Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
WILLIAMS, SIDNEY (I) with Union Pacific R. R. 

WITHERSPOON, MIRIAM F. (V) Member, Mayor's Comm. on Social Hygiene, Worcester, Mass. 
WORTHINGTON, ERASTUS (I) Chairman, Food Production and Conservation Comm., Dedham and West- 
wood, Mass. 

1886 

ATWOOD, F. M.( S. M. A.) Sec, Comm. Public Safety; Chairman, Four Minute Men; Explosive Licensing Agent, 

Bristol Co., Mass. 
BALL, J. T. (S. M. A.) Designer and Supt., Sturtevant Aeroplane Plant, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
BARTLETT, D. P. (VI) Prof, of Mathematics, M. I. T. and Inst., S. A. T. C. 
BARUS, ANNIE HOWES (Mrs. C.) (V) Chairman, College Women's Sect., R. I. Div., National Council of 

Women, Dept. of Food Conservation. 
BATCHELLER, B. C. (II) Chief of Canister Dept., Long Island Laboratory, Gas Defense Plant, C. W. S. 
BENSON, H. P. (S. M. A.) Chief Inspector, Sugar Div., U. S. Food Adm., Mass. 
BLUNT, M. M. (II) Draftsman, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., drafting in ship work and fitting up German ships 

for transports. 
BORDEN, R. P. (II) Ex. Sec, War Service Comm., American Hosp. Assn.; Member, Hosp. Comm., Medical 

Sect., Council of National Defense, Oct. '17 — Aug. '18; Consultant, General Staff, Hosp. Matters. See Military 

Record. 

BURGESS, J. K. (II) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Draft. 

BUSWELL, W. H., Supt., Archibald Wheel Co., Lawrence, Mass., mfg. artillery wheels for Ord. Dept. 

CAMPBELL, W. K. (S. M. A.) Constructor, condensers for war vessels at the Fore River Ship Yard, Quincy, 
Mass. 

CHADBOURN, W. H. (Ill) General Inspector in Belgium, Comm. for Relief in Belgium, '15; Chief Delegate and 
Representative at German Army Hq., '15; returned to U. S. A. on account of ill health; Vice-Pres., and Sales 
Mgr., New Home Sewing Machine Co., mfg. 155 mm. shells and primers. 

COBB, L. R. (I) Concrete Designing Engr., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., constructing buildings for Aetna 
Explosives Co. and Dominion Arsenal, Canada; Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn.; Savage 
Arms Co., Utica, N. Y.; Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Co., Sharon, Pa.; Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co., Cleveland, 
Ohio; Wright-Martin Aircraft Construction Co., New Brunswick, N. J.; Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111.; 
Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Embarkation Camp, Newport News, Va.; Power Plant, Newport, 
R. I.; Power Plant Extension, Solvent Recovery Bldg., Indian Head, Md. 

CUTTER, L. F. (I) Designer, Monks & Johnson, Architects and Engrs.; Computer, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, 
Consulting Engrs.; assisted in design of Victory Plant, Squantum, Mass.; plant for assembling anti-aircraft 
guns, New Britain, Conn.; concrete bldgs. and wharves, U. S. Army Supply Base, Boston, Mass. 

DAWSON, W. F. (S. M. A.) Designer of direct current generators for ship lighting; Electrical Engr., in charge 
Turbine Dept., General Electric Co., West Lynn, Mass. 

DOOLITTLE, O. S. (V) New York Representative, Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, N. Y., furnishing picric acid, 
T. N. T. and chemicals to the U. S. and allied govts. 

FOGG, A. G. (I) Designer, industrial plants for mfr. of materials for war purposes. 

FOSS, F. E. (I) Director, Physical Testing Laboratory, Metallurgical Sect., Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., Pitts- 
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GAMWELL, R. G., Member, Ex. Comm., Home Service Sect., Red Cross, Bellingham, Wash.; Advisory Bd.,. 

War Camp Community Service; Deputy Food Commissioner, State of Washington; Director, Liberty Loan 

Campaign, Wheaton Co., Wash. 
GRUSH, C. E. (S. M. A.) Member, United Shoe Machinery Corp., producing machinery for mfr. of boots and shoes 

for U. S. Govt. 
HARGITT, C. W., Chairman, Local Comm., National Research Council; Teacher, Sanitation and Hygiene,. 

S. A. T. C, Syracuse University. (Page 306.) 
HATHAWAY, D. L. K. (II) Designer, Warren Steam Pump Co., mfg. pumps for battleships, torpedo boats and 

destroyers, for Govt. 
HEATH, F. A., Food Adm., Bell Co., Ky. 
INGALLS, W. R. (Ill) Consulting Engr., Bu. of Mines; Member, Advisory Bd., Fuel Adm., Bu. of Conservation; 

assisted in recruiting the 27th Engrs. and raising funds for auxiliary association to help it. (Page 313.) 
LOCKE, F. L. (I) Pres., Y. M. C. A., Boston, Mass.; Member, Ex. Comm., Boston War Work Council, Y. M. 

C. A.; Member, Ex. Comm., United Service Club; Member, Ex. Comm., Mayor's Comm. on returned Soldiers. 

LORD, A. W. (IV) Spec. Investigator, U. S. Housing Corp., Sections of New England, N. Y., N. J., Pa. and Ohio. 
LOW, W. H. (V) Chemist, The Cudahy Packing Co., So. Omaha, Neb., charged with inspecting food products 

and increasing production of glycerine. 
MAXIM, H. P. (S. M. A.) Pres., Maxim Silencer Co., Hartford, Conn., mfg. Maxim silencers, bayonet scabbard 

metal parts, gas grenades and detonator thimbles. (Page 59.) 
MERRIAM, H. P. (VI) Engr. and Supt., Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N. Y., mfg. heavy welded work, 

corrugated furnaces for internal furnace boilers, digesters, stills, water and steam drums for cruisers and torpedo 

boats. 
MILLER, E. F. (II) Secret and confidential work for the U. S. Engrs. and for Ord. Dept.; Chief Instructor in 

Engr. for Merchant Marine under U. S. Shipping Bd. (Pages 30, 34, 279 and 281.) 
NOBLE, T. A., (II) Asst. Chief, Minute Men Branch, Amer. Protective League, Yakima Co., Wash. 

NOYES, A. A. (V) Consulting Chemist, Nitrate Div. of Ord. Dept., War Dept., consulting and directing researches 
on nitrate fixation; Member of Ex. Bd., and Acting Chairman of National Research Council, May — Sept. '18 
(acting as Dept. of Science and Research of Council of National Defense); Chairman of Nitrate Comm., War 
Dept., preparing reports on nitrate supply to Sec. of War; in Boston and Washington, June '16 — -Sept. '18,. 
in London and Paris, Oct. '18 — Dec. '18. (Page 304.) 

OSGOOD, E. G. (S. M. A.) Industrial Sec, War Work Council, Y. M. C. A. ,Watertown Arsenal, Mass. 

PIERCE, E. L. (II) Member, Comm. on Coal Production, Council of National Defense, Washington, D. C; 
Pres., The Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y., largest mfr. in U. S. of alkali in forms of caustic soda and soda 
ash; Vice-Pres., Semet-Solvay Co., one of the largest mfr. of high explosives. (Pages 308 and 363.) 

PROCTOR, T. F. (V) Maker of radium dials for soldiers' watches. 
RICHARDSON, C. F. (II) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Draft. 

RICKER, G. A. (I) Dist. Engr., Portland Cement Assn., Washington, D. C; unofficial supervisor all cement con- 
crete work by Govt, in States of Md. and Va. 
ROBBINS, A. G. (I) Prof. Topographical Engr., M. I. T. ; Inst, in Navigation for the U. S. Shipping Bd. (Page 31.) 
RUSSELL, L. K. (V) prepared classified records of chemists, National Research Council. (Page 306.) 

SMITH, J. W. (I) Chairman, Military Engr. Comm., New York, Jan. '16, to promote military engineering educa- 
tion by means of lectures by army officers; Comm. recruited the 1st Engrs., afterwards the nth and assisted 
War Dept. in recruiting for other units for technical and semi-technical work. 

SMITH, S. F. (VI) Principal Examiner, U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C; drafted and secured intro- 
duction of bills in Senate and House of Representatives for preventing disclosure or publication of important 
inventions filed in the Patent Office, which were duly passed and approved; Official Censor for all foreign 
mail from Patent Office. (Page 281.) 

STOUGHTON, A. B. (II) Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Local Bd., Div. 45, Philadelphia, Pa., Selective Draft. 
TAPPAN, J. W., Medical Officer in charge, U. S. Public Health Service, Ft. Bliss, Texas; Director, Red Cross 

Unit No. 5, El Paso. 
TAYLOR, W. M. (II) Pres. and General Mgr., Chandler & Taylor Co., Indianapolis, Ind., mfg. steam engines, 

gun lathes, ship plates, and iron castings for govt. work. 
WOOLDRIDGE, N. S. (S. M. A.) Chairman, inspection and training, Boy Scout Work in W. S. S. and Liberty 

Bond Campaigns, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

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ADAMS, H. S. (I) Member, Comm. Public Safety, Arlington, Mass.; Consulting Engr. on work at coal wharves 

at Portland, Me., and Boston, Mass., perfecting them for increased output and for coaling war vessels. 
ARMINGTON, G. A. (II) Pres., Euclid Crane & Hoist Co., Euclid, Ohio, mfg. cranes and hoists. 
BARBOUR, F. F. (VI) Sales Auditor, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 

BRAINERD, W. H. (IV) Head, Specification Dept., Agonies & Johnson, designing concrete shipbuilding yards, 
Wilmington, N. C, and addition to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Yard, Sparrow's Point, Md. 

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BRETT, FRANKLIN (II) Expert Camp Planner, Cons. Div., Camp Planning Sect., War Dept.; Chairman, 
Comm. on Military Affairs, Public Safety Comm., Duxbury, Mass. 

BRYANT, H. F. (I) Consulting Engr., Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass. 

BURGESS, GELETT (I) Author of articles on preparedness, anti-German propaganda, and Liberty Loans; 

originator of "Liberty Ball" which rolled from Buffalo to New York at the time of the Third Liberty Loan 

Campaign; Paris Correspondent for "Collier's," '14 — '16. (Page 352.) 

CARTER, N. P. A. (II) Chairman, Public Safety Comm.; Food Adm.; Chairman, Four Minute Men; Director, 
Red Cross Home Service Work, Chicopee, Mass. 

COLE, WINTHROP (II) Mech. Engr., Bu. of Steam Engr., U. S. Naval Engr. Experiment Station, Annapolis, 

Md., in charge of tests of pumps, pump governors, boiler attachments, automatic devices and packings. 
CURRIER, A. D., Legal Adviser, Selective Service System, Evanston, 111. 
CURTIS, R. E. (II) Engr., Power Station design, Bethlehem Loading Co. 

CUSHING, W. C. (I) Chief Engr., Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh, under U. S. Railroad Adm. (Page 312.) 
DAY, SARAH L. (V) Worker for Red Cross. 

DOUGLAS, W. B. (II) Lt. in Command, 2d Div., Naval Bn., Conn. Home Guard, Middletown, Conn., 5 Apr. 
'17 — 25 July '17; Vice-Pres., W. &. B. Douglas Co., mfg. pumps, lathes for turning and boring 6" shells, fair- 
leaders, deck fittings, hawse pipes and chocks; Chairman, Shipping Comm., Middlesex Chapter, Red Cross. 

ELZNER, A. O. (IV) Sec, Soldiers and Sailors Club, under War Camp Community Service; Member, Advisory 
Comm., Military Training Camp Assoc, of U. S., and Examining Comm., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

FARWELL, LYMAN (IV) Military Supervisor, Dist. No. 10, Draft Board, Los Angeles, Calif. 

FOX, T. A. (IV) Member, Draft Bd. No. 4, Selective Service, Boston. 

GARDNER, C. H. (Ill) Surg., U. S. Public Health Service, in charge Bexar County Civil Sn. Dist.; Extra-Can- 
tonment Sanitation, San Antonio, Texas. 

GERRISH, W. P., Inventor, instrumental method of determining azimuth, by direct mechanical means, from 
observation of the Pole Star, without computation or reduction, which invention he gave to the Government 
as a contribution to the war; Designer, "Polaris Attachment," incorporating this method, adopted as standard 
equipment for orienting heavy artillery. 

GREEN, LONSDALE, designed and superintended Smokeless Powder Plant for Cleveland Clipp Iron Co.; 
Supt., Phosphorus Plant for Govt., Fairmount, W. Va. 

HOBART, J. C. (II) Pres., The Triumph Electric & Ice Machine Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, furnishing noiseless 
generator sets and motors for Navy, and installing small refrigerating sets for Emergency Fleet Corp.; Chair- 
man, Ex. Comm., Region No. 10, War Resources and Conversion Div., War Industries Bd. 

HOUGHTON, N. H. (VII) U. S. Volunteer Medical Corps. 

HUSSEY, 0. S. (II) Civilian Mech. Engr., production of heavy arty., Ord. Dept. 

JONES, E. A. (II) Pres., E. D. Jones & Sons Co., mfg. machinery for mills making bank note and Liberty Bond 

paper, and for explosive plants. 
KELLOGG, T. M. (IV) Member of firm, Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, Architects, Philadelphia, Pa.; designed and 

completed housing operation for Govt, in Philadelphia. (Page 337.) 

KENDALL, F. A. (IV) Research Asst., Bu. of Research, War Trade Bd. 

KIRKHAM, GUY (IV) Chairman, Div. 2, Local Draft Bd., Selective Service, Central Comm. of Registration, 

Springfield, Mass. 
LANE, B. C. (V) served on local Registration Bd., Precinct 8, Ward 23, Selective Service, Boston, Mass.; Treas., 

The Allen Lane Co., producing army blankets and army suitings. 

LEE, J. C. (V) Member, Wellesley Comm. on Public Safety and Food Conservation Comm. 

LIVERMORE, W. D. (V) Chief Chemist, The American Woolen Co., Lawrence, Mass., mfg. woolen goods for 
Govt. 

McCOLL, ARCHIBALD (II) Secretary and Asst. to the Pres., Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., Ltd., which manu- 
factured first shrapnel shells produced in Canada, and also high explosive shells. (Page 366.) 

MOODY, W. S. (VI) Chief Engr., Transformer Dept., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., mfg. $25,000,000 
worth of static transformers for govt, work or contributing industries. 

PARK, W. L. (IV) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

PATTERSON, G. W. (VI) Prof., Engr. Mechanics, University of Michigan, R. 0. T. C, S. A. T. C. and S. N. T. C. 

PULLMAN, F. A. (S. M. A.) Sec, Red Cross; Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Service; Supervisor of regis- 
tration for Rumford Mill, International Paper Co., Andover, Mass.; agent for licensing users of explosives, Bu.. 
of Mines. 

SARGENT, W. D. (II) Pres., Bayonne Steel Casting Co.; Director and Member, Ex. Comm., American Brake 
Shoe & Foundry Co.; Director, International Motor Truck Corp. and American Steel Foundries, mfg. steel 
castings for war ships and naval gun mounts, shells and howitzers and motor trucks for engrs. 

SCHMIDT, R. E. (IV) Hosp. Commissioner, Cons. Div., Q. M. C; one of commission of three to select existing 
buildings of fire-proof construction for conversion into army hospitals. 

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SCHWARZ, F. H. (II) Plant Supt., Worsted Dept., Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass., producing olive drab khaki 

cloth for Govt. 
SEARS W. T. (II) with Niles-Bement-Pond Co., Montclair, N. J., estimating output, designing fixtures and making 

layouts of shell and gun producing plants. 
SHORTHALL, J. L. (IV) Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Service, Div. No. 50, Chicago, 111.; Chairman, 

Bd. of Instruction under Selective Service, Div. 50. 
SMITH, H. E. (V) Asst. Engr., U. S. Railroad Adm., inspecting and testing all material used in construction of 

cars and locomotives purchased by Railroad Adm. 
SYLVESTER, G. E. (I) General Mgr., Barbour Coal & Coke Co., Catoosa, Tenn. 
TAINTOR, GILES (VI) Pvt., First Plattsburg Provisional Inf. Regt., Co. B, Aug. '15; 1st Lt., Plattsburg 

Provisional Inf. Regt., Co. I, Aug. '16. Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Service, Cambridge, 

Mass. (Page 4.) 
TAPPAN, D. H. S. (I) Registrar, Mitchell Co. (N. C.) Draft Bds. 

THOMAS, E. G. (II) Mech. Engr., Toledo Scale Co., producing scales used in munition manufacture. 
THOMAS, F. A. (I) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Pawtucket, R. I. 
THOMAS, W. R. (II) Gen. Supt., E. D. Jones & Sons Co., Pittsfield, Mass., mfg. tug boat engines, parts of 

submarine listening devices and machinery for powder mills. 
THOMPSON, W. S. (I) Div. Engr., Pennsylvania R. R. 
TWOMBLY, A. H. (II) Chief Engr., Designing and Constructing Engr., Camp Shelby, Miss., forTwombly& 

Hemphill; also designer of floats for mine field between Norway and Scotland, 240 miles long. (Page 236.) 
WHITNEY, GRANGER (III) Asst., Coke Bu., U. S. Fuel Adm., inspecting bee hive coke ovens and studying 

costs and prices for coke. (Page 312.) 
WHITNEY, W. A. (I) in charge of local United War Work and Red Cross drives; local fuel administrator. 

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ALLEN, G. S., Medical Member, Local Bd., No. 1, Lawrence, Mass. See Military Record. 

ATKINSON, WILLIAM (IV) Treas., The Vacuum Co., Somerville, Mass., fumigating foreign cotton. 

BALDWIN, J. C. T. (VI) Corp., Newton Constabulary, Apr. '17— July '19; Director, Shipping Dept., Metro- 
politan Chapter (Boston) Red Cross. 

BIGELOW, H. F. (IV) Member, M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary Comm., Work at Chelsea Naval Hosp.; Worker 
at Convalescent Home, Lancaster, Mass. 

BIRD, H. S. (V) Chemist, Royal Baking Powder Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

BLOOD, W. H., JR. (VI) Asst. to Pres., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

BRADLEE, A. T. (II) Member, War Production Comm., National Council of American Cotton Mfrs.; Coun- 
sellor on Cotton Industry, War Trade Bd.; Member, Sub-Comm. of Cotton Advisory Comm., Textile Alli- 
ance, Inc. 

BROWN, C. L. (Ill) Consulting Engr., Marine Camp, Quantico, Va.; Sr. Highway Engr., Bu. Public Roads, 
Washington, D. C. 

CARLETON, E. S. (IV) Chairman, Comm. on Motor Cars and Trucks, Mass. Comm. of Public Safety, Leicester, 
Mass. 

CHANDLER, H. S. (IV) 1st Asst. Camoufleur, Marine Camouflage, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
2d Dist., N. Y. 

CHILD, STEPHEN (I) Dist. Town Planner, Dept. of Labor, Bu. of Housing and Transportation, U. S. Housing 
Corp., 24 Apr. '18— 1 July '19. 

DEAN, LUTHER (I) Civil Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., at wood ship yards. 

DEARBORN, W. L. (I) Resident Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Norfolk, Va., supervising 
construction of Twin Graving Docks. 

ELLIS, F. E. (II) Mgr., Road Cons., Camp Devens, Mass., '17— '18. 

FOQUE, T. A. (II) General Mech. Supt., U. S. Railroad Adm., Minneapolis, Minn. (Minneapolis, St. Paul & 
Sault Ste. Marie R. R. ; Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R. ; Mineral Range R. R. ; Lake Superior Terminal & 
Transfer R. R.; Copper Range R. R.) 

HALL, W. A., Chemical Engr., Paris, France. 

HAMPTON, ALFRED (I) Director of Internment, Dept. of Labor. 

HANDY, J. O. (Ill) (V) Consulting Chemist, reporting to Col. Bogert and Col. Burrell, C. W. S.; attended Platts- 
burg Camp, Aug. '16. 

HAZEN, ALLEN (V) Supervising Engr., Q. M. Dept., water supply and sewerage for army cantonment, Camp 
Dix; entered service, June '17. 

HEATH, G. L. (V) Chemist and Metallurgist, Smelting Works, Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., Hubbell, Mich., 
producing high grade copper for the Allies, a heavy tonnage for cartridge metal and millions of pounds of 
billets for shell bands and tubing; N. C. O., Mich. State Troops, '17 — '18; Member, Houghton Co. War Relief 
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HODGKINS, H. G. (IV) Architect, Hammond Plant, Ord. Dept., Standard Steel Car Co., Hammond, Ind. 
HOLMAN, G. U. G. (VI) Member, Publicity Comm., Liberty Loan Campaign, Conn. 

HOLMES, C. L. (II) Dist. Store Keeper, Portland, Ore., Supply Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
HOLTON, E. C. (V) Chief Chemist, Sherwin-Williams Co., producing varnish for airplanes, preservatives and 

camouflage paint for submarines, warships, cantonments and railway equipment; Adviser to members of War 

Industries Bd. (Page 396.) 

HYAMS, ISABEL F. (V) Member, Mass. Div., Council National Defense, served on Education and Food Comms.; 
Director, Red Cross Unit, Dorchester, Mass. (Page 307.) 

JARECKI, ALEXANDER (II) Member, War Service Comm.; Member, Pa. Council National Defense. (Page 

307-) 
JONES, A. W. (VI) Mgr., International General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 

MAY, E. S., Member, U. S. Govt., Wool Valuation Comm. 

MEANS, E. C. (Ill) Member, Kentucky State Council, Boyd Co., Council of National Defense; Campaign Man- 
ager, Red Cross, and Boyd Co. War Chest. (Page 307.) 

MOORE, F. A. (IV) Chairman, War Savings Comm.; Branch Developer, Red Cross, Larchmont, N. J. 
MORSE, W. A. (S. M. A.) Asst. General Works Mgr., Otis Elevator Co., Tool Designing Dent., Yonkers, N. Y., 
designing machine tools and small tools and fixtures for mfr. of recuperator for 240 mm. howitzer. 

MUHLENBERG, F. H. (II) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Service, Berks Co., Pa.; Designer, 
buildings for Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, Pa., producing war materials. 

NEILER, S. G. (II) Supervising Engr., Heating and Boiler Plants, Camp Custer; Supervising Engr., Electrical 
Work, Denver General Hosp. 

NEWELL, J. P. (I) Chairman, Community Labor Bd., Dept. of Labor, Portland, Ore. 

NICKERSON, A. D. (I) Asst. Supt., Procurement Div., with Cons. Q.M., Camp Eustis, Va.,May'i8— May '19. 
PARKER, W. B. (IV) Draftsman and Expediting Engr., Cons. Div., War Dept., Washington, D. C. 
PE RKINS, D. H. (IV) Asst. Supervisor of Design, Dept. of Housing and Transportation, U. S. Shipping Bd. 
Emergency Fleet Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., July '18 — Feb. '19. 

PIERCE, H. F. (I) Resident Engr., Housing Dept., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Bath, Me., 

Project No. 13. 
QUIGLEY, E. P. (II) Examiner of land titles, Birmingham, Ala., watching for alien enemies' ownership of land 
REDD, B. S. (II) Inspector of Machinery, War Dept., U. S. Govt. Explosive Plant "C," Nitro, W. Va 3 Mav 

'18— 1 Dec. '18. 

ROBB, RUSSELL, (VI) Member, Mass , Comm. of Public Safety; Member of firm, Stone & Webster, Boston, 
Mass., constructors of arsenals, munition plants, and cantonments. (Page 377.) 

SAVAGE, A. C. (S. M. A.) Designing Engr., General Electric Co.. Schenectady, N. Y., designing submarine, battle 

cruiser and cargo boat control equipment. 
SAWYER, A. H. (II) Pres. of companies producing war materials. 
SJOSTROM, I. L. (I) Pres., Manufacturers Machine Co., North Andover, Mass. 
STEVENS, J. F. (S. M. A.) Brig. Gen., Mass. National Guard. Col., 25 July '17; Brig. Gen., 22 Apr. '19. Adj. 

Gen. of Mass., 27 July '17; Ex-officio Member, Mass. Public Safety Comm.; Member, Mass. Emergency Public 

Health Comm.. '18; Member, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors Comm., '19. 

STONE, C. A. (VI) Pres., American International Corp.; Member of firm of Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., 
constructors of arsenals, munition plants and cantonments. (Page 57, 377 and 382.) 

SULLY, J. M. (Ill) General Mgr., Chino Copper Co.; Vice-Pres., and Managing Director, Gallup American Coal 
Co., Hurley, N. Mex.; Member, New Mexico State Council of Defense. 

TALBOT, MARION (IX) Dean of Women and Prof, of Household Adm., University of Chicago; gave course 
in Conservation of Food. 

WEBSTER, E. S. (VI) Member, Chestnut Hill Home Guard, '16— '18; Chairman, Boston Metropolitan 2d Red 
Cross War Fund; Member, Ex. Comm., Y. M. C. A.; Member of firm, Stone & Webster, contractors for Rock 
Island Arsenal, Picatinny Arsenal, Watertown Arsenal, Shipyard, Hog Island, Pa., and other govt. work. 
(Pages 59 and 377.) 

WELD, F. C. (V) Sgt., Mass. State Guard; Member local fuel comm.; Member Public Safety Comm.; Member 
of all Liberty Loan Committees, Lowell. Mass. 

WHALEY, LILLIAN CURRIER (Mrs. W. B.), Worker for M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary and Red Cross; 
attended three months' course in War Bacteriology at M. I. T. 

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ANDREWS, C. O., Member, Local Exemption Bd., No. 2, Selective Draft, and Ex. Comm., all Liberty Loan 

Campaigns; Chairman, Lawrence (Mass.) Branch, Red Cross, and Red Cross Membership Campaign; 

Treas., Lawrence Red Triangle Y. M. C. A. War Work Council. 
ASHTON, A. C. (II) Treas. and General Mgr., The Ashton Valve Co., Cambridge, Mass., mfg. pop safety valves, 

pressure gages and other steam specialties for equipment of U. S. Navy, Emergency Fleet Corp., locomotives 

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ATHERTON, WALTER (IV) Inst., Surveying and Mapping, Harvard College, S. A. T. C; Chairman, Archi- 
tects Comm., Y. M. C. A. War Fund; Sec, Campaign Comm., War Fund ioist Engrs., A. E. F.; Sec, Cam- 
paign Fund, ist Motor C, Mass. State Guard. 

BASFORD, G. M. (II) Pres., Locomotive Feed Water Heater Co., New York City, mfg. feed water heaters, 
evaporators, boiler feed pumps and distillers for 550 ships for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

BATES, S. G. (II) Chairman, Greenup Co. (Ky.) Chapter, Red Cross. 

BIXBY, W. G. (II) Pres., S. M. Bixby & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., mfg. shoe polish for Govt. 

BLISS, Z. W. (II) State Council of Defense, Engr. Comm., Providence, R. I. 

BORDEN, C. N. (II) Treas., Richard Borden Mfg. Co., Fall River, Mass., mfg. cloth for hospital gauze; Member, 
Fall River Cotton Mfrs. Comm. 

BRAINERD, F. H. (Ill) Assayer, lead and zinc ores, Benton, Wis. 

BRIDGES, L. W. (II) Mech. Engr., Charles H. Tenney & Co., Boston, Mass.; designing and building plant 
for recovering toluol for Maiden and Melrose Gas Light Co.; Adviser for power house design and plant 
layout for U. S. Sulphate Nitrate Plant Co., Perryville, Md.; Asst. on yard layout for Shipbuilding and Marine 
Railway, Newcomp Plant, Hampton, Va. 

BROWNE, S. ALICE, Chairman, Smith College Club of Newport, R. I., raising money for Smith College Relief 
Work in France. 

CRABTREE, FRED (V) Prof, of Metallurgy, Carnegie Inst, of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.; taught successive 
groups of Engrs. of Tests, Ord. Dept. 

CRANE, E. A. (IV) Member of firm, Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, Architects, Philadelphia, Pa.; designed and 

completed housing operation for Govt, in Philadelphia. (Page 337.) 
CROSBY, C. F., Supervising Inspector, overhead piping, Squantum Destroyer Plant; Inspector of work on 

sprinkler system and fire protection; Asst. Engr. with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Army Supply Base, 

Boston, Mass. 
CROSSMAN, F. A. (II) engaged in lumbering in Canada, Maine, and N. H.; opened coal mines in Kentucky. 
CROWNINSHIELD, B. B. (Sp.) offered services to Theodore Roosevelt but not accepted on account of age. 

Shipbuilder for the U. S. Shipping Bd., since 23 Feb. '18. See Military Record. 

DAME, F. L. (VI) Expert, Facilities Div., U. S. War Industries Bd. 

DAWSON, C. W. (IV) Special Representative of Finance Dept., in charge seven southwestern states, 1st War 

Camp Community Service Campaign; Organizer of 2d Campaign; in charge of United War Work Campaign, 

Colorado; as Governor of the District of the International Assn. of Rotary Clubs, Mo., Okla. and Kan., formed 

Comm. on War Camp Activities. 
DEETZ, C. H. (I) Cartographer, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Author of Manuals for the Army in France, 

to assist those engaged in compiling military maps in the War Zone. 
DURFEE, NATHAN (II) Vice-Pres., American Printing Co., Fall River, Mass., mfg. cotton cloths for Govt.; 

Vice-Chairman, Liberty Loan Comm. and Comm. on Preparedness, American Protective Assn.; Member, 

Finance Comm., Fall River Chapter, Red Cross; Officer, Auxiliary Police Battalion. 
FORD, L. A. (IV) Architect, Air Nitrates Corp., Muscle Shoals, Ala., for Ord. Dept. 
FRENCH, HOLLIS (VI) Member of firm, Hollis French & Allen Hubbard, Boston, Mass.; designed munitions 

factories and extensive works for corporations mfg. machinery for Govt., large central station for an Army 

Supply Base, and heating and sprinkling systems of the Base itself. 

FULLER, A. B. (S. M. A.) Mech. Draftsman, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., producing large water 
wheel driven generators. 

GAHAGAN, W. H. (I) Contracting Engr. working on construction of railroad siding and coal trestle, Curtiss 
Aeroplane Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; thirty barges and lighters for Cons. Div., War Dept.; substitute track facilities, 
Brooklyn Heights R. R., for U. S. Army Base, Brooklyn; excavation for the construction of coal trestle for 
U. S. N., Bayonne, N. J.; dredging for Army Base, Brooklyn; dredging for Shipyard of Submarine Boat Co., 
Port Newark, N. J.; contract for construction of ten steel ocean-going tugs for U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency 
Fleet Corp. 

GILSON, H. Y. (S. M. A.) Chairman, Public Safety Comm., War Savings Society, State Protection and Recruiting 
Comm., Windham, N. H.; Worker in shipyard, Newington, N. H. and in a munitions factory, Lowell, Mass. 

GLEASON, HALL (II) Draftsman, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., working on design of freight yards and additional 

terminal facilities and location of additional tracks from Boston to Providence. 
GOODALE, J. L., Teacher, Harvard Medical School, giving instruction to candidates for M. C. 

GOODWILLIE, FRANK (IV) Deputy Chief of Production, U. S. Shipping Bd'., Emergency Fleet Corp., Wash- 
ington, D. C, and Philadelphia, Pa., in connection with housing facilities at shipyards throughout the U. S. 
(Page 335.) 
HARRINGTON, E. M. (V) Chief of Cost Div., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Page 359.) 
HART, F. R. (VI) Member, Capital Issues Comm., Federal Reserve Dist. No. 1. (Page 64.) 

HOBART, H. M. (VI) Chairman, Welding Research Sub-Comm., Welding Comm., Emergency Fleet Corp.; 
Member, Sub-Comm., National Research Council. 

HOBBS, F. W. (II) Pres., Arlington Mills, mfg. worsted meltons, and yarns for stocking mfrs. 

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HOWARD, HENRY (V) Director, Recruiting Service, U. S. Shipping Bd. (Pages 30, 329 and 393.) 

HUNT, H. H. (VI) Management Div. of Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass. (Page 377.) 

KILHAM, W. H. (IV) Architect, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Project No. 5, Atlantic Heights, 

N. H.; Member, Comm. of Rules for War Housing. 
LAUDER, G. B. (VI) in charge receiving and shipping materials, N. H. Chapter, Red Cross, Mch. '17 — Oct. '17; 

Office Mgr., Hq., War Savings Organization in N.H. , ' 18. 
MARSH, E. P. (II) Asst. Registrar, Draft, Springfield, Mass.; Efficiency Engr., The Stanley Works, New Britain, 

Conn., mfg. wrought steel hardware and cold rolled strip steel, for Govt.; Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bds., 

No. 1 and No. 2, New Britain, Conn. 
MAURAN, J. L. (IV) Chairman, Civilian Relief Comm.; Purchasing Comm. for Hosp. Unit No. 21; Member, 

Ex. Comm., St. Louis Chapter, Red Cross; Member, Operatives Personnel and Adviser to the Chief, 

St. Louis Branch, Military Intelligence. (Pages 59 and 316.) 
MERRILL, W. H. (VI) Chairman, Ex. Comm. of Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd., Washington, D. C, 

concerned with fire prevention in privately owned munition plants. 
MILLARD, JULIAN (IV) Treas., Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Branch, Red Cross. 
MOTT, W. E. (I) Chairman, Faculty Comm. on War Courses and Vocational Training; Director, A Sect., S. A. 

T. C, Carnegie Inst, of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
NASH, F. C. (II) Town Chairman, 1st Liberty Loan Campaign and War Savings Stamps Drive, Cherryville, Me.; 

Treas., Local Red Cross; Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Draft. 
ORROK, G. A. (V) Consulting Engr., Bu. of Mines, Dept. of the Interior, representing Helium Comm., since 15 

Apr. '18; with Thomas E. Murray, designing Smokeless Powder Plant "C" at Nitro, W. Va., I Jan. '18— 

1 Aug. '18. 
PICKERING, O. W. (V) built and operated complete small factory to demonstrate the mfg. of celluloid for the 

du Pont Co.; in charge of construction and operation of a Cottrell Precipitator for recovery of nitric acid from 

fumes, product used for the mfr. of ammonium nitrate for war work. 
PIERCE, F. L. (II) Member, Ex. Comm., Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd., 5 Apr. '18— Nov. '18; 

Chairman, Local Bd., Selective Service, Div. No. 1, City of Providence, R. I., 20 Dec. '17 — spring '19. 
PIETSCH, T. W. (IV) Inst, in French to officers, 316th Regiment, Camp Meade, Md. 
RANKIN, J. H. (IV) Member of firm, Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, Architects, Philadelphia, Pa.; designed and 

completed housing operation for Govt, in Philadelphia; designed large housing project at Eddystone, Pa. 

(Page 337.) 
ROUNDS, G. W. (VI) General Supt., Interurban and Street Rys., Tacoma, Wash., handling soldiers to and from 

Camp Lewis. 
SANBORN, F. E. (II) appointed as civilian, Temporary Curative Workshop Inst., Educational Dept., Div. of 

Physical Reconstruction. U. S. Medical Department at large; assigned to duty at Walter Reed General 

Hosp., Washington, D. C, 16 July '18; temporary duty at Carlisle, Pa., 25 July — 31 July '18; Walter Reed 

General Hosp., 1 Aug. — 14 Aug.; Chief of Educational Service, Carlisle, Pa., 15 Aug. — 29 Aug. '18. See 

Military Record. 

SAUVEUR, ALBERT (III) Technical Expert, French Ministry of Munitions, and Director, Div. of Metallurgy, 
Technical Sect., A. S. A. E. F., Aug. '17— Jan. '19. 

SMITH, MURRAY (IV) Draftsman, U. S. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 

SMITH, W. L. (VI) Prof., Electrical Engr., Northeastern College, Boston, Mass.; Sec, National Assn. of Elec- 
trical Inspectors; Member of Electrical Council of Underwriters Laboratories doing considerable amount of 
work directly related to the war. 

SMYTHE, F. A. (I) Pres., The Thew Automatic Shovel Co., producing shovels and cranes for the A. E. F.; Treas., 
Technology Clubs Associated, Washington Office; Chairman, Finance Comm., War Work Council, Elyria, 
Ohio. (Pages 59, 64 and 66.) 

SPALDING, KALUDY (V) with J. G. White Engineering Corp. (under Aircraft Div., U. S. A.), expediting pro- 
duction of aircraft materials intended to go to A. E. F.; investigator, clothing frauds, New York City, Jan. — 
Feb. '18. 

. TRUESDELL, A. E. (VI) Mgr., Vermaco Lime Co., a semi-essential industry, St. Albans, Vt. 

UNDERHILL, W. W. (II) Treas., Stone-Underhill Heating & Ventilating Co., Boston, Mass. 

WHITE, J. B. (II) Personnel Supervisor, Receiving and Distributing Sect., Bu. of War Risk Insurance, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

WILLISTON, A. L. (II) Educational Director for New England of National Army Training Detachments, train- 
ing artisans and military technicians, under Comm. on Education and Special Training, War Dept. Organized 
work at University of Maine, N. H. State College, Dartmouth College, University of Vermont, Tufts College, 
Franklin Union, Wentworth Institute, Newton and Springfield Technical High Schools, R. I. State College, 
and Brown University; Director of Intensive Training, Military and Naval Units at Wentworth Institute, 
Boston, Mass., including 101st Engrs., Harvard R. O. T. C. Military Engrs., and Naval Engrs. Training Detail; 
Principal, Wentworth Institute; Director, Boston School of Occupational Therapy. 

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WILSON, B. F., JR. (Ill) Chairman, Local Red Cross Chapter, Four Minute Men, Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loan 
Campaigns, Armenian-Syrian Relief work, and Alabama Memorial Comms. of Lyles, Ala.; Chief Registrar, 
Selective Draft; Member, Co. War Labor Bd.; Supt., Shelby Iron Co., Shelby, Ala. 

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ALDEN, C. H. (IV) Architect and Supervisor, Building Construction, Staff of Cons. Q. M., Camp Lewis, Wash., 

5 July '17 — 16 Oct. '17. See Military Record and page 90. 
BABB, C. C. (I) Chairman, Granite Falls (N. C), Red Cross Auxiliary; Organized and directed W. S. S., Red 

Cross and Liberty Loan Drives. 
BARTLETT, SPAULDING (V) Treas., S. Slater & Sons, Inc., Webster, Mass., mfg. woolens for Army and 

Navy and cotton goods for Army; Member, Advisory Comm. (Woolens), Council of National Defense; Member, 

Ex. Comm., Webster Dudley Dist., four Liberty Loan Drives, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., K. of C, and Jewish 

Relief Drives. 

BEASOM, C. B. (II) Engr., and Inspector, Victory Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, Mass., inspecting and 

recommending safeguards at munition plants. 
BORDEN, J. E. (I) Ship Draftsman, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Submarine Div., U. S. N., '17— '19. 
BURLEY, H. B. (I) Pres., Treas., and Mgr., Boston Insulated Wire & Cable Co., mfg. insulated wire for war 

purposes. 

CLARK, JAMES, JR. (VI) Mfr. dynamos, motors, and electrically driven machine tools for Ord. Dept. and Navy 
Dept. 

CARMALT, L. J. (I) Asst. to Chief Engr., N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., doing construction work under large war 
work program. 

CARNEY, J. A. (V) Supt. of Shops, C. B. & Q. R.R., Aurora, 111.; Member, Ex. Comm., Aurora Chapter, Red Cross. 
(Page 312.) 

CHASE, F. L. (I) Mgr., Gas Dept., Lone Star Gas Co., Dallas, Texas, providing natural gas for helium gas plants 

for U. S. Govt., Petrolia and Ft. Worth, Texas. 
CODMAN, T. N. (V) Head of Packing Dept., American Fund for French Wounded, New England Branch, from 

Jan. '16. 
COLLINS, W. H. (V) Asst. Mgr., U. S. Finishing Co., Norwich, Conn., mfg. Venetian linings for army uniforms 

and cloth for slickers and rain coats. 
deLANCEY, DARRAGH (II) Chairman, 2d Dist. Bd., Selective Service, State of Conn., Provost Marshal Gen 

eral's Office, War Dept.; Chief, Industrial Furlough Sect., Adj. Gen. Dept.; Director, Industrial Relations, U. S. 

Shipping Bd., Washington, D. C. 
DeWOLF, J. O. (II) Engr. and Architect for industrial plants, especially plate rolling mill, Simonds Mfg. Co., 

Lockport, N. Y., for rolling light armor plate for field gun carriages. 
du PONT, P. S. (V) Pres., E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Wilmington, Del., since Mch. '15. (Pages 54, 144 and 

35S-) 
EMERSON, G. C. (I) Engr. Member, Comm. of Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass., investigating and draw- 
ing contracts and specifications for disposal of refuse at Camp Devens; intelligence work with the local officers 

of the Dept. of Justice. 

FENN, W. H. (I) Pres., Artillery Fuse Co., Wilmington, Del., mfg. fuses for trench warfare. 

FULLER, G. W. (V) Consulting Engr., Comm. on Emergency Construction, Munition Bd., Council of National 
Defense; Consulting Engr., Cons. Div., U. S. A.; Consulting Sn. Engr., U. S. Public Health Service; Supervis- 
ing Engr., design and construction of Housing Project No. 380, U. S. Housing Corp., Dept. of Labor; Dele- 
gate, Franco-American Engr. Congress, Paris, France, to consider the reconstruction of France. (Page 315.) 

GILMORE, G. L. (II) Production Expert on Textiles, Boston Ord. Depot, 24 Apr. — 31 July '17; Q. M. Depot, 
Boston, 12 Aug. '19; Treas., 1st Lexington (Mass.) Y. M. C. A. Drive; Pres., Lexington War Chest; abroad 
with European Cotton Comm., 15 May —22 July '19. (Page 66.) 

GOODWIN, H. M. (VIII) Prof, of Physics and Electrochemistry, M. I. T.; Inst., S. A. T. C; research work for 
Govt, under direction of National Research Council. 

GREENLAW, F. M. (VI) Pres., Bd. of Health in Civilian Zone adjacent to Zone of Military and Naval Stations, 
co-operating with U. S. Public Health Service; volunteer service on Military Census and on Registration of 
Drafted Men. 

HALE, G. E. (VIII) Chairman, Div. of Foreign Relations, National Research Council, '16 — 30 Apr. '19, now 
Honorary Chairman; Member, Ex. Comm., representing U. S. in International Research Council; nearly three 
years in Washington and two trips abroad organizing and conducting work of Research Council. (Pages 6, 
57 and 304.) 

HART, SUSAN J. (VII) Worker for Red Cross. 

HAZARD, SCHUYLER (I) Auditor for Govt, and Engr. (without rank) for Contractor, Highway Construction 

for War Dept., under Q. M. C, in state of Va.; Camp Morrison, Naval Base No. 2, Div. No. 3, Lee Hall ,Va., 

and Yorktown, Va. Released from service, 8 Oct. '19. 
HILLS, L. M. (IX) Manufactured Army Supplies. 

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HORTON, S. E. (II) Chief, Local Div., American Protective League, Hartford Co., Conn.; Member of War 
Service Comm., in connection with increased production of lathe chucks for War and Navy Depts. 

HOWE, LOIS L. (IV) Architect, designed and furnished Boston Army and Navy Canteen; planned alterations and 
furnishings for Suffrage Coffee House for Enlisted Men, Camp Devens, Mass., and the East Boston Canteen, 
Y. M. C. A., under auspices of U. S. Shipping Bd.; Worker, M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary and French Relief 
Association. 

KENDALL, F. H. (I) Member, Bd. of Food Conservation, Belmont, Mass.; Chairman, Finance Comm. 

LENFEST, B. A. (II) Head of Instruction Dept., Wright Aircraft Corp., Long Island City. 

McDONALD, F. A. (I) Chief Engr. and General Supt., National Mining Co., Carnegie, Pa., producing bituminous 
coal for steam and gas purposes. 

MACGREGOR, WALLACE (V) Owner and Operator lead ore treatment plant. 

METCALF, FREDERICK (II) Mfr., windlasses and deck machinery for merchant and naval vessels for British 

and U. S. Navy; furnished designs for automatic valve control for trawling winches, used in sweeping for 

mines and submarines. 
MOLINEUX, MARIE A. (VII) in charge '17— '18 of Pathological Laboratory, Lynn Hosp.; worker for the 

Red Cross and other relief organizations. 
MOODY, F. C. (II) Draftsman, Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., on plans for Rock Island Arsenal, and shops 

in France; Transportation Engr., The White Co., Cleveland, Ohio, mfg. war trucks. 
NOYES, H. L. (I) Designer and builder of plants and extensions, furnaces and equipment for mfr. of ferro-silicon 

and other ferro-alloys which were essential to the Govt. 
PACKARD, G. A. (Ill) increased production of lead. 
PARIS, ADDIE EDWARDS (Mrs. L. J.) (V) Red Cross Worker. 
PENNELL, H. B. (IV) Capt., Mass. State Guard, May '17; organized, drilled, fully uniformed and equipped 

entire company of 865 men from private subscriptions. 
POLAND, W. B. (I) Volunteer Member, Comm., for Relief in Belgium, Aug. ' 14; Asst. Director, Brussels; Director, 

in charge, relief work in occupied territories of Belgium and Northern France, Dec. '15; Director, Comm. for 

Relief in Belgium, London, England, July '16; Director for Europe, Comm. for Relief in Belgium and Northern 

France, U. S. Food Adm., Apr. '17; Engr. Member, American Military Mission to Armenia, under Maj. Gen. 

James G. Harbord, Aug. — Nov. '19. Chevalier, Legion of Honor, 3 July '17; Officer of the Legion of Honor, 

7 Jan. '19; Commander of the Order of Leopold, 3 Feb. '19; presented Medal by City of Lille, May '19; Com*- 

panion of the British Empire, Oct. '19 (Pages 143 and 301.) 

RICE, C. W. (VI) Member, Engr. Comm., Council of National Defense; catalogued over 10,000 professional 
engineers, specialists and men of science. (Page 308.) 

RICHMOND, K. C. (II) with Production Dept. of Builders Iron Foundry, producing ship engines for U. S. Ship- 
ping Bd. and gun mounts for Ord. Dept. 

RIPLEY, W. Z. (I) Administrator of Labor Standards, Q. M. C, War Department, Apr. '18 — Jan. '19; Chairman, 
National Adjustment Comm., U. S. Shipping Bd., 1 Jan. '19. 

ROBINSON, EDWARD (II) Prof, in charge of Mechanical School for Drafted Men, University of Vermont, 
Burlington, Vt. 

ROGERS, A. H. (Ill) Consulting Mining Engr., Bu. of Mines, examining manganese mines since Nov. '17. 

ROYCE, F. P. (VI) with Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass.; Chairman, Liberty Loan Comm., Dedham, Mass.; 
Chairman, Dedham Branch, Red Cross; Chairman, Dedham Fuel Adm. 

SEELER, E. V. (IV) Architect, U. S. Ord. Dept., Philadelphia Dist., Ord. Office Bldgs. and U. S. Housing Corp., 

Dept. of Labor, Industrial Housing Project No. 2947, Ridley Park, Pa. 
SHERMAN, C. W. (I) 1st Lt., Mass. State Guard; Engr., U. S. Housing Corp.; took leading part in raising a 

company of Mass. State Guard. 
SLATER, H. C. (II) Estimator and Recorder, Main Office of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 
STEARNS, E. B. (I) Mgr., Electric Furnace Dept., American Bridge Co., New York City, handling general 

sales work for bridges and buildings for Govt, purposes; mfg. and placing on market of electric furnace for 

making high-grade steel castings and high-grade steels, for thin armor plate, automobile parts, submarine parts, 

and large field guns. 

SW ANTON, F. W. (VI) 1st Asst. Examiner, U. S. Patent Office. 

TOWNEJ.H. (IX) Sec, The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., New York, mfg. fuses for British Govt, and war materials 
for U. S. Govt. 

TUTTLE, H. C. (V) Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., mfg. acids and heavy chemi- 
cals, piements and dry colors. 

WHITMORE, HENRY, Chairman, Publicity Comms., of Liberty Loans and Food Production and Conservation, 
Newton, Mass. 

WHITNEY, W. R. (V) Member of the Naval Consulting Bd.; directed work on War Problems, Research Lab., 
including submarine detection devices, used by allied navies, wireless telephone apparatus, used by the 
Naval Air Service and research work on nitrogen fixation for explosives for Ord. Dept. (Pages 59, 277, 303 
and 304.) 

WILSON, A. R. (I) furnished crushed rock for roads at Camp Fremont and Liberty Ship Yard. 

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ADAMS, W. H. (V) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Eastern Finishing Works, Inc., Kenyon, R. I., mfg. waterproof- 
ing for the Q. M. Dept., Ord. Dept., Engr. C., and Gas Defense. 

ALLEY, A. H. (IX) Associated, Office of Aide for Information, 1st Naval Dist. 

ATKINSON, G. T. (IV) Asst. Supt., Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, Pa., in charge of construction, and 
production of gasoline and oil; Supt. of Cons., Emergency Fleet Corp., Housing Operation, Wilmington, Del. 

BASSETT, W. H. (V) Technical Supt. and Metallurgist, American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., mfg. all sorts of 
wrought brass and copper for Army, Navy, and Merchant Marine, including cartridge brass, cupronickel and 
special alloys; Member, Advisory Comm. for Airplane Specifications and Inspection; Adviser to Ord. Dept. 
and various Naval Bureaus; Lecturer on the mfr. and uses of brass and copper production, for Bu. of Supplies 
and Accounts; Consultant, with officers and mfrs. of U. S. and Allied Powers on the production of munitions 
and supplies. 

BLANCHARD, F. C. (II) Vice-Pres., Detroit Lubricator Co., mfg. carburetors, for Liberty Aircraft motors; 
oil pumps, carburetors, regulating valves and controls for the "Le Rhone" aircraft engines; lubricating 
devices and machines for tanks, submarine chasers, sea-sleds and marine motors and engines. (Page 372.) 

BOWEN, STEPHEN (II) manufactured underwear for Army. 

BOYD, S. B. (II) Acting Chief Draftsman, Hull Div., Boston Navy Yard, May '17 — Oct. '17, in charge of work 
converting German ships into transports (Saxonia now Savannah, Breslau now Bridgeport, Kronprinzessin 
Cecelie now Mount Vernon, Amerika now America, and Cincinnati now Covington). (Pages 234 and 247.) 

BOYNTON, L. H. (IV) Special Expert, Bu. War Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C. 

BRAD LEE, H. G. (VI) Member of the firm, Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass.; Member of Dist. Comm. on Capital 
Issues in the 1st Federal Reserve Dist. (Page 377.) 

BRADLEY, H. C. (I) Assoc. Prof, of Drawing and Descriptive Geometry, M. I. T., and Inst., S. A. T. C. and 
S. N. T. C. 

BURNS, ROBERT (VI) Treas., Somerville Branch, Red Cross. 

CAMPBELL, G. A. (I) Research Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., working on transatlantic radio 

communication. 
CARPENTER, ANNE WHITE (Mrs. T. B.) (V) Vice-Pres., Food Conservation Comm., Buffalo, N. Y. 

CHICKERING, G. W. (IV) Civil Engr., Cons. Div., War Dept., Aide to Officer in Charge of the Camp Plan- 
ning Sect.; Head Draftsman and Engr. in charge hot blast heating and ventilating, Heating and Plumbing 
Sect., Engr. Branch, Cons. Div., War Dept., 9 Mch. '18 — 21 Jan. '19. 

CHOATE, F. B. (I) Asst. General Freight Agent, Union Pacific R. R., handling war materials under govt, orders. 
COLBURN, R. D., Sub-Foreman, Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co., Vineyard Haven, Mass., installing engines, 
boilers, pumps, tanks, shafts, and propellers. 

COLE, H. I. (II) Resident Inspector, Fore River Works, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., U. S. 

Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
DAMON, J. L. (I) Capt., American Protective League, Dept. of Justice, Boston, Mass. 
DART, W. C. (X) Sec.-, Local Bd. No. 2, Providence, R. I., 20 June '17 — end of war; Member, Comm., 1st and 2d 

Liberty Loan Campaigns; Pres., Rhode Island Tool Co., Providence, R. I., mfg. tools for firms engaged in 

war work. 
DILL, H. A. (I) Chairman, Comm. on Vocational Training Camp and S. A. T. C; Member, Ex. Comm., Wayne 

Co. Red Cross, Richmond, Ind. 

DILLON, ARTHUR (IV) Special Agent, Federal Bd. for Vocational Education, Camp Dix, N. J. 

DONN, E. W., JR. (IV) Architect, U. S. Housing Corp.; Housing Project, U. S. Naval Proving Grounds and 
Smokeless Powder Factory, Indian Head, Md.; Consulting Architect, U. S. Naval Proving Grounds on Macho- 
doc Creek; Architect, dormitories and department houses for U. S. Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C. 
(Page 336.) 

FENNER, B. L. (IV) General Mgr., Architectural Div., and Production Div., U. S. Housing Corp., Bu. of Indus- 
trial Housing and Transportation, Dept. of Labor. 

FORBES, H. C. (V) (X) Sec, Welding Comm., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 

GARRISON, CHARLES (VI) Treas., Kapo Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. life saving garments, mattresses and 
life preservers for the transport service. 

GOULD, ALICE B. (Sp) Clerk in Office of the Naval Attache, Madrid, '17; Inst, in Navigation, University of 
Chicago, teaching mathematics and astronomy, '18. 

HALE, R. W., Assoc. Legal Adviser, Norfolk Co., (Mass.) Draft Bd.; Assoc. Legal Adviser, to Suffolk Co. Draft 
Bd., specially assigned to handle draft questions arising out of the peculiar conditions of M. I. T. 

HAMMOND, A. J. (XI) Worker, under Railroad Adm.; Operative in another govt, organization engaged in work 
of a confidential nature. 

HANINGTON, C. H. (II) Member, Personnel Dept., Red Cross, Mountain Div., Denver, Colo. 

HATCH, A. E. (I) with J. S. Packard Dredging Co., dredging for U. S. Govt.; Boston Army Base; Torpedo 
Station, Newport, R. I.; Submarine Base, New London; Marine Railways at Fall River, Mass., New London, 
Conn., and Providence, R. I.; Melville Coaling Station. 

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HATHAWAY, H. E. (V) with the Solvay Process Co., Detroit, Mich. 

HERSAM, E. A. (V) in charge of investigations, University of California, on the concentration of ores of chromium 

and of manganese, co-operating with the Berkeley Station, U. S. Bu. of Mines; Published Pamphlet on "The 

Possible Treatment of Manganese Ores in California." 
HOLMES, F. C. (IX) Member, Mass. Food Adm.; National Sisal Comm. of the U. S. Food Adm.; Manila Fibre 

Products Assn., inc. 
HOPTON, W. E. (II) Purchasing Engr., The Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y. and Semet-Solvay Co., mfg- 

alkali and by-product coke ovens and coal tar products, picric acid, benzol products and T. N. T. (Page 364.) 
HOWLAND, ARTHUR (VI) invented "Comparative Color Photometer" for plotting colors so that they follow 

absolute laws of geometry and mathematics; Adv. Mgr., Wadsworth, Howland & Co., mfg. paints and other 

materials used in camouflage work, also enamels and lacquers used on shells, fuse boxes and hand grenades, 

for Govt. (Page 347.) 
JORDAN, H. W. (V) Chemical Engr., Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, N. Y., mfg. picric acid and T. N. T., sal- 
icylic acid and related chemical products. 
KNOWLES, MORRIS (I) Chief Engr., Morris Knowles, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., supervising engrs., Camp Meade, 

Md., and Camp McClellan, Ala., July '17 — June '19; Supervising Engr. in charge at Camp Meade, Div. of 

Cantonment Cons., War Dept.; Chief Engr., Housing Div., Dept. Housing and Transportation, U. S. Shipping 

Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Feb. '18 — June '19. (Page 59, 65 and 66.) 
LUDINGTON, R. S. (II) U. S. Commissioner, Eastern Dist., Wash., for the Selective Draft; Assoc. Member, Legal 

Advisory Bd., Chelan Co., Wash. 
MANSFIELD, A. N. (VIII) Sec, Burton-Furber Coal Co., Boston, Mass., distributing coal for industrial and 

domestic use. 
MOORE, F. C. (II) Asst. Mgr. of Production, Pittsburgh Dist. Office, U. S. Bu. of Aircraft Production, Apr. '18— 

15 Jan. '19. 
MOSELEY, A. W. (II) Prof, of Mechanical Engineering, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 111.; Inst, in surveying, S. A. 

T. C; Member, Educational Comm., 111. Fuel Adm. 
PALMER, W. I. (VI) Treas., Palmer & Palmer Co., Charlestown, Mass., supplied mahogany airplane stock. 
PIERCE, A. R. (IX) Agent, in charge of development and production, Pierce Mfg. Corp., Pierce Bros. Ltd., New 

Bedford, Mass., mfg. textiles for aircraft and gas defense; developed the cotton airplane fabric known as Grade 

A which replaced linen; worked on fabric problems for Army and Navy in conjunction with Bu. of Standards. 
PIERCE, A. W. (VI) in Transformer Engr. Dept., General Electric Co., Pittsfield, Mass. 
PIERCE, J. W. (VI) Engr., Aberthaw Construction Co., constructing Destroyer Plant at Squantum, Mass. 

Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, constructing Army Supply Base, Boston, Mass. 
PUNCHARD, WILLIAM (IV) Engr. and Asst. General Supt., G. A. Fuller Co., for plant mfg. acetone for Govt., 

Mechanicsville, N. Y.; Town Planner, Portsmouth, N. H. and Watervliet, N. Y. for U. S. Housing Corp., 

1 July '18— Nov. '18. 
READ, C. A. (II) Inst., Steam Engr., S. A. T. C, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 
ROBERTS, W. J. (I) Consulting Engr. on Water Supply and Sewers, Cons. Q. M., Camp Lewis, Wash. Letter 

of commendation from Lt. Col. D. L. Stone, Cons. Q. M. upon completion of work. (Page 319.) 
ROBINSON, ETHEL BLACKWELL (Mrs. A. B.) (VII) War Gardener and Food Conserver, Upper Montclair, 

N. J. 
RYDER, M. S., Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Middleboro, Mass.; Asst. Regional Director, Sect. 6, War 

Resources Comm., Resources and Conservation Sect.; Director, Local Chapter Red Cross, Liberty Loan Cam- 
paigns, War Savings Comm., War Work Drives in Middleboro, Mass.; Chairman, Local Four Minute Men. 
SHATTUCK, A. F. (V) Chemical Engr., engaged in Potash Production, Beverly Hills, Calif. 
SMITH, E. C. (II) Treas. and Mgr., Morsberg Wrench Co., supplying warp stop equipment for looms weaving 

Army and Navy fabrics; Treas., Wardwell Braiding Machine Co., mfg. machinery used in production of electric 

wires and cotton shoe thread for war purposes. 
SPOONER, G. H. (VI) Supt. of Surveys, Schedule Rating Office, Newark, N. J.; inspected war industries at 

request of Govt. 
STEEL, W. J., Spinner of worsted yarns for mfg. of cloth for U. S. A. 
SWAN, JAMES (II) Gen. Mgr., Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Inc., building patrol boats, aeroplane barges and hulls for 

flying-boats. (The NC-4 hull was built there.) (Page 244.) 
WASON, L. C. (VI) Pres and Treas., Aberthaw Construction Co., building plants for mfg. small arms, rifles, 

machine guns, bandages, and several shipyards, including the Victory Destroyer Plant at Squantum, Mass. 
WEED, H. T. (V) Principal, Evening Trade School, Bd. of Vocational Education, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
WELLS, G. F. (VI) Mgr., Transportation Div., U. S. Housing Corp., New York, 29 Apr. '18— Nov. '18. See 

Military Record. 
WETHERBEE, C. P. (II) Vice-Pres. and Supt. Engr., Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, Me., building destroyers for 

U. S. Navy. 

WETHERBEE, G. H., JR. (I) Engr. in charge of topography and layout, Camp Devens, Mass., Quincy Housing 
Plant, Mass., and at Port Penn., Del. (Page 382.) 

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WHITE, H. L. (I) Engr., Norfolk Co. Comm., constructing Norfolk Co. Hosp , and Quincy Ave. Bridge, Brain- 
tree, Mass. 

WHITLEY, C. W. (VI) Vice-Pres., American Smelting & Refining Co., increasing production of sulphuric acid 
by use of smelter gases; produced quantities of potash alum; smelted lead and copper ores; Chairman, Foreign 
Corporations Comm., Liberty Loan and Red Cross Drives; Member, Utah State Council of Nat. Defense. 

WILDER, S. W. (X) Pres., Merrimac Chemical Co., Boston, Mass., producing chemicals for mfr. of munitions 
and explosives for U. S. and Allied Govts. 

WILSON, F. A. (II) Treas., J. P. Wilson & Son, Inc., Nahant, Mass., Building Contractors, manufactured some 
anti-submarine material for Navy Dept.; Publicity Chairman, Nahant Public Safety Comm.; Member, Mass., 
Bd. for Curtailment of Non-War Construction. 

YOUNG, H. H. (II) Treas. and General Mgr., J. L. Hammett Co., Cambridge, Mass., furnishing blackboards for 
training camps and schools, and supplies for hosps. in U. S. and Canada. (Page 68.) 

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BASSETT, G. O. (V) Sect. Head, Chemical Research Dept., Western Electric Co., N. Y., developing analytical 
methods of determining ingredients in the new alloys used in war communicating apparatus, seals and com- 
pounds for submarine apparatus. 

BIGELOW, C. H. (VI) Chief Mechanical Engr., Millville Mfg. Co., mfg. olive drab cotton for uniforms, cotton 
material for towels and other articles for Govt. 

BURBANK, P. M. (VI) Inspector, Assoc. Factory and Mutual Fire Ins. Cos., Boston, Mass. 

BURRAGE, SEVERANCE (VII) Scientific Asst., U. S. Public Health- Service, 1 Jan. '18; Waco, Texas, 10 Jan.; 
New London, Conn., 10 Aug. '18; Ayer, Mass., I Jan. '19; special work with National Tuberculosis Assn., 
Denver, Colo., 16 Jan. '19. Certificate of Service during influenza epidemic, '18 — '19, from U. S. Public Health 
Service. See Military Record. 

BURROUGH, HORACE, JR. (V) Authorized Agent, General Staff, Military Intelligence, War Dept.; general 
intelligence work in Baltimore covering military and civilian subjects as to loyalty. 

CHASE, C. H. (VI) Prof, of Steam Engr., Tufts College, in charge of automobile instruction and repair, Engr. 

School, in courses for vocational units of enlisted and drafted men. 
CHASE, R. D. (XI) Consulting Engr., Hazen, Whipple & Fuller, New Bedford, Mass.. for water supply and 

sewers, Camp Dix., N. J. ;Engr., Civil Engr. Dept., Air Nitrates Corp., designing Toledo and Cincinnati Plants 

CLARK, CLARA M. (XII) Red Cross Worker. 

CODY, L. P. (VI) Block Chairman, Liberty Loan Campaign, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

COLBY, J. M. (II) Engr., Underwriters' Bu. of New England, furnishing plans and reports of industries in 
New England to Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd. 

COOLIDGE, J. R., JR. (IV) Regional Director for New England (except Conn.), Highways Transport Comm., 
Council of National Defense; Director, Metropolitan Chapter, Red Cross, Boston; Chairman, Boston Archi- 
tects Comm., Liberty Loan Campaigns. (Page 308.) 

DANA, GORHAM (I) Vice-Chairman, Brookline Comm. for Patriotic Subscriptions. 

DAVIS, F. I. (IV) Member, Draft Bd., Hartford, Conn. 

de GERSDORFF, G. B. (IV) Chief Clerk, Local Exemption Bd., No. 138, New York City, 1 Dec. '17— Apr. '18; 
Organizer and Manager, Special Red Cross Work Room for spagnum moss dressings, 6 Apr. — 1 Aug. '18. 

DOUGLASS, W. B. (I) Pres., New England Structural Co., Boston, Mass., furnishing steelwork for Watertown 
Arsenal, Destroyer Plant at Squantum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston Army Supply Base and numerous 
buildings for industrial plants engaged in war work. 

DUDLEY, W. N. (IV) General Inspector for Field Auditor, Army Base, Boston, Mass., 19 Mch. — 25 Nov. '18. 

FRENCH, ALLEN (IX) Pvt., 10th Plattsburg Training Regt., Sept.— Oct. '16; Local Food Adm., Federal Food 
Adm., Concord, Mass. 

FULLER, C. E. (II) Prof, of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, giving intensive courses to regular students and 
short courses in Power Measurement to Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I.T. 

GRAY, W. P. (VI) Chairman, Red Cross, Elliott Co., Ky.; developed coal and oil production in Ky. 

GREEN, W. W. (I) Engr., on irrigation work for rice growing, Briggs, Calif. 

GRIMES, C. B. (V) Adj., New Rochelle, N. Y., Police Auxiliary; Treas., New Rochelle Liberty Loan Comm., 
Fourth Loan. 

HEYWOOD, A. S. (VI) Capt. of Team, Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. Campaigns, also for K. of C. and War Camp 
Funds, Worcester, Mass. 

HOXIE, F. J. (VI) Engr., and Special Inspector, Assoc. Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos., Boston, Mass.; 
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HUTCHINSON, W. S. (Ill) Mining Engr., exploring in New Caledonia for war minerals, Dec. '16; in South 
America, '17. (Page 314.) 

JOHNSON, J. F. (X) Gen. Supt., Curtis & Harvey, Ltd., Canada, in charge of works mfg. gun cotton, and 
T. N. T. for war purposes. 

KALES, W. R. (II) Inspector, Supply Div., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Hq., Washington, D. C, 9 Feb.— 9 Apr. '18; 
superintending mfg. and erection of steel hangars. See Military Record. 

LEE, ELISHA (I) Federal Mgr., Pennsylvania R.R. Eastern Lines, U. S. Railroad Adm. 

LEWIS, D. C. (V) Agent, in charge of plant, Millville Mfg. Co., Millville, N. J., mfg. olive drab uniform linings for 
Army, Winterfield uniform linings for Marine Corps, rain coat cloth for Army; Chairman, local branch, Red 
Cross; Vice-Chairman, Cumberland Co. (N. J.) Red Cross; Chairman, 2d Red Cross War Fund; Chief, Mill- 
ville Div., American Protective League; Member, Comm. from National Assn. of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics, 
and the Rubberizers Assn. to consider rain coat cloth problems. 

LOOK, M. J. (I) Chairman, Ex. Comm., Bd. of Directors, York River Shipbuilding Corp., West Point, Va.; 
Vice-Pres., Kingston Shipbuilding Corp., Kingston, N. Y.; Representative, Winston & Co., in charge of con- 
struction, Camp Eustis and Balloon School, Lee Hall, Va. 

McCAW, W. E. (VI) Adviser, Edible and Non-Edible Oil Depts., U. S. Food Adm.; Member, War Service Comm., 

Soap Mfrs., and Lard Substitute Mfrs. 
MANLEY, L. B. (I) Cons. Engr., Monks & Johnson, supervising shipyard construction for concrete ships, at 

Wilmington, N. C.; extension of yard of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Sparrows Point. 

MANSFIELD, R. H. (VI) Production Expert, Chicago Ord. Dist. Office, Ord. Dept., until armistice; Sec, Chicago 
Dist. Claims Bd. 

MESERVE, F. H. (IV) Mgr., several woolen mfg. concerns, producing materials for Govt. 

METCALF, LEONARD (I) Member, Comm. on Emergency Construction of Buildings and Engineering Structures, 
Council of National Defense; Consulting Engr., Construction Div., U. S. Army; Member, Firm of Metcalf 
& Eddy, Boston, Mass., furnishing designs for some of the utilities at Squantum Victory Plant and some 
aviation camps and for U. S. Housing Corp. projects at Newport News, Va. (Pages 308 and 315.) 

MILLER, H. S. (VI) Pres., Lake Torpedo Boat Co., building submarine torpedo boats for U. S. N. 

MOODY, H. R. (V) Technical Adviser, Chemicals Div., War Industries Bd., Washington, D. C, Dec. '17 — Jan. 
'19. 

MORSE, J. G. (I) Appraiser for munition plants, Assoc. Factory and Mutual Fire Insurance Cos., Boston, Mass. 

MUHLENBERG, C. H. (IV) Maj., Pa. Reserve Militia. Capt., 1st Inf., Pa. Reserve Militia, 4 Dec. '17; Maj., 
8 June '18; in charge of Emergency Hospital during influenza epidemic. 

NEWKIRK, W. M. (II) Member, group of engrs., Q. M. General's Dept., which developed standardized trucks, 
1 Aug. — Oct. '17; Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Wm. & Harvey Rowland, Inc., mfg. automobile springs for 
customers having war contracts. 

NORCROSS, J. C, Asst. Supt., Installations Dept., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Boston, Mass., supplying 
current to Watertown Arsenal, Victory Plant at Squantum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Commonwealth Dock, 
and munition plants. 

•OBER, A. J. (I) Maj. (Class B), Engr. 0. R. C. Entered Service 13 June '17; not assigned to active duty, as serv- 
ices were needed for important work as a civilian. Asst. Engr., Engr. Dept., U. S. A., Newport, R. I., in 
direct supervision of all fortification work in the Newport (R. I.) Dist., including the defenses of Narragansett 
Bay and New Bedford Harbor. 

*PACKARD, AMBROSE (I) Member, Emergency Dredging Comm; Pres., J. S. Packard Dredging Co., 
co-operated on the following projects of military necessity: Boston Army Base, Newport Naval Torpedo Sta- 
tion, Melville Naval Coaling Station, New London Submarine Base, Portland Emergency Ship Channel, 
and Groton Iron Works, Conn., and Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co., Mass., Shipping Bd. Ship Yards. 
Deceased. 

PERKINS, F. E. (IV) Resident Engr., Butterworth-Judson Corp., General Contractors for a plant to make 100 
tons of picric acid, 800 tons of sulphuric acid and 300 tons of nitric acid per day for explosives, Brunswick, Ga. 

PETTEE, E. E. (VI) Supervising Engr., Cons. Div., Sea Coast Defense, Northern New England, U. S. A. 

PIERCE, A. G. (VI) Mgr. Central Dist., The Cutler Hammer Mfg. Co., mfg. material for war purposes. 

POLLARD, A. A. (IV) Laborer, Bolt-man, Timekeeper, Hodge Ship Co., Inc., Moss Point, Miss. 

PRATT, D. M. (I) Engr., Town Planning Dept., Bridgeport, Conn.; Supt., J. H. Sullivan Co., working on Water- 
town Arsenal. 

RHODES, F. L. (VI) Outside Plant Development Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., conserving use 
of materials and developing alternative materials and methods to meet war conditions, to release materials 
needed by Sig. C. of A. E. F. for military use and to meet essential telephone requirements in U. S. 

ROBERTSON, A. R. (II) Managing Director, Watson, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd., a British establishment producing 

munitions of war. 
ROBINSON, D. P. (VI) Pres., American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Hog Island, Pa. (Pages 385 

and 390.) 
ROSEWATER, W. M. (II) Commercial Engr., Bucyrus Co., So. Milwaukee, Wis., mfg. steam shovels, railway 



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RUGGLES, H. F. (II) Consulting Engr. for sugar plantation; constructor of special sugar machinery. 
SHERMAN, L. K. (I) Asst. Engr., General Mgr. and Director, War Workers in Munition Plants, U. S. Housing 

Bu., Washington, D. C. 
SKINNER, T. H. (IV) Asst. to the Resident Mgr., Air Nitrates Corp., Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., Mch. 

'18; later Field Engr. called Cons. Director, supervised construction of Plant No. 2, the largest single operation 

of the War Dept. during the war, until it was in operation, 8 Jan. ' 19. See Military Record and page 4. 
SLADE, J. H. (II) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Quincy, Mass. 
SNOW, R. B., Operative, American Protective League, Auxiliary to U. S. Dept. of Justice, investigating and 

watching those of German tendencies. 
SWEETSER, R. H. (Ill) Works Mgr., The American Rolling Mill Co., Columbus, Ohio, Blast Furnace Div., 

making steel for shells, forgings, steel castings, sheets for mines, 155" shells, in the rough, etc.; Capt. of team 

in Mfrs. Div., Liberty Loan Drive. 
TROWBRIDGE, W. B. (II) Purchasing Agent, Civil Engr. Corps, Navy Dept., Mch.— July '18, and 1 Aug. '18 

— 10 Apr. '19, purchasing materials for Pelham Naval Training Camp, Pelham, Bay, N. Y. 
TUCKER, R. F. (IV) Cons. Mgr., Thompson-Starrett Co., for Cons. Q. M. Dept. at Camp Upton (77 Div.), '17; 

Supt., Pile Foundations for Q. M. Stores, Port Newark Terminal, Port Newark Bay, Dec. '17 — Jan. '18; U. S. 

Explosives Plant "C," Nitro, West Va., Jan. '18 — '19. "Certificate of Service" by authority of the 

Sec. of War. 
VINING, J. F. (IV) Asst. with A4onks & Johnson, Aberthaw Construction Co., Maine Central R.R., Portland, 

Me.; working on destroyer plant, Squantum, Mass., munition plant, Bridgeport, Conn., car shops, Waterville, 

Me., etc. 
WALKER, FRANCIS (IX) Chief Economist, Federal Trade Coram, Washington, D. C, directing Economic 

Work of the Federal Trade Comm., especially the Cost Finding Work for the use of the War Industries Bd., 

Fuel Adm., Food Adm., W. D., Navy Dept., in connection with price fixing and purchasing. 
WALLACE, C. F. (VI) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 
WARDNER, H. L. (IV) Head of Architectural Div., Fred T. Ley Co., in constrcution of Ammonium Nitrate 

Plant, Perryville, Md., for U. S. Army. 
WARNER, MURRAY (II) in charge of mechanical installation for Hazen. Whipple & Fuller, at Camp Dix, 

12 July — 26 Oct. '17. See Military Record. 
WEBB, H. S. (VI) Prof., Electrical Engr., University of Florida, and Inst., Sections A. and B, S. A. T. C, 14 Aug. 

'18— Dec. '18. 
WEIS, S. W. (I) Sec, Citizens Protective Comm., New Orleans, La.; Representative for Gulf of Mexico, U. S. 

Shipping Bd., Div. of Operations; Member, Cotton Price Fixing Comm., War Industries Bd.; Member, State 

Council of Defense. (Page 332.) 
WELLS, E. C. (II) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Piatt Iron Works Co., Dayton, Ohio, mfg. munitions and equip- 
ment for Army and Navy. (Page 366.) 
WHITE, W. P. (V) Physicist, Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, which joined the Sect, of 

Optical Glass Production of the War Industries Bd. making thermal investigations dealing with optical glass, 

gas masks, and nitrate production. 
WOOFFINDALE, W. H. (V) Textile Chemist, on control work and investigations for mills mfg. arms, munitions 

and textiles. 

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ABBOTT, F. B. (VI) Asst. Chief Draftsman, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. 
ALEXANDER, F. W. (V) Member, Local Draft Bd., Richmond, Maine. 
AMES, J. 0. , Treas. for R. I. of the United War Work Campaign, Inc.; Member, Ex. Comm. of the Liberty Loan 

Comm. of R. I. 
BAKER, F. W. (II) Asst. Supt. of Cons., Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, Maine, building torpedo boat destroyers 

for the U. S. N. (Page 383.) 

BARNES, W. T. (I) Project Engr., U. S. Housing Corp.. Newport News, Va. 

BAXTER, J. B. (V) Chairman, W. S. S. Campaign; Chairman, Red Cross Membership Campaign; Treas., Y. M. 
C. A. War Work Fund, and United War Work Campaign; Member, Comm. on Public Safety and American 
Protective League, Milton, Mass. 

BEATTIE, R. H. (I) Chairman, Local Draft Bd., No. 6, of R. I.; Asst. Mgr., Wood Ship Div., Emergency Fleet 
Corp., in charge of hull construction. 

BEMIS, A. F. (I) Member following comms. of the Advisory Comm., Council of National Defense; Labor, Cotton 
Goods Buying, Production Engr., Cotton Goods Sect.; Member, War Service Comm., National Council of 
American Cotton Mfrs.; Chairman, Ex. Comm. ; National Assoc. Bag Mfrs.; Member, M. I. T. War Service 
Auxiliary; Member, Comm. on Industrial Inquiry of the National Civic Federation, sent to Europe, Mch. 
'19, to investigate industrial conditions in England and France. (Pages 48, 64, 66, 71 and 308.) 

BLAIR, J. B. (IV) Architect with Monks & Johnson, Engrs., and Fay, Spofford &Thorndike, Consulting Engrs. 
on work at Victory Plant, Squantum, Mass., and Army Supply Base, Boston, Mass. 

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BLAKE, E. E. (II) Plant Mgr. of Saco-Lowell Shops, Biddeford, Me., and Lowell, Mass., mfg. machinery for 
textile mills and some munition works. 

BLISS, CLARA A. (V) (VII) in charge for one year of relief work done by faculty and students at Wells College, 
Aurora, N. Y., for the American Fund for French Wounded. 

BLOOD, G. T. (VI) Telephone Engr. with American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City. 

BOYD, J. C. (Ill) in '17, Member, sub-committee of three on Engineering and Construction contracts of the 
General Munitions Bd., War Dept., to draft a form of construction contract; First Vice-Pres. in executive charge 
of Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Inc., New York, actively engaged in work directly or indirectly for 
Govt. (Page 375.) 

BREED, S. A. (II) Asst. Prof, of Drawing and Descriptive Geometry, M. I. T., and Inst., S. A. T. C. 

BREMER, S. P., Member, Ex. Comm., Cotton Duck Assn. 

BROCKUNIER, S. H. (Ill) Supt., Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., Lyon Mt., N. Y. 

BROWN, C. C. (I) Consulting Civil Engr., Standard Steel Works Co., Burnham, Pa., mfg. shells and shell forg- 

ings for domestic and foreign governments as well as gun forgings for the U. S. Govt. 
BROWN, F. E. (IV) Pvt., Conn. State Guard, on guard, police, and riot duty, '17 — '18 — '19. 
BUCHANAN, L. B. (VI) Member, State Comm. on Public Safety; Chairman, Comm. on Public Safety, Woburn, 

Mass.; Dist. Chairman, Red Cross Drives (Medford, Winchester. Woburn); Adviser on submarine defense, gas 

mask production, aeroplane factory facilities. 
BUMSTEAD, DALE (IV) representative in Russia to make a commercial study for the du Pont Co., spring '17 

— Apr. '18. See Military Record. 
CADWELL, W. H. (II) Factory Mgr., The Jackson Mills, Nashua, N. H., mfg. drills, sheetings and flannels in 

large quantities for U. S. Army and Navy. 
CALKINS, LEIGHTON (II) Vice-Pres., New Jersey State Council of Defense. 
CARNEY, E. B. (II) Treas., 2d Red Cross War Fund, Lowell, Mass. 

CHADWICK, H. M., Asst. Engr., The Boston Bridge Works, furnishing structural steel for Fore River Ship- 
building Co., Squantum Destroyer Plant and Worthington Pump Works. 
CLAPP, J. C, JR. (IV) Architect and Engr., working on buildings of Watertown Arsenal, Mass. 
CLAPP, W. A. (I) Civil Engr. and Supt. of Cons., Q. M. C, War Dept., Fort McDowell, Calif., in charge of 

construction of hospital and other buildings, and of water and sewerage systems to camp sites. 
CODMAN, J. S. (VI) Mgr., New England Belgian Relief Fund, Nov. '15— May '19. 
CONNABLE, F. L., Member of Ex. Comm., and Vice-Pres. in charge of special purchasing, E. I. du Pont de 

Nemours & Co. (Page 355.) 
CROSBY, W. W. (II) Architect for power plants for mills making textiles for Army, and tin smelting plants. 
DAVIS, A. G. (VI) Vice-Pres., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 
DAWES, H. N. (II) Pres. and Treas., Nightingale & Childs Co., Boston, Mass., mainly devoted either directly 

or indirectly to war contracts. 
DILLON, F. N. (V) Treas., D. M. Dillon Steam Boiler Works, Fitchburg, Mass., engaged in making boilers for 

munitions plants and plate iron work for cantonments and arsenals. 
DODGE, S. D. (I) Supervising Engr., Production Engr., Nitro, W. Va., Ord. Dept., supervising water supply 

system; connected with New York Dist. in production of picric acid and settlement of claims. 
EDWARDS, A. B. (IX) served with Food Adm., Northern R. I., Hotel and Restaurant Dept. 
EMERY, S. S. (V) Chief Chemist, Louriers Works, Colo., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., mfg. explosives. 

ESTY, WILLIAM (VI) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Dist. No. 4, Northampton Co., Pa.; in charge Elec- 
trical Trades Courses for enlisted men, Camp Coppee, Lehigh University. 

FAY, FREDERIC H. (I) Member of firm, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., designers and supervisors of 
construction, Boston Army Supply Base, for Construction Div. U. S. A.; Engineering advisers to Red Cross, 
Council of National Defense and U. S. Shipping Board; Member, War Bd. on Restriction of Building Opera- 
tions in Boston; Member, Committee on Port War Facilities, and Director, Boston Chamber of Commerce. 
(Pages 65, 66 and 322.) 

FORBES, W. S., Chairman, War Service Comm., National Assoc. Employing Lithographers, standardizing weights 
and sizes of paper used by all lithographing concerns in the U. S. 

FOWLE, A. E. (X) Chairman, Mfrs. Comm., Liberty Loan Campaigns, and Red Cross Drives, Charleston, W. Va. 

GARLICHS, C. F. (IV) Member, Cons. Dept., U. S. Housing Corp. 

GILSON, H. A., with F. S. Payne Co., Boston, mfg. electric machines for munitions plants and Charlestown Navy 

Yard. 
GLIDDEN, G. B., Member, Comm. visiting England, Scotland, France, and Belgium to observe war, 
under the auspices of State, War and Treasury Departments and at request of New England Liberty 
Loan Comm. 
GORHAM, MARVINE (II) Member, Production and Inspection Dept., Sig. C. (later Aircraft Production Bd.), 
working in Buffalo, Elmira, Ithaca, Toledo and Detroit. 

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GRAVES, W. H. (IV) Examiner, National War Labor Bd., Oct. '18— Feb. '19, holding hearings in labor contro- 
versies in connection with war industries. 

HADLEY, F. W. (VI) Supt., Water Power Plants, Georgia Railway & Power Co., Atlanta, Ga., in charge of 
plants for operation of essential industries in forty-five towns and cities. 

HAWLEY, J. C. (V) Fire Protection Engr., Fire Prevention Sect., Council of National Defense and War Industries 
Bd., investigating fire hazards and recommending means of fire prevention and protection in munitions plants; 
met with Senate Cotiti., as expert in investigation of the explosion of 13,000,000 pounds of T. N. T. at 
Morgan, N. J. (Pages 308 and 310.) 

HUNT, MYRON (IV) Asst. Field Representative, Emergency Fleet Corp.; Chairman, Finance Comm., War 
Camp Community Service; Capt., American Protective League. 

JACKSON, D. D. (V) Dean, School of Military Photography, Sig. C; Member, Comm. Military Training Camps 
Assoc, delegated by Sec. of War to visit camps; Member, Comm. on Water Supply, Council of National 
Defense; Member of Staff, School of Explosives, Ord. Dept. (Page 308.) 

JAMESON, A. H. (V) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Bayonne Steel Co., Bayonne, N. J., producing castings for 

wir work. 
KENISON, ERVIN (II) Assoc. Prof, of Drawing, M. I. T., doing intensive work preparing students for entrance 

examinations of Engr. C. 
KEYES, F. H. (II) Editor, Engr. and Architectural Editions of Sweet's Catalogue, used by various depts. of Govt. 

as guide for purchase of engr. supplies and equipment. 

KING, G. I. (II) (III) Special Salesman to Russia, Eastern Car Co., Ltd., of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, selling 

box cars to Russian State Railways, Nov. '14 — Mch. '17; Gen. Mgr., Eastern Car Co., Ltd., Mch. '17 — Feb. 

'18. 
LATEY, H. N. (VI) Electrical Engr., B. F. Wood Engr., Inc., constructing U. S. Govt. Picric Acid Plant, Little 

Rock, Ark. 
LATHAM, H. M. (II) with Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester, Mass. 
LEVI, LOUIS (IV) connected with Emergency Fleet Corp. for fourteen months. 
LOGAN, J. W. (II) Mgr., Open Hearth Steel Plant, Blooming and Plate Mill, Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co., 

Conshohocken, Pa., making ship plates for Emergency Fleet Corp. 

LOMB, ADOLPH, (II) Member of firm, Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. optical and engi- 
neering instruments, optical glass for range finders, gun sights, telescopes, binoculars, periscopes and camera 
lenses. (Page 408.) 

LORD, F. W. (VI) Pres., Lord Electric Co., and Lord Construction Co., Providence, R. I., equipping ships for 
Emergency Fleet Corp. (Page 391.) 

MARCY, W. A. (II) Mechanical Engr., The Lamson Co., Boston, Mass., designing mechanical conveyors for 
munition plants. 

MERRILL, G. E. (IV) General Asst. Engr., Cotton Purification Dept., Smokeless Powder Plant, Nitro, 
W. Va. 

MIRICK, G. L., Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Consulting Engrs., in charge construction Boston Army 
Supply Base, Apr. '18 — Aug. '19. 

MORRILL, H. W. (I) Chairman, Local Draft Bd., Div. No. 7, Mass.; Chairman, 1st Liberty Loan, Ludlow 
Mass. 

MORSS, H. A., (VI) Treas., Simplex Wire and Cable Co., furnishing material for Navy and Sig. C. of the 
Army. 

NORTON, C. L (VI) Engr., Naval Consulting Bd., Ord. Dept., U. S. N.; Science and Research Div., Sig. C; 
Pres., Norton Laboratories ; Pres., Asbestos Shingle Co. ; originated process and built plant for mfr. of metallic 
magnesium and associated in the development work for increase of production of asbestos materials. (Pages 
281 and 327.) 

PAGE, E. S. (Ill) Chairman, Comm. on Food Production, Melrose, Mass.; Member, Legal Advisory Bd. 

PHILLIPS, H. M. (II) Supt., Irwin-Phillips Co., Keokuk, Iowa, mfg. work clothing for the Army. 
PORTER, E. A., Junior Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd. 

RANDALL, E. B. (VI) with American Biscuit Co., San Francisco, Calif., mfrs. of hard bread and other biscuits 

for Army and Navy. 
REED, J. H. (VI) Owner, National Machine & Tool Co., Boston Mass., producing material for submarines and 

destroyers. 
RICHARDSON, F. D. (II) Engr., Inside Plant Long Lines Dept., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New 

York City. 
ROBERTS, W. E. , Supervisor of Boys' Work, Lake Div., Red Cross; Director of Manual Training, Cleveland 

Chapter, Junior Red Cross; Member, Ex. Comm., Cleveland Chapter, Red Cross. 

ROGERS, H. L. (VI) Mgr., Div. of Cons, and Engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass.; Adviser, Engr. Cons. 
Comm., Council of National Defense in organizing Cons. Div. of Army. (Pages 377 and 385.) 

SANDERSON, E. S., Sales Mgr., Scovil Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., producing munitions. 

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SPEER, J. R. (II) Pres., Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Foundries Co., producing material for Ord. Dept.; Director, 
under appoint-nent by Alien Property Custodian, in Bayer Co., Williams & Crowell Color Co., Synthetic 
Patents Co., and Heyden Chemical Works, all enemy-owned companies, increasing production under American 
management during the war. 

SPOFFORD, C. M., (I) Member of firm, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., designers and supervisors 
of construction, Boston Army Supply Base, for Cons. Div., U. S. A.; Engr. Advisers to Red Cross, Council 
of National Defense, and U. S. Shipping Board. (Page 322.) 

STOSE, G. W. (I) engaged in War Mineral Surveys for Govt., chiefly manganese, through U. S Geological Survey. 

SUTTER, F. C. (VI) Supervisor of Production, representing Ord. Dept. at various factories in Detroit. 

SW ANTON, W. I. (I) Asst. Engr., U. S. Reclamation Service, working for development of crops and of soldier 
settlements on govt, irrigation projects in the West. 

TAINTOR, C. W. (VI) Plattsburg Training Camp, '15—16; Ex. Officer, Essex Co. Rifle Club, '15— '16— '17; 
Member, Mass. Comm., 3d Liberty Loan. (Page 4.) 

TAYLOR, C. M. (II) Draftsman, Navy Dept., for 17 years, working on urgent repairs and alterations of naval 
ships and fitting out transports during war. 

THOMAS, P. H. (VI) Consulting Expert, Power Sect., War Industries Bd., consulting on electric power 
matters. 

TRIPP, C. A. (VI) Factory Mgr., Holcombe & Hoke Mfg. Co., Indianapolis, Ind., producing V. B. rifle grenades 
for Ord. Dept., until 23 Oct. '18; Plant Mgr., Ball Grain Explosives Co., loading V. B. rifle grenade fuses 
and loading and assembling V. B. rifle grenades; designed a rifle grenade accepted by Inventions Bd. and 
under test by the Ord. Dept., Engr. Bu., when armistice was signed. 

TUCKER, W. A. (Ill) Vice-Chairman of Oakdale (Calif.) Branch, also Treas. of Junior Auxiliaries, Red Cross; 
served as Registrar on both drafts. 

TUTTLE, R. C. (IV) managed the 2d Red Cross Drive, Windsor, Conn.; through production of own plays 
"Young Leonardo," raised $1000 at Bar Harbor, Me., for French Hospital Fund; sold water color painting, 
for benefit of Red Cross in several cities; painting, "The Zeebrugge Raid," made at request of the Fifth Liberty 
Loan solicited in Fifth Avenue display in New York. 

WADSWORTH. A. B., (VII) with Div. of Laboratories and Research, Dept. of Health, New York, which trained 
technicians for army laboratories and supplied Army and Navy with serums used in diagnosis and treatment 
of pneumonia, epidemic meningitis and dysentery. 

WALKER, C. R. (V) Asst. Supt., Warren Chemical Products Co., Warren, Pa., mfg. gun cotton for France and 
England, Jan. '15— Nov. '16; Supt., Nitro Powder Co., Kingston, N. Y., mfg. T. N. T., nitroglycerine, dyna- 
mite and nitronaphalene for France and other European countries, '16 — '17; special work on soluble cotton 
with Aetna Explosives Co.; Organizer and Vice-Pres., Conewango Chemical Co., Warren, Pa., mfg. soluble 
cotton products, airplane dopes, etc., June, '17. 

WALLIS, R. N. (IX) Auditor, local branch, Red Cross, Fitchburg, Mass.; Sec, Volunteer Aid Comm., in home 
service work of Red Cross. 

WARREN, F.I. (II) Sales Engr., Industrial Works, Bay City, Wash., producing cranes and other railroad machin- 
ery for Europe and for shipyards in this country. 

WEBSTER, L. J., Chairman, Local Public Safety Comm., Local Food Adm. 

WEEKS, H. E. (IV) Architect for U. S. Housing Corp. for Industrial Houses, Alliance, Ohio. 

WHISTON, W. C. (VI) Legal Adviser, Legal Advisory Bd., War Dept. 

WHITAKER, S. E. (VI) Consulting Cost Accountant, Philadelphia Dist. Ord. Office, investigating claims against 
Ord. Dept. of the Army arising from the signing of the armistice and thesuspension of contracts. See Military 
Record. 

1894 

ABBOT, C. G. (VIII) at Smithsonian Institute, co-operating with U. S. Engrs., on improvement of searchlights; 

studies resulted in adoption of new field searchlight used on the Western Front in Oct '18. (Page 273.) 
ADAMS, R. B. (X) Factory Supt., Boston Belting Corp., mfg. rubberized fabrics for gas masks, battery deck 

covers, and trench hose. 
BARTLETT, J. G. (IV) volunteered but refused on account of eyesight. 
BARTON. H. R. (VI) Engr. in charge, Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Inc., at Naval Proving Ground, Indian 

Head, Md. enlarging power plant and smokeless powder factory. 
EATCHELLER, H. R. (Ill) Special Investigator and associate to Chief of Investigation, Employers' Group, 

National War Labor Bd. 
BATSON, W. V. (VI) Electrical Engr., Hollis French & Allen Hubbard, inspector and adviser to Corporation's 

superintendent on houses and heating plants installed for U. S. Housing Corp. 
BEACH, C B. (X) Member of firm manufacturing glycerine used in high explosives. 
BEAN, N. S. (VI) National Bank Examiner. Treasury Dept. 
BEARDSELL, G. R. (IX) Member of Ex. Comm. on each War Loan and War Chest Drive. 

BENEDICT, V. L. (VI) Manager, Los Angeles Fire Alarm Co., installing fire protection in many plants on govt. 
work. 

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BLANC, S. P., Manager, Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., Denver, Colo. 

BOVEY, W. H. (VI) Director, Washburn Crosby Co., Minneapolis, Minn., and Pres., Dunwoody Institute, 
training 7000 men for Army and Navy along industrial lines. (Pages 59 and 345.) 

BROWN, H. A., Member, Volunteer Medical Service Corps. 

BROWN, W. V. (VI) Manager, Engr. Societies Employment Bu., New York City, assisting Govt, in finding engrs. 

for special work. 
BUGBEE, L. W., Factory Mgr., Onepiece Bifocal Lens Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; served in advisory capacity to 

Govt., selecting equipment of Optical Unit. 
BULLARD, MARY B. (IV) worked for Red Cross and French Relief. 
CHACE, M. S. (II) Naval Architect, Engr. and Shipbuilder, offered services to French Minister of War, Aug. ' 14, 

and went to France; became member French Artillery Comm., subsequently the French High Comm. 

Returned to America, purchasing and inspecting all war supplies for French Govt, until fall of '19. Chevalier 

of the Legion of Honor. (Page 143.) 
CHICKERING, A. P. (I) Member, Legal Dept., U. S. Shipping Bd., Boston, Mass.; Govt. Appeal Agent, Draft 

Service, Div. 21, Mass.; Legal Advisory Bd., North Andover; Member, Ex. Comm., Essex County Chapter, 

Red Cross. 
CLARK, W. L. (II) Division Engr., Calif. Highway Comm., Dept. of Engr., constructing state roads and 

bridges of military and civilian necessity. 
COPELAND, H. F. (I) Chairman, Haworth Branch, Hackensack (N. J.) Chapter, Red Cross. 

CURTIS, T. P. (VI) Capt., 1st Motor Hospital Unit, Mass. State Guard, Mch. '18— June '19; Vice-Pres., Lord 
Construction Co., furnishing equipment for ships for the Emergency Fleet Corp. (Page 391.) 

DATES, H. B. (VI) Prof., Electrical Engr. Dept., Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, carrying on 

special courses for Signal Corps. 
DA VIES, T. C. (II) Lt., 3d Volunteer Bn., The Hampshire Regt., British Army, Mch. '17— '19 (not mobilized); 

Director, Sect, of Shell Contracts, British Ministry of Munitions of War. 

FERGUSON, J. N. (I) Comm. on Waterways and Public Lands; Engr. in charge of cons., Commonwealth Dry 
Dock and Pumping Station. 

GAINES, ELIZABETH V. (IX) Mgr. of plantation, Saxe, Va., produced annually 4000 lbs. of pork and 2250 
bu. of corn; Chairman, Charlotte Co. Relief Assn. for War Orphans of Allies. 

GARDNER, J. H. (II) Member, Comm. in charge of Inspection, reporting on available places for bases and sub- 
bases for Coast Patrol, 3d Naval Dist., Navy Dept.; Member, Bd. of Surveys and Consulting Engrs. of U. S. 
Shipping Bd. in charge reconditioning and putting in commission the German and Austrian vessels taken 
over by Bd.; Special Representative to the Peruvian Govt., charged with examination and appraisal of all 
enemy tonnage in Peru and negotiations with the Peruvian Govt, for taking over said tonnage; in general 
charge of repairing and putting vessels in commission for U. S. Service. (Page 247.) 

GILKEY, R. W. (II) Member, Draft Bd. No. 43, New York City, Dec. '17 to end of war. 

GREENLEAF, L. S. (VI) Sec, Albany Co. Red Cross; Vice-Pres., Manning Abrasive Co., Inc., producing sand- 
paper, flint, and emery cloth for War and Navy Depts. 

HAVEN, G. B. (II) Prof, of Machine Design, M. I. T., made several thousand tests for Govt, to determine the 
tensile strength of fabrics, such as khaki, gun straps and webbing; instructor in eleven schools for aviators 
along the line of wing fabrics. (Pages 27 and 327.) 

HICKS, E. F. (V) Chief Chemist, Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., classified as Naval Aircraft Factory. 

HOLDEN, F. H. (IV) engaged in hospital designing, War Industries Bd. 

HOPEWELL, C. F. (VI) Mfr. of automobile specialties, furnishing data to Bu. of Standards regarding carburet- 
ors; maintained a dynamometer laboratory working on airplane carburetors. 

HOWLAND, F. S. (I) Treas., Athens Shipbuilding Corp., mfg. 4000 emergency life rafts for army transport 

service, over 6000 elliptical life floats for Navy, and life boats. 
HUBBY, R. G. (IV) Q. M., Hollywood Officers' Training School, Los Angeles, Calif., in charge of layout of camp 

and construction of buildings, Jan. — Sept. '18. 
JENCKES, E. S. (II) Vice-Pres., Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. of Pa., Reading, Pa., mfg. cloth for Govt. 
JENNEY, WARREN (II) Office Supt. and Chief Accountant, W. F. Kearns Co., constructing Boston Army 

Supply Base; Office Supt., Aberthaw Construction Co., constructing Destroyer Plant, Squantum, Mass. 
JOHNSON, C. H. (I) Foreman, Public Works, U. S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

KING, W. H. (IX) Asst. Corp. Counsel, Law Dept., New York City, working on questions concerning properties 
acquired or used by the national government in war work, water grants for shipping, warehouses, and hos- 
pitals. 

LACOUNT, H. 0. (II) Engr. and Asst. Sec, Inspection Dept., Assoc. Factory Mutual Fire Ins. Cos., Boston, 
Mass., having general supervision of the Factory Mutual Laboratories and the inspection service of the 
department inspecting munitions and other government plants. 

LaMOTTE, ARTHUR, Asst. Supt., Finishing Dept., Carney's Point Smokeless Powder Works, E. I. du Pont de 
Nemours & Co. 

LAWRENCE, C. M. (VI) Member, Community Labor Bd., representing the business men of Boston. 

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LOVEJOY, F. W. (X) General Mgr., Mfr. Depts., Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. (Page 59.) 
McKIBBEN, F. P. (I) Supervisor of Technical Training, U. S. Shipping Bel., Emergency Fleet Corp., training 

naval architects. 
MANN, F. M. (IV) Prof, of Architecture, University of Minnesota; Inst., S. A. T. C. 
MARVELL, E. I. (II) Traveling Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
MEADE, C. A. (I) Vice-Pres., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. in charge Miscellaneous Mfg. 

Dept. 
MOORE, L. R. (V) engaged in laboratory work to enable gas companies of Massachusetts to save their light oils 

for govt. use. 
NASH, L. R. (VI) Public Utility Expert with Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass.; Technical Adviser, Fuel Adm.; 

Examiner, War Finance Corp. 

NEWBEGIN, P. C. (I) Maintenance Engr., Bangor & Aroostook R. R., U. S. Railroad Adm. (Page 312.) 

NISBET, J. L. (V) General Agent, Georgia, Fla. & Ala. Railway Co., Tallahassee, Fla.; Sec. and Treas., J. P. 
Williams Land Co., getting out big timber for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

NOWELL, J. C. (VI) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., San Francisco, Calif.; 
Member, committee of organization of first Officers Training Camp; Member, Comm. of Military Training 
Camps Association, examining candidates for F. A. Cent. Off. Tr. Sch., Camp Taylor, Ky. 

OWEN, GEORGE (II) Liberty Shipbuilding Co. (Pages 36 and 393.) 

PATRICK, A. L. (X) Member, Dist. Bd. No. 2, Selective Service, Northern Dist. of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio. 

PEABODY, SUSAN W., Chairman, College Club Red Cross Auxiliary, Chicago, 111. 

PIPER, W. E. (V) Chief, Rubber Goods Branch, Clothing and Equipage Div., in office of Q. M. General, purchasing 
all rubber footwear for Army, 14 Feb. — 16 Nov. '18; Chairman, Melrose (Mass.), Fuel Comm., Oct. '17 — ■ 
Feb. '18. 

POLLOCK, C. D. (I) Project Engr., U S. Housing Corp., U. S. Dept. of Labor, 27 July '18; U. S. Shipping Bd., 
Emergency Fleet Corp., 17 Aug. '18 — 2 Sept. '19. 

PRATT, W. H. (VI) Chief Designing Engr., General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., supervising mfr. of a large variety 
of special and standard instruments used in all branches of govt, service. 

PRICE, R. B. (X) Treas., Conference Comm. on National Preparedness, New York City. (Pages 58, 65 and 66.) 

REED-HILL, WILLIAM (IV) Navigation Inspector and Instructor in Piloting and Navigation, Bu. of Naviga- 
tion, Dept. of Commerce, Detroit, Mich.; Chairman, Bd. of Instruction and Examination, Dist. No. 10, U. S. 
Power Squadrons, Auxiliary of U. S. Navy, '14. 

REYNOLDS, R. D. (II) with B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, Mass., mfg. apparatus for destroyers and sub- 
marines, munition factories and chemical plants. 

RICHARDS, D. W. (II) Signal Engr., Norfolk & Western R. R., Roanoke, Va.; Supt. Telegraph and Signals, 
Virginian R. R. (Page 312.) 

RICHARDS, T. G. (II) Chairman, Fuel Comm., and W. S. S. Comm., North Brookfield, Mass. 

ROBB, A. G. (II) Chief Engr., Robb Engineering Works, Ltd., Amherst, N. S., mfg. high explosive shells, shrapnel 
shells and marine engines for French, British and U. S. Govts. 

ROBESON, A. M. (VI) in charge of design and construction of acid explosives and poison-gas plants, British 
Ministry of Munitions, Dept. of Explosives Supply, Nov. '15 until end of war. 

SAVAGE, S. A. (II) U. S. Lighthouse Service until 1 July '18; General Supt. Winnisimmet Ship Yard, Inc., Chel- 
sea, Mass., repairing ships for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

SAWYER, MABEL WARREN (Mrs. C. W.) (IV) assisted in Tech Work Room, M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary. 

SCHIERTZ, F. A. (Ill) Chief Chemist to Inspector of Engr. Material, Bu. of Steam Engr., U. S. N. 

SHERMAN, G. W. (X) Pres., Akron Industrial Salvage Co., a company founded for co-operative handling of 
waste from 120 local industries in the interest of conservation; Member, Council of National Defense. (Page 
308.) 

SHURTLEFF, A. A. (II) Town Planner, U. S. Housing Corp., and U. S. Shipping Bd. 

SPERRY, AUSTIN (II) Naval Architect and Engr., Main Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., building and install- 
ing machinery in steamers for the Emergency Feet Corp. 

TABER, G. A. (I) Statistical Expert, in charge Artillery Branch No. 2, Progress Sect., Estimates and Require- 
ments Div., Ord. Dept., 8 May '18 — 1 Jan. '19. (Page 260.) 

TAYLOR, GEORGE (II) Pres., Taylor Machinery Co., Boston, Mass., producing metal working machinery used 
directly and indirectly for manufacture of war material. 

TENNEY, A. B. (II) Toluol Expert, Ord. Dept.; Member, District Bd. No. 5, Mass Selective Service. (Page 4.) 
THROPP, J. E., JR. (Ill) Blast Furnace Supt., E. J. Lavino & Co., Marietta, Pa., American Rolling Mill Co., 
Columbus, Ohio, making ferro manganese, spiegeleisen, and basic pig iron for making munitions. 

TRACY, A. M., Civilian Service in Cons. Div., Q. M. Dept. 

WARREN, H. E. (VI) Consulting Engr., Lombard Governor Co., designing hydraulic lather used in manufacture 
of shells; designed, improved and assisted in testing firing mechanisms for big guns; assisted in construction 
special valves for nitrate plant and new types of hydraulic shell forging machines. 

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WASON, RIGBY (VI) Prisoner, Marionbad, Austria, Aug. '14; interned but released on parole; Sgt., Hq. Central 
Detachment, Metropolitan Special Constabulary, London; worked for Y. M. C. A. at London Bridge and 
Ciros, receiving order of the Red Triangle and three bars. 

WEIDINGER, A. E. (IV) Architect, Cons. Staff, Planning Div., Gas Defense Plant, L. I. City, C. W. S. 

WELLS, LOUISA A., worked for Belgian and French Relief Societies, Dec. '14 — May '17; Red Cross, May '17 — 
Oct. '18. 

WESTON, R. S. (V) Project Engr., U. S. Housing Corp.; Consulting Engr., Yorkship Village Project, Emergency 
Fleet Corp. 

WHEELER, M. M. (I) General Mgr., Kentucky Midland Coal Co., Kentucky Midland Railroad Co. 

WHEILDON, W. M. (II) Chief Designer, Angier Chemical Laboratories, Framingham, Mass.; engaged in experi- 
mental work on development of "all paper" bales, at govt, request; designed and built first power belt load- 
ing machine, operated at the New Haven Plant of the Winchester Co. 

WHITON, C. G. (XIII) Member, Recruiting Comm. for Naval Reserve Force at outbreak of war; Enrolling Agent 
for shipyard workers New Bedford, Mass., and vicinity; Member, Comm. of One Hundred, New Bedford. 

WOOD, K. F. (II) organized and operated five plants for purification of cotton linters for nitrating uses; Member, 
R. I. Advisory Council of U. S. Employment Service. 

1895 
ADAMS, BENJAMIN (VI) Dist. Mgr., American Blower Co., Philadelphia, Pa., handling output for war 

industries. 
ALDEN, E. C. (VI) Capt., Home Defense Unit, 23d Precinct, N. Y. City; Inst., N. Y. State Military Training 

Comm. for employees of Pratt & Whitney Co.; Inst., Governor's Island and 69th Regt. Armory. 
BADGER, E. F. (V) Chemist in charge of Experimental Filtration Station, Milwaukee Water Works. 
BALLOU, L. W. (II) with Guerin Spinning Co., Woonsocket, R. I., making silk cartridge bag material to contain 

big gun charges of smokeless powder. 

BARROWS, H. K. (I) Project Engr., U. S. Housing Corp., Portsmouth, N. H. 

BARRY, E. D. (XIII) Supt., Universal Portland Cement Co., mfg. portland cement for direct and indirect war 
work. 

BOWEN, KATE A. (VIII) volunteer work in two war relief societies. 

CARR, R. W. (Ill) Pres., Carr Coal Co. and Rockdale Consolidated Coal Co., San Antonio, Texas; Vice-Pres. 

Colorado Mining Co., mining and distributing coal for essential industries. 
CLAPP, E. H. (X) Rubber Mfr. producing rubber for army blankets and trench boots; engaged in building plant 

for poison gas; Member, one of U. S. Employment Boards furnishing men to different war industries. 
CLAPP, S. K. (I) Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts, Grand Gorge, N. Y., assisting in Liberty Loan Campaigns and other 

war drives. 
CLARK, C. H. (XIII) Marine Surveyor in connection with shipbuilding program. 

COBURN, A. S. (Ill), Subinspector of Cons., U. S. Navy Dept.; Bu. of Cons., Philadelphia; Erector, American 

International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. 
COOKE, J. W(illiamson) (VI) Storage Battery Engr., Electric Boat Co. of Groton, Conn., mfg. submarines. 

(Page 404.) 
CRAFTS, W. N. (Ill) Asst. General Supt., British Forgings Ltd., built and operated by Imperial Munitions Bd., 

mfrs. of electric steel for ammunition at the rate of about 4000 tons per day; forged 8000 to 10000 6" shells 

per day, and 2000 to 3000 9.2" shells per day. 

CRANE, H. M. (II) Vice-Pres. and Chief Engr., Wright Martin Aircraft Corp.; Chairman, Liberty Engine Test 
Comm., Aircraft Bd.; Liberty Engine Comm., Dept. of Aircraft Production. (Page 368.) 

DORRANCE, J. T. (V) Pres. and General Mgr., Joseph Campbell Co., Camden, N. J., producing canned food 
for the Army; U. S. Food Adm. 

DRAPER, F. W. (Ill) Special Agent of State Dept. in Russia. (Page 348.) 

DYER, JOHN, JR. (IV) Office Mgr., Holler-Davis-Flood Co., building concrete barges for U. S. Railroad 
Adm. 

EMERY, JESSIE F. (VII) organized Ward 13, Boston, in Hoover Food Registration, July '17; Food Price 
Reporter, Sept. '17 — Jan. '19; organized Wards 12 and 13 for War Saving Stamps Campaign; worked with 
Technology War Service Auxiliary. 

FAXON, F. E. (II) Supervising Inspector, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept. 

FISH, M. L. (VI) Pres., Buffalo Sheet Metal Works, Inc., engaged in almost 100% war work including work in 
aviation, shell and shipbuilding plants. 

FITZGERALD, F. A. J. (VI) Pres., FitzGerald Laboratories, Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y., Consulting Engineers 
in metallurgical problems; engaged in design, construction and operation of electric furnace plants for manu- 
facture of ferro-alloys; also did experimental research on materials used in mfr. of war gases. 

GREEN, F. C. (XI) Examiner, Naval Consulting Bd. 

GURD, J. A. (IV) Supervisor of Cons., Eastern Dept., Y. M. C. A., 1 May '18— 1 May '19. 

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HALL, W. T. (V) Assoc. Prof, of Analytical Chemistry, M. I. T., Inst., S. A. T. C. and S. N. T. C; analyzed 
cartridge brass for the Inspectors of the Russian Govt.; performed chemical analyses for the U. S. Govt. 

HAVEN, H. M. (II) Member of firm, H. M. Haven & W. W. Crosby, Boston, Mass., engineers and architects 
for power plants for textile mills, and tin smelting plants producing material for the Army and Navy. 

HOWARD, L. F. (VI) Chief Engr., Union Switch & Signal Co., Swissvale, Pa., mfg. equipment for railroads. 

HOWE, G. E. (I) Mgr., Lyon & Greenleaf Co., Ligonier, Ind., flour millers; Member, Milling Div., U. S. Food Adm. 
(Page 313.) 

HUMPHREYS, JAMES, Dept. Mgr., H. W. Johns-Manville Co. of Mass., executing large contracts with War 
and Navy Depts. 

HUNT, S. P. (VI) Expert Mechanical Aid, Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept.; Supervising Electrical Engr., 
Washington, D. C. Navy Yard. 

HUXLEY, E. H. (II) Pres., U. S. Rubber Export Co., Ltd.; Chairman, Foreign Trade Div., War Service 
Comm., Rubber Industry; Chairman, Advisory Comm on Latin-American Matters, Comm. on Pub- 
lic Information; Chairman, Field Comm., War Service Comm., Tenafly, N. J.; Member, Bd. of Military 
Instruction, Local Draft Board, Englewood, N. J.; Member, Comm. on Exports Control, National Foreign 
Trade Council. (Page 4.) 

KEMBLE.P. H. (XIII) Asst. Chief of Sea Service Bu., U. S. Shipping Bd., 5 Nov. '17— Mch. '18. See Military 
Record. 

LITTLEFIELD, C. E. (Sp. II) Inst., Mech. Engr., M. I. T.; Inst., U. S. School of Miltary Aeronautics, M. I. T. 

LORING, E. J. (IV) Mech. Engr., Bu. of Mines, Helium Gas Investigation, 1 Oct. '17— 1 May '18. See Military, 

Record. 
MARMON, W. C. (II) Pres., Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Ind., mfrs. of aviation motors. 
MASTERS, F. B. (II) Camoufleur, U. S. Shipping Bd., New York Harbor, June '18; 4th Dist. Hq., Jacksonville, 

Fla., July— Dec. '18. 
MATTHES, F. E. (I) Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, Dept. of Interior; translated from the French, "Manual 

of the Artillery Orientation Officer." (Page 272.) 
MATTHES, G. H. (I) Engr., Miami Conservancy Dist., Dayton, Ohio, protecting district against floods. 
MAY, E. B., Inst., Townsend Industrial School, Newport, R. I. 
MILLER, F. T. (XIII) Special Agent, U. S. Dept. of Labor. (Page 341.) 
MOORE, J. D. (II) Production Mgr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., supervising production of 

deck machinery and engine room auxiliaries for all wood ships and certain steel ships; maintaining fuel supply 

of shipyards. 

MOREY, RICHARD (I) Member of firm, Morey & Thomas, St. Louis, Mo., contractors for U. S. Shipping Bd., 
Emergency Fleet Corp. 

NAY, I. A. (II) Chairman, Publicity Comm., Red Cross Drives. 

NOBLE, W. E. (I) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Draft Service. 

PARKER, C. H. (II) Member, Naval Comm. of Mass. Public Safety Comm.; Supt. Generating Dept., The Edi- 
son Electric Illuminating Co., furnishing electricity to Watertown Arsenal, Victory Shipbuilding Plant 
at Squantum and other mfg. plants; Chief, Naval Bu. in charge of Naval Militia affairs of Mass. 
(Page 59.) 

PARMELEE, C. L. (I) (XI) Consulting Engr., U. S. Fuel Adm., Oil Div. See Military Record. 

PATTEN, W. F. (VI) Telephone Engr., Bell Telephone Companies. 

REED, W. W. (VI) Electrical Engr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept. 

RICHARDS, F. L. (X) Visiting Engr., U. S. Fuel Adm., Conservation Dept. for Mass.; Mech. Engr., Dens- 
more & LeClear, engineering work, mechanical equipment of the Prisoners' Camp, Portsmouth Navy Yard, 
and temporary storage warehouses at Boston Army Base. 

RICKEY, W. J. (II) Managing Director, the Singer Mfg. Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Scotland, controlled by Ministry 
of Munitions, Admiralty, and Air Ministry, for production of munitions for British Govt. 

ROURKE, L. K. (I) Consulting Engr., Supt. of Mines and Resident Engr., Chile Exploration Co. , at Chuqui- 
camata, Chile, mining copper ore and mfg. electrolytic copper, Sept. '16 — Oct. '19. 

SCHMITZ, F. C. (I) General Mgr., California Loading Co., under Ord. Dept., loading French fuses, boosters, 
hand and rifle grenades and bouchons, 14 Oct. '18. 

SHERIDAN, R. B. (XIII) Vice-Pres., American International Corp., New York City. 

SHERMAN, J. C. (VI) State Mgr. of Publicity for Maine, War Savings Comm., U. S. Treas. Dept. 

SMITH, H. E. (VI) Asst. Engr., Dept. of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, New York City. 

SWIFT, R. W. (II) Treas., Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y., mfg. caustic soda for munitions, and for making 
hydrogen for dirigibles; Chairman, Finance Comm., Syracuse Chapter, Red Cross. 

SWIFT, W. E. (I) Supervising Cons., Camp Merritt, N. J., 16 Oct. '17; Supervising Cons., Port Newark, N. J., 
15 Jan. '18; Chief Engr., Mason & Hanger, contractors for Govt. Explosives Plant, Nashville, Tenn., 9 Feb. 
'18; Supervising Engr., Explosives Plant, "C," Nitro, W. Va., 15 Mch. — 13 July '18. (Page 363.) 

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SWOPE, GERARD (VI) Asst. Director, Purchase, Storage and Traffic Div., General Staff, War Dept. Distin- 
guished Service Medal. (Pages 141 and 309.) 

THOMAS, J. W. (II) Engr., with United Gas and Electric Engr. Corp., New York City, furnishing power and light 
from public utilities for Camp Pike, Ark., and Picric Acid Plant at Little Rock, Ark. 

THORNDIKE, S. H. (I) Consulting Engr., and partner, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, supervising engrs., Boston 
Army Supply Base. (Page 322.) 

TUCKER, E. A. (I) Pres., Edward A. Tucker Co., furnishing needed material to Govt.; Member of War Service 
Comm. in the Building Trades Div. 

*TURNER, H. K. (IV) Organizer and General Sec, Children of America's Army of Relief, affiliated with New 
England Belgian Relief Fund and later merged with Junior Red Cross. Died, 8 June '18. 

WATKINS, W. H. (V) Head of Laboratories of dye application, National Aniline & Chemical Co., Inc., pro- 
ducing dyes for use of Army and Navy. 

WELLING, G. B. (X) Food Administrator, Bennington Co. (Vt.) State Food Adm. 

WHORF, H. C, Publicity Mgr., Winthrop Branch, Boston Chapter, Red Cross; designed life-size soldier posters 

used in New England Victory Loan Campaign; organized and staged pageant, "America in the World War." 
WOLF, J. H. G. (I) Consulting Engr., U. S. Navy Dept. on Naval Petroleum Reserves of Calif, and Wyo.; offered 

Commission of Maj., Engr. R. C, summer '17, but did not accept on account of civilian work for Navy 

Dept. 

WOODS, F. A., (VII) Collaborator, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; published book, "Is War Diminishing?" ex- 
posing fallacies of the pacifists. (Page 4.) 

WRAY, C. F. (II) Sec. and Treas., National Brass Mfg. Co., Henry Wray & Son, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. 
valves and lubricating devices for Ord. Dept. 

YODER, L. K. (II) Supt., Shops and Foundries, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., South Side Works, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 
engaged in plant building and maintenance in the mfr. of shell and detonator steels. 

1896 

ALLEN, M. W. (I) (VIII) Chairman, Local Draft Bd., Detroit, Mich. 

AMES, BUTLER (IV) Brig.-Gen. and Organizing Head, Mass. State Guard. 

BALDWIN, H. S. (II) Dept. Engr., Automotive Dept., General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., specializing on war 
problems in conjunction with various departments of the Army and Navy, involving electric field lighting 
sets, searchlights, tanks, airplane magnetos, ship propulsion, gearing, and similar problems. (Page 402.) 

BARTLETT, F. W. (XIII) Pres. and Treas., Bartlett Vacuum Jar Co., Belleville, N. J., mfg. high thermal insula- 
tion containers for technical work in developing the wireless telephone and telegraph "Audion." (Page 405.) 

BEAMAN, D. W. (VI) Supt., New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co. 

BEAN, ELIZABETH W. (VII) volunteer worker for Red Cross. 

BIGELOW, C. W. (II) Representative, U. S. War Trade Bd., American Embassy, London, 9 July '17 — Dec. 18. 

BOARDMAN, H. S. (I) Dean, College of Technology, University of Maine, engaged in S. A. T. C. instruction. 

BRAGG, E. M. (XIII) Professor, Naval Architecture and Marine Engr., University of Michigan, experimenting 
on forms for merchantile and naval ships in the naval experimental tanks at the University. 

BREED, L. B. (VI) Electrical Engr., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., work- 
ing on dynamotors for wireless field sets and wind driven generators for use on airplanes for wireless telephone 
and telegraph work. 

BROOKS, J. F. (II) Member, Public Safety Comm. of Hanover, Mass. 

BUCHER, R. S. (IV) Chairman, Ex. Comm., Red Cross, Harrisonburg, Va. 

BURGESS, G. K. (VIII) Chief, Div. Metallurgy, War Industries Bd., Requirements Div.; Bu. of Standards, 
Dept. of Commerce; Member of Foreign Services Comm. of National Research Council, abroad, acquiring 
information as to use of scientific men and military applications of science, Apr. — Aug. '17. (Page 310.) 

CABOT, SEWALL (VI) Research Engr., Cutting & Washington, mfrs. of radio apparatus. 

CALLAN, J. G. (VI) Prof., Steam and Gas Engr., University of Wisconsin; Member, War Comm. and Comm. on 
Military Adm., University of Wisconsin, '16 — '18; Consulting Engr., in England and Scotland, Nov. '17 
Jan. '18; reporting on Still-Acland engine as a prime mover for ships to American International Shipbuilding 
Corp. and U. S. Shipping Bd.; Consulting Engr. C. W. S. 

CANNON, L. T. (IV) Member, County Comm. of Public Safety, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

CHENERY, W. H. (IV) Camp Librarian, American Library Assn., War Dept. Comm. on Training Camp Activi- 
ties, Camp Pike, Ark.. Camp Greene, N. C, and Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

CLARY, J. W. (XIII) Asst. Chief Draftsman, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept. 

CLUETT, A. E. (VI) Fuel Adm., for Rensselaer Co., New York City, 20 Oct. '17; Member, Ex. Comm., N. Y. 

State Fuel Adm., in charge of seventeen counties in eastern and northern N. Y., Aug. '18 — 28 Feb. '19. 
COOLIDGE, W. D. (VI) Asst. Director of Research Laboratory of General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., 

working on special X-ray apparatus for Army and devices for submarine detection for Navy. (Page 277.) 

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CRAMER, E. C. (IV) worked in an ammunition factory for three months; State Director, United War Work 
Fund for ten months, Milwaukee, Wis. 

■CROSBY, R. W. (XIII) Supt., Kingston Shipbuilding Corp., Kingston, N. Y.; started with the old Rondant 
Coal Dock as foundation and developed a wooden shipyard with three sets of ways to build Ferris type of 
3500-ton ships for U. S. Emergency Fleet Corp. 

DANIELS, ADA E. (VII) Supervisor of Cooking, Hartford (Conn.) Dist. Schools, teaching food conservation. 
DANIELS, N. H. (VI) Chairman, Local Fuel Comm.; Treas., Local Comm. on Public Safety, Bedford, Mass. 
DeLONG, H. W. (XIII) General Storekeeper, Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, Maine, furnishing material during 
construction of torpedo boat destroyers. (Page 383.) 

DICKINSON, L. P. (VI) Inst, in electrical work, Vocational Unit (Class B) R. I. State College; Building Sec, 

Y. M. C. A., Oct. '18— July '19. 
DODD, HELEN CHAMBERLAIN (Mrs. W. S.) (IV) State Chairman, Vermont Women's Land Army, fall of 

'18; assisted in farm organization work. 
DORRANCE, W. T. (I) Chief Draftsman, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., New Haven, Conn. 

DRUM, A. L. (VI) Consulting Engr. on local passenger transportation, Bu. of Industrial Housing and Transporta- 
tion, U. S. Housing Corp., U. S. Shipping Bd. (Page 337.) 
EATON, JAMES, Inst, of Machine Work, S. A. T. C, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 

JFIELD, W. E. (IV) Engr. and Supt. of Cons., Q. M. Office, Coast Defense of Boston, Aug. '17; Supt. of Cons., 
Q. M. Office, Dept. of Northeast. 

FISHER, ELIZABETH F. (XII) Prof, of Geology and Geography, Wellesley College; lectured almost contin- 
ually on "Conservation of Our Natural Resources" for Comm. of National Defense in Salem, for University 
Extension, Boston, and other organizations. 

FISK, H. G. (IX) Chairman, Dist. Bd. No. 1, Mass. Selective Draft; Chairman, Food Production and Conserva- 
tion Comm., Springfield, Mass.; Public Safety Comm.; Trustee, Springfield War Chest Fund. 

FREEDMAN, L. A., (VI) Pres., Technology Sales Co., Inc., New York City, purchasing and shipping supplies to 
Allies, especially Italy. 

FULLER, M. L. (XII) Chief Geologist, Sun Co., Philadelphia, Pa., in charge explorations for petroleum in co- 
operation with the Govt. 

FULLER, R. L. (IV) Representative for Bethlehem Steel Corp., and Safety Supt., U. S. Housing Corp., working 
at Quincy, Mass. 15 Sept. '18 — June '19. 

GIBSON, C. H. (IV) Pvt.,0. R. C, 1st Training Regt., Plattsburg, N. Y., '15; promoted campaign for national 
defense and establishment of Military Training Camps for 0. R. C; Speaker on national defense in Mass., 
'15 — '17; Member, Military Training Camps Assn., National Allied Relief Comm., National Security League, 
Navy League of U. S.; assisted War and Navy Depts. Comm. for War Camp Community Service, '17 — '18; 
Asst., Red Cross Recruiting Office, Foreign Transportation Dept., '18; voluntary service to military authorities 
in preparation of Harbor Defenses, Boston, Mass-, '16. (Page 4.) 

■GRUSH, H. G. (VI) Asst. Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston, Mass., supervised work of 
connecting submarine cables to lighthouses in Boston Harbor to provide telephone service; also similar work 
to provide telephone service to guard ship moored off Deer Island in Boston Harbor; supervised work of 
connecting submarine cables off Nahant in connection with research work by Western Electric Co. for the 
development of submarine detection. 

HALL, G. C. (VI) Electrical Engr., Motive Power Dept., Interborough Rapid Transit Co., New York City, in 
charge of the plans and installation of the electrical equipment in the power stations and sub-stations neces- 
sary for the operation of the new subway lines. 

IHARRINGTON, JOSEPH (II) Adm. Engr., U. S. Fuel Adm., in charge of work of coal conservation in the indus- 
trial power plants of Illinois; classified, indexed, and rated 13,000 plants, and perfected a state-wide organ- 
ization for increased economies in the use of coal; Vice-Pres., James A. Brady Foundry, Chicago, 111., which 
produced castings to the extent of 100% of the foundry capacity, especially machinery for the Emergency 
Fleet Corp. 

HASTE, J. H. (V) Mgr.. Kodak Park Works, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. cellulose acetate, used 
by the Bu. of Aircraft Production in the mfr. of aeroplane varnish and photographic supplies. 

HAYWARD, H. W. (X) Inst., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., giving special work to men being trained 
as inspectors in the naval air service; Inst., courses for army and navy aeronautical engrs.; Consulting Engr., 
Aircraft Production Bd.; tested materials for Bu. of Cons, and Repair of Navy and many divisions of Army. 
(Pages 26 and 327.) 

HEDGE, W. R. (IX) Member, Advisory Bd. of Three, U. S. Shipping Bd., in regard to insurance and sinking 
fund maintained by Bd.; Advisory Comm. of Three, known as Marine and Seamen's Div., Bu. of War Risk 
Insurance; Chairman, Liberty Loan, Fire, Marine and Casualty Insurance Comm. at Boston. 

HENRY, R. C. (IV) Asst. to Night Supt., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Destroyer Plant, Squantum, Mass., 
supervising general completion of unlaunched hulls aft of boiler room bulkheads, particularly shell and deck 
plating, its assembly, bolting, riveting and caulking, prior to water and oil pressure tepts. (Page 383.) 

=*HEWETT, JOSEPH (VIII) General Supt., Asst. Treas. and Sec, E. E. Taylor Co., Brockton, Mass., mfg. boots 
and shoes for the Army and Navy and for the Allies. Died, 14 Dec. '19. 

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HEWINS, G. S. (I) Chief Engr., British Chemical Co., Trenton, Ont. (Munition Plant) in charge of construction 
of plant with units for nitric and sulph ric acid, T. N. T., guncotton, and smokeless powder; Mgr., Newington 
Shipyard, Portsmouth, N. H., engaged in building new shipyard and completing fifteen Ferris Type wooden 
steamers for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

HOPKINS, J. C. (IV) Architect, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Housing Div., engaged in town plan- 
ning at Portsmouth, N. H. 

HOWE, J. L. (V) acted as Special Comm. on platinum, of the Chemical Comm. of the National Research Council, 
keeping track of platinum situation; Vice-Pres., Rockbridge Co. (Va.) Chapter, Red Cross. (Page 308.) 

HOWE, J. M. (I) Consulting Engr., Horton & Horton, Gulf Coast Irrigation Co., Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., Hous- 
ton, Texas, building' and maintaining roads to and in Camp Logan and Camp Ellington; increasing sulphur 
output for munitions. 

HURD, BENJAMIN (VI) Sec. and Vice-Pres., Susquehanna Silk Mills and Pres. of the Madison Silk Co.; 
created Home Guard Unit in Nutley, N. J., '17; created Defense League of N. J., a state organization which 
enrolled Home Guard Units totalling over 20,000 men; originated the "war chest" idea and the Nutley Patri- 
otic Fund, Inc.; organized a counter-espionage service in the state, for the Dept. of Justice; commissioned 
Capt., Inspector-General's Dept., State of N. J. Served as Asst. to Camp Inspector. 

HYDE, C. G. (XI) Member of a board of three engineers to design and supervise construction of sanitary works 
at Camp Fremont, Calif., in '17. See Military Record. 

INGALLS, C. H. (VI) Meter Engr., The Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of Boston, in charge of company's 
125,000 meters. 

JONES, T. I. (VI) Chairman, Comm. on Food Protection, U. S. Food Adm., inspecting the personnel of all food 
storehouses in search of alien enemies and insuring protection from fire, explosion, or enemy depradation of 
any kind; inspecting foodstuffs for harmful ingredients; in charge of electrical industries of Kings County, 
N. Y., in the 2d and 3d Liberty Loans. (Page 313.) 

KNIGHT, J. H. (IX) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Dist. 23, assisting draft registrants in preparation of 
papers required under Selective Service Act; Sec. to Member and Special Asst., National War Labor Bd. 

LAWRENCE, C. E. (VI) Operative in N. Y. City, Dept. of Justice, American Protective League, investigating 
suspected citizens; received a special certificate for meritorious work; Pvt. to Lt., Police Reserves of New 
York City, taking charge of street patrol in conjunction with Police Force, with special reference to strikes or 
mobs. (Page 351.) 

LAWS, E. H. (V) Supt., Ohio & Colorado Smelting & Refining Co., Salida, Colo.; Mgr., Northport Smelting and 
Refining Co., Northport, Wash., engaged in the reduction of lead ore to base bullion, distributed under the 
direction of the Govt. 

LEIGHTON, M. O. (VII) Washington Representative, Air Nitrates Corp., in construction of nitrogen plants at 
Muscle Shoals, Ala., Ancor, Ohio, and Toledo, Ohio; work included negotiation of priorities, clearances, fuel 
supply and transportation clearances on materials entering into plants. 

LITCHFIELD, P. W. (X) Vice-Pres. and Factory Mgr., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, in charge 
of mfr. of dirigible and observation balloons, gas masks, and tires for motor transport; special representative of 
Navy Dept. to England, France, and Italy to study airship construction and operation, Nov. '18 — Mch. '19. 
(Pages 59, 399 and 400.) 

LOCKE, C. E. (Ill) Assoc. Prof., Mining Engr. and Ore Dressing, and Inst., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McALPINE, W. H. (XI) Asst. Engr., later Dist. Engr., U. S. Engr. Dept., in charge of Ohio River improvement, 
locks and dams No. 41, 43, and 48; operating and care of locks and dams, Green Barren and Rough River, 
Ky., and Grand Rapids and Wabash Rivers in Ind., and 111. 

MANSFIELD, E. S. (VI) Field Sec, Industrial Comm. of Boston, United War Work Campaign; Director of 
Statistics, Second Red Cross War Drive, Industrial Campaign Comm.;Treas., Red Cross Christmas Roll Call, 
Boston Industrial Comm. 

MARBLE, L. C. (I) Civil Engr., during war engaged in repairing old or installing new equipment to increase 
output to meet demands of the Govt, at the mines in Ohio and West Va. 

MEAD, E. E. (VI) Sec, Asst. General Mgr., and Chief Engr., Noble Electric Steel Co., Sausalito, Calif., pro- 
ducing ferro-manganese and ferro-silicon by electric smelting, and mining, producing iron ore, manganese 
ore, chrome ore, chrome concentrates and lime rock; producing charcoal by various methods and refining 
of wood distillation products, acetate of lime and alcohol. 

MELLUISH, J. G., (IX) Project Engr., U. S. Housing Corp., 10 Sept. '18— 1 Dec. '18. See Military Record. 

MERRELL, I. S. (II) Chairman, Local Draft Bd., No. 3, Syracuse, N. Y., served from organization till discharge 
of board. 

MERRYWEATHER, G. E. (II) Chief of Machine Tool Sect., Council of National Defense and War Industries 
Bd., Washington, D. C. (Page 310.) 

MOAT, C. P. (V) Chemist, Vermont State Bd. of Health; Inst., S. A. T. C, University of Vermont; assisted 
Advisory Board in laboratory work. 

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MORSE, L. S. (II) Engr. -in-chief, York Mfg. Co., York, Pa., designing refrigerating machinery and auxiliary 
apparatus for U S. Army and Navy, Dept. of Interior, and for corporation whose products were utilized by 
the Govt, in the war; directed designing of the 5000-ton beef storage plant for the A. E. F., installed at Gievres, 
Loir et Cher, France, and other ice-making refrigerating plants installed at training camps; devoted greater 
part of time to the design and improvement of carbon dioxide and ammonia compression refrigerating 
machines, which have been used largely by the Navy and Emergency Fleet Corp. (Page 382.) 

NEVIN, C. K. B. (IV) Asst. Civil Engr., War Dept., Sea Coast Defense, Northern New England, Cons. Div. 
NORTON, ALICE PELOUBET (Mrs. L. M.) (XI) Editor, "Journal of Home Economics"; with Food Adm., 

Washington, D. C. 
PARTRIDGE, W. M. (VI) invented and supervised under govt, construction "The Partridge Collapsible Hydro- 
kite" for elevating observers, signals or wireless at sea, particularly for war vessels too small to use balloons. 

(Page 279.) 
PAUL, C. H. (I) Asst. Chief Engr., The Miami Conservancy Dist. (Dayton, Ohio), assuring flood protection in the 

Miami Valley. 
PAULY, K. A. (VI) Engr., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., assisted Ord. Dept. on special development 

work and machine shop equipment for France. 
PEABODY, F. R. (II) Mgr., Salvage Dept., and Idle Equipment Dept., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., handling 

waste and by-products of factory; Pvt., Home Guard, Akron, Ohio. 
PERLEY, C. W. (VII) Chief, Classification Div., Library of Congress, working with American Library Assn. 

in selection and classification of books for camp libraries, hospitals, and U. S. Delegation to Peace Conference. 
PIERCE, M. E. (1) Sec, New England Liberty Loan Comm. of Citizens of Foreign Birth or Descent on Second 

Liberty Loan; Chairman, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loan Auxiliary Comm., for co-operation 

with New England Liberty Loan Comm. of Americans of German Ancestry; Special Investigation for Boston 

Fuel Adm;. Asso. Member, Legal Advisory Bd. 
PINGREE, E. D. (II) Vice-Pres. and Engr., Manufacturers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Providence, R. I., working on 

fire protection for munitions plants. 
SAGER, L. K. (VI) Engr., Instrument Sect., Ord. Div., War Dept., preparing War Dept. pamphlets describing 

cons., care and methods of using instruments for control of artillery firing and laying of pieces; Chairman, 

Palisade Branch of Edgewater (N. J.), Chapter, Red Cross. 
SANDERSON, N. H. (I) Estimating Engr., Boston Bridge Works, Inc., making estimates of material (structural 

steel) on the Victory Plant, Squantum, Mass., and Battle Cruiser Ship Shed at Fore River. 
SEARS, M. A. (Ill) Member, Travelling Branch, Food Adm. 

SHAW, A. V. (IV) Acid Chamber-man, American Zinc Co., St. Louis, 111., working on U. S. Navy contracts. 
SJOSTROM, W. L., (VI) Mgr , Coburg Dyeing Co., Coburg, Ont., dyeing and finishing army cloths and blankets 

for Canadian, French and British Governments. 
SMITH, H. E. (XI) Div. Engr., N. Y. State Highway Comm., in charge of new cons, and maintenance of highways 

of six counties. 
SMYSER, A. E. (II) Engr. of Refractories, The Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., building by-product coke ovens 

for munitions plants. 
SPAHR, A. H. (IV) Architect in charge of Project No. 10, Erie, Pa., U. S. Housing Corp. 
STEARNS, W. M. (VI) Chairman, Elec. Heating Devices Comm., General War Service Comm., Electric Mfg. 

Industry, compiling data in industry for the general War Industry Bd., in order to obtain classification of 

Heating Device Industry for the purpose of obtaining raw material. 
STICKNEY, J. W. (VI) Supt. of Personnel, Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Ind., mfrs. of Liberty Motors. 
STONE, C. H. (V) Supt., in Detroit City Gas Co., Jan. '17— June '18; Mgr., Lansing Fuel and Gas Co., June '18 

—Nov. '18. 
STONE, ESTHER (IV) made surgical dressings for Red Cross. 

STOUGHTON, BRADLEY (III) Member, General Engr. Comm., National Council of Defense; Head of Metal- 
lurgical Div., Engr. Div., National Research Council and Vice-Chairman, Engr. Div. (Page 308.) 

STURM, M. J. (IV) Engr., Housing Corp. 

TAFT, H. S. (XIII) Supt. Cons, for G. M. Gest, New York City, building three infantry regiment cantonments, 
The Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., May — Aug. '17; devising and standardizing modes for the construction 
of concrete docks for the Bu. of Yards and Docks, U. S. Navy Dept., Aug. — Oct. '17; Gen. Mgr., in charge of 
const., of Dry Docks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., Oct. '17. (Page 381.) 

THOMPSON, A. W. (II) Vice-Pres., Parks-Cramer Co., Boston, Mass., furnished fabricated pipe products to 
Emergency Fleet Corp. 

TOZIER, H. H. (V) Dept. Supt., Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., especially concerned in production of 
photographic paper suitable for the needs of the Army and Navy and anti-dimming coating for gas mask 
eye-pieces. (Page 395.) 

TROUT, C. E. (I) with Turner Construction Co., in charge of design and construction waterfront improvements 
at Army Supply Base, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

TYLER, L. S. (VI) Chief, Dept. of Requirements and Sub-Contracts of Region I, War Industries Bd. 

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*WENTWORTH, C. A. (I) Chief Engr., The Foundation Co., engaged in cons, work for U. S., French and British 
Govts, including munitions plants and storehouses, steamers, and steel mine sweepers. Died, 21 Feb. '20. 

WHITING, R. S. (IV) Architectural Engr., Lumber Comm., Advisory to Council of National Defense (later 
merged with War Industries Bd.) (Page 308.) 

WILLIS, J. H. (IV) Architectural Squad Chief, Cons. Div., U. S. A. 

WOODSUM, A. F. (II) Machinist, 1 cl, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. 

YOUNG, C. H. (II) Washington Representative, Armstrong Cork Co., advising on insulation problems for Army 
and Navy. 

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ATWOOD, T. C. (I) Supervising Engr., cons, of Camp Merritt, N. J., Sept. — Oct. '17; Supervising Engr., Bu. of 
Yards and Docks, Squantum Destroyer Plant, Buffalo Turbine Plant, Providence Boiler Plant, and allied 
plants for building torpedo boat destroyers and their machinery for Navy Dept., 15 Oct. '17 — 1 Sept. '18- 
Dist. Plant Engr., in charge of all cons, and maintenance of shipyard plants in the Middle Atlantic Dist. for 
the U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., I Sept. '18 — to date (8 Sept. '19). 

BALLOU, H. W. (I) Engr. for various corporations producing War Supplies. 

BANCROFT, JOSEPH (X) Member and Sec, Local Draft Bd. No. 1, Wilmington, Del., June '17; Acting Chair- 
man, May '18; Chairman, Aug.; Chairman, Bituminous Coal Comm., U. S. Fuel Adm.; Member, State High- 
ways Transport Comm., State Council of Defense. 

BINLEY, WILLIAM, JR. (XIII) Asst. Naval Architect, Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, 

Mass., supervising designs of naval vessels and troopships. (Page 383.) 

BLISS, E. P. (I) Contractor, War and Navy Dept., building piers, bulkheads, hangars and boat sheds, and dredg- 
ing, mostly at Norfolk, Va. 

BLOOD, P. E. (I) Chief Draftsman and Designing Engr., The Niagara Falls Power Co., under direction of War 

Dept. 
BORLAND, HUGH (I) Inspector of Cons., Cons. Div., War Dept., Chicago, 111. 

BREED, C. B. (I) Pres. of Academic Bd., U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. (Pages 11 and 14.) 
BROWN, J. M. (II) Chairman, Erie Co., Ohio, Inspection Bu., Fuel Adm.; Supt., The Sandusky Foundry & 

Machine Co., producing shaft covers and pump liners, for U. S. Shipping Bd. 
BUCK, W. F. (VI) Production Engr., Sterling Motor Co., Brockton, Mass. mfg. fuses for French 75s. 
BUELL, C. S. (II) Mgr. of a Div. in Production Dept., Ord. Dept.; Member, Claims Bd., U. S. Shipping Bd., 

Emergency Fleet Corp. 
CAPEN, C. A. (X) Local Food Adm., Randolph and Avon, Mass. 

CASSIDY, D. D. (IV) Mgr., Industrial Education and Industrial Labor Sections, Production Div.. Dept. of the 
Northeast, Ord. Dept.; Investigator, Alien Property Custodian's Office. 

CLEAVES, E. E. (IV) Member, Medical Advisory Bd., Dist. 25, Commonwealth of Mass., Selective Service Sys- 
tem. 

COLLINS, J. A., JR. (X) Asst. Supt., Mech. Dept., Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Mass., mfg. 0. D. fabrics for 
shirts, melton for clothing, yarn for stockings and sweaters, and navy blue cloth for uniforms. 

COWLES, L. S. (I) Engr., Cons. Work, Stone & Webster, at Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., Picatinny 

Arsenal, Dover, N. J., Picric Acid Plant, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
CURTIS, A. V. (XIII) Dept. Cons, and Repair, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. 
DANIELL, J. R. (XIII) Supt. Engr., for Spanish Contracts for Submarine Cons., Electric Boat Co. of Groton, 

Conn., in Spain from July '16— -Jan. '19, enabling him to give U. S. Govt, information about activities of 

German submarines on Spanish coast. 

DEAVITT, H. M. (I) Director, Deavitt Laboratories, Chicago, 111., inspecting cantonment paint, and steel used 
in airplane motors. 

DODGE, E S. (IV) Member of the Mass. Emergency Hosp. Ambulance Service, '17 — '18; resigned to go abroad 
with the Red Cross but armistice prevented departure. 

DOUGHERTY, P. L. (VI) Dist. Representative, Vice-Pres. Office, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
New York City. (Page 344.) 

DUNN, CHARLES (II) Member, Public Safety Comm.; Chairman, Food Comm., Lock Haven, Pa. 

du PONT, IRENEE (X) Chairman, Ex. Comm., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., mfg. muni- 
tions. (Page 355.) 

EAMES, C. H. (VI) Pres., Lowell Textile School which had S. A. T. C, 15 Oct.— 11 Dec. '18; Member, Billerica 
Public Safety Comm. 

EDMANDS, F. L. (II) Member, Legal Advisory Comm., Boston, Mass. 

ESTABROOK, H. W. (IV) Chairman, Worcester Retail Sect., all War Drives; Member, Ex. Comm., Thrift and 
War Savings Stamp Campaigns in retail stores; as Director, Worcester Chamber of Commerce, was an exec- 
utive in organization of teams and plans of several Liberty Loan Drives. 

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EWING, CHARLES (IV) Architect, for Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., and for Ord. Dept., designing and 
laying out cantonments, barracks and hospitals, industrial villages and laboratories at Navy Camp, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., Pelham Bay Training Station, Marine Barracks, Iona Island and Lake Denmark; hospitals at Grey's 
Ferry Road, and League Island, Pa.; industrial village, Muscle Shoals, Ala., including designs for 1500 houses, 
public buildings, stores, schools and utilities; hospital, laboratories, special plant bldgs. and camp for 19,000 
men; workmen's camps at Nitrate Plants at Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio. 

EWING, W. C. (VI) in charge, Div. of Complaints, Boston Dist., U. S. Fuel Adm., '17— '18; Special Expert, Div. 
of Planning and Statistics, U. S. Shipping Bd., Washington, D. C, 6 Apr. — I Dec. '18. 

FEELEY, F. G. (II) Asst. Dist. Mgr., St. Louis Office, U. S. Emergency Fleet Corp. 

FIELD, D. D. (II) Mgr., Housing Operations, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., in charge of large group 
of out of town operators sent to Washington; recruited and trained group of operators for service in France. 

FOLSOM, H. A. (V) Production Engr., Production Div., Explosives Sect., Ord. Dept., Boston, Mass., facilitating 
production of high explosives, chemicals, gas-oils and gas-tar fractionates, chiefly toluol. 

FORT, J. H. (Ill) recruited for the 108th Infantry of the 27th Div.; Member, Local (Onedia, N. Y.) Ex. Comm., 
War Chest; in charge of Thrift Stamp Campaign in Madison Co.. N. Y. 

FOSTER, MARY L. (V) (VII) Asst., Medical Research, Rockefeller Institute, '17; Member, War Emergency 
Comm., Smith College. 

GERBER, E. L. (IV) Aeronautical Designer, The Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, Ohio, developing De 
Haviland-4 and U. S. D-Q-A airplanes. 

GLEASON, W. A. (I) Structural Designer, Puget Sound Navy Yard. 

GOODSPEED, G. M. (V) Metallurgist, National Tube Co., McKeesport, Pa., mfg. tubular goods for war purposes, 
particularly gas shells. 

GRAY, O. H. (VI) Consulting Engr., Nitrates Div., Ord. Dept.; tried for Commission in Engr. C. 

HAMMOND, C. L. (I) Engr. Expert Aid, Public Works Dept., Boston Navy Yard; detailed to special duty at 
Squantum, Mass., Nov. '17. 

HASKINS, C. N. (VIII) Master Computer, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Ord. Dept., working on range tables and 
doing experimental work. 

HATCH, G. F. Supervisor, Technical Education, Curative Workshop Instruction, Div. of Physical Reconstruc- 
tion, Medical Dept.; Hosp. No. 10, 30 Apr. — 24 June '19; Hosp. No 43, Hampton, Va. until 22 Aug. '19., 

HATCH, ISRAEL (X) Asst. Supt., Elgin National Watch Co., Elgin, 111., mfg. watches for Army, fuse parts and 

tachometers for airplanes. 
HAWKINS, E. M. (II) Gen. Mgr., M. D. Knowlton Co., and the Auburn Ball Bearing Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

mfg. essentials during the war. 
HAYWARD, NATHAN (VI) Assoc. Chief, War Industries Bd., in charge of dredging on the Atlantic, Gulf and 

Pacific Coasts. 
HAYWARD, R. H. (VI) Chairman, 2d Red Cross War Fund Campaign, Kewanee, 111. 
HAZELTON, I. B. (I) (VI) Marine Camoufleur, N. Y. Dist., U. S. Shipping Bd., superintending painting of 

camouflage designs on ships, and research on the subject of camouflage. 

HEMMINGS, F. J. (V) Chemist, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., engaged in examination of supplies and general 
chemical work. 

HERING, 0. C. (IV) Member, Ex. Comm., Amateur Comedy Club, Soldiers and Sailors Entertainment Fund. 

HITCHCOCK, F. S. (I) Principal, New London Vocational School; Director, Boys Working Reserve, Home 
Garden Movement in New London, Conn. 

HOIT, H. F. (IV) Capt., Second, Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Drives; General, United War Work Drive, 

Kansas City, Mo. 
HOPKINS, A. T. (XI) Mgr., Service Dept., U. S. Rubber Co., New Haven, Conn., mfg. balloons, gas masks, 

rubber boots, overshoes, rain coats and trench coats for Govt. 
HOSMER, G. L. (I) Inst, in Navigation, U. S. Shipping Bd., and U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment; Inst., Map 

Reading, U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. (Page 31.) 

HOWES, B. A. (VI) Consulting Engr. and Mgr. of Cons., Island Oil and Transport Corp., New Bedford, Mass.; 
organized, equipped, and operated shipyard to convert steel cargo vessels into oil tankers to supply oil for 
Navy requirements; report to Comm. on Congestion at Port of New York, outlining Emergency Cons, to 
relieve congestion and release shipping equipment, Feb. '18; report to Council of National Defense on con- 
crete ships. (Page 392.) 

HUMPHREYS, WALTER (II) Lecturer on Astronomy, U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T.; Treas., 
Jr. Red Cross Auxiliary of Boston Metropolitan Chap.; Registrar and Recorder, M. I. T., including S. A. T. C. 
(Pages 64, 66 and 68.) 

ILLSLEY, J. P. (II) New York Sales Mgr., Niles-Bement-Pond Co., until Oct. '17; in contact with ordnance 
projects for layout of equipment for shell plants from 3" to 12", and heavy ordnance at Watervliet Arsenal, 
also plants in England, France and Russia; General Mgr., Becker Milling Machine Co., Hyde Park, Mass., 
in charge of mfr. and sale of milling machines and cutters for ordnance works, rifle and pistol plants, since 
Oct. '17. 

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JACKSON, A. W. (IV) Representative, Civilian Personnel Div., Ord. Dept., Boston, Mass., working to secure 
men to take civil service examinations to fit them for special branches of industry doing govt. work. 

JACKSON, H. D. (VI) with Monks & Johnson, Boston, Mass., took charge of designing and drawing up speci- 
fications for heating plant at Chelsea Naval Hosp., Sept. '17; Asst. in charge of mechanical equipment, Squan- 
tum, Mass., Jan. '18; Colt Patent Fire Arms Co., Hartford, Conn.; Machine Shop for New Britain Machine 
Co.; numerous bldgs. at Watertown Arsenal; in charge of electrical and mechanical equipment, Shipyard, 
Alameda, Calif., June '18; Sparrow's Point Plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.; shipyard for building 
concrete ships at Charleston, S. C. 

JENNINGS, A. L. (II) Dist. Supt., Bradlee & Chatman Co., Boston, Mass., applying stucco with cement guns on 
workmen's houses for du Pont Co., May — Sept., '18; in charge of production on contract for stream line wire 
fittings for DeHaviland-4 airplanes with Walden-Worcester Inc., Worcester, Sept. '18 — May '19. 

KNIGHT, G. H. (II) Chief Engr., Hendey Machine Co., Torrington, Conn., mfg. machine tools, including lathes, 

milling machines and shapers for tool room, for Govt, or for essential industries. 
LANE, G. M. (II) Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Dist. No. 7, Mass.; Capt., all Liberty Loan Campaign Teams. 
LEARNED, E. F. (VI) Mgr., Industrial Equipment Dept., Day, Baker Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., furnishing Army 

and Depts. with industrial equipment for handling material of various kinds. 
LOCKWOOD, R. G. (X) Asst. to Director, Department Stores, National Hq., Red Cross, Washington, D. C. 

handling the supply of hospital garments and surgical dressings made by Red Cross for Army through the 

Surgeon General's Office. 
LOOMIS, H. M. (V) Asst., Canned Foods Div., and Chief Inspector, Maine Sardine Inspection Service, U. S. 

Food Adm. 
LOVELAND, B. A. (I) Civil Engr., Engr. Dept. of War Dept., working on designs of fortification works. 
McELWAIN, J. F. (IX) Chairman, Comm. of Shoe and Leather Industries, Council of National Defense, 31 Mch. 

'17; Member, Comm. of Supplies, War Industries Bd. (Comm. later merged with Supply and Equipment 

Div.), Q. M. Dept., 7 Dec. '17; Acting Chief, Shoe, Leather and Rubber Goods Sect., Supply and Equipment 

Div., 17 Jan. — 12 Apr. '18; Asst. Chief of Supply and Equipment Div., Q. M. Dept., 15 Feb. — 12 Apr. '18; 

Chairman, War Service Comm. of Shoe Mfg. Industry of U. S., 21 Aug. '18 — I Dec. '19; Member, Comm. on 

Land Forces of Mass. Comm. of Public Safety, 16 Feb. '17; later served as Chairman; Member, Ex. Comm., 

Red Cross. (Page 3 10.) 
MOORE, H. K. (V) Treas., Naval Consulting Bd., N. H.; Chief Chemist, and ChemicalEngr., Brown Co., Berlin, 

N. H., mfg. sulphur chloride for mustard gas, chloroform and paper powder containers; offered a Comm. of 

Maj. in C. W. S., but not allowed to accept; Member, Chemical Engr. Comm., Council of National Defense. 
MORAN, G. A. (V) Chief Chemist, Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass., in connection with mfg., dyeing and finishing 

cotton and woolen fabrics for Army and Navy. 
MORAN, J. G. (I) Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Div. No. 41, Mass. 
NICKERSON, CLARENDON (X) Mech. Engr., in charge Mill Dept., Waterbury Savill Foundry & Machine 

Co., Waterbury, Conn., mfg. brass for Allies and for U. S. Govt, for war purposes. 
OSGOOD, FARLEY (VI) Assoc. Member, Naval Consulting Bd.; Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Public Service 

Electric Co., Newark, N. J., furishing electric power for war industries, notably for shipbuilding and shell 

making in N. J. 
PETTEE, C. L. W. (V) Analytical and Consulting Chemist, engaged in analysis and tests of material used in 

Govt, contracts, including pig irons, brasses, bronzes and steels. (C. L. W. Pettee's Method for analysis of 

Platinum Alloys was requisitioned by the Platinum Control Bu.) 

POTTER, W. C. (Ill) Chief, Equipment Div., Sig. Co., War Dept.; Asst. Director, Aircraft Production. 

PRATT, G. H. (V) Acting Supt., Filtration and Pumping, Montclair Water Co., Little Falls, N. J., in charge of 
purification of water for mfg. plants' supply and domestic use. 

PUGH, A. H., JR. (X) Head of Loading and Explosive Sect., Cincinnati Dist., Ord. Dept., 16 Aug. '18; Member, 
Claims Bd., Cincinnati Dist., July '19. 

RECORDS, F. B. , JR. (I) Supt. of Cons, and Asst. Engr., The Bristol Brass Corp., Bristol, Conn., building an 
industrial village, and erecting and operating a reclaiming plant. 

REED, W. E. (VI) Consulting, Construction and Operating Engr. Consulting Engr. in charge of power plants, 
transmission, distribution, steam and electric drive of machinery and equipment, lighting and general engr., 
for three large steel plants, eight coal mines and five industrial works, one zinc co., two copper companies, 
one oil co., and one hydro-electric co.: in charge of purchasing, testing and approving apparatus for three 
French concerns making war materials abroad; specified all electrical equipment for use in a French steel 
mill; did development work in making refractory materials to replace German makes, and a successful substi- 
tute has been made and used; Asst., Industrial Div., Liberty Loan Campaigns. 

ROBINSON, A. E. (IV) Representative and Works Supt., U. S. Housing Corp., at Hammond and Indianapolis, 
Ind.; Chairman, Architects' Comm., Liberty Loan and War Activities Drives. 

ROYCE, J. C. (TI) Representative at Eastern Plants, Treas. and Member Management Comm. in America, 
Rolls-Royce Ltd., mfg. Rolls-Royce Aero Engines in America for British Govt. (Page 372.) 

RUSSELL, W. B. (II) Field Director and Dist. Educational Director, reporting to Comm. on Education and 
Special Training of General Staff, War Dept., Washington, D. C, supervising vocational education of enlisted 
men at educational institutions; Director, Franklin Union, Boston, Mass., fitting men for Army and Navy. 

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SAWTELLE, H. F. (I) Principal Asst. Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., designing and super- 
vising Engrs., Boston Army Supply Base. 

SAWTELLE, W. O. (VIII) Asst. Physicist, Bu. of Standards, Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Haverford, Pa. 
(Military Research); Chairman, Haverford College Liberty Loan Comm. 

SELLEW, W. H. (II) Railroad work, U. S. Railroad Adm. 

SHARER, C. W. (X) Supt. of Equipment Dept., Keystone Telephone Co., Philadelphia, Pa., maintaining tele- 
phonic communication between constructors and govt, officers. 

SMITH, H. W. (II) Inst, in Navigation, U. S. Shipping Bd., July '17; Inst, in Navigation and Dean, Academic 
Bd., U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Sept. '17; Pres., Academic Bd., U. S. Naval Aviation Detach- 
ment, M. I. T., Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. See Military Record and pages 4, 20, 23 and 31. 

SMITH, J. W. (XIII) General Supt., Gray & Davis, Cambridge, Mass., mfg. munitions for Govt. 

STRONG, E. F. (II) Mgr., Boston-Economy Lamp Div., National Lamp Works of General Electric Co., Provi- 
dence, R. I., mfg. incandescent lamps. 

SWAN, R. A. (VII) Chief Clerk, Draft Bd., Div. 3, New Bedford, Mass.; Chief Inspector of Draft Records, in 
closing offices, Provost Marshal General's Office, War Dept. 

VIDETO, T. E. (IV) Asst. to Mgr., Cons. Div., U. S. Housing Corp., Bu. of Industrial Housing, Dept. of Labor. 
(Page 336.) 

VINAL, R. S. (IV) Civilian Inst, in Hangar, Army Aeronautical School, M. I. T, 1 Mch. — 7 Sept. '18; Inst, in 

Hangar, Y. M. C. A. Aeronautical School, 14 Oct. — 22 Nov. '18. 
WADLEIGH, G. R. (II) Dist. Mgr., Supply Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., St. Louis, Mo. 
WEYMOUTH, T. R. (VI) Director, and Chief Engr. and Mgr. of gasoline products, United Natural Gas Co., 

Clarion Gas Co., Pa. Natural Gas Co., Mars. Co., Pa. Oil Co., in charge of development of gasoline production 

from natural gas. 
WOOD, W. R. (XIII) Material Supt., Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif. 
WOODMAN, A. G. (V) Assoc. Prof, of Chemistry of Foods, M. I. T.; consulted in connection with rationing and 

dietetics of the troops in cantonments. 

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ALLEN, J. R. (IV) Architect, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., and Ord. Dept., War Dept., designing and 

laying out cantonments, barracks, hospitals, industrial villages, and laboratories. 
AYRES, M. V. (VI) Senior Elec. Engr. with Bu. of Valuation, Interstate Commerce Commission, until May '18. 

See Military Record. 
BABSON, R. W. (I) Director General of Information and Education, of the Labor Adm., Dept. of Labor, in charge 

of the publicity and educational work carried on by the Govt, to interest industry in the war and the Nation 

in industry. (Page 339.) 
BARKER, E. R. (V) Member, Toluol Comm., Technical Assn. of the Pulp and Paper Industry to determine amount 

of by-product toluol possible from sulphite pulp mfr. 
BARKER, HARRINGTON (II) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., War Dept., Washington, D. C. 
BARROWS, ANNA (VII) Specialist, Home Economics extension work with women, Office of Extension Work, 

States Relation Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
BLANCHARD, A. A. (V) Pvt., Mass. State Guard, performing one week's active service at the Influenza Hospital, 

Corey Hill, Brookline, Mass. 
BLEECKER, J. S. (II) Chairman, Red Cross Membership Drive, Columbus, Ga., '17; Muscogee Co. Chairman, 

War Savings Stamp Campaign; Chairman, Universal Registration; Sub-Chairman, Amer. Protective League. 
BOD WELL, H. L. (II) Asst. Dist. Mgr., American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., Vandergrift, Pa., mfg. helmets, govt. 

kitchens, etc., for Govt.; Member, American Protective League; Member, Local Comm. of Public Safety for 

Westmoreland Co. (Page 367.) 
BREWSTER, WM. (II) Asst. Engr. of Roads, Aviation Field, Mineola, N. Y., Oct.' 17; Asst. Engr. and Mech> 

Engr., in charge water layout, steam and plumbing cons., Gillespie Loading Co., Morgan, N. Y., Ord. Dept.' 

Jan. '18. 
BROWN, D. Q. (VI) Member, Conciliation and Mediation Comm., Council of National Defense; Member, Sub- 

Comm. of National Petroleum War Service Comm.; Vice-Pres., Tide Water Oil Co., supplying oil to Army, 

Navy and Allies; accepted by Y. M. C. A. to go overseas but armistice prevented going. 
BURNHAM, GEORGE (IV) Ex. Sec, Comm. of Public Safety, Cumberland Co., Maine, Apr— Oct. '17. See 

Military Record. 

CHACE, I.M., JR. (I) Asst. Engr., N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R., U. S. Railroad Adm. 

CHAPIN, E. S. (V) Consulting Chemist on many dyestuffs and coloring problems of the war. 

CLEAVELAND, W. A. (II) sold disinfectants to factories producing war munitions. 

CLIFFORD, PAUL (II) Supervisor, Raw Materials, Felt Sect., Chemical Warfare Branch, U. S. A. 

COLCORD, F. F. (Ill) Asst. to Vice-Pres., U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co., and U. S. Metals Refining 
Co., producing copper and lead for mfr. of munitions. 

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COOMBS, F. E. (IV) Supt. of Materials, William C. Hedrick Construction Co., Dallas, Texas, building Aviation 
Camp, Love Field. 

CURRIER, H. L. (II) Draftsman and Chargeman, Marine Engine and Boiler Dept., Navy Dept., Navy Yard, 
N. Y. 

DAVIS, A. L. (Ill) Mgr., Crucible Steel Co. of America until Oct. '17; Director of Research, Scoville Mfg. Co., 
Waterbury, Conn., Oct. '17; with Crucible Steel Co., worked on special steels for gun shields, field howitzers, 
and developed best known thin shield plate; with Scoville Co., developed annealing of safety elements for 
Mark III fuses, also of cupro-nickel cups for bullet jackets; later, worked on the intensive production of cupro- 
nickel and cartridge brass for delivery to various arsenals and mfg. firms; salvaged over one million pounds 
of supposedly unsuitable cupro-nickel and made it available for Frankfort Arsenal. (Page 367.) 

DENNIS, BERTHA E., Worker for War Activities. 

ELLIOTT, S. MARIA, Member, Savings Div., War Loan Organization, Simmons College. 

FENNER, D. C. (II) Asst. Chief., Automotive Products Sect., War Industries Bd., Washington, D. C, Sept. '18 
—Jan.' 19. 

FLBISHER, SIMON (VI) Supervisor of Cons, and Mfr. of Curtiss turbines, at Ford Plant, Detroit, Mich., for 
submarine chasers, "Eagles;" Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Revere, Mass. 

FRANKLIN, A. I. (V) Team Capt., Liberty Loan and War Chest Campaigns; one of founders of Home Guard, 
Springfield, Mass. 

GALLISON, E. A. (II) with Kalmus, Comstock & Wescott, Boston, Mass., working on submarine detection 
devices. 

GARY, CLARA E. (VIII) Physician, medical work for families of men in service; Buyer for the War Service 
Comm., Mass. Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; War Activities Work. 

GODBOLD, C. H. (XIII) Supervising Draftsman, Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Yard., Washington, D. C, super- 
vising preparation of plans of destroyers, patrol boats, battleships, tenders, battle crusiers, and for the con- 
version of merchant ships to naval auxiliaries. 

GODFREY, HOLLIS (V) Commissioner of Engr. and Education, Advisory Comm., Council of National Defense; 
Pres., Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (Pages 6, 306 and 308.) 

GODLEY, G. M. (Ill) Vice-Pres., The Linde Air Products Co., mfg. gases for industrial work, and for balloon 
work for the Army and Navy. 

GOLDSMITH, CLARENCE (II) Advisory Engr. on fire protection and water suply for the Cantonment Div. 
of the Army, 26 May '17 — 6 Apr. '18. See Military Record. 

GOODRICH, A. L. (X) Asst. Prof, of Drawing and Descriptive Geom., M. I. T., and Inst., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

GUY, J. R. (II) Member, Scientific Dept., Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.; Supt., Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry Dock 
Corp., installing guns and gun foundations on merchant vessels, and repairing torpedo boats and transports. 

HAZELTINE, J. E. (VI) Chairman, Township Unit, Warren, Pa., Liberty Loan and Red Cross Drives; Mgr., 
The Bashlin Co., mfg. equipment for army camps. 

HEWINS, L. F. (XIII) Chief Draftsman, U. S. Experimental Station, Dept. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., 
Washington, D. C, working on design of ships forms and testing models for resistance and propulsion of 
ships, flying boat hulls, submarine chasers, towing depth bombs, paravanes, torpedo defense nets and mine 
anchorage. 

HILLER, G. F. (II) Expert on Fire Prevention in Factories, Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd., Wash- 
ington, New York and Boston; special work on the protection of water fronts of the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf 
and Great Lakes Cities. 

HOLMES, G. E. (II) Chief Engr., Kidder Press Co., Dover, N. H., mfg. special machinery, gas-mask-wire looms, 
presses for printing and handling tin foil, cutting and creasing presses for making cartridge boxes and cartons. 

HUGHES, R. M. (V) Educational Director, Dist. No. 6, S. A. T. C; Pres., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 

HUSE, A. W. (I) Chief Draftsman, Maintenance of Ways Dept., West of Buffalo, New York Central R.R., U. S. 
Railroad Adm. 

JACOBY, A. H. (V) Mgr., Intermediate Dept., National Aniline & Chemical Co., Inc., N. Y., mfg. various 
chemicals for explosives and gas offensive purposes. 

JOHNSON, B. H. (IV) General Supt., Cresson, Morris Co., Philadelphia, Pa., built ship auxiliaries such as steer- 
ing engines, towing engines and propellers. 

JOHNSON, P. F. (II) Aeronautical Mech. Engr., Naval Aircraft Factory, Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Served with 

the Red Cross in Calif. (Referred to through error as Paul T. Thompson on page 251.) 
JONES, F. A. (I) Asst. Engr., Engr. Dept., Boston & Albany R.R., U. S. Railroad Adm. 
KAUFMAN, I. H. (II) Production Engr. on artillery ammunition, N. Y. Dist. Office, Ord. Dept. 

KEENE, A. S. (IV) Member of Firm of Keene & Simpson, Kansas City, Mo., architects for buildings for war 
purposes. 

KEEP, HELEN E., State Chairman, Mich., National League for Women's Service; Member, National Bd., 

National League for Women's Service; Member, War Camp Community Service. 
KENDALL, F. M. (IV) Architect, with Kilham & Hopkins, war housing project. 
KENDALL, R. E. (V) Guncotton Supt., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Hopewell Works, Hopewell, Va. 

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KOCH, C. S. (V) Expert on Steel Castings, Production Div., Army Ord.; Pres. and General Mgr., Ft. Pitt Steel 

Casting Co., McKeesport, Pa., producing war materials. 
KUSE, A. W. (I) Chief Draftsman, Maintenance of Ways Dept., New York Central R. R., West of Buffalo, U. S. 

R.R. Adm. 

LACY, ROBERT (I) Chief Engr., D. L. Taylor & Co., Inc., General Contractors, cons, of dry dock and other 
work in Philadelphia Navy Yard, for Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept. See Military Record. 

LAMBERT, MABEL FORREST (Mrs. J. H.) (VII) Dist. Mgr., Food Conservation Comm., Lowell, Mass.; 
Sec, Lowell Child Welfare Comm. 

LANSINGH, VAN RENSSELAER (VI) Asst. to Dr. Hollis Godfrey, Advisory Comm., Council of National 
Defense, Washington, D. C; engaged in engineering investigations in U. S. and in French and British Armies 
in France, reporting to Council of National Defense and to General Staff of A. E. F., France, with reference 
to oxy-acetylene welding; as Director, opened Technology Club of Paris; Business Mgr., American University 
Union in Europe, July '17; returned to U. S. A., July '18; Works Mgr., Metz Co., Waltham, Mass., making 
airplanes for U. S. Govt., Oct. '18. (Pages 61, 75 and 308.) 

LARRABEE, J. H. (I) Draftsman, U. S. N., Washington, D. C. 

LEE, W. H. (IV) Architect, mill extension, Newport Rolling Mill Co.; two dye plants for The Ault & Wiborg 
Co. at St. Bernard, Ohio, and Norwood, Ohio; factory extension, The McGowan Pump Co. 

LORD, H. I. (V) Vice-Pres., Detroit Lubricator Co., mfg. engineering specialties; fuses and carburetors for Liberty 
Motors and oil pumps for LeRhone aero motors. 

MILLIKEN, E. N. (VIII) Chemist, New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co., New Bedford, Mass. 

MUHLIG, J. F. (II) Maintenance Engineer, Carney's Point Works, Smokeless Div., E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
&Co. (Page 3S 8.) 

NELSON, W. B. (VI) Teacher, Physical Science, Manual Training High School, Brooklyn; Member, War Service 
Comm. organized by Supt. of Schools; Organizer, Comm. of Teachers to assist Local Draft Bd.; Asst. to Prin- 
cipal, Brooklyn Evening Technical and Trade School, war service classes in radio buzzers, ship drafting, 
ship fitting and auto repairs, from which men were inducted directly into service. 

NOLTE, J. E. (II) Arbitrator between U. S. Govt, and the Standard Aircraft Corp., 28 Feb. — 15 July '19. 

PACKARD, A. A. (XIII) Works Mgr., Taylor Instrument Co., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. "altimeters" (barometers), 
used in every airplane made by U. S., compasses for soldiers and marines, industrial thermometers, pyrom- 
eters, automatic temperature regulators and recorders, barometers for both weather and engr.; as experts 
in temperature engr., were called upon in many fields of war work for consultation and service. (Page 410.) 

PAGE, WALTER (XIII) Chief Engr., Head of Engr. Dept., Canadian Explosives, Ltd., Montreal, Canada, 
designing and building cordite T. N. T.,. and shell loading factories for Canadian Explosives, Ltd., and for 
Canadian Govt.; made trip to England in '16 for consultation on explosive mfg. with British War Office; 
transferred to E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. as Personal Asst. to Chief Engr., Wilmington, Del., '18. 

PARKHURST, EDITH A. (VII) Worker, Red Cross and Service Club at St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, Mass. 

PEASE, C. H. (II) Treas., Monadnock Blanket Mills, Marlboro, N.H., mfg. blankets and cloth for Govt.; Assoc. 
Member, Advisory Bd. (Draft). 

PHILBRICK, S. S. (II) Mgr., Research Sect., Supply Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
PORTER, A. F. (V) Mgr., Carney's Point Smokeless Powder Plant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., mfg. military 
smokeless powder. (Page 358.) 

*PRATT, R. W. (I) Supervising Engr., cons, of Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; June '17; Supervising Engr., 

extensions of Camp Sherman, also Local Project Engr., two housing developments for U. S. Shipping Bd. and 

one for the U. S. Housing Corp., '18. Died, 2 Feb. '20. 
PRIEST, B. B. (I) Asst. Engr., American Bridge Co., mfg. structural steel for war work. 
ROBERTS, T. M. (VI) Electrical Engr., Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 10 Apr. '17— 

1 Aug. '18; Electrical Engr., Cons. Dept., War Dept., working on equipment and cons, of electrical service 

in several National Army camps and cantonments. 

ROBINSON, J. T. (II) Pres., J. T. Robinson Co., Hyde Park, Mass., mfg. machinery for packing shells, food prod- 
ucts, clothing, etc., on govt, order. 

ROBINSON, W. A., JR. (II) Chairman, Bristol Co. (Mass.) National War Savings Stamp Comm. 

SHEDD, A. R. (II) Bu. Steam Engr., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

SMALL, J. S. (Ill) Chief Inspector, Inspector's Sect., Ord. Dept. 

SMITH, C. F. (XI) applied for Off. Tr. Camp '16— '17 but was not accepted; Pres., Redlands Rifle Club; helped 
form Local Guard. 

SMITH, C. H. (II) Assoc. Chief, Fire Prevention Sect., U. S. War Industries Bd., Washington, D. C. 

SMITH, G. L. (IV) Architect, Boston Office, Stone & Webster, Sept. '17— Mch. '18, plans for buildings at U. S. 

Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.; Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, in charge of architectural work, and exterior 

treatment of buildings at Boston Army Supply Base, Mch. '18. 
SMITH, H. T. (V) Steel Expert and Physicist, Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; Chief Chemist, 

American Tube & Stamping Co., research work on steel, raw materials and steel products, hardening and 

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STEVENS, G. P. (IV) Director, American Academy in Rome; aided in founding American University at Rome. 

STEVENS, W. W. (IV) Resident Engr., Braden Copper Co., Chile; assisted in organizing Professional Sect., 
U. S. Employment Agency, New York City and State, Nov. '18. Offered services to U. S. Govt, but not 
accepted. 

STRENG, L. S. (VI) Supt., Louisville Gas & Electric Co.; designed and built electric transmission lines, sub- 
stations and distributing systems for Camp Taylor and Camp Knox; Chairman, Comm. of Non-War Con- 
struction, Ky. Council of National Defense. 

STURTEVANT, EDWARD (IX) Teacher of Electricity, Naval Radio School. 

SULLIVAN, H. H. (II) Mech. Supt., Stickney & Poor Spice Co., Charlestown, Mass., mfg. spices and extracts. 

TALLMADGE, T. E. (IV) Adviser to Registrants, Evanston, 111., Draft Bd.; Architect in Chief, Fifth Liberty 
Loan Decorations. 

TAYLOR, M. E. (II) Ordnance Draftsman, U.S. Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, made drawings for 3" gun 
mount for submarines, oiling arrangements and training circle covers for 3", 4" and 5" mounts on battleships; 
added a footfiring device to 4" twin mount. 

THOMPSON, M. deK. (VIII) Consulting Chemist, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., in charge of research 
laboratory engaged in investigating fixation of nitrogen, problems in submarine detection and similar 
work. 

THOMPSON, P. T. referred to on page 251 by error. See P. F. Johnson. 

TIETIG, RUDOLPH (IV) Architect, Newport Rolling Mill Co., mill extension; The Ault & Wiborg Co., two 
dye plants, at St. Bernard, Ohio and Norwood, Ohio; The McGowan Pump Co., factory extension. 

TUCKER, A. H. (IV) Chairman, Publicity Comm., Ilion (N. Y.) Mohawk War Chest. 

TUCKER, A. W. (Ill) Consulting Mining Engr., Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, '17 — '19, examination 
and appraisal of mineral properties in the Southern Appalachians; Mining Engr., War Minerals Relief, Bu. of 
Mines, Dept. of the Interior, '19. 

UNDERWOOD, W. L. (VII) Lecturer, Industrial Biology, M. I. T.; lectured at camps and cantonments. 

WATERSON, K. W. (VI) Engr. of Traffic, Engr. Dept., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., co-operating 
with govt, officials, particularly the Chief Signal Officer of the Army and the Director of Naval Communica- 
tions of the Navy. 

WATKINS, NORMAN (V) Pres., Hawaiian Vigilance Corps of American Defense Society. 

WEIMER, E. A. (II) Consulting Engr., Weimer Machine Works Co., Lebanon, Pa.; repaired and kept in opera- 
tion the manganese blast furnaces producing 60% of the ferro-manganese used in making steel ship plates and 
other steel products. 

WESSON, P. B. (II) Mechanical Supt., Wright Wire Co., Palmer, Mass., mfg. wire rope and other wire products, 
80% for Govt. 

WILDER, W. A. (VI) Examiner in Charge, U. S. Employment Bu., Worcester, Mass., distribution of labor to the 
war industries of Worcester. 

WILLIS, R. S. (Ill) General Purchasing Agent, U. S. Rubber Co. 

WINSLOW, C.-E. A. (VII) Consultant in Industrial Hygiene, U. S. Public Health Service; Prof, of Public Health, 
Yale Medical School. See Military Record. 

WOOD, W. B. (I) Mech. Supt., Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., Wilmington, Del., mfg. uniform cloths for Army 
and Navy, flag signal cloths for Navy, airplane and balloon cloths. 

1899 

ADAMS, J. H. (IV) Architect, Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I., in Sales Dept., and engaged in 
building foundry at Hills Grove. 

ADAMS, W. 0. (X) Supt. and later Plant Mgr., Erie Specialty Co., Erie, Pa., organizing and managing factory 
making screw machine parts for airplanes for U. S. and British Govts. 

ADDICKS, LAWRENCE (II) (VI) Member, Naval Consulting Bd., New York City, throughout the war. 

ALBEE, E. E. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

ANDERSON, R. P. (I) (II) Asst. Mgr., Chain Block Dept., Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., New York City, furnishing 
hoisting and conveyi ng equipment, cranes, trolleys, electric hoists for use of Army, Navy, and civilian corpora- 
tions engaged in govt. work. 

ANDREWS, G. F. (V) made special reports for the State Dept. (Peace Comm.) and for War Dept., on questions 
concerning the French African possessions and protectorates. 

ARCHIBALD, W. M. (I) Supt. Track Construction, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. 

ATKINS, G. F. (VI) testing armor plates for Govt., first the hardness of plates on Brinnell machine, then ballis- 

tically by ascertaining result of the impact of a bullet fired from a Springfield rifle at fifty yards range. 
BARRY, C. G. (I) Asst. Engr., Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co., working on Canal maintenance, 

soundings and surveys of shoal areas, inspection of dredges and pile drivers; under U. S. Railroad Adm., 25 July 

'18. 

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BENNETT, R. F. (I) Pres., Bennett Contracting Corp., Portland, Maine; firm drove piles for seven shipyard 
ways and did lightering of guns and gun carriages; lightering in connection with the building of the emergencv 
ships; work for the installation of plants. 

BONNS, W. W. (IV) experiments on dehydration of garden products for Director of Missouri Botanical Gardens. 

BROWN, C. W. (I) Asst. to the Pres., The Brown Hoisting Machinery Co., mfg. hoisting machinery for govt. 
use. (Page 405.) 

BROWN, G. W. (V) Chemist, Assabet Mills, American Woolen Co., Maynard, Mass., coloring cloths for Army 
and Navy. 

BURGESS, PHILIP (XI) Project Engr., U. S. Housing Corp., Project No. 18, Charleston, W. Va. 

BURR, ALICE M. (VII) Member, Comm. Food Conservation, Melrose, Mass.; Red Cross Worker. 

BUTLER, W. H. (II) Director, Theodore Butler, Ltd., London, England, supplied British and Foreign Govts. 
with American tools, under contract with the Ministry of Munitions; volunteer worker in the American Eagle 
Hut, London. 

CALDWELL, F. W. (II) Engr., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., arranged for substitution of new mate- 
rials for those not obtainable on account of the war; carried on experiments on arc welding for ships. 

CARRIGAN, ROSE A., Chairman and founder of Red Cross Auxiliary, 1682 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 

CASE, H. M. (VI) Managing Engr., E. L. Phillips & Co., New York City, in charge of engr. and cons, of the fol- 
lowing: distribution system at Camp Upton, also sub-station and transmission to the camp.; sub-station for 
Sayville Wireless Plant; sub-station and transmission line for Govt. Shell Plant, Baldwin, N. Y.; electrical 
line cons, to the Govt. Aerial Plant, Bayshore, N. Y., and plant at Conomack, N. Y.; Emergency Fleet Corp. 
Shipyard, Port Jefferson, N. Y.; extension of Long Island Lighting Co., Northport Plant, including new stack, 
1,100 H. P. of boilers, coal and ash-handling equipment. 

CHURCHILL, D. C. (II) Consulting Engr., Garford Mfg. Co., Elyria, Ohio; designed and built automatic stabi- 
lizers on J. V. Martin 96 ft. bomber biplane; designed and built retracting chassis on J. V. Martin 16 ft. 
Single Seater Combat Biplane. 

CLUFF, C. B. (V) Supt. of Refining, American Cotton Oil Co.; supervision of production of essential food products 
and glycerine required by U. S. Govt. 

CONGDON, J. E. (II) Supervising Engr., Mechanical Goods Div., U. S. Rubber Co., Passaic, N. J., mfg. goods 
for carrying on the war. 

CORSE, W. M. (V) Adviser in Brass Foundry, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.; General Mgr., Titanium Bronze 
Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., mfg. bronze castings for army trucks and submarine engines. 

DIKE, G. P. (II) Member, Special Comm. of Patent Lawyers appointed by Aircraft Bd. to report to Sec. of War 
and Sec. of Navy reg rding patents on airplanes. 

DOZIER, HENRIETTA C. (IV) Red Cross Worker. 

DRYER, J. C. (VI) Vice-Pres., in charge of engineering, James Cunningham, Son & Co., Rochester, N. Y., design- 
ing the Caquot balloon windlasses for Army. 

DWYER, H. F. (X) Acting Chief Clerk of the U. S. Customs Intelligence Bu., Boston, Mass., enforcing the Espion- 
age Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act in so far as they related to shipping. Duties: searching vessels, 
mustering crews, viseing passports, issuing seamen's identification cards, conducting investigations with the 
Army and Navy Intelligence Bureaus, Immigration Service and Dept. of Justice. 

EATON, H. C. (II) Plant Engr., Waltham Watch Co., mfg. munitions, chronometers, and airplane clocks. 

ELLERY, J. B. (V) Chemical and miscellaneous work for Erie Forge Co., Erie, Pa. 

FARNHAM, H. P., Appeal Agent, Selective Service, Local Bd. No. 26, Peabody, Mass. 

FERGUSON, J. B. (I) Supervising Engr., Cons. Div., U. S. A., Balloon Observers' School, Camp Eustis, Va.; 
Concrete Roads Project from Morristown Naval Base 2, on Virginia Peninsula. 

FIELD, L. H., JR. (IV) Christian Science Camp Welfare Worker at S. A. T. C, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 

Mich. 
FLYNN, W. B. (VI) Electrical Engr., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., working on distribution of power and 

lighting of all buildings, Air Nitrates Corp., Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala. 
FOOTE, A. B. (I) General Mgr., North Star Mines Co., Grass Valley, Calif., gold mining. 
FRASER, MATILDA A. (IV) Director, War Garden Army Work, Girls' Latin School, Boston, Mass.; Teacher, 

Mathematics for Yeomen (F), Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass., under the auspices of the War Y. M. 

C. A. 

GLOVER, G. C. (IV) Designer, U. S. Housing Corp., housing for munition workers at Lowell, Mass. 

GRAVES, HENRIETTA L. (XII) Land Army Work, Bryn Mawr and Berwyn Units, Pa.; Red Cross Worker. 

GRAY, D. E. (VI) Development Engr., Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y., mfrs. of technical glass of all descrip- 
tions for govt, depts., railroads and mfrs. of explosives. 

GROVER, F. W. (VIII) Radio Expert, Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, 6 July— 28 Sept. '17; and 1 July— 
29 Sept. '18; Prof, of Physics, S. A. T. C, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 6 Oct.— 12 Dec. '18. 

GURNEY, E. R. (VI) Chief Engr., Knox Motors Co., Springfield Co., Springfield, Mass.; designed a road tractor 
of which 500 were used by the French; built heavy tank transmission parts of the Liberty Motors and 9.5" 
gun carriages. 

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HAMBURGER, C. M. (X) Supervisor, Liberty Loan Work, State of Conn., '17— '18. 

HANCOCK, BERTHA BALLANTYNE (Mrs. J. H.) (VII) Vice-Chairman, Hudson Branch, Red Cross, May '17 
— Aug. '18; Treas., 1st Red Cross Drive, Hudson, Mass.; Canvasser, Red Cross Membership Drives; Chair- 
man, Woman's Liberty Loan Comm., Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Drives; Member, General Hudson 
Comm., Victory Loan Drive. 

HANNA, B. S. (I) Member, Medical Advisory Bd., Baltimore, Md., from formation of Bd. to 18 Oct. '18. See 
Military Record. 

HAWKINS, L. A. (VI) Engr., Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., assisted in work on 
submarine detectors, radio apparatus, X-ray tubes, nitrogen fixation, arc welding, electrodes for search- 
lights, submarine mines, spark plugs, armor plate, and bullets. 

HAZARD, W. A. (I) Mgr. of Sales, Lackawanna Bridge Co., Buffalo, N. Y., mfg. fabricated steel for cargo ships, 
Govt. Arsenal, Edgewood. Md., and for numerous shops and plants directly under govt, contracts. 

HERMAN, BERNARD (I) Chief Engr., M. W. & S., Southern R.R. Lines, U. S. Railroad Adm.; built railroad 
connections to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C, Camp Sevier, Green- 
ville, S. C. and Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. 

HEWITT, E. H. (IV) Architect in charge of construction, Foyers du Soldat, France, 16 Sept. '17 — May '18; 

erected 500 to 600 huts along the entire front from the Somme to Switzerland. 
HEWITT, H. H. (IV) applied for commission in heavy artillery, but was not accepted. 
HINCKLEY, B. S. (II) in charge of distribution of coal for New England, Fuel Adm., Washington, D. C. (Page 

3I2-) 
HINCKLEY, E. H. (X) Special Agent, Dept. of Agriculture, Dorchester, Mass.; development of airplane fabric; 

Maker of Color Vision Test for Army and Navy. 
HOLLIDAY, A. R. (I) Asst. Federal Fuel Adm. for Ind., Oct. '17— Mch. '19. 
HYDE, W. F. (IV) Traffic Mgr., West Virginia Aircraft Co., Wheeling, W. Va., under general inspection of the 

Aircraft Production Bd. 
JACKSON, G. O. (Ill) Inspector, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, and Cleveland, Ohio. 
JAMES, H. P. (II) (VI) applied for commission; refused as over age for Officers' Reserve Corps. 
KIMBALL, W. H. , Asst. Engr., Housing for War Needs, U. S. Housing Corp. 
KINSMAN, W. A. (II) Chairman, Newburyport Branch, Red Cross; Chairman, Red Cross Drives for Funds and 

Membership. 
LACAFF, F. L. (IV) Supt. of Cons, in Supervising Architect's Office, Treas. Dept., Washington, D. C, for Federal 

Buildings in Denver, Colo., and Newport, R. I. 
LEWIS, C. M. (Ill) Mgr. for King County, Wash., U. S. Public Service Reserve, Dept. of Labor; Mgr. for five 

counties, excluding cities of Seattle and Tacoma, for first Red Cross Drive; Capt., Victory Loan Drive; Mgr., 

activities of the organized mfrs. of Washington in co-operation with the govt, depts.; Consultant, Region 

20, War Industries Bd. 
LOOMIS, ALLEN (XIII) Consulting Engr., Airplane Engr. Dept., Bu of Aircraft Production, McCook Field, 

Dayton, Ohio; invented the valve gear known as the Liberty Valve Gear; originated a geometrical method for 

enlarging drawings; invented a cooling system adopted in the U. S. D-9 fighting plane. (Pages 328 and 372.) 

MacBRIDE, J. D. (IV) (XIII) Supt , Hull Cons., Maryland Shipbuilding Corp., Emergency Fleet Corp., Apr. '17; 

Supt., 1st Div. of ten ways, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island Shipyard, Dec. '17; 

in charge of building the first ship "Quistconck"; Asst. Supt. of Training Dept., Hog Island. (Pages 388 and 

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MATHESON, W. S. (II) Vice-Pres. and Mgr., Bacon & Matheson Forge Co., Seattle, Wash., mfg. wood and 

steel rigging blocks for Emergency Fleet Corp. 
MOORE, C. A. (X) Asst. Engr., Metropolitan Sewerage Works, Boston, Mass., in charge of maintenance studies, 

records and cons, on the North Metropolitan System. 
MORK, H. S. (V) Unofficial Consultant, Bu. Aircraft Production; Vice-Pres., Arthur D. Little, Inc., consulted on 

airplane dopes and solvent mfg.; assisted research on production of acetone by the fermentation process 

developed at the Rockefeller Institute; research work on gas mask eyepieces made from cellulose acetate; 

directed mfr. of cellulose acetate for airplane dope at the Chemical Products Co. Plant; research on substi- 
tutes for cellulose acetate in dopes. (Page 396.) 
MORSE, B. E. (II) Member, Bd. of Instruction of the Draft Bd., Div. 35, State of Mass. 
NEWELL, W. S. (XIII) Engr. Works Mgr., Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Contractors, in connection with building 

torpedo boat destroyers for Navy Dept.; Member, Fuel Adm. for Bath, Maine. 

O'HEARN, T. C. (X) Member, Cambridge, Mass., Fuel Comm. 

PAGE, C. B. (XIII) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Van Blerck Motor Co., Monroe, Mich.; supplied motors for 
Admiral's barges and other motor boats for U. S. N.; high speed engines for submarines for Russian Imperial 
Navy; Works Mgr., Duesenberg Motors Corp., perfected and produced Duesenberg 400 H. P., 8-cylinder, 
high speed, submarine chaser engines for U. S., Italian and Russian Navies. 

PHALEN, W. C. (V) War Minerals Investigator, U. S. Bu. of Mines, Dept. of the Interior, work on manganese 
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PHELPS, E. B. (V) Senior Sanitary Engr., U. S. Public Health Service, New York City, working on problems of 
water supply, sewerage, and industrial waste disposal; Investigator for War Dept., Navy Dept. and Capital 
Issues Comm. (War Finance); Prof, of Chemistry, Hygienic Laboratory, research work on industrial poison- 
ing by T. N. T.; disposal of wastes from chemical factory working for Navy Dept.; abatement of nuisance 
from wastes from bean cannery working for War Dept.; designed and constructed sewerage disposal plant 
for Hampton, Va., in Newport News area; Member, Medical Sect., Advisory Comm., Council of National 
Defense; Member, Comm. on Public Health; Member, Local Comm., Council of National Defense for 
District of Columbia. (Page 59.) 

PIERCE, E. E. (XIII) Chief Draftsman, in charge Industrial Training Dept., Shipyard, William Cramp & Sons, 
Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PIERCE, R. K., Sec, Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, N. Y., mfg. high explosives, picric acid, T. N. T., ammo- 
nium picrate, and nitrate. (Page 363.) 

PINKHAM, R. H. (I) Engr., Pennsylvania R. R., U. S. Railroad Adm.; Div. Engr., Erie, Pa., '16; Div. Engr., 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. '17; Asst. Supt., Pittsburgh, Feb. '18; Supt., Cape Charles, Va., Sept. '18. 

PRIEST, G. H. (X) General Mgr., Brockton Gas Light Co., supplying fuel to war plants, and light oils for explo- 
sives. 

RENSHAW, CLARENCE (VI) Asst., Conservation Dept., Fuel Adm., 1 Mch.— 15 July '18, introduced "Skip 
' Stop" system on electric railways in most of the cities in U. S., to save electricity; General Engr., Trans- 
portation Div., U. S. Housing Corp., 1 Oct. — I Dec. '18, securing proper transportation to war plants. 

RICHMOND, M. S. (IV) Investigator for the employers, War Labor Bd.; Field Auditor, Red Cross, New England 
Div. 

RICKARDS, B. R. (V) Asst. to Deputy Comm., N. Y. State Dept. of Health (Education), Oct. '17; prior to '17, 
in charge Development Dept., Randall Faichney Co., developing parts of surgical instruments for war con- 
tracts. 

ROBERTSON, S. B. (I) General Supt., Central System, Pennsylvania R. R., U. S. Railroad Adm. 

ROOD, N. P. (IV) Vice-Pres., Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del., in charge of the Industrial Research 
Dept. (Page 363.) 

ROYCE, F. P. (VI) Member of firm, Stone & Webster, constructors of arsenals, munition plants and canton- 
ments. (Page 377.) 

SAMUELS, E. F. (II) Legal Asst., Draft. Bd., Baltimore, Md. 

SEAVEY, N. E. (VI) Member, Ex. Comm., Liberty Loan Campaign; furnished hardware to plants of the 
Emergency Fleet Corp. 

SHERRILL, M. S. (V) Chemical Investigator, Explosives Branch, Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., supervising investiga- 
tions on mfr. and production of high explosives and investigation of a catalytic process for producing picric 
acid directly from benzene. 

SITES, F. R. (I) Treas., Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearny, N. J.; built thirty ships for Emergency Fleet Corp. 

SKINNER, H. J. (V) Vice-Pres., Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., doing research work for gas mask smoke 
filters. (Page 396.) 

SMITH, H. L., Electrician Machinist, production of jigs and fixtures for production of gun parts and airplane 

motors. 
SOULE, H. W. (II) Mgr., Sales Order Dept., B. F. Sturtevant Co., mfg. blowers, etc., for battleships and for 

munition plants. 
STARR, H. H. (I) Asst. Engr., American Bridge Co., Erecting Dept., Philadelphia, Pa., assisted in preparation 

of erection plans, equipment and general superintendence of erection of bridges and buildings for U. S. Govt. 

STEWART, E. T. (IV) Ship Draftsman, Atlantic Corp., Portsmouth, N. H.; Draftsman, Monks & Johnson, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; Draftsman, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, South Boston Army Supply Base. Q. M., 
Merchant Marine, Nov. '18. 

STREET, G. B. (II) Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del, assisting in supply of raw materials, 
especially potash and nitrate of soda. 

STUART, H. R. (IV) (VI) Chief, Electrical Sect., Production Engr. Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production, Dayton, 
Ohio, and Washington, D. C, supervising the design and installation of the electrical equipment on all army 
airplanes. 

SWAN, C. M. (V) Member, War Camp Community Service, Unit No. 1 (Harvard Unit), New York City, Jan. 
'18— Mch. '19. 

TANDY, W. C. (XII) Asst. Foreman, L. S. Starrett Co., Athol, Mass., mfg. fine mechanical tools for Govt. 

THOMPSON, ABBY M. (VII) Worker for Red Cross. 

TOWNSEND, G. R. (XIII) Vice-Pres., T. A. Gillespie Co., N. Y., and Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., International 
Steel & Ordnance Co., Lowell, Mass., mfg. ammunition for Russian and U. S. Govts. 

TRASK, E. P. (XIII) Asst. Naval Architect, William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., expediting material for the cons, of torpedo boat destroyers. 

VOGT, O. G. (IV) Asst. Chief, Design Information Dept., U. S. Industrial Housing, Washington, D. C. 

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WHITING, C. F. (VII) General Mgr., D. Whiting & Sons, Milk Dealers, Boston, Mass., supplying Army and Navy 
and general public. 

WHITNEY, W. C. (I) Senior Architect, Interstate Commerce Comra., Div. of Valuation, Washington, D. C, 
engaged in making physical valuation of railroads. 

WIGHTMAN, FRED (II) Draftsman, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, designing gun mounts. 

WINSLOW, G. C. (Ill) Consulting Engr., principally in coal mine work. 

1900 

ABEEL, D. G. (I) Chief Engr., Roberts Filter Co., Darby, Pa., in eastern part U. S. and in San Juan, Porto Rico; 
connected in an official capacity with the design, installation and operation of water supply and purification 
plants for cantonments, ammunition plants, shipyards, and for A. E. F., in France. 

ALLEN, E. G. (II) Engr., with Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., consulting with the American International 
Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., Oct. '17 — Apr. '18; Asst. Mgr. for Stone & Webster on govt, work at 
the Rock Island and Watertown Arsenals and elsewhere, Apr. — Nov. '18. (Page 391.) 

ANGUS, W. J. (I) General Contractor on contracts for Ord. Dept., Chicago Dist. 2d Lt., American Protective 
League. 

BABCOCK, P. A. (I) Estimator on Cons, of Extension for Watertown Arsenal, for Stone & Webster, Boston, 
Mass., Nov. '17 — -Apr. '18; with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on the cons, of Boston Army Supply Base, 
Apr. '18 — June '19; Inspector in charge of cons, of the Storehouse, Apr. — Oct. '18; Chief Inspector, Oct. 

BACON, C. J. (II) Experimental Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., increasing output of 
explosives. 

BAKER, W. C. (VI) Asst. Foreman, Signal Dept., Maine Central R.R., U. S. Railroad Adm. 

BALCOM, R. W. (V) Food Investigation Chemist, in charge Food Investigation Laboratory, Bu. of Chemistry, 
Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

BARKER, J. E. (VI) Consulting Engr., Construction of Camp Kearney, San Diego, Calif. 

BARNEY, MORGAN (XIII) Asst. to Mr. Maxim on designs of Maxim's Torpedo-Proof Ship, U. S. Shipping Bd. 

BATCHELLER, J. H. (Ill) Mgr., Virginia Lead & Zinc Corp., Mineral, Va., mining lead ore for covt. use. 

BIGELOW, H. B. (VII) Special Expert, U. S. Shipping Bd. ; Inst, in Navigation and in charge of Training Schools 
for Deck Officers at Cambridge, Mass., and at Norfolk, Va., 18 July '17 — 15 June '18, and 25 Oct. — I Jan. '19; 
at Sea, 14 Aug. — 20 Oct. '18; Reserve Officer, U. S. Army Transport Amphion. Gun fire duel with submarine, 
12 Oct. '18, in which ship suffered much damage and ten casualties. 

BRIGGS, Z. M. (I) Asst. Engr., Maintenance Dept., Pennsylvania Lines, U. S. Railroad Adm.: applied for ap- 
pointment in Engr., O. R. C. 

BRIGHAM, T. W. (XIII) Pres., Greenport Basin & Construction Co., Greenport, N. Y.; carried out orders and 
contracts for Navy and War Depts. See Military Record. 

BROCK, H. M. (VIII) volunteered as Chaplain but not accepted. 

BROOKS, ETHEL FIFIELD (Mrs. L. R.) (IV) Inst, in Home Dietetics, Westchester Chapter (N. Y.) Red Cross; 
Worker for Food Conservation, War Savings Stamps and Red Cross Campaigns. 

BROOKS, M. E. (I) Engr., with Central Cons. Corp. on cons, of Gas Shell Filling Plant, Edgewood, Md., Dec. 
'17 — Aug. '18; with Day & Zimmerman, Engrs. on cons, of Q. M. Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa.; in charge of 
Railroad Work; also laid out work on Pier B, Aug. '18 — June '19. 

BROWN, J. W. (V) Pres. and Mgr., The Cleveland Electro Metals Co., mfg. aluminum for war purposes. 

*BROWN, S. P. (II) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Ford, Bacon & Davis Corp.; Chief Engr., Cons. Dept., Inter- 
national Coal Products Corp., constructing carbocoal and by-products plant, for the manufacture of a smokeless 
fuel (Carbocoal) and of toluol, the first of its kind ever built. Died, 6 Dec. '19. (Page 394.) 

BUFFUM, F. D. (II) aided in development of coal production. 

BUGBEE, E. E. (Ill) Asst. Dist. Educational Director, Comm. on Education and Special Training, War Dept.; 

in charge administration of S. A. T. C. in Southeastern States. 
BUYS, A. F. (IV) Member, New York City Publicity Dept., 4th Liberty Loan Campaign. 
CAMPBELL, JOHN (III) Sec, Treas., and Purchasing Agent, Harrisburg Mfg. & Boiler Co., Harrisburg, Pa., 

mfg. gun mounts (ry.), Schneider French railway mounts, gun firing platforms, wheel mounts, howitzer 

caterpillar tractors: with Eng. Div., Ord. Dept., as civilian. 
CHALMERS, H. B. (X) Statistician, California Loading Co., Perth Amboy, N. J., engaged in efficiency and 

fatigue studies toward improvement of loading operations. 

CHASE, F. D. (I) Pres., Frank D. Chase, Inc., Chicago, 111.; designing, cons, and equipping industrial plants, 
including a shell plant, shell assembling plant, shipyards and foundries; offered services to Govt, but not 
accepted. 

CHRISTENSEN, WILLIAM (II) Engr., General Engr. Dept., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New 
York City, giving Govt, telephone service, particularly in Washington; assisted in the enlistment and training 
of Telephone Operators' Unit for A. E. F. 

CLARKE, W. C. (IX) Engr., Narragansett Electric Lighting Co., Providence, R. I. 

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CLOW, PERCIVAL (IV) Structural Engr., in charge Building Designing Dept., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & 
Co., Inc., New York City, inspecting designs and purchasing structural steel for war works including Air 
Nitrates Plant No. 2, Sheffield, Ala., and Rock Island Arsenal, 111. (Page 375.) 

COLLIER, W. R. (VI) Representative of Priorities Comm., War Industries Bd., in north Georgia, I Aug. — 1 Nov. 
'18, in regard to allotment of power to all industries on the lines of the Georgia Ry. & Power Co.; Operating 
and Sales Mgr., Georgia Power Co.; Sales Mgr., Atlanta Gas Light Co. 

CONANT, H. S. (VII) inducted into service for Off. Tr. Camp., Camp Lee, Va., 10 Nov. '18, but signing of armistice 
prevented active service. 

CONANT, J. B. (VI) Asst. Treas., Conant Bros. Co., Somerville, Mass., mfg. mirrors and furniture for battle- 
ships and destroyers. 

CUTTING, G. W., JR. (I) Asst. Project Engr., with Atlantic Corp.; Engr. for U. S. Shipping Bd., at Atlantic 
Heights Housing Project, Portsmouth, N. H., I May — Oct. '18; Material Engr. and Asst. Production Engr., 
Atlantic Corp., Engr. Div., Oct. '18 — to date (15 Dec. '19). See Military Record. 

DEAN, W. C. (VI) Ex., in charge of all electrical work, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C; 
Member, Washington Comm. of Mobilization of Tech Resources; assisted the local office established by 
Tech Clubs Associated. 

DeWOLF, R. C. (V) (IX) Librarian for Amer. Library Assn., Library of Congress, Washington, D. C, visiting 
camp libraries, arranging distribution of books from Library of Congress, and assisting in drives to obtain 
books by gift from local high schools. 

DOREY, W. A. (Ill) Designing Engr., Holophane Glass Co., Inc., Newark, Ohio, mfg. glass for Govt. 

DRAPER, J. P. (IX) Chairman, Legal Advisory Bd., Mass., Div. 35. (Page 4.) 

ELLIS, CARLETON (V) Research Chemist on govt. work. 

EMERY, G. W. (Ill) Leading Draftsman, in charge of Centrifugal Compressor Design, General Electric Co., 
Lynn, Mass., designing compressors for blast furnaces; designed and supervised drafting of the Moss Super- 
charger for use with the Liberty Motor. 

FITCH, S. G. H. (X) Accountant: examined accounts of cotton mills, tabulating costs which were used in price 
fixing, Federal Trade Comm.; New England Fuel Adm.; revised the accounting system of the Wool Pur- 
chasing Q. M., U. S. Wool Adm. 

FORD, G. B. (IV) Member, Organizing Comm., American Institute of Architects, to help on plans for Mobiliza- 
tion Cantonments in U. S., Q. M. C, Apr. — May '17. See Military Record. 

FRENCH, P. R. (V) Mfr. of Coal Tar Dyes since '16. 

FRINK, GERALD (II) Pres. and Mgr., Washington Iron Works, Seattle, Wash., mfg. logging and hoisting 
machinery, cargo winches and steel castings for the Navy and Merchant Marine; also logging engines and 
logging equipment for Spruce Production Div. 

GIBBS, G. C. (I) Director, Technology Bu., American University Union, Paris, France, 6 Mch. '18 — 13 Sept. '19. 
(Page 80.) 

GODFREY, L. W., in charge, Ordnance Instrument Dept., Young & Sons, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., mfg. gun 
testing levels and longitudinal levels. 

GOODRIDGE, F. S. (VI) with Wharton Green & Co., New York City, Building Contractors for factory for firm 
doing ship and marine repairing during the War. 

HARTT, W. S. (I) Treas. and Director, The Shawiningan Water & Power Co., Montreal, Canada, which perfected 
a process for mfr. of acetone and acetic acid synthetically from acetylene gas produced from calcium carbide, 
for British War Office; produced large quantities calcium carbide and metallic magnesium. 

HASELTON, BARTON (II) Member, Brass Comm., War Industries Bd. 

HEGHINIAN, G. G. (I) (XI) Asst. Engr., Conveying Div., Air Nitrates Corp., Feb. '18. Agent, Ord. Dept., 
for mfr. of ammonium nitrate; in charge of road work around plants, No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., No. 3, Toledo, 
Ohio and No. 4, Cincinnati, Ohio, July '18; designing crushing machinery for Plant No. 2, Oct. '18. 

HINMAN, DEAN (I) Asst. Engr., Chicago, Great Western R.R., keeping railroad in shape to move freight and 
troops. 

HOLBROOK, G. M. (V) Travelling Supt., Refinery Dept., Armour & Co., supervising production of food stuffs 
for Army and Navy and Allied Purchasing Comms. 

HOPEMAN, B. C. (IV) Building Contractor and Mfr., outfitting merchant vessels. 

HUBBARD, H. V. (IV) Surveyor and later Asst. Engr., Cantonment Div., Q. M. Dept., at Camp Devens, Mass.; 
Designer, Cons. Div., Q. M. Dept., Washington, D. C; Expert, Council of National Defense, Washington, 
D. C; Asst. Mgr., Town Planning Div., U. S. Housing Corp., Washington, D. C. 

HUGHES, C. H. (II) Technical Aide, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., New York City; Author 
"Hughes' Handbook of Ship Calculations, Construction and Operation." 

HURD, W. R. (II) Asst. to Supt., United Shoe Machinery Corp., mfg. shoe machinery for U. S. Govt. 

HUSSEY, J. W. (XIII) Naval Architect, The Greenport Basin & Construction Co., Greenport, N. Y., working on 
design and construction of Russian Black Sea Submarine Defense Fleet (forty units); design and cons., nine 
submarine chasers incorporated in S. P. Fleet, U. S. N.: cons., five small mine tenders for Q. M.; rebuilding 
yacht U.S.S. Zoraya and general naval repair and emergency work. See Military Record. 

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JACKSON, W. F. (IV) Purchasing Agent, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., Supervising Engrs., Boston 
Army Supply Base, South Boston, Mass. 

JONES, S. W. (IV) Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, July— Dec. '17. Supervising Engr., 
U. S. Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., Dec. '17 — Nov. '18; Washington Representative, National Assn. 
Electrical Contractors, handling matters of contract policy with al[ govt, departments and bureaus control- 
ling cons, and matters relating to labor. 

JOUETT, H. D. (I) Terminal Engr., N. Y. Central R.R., U. S. Railroad Adm., in charge cons, and maintenance 
of Grand Central Terminal, New York City; prepared plans for freight terminals. 

KEAY, H. O. (II) Pvt., Canadian Off. Tr. Camp, Inf., McGill University Contingent, but not able to pass medical 
requirements for active service; Mgr., Research Dept., and Resident Consulting Engr.., Laurentide Co., Ltd. 
Grande Mere, P. Q., engaged in research work in fuel saving; research work for Imperial Munitions Bd. for 
mfr. of ethyl alcohol from sulphite waste liquor in pulp mills, together with recovery of cymene for conversion 
to toluol for T. N. T. 

TEACH, G. H. (IV) Campaign Mgr., all Liberty Loans, War Chest and Y. M. C. A. Campaigns, Brockton, Mass. 

LEACH, R. H. (Ill) Asst. Mgr., Handy & Harman, Bridgeport, Conn., supplying pure silver for quenched spark 
gaps for radio apparatus, sutures, etc., sterling silver for electrical contracts for wireless apparatus, medals 
and insignia, coin silver for 75 mm. guns, electrical contacts, silver solders for turbine blades, ammunition 
cases, aeroplanes, etc.; karat gold for medals and insignia, brass, copper and nickel silver in sheets for U. S. 
Govt, exclusively. 

LINCOLN, F. C. (Ill) Director, Nevada State Mining Laboratory, Reno, Nevada; Director, Mackay School of 
Mines. 

MACINTIRE, B. G. (V) Asst. Supt., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Georgetown, S. C, mfg. grain alcohol from 
wood waste for the mfr. of smokeless powder. 

McMASTER, JENNIE K. (IV) Draftsman, taking place of man in service, The Marshall Elevator Co., Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.; Worker, Red Cross. 

MAGUIRE, J. T., Chief Draftsman, later Project Mgr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., in charge of design 
of fuel oil installations, marine barracks, and radio towers, radio buildings, and accessories, both here and 
abroad. 

MAXFIELD, D. E. (II) Shop Engr., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

MERRICK, C. V. (IV) Worker, Bu. of Investigation, Dept. of Justice, Glen Falls, N. Y., '17. 

MILLER, L. A. (I) Supervising Draftsman, office of Bridge Engr., Pennsylvania R.R., Philadelphia, Pa., designing 
round houses and bridges to increase facilities of Pennsylvania R.R. in the transportation of ammunition 
and supplies. 

MORRIS, H. C. (Ill) Volunteer Mining Engr., Production Div., Fuel Adm., 1 Dec. '17—2 May '18; Staff Member, 
War Minerals Investigation, Bu. of Mines; Member, Comm. on Capital Issues Applications, Bu. of Mines; 
Author of confidential bulletin on zirconium. 

OSGOOD, H. E. (II) Dist. Mgr., S. Riley Stoker Co., Boston, Mass., placing stokers in public service power plants, 
Winchester Arms, Remington Arms, Midvale Steel and Electric Light and Power Cos. 

OSGOOD, ISAAC (II) Member, Mass. Fuel Adm.; Chairman, Local Fuel Comm., North Andover, Alass.; Mem- 
ber, North Andover Public Safety Comm.; Member, Legal Advisory Bd., in charge of 1st and 2d registrations 
under Selective Service System. 

PERRY, T. D. (II) Vice-Pres. and Mgr., Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., designing and con- 
structing numerous batteries of lumber dry kilns, for exacting drying of airplane material, gunstocks, artillery 
and transport wagons; consulted by various depts. in Washington; prepared articles on "War Drying." 

PICKARD, G. W. (V) Consulting Engr., Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co., Boston, Mass., working on solution 
of vital problem of static interference with transatlantic radio communication; installed Static Eliminator 
at Company's Radio Station, Otter Cliffs, Maine, this station becoming chief receiving point for transatlantic 
messages; assisted in production of transmitters and receivers for Naval Radio Service. 

PLUMMER, H. C. (Ill) Supt. and Part Owner, Niles Sand, Gravel and Rock Co., Niles, Calif., supplying concrete 
materials for shipyards and powder works. 

PRICE, P. L. (IV) General Mgr., Irving Iron Works Co., Long Island City, N. Y., mfg. grating, flooring, walk- 
ways for ships and buildings for Army, Navy and Emergency Fleet Corp. and fabricated steel for ships. 

RAPP, W. L. (IV) Member of Firm, Zettel & Rapp, Architects, Cincinnati, Ohio, designed large machine tool 
shops and other industrial plants. 

REARDON, T. F. E. (VI) Inspector, Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, 111.; co-operated with Govt. 
in inspection of outpost wire, fire extinguishers and other material designed for use in prosecuting the war. 

REIMER, A. A. (I) Community Director, Air Nitrates Corp., Muscle Shoals, Ala., May — Nov. '18; in full charge 
of all camp, town and municipal functions for cons, camp of 25,000 workers, and all business functions and 
operations for same. See Military Record. 

RICHARDSON, C. A. (I) Designer, with Monks & Johnson, Boston, Mass., designing buildings at Victory Plant, 
Squantum, Mass.; Designer, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, working on designs of steel work and reinforced 
concrete for Army Supply Base, South Boston, Mass. 

RIPLEY, P. F. (V) Chemist, Wood Worsted Mills, Lawrence, Mass., producing cloth for Army and Navy. 

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ROBERTS, R. P. (Ill) Chief Metallurgist, Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Ltd., Queenstown, Tasmania. 
RUSSELL, G. E. (I) Commandant (with rank of Maj.), Technology Unit at East Machias Camp, Maine, June 

'17; Bu. of Cons, and Repair, U. S. Navy, serving in experimental and advisory capacity in design and cons. 

of a new type of submarine. (Page 45.) 

SILVERMAN, MORTIMER (VI) General Mgr., International Clay Machinery Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. 4.7" 
H. E. shells, and auxiliary units for Emergency Fleet Corp. 

SMITH, L. S. (II) Asst. Prof, of Applied Mechanics, M. I.T., gave extra courses in applied mechanics and kinetics 
to help prepare men for Engr. C, and Ord. Dept.; gave three courses in applied mechanics at Camp Cunning- 
ham, East Machias, Maine. 

STANNARD, MRS. MARGARET J., Emergency Home Demonstration Agent, Extension Service in Home 
Economics, Dept. of Agriculture and Mass. Agricultural College, co-operating with City of Boston; Member, 
Council of National Defense, Boston, Mass. 

STONE, W. W. (I) Supt. of Cons, for Snow & Triest Co., Raritan Arsenal, Raritan River, N. J., Dec. '18— Nov. '19. 

STRATTON, C. H. (IV) Leading Architectural Draftsman, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

SUHR, C. F. (II) Engr., in charge Power Div., American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., supervising the design 
and cons, of power plants. 

THAYER, H. M. (V) Supt., Port Ivory Factories, and in Purchasing Dept., Procter & Gamble Co. until June '18; 
Works Mgr., B. T. Babbitt, Babbitt, N. J., in charge of mfr. of soaps, edible oils, and glycerine, Oct. '18. 

THORPE, EDITH LILIENCRANTZ (Mrs. L. S.), (IV) Worker, Covina (Calif.), Branch Red Cross. 

TRUE, P. E. (X) applied for service; refused on account of eyes; Dept. Mgr. and Chemist, Elgin National Watch 
Co., Elgin, 111. 

TUDBURY, W. C. (I) Structural Steelworks Draftsman, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 
15 Nov. '16, in charge of design; prepared specifications for aeroplane hangars, Pensacola, Fla.; wrote speci- 
fications for cons, and designed track layouts of U. S. Projectile and Armor Plants, Charleston, W. Va.; 
prepared standard railroad specifications for Navy Dept.; Expert Aide; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., I 
June '18, in charge of wartime cons. 

TWEEDY, G. A. (Ill) engaged in production of wheat, hogs and cattle, Casa Grande, Arizona. 

VOGEL, E. F. (I) Asst. Supt., By-Product Coke Plant, The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngstown, Ohio, 
producing coke used in mfr. of steel for U. S. and her allies; Mfr. gas, coal tar, ammonium sulphate, benzol, 
toluol, and xylol, last four products for mfr. of explosives. 

WALKER, F. R. (IV) Architect, U. S. Housing Corp., for industrial houses, Alliance, Ohio. 

WALKER, H. L. (IV) Business Mgr., Dist. No. 2, Comm. on Education and Special Training, War Plans Div., 
General Staff, War Dept., New York City, Oct. '18 — 15 June '19; handled all business between War Dept. 
and about forty colleges and universities in connection with vocational training and Army Training Corps, 
in New York and New Jersey. 

WARREN, F. D. (II) Supervising Engr., Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., supervising cons, at Naval Ord. 
Plant, Charleston, W. Va. 

WALWORTH, A. C, JR. (II) Pres. and Mgr., Walworth-English-Fleet Co., Boston, Mass., contractors for piping 
and special work for Navy Dept., Heating of Treasury Dept. Annex, Washington, D. C. and Commonwealth 
Pier No. 5, for Sailors' Barracks. 

WASTCOAT, RICHARD (I) Member of Public Safety Comm. and of Taunton Military Comm.; Pres., Treas., 
and General Mgr., Paragon Gear Works, equipping all gasoline motors built by Military Dept. with trans- 
mission or reverse gears, and many submarine chasers and patrol boats; designed and built the transmission 
in forty-five days for the Murray and Tregurtha Motors used in the sea sleds built by the Navy Dept. for 
transporting airplanes on deck. 

WEDLOCK, W. H. (I) Asst., later Chief Draftsman, Dept. of Public Works, U. S. Navy Yard, Charlestown, 

Mass. 
WEEDEN, W. L. (II) Acting Principal Clerk, Salvage Div., Q. M. C, General Supply Depot, Boston, Mass. 

in charge of work done by contractors in reclamation of govt, property; in this connection organized and estab" 

lished clothing repair shops for the Red Cross, Northeastern Dept. 
WHITE, A. B. (I) raising grain and hay, Riverside, Calif. 
WOODWARD, A. H. (Ill) Member, Sub. -Comm., Pig Iron, Iron Ore and Lakes Transportation, American Iron 

and Steel Institute, Woodward, Ala.; Chairman, Bd. of Directors, Woodward Iron Co. 

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ARSEM, W. C. (V) Pres., Industrial Technics Corp.; Pres. and Treas., Organic Products Corp.; Consulting Engr., 
Staff of Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., research work and supervision of 
mfr. of chemicals. 

BLANCHARD, H. T. (IV) Aeronautical Mech. Engr., Civilian Personnel, Sig. C, Washington, D. C; Executive, 
Dope, Fabric and Enamel Inspection Sect., Bu. Aircraft Production, Washington, D. C. 

BLAUVELT, W. G. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., working on secret code for communication, 
and development of machine switching telephone systems. 

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BOLSTER, R. H. (VI) Hydraulic Engr., Mississippi River Power Co., regulation of flow of Mississippi River for 

proper maintenance of continuity of delivery of electrical energy to public utilities and war industries. 
BOYD, F. R. C. (VI) Engr. and Salesman, Power Equipment Co., experimental and developmental work on special 

apparatus for War Dept. 
BRIGHAM, E. F. (X) Pvt., ist Motor Corps, Mass. State Guard, '18— '19. Strike duty in Boston, 10 Sept.— 6 

Dec. '19; Mech. Engr. with New England Confectionery Co. 
BRUCE, R. E. (IX) Prof., Mathematics and Surveying, S. A. T. C, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 
BRUSH, M. C. (II) Pres., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 390.) 
BURDICK, E. P. (I) Engr., Forge and Punch Press Depts., Colt Patent Fire Arms Co., Hartford, Conn. 
BUTLER, L. S. (IV) Chairman, Selective Service Bd. No. 1, Suffolk Co., L. I., June '17. 
CADY, F. E. (VI) Asst. to Director, Nela Research Laboratory, National Lamp Works of General Electric Co., 

executive and experimental work for National Research Council. 

CAMPBELL, C. F. F. (IX) Asst. Director, Red Cross Institute for the Blind, Baltimore, Md., for re-education of 

blind soldiers, sailors and marines. 
CARPENTER, R. R. M. (IV) Vice-Pres., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., (Pages 355 and 359.) 

CATLIN, J. P. (VI) Engr., Motor Dept., General Electric Co., Pittsfield, Mass., mf ?. electric motors for electrically 
driven tanks and 9" Howitzers, and fan motors for U. S. N. and Emergency Fleet Corp. 

CHANDLER, H. T. (II) Supt., Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., mfg. chocolate and cocoa for Govt.; 
factory fuel comm. co-operated with Federal Fuel Adm. 

CHALMERS, H. B. (X) Efficiency man, California Loading Co., handling T. N. T., nitro-starch, etc. 

CHANDLER, L. D. (II) Steam Engr., and Piping Contractor; piping work for 3750 H. P. Turbine, Charlestown 
Navy Yard, and battle cruiser and submarine slips, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp. 

CHUBB, C. N. (I) furnished light, heat and power to war industries. 

CHURCH, E. F., JR. (XIII) organized and supervised instruction in Vocational Training Sect., West Virginia 
University, including shop work, drafting, automobile repairs; Inst. S. A. T. C, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. 

CLARK, R. B. (XIII) Asst. Inspector, Hull Construction (wood), Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washing- 
ton, D. C; Resident Inspector, no' submarine-chasers built by Mathe's Yacht Building Co., Camden, N. J. 
See Military Record. 

COBURN, F. W. (X) General Supt., Perry Iron Co., Erie, Pa., mfg. pig iron. 

COWELL, D. H. (VI) Engr., in charge of electrical equipment, Nantasket Beach Branch, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 

CRITTENDEN, P. L. (VI) Inst., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., Electricity and Magnetism 
in connection with Radio Mechanics' Course. 

CULP, C. M. (I) Certified Public Accountant, J. Bornstein & Sons, Inc., Auxiliary of U. S. Shipping Bd., furnished 
kitchen and dining-room equipment for boats built in Seattle, Wash.; Accountant, Merchandise, Seattle Chap- 
ter Red Cross. 

CUSHMAN, FRANK (II) Engr., Experimental Engr. Bu., Ord. Dept., Langley Field, Va., making airplane bomb- 
ing experiments, 24 June — 25 Aug. '18, and in charge of observation tower at bombing field. In charge of 
War Emergency Training, Kansas City Schools, I Jan. '18; Federal Agent for Industrial Education, West 
Central States, under Federal Bd. for Vocational Education, 1 Nov. '18. 

DANFORTH, N. L. (II) Pres., John W. Danforth Co., cons, contracts for Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept.; 

heating plant and distributing system, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va.; fuel oil storage plants, Melville, 

R. I., and San Diego, Calif. 
DART, A. C. (Ill) Mgr., Columbia Leasing Co., Idaho Springs, Colo., supervising mining, concentrating, and 

marketing complex ore of gold, silver, lead, and copper. 

DART, H. E. (VI) Supt., Engr. Dept., The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., working on 
installation, operation and maintenance of power and heating plants; Worker for Federal Fuel Adm. Bd. 

DAVIDSON, W. F. (II) Works Engr., American Steel Foundry, making high-explosive shells, '16 — '17; Shops 
Engr. during cons., later, Supt. Plate and Angle Shop, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island; 
Appraiser with U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., July '19. (Page 391.) 

DAVIS, E. H. (IX) Statistician, Scovill Mfg. Co., mfg. munitions for U. S. Govt.; Vice-Chairman and Director, 

Tippecanoe Co. Chapter, Red Cross. 
DAVIS, 0. M. (XIII) Engr., in charge, Fabricated Ship Parts, Whitehead & Kales Iron Works, Detroit, Mich., 

mfg. ship parts for Submarine Boat Corp. and American Industrial Shipbuilding Corp. 

DAVIS, W. P. (Ill) Chemist, Towle Mfg. Co., mfr. 1500 life buoys and with others completed 250,000 gas masks 
for Govt. 

DENNISON, C. H. (X) Chemist, American Rubber Co., East Cambridge, Mass., developed methods for, and 
supervised the mfr. of, balloon fabric for U. S. Govt, balloons. 

DERBY, R. B. (IV) Project Supervisor, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Housing Div., Production 
Branch, Philadelphia, Pa., Bath, Me., Portsmouth, N. H., and Groton, Conn. 

DERBY, R. M. (I) in charge of Foreign Dept., Niles-Bement-Pond Co., New York City, furnishing machine tools 
to foreign Govts., and concerns for mfr. of ordnance. 

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DORSEY, F. F. (II) Patent Atty. and Engr., North East Electric Co., assisting in designing and testing electric 
apparatus for Navy Dept.; Adviser of employees in preparing questionnaires. 

DOW, R. E. (V) Asst. Supt., General Chemical Co., Bay Point, Calif., mfg. heavy chemicals and insecticides, 

especially sulphuric and nitrating acids. 
DOW, W. W. (IX) Asst. Treas., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 
DRISCOLL, F. B. (I) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 2 Feb. '18; Engr., Ordnance Works, Amatol, 

N. J., 30 Nov. '18. See Military Record. 

du PONT, LAMMOT (I) Vice-Pres., E. I. du'Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., in charge black powder 
mfr. (Pages 54 and 355.) 

EVANS, J. D. (I) Pres. and Organizer of the Evans Engineering Corp., loading 75mm. high-explosive shells for 
the U. S. Govt.; Vice-Pres. and Mgr., Atlantic Loading Co., loading high-explosive shells from 75mm. to 8", 
hand and rifle grenades, boosters, fuses, and drop bombs for Ord. Dept. (Page 364.) 

EVELAND, A. J. (Ill) Mining Engr. Applied for commission and active service in '17, refused as metal produc- 
tion was more important than military service. See Military Record. 

FERRIS, EMMA E., Worker and Hostess, Boston Army and Navy Canteen on Boston Common. 

FLEMING, E. P. (Ill) Research Metallurgist and Chemist, American Smelting & Refining Co., Salt Lake City, 

Utah, investigating metal losses, especially copper, lead and silver; investigation of methods of handling smelter 

gasses and fumes to prevent damage to live stock and vegetation. 

FLINT, C. K. (VI) Engr., Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

FOSTER, M. B. (VI) Chairman, Miscellaneous Sect., War Industries Bd., Washington, D. C. 

GALUSHA, A. I.. (II) Mech. Engr., in charge Gas Producer Dept., Nelson Blower & Furnace Co., cons., design, 
erection and operation, marine power plants for U. S. and the Allies; designed and installed first marine gas 
producer plant to propel a vessel across the Atlantic Ocean. 

GRANT, H. L. (XIII) Mgr., Govt. Dept., Western Electric Co., Inc., New York City, producing radio telephone 

sets, field telephone and signal equipment, submarine detection apparatus, sound and flash ranging, and other 

technical equipment. 
GRAY, GRETA (IV) Red Cross Dietitian, engaged in Home Economics work, taught food conservation and 

home dietetics, had charge of influenza patients; Worker for Home Service, Red Cross. 
GREEN, E. H. (V) Treas., and General Mgr., Agawam Chemical Works, Inc., made chemicals, synthetic dyes and 

intermediates for War Dept. 
HALEY, D. F. (Ill) Asst. Mgr., Climax Molybdenum Co.; Consulting Engr., Ohio & Colorado Smelting Co.; 

Asst. Mgr., The American Metal Co., Ltd., cons, and supervision of plant for treating molybdenum ores for 

use in steels for Liberty Motors and tanks; discovered ore, developed and constructed 1,000-ton plant for 

treatment of these ores. 
HALL, G. D. (IV) Camp Planner, Camp Planning Sect., Cons. Div., War Dept., Washington; Field Supt., Cradock, 

Va., U. S. Housing Corp. 
HARRIS, C. H. (VI) Chief Electrical Engr., Mississippi Power Co., Keokuk, Iowa, producing power for mfr. of 

war materials and for public utilities. 

HENRICH, L. R. (IV) Draftsman, Bu. of Industrial Housing and Transportation, Boston, Mass. 

HILDRETH, H. E. (I) Director, Waltham Watch Co., assisted in development of timing devices. 

HOGLE, M .W. (II) in joinery dept., of shipbuilding plant. 

HYDE, A. T. (X) Supt., Fort Hill Chemical Co.; Mgr., Keokuk Plant, River Smelting & Refining Co., mfg. 
chlorate of potash, and electrolytic zinc. 

ISHAM, A. K. (II) Mgr., West Coast Iron Works, Seattle, Wash., mfg. ship fittings for shipbuilding corporations 

on West Coast. 
JEWETT, A. C. (II) Production Supt., later Supt. of Engr., Cartridge Dept., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 

New Haven, Conn., producing cartridges, small arms and ammunition for Govt. 

KENNEDY, H. H. (VI) Div. Supt. of Traffic, New York Telephone Co., New York, general supervision of opera- 
tion of telephone system for War Dept., O. T. C. Madison Barracks, Sacket Harbor, N. Y., and Camp 
Syracuse, Syracuse, N. Y.; Assistant, Fourth Local Draft Bd., Syracuse, N. Y. 

KLIEVES, A. L. (IV) Corp. Representative, Dept. of Labor, Bu. of Industrial Housing and Transportation, U. S. 
Housing Corp., Bethlehem, Pa. 

LACY, V. E. (XIII) Pres. and Mgr., Rochester Boat Works, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., built distribution-box boats 
for seacoast artillery. 

LANGE, T. F. (I) Purchasing Engr. and Asst. Mgr. of Cons., Nitric and Sulphuric Plants, Nitro Explosive 
Plant, Nitro, W. Va., mfg. smokeless powder. 

LAWRENCE, E. F. (IV) Chairman, Architects Comm. on War Housing; Member, Ex. Comm., Municipal Housing 
Corp.; Member, Ex. Comm., Portland (Ore.) Red Cross. 

LINCOLN, C. T. (V) Analyst and Insp., Medical Supply Depot, New York City. 

LORING, R. S. (I) Engr., Patterson-Macdonald Wood Shipyard, Seattle, Wash.; Engr., Mould Loft, Erickson 
Shipyard; Asst. Engr., Housing Project, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, for U. S. Housing Corp. 

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McDANIEL, A. B. (IV) Special Assignment, Expediting, and later, Principal Engr., Cons. Div., U. S. A., in 
charge of the operation and co-ordination of work of various sections of the Div. 

MACDONALD, H. P. (I) Vice-Pres., Snead & Co. Iron Works, Jersey City, N. J., mfg. mine anchors, 75 mm. gas 
shells and airplane parts; Chairman, N. J. Comm., Industrial Training for War Emergency; Inventor of a 
heat method of treating airplane parts for Handley-Page Bombing Machines. 

McINNES, A. A. (I) Engr. and Purchasing Agent, and Asst. Supt., P. McGovern & Co., New York; employed on 

cons, of foundations, Boston Army Supply Base, Apr. — Sept. '18. 
MARCUS, H. C. (Ill) Member, American Protective League, San Francisco, Calif. 
MARSH, G. E. (VIII) Asst. Prof., Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, 111.; Inst., War Courses. 
*MERRILL, A. P. (IV) Draftsman, Los Angeles Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Died, 13 Dec. '19. 
MILLER, S. B. (X) Supt., Deepwater Point Works, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., mfg. picric acid and tetryl, 

refining benzol and toluol, etc. (Page 360.) 

MURRAY, RAY (I) Mgr., Seaboard Cons. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., erected bridges for the U. S. Railroad Adm. 

OBER, J. E. (V) Metallurgist, West Penn Steel Co., Brackenridge, Pa., in charge of mfg. and physical and chemical 
tests of sheet steel for use in airplanes; also mfg. apparatus for govt. work. 

PARROCK, H. P. (II) General Mgr., Lumen Bearing Co., Buffalo, N. Y., producing brass and bronze castings 
for Govt.; in charge of industrial and labor subscriptions, national and local campaigns, Red Cross, Liberty 
Loans, and United War Fund. 

PATCH, N. K. B. (II) Works Mgr., Lumen Bearing Co., Buffalo, N. Y., producing brass and bronze castings for 
Govt. 

PEPPERELL, W. S. (Ill) Asst. to Chairman, Comm. Production Engr., Council National Defense, in connection 
with production of cotton duck, uniform cloth and ordnance textiles; production and engr. problems pertaining 
to maintaining and increasing textile production; procuring coal, iron, steel and lumber for Draper Corp- 
oration, Hopedale, Mass. 

PERKINS, J. M. (VI) Works Mgr., Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., Springfield, Mass., measuring pumps, storage 
tanks, oil and gas furnaces; mfg. oil and gas furnaces for Base Supply Depot in France; built up trailers for 
anti-aircraft guns for War Dept. 

PLAYER, PRESTON (II) purchased heavy hardware and machinery for Q. M. Dept., New York. 

POTTER, P. A. (II) Treas. and Chief Ex., Crowninshield Trading Corp., New York, representing producers of 
cotton, copper, silver, and sugar of Peru in purchasing their requirements and selling their product in the 
U. S. 

PUTNAM, H. A. (VI) Head of Electrical Testing Laboratory, Dept. 362, John A. Roebling's Sons Co., Trenton, 
N. J., inspecting electric wires and cables for Army and Navy; Electrical Engr. Member, Engineers Emer- 
gency Corps, Engineers Club, Trenton, N. J. 

PUTNAM, J. R. (II) Mach. Supt., Waterbury Clock Co., Waterbury, Conn.; supplied crystals for watch and 
instrument mfrs. for war purposes. 

RASH, F. D. (Ill) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., St. Bernard Mining Co., Earlington, Ky., producing coal. See 
Military Record. 

ROBINSON, R. C. (V) Engr., in charge of mfg. in X-ray Dept., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 

ROSE, C. R. (Ill) Supt. Works, The Hord Co., Lakeside, Neb., making potash for fertilizer. 

ROSS, J. A., JR. (XIII) Prof, of Mech. Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, N. Y., in charge 
of drafting course for enlisted men detailed for eight weeks' course in vocational training. 

ROWE, A. W. (X) Organized U. S. Base Hospital No. 44, for War Dept., Apr. '17; volunteered for Service in C. W. 
S., refused for physical disability; worked on questions in relation of the draft and S. A. T. C. to the 
Medical School and the male personnel of the Evans Memorial (Mass. Homeopathic Hospital), Boston, Mass. 
(Page 217.) 

ST. CLAIR, S. W. (IV) Architect, Emergency Fleet Corp. Housing Project, Bath, Me., Apr.— Sept. '18; Asst. 
Works Supt., Bridgeport Project, U. S. Housing Corp., in charge of field work. (Page 336.) 

SEAVER, EDWARD, JR. (II) Asst. Head, Performance Sect., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; 

Asst. in charge steel ship cons., New England Dist.; New York Representative, Organization and Efficiency 

Comm., Atlantic Coast. 
SEXTON, F. H. (Ill) Vocational Officer, Quebec and Maritime Provinces; Military Hospitals Comm., Invalided 

Soldiers Comm. and Dept. Soldiers Civil Re-establishment, vocational training of invalided soldiers and 

re-establishment in civil life, Apr. '16 — to date (Oct. '19). (Page 345.) 

SIMONDS, R. E. (II) Fire Protection Engr., Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos., Boston, Mass., 
protecting mills and factories making war materials. 

SKENE, N. L. (XIII) Asst. Engr., Burgess Co., Marblehead, Mass., developing propeller shops and testing of 
materials for training planes for U. S. N.; tested struts, wires, turnbuckles and bolts, and supervised mfr. of 
propellers. 

SMITH, F. W. (I) Engr., Walsh Construction Co., building storage and other facilities, Rock Island Arsenal; 
Engr., in charge of building, Proving Grounds, Savanna, 111., and storage facilities, Chicago Storage Depot; 
Investigator on Staff of Admiral F. T. Bowles, Hog Island Project. 

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STOCKMAN, 0. S. (Ill) Mgr., Armstrong Cork & Insulation Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., furnishing Nonpareil high 
pressure covering, corkboard and cork pipe covering for Emergency Fleet Corp. and navy boats and cork- 
board for cold storage work for Army in U. S. and in France. 

STONE, S. J. (I) Gen. Supt., The John W. Cowper Co., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y.; erected Curtiss Engineering Corp. 
Plant, Garden City, N. Y., Aeroplane Testing Field Barracks and other buildings, for Cons. Div., War Dept., 
at Buffalo, N. Y., Aeroplane Engine Testing Plant, Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and storage 
warehouses, Brooklyn Navy Yard. See Military Record and page 244. 

SULZER, A. F. (X) General Supt., Film Mfg., Kodak Park Works, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. 
cellulose acetate, also mixing of acetate dope for airplanes. 

SWEETSER, W. J. (II) Prof., Mech. Engineering, University of Maine; Educational Supervisor, University of 
Maine, under direction of Comm. on Education and Special Training, War Dept., of vocational training of 
men as auto mechanics, gas engine mechanics, machinists, carpenters, blacksmiths, and electricians. 

TAFT, T. H. (II) Inst., School for Engr. Officers, U. S. Shipping Bd., preparing men to pass Inspectors' Exami- 
nations, since July '17. (Page 34.) 

TAYLOR, A. J. (XI) Resident Engineer, at Penniman, Repauno and Arlington works, E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
& Co. (Page 357.) 

THATCHER, E. G. (V) Maj., Mass. State Guard. Capt., Mass. State Guard, 4 June '17; Maj., 13 Sept. '19. 

Co. L, 3d Bn., 17th Regt., Mass. State Guard. Riot duty during Boston Police Strike. 
TRENHOLME, A. K. (IV) built wooden ships for French Govt. See Military Record. 
TUFTS, C. G. (X) General Supt., Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, N. Y., producing toluol, ammonia, benzol, foundry 

coke, and large quantities of T. N. T. and picric acid for Govt, and the Allies. (Page 363.) 

WALKER, F. B. (Ill) Engr., Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., in charge of material, Boston Army 
Supply Base. 

WARREN, CARLETON, Supt., Worcester Gas Light Co., producing toluol. 

WEBSTER, F. B. (XIII) Draftsman, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, scientific work; Naval Archi- 
tect, Concrete Ship Sect., Emergency Fleet Corp., Washington, D. C, and Philadelphia, Pa. 

WEIL, A. L. (II) copied drawings for war industries, including blue prints of German boats for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

WHITE, ROBERT, JR. (VI) Insp., Machinery and Machine Tools, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, and Water- 
town Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 

WIGHT, R. W. (XIII) Special Inspection Service, for Council of National Defense, and for State Defense Council, 
State of New York. (Page 307.) 

WILLIAMS, L. E. (II) Marine Mgr., United Fuel & Supply Co., Detroit, Mich., in charge of fleet of boats 
supplying sand and gravel for construction and operation of war plants. 

WILLIAMS, R. L. (II) Engr., Submarine Signal Co., Boston, Mass.; Chief Mach., Class 4, Industrial Naval 
Reserve; invented special submarine sound screens and microphones; Asst., Naval Experimental Stations, 
New London, Conn., and Nahant, Mass. 

WOOD, H. I. (V) Lamp Engr., General Electric Co., New Jersey, developed electric incandescent lamps for 
Govt., for signalling, lighting airplanes and aviation fields. 

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ALLEN, C. B. (XIII) Asst. Head, Requisition Branch, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
ALSBERG, JULIUS (III) Principal Asst. to Chief of Div. of Fats and Oils, U. S. Food Adm., Washington, D/C. 

(Page 312.) 
APPLETON, A. L. (XIII) worked in connection with Draft Bd. 
BAETJER, HOWARD (I) Member of War Service Comm. of National Council of Cotton Manufacturers; in 

charge of operation of group of mills manufacturing canvas largely for use of Army, and Navy, and Emergency 

Fleet Corp. 

BALLARD, J. W. (II) Chairman for Red Cross, W. S. S. and United War Work Drives, Colrain, Mass. 

BATES, SARAH L. (V) Extension worker in N. H. for Red Cross, '17; demonstrated for local food conservation 
comms., '18; in charge of Farm Unit at Hamilton, Mass., summer '18. 

BLODGETT, G. R. (VI) Inspector, Asst. to Chief of Sect., and Inspection Mgr., New York Dist., Signal Corps, 
and Air Service, Sept. '17 — June '18. See Military Record. 

BOARDMAN, CHARLES (XIII) Inspector and Production Expediter, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet 
Corp. 

BOSWORTH, H. 0. (X) Pres., Denver Fire Clay Co., making scientific apparatus, chemicals, mining, and metal- 
lurgical items. 

BRAINERD, E. L. (I) Employment Supt., Russell Mfg. Co., Middletown, Conn., mfg. machine gun belts, cart- 
ridge belts, and other webs used in equipment. 

BREWER, C. D. (Ill) Sec.-Treas., Duluth Crushed Stone Co., supplying concrete aggregate for railroads and 

mining companies. 
BROWN, J. H. (VI) Insp. Engr., American Radiator Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Member, Federal Fuel Adm. 

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CATES, L. S. (Ill) Sec, Selective Service Dist. Bd. No. i, Arizona; Member, Arizona Council of Defense; County 

Chairman all Liberty Loan Campaigns. 
CHALIFOUX, P. E. (Ill) Treas. of all work drives; Director local chapter, Red Cross, Birmingham, Ala. 

CHAPMAN, H. M. (V) Supt., Semet-Solvay Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; assisted men in the filling out of their ques- 
tionnaries for selective service. (Page 363.) 

COOK, W. L. (Ill) Mining Engr., Suffern Co., in the U. S. and South America, purchasing and importing war 

materials. 
CUTTER, E. H. (II) Factory Supt., Cutter & Crossette Co., Elgin, 111., mfg. army shirts. 

DESLOGE, F. V. (Ill) Vice-Pres. and General Supt., Desloge Consolidated Lead Co., St. Louis, Mo., mining and 
producing pig lead for Govt.; Asst. Inspector, Bu. of Mines, regulating and enforcing Explosives Act. 

DICKSON, P. R. (XIII) Asst. Inside Supt., and Naval Architect, Hull Div., Navy Dept., Boston Navy Yard, 

directing new and repair work on all classes of govt, ships. 
DRISCOLL, JAMES (V) Supt. of Hedgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, N. Y., mfg. army goods. 

DURGIN, W. A. (VI) Chairman, Speaking Comm., Minute Men, Chicago, 111. and responsible for 1000 speeches 

a week. 
EAGER, F. J. (Ill) Supt., Nickel Mines, Ontario, Canada, producing for the British War Office. 

EAMES, J. J. (II) Production Officer, Boston Dist. Office, Ord. Dept., carrying on investigations to determine the 
best method of mfg. newly designed articles, 15 Oct. '18 — 15 Dec. '18. 

EGAN, J. M., JR. (VI) Pres., Egan Construction Co., Aurora, 111., govt, contractors for installation of water mains 

and drainage work at Camp Grant, 111. 
EVERETT, H. A. (XIII) Prof, of Marine Engr., Post Graduate Dept., U. S. Naval Academy; Superintending 

Constructor for 110-foot submarine chasers in Annapolis Dist.' 

FARMER, W. H. (I) Supt., Brandywine Works, E. I. duP ont de Nemours & Co., mfg. black powder and war 
munitions for gas bombs, trench mortars, and torpedo charges. (Page 357.) 

FITCH, W. S. (II) Consulting Engr. with Monks & Johnson, Engrs., on Victory Plant, Squantum, Mass. 
FRANKLIN, D. R. (V) Mgr., S. M. Bixby & Co., Inc., New York City, supplying Belgian and U. S. Govts, with 
shoe dressings. 

FRENCH, G. H. (II) Mgr. and Engr., Berkshire Electric Co., Pittsfield, Mass., maintaining continuous service 
in twenty industrial plants including power station in textile plants mfg. cloth for uniforms. 

FRUIT, J. C. (IV) Ex. Works Mgr., American Ammunition Co., International Mfg. Co. and Canadian Electro 
Products Co., supplying French, English, and U. S. Govts, with time and percussion fuses for shells. 

GARDNER, ARCHIBALD (XIII) Chief Engr. of Cons., and Mgr. of shipyard at Jacksonville, Fla., Emergency 
Fleet Corp., Concrete Ship Sect., building eight concrete tankers. (Page 393.) 

GATES, T. P. (IT) Textile Specialist on dyeing and finishing cotton and woolen goods for Govt, requirements; 
worked with Emergency Fleet Corp., assisting in the adjustment of claims due to cancellation of orders. 

GEROMANOS, H. W. (V) Special Agent and Expert in training conscripted men, Federal Bd. for Vocational 
Education, I Nov. '17 — 15 Apr. '18; Director of Road Training, Q. M. C, Camp Johnston, Fla., in charge of 
all motor vehicle instruction of men for overseas and domestic service, 16 Apr. '18 — 20 Sept. '18. 

GORFINKLE, EMANUEL (VI) Branch Mgr., Black & Decker Mfg. Co., Baltimore, Md., mfg. portable elec- 
tric drills used on govt, war contracts and by navy yards; builders of 3" gun sights, 37mm. and 5" naval gun 
sights. 

HAMMOND, L. C. (I) Mgr., Thompson & Binger, Engrs. and Contractors, Port Chester, N. Y., building several 
reinforced factory bldgs. for essential industries. 

HANSEN, A. E. (XI) Supt. in charge of sub-contracts, Turner Construction Co., New York City, supervising 
construction of electric light and power, heating and plumbing, U. S. Fleet Supply Base, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

HARKNESS, A. F. (V) Chemist, Lewis Mfg. Co., Walpole, Mass., surgical supplies for Army and Navy, Amer. 
Red Cross, French and Canadian Govts. 

HASKELL, A. A. (V) Foreman, Assembly and Erection, E. B. Badger & Sons, Co., Boston, Mass,, construction 

of munition plants. (Page 398.) 
HERVEY, E. M. (VI) Electrical Engr., Eastern Wisconsin Electric Co., Sheboygan, Wis. 

HOOKER, PAUL (II) Asst., Hooker Electrochemical Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., engaged during the war with 

supplying essential chemicals to the Ord. Dept. and various other govt, depts. 
HUNT, H. N. (II) Marine Engr., and Boiler Draftsman, Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. (Page 249.) 

HUNTER, F. H. (IV) worked in connection with Govt, housing projects in New England; with Fay, Spofford & 
Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

KINGSBURY, N. J. (VI) Supervision of Developments, General Manufacturing Dept., General Electric Co., 
Schenectady, N. Y. 

LARRABEE, H. D. (VI) Member, Local Public Safety Comm., Naval Consulting Bd. Survey, Regional Comm. on 
explosives, Montpelier, N. H. 

MAGUE, F. J. (I) General Supt. of Cons., Q. M. Dept., superintending construction of Army Base Piers at 
Bush Bluff, Va., and Big Bethel Water Development, Hampton, Va., Oct. '17 — May '19. 

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MARVIN, J. R. (II) Asst. Registrar, Assoc. Legal Adviser, Draft Bd. 

MAT3E3IUS, FREDERICK, JR. (IV) Chief of Project Supervisors, and Ex. Asst. to Chief of Cons., Housing 

Bu. of the U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., having general supervision of housing projects along 

Atlantic and Great Lakes. 

MAY, H. S. (II) Mgr., General Bakelite Co., New York City, mfg."Bakelite" used for electrical insulation, by War 
and Navy Depts., especially in wireless apparatus, and the electrical equipment on motor cars, trucks, tractors 
and aviation motors. 

MILLAR, L. W. (XIII) Asst. Inspector of Naval Cons., C. C, U. S. Navy Dept. Boston Navy Yard, Oct. '17— 

Aug. '18; Office of Superintending Constructor, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass. Aug. '18 — 

1 Feb. '19. 
MILLER, T. G. (II) Div. Supt. of Plant, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Chicago, 111.; Gen. Supt. of 

Plant, New York City. 
MORE, A. S. (I) Sales Mgr. and Asst. Sec, Bay State Milling Co., Winonoa, Minn., mfg. flour for Army and Navy; 

Member of Advisory Bd., Draft Bd.; Dist. Chairman on Liberty Loans, and Red Cross drives; City Chairman 

on United War Work Campaign. 

MORSE, J. R. (I) Production Executive on electric and gas locomotives for U. S. Arsenals and Proving Grounds, 
General Electric Co., Erie, Pa. 

MORSE, W. V. (Ill) Asst. Mgr., Tacoma Smelter, American Smelters Securities Co., Tacoma, Wash., producing 
seven thousand tons of refined copper per month for Govt. 

NASH, A. E. (X) Member, Development Dept., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., investigating 

supplies of essential raw material. 
NELSON, A. T. (I) Supervising Engr., Navy Dept., League Island Navy Yard, Pa., Nov. '17 — Apr. '19; Principal 

Asst. to Engr. in charge of construction for Bu. of Yards and Docks, Nov. '17 — Dec. '18; in charge of financial 

settlements with all contractors. 

NELSON, E. E. (VI) General Supt., Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co., Pawtucket, R. I. 

NICHOLS, A. R. (IV) Town Planner, U. S. Housing Corp., for Housing Project at Portsmouth, N. H. 

O'NEILL, J. F. (II) Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T.; Engr. Off. Sch., 7 Jan. '18. 

PATCH, C. E. (XIII) Mgr.. Schedules Dept., Supply Div., for Emergency Fleet Corp., in charge of production 

records of ship equipment, Washington, D. C; Ex. Head, Registration Branch, Philadelphia, Pa., in charge 

of receipt of and action on all orders for ship equipment. 
PEARSON, P. C. (V) Civilian Chaplain of the Episcopal Church at Camp Devens under the War Comm. of the 

Episcopal Church. 
PENDERGAST, R. B. (VI) Asst. Director, Bu. of Branches and Customs, War Trade Bd. (Page 312.) 

PHILBRICK, B. G. (VII) 1st Lt., Sn. C, Mass. State Guard. Pvt , Co. E, 15th Regt., 13 Aug. '17—8 May '18; 

attached to Commonwealth Military Emergency Hospital, 8 May '18 — 2 June '19. 
PLACE, C. R. (II) Consulting Engr. for Mechanical, Electric and Sanitary Systems for U. S. Shipping Bd., James 

Stewart & Co., Inc., Studebaker Corp., Niles-Bement-Pond Co. 
POLLARD, E. T. (II) Pres., Pollard Mfg. Co., Niagara Falls, Ontario, mfg. a quantity of single purpose lathes for 

Russian, French, and English shells, cut off and base facing machines for 12" marine shells for U. S. Govt. 
POPE, H. L., Factory Mgr., Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. of Calif. ; and Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. of New 

Brunswick, N. J., mfg. airplanes and Hispano-Suiza airplane engines; visited England and France and made 

reports to Bu. of Aircraft Production on investigations of airplane engine situation, Aug. — 19 Oct. '18. 
POPE, R. A. (IV) Town Planner, Emergency Fleet Corp.; designed town of Noreg, near Gloucester, N. J., for 

Govt., the town of Yorkship, for E. D. Litchfield; designed town for Air Nitrates Co. at Muscle Shoals, Ala., 

for Ewing & Allen. (Pages 369 and 373.) 
PROCTOR, REDFIELD (II) Red Cross Director for State of Vt., in entire charge of work throughout the state 

including organization of branches and first membershp and financial drives. See Military Record. 

PUTNAM, WALTER (I) Asst. Engr., Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. of Calif., Oct. '17— Jan. '18; Shipfitter, Los 

Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Jan. to fall of '18. See Military Record. 
REYNOLDS, I. W. (VI) Production Engr., The Foxboro Co., mfg. airplane thermometers for England, airplane 

speedometers for U. S. Army and Navy, and airplane thermometers for the Navy. 
RICE, W. M. (XIII) Chief Inspector, North Atlantic Dist., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., May '18; 

Asst. Mgr., Men. '19; Mgr., June '19, in charge of shipping. 
RITCHIE, A. E. (II) Member of firm, E. S. Ritchie & Sons, Brook'ine, Mass., mfg. nautical instruments of all 

kinds for U. S. Navy Dept., and U. S. Shipping Bd. 
ROBBINS, F. A., JR. (II) General Mgr., Sutton Plant, Bethlehem Steel Co., Sutton, Pa. 
ROBINSON, J. A. (X) Sp. Agent for safety and hygiene, Federal Bd. for Vocational Education, Washington, 

D. C; worked under the Rehabilitation Act, in regard to the placement of disabled soldiers, sailors and 

marines. 

ROOT, F. T. (X) Asst. Director, Bu. of Exports of War Trade Bd., Washington, D. C. 

SAWYER, C. A., JR. (Ill) in charge of construction of acetone and toluol plants with George A. Fuller Co.; 
with Howes Bros. Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. shoes for Army. 

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SEARS, W. H. (II) with Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., in charge of Materials Department for construction 

of War and Navy Office Building, Washington, D. C, 5 Mch. '18; Supervising Engr., U. S. Naval Ordnance 

Plant, South Charlestown, W. Va., I Oct. '18— Mch. '20. 
SEXTON, MAY BEST (Mrs. F. H.) Official Speaker for Red Cross in N. S.; Supt. of work in Halifax; First Vice- 

Pres. for Province of N. S., Aug. '14 — Mch. '19; Member, Red Cross Society and Imperial Order, Daughters 

of Empire. 
SHEDD, C. L. (I) Structural Draftsman, Boston & Maine R. R., Boston, Mass., designing jack knife drawbridges, 

etc. 
SHERMAN, H. L. (V) Chief of Inspection, War Dept., Cons. Div., Washington, D. C, July '18— Feb. '19; 

Member of Ex. Comm., Belmont Public Safety Comm., Belmont, Mass. 
SISSON, C. H. (Ill) helped Dayton-Wright Aircraft Corp. make airplanes for A. E. F. 
STARR, C. D. (II) Supt., Barstow Stove Co., Providence, R. I., mfg. heaters, grates, and ranges for cantonments, 

Army and Navy depots, and housing projects. 
STILLINGS, H. E. (II) Customs Inspector, Boston, Mass., '06 — 3 Nov. '18. Customs work included seizure of 

German ships at Boston, espionage work and supervision export licenses; on leave while on active service. 

See Military Record. 
STURTEVANT, E. W. (II) Pres., Hodgart & Co., Chicago, 111., supplying Govt, with pumps, turbines, and motors. 
SWEETSER, MABEL WALL (Mrs. L. W.) (V) Member, Red Cross Motor Corps; Dist. Chairman for four Lib- 
erty Loan Campaigns; Vice-Chairman for Town in the Fifth Liberty Loan Campaign, Wakefield, Mass. 
TAYLOR, W. C. (I) Asst. Prof, of Civil Engr., Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., giving military men courses 

in surveying and sanitation. 
TEAGUE, W. O. (XIII) Inspector, Naval Cons., Navy Dept., in charge of repairs and alterations of govt, vessels 

at private shipyards in vicinity of Boston, Mass. 
THOMAS, C. S. (Ill) Asst. and Consulting Geologist and Mgr., oil development operation in Texas for Union 

Oil Co. of Calif.; applied for enlistment in govt, service, Oct. '17, but not accepted. 
THOMSON, D. P., Designing Engr., General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., designing motors and generators. 
TROWBRIDGE, H. O. (II) Dist. Officer and Asst. Dist. Officer, 1st Dist. (Boston), U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency 

Fleet Corp. 
TURNER, H. C. (XIII) Vice-Pres., The Lamson Co., Boston, Mass., supplying conveying machinery to the Army, 

Navy and munition plants. 
UPHAM, E. L. (IX) Member, Newton (Mass.) Constabulary, performing regular police duty at times. 
VATTER, W. L. (VI) Div. Supervisor of Equipment, Eastern Div., Western Union Telegraph Co., New York 

City, in charge of all equipment, new installations, maintenance, estimating, and installing inside equipment. 
VAUGHN, L. E. (IV) Quantity Engr., and Purchasing Agent, Fiske-Carter Construction Co., Worcester, Mass.; 

worked in connection with the construction of Camp Wadsworth. 
WALES, R. L. (X) Dean of Engr., R. I. State College, in charge of the training of specialists for the Army under 

Comm. on Education and Special Training of the War Dept., May — Sept. '18; in charge of engineering work 

of the S. A. T. C. 
WEEKS, PAUL (II) Technical Asst. to Tank Engr., Holt Manufacturing Co., Washington, D. C, designing 

Tanks, 26 Dec. '17 — 29 Apr. '19. See Military Record. 
WELCH, W. W. (Ill) Supt., Open Hearth Dept., La Belle Iron Works, Steubenville, Ohio, making shell, auto, and 

ship plate steel; Capt., American Protective Society, under U. S. Secret Service; Capt., Liberty Loan, Red 

Cross, and War Fund Campaigns. 

WELD, LYDIA G. (XIII) established Western Office, San Francisco, Calif., Prod. Div. of the Emergency Fleet 
Corp.; assisted in Red Cross work, as well as the various drives for war funds. 

WESTCOTT, H. W. (II) with Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., supplying many gauges, tools, and machines to the 
Govt, and others directly engaged in munition production. 

WETMORE, W. L. (II) Chief Mechanical Engr., copper smelter of Granby Consolidated Mining Smelting & 
Power Co., Ltd., Anyox, B. C, Canada; Engr. on repairs and maintenance of smelter and construction of 
coke plant, and additions to docks, smelter and town. 

WHITNEY, R. F. (II) Pres., and Treas., Whitney Machine Co., Winchester, Mass., mfg. leather-working machin- 
ery used by tanners in preparing hides for tanning. 

WILLIAMS, R. S. (V) co-operated with the Ord. Dept., in the metallographic inspection of brass cartridge cases 
and aided in the preparation of specifications for tests; directed much of metallographic work on shell cases 
made in Boston Dist.; investigation work on some of the non-ferrous alloys used in airplane parts, for Alumi- 
num Castings Co.; worked on Liberty Motor bearings. 

WOOD, A. C. (IV) Architectural Draftsman, with J. E. McLaughlin, Boston, Mass., U. S. Housing Corp., Bu. of 
Labor, working on housing for Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., and hospital bldgs. for State of Mass. 

WRIGHT, C. L. (X) on General Staff, Bu. of Industrial Research, War Dept., Purchase, Storage and Traffic Div.; 
made investigations at Camp Grant, Camp Dodge and Camp Funston, to find means of profitably disposing 
of stable and corral manure of camps, 14 Aug. '18 — I Jan. '19. 

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ADAMS, L. W. (II) Supt., Sancon Plant, Bethlehem Steel Co.; General Supt., Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., 
mfg. steel and forgings for shells and marine machinery for Canadian Govt. 

ALLEN, A. B. (II) Asst. Supt., New York Mutual Gas Light Co., New York City, in charge of toluol plant erected 
by Govt, on Company's property, June — Nov. '18. 

ANCONA, J. F. (II) Member, Ex. Comm., Manufacturers' Council and War Inventors' Council, design and super- 
vision of industrial buildings and equipment. 

AYLSWORTH, J. W. (II) General Office Engr., on construction of U. S. Aircraft Repair Shop, Queenstown, Ire- 
land, and U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Engr., plant extensions, Savage Arms Corp., Sharon, 
Pa. 

BABSON, R. D. (Ill) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Baush Machine Tool Co., Springfield, Mass., mfg. tools for 
govt. work. 

BALL, S. Y. (I) Pres., The Norris, Alister-Ball Co., Chicago, 111.; firm conducted military watch inspection for 
officers and men going overseas; Vice-Chairman, Comm. on Liberty Loans, Red Cross, and other campaigns 
for Chicago Dist. 

BATES, J. R. (I) Vice-Pres., Wonham Bates & Goode, Inc., New York City; held important contracts for U. S. 
and allied Govts., also for companies doing war work. 

BLUNT, KATHERINE (V) Assoc. Professor, Food Chemistry, Home Economics, and Chairman Home 
Economics Dept., University of Chicago, Sept. '17 — Jan. '18; wrote simple food leaflets for U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture, Jan. '18 — June '18; Wrote, "Food and the War" for U. S. Food Adm. 

BRADSHAW, G. B. (X) Supt., Intermediates, du Pont Dye Works, Wilmington, Del., mfg. picric acid from syn- 
thetic phenol for French Govt.; Pres. and General Mgr., American Synthetic Color Co., mfg. poison gas. 

BRIDGES, J. S., JR. (VIII) 3d Mate, U. S. Merchant Marine. Student, U. S. Shipping Bd., Navigation School, 

M. I. T., Sept. '18; 3d Mate, grade Junior Officer, Nov. '18. 
BROWN, F. Z. (VI) Maj., Maine Inf., Nat. Guard. Recruiting Officer and Drill Master, 3d Maine Inf., National 

Guard, '17— '18; Capt., June '18; Maj., 28 July '18. 
BROWN, S. P. (II) Cons. Mgr., George A. Fuller Co., Boston, Mass.; built a toluol plant at Everett, Mass., and 

an acetone plant at Mechanicsville, for govt, requirements. 

BRYAN, C. A. (I) General Mgr., Carlisle Construction Co., Carlisle, Pa., construction and layout Camp Colt, 
Gettysburg, Pa. See Military Record. 

CARMICHAEL, G. P. (IV) Architectural Draftsman, Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 
22 Apr. '18 — 1 July '19, designing ammunition plants for naval stations. 

CHENEY, J. T. (II) Asst. Consulting Engr., water and sewer installation, Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich. 

CLARK, M. H. (V) Mgr., General Footwear Factory, U. S. Rubber Co., mfg. rubber boots and shoes for Allies' 
Armies. 

COX, F. G. (II) Edge Moor Iron Co., Del., mfg. railroad equipment and munitions. 

CRONENBOLD, E. J. (XIII) Supt., Building Cons., Post & McCord, New York City, supervising erection of 
bldgs. and Federal Shipyard, Kearney, N. Y., and superstructures, three piers, U. S. Army Supply Base, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CROSBY, HEWITT, (XIII) General Supt., Foundation Co., New Orleans, La., under U. S. Shipping Bd., Emer- 
gency Fleet Corp.; at Passaic River, Newark, N. J., in charge construction ten standard ferris hulls. 

CROSS, W. P. (XIII) Shoe Pattern Mfg., Rochester, N. Y. 

CROWELL, A. W. (I) Senior Civil Engr., and Chief Draftsman, Cons. Div., War Dept., supervising 200 drafts- 
men; in charge Drafting Sect., Cons. Div., from its inception, May '17. 

CUSHMAN, J. A. (I) Asst. Cons. Engr., Turners Falls Power and Electric Co. and Resident Engr., Connecticut 
River Conservation Co., engaged in construction of steam power plant, and construction and repair of three 
small dams for water conservation, Apr. '17 — June '19. 

DENHAM, H. S. (VI) Asst. Master Mechanic, Boott Mills, Lowell, Mass., mfg. govt, supplies. 

DOOLEY, J. J. (VI) Supt. of Maintenance and Repairs, Anniston Steel Co., Anniston, Ala., makers of steel castings 
for transport fleet and parts of tanks. 

DORAN, J. F. (II) Member of firm, Doran Bros., Danbury, Conn., repaired and built cartridge machinery for 
Govt.; Member, Ex. Comm., War Bd., and Asst. Mgr., War Fund Drives, Danbury, Conn. 

DURANT, F. C, JR. (XIII) Organizing Sec, Treasury Dept., for forty-six counties in Pa.; Member, 
Central Comm., Liberty Loans, 3d Federal Reserve Dist. 

EUSTIS, A. H. (Ill) Active Operating Head. The Eustis Mining Co., Canada, producing copper-bearing pyrites; 
with Virginia Smelting Co., and the Virginia Industrial Chemical Co., West Norfolk, Va. treating pyrites 
cinder from ores of Eustis Mining Co. See Military Record. 

EUSTIS, F. A. (Ill) Special Agent, Mch. '17—31 Jan. '19; Asst. Mgr., 16 Apr.— 8 June '17, Trustee, 16 Apr — 
29 Oct. '17; U. S. Shipping Bd., Cleveland, Ohio, in charge of moving lake steamers to the Atlantic. (Page 333.) 

FAIRLIE, A. M. (V) Chem. Engr., mfg. sulphuric acid for munitions; Chairman, Local Comm., W. S. S. Drive, 
Atlanta, Ga. 

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FALES, H. H. (II) General Supt., Champlain Silk Mills, New York City, mfg. silk yarn for cartridge bag cloth. 
FERRIS, M. Y. (I) Director, State Military Census for Essex Co., N. Y.; Chairman, W. S. S. Coram, and United 
War Work Campaign; Sec, Essex Co., Home Defense Comm. 

FIREY, M. J. (IV) Chairman, Hotel Div., Fuel Adm., State of Kan.; City Chairman, W. S. S., City of Hutchin- 
son; Asst. Food Adm., Reno Co., Kan.; Chairman, Men's Div., Red Cross, Hutchinson, Kan. 

FISCHER, A. L. (VI) Draftsman, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich., drawings for twenty-one machines for making 
one size airplane bushings for the Liberty Motor. 

FLETCHER, S. A. (VI) Supt. of Service, Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, Ala., in entire charge of meters in a 

hydro-electric power company serving essential industries. (Page 376.) 

FORBES, E. D. (VI) Expert Radio Aid, Machinery Div., Bu. Steam Engr., Navy Dept., Navy Yard, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., working on development, design, mfg. and installation of radio apparatus for Navy, Sept. '14 

May '19; directed installation of radio apparatus on battleships, destroyers, transports, and Emergency Fleet 
ships built in Fourth Naval Dist.; in charge of maintenance of all radio equipment on naval ships based at 
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. 

•GARCELON, G. H. (VI) Engr., Small Motors Sect., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.; Field Aid, Naval Consulting Bd. in Industrial Inventory; trained company of Home Defense. 

•GILKER, W. M. (VI) Traffic Methods Engr., Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co., Dallas, Texas, prepar- 
ing operating instructions for handling and supervision of telephone traffic at army camps in Texas. 

•GILSON, J. L. (IX) (XIII) Engr., Chemical Dept., in charge of plant control of organic operations, E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 

GOODWIN, E. G. (Ill) Fuel Agent, Southern Railroad Lines (Lines East) and Associated Railroads, Knoxville, 
Tenn., distributing empty coal cars, purchasing and inspecting fuel coal. 

■GOULD, L. B. (VI) Div. Plant Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., N. H. Div., Manchester, 
N. H., under Govt, control, 1 Aug. '18 — 31 July '19. 

■GRABER, H. T. (V) Assoc. Member, Naval Consulting Bd. of Mich., making industrial inventory of State for Bd. 

GREEN, C. F. (Ill) Supt. of Cons., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., working on industrial bldgs. in Pittsburgh 
and Youngstown districts. 

•GREENE, G. M. (V) Asst. Supt., Colgate & Co., Jersey City, N. J., producing anti-dimming compound for use 
on lenses of gas masks, sag paste for prevention of gas burns, soaps for Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and 
glycerine for powder mfr. 

HAGGART, C. N. (I) Asst. Yard Supt., later Material Supt., American International Shipbuilding Corp., check- 
ing shop dumps and supplying material to ten ways. 

HAMILTON, T. M. (Ill) volunteered for Engrs., but told to remain as mining engineer. General Supt., Andes 
Exploration Co., in Peru and Chile. 

HASKELL, RAYMOND (VIII) Civilian Scientist and Head of a Dept., Naval Experimental Station, New Lon- 
don, Conn.; work of secret nature not yet allowed to be published. 

HOWARD, J. W. (I) Inst., U. S. Army School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T.; Inst, in charge of School of Navi- 
gation, tj. S. Shipping Bd., Portland, Maine. (Page 31.) 

HOWELL, E. W. (I) Sales Mgr., Continental Paper Co., Bogota, N. J.; in charge five Liberty Loan, three Red 
Cross, War Chest and Y. M. C. A. Drives, and three Red Cross Roll Calls. 

KERSHAW, G. E. (XIII) Engr. in Chief of Marine Dept., Locomotive Superheater Co., New York City, super- 
vising installation of superheaters on transports, cargo carriers, and merchant vessels. 

LATHAM, B. W. (II) Asst.. later Chief Mechanical Engr., Cass Gilbert, Architect, New York City; mechanical 
and electrical installation at Army Supply Base, Brookyn. (Page 322.) 

XEE, L. H. (VI) Asst. Mgr., Electric Service Co., Inc., Tacoma, Wash., installing electric wiring and equipment 
on ships built in Tacoma for French Govt.; Engr., Concentration Plant, Tacoma, U. S. Shipping Bd. Emer- 
gency Fleet Corp. 

LOCHRIDGE, E. E. (XI) Chief Engr., Springfield Waterworks, in charge water supply for City of Springfield, 
Mass., U. S. Armory, Westinghouse and other large munition plants. 

XOCKE, H. A. G. (II) Treas., Mt. Holly Paper Mills, Inc., Boston, Mass., mfg. paper for Brooklyn and Norfolk 
Navy Yards and Marine Corps, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LORD, F. K. (XIII) Inspector, Hull Construction, no ft. submarine chasers, Navy Dept. 

XOUGHLIN, G. F. (XII) Geologist, in charge Non-metal Resources Div., U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, 
D. C. Specialist on rock products; wrote "Our Mineral Supplies" in bulletin for U. S. Geol. Survey; pre- 
pared map for War Dept., showing available materials for rapid road construction in Eastern France; prepared 
report for Navy Dept. on the most suitable stones to meet requirements of new design of nitric acid towers 

MacCORNACK, CLYDE (I) Chief Engr., The Phoenix Bridge Co. and The Phoenix Iron Co., Phoenixville, Pa., 
in charge of contracts for fabricated steel for France and for requirements in the U. S.; Chairman, Phoenix- 
ville Red Cross; Chairman, War Chest; Acting Chairman, Fourth Liberty Loan. 

MACDONALD, G. M. (II) Ballistic Engr., The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn., 
mfg. cartridges for England, Serbia, France, Belgium, Canada, Russia, and the U. S., '14 — '19. 

MacGREGOR, R. J. (VI) Member, Local Bd. under Selective Service Act, Div. No. 1, Co. of Penobscot, Maine, 
29 June '17 — 4 June '18. 

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McINTOSH, C. J. (II) Supervised design and fabrication of steamers, also fabrication of ship material for other 
vessels, U. S. Shipping Bd., Apr. — Oct. '18. See Military Record and page 392. 

McKELVEY, L. B. (Ill) Member, The American Protective League, Youngstown, Ohio. 

McMENIMEN, W. V. (I) Vice-Pres., Raymond Concrete Pile Co., engaged in construction work on Q. M. Termi- 
nals, Norfolk, Va. and New Orleans, La., Hog Island Shipyard, Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Bethlehem 
Shipbuilding Co., and Ford Eagle Boat Plants. 

MANAHAN, R. F. (Ill) Asst. General Mgr., Mexican Mining Dept., Smelting & Refining Co., producing copper, 
lead, zinc, silver, and molybdenum. 

MASON, S. N. (X) Chemist, Ayer Mill, American Woolen Co., Lawrence, Mass., buying and testing dyestuffs and 
chemicals used in mfg. cloth for Army and Navy uniforms. 

MEARS, J. A. (VI) Pres., South Brooklyn Machine Corp.; machined 3" English H. E. Shells and 3" H. E. 
shells for U.S.; Purchasing Agent, Air Nitrates Corp., New York City. (Page 366.) 

MILLARD, E. H. (II) Mgr. of Works, Riter Conley Mfg. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., mfg. fabricated steel material for 
ships at Hog Island, torpedo tubes for Navy, gun boring lathes for Army, blast furnaces and steel bldgs. for 
Steel Companies, fabricated steel and equipment for by-product ovens for gas companies. 

MORLEY, H. M. (VI) Head of Div. of Elementary Electricity, U. S. Army Air Service School for Radio Opera- 
tors, Austin, Texas. 

MULHERIN, C. P. (I) Sec, Treas. and Mgr., Augusta Veneer Co., Augusta, Ga., mfg. poplar veneer for air- 
planes for U. S., British and French Govts. 

NUTTER, H. G. (VI) Sgt., Mass. State Guard. Pvt., State Guard, 21 June '17; Corp; Sgt.; guard duty on 
Hoosac Tunnel Docks, Charlestown, Mass., and on Mystic and Cunard Docks, East Boston, Mass., Dec. 
'17; Supt.of Wires, Fire Alarm and Police Signal, and Inspector of Wires, Chelsea, Mass. 

PALMER, V. M. (II) Sp. Asst. to Mgr., Hawkeye Plant, Eastman Kodak Co., aerial camera lenses, gun sights 
for rifles and airplane guns, trench periscopes, etc.; Chairman, Sub-Comm., Industrial Sect., Liberty Loan and 
Red Cross Campaigns, Rochester, N. Y. (Page 409.) 

PARKER, P. R. (XIII) Production Mgr., Yuba Mfg. Co., mfg. traction engines, centrifugal pumps, and dredges; 
Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Benicia Shipbuilding Corp., Berkeley, Calif., building wooden steamers for U. S. 
Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Aug. '18. 

PELTON, E. W. (II) Supt.,The Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn., producing war supplies; Chairman, Con- 
servation Comm., and U. S. Fuel Adm., New Britain; Chairman, Comm. on War Gardens, War Bu.; Member, 
American Protective League under Dept. of Justice. 

PITNER, P. J. (Ill) Food Adm. for Pasadena, Calif., Dept. of Conservation of Food Supplies, U. S. Food Adm. 

PORTER, C. H. (VI) Comptroller, W. H. McElwain Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. army and civilian shoes. 

PORTER, S. G. (I) Asst. Chief Engr. and Acting Commissioner of Irrigation, Dept. of the Interior, Dominion 
Govt., Canada; Supt., Operation and Maintenance, Lethbridge Sect., Engr. Branch, Dept. National Resources, 
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Lethbridge, Alberta, in charge of irrigation system necessary for agricultural 
production, Aug. '18. 

POTTER, A. A. (VI) Assoc. Member, Naval Consulting Bd. and Director for Industrial Preparedness for Kansas 
Feb. '16; Dist. Educational Director, Comm. on Education and Special Training, General Staff, War Dept., 
directing training of technicians and mechanics in colleges and universities in Kan., Mo., Neb., N. and S. Dak., 
Iowa, Wy., Colo., and Minn. 

PULSIFER, H. B. (V) Metallurgist, University of Chicago, Aug. '17; Professor of Metallurgy, Montana State 
School of Mines, Butte, Mont., '17 — '19. 

PULSIFER, JULIA (V) (VII) Boston City Leader, Emergency Food Conservation, States Relations Service, U. S. 
Dept. of Agriculture, organization of food conservation work, meetings, propaganda. 

RATHBUN, F. DeG. (Ill) Supt., Metcalf Div., The Arizona Copper Co., Ltd., Metcalf, Ariz., producing copper; 

Chairman, Town of Metcalf, Bond Issues, War Stamps, Red Cross and United War Work Drives. 
REGESTEIN, W. P., (V) Chief Chemist, Haskell Plant, and Asst. Div. Head, Black and Smokeless Div., du Pont 

Experimental Station, Henry Clay, Del. 
SAMMET, C. F. (V) Technical Adviser, Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass., mfg. Liberty Bond and Currency Paper 

for Govt. 
SCHOLTES, A. J. (IV) Designer, James E. McLaughlin, Architect, Boston, Mass., of houses for employees of 

Fore River Works, Quincy, Mass. 

SHURTLEFF, MARGARET H. NICHOLS (Mrs. A. A.) (VII) one of the founders of Food Economy League, 
Boston, Mass. 

STILES, H. A. (Ill) Partner, H. A. Stiles & Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. drop forgings and brass goods for Army and 
Navy. 

THOMPSON, E. C. (II) Pres. and General Mgr., Boston Pencil Pointer Co., New York City, mfg. French type 

detonating fuses. 
THWING, L. L. (II) Dist. Appraisal Officer and Valuation Engr., Alien Property Custodian Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
TOLMAN, R. C. (X) Chemical Expert at large, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, Sept. '17; Chief, Dispersoid Sect., 

American University Experiment Station, Apr. '18, developing methods of dispersing toxic gases. See 

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TUELL, S. B. (I) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

WELSH, J. W. (VI) Engr. of Passenger Transportation for New York Dist., Div. of Passenger Transportation 
and Housing, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., New York City. 

WHITCOMB, W. H. (V) Director, Laboratory Control, U. S. Rubber Co., New Haven, Conn., mfg. footwear and 
gas masks for Govt 

WILSON, D. S. (VI) Production Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., supervising mfg. plants and 
speeding production; Engr. on Purchases, Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass.; purchased material 
and equipment for Squantum Victory Plant and munitions and mfg. plants in New England. 
WINCHESTER, H. T. (VI) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 
WOOD, G. B. (II) Pres. and General Mgr., Rockland & Rockport Lime Co., Rockland, Maine; Chairman, for 
Home Service, Knox Co. Chapter, Red Cross; Member, Knox Co. Comm. of Public Safety; New England 
Representative, War Service Comm. on Lime, appointed by War Industries Bd. 

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ALLBRIGHT, E. F. (I) Inventor of new type of reinforced concrete floor cons.; use of this cons, without royalty 
offered to Govt, for the duration of war. 

ARNOLD, P. M. (II) Mgr., The Pyrites Co., Ltd., Wilmington, Del., producing low phosphorus, low copper, raw 
materials for mfr. of low phosphorus steels for govt, requirements and gun forgings. 

ATKINS, G. E. (XIII) Asst. New Work Supt., Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif. (Page 249.) 

BALDWIN, J. R. (II) Asst. Engr., Essex Co., Lawrence, Mass.; Member Legal Advisory Bd., Selective Service. 

BALLOU, R. H. (VI) Treas. and General Mgr., Manhasset Mfg. Co., Providence, R. L, mfg. duck for govt, tents, 
wagon covers, and leggings. 

BARTLETT, A. W. (X) ChiefEngr., American Water Softener Co., Philadelphia, Pa., furnishing water softeners 
and filters for govt, munitions plants. 

BASCOM, C. P. (XIII) Mgr., St. Louis Plant, Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., mfrs. of Russian bayonets for Servian and 

Russian Govts., intrenching pick mattocks, intrenching hand axes, cavalry picket pins, bolo scabbard mouth 
pieces, and bolo knives, commercial type, for U. S. Govt. (Page 366.) 

BEE, A. W., JR. (I) Engr. in charge cons., Sulphuric Acid Plant, Nitro, W. Va.; Purchasing Agent, U. S. Sul- 
phuric Acid Plants, Cuba City and Benton, Wis.; Cons. Mgr., U. S. Sulphuric Acid Plant, Emporium, Pa. 
BENTLEY, W. P. (VI) Special Agent, Treasury Dept., in regard to crude oil production. 
BIXBY, LLEWELLYN (I) Member, Dist. Personnel Comm. of Y. M. C. A. of Southern Calif, and Utah. 

BLACKIE, J. F., Group Chairman, United War Work Campaign, Milwaukee, Wis.; Director, Briggs Loading Co., 
mfg. and loading shells. 

BLATT, H. O. (II) Pres., The Live Wire Co., Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, mfg. high explosive and shrapnel shells for 

the Allies. 
BOGGS, W. B. (Ill) Asst. Supt., Copper Queen Branch, Phelps Dodge Corp., Douglas, Arizona, making copper. 

BROWN, S. E. (Ill) with Brown Reflectors Inc., Boston, Mass., developing and mfg. reflector adapted by Air- 
craft Bd. for flood lighting landing fields; Inst., School for Officers of the Signal Corps, M. I. T. 

BULL, H. W. (I) Asst. Inspector of Naval Ord. , U. S. N. 

BURROWS, J. S. (Ill) Mgr., Distribution Div., U. S. Fuel Adm., procuring supply of smokeless coal for Navy, 
Shipping Bd., and other govt, depts. 

CARTY, F. J. (II) Mechanical Engr., Boston & Albany R. R., U. S. Railroad Adm. 

CARTY, M. W. (II) Mechanical Engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., designing gun shops for a govt, arsenal, 
Mass., and Picric Acid Plant for Govt., Mich. 

CHACE, F. M. (IV) Supt. of Cons., Dept. of Aeronautics, Feb. '17. Superintended cons, at March Field, River- 
side, Calif.; transferred to Dept. of Aeronautics, Washington, D. C. See Military Record. 

COMSTOCK, D. F. (VIII) Engr. in charge and Vice-Pres., Kalmus, Comstock & Westcott, Inc., Boston, Mass., a 
naval experiment sub-station developing a device for the detection of hostile submarines. (Page 275.) 

COUPE, A. L. (Ill) Asst. Supt. of Cons, on Roads, Camp Taylor; Supt. of Cons., group of 29 warehouses, Q. M. 
Depot, Jeffersonville, Ind., and Asst. Supt. of cons, of sewers, Explosive Plant "C", Nitro, W. Va. 

CRANE, J. E. (V) Mgr., Cellulose Div.,E. I.du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del; supervising develop- 
ment of airplane dope, gas-protective clothing, eye-pieces for gas masks and smokeless powder containers for 
large guns; Member, Ex. Comm., Mayor's Comm. for National Defense, Newark, N. J. (Page 360.) 

CROWELL, W. R. (VIII) See Military Record. 

CUNNINGHAM, J. E. (I) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., during period of 
war. See Military Record. 

CURRIER, J. S. (XIII) Ord. Engr., Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., working on design and mfr. of tor- 
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DAVIS, F. H. (I) Building Contractor, Detroit, Mich., cons, shop and furnaces at Whitehead & Wales, Detroit, 
Mich., producing fabricated ship work for Shipping Bd.,and boiler shop for Brennan Boiler Co., Detroit, mak- 
ing boilers for Shipping Bd. 

DAVIS, H. R. (IV) (XIII) Draftsman with R. C. Sturgis, architect for housing at Bridgeport, Conn., for U. S. 
Housing Corp., and at Bath, Me., for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

DEWIS, C. S. (I) Mining Engr., with Dominion Govt, on hydrometric work. 

DIMOCK, R. E. (Ill) Chemist in charge of Metallurgist Laboratory, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Orangedale, 

N. S. 
DOLE, M. W. (II) Mechanical Engr. with Hq. Northeastern Dept., in connection with secret work done by Dept. 

Engr., Northeastern Dept. 
DOWNES, A. C. (V) Chemist and Asst. Supt., Fostoria Works, National Carbon Co., Inc., Fostoria, Ohio, mfrs. 

of battery electrodes for flashlight batteries. 

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EAGER, W. H. (VI) Vice-Pres., The Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron, Ohio, mfrs. of ship yard tools, ordnance 
and munitions. (Page 366.) 

EASTERBROOKS. C. C. (II) Sales Engr., with Koitham & Pryor, Engrs., and Mgrs., New York Office, Buffalo 
Forge Co., designed and installed ventilating and dust removal systems in all shell loading plants, pumps, and 
fans for govt, powder plant, Nitro, W. Va. and engines and pumps for Emergency Fleet Corp. 

EMERSON, C. J. (XIII) Dean of School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 1 Aug. '17. (Pages 4 and 14.) 

FARNHAM, F. S. (VI) Telephone Inst., New Hampshire College, U. S. Army Training Detachment. 

FARRELL, F. W. (V) Chief Chemist, Ideal Coated Paper Co., developing veneer tapes for airplane plywood. 

FAULKNER, ROBERT (III) Supt., Concentrator, Bethlehem Steel Co., Lebanon, Pa. 

FERGUSON, W. B. (XIII) Asst. to Gen. Mgr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., 10 Aug. '17—20 
May '18; Asst. to Pres., Amer. International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

FERRY, A. C. (VI) with Electric Dept., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., operating Squantum Destroyer Plant, 

and in charge electrical transporting, and hoisting machinery. 
FINER, P. R. (II) assisted in drafting plans and producing steel for Watertown Arsenal Workshops, and "G. S." 

Building, Watertown, Mass., Fore River Wet Slip for Battleship Cons., Quincy, Mass. and fabricated ships 

for Submarine Boat Corporation of N. J.; with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Consulting Engrs., on cons, of 

Quartermaster Terminal Storehouse, South Boston, Mass. 

GALUSHA, D. L. (VI) Elec. Engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., working on designs of electrical portions of 

govt, projects. 
GILLETT, L. G. (Ill) Staff Asst., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
HAAR, SELBY (VI) Asst. Electrical Engr., Public Service Comm. for First Dist., State of N. Y. 
HARADEN, J. A. (VI) Engr., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 

HAYDEN, RALPH (III) Supt., Stamp Mills, Quincy Mining Co., Hancock, Mich., in charge of concentration of 
copper rock. 

HAYNES, C. R. (X) Supt., Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., Naugatuck, Conn., making hip rubber boots for 
A. E. F., and high all-rubber gaiters for the Navy, also rubber footwear for British, French, Belgian and Jap- 
anese Govts. 

HEPBURN, A. H. (IV) Architect for crane development at Bridgeport, Conn., for U. S. Housing Corp. 

HIGGINS, F. L. (XIII) Mgr., General Optical Co., Inc., mfg. diagnostic instruments for Medical Dept., and 
goggles for aviators; General Supt. and Mgr., Hawk-Eye Works, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., 
mfg. airplane camera lenses, gun sights for airplane guns, trench periscopes. (Page 409.) 

HOLBROOK, E. A. (Ill) Inst., Aviation Ground School, Urbana, 111., June — Sept. '17; Supervising Mining Engr., 
and Metallurgist, U. S. Bu. of Mines, Oct. '17; Acting Chief, Mining Engrs., U. S. Bu. of Mines, Washington, 
D. C, Dec. '18; Supt., Bu. of Mines, Experiment Station, Pittsburgh, Pa., I Aug. '19. 

HOLMES, A. F., (II) Inst., U. S. Dept. of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. 

HOMANS, G. M. (Ill) in charge of administration of Food Control Bill for Calif, in respect to protection of neces- 
saries of war against fire, under State Food Adm. See Military Record. 

HOY, C. W. (X) Chairman, Red Cross, and Red Cross War Funds, Glassboro, N. J. 

INGRAM, R. O. (II) Asst. Agent, Ayer Mills, American Woolen Co., Lawrence, Mass., producing worsted fabrics 
for Army and Navy. 

JOHNSON, N. M. (I) Asst. Engr., Edgewood Arsenal, Md., in charge of govt, drafting room, Aug. '18 — Apr.' 19. 

KALMUS, H. T. (VIII) Pres., Kalmus, Comstock & Wescott, Inc., Boston, Mass., appointed a sub-naval 
station for technical research in regard to submarine detection; Pres., The Exolon Co., mfg. abrasives for govt, 
purposes. (Page 275.) 

KEEN, W. T. (II) Transmission Line Designer, Chile Exploration Co., designing transmission lines necessary for 
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KEITH, LINDA FRASER (Mrs. G. H.), (IV) Red Cross Work, Boston, Mass. 

KING, CARL (II) Inst., Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass., teaching ioist Engrs., and S. A. T. C, Class A and 
B, '18 and '19. 

LANG, CURRIER (I) Asst. General Mgr., Detroit Gear & Machine Co., handling work of Sec. and Treas., 
while he was in military service; Ex. in charge at factory mfg. clutches and transmissions for motor trucks 
for War Dept. 

LANGLEY, A. H. (I) gathered data for State of Conn, under Council of Defense. (Page 307.) 
LOUNSBURY, W. C. (VII) City Chairman, Y. M. C. A. drive, '17, Superior, Wis.; Ex. Comm, City Organiza- 
tion, Red Cross, '17; Ex. Comm., Second and Third War Drives; City Chairman, United War Work 
Campaigns. 

LOWRY, H. K. (VI) Signal Engr., Chicago Rock Is. & Pacific Railroad, Chicago, 111. 

LYON, A. C. (XIII) Asst. Prof, of Civil Engr., University of Maine, teaching plane surveying, map reading and 
making to members of S. A. T. C, and practical navigation and seamanship to members of the Naval Unit. 

McCLUNG, S. A. (II) Asst. Fuel Adm., Pittsburgh; Dist. Adviser, Draft Bd., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

McCORMICK, KATHARINE DEXTER (Mrs. Stanley) (VII) Member of Woman's Comm. of the Council of 

National Defense, Washington, D. C; Chairman of Food Production and Home Economics Dept., for national 

work in every state. (Page 308.) 

MAGNUSON, M. G. (Ill) Chief Inst., Airplane Dept., Aviation Mechanics Training School, St. Paul, Minn., 
giving instruction in rigging and placing an airplane in condition for fight. 

MERRILL, A. M. (XIII) Chargeman and Asst. Draftsman, Hull Div., Navy Yard, New York City, superintend- 
ing draft room work in connection with fitting out transports, mine planters, destroyers, and battleships for 
foreign service. (Page 235.) 

MERRYWEATHER, HUBERT (III) Mining Engr., Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. Until Dec. '17, 
Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Bethlehem Chile Iron Mines Co. in Chile; later in Raw Materials Dept., Bethle- 
hem Steel Corp., assisting in developing raw material sources, particularly manganese and chrome. 

METCALF, E. H. (II) Aero Mechanical Engr., under the Signal Corps and Bu. of Aircraft Production, '17 and '18, 
engaged in production work on airplanes, principally the Handley Page. 

MILLER, A. O. (VI) Asst. Purchasing Agent, J. G. White & Co., New York City, purchasing airplane material 
and parts to make French machines. 

MONSARRAT, C. R. (II) Coal Mine Operator, Corning, Ohio. 

MUNSTER, A. W. (II) Member, Eastern Regional Purchasing Comm., U. S. Railroad Adm., New York City, 
acting in advisory capacity as to purchases of all railroads in Eastern Region. 

NEAL, C. A. (I) Vice-Pres., Union Bridge & Cons. Co., Kansas City, Mo., building fifteen wooden hulls for Emer- 
gency Fleet Corp. 

NICHOLS, A. W. (VI) Engr. in charge, Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Inc., New York City, contractors for 
cons, of mfg. plants required for the production of war materials; Dist. Mgr. of Southwestern Dist. with head- 
quarters at Dallas, Texas, I Jan. '19. 

PALMER, G. P. (I) Div. Engr., U. S. Railroad Adm., in charge of physical property and cons, on the terminal 
division in Chicago, 111. 

PIERCE, H. L. (I) Supervisor of Track at Cresson, Pa., for the Pennsylvania R.R., and after the railroads were 
taken over by Govt., kept track in condition for movement of coal traffic. 

PORTER, A. P. (I) Designer, Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., working on crane girders and roof trusses for the 
new buildings at Watertown Arsenal, '17. Designer, Monks & Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa., on concrete build- 
ings for the Navy Yard, Aug. '18. 

READ, A. M. (II) Asst. in office of Vice-Pres., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., at Washington, D. C, 
and Philadelphia, Pa. 

REED, R. C. (Ill) Inst, in Mining Engr. and Metallurgy, and Inst., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

RICE, R. G. (XIII) General Supt., F. W. Mark Cons. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, contractors on six area plant for Na- 
tional Malleable Castings Co., where the first cast steel anchor chain was produced for the Emergency Fleet 
Corp. 

RICHARDSON, H. K. (VIII) Cost and Statistical work with Chase Metal Works, Brass Mfrs., Waterbury, Conn. 

RIDDELL, G. C. (Ill) Chief of Metal Section, U. S. Tariff Comm. Metallurgical Adviser to the commission in 
charge of staff of special experts investigating industrial effects of the war, and preparing information for use of 
Congress in handling of tariff problem. 

ROBERTS, A. O. (XIII) Supt., Worsted Dept., Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N. H., producing shirting flannel 
for Army, and yarn for Red Cross. 

ROCKWOOD, E. F. (II) Engr. in Structural Div., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., in working on structural 
engineering at Watertown Arsenal, Rock Island Arsenal and on power plants and factories engaged in war 
work. 

ROLLINS, H. T. (II) Pres., Des Moines Hosiery Mills, Des Moines, Iowa; knit army socks. 

RUPF, E. L. (II) General Mgr., Bayonne Bolt & Nut Co., Bayonne, N. J. 

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SAEGMULLER, F. B. (XIII) Supt., Precision Optical Div., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., 
mfg. optics for range finders, gun sights, periscopes, aiming circles, battery comdr. telescopes and field glasses, 
etc., for Army and Navy. (Page 408.) 

SANBORN, G. W. (I) with Factory Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Boston, Mass., inspecting fire protection equipment in 
factories. 

SCOFIELD, E. C. (XIII) Inspector of Materials and Cons., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, U. S. Navy Dept.; assigned 
to special duties in Office of Superintending Constructor, Apr. '19. 

SCHWARTZ, LEON (IV) Adviser on recreation and community work and buildings, U. S. Housing Corp. 

SIMMONS, H. R. (II) Consulting Engr., in charge of mechanical equipment of mill running 100% on Govt. work,, 
producing shirting, suitings, and blankets; much time spent in improvising equipment to meet needs brought 
on by labor conditions. 

SMITH, A. D. (V) Mgr., The Milliken Co., Arkansas City, Kan., producing, transporting, and refining petroleum 
and its products, furnishing considerable fuel oil to British Govt, and gasolene and burning oil to U. S. Govt, 
through associated refineries, operating under deputy sheriff guard for a considerable period. 

SNOW, N. L. (XIII) Vice-Pres., and General Mgr., The Terry Steam Turbine Co., Hartford, Conn., mfg. steam 
turbines for every U. S. torpedo boat destroyer and Ford Eagle Boat, under supervision of Navy Dept. 

SOSMAN, R. B. (VIII) Consulting Chemist, Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept.; also Physicist and, during last year of war, 
Acting Director, Geophysical Laboratory, in charge of the mfg. of optical glass for Army and Navy by War 
Industries Bd. (Page 347.) 

SPALDING, G. R. (V) Supt. of Filtration, Hackensack Water Co., New Milford, N. J., supplying water to Camp 
Merritt and to ships carrying overseas troops out of Hoboken, N. J. 

SPERRY, C. S. (I) Prof, of Engr Mathematics, University of Colorado, organizing the teaching staff and teach- 
ing engineering students, and members of the S. A. T. C. in mathematics. 

STEVENS, H. W. (VI) Asst. Supt., Street Engr. Dept., The Edison Electric Illuminating Corp., Boston, Mass. 

STUTZ, W. F. (VI) Associate Physicist, Bu. of Standards, Dept. of Commerce, testing instruments and appliances 
for various divisions of the War Dept. 

SUTTON, DAVID (I) Structural Engr., approving plans and proposals for Commanding Officer of Arsenal in 
program of Stone & Webster, for Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., Nov. '17 — May '18; Asst. Div. 
Engr. of Superstructure Div., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., Constructing Engrs., Boston Army 
Supply Base, May '18 — June '19. 

TAYLOR. R. E. L. (IV) Architect engaged in cons, of munition plants; in charge of architectural work of all four 
plants of the Bartlett-Hayward Co. of Baltimore, Md., plants for the Symington-Anderson Gun Co., in Roches- 
ter, N. Y., the Symington Forge Corp., and the Symington Chicago Corp. in Chicago, 111. 

THURLOW, O. G. (I) Consulting Engr., Muscle Shoals Hydro-electric Project, and Chief Engr., Alabama Power 
Co., contractors for the Nitrate Div. (Page 376.) 

TODD, W. N. (VI) Engr., Portland Co., Portland, Me., cons, buildings and equipment for increased marine engine 
cons, and mfr. of 3" and 6" British howitzer shells. 

VOSBURY, W. DeW. (II) Consulting and Project Engr.,U. S. Housing Corp., for housing development at Wood- 
bury Bag Loading Plant, Perth Amboy, and Standard Metal Products Co. 

WALWORTH, G. R. (VI) testing steam turbines of the Navy at Lynn Works of General Electric Co. 

WENTWORTH, R. A. (II) Asst. General Supt., U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., mfrs. of small arms ammuni- 
tion, 1 Apr. '18 — 15 Feb. '19; in charge of production, engineering, installation of equipment and cons.; 
investigated other plants for ammunition making; acted as liaison officer in connection with preparations of 
the Crown Cork & Seal Co. of Baltimore, Md., to make ammunition under our direction. 

WEYMOUTH, A. P. (I) Asst. Engr., Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh, U. S. Railroad Adm., Office of Chief 
Engr., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

WHITING, MARION SCHLESINGER (Mrs. Jasper) (V) Chairman and organizer of New England Branch, 
American Fund for French Wounded, '15 — '18; Correspondent in Bu. of Communication, National Hq., 
American Red Cross, '19; Chairman, Boston Comm. for Fatherless Children of France. 

WHITMORE, WALTER (VI) Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., under govt, supervision, Boston, 
Mass., 1 Aug.'i8— 1 Aug. '19; Supervising General Engr. of work in Dept. of Engr. of outside plant. 

WILLARD, A. C. (X) Consulting Engr., Q. M. C. Attached to Cantonment Div., Office of Q. M. Gen., Wash- 
ington, D. C, carrying on investigations both in Washington and at the University of Illinois on heating, 
cooking, and laundry equipment for the sixteen army cantonments. (Page 316.) 

WILLIAMS, C.-B. (VI) Pres. and Treas., Williams Steel Wheel & Rim Co.,Inc.,Utica,N. Y.; Sec.,Utica Chapter, 
Red Cross, May '18— Oct. '19. 

WILLIAMS, FRANCES ROPES (Mrs. Stillman) (IV) worked in connection with Red Cross and allied auxili- 
aries; Chairman, Winchester Special Aid Sewing Kits Comm.; Capt., Winchester Girl Scout Troop. 

WILLIAMS, R. B. (Ill) Mining Engr., Metal & Thermit Corp., New York City, securing best raw materials for 
mfg. of thermit, semi-precious metals and ferro alloys, liquid chlorine, tin tetrachloride, thermit grenades and 
bombs. 

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WOOD, E. T. (II) Metallurgical Engr., La Belle Iron Works., Steubenville, Ohio, supervising production of shell 
steel, ship-plates and other steel products for war purposes; served on various comms. on shell steel, meeting 
with the Ord. Dept. to get production of satisfactory shell steel. 

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ABBOTT, A. H. (VI) Dist. Transmission Specialist, General Electric Co., Boston, Mass., on line extensions to 
furnish power to mfrs. of war material. See Military Record. 

ALLEN, CHESTER (I) Asst. Engr., Atlantic Loading Co., in charge of erection of buildings for plant and village 
for shell loading plant for Ord. Dept., at Amatol, N. J.; Asst. Production Engr., Foundation Co., expediting, 
ordering and delivery of materials for cons, and fitting of steel ships, for French Govt. 

AMMEN, W. W. (XIII) Machinist, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., pipe fitting. 

ARMSTRONG, A. C. (Ill) Constructor, shipyard and houses, Portsmouth, N. H., and houses at Groton, Conn, 
for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

ATWOOD, C. E. (VI) Elect. Engr., Lockwood Greene & Co., Boston, Mass., in charge of electrical dept., design- 
ing and installing electric drives and lighting in factories mfg. cotton and rubber goods for war use; General 
Mgr., company furnishing light and water to American troops garrisoned at Santiago, Dominican Republic, 
West Indies. 

AYER, JOHN (I) Engr., Monks & Johnson, Boston, Mass., cons, of Victory Plant, Squantum; Ex. Engr., Fay, 
Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., on Boston Army Supply Base, South Boston. 

AYERS, S. H. (VII) Bacteriologist, Dairy Div., Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

BAILEY, H. S. (V) Asst. Head, Fat and Oil Sect., Bu. of Chemistry, Washington, D. C, U. S. Food Adm., in 
charge of oil, fat and wax investigations, and allocation of glycerine to British, French and Italian Govts. 
(Page 312.) 

BARNES, J. P. (VI) General Mgr., Schenectady Railway Co., responsible for trolley service for plants of General 
Electric and American Locomotive Cos., and to Watervliet Arsenal; Member, General Comm., Schenectady 
County, Liberty Loan and War Charities Drives; Chairman, Sub-Comm., Outdoor Advertising; Asst. Chair- 
man, and member, Ex. Comm., Schenectady Div., American Protective League, in charge of Bu. of Informa- 
tion; New York State Representative, American Electric Railway Assn., War Bd.; Chairman, Special Comm. 
in co-operation with Fuel Adm.; Chairman, Comm. on Military Operation, New York Electric R.R. Assn. 

BARTLETT, E. H. (X) Chief Draftsman, on plans for two experimental boats of a new type intended for use in 
the Navy; Tool Designer on tools intended for use in the production of a new type of motor truck for the 
Army. 

BARTLETT, G. M. (V) Chemist, Joseph Campbell Co., Camden, N. J., laboratory work and factory production, 
canned goods. 

BATTLES, D. R. (XIII) engaged in submarine construction, Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. 

BEDFORD, T. P. (VI) Electrical Engr., American Steel & Wire Co., Worcester, Mass., in charge mfr. of electric 
wires and cables for govt.; designed special wires and cables for submarine detecting devices, also signaling 
and retaining cables for captive balloons; in charge of govt, records of rubber, copper and lead used in mfg. 
electric wires and cables. 

BELL, R. E. (II) Civilian in Ord. Dept., fall of '17; Supervising Engr., C. E. Knoeppel & Co., organization work 
on U. S. Shipping Bd. See Military Record. 

BENDER, E. F. (II) New York Mgr., Kinney Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. oil pumps for U. S. Ship- 
ping Bd. and Navy, engr., equipping and testing fuel oil, lubricating and cargo oil pumps for battleships, cruis- 
ers, submarines, tankers and fuel oil stations of the Navy. 

BENNETT, F. G. (I) Topographical Engr., Layout of Camp Merritt, N. J., Aug. '17; Res. Engr., Hill & Fergu- 
son, New York, on housing developments, Norfolk, Va., for U. S. Housing Corp. and for Cantonment Div., 
U. S. A.; Supervisor of cons., Public Utilities, Cradock, Va. 

BENSON, S. W. (X) Field Engr., Tramway Dept., Trenton Works, American Steel & Wire Co., Trenton, N. J.; 
collaborated on design of seven aerial tramways for carrying cotton, Hopewell (Va.) Plant of E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours &Co.; in charge cons, of 16,000 ft. aerial tram for copper ore, Empire Copper Co., Mackay, 
Idaho, and of three large coal and slate-carrying trams in Va. and Tenn. 

BENT, W. G. (X) Asst. Supt., Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. photographic material for War and 
Navy Depts.; experimental work with photographic emulsion for special war uses, and development of a 
non-dimming celluloid eyepiece for gas masks. (Page 395.) 

BILL, E. G. (I) Statistician, Asst. Director, later Director, Military Service Branch, Dept. of Justice, Ottawa, 
Canada, administration of the Canadian Draft Law, I May '18 — I Oct. '19. 

BLAIR, P. A. (XIII) Technical Asst., Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, Chairman, Army and Navy 

Patent Bd., 18 July '17 — July '19. 
BLOUNT, F. M. (IV) Pres., Pensacola Shipbuilding Corp., Pensacola, Fla., constructing ships for Navy Dept. 
BOGGS, C. R. (V) Factory Mgr., Simplex Wire & Cable Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. insulated wires and cables. 

BOYDEN, CHARLES (V) (VIII) Asst. Liaison Officer, Office of Q. M. General, Washington, D. C, 25 Apr — 
28 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

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BUFF, H. A. (Ill) Engr., Buff & Buff Manufacturing Co., Jamaica Plain, Mass., mfg. transits and levels for 
Govt.; gave information aiding production of sextants. 

BURDEN, F. E. (VI) Mgr., Uniform Button Plant, North Attleboro, Mass., mfg. buttons for Army and Navy. 
BUSHNELL, LEONARD (II) State Chairman, Domestic Fuel Emergency Comm., U. S. Fuel Adm., Seattle, 
Wash. 

CASTLEMAN, PHILIP (V) Deputy Health Commissioner, Boston, Mass., in charge of Bacterial Laboratory; 
Serologist, Northeast Div.; Inst., War Bacteriology, M. I. T.; Inst, in Serology at Simmons College preparing 
laboratory field workers; Inst, in Serology, Harvard Medical School. 

CLAPP, C. H. (Ill) Pres. and Prof, of Geology, Montana State School of Mines; Director, S. A. T. C, Montana 
State School of Mines; War Minerals Investigator; in charge, housing and care of U. S. troops on guard duty, 
Butte, Mont. 

CLARK, R. K. (II) Asst. Mgr., Geo. M. Clark & Co. Div., American Stove Co., Chicopee, 111., mfg. stoves for 
rolling kitchens, food boilers for field ranges and trench shovels for Engr. Depot. 

CLARKE, W. A. (XIII) Asst. to Supervising Constructor, Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., estimating, planning 
and ordering materials for construction of submarines for U. S. and Allied Navies; Engr., Boston Navy Yard, 
in charge of reconstruction of damaged submarine for Great Britain. 

COFFIN, E. M. (X) Engr., fire protection equipment of shipyards of Emergency Fleet Corp., Dist. No. i, Boston, 
Mass., '17 — '18; Staff Engr., Regional Adviser's Office, War Industries Bd., Dist. No. I. 

COLLINS, R. V. (I) Senior Asst. Engr., State of New York Dept. of Highways, Albany, supervising engr. work on 
the maintenance and repair of state highways. 

COOPER, E. B. (II) constructed factories, Detroit, Mich., for mfg. shells, trucks and Liberty Motor car- 
buretors. 

COWDREY, I. H. (II) Inst., Naval Aviation Ground School, Airplane Inspection School (Navy); School of Mili- 
tary Aeronautics (Army), and S. A. T. C; also engaged in making acceptance tests for various munitions. 
(Page 26.) 

CRONKHITE, L. W. (IV) Regional Priorities Adviser, War Industries Bd.; Special Agt., Dept. of Labor, and Sec, 
Mass. Bd. on Non-War Cons., Boston, Mass. 

CROSBY, GORHAM (VIII) Member, Local Legal Advisory Bd., Glen Ridge, N. J. 

DANIELS, JOSEPH (III) Technical Adviser, Fuel Controller, State of Washington; Investigator, Planning Div., 
U. S. Shipping Bd.; Geologist, Geological Survey, State of Washington; Chairman, Military Survey Bd., State 
Council of Defense, engaged in making a military survey of the State for the Western Dept., U. S. A., '18; 
Inst., University of Washington, with rank of lieutenant, '17 and '18. 

DARLING, P. G. (II) Engr., Mechanical Experimental Div., Engr. Dept., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wil- 
mington, Del. and Hopewell, Va. ; studied shell filling in England as a du Pont member of the American Mission 
on Munitions of War, '17. 

DAVIS, G. H., with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

DAVIS, ROSWELL (XIII) Head of Airplanes Dept., U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton University, 
assisted in organization of school, and organized and directed Airplanes Dept., July '17 — Dec. '18. Directed 
Airplanes Course at the Special Ground School for Officers, Boiling Field, Washington, Oct. '18. 

DEAN, A. M. (II) Vice-Pres. and Chief Engr., Templar Motors Corp., Lakewood, Ohio, machining 155 mm. 

H. E. shells for Ord. Dept. 
DEAN, H. L. (XIII) Mgr., Compressor and Engine Div., Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., supplied machinery for 

govt, purposes. 
DRAKE, F. E. (II) Mgr., Gas Dept., Lynn Gas & Electric Co., supplying public and war industries with gas and 

electricity. 
DOUGLAS, J. F. H. (VI) Inst., Wireless Telegraphy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical School for Signal Corps 

Radio Electricians, College Station, Texas. 

DWYER, EMMET (II) Vice-Pres. and Factory Mgr., The Michigan Stove Co., Detroit, mfg. hotel ranges and 
hot air heating furnaces used in cantonments in U. S., and 6" trench mortar shells; Member, Technical Comm., 
6" Trench Mortar Shell Assn. 

EMERSON, C. A., JR. (XI) Chief Engr., State Dept. of Health, Harrisburg, Pa., supervised water supply and 
sewerage for munition plants for the War Dept., and for three shipyards and forty-five canneries for Navy 
Dept.; volunteered for military service, not accepted as regular work was more important. 

FAY, R. B. (II) Sec, Perry-Fay Co., Elyria, Ohio, producing screw machine parts for the Liberty Motors, auto 

trucks, tractors, tanks and shells. 
FIELD, CHARLES, 3d (V) Factory Mgr., Pure Carbon Co., Wellsville, N. Y., output used by the Emergency 

Fleet Corp., Navy and Signal Corps in France. 

FOUHY, J. F. (I) Resident Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Staten Island, Standard and Downey 
Shipyards, Staten Island, N. Y., supervising cons, of shipyard plants, including the machinery; rated for com- 
mission in C. E. C, U. S. N. R. F., not called into service. 

GECKLER, B. E. (IV) Architect, Atlas Powder Co., Wilmington, Del, designing T. N. T. plants; Architect, 
Planning Dept., Bethlehem Steel Corp., Halan -Longworth Plant, Wilmington, worked on plans of oil and cargo- 
carrying steel boats. 

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GIFFORD, R. S. (V) Chemical Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., worked on chemical 
problems in mfr. of smokeless and black powder. 

GILBERT, A. C. (V) Chemist in charge of Depts., Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., furnished drugs 
and chemicals for the Medical Supply Dept., U. S. A. 

GOUINLOCK, W. S. (Ill) mfg. farm machinery at Warsaw, N. Y.; helped organize local Home Defense 

Unit. 
GRAHAM, E. S. (Ill) Chairman, Young County (Tex.) Chapter, Red Cross, and Young County War Savings 

Division. 
GREEN, WILLIAM (VI) Technical Adviser, Bu. of Mines, C. W. S., on development and mfr. of poison gas. 

(Pages 254 and 258.) 
HARDING, R. M. (I) volunteered for 2d Off. Tr. Camp, Engrs., refused for physical defects; Mgr., The Columbus 

Power Co., Columbus R.R. Co. and Gas Light Co. of Columbus, Ga. ; Member, Home Guard, on duty during 

strikes. 
HARDY, H. L. (I) Corp., Co. F, Newton Constabulary, '16; Corp., Co. C, Mass. State Guard, Sept. '19. Riot 

duty during Boston Police Strike. 

HARRINGTON, W. F. (X) Asst. Mgr., '15, Mgr., '17, Carney's Point Smokeless Powder Plant, E. I. du Pont de 

Nemours & Co., mfg. smokeless powder. (Page 358.) 
HAWKES, C. W. (II) Sgt., Co. D, Newton Constabulary, '16; Sgt., Co. D, Mass. State Guard, Sept. '19. Riot 

duty during Boston Police Strike. 

HICKOK, H. M. (I) Engr. and Contractor, designed and built grain elevators in Minn., N. and S. Dakota, Mont.. 
Wis. and Idaho. 

HILL, E. L. (II) Asst. General Mgr., Erie R. R., New York City, told to remain at his post on account of large 
troop movements over Erie Lines; Sec. and Ex. Officer, Port and Harbor Facilities Comm., U. S. Shipping Bd., 
Washington, D. C, emergency construction of floating drydocks and ship repair shops, also improving the 
railroad and marine terminals for loading and dispatching vessels June '18. See Military Record and 
page 333- 

HOUSKEEPER, W. G (II) Engr. of Methods, Western Electric Co., New York, developing machinery and 
methods for mfr. of receiving and transmitting vacuum tubes VT-i and VT-2 for wireless telephone communi- 
cation to airplanes, for Signal Corps, U. S. A. 

HOWLAND, A. H. (IVj Technical Asst., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Leetsdale, Pa., supervision, 
cons., operation and administration of ship steel fabrication plant, July '18; in charge cons., plant operation 
and storage of steel, I Apr. — I Sept. '19. 

HUMPHREY, C. T. (I) Prof. Civil Engineering, Villanova College, Villanova, Pa., Inst., S. A. T. C. Unit. 

HYDE, S. T. (X) Structural Draftsman, Public Works Dept., Navy Yd., Puget Sound, engineering and design of 
public works; Yard Photographer, photographing camouflaged ships, and employees in the Yard. 

INGALLS, R. P. (VI) Traveling Salesman and later Sales Mgr., Simplex Electric Co., Boston, Mass., selling elec- 
tric devices to Navy Yards, cantonments, shipbuilders and munition mfrs. in New England. 

JOHNSON, B. L. (Ill) Assoc. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, Alaska and Washington, D. C, examining gold 
and copper deposits in southwestern Alaska, reserves of war metals in foreign countries, and preparation of 
maps showing metal reserves for Peace Conference. 

JOHNSTON, C. W. (Ill) Mgr., Virginia Smelting Co., and Virginia Industrial Chemical Co., West Norfolk, Va., 
making copper from pyrites cinder and converting cinder into iron ore; mfr. of liquid sulphur dioxide. 

KEEN, W. H. (V) Metallurgist, Washington Steel & Ordnance Co., Washington, D. C, mfg. armor-piercing 
projectiles, high explosive shell and shrapnel for Army and Navy and for the Allies., '14; Mgr., Chemical 
Products Co., mfg. tungsten powder, Sept. '17; Factory Mgr., U. S. Copper Products Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, 
mfg. copper and brass tubing. 

KENDALL, H. C. (VI) Engr., Div. of Passenger Transportation and Housing, Emergency Fleet Corp., Portland' 
Ore., making investigations and recommendations for adequately transporting or housing shipyard workers 
and directing cons, work and operation of passenger transportation facilities in Dist. No. 10. 

KENWAY, H. W. (II) Mgr., Experimental Dept., United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beverly, Mass., supervising 
design and special machinery for mfg. heavy army shoes, military and naval equipment, gas masks, and two 
airplane cannon. (Page 279.) 

KILLION, L, J. (I) Asst. Chief Engr., in charge of Philadelphia office, Monks &; Johnson, Architects and Engrs., 
layout, design and supervision of construction of munition and shipbuilding plants. 

KLAHR, C. D. (II) Farmer, Clarion, Pa., producing beef, pork, mutton and wool; Member, Local Ex. Comm. 
Red Cross. 

KRIEGSMAN, E. F. (I) Asst. Engr., Office of City Engr., Bd. of Public Works, San Francisco, Calif., consulting 
on transportation and supply problems in connection with local Coast Defense; Engr., Pacific Coast Steel Co., 
Tower Dept., Sept. '17, assisted in design, cons, and operation of plant for mfg. light structural steel products; 
Industrial Engr., Miner Chipman and Staff, May '18, assisted on "Report on Hours and Wages of 20,000 
Shipyard Workers in San Francisco Bay Region, for the California Metal Trades Association, by 
Miner Chipman and Staff." In charge of investigations of the organization of the Standard Gas Engine Co., 
July '18. 

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LACKMAN, H. W. (II) ist Sgt., Cincinnati Home Guard. Pvt.; Corp.; Sgt.; ist Sgt. Co. 30 did flood-relief 
and guard duty during the high water, and police and fireman duty during the strike of the police and firemen; 
Chairman, Team S of the Hamilton County Liberty Loan Army. 

LAWRENCE, A. W. (V) Mgr., Footwear Div., Comm. on Supplies, Washington, D. C, making out specifications, 
purchasing, responsibility of mfr., inspection and delivery of shoes, leather, and rubber goods for Army, Sept. 
'17; Mgr., Shoes, Leather and Rubber Goods Div., War Industries Bd., purchasing shoes, leather, and rubber 
goods for U. S. forces, except Army, Oct. '17; Chief, Procurement Sect, of Shoes, Leather and Rubber Goods 
Branch, Office of Q. M. General, June '18. Did not accept Lt.-Col. commission offered in Q. M. C. See 
Military Record and page 310. 

LEMNER, CECILIA A. (VII) 2d Lt., Mass. State Guard. Nursing Asst., Mass. State Dept. Health; during 
epidemic organized nursing forces in several towns in Eastern Health Dist. and as Asst. to Dist. Health Officer 
acted as agent between local Boards of Health and State Dept. of Health; special service, Red Cross. 

LEWIS, W. K. (X) Consulting Engr., Bu. of Mines, Interior Dept.; C. W. S,, War Dept., July '18; Conference in 
Paris, Oct. '18. (Page 257.) 

LINDSLY, B. E. (Ill) Supt. of Cons, and Operation, Gasolene Plant, Lorch Refining Co., Ardmore, Okla. 

LOOMIS, W. W. (VI) General Purchasing Agent, Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass. 

LORD, R. H. W. (X) Tanner, Ireson Tanning Co., Gorham, Me., tanning leather for worsted mills doing govt, 
work. 

LOVEJOY, R. F. (IX) Active Mgr. and Head, D. Lovejoy & Son, Lowell, Mass., mfg. machine knives for ship- 
yards from Maine to Texas, lumber mills, cartridge plants, and for ships of Emergency Fleet Corp. 

LUCE, R. F. (I) Hydrographic and Geodetic Engr. (Commissioned). Chief, Section of Tides and Currents, U. S. 
Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D- C., preparing tidal and related publications. See Military 
Record. 

LYNDE, H. M. (I) Senior Drainage Engr., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. 

MacBRIAR, W. N. (II) Member, Power Plant Economy Comm., Fuel Adm., State of Washington; Chief Engr., 
Carnation Milk Products Co., Seattle, Wash. 

McLEAN, R. W. (II) Supt., Carver Cotton Gin Co., East Bridgewater, Mass., building cottonseed oil mill machin- 
ery used to produce short staple lint from which explosives are made, cottonseed cake for cattle, and cottonseed 
oil. See Military Record. 

MACINTIRE, H. J. (II) Special Inst, for Shipping Bd., preparing engineers for examination for license to operate 
on ships of the Merchant Marine; Assoc. Prof, of Mechanical Engineering, and Inst, in Ensign Course given 
for Govt, by University of Washington; Refrigerating Engr., Refrigerating Sect., Cons. Div., War Dept., 
Washington, D. C, from Sept. '18 — 15 July '19, in charge all refrigeration for War Dept. in France and U. S. 

MADDOCK, ELIZABETH MIDDLETON (Mrs. C. S., Jr.) (VII) organized a community kitchen; Chairman, 
Women's Comm. of Mercer County and of Trenton, N. J., for the Second Liberty Loan; Worker, Red Cross; 
Pres., Trenton Contemporary Club, arranged lectures to raise funds for war work. 

MERRILL, ALDEN (V) Chief Chemist, American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., working on technical control of 
mfr. and testing of raw materials and finished product, brass and similar alloys for discs from which shells 
were drawn, admiralty alloy, condenser tubes, Tobin bronze, copper sheet, wire and tubes, and cupro-nickel 
for bullet jackets. 

MERRILL, J. L. (V) Chemist, Bu. of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; investigated the use of domestic 
flax straw in place of German linen rags for the mfr. of U. S. currency paper. 

MERRILL, O. C. (I) Chief Engr., U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C, promoting development of water 
power for the purpose of conserving fuel supplies and of reducing production cost, drafting necessary legisla- 
tion and securing its approval by the Administration and Congress. 

MOODY, E. F. (V) Chairman, Membership Comm., Red Cross, Portland, Me. 

MOTTER, W. D. B., JR. (Ill) Mgr., Benson Mines Co., producing iron ore concentrates. 

NABSTEDT, H. M. (I) Designing and Structural Engr., Ambursen Construction Co., Inc., New York City, 
working on design and cons, of reinforced concrete lighters. 

NELSON, W. A. (XIII) Naval Architect, Pensacola Shipbuilding Co., Pensacola, Fla., in charge of design of 
hull and machinery, 9,000-ton steel cargo ships for U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 

NESMITH, R. H. (XIII) Engr., New Brunswick (N. J.) Plant, Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp., working on pro- 
duction and machine shop layout. 

ORTSEIFEN, A. J. (XIII) Cost Engr., Cons. Div., Q. M. C, supervising cons., Manchester Munition Plant, 
St. Louis, Mo., 11 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

PAINE, P. M. (XII) Asst. to Vice-Pres., Gypsy Oil Co.., Tulsa, Okla., in charge of operating departments for 
production and transportation of crude oil and gasolene in mid-continent oil fields. 

PAQUET, V. H. (XIII) Engine Designer, and Chargeman, Seattle Cons, and Dry Dock Co., and Ames Ship- 
building and Dry Dock Co., Seattle, Wash., and Chief Draftsman, Northwest Steel Co., Portland, Ore.; in 
charge of engine design and Chief Draftsman on cargo steamers, and on design of machinery of Bath Iron 
Works destroyers, especially the propellers. See Military Record. 

PARKER, L. H. (I) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

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PARSONS, G. F. (VI) Visiting Engr., Mass. Fuel Adm., Boston, Mass., aiding conservation of coal by elimina- 
tion of losses, and efficient plant operation. 

PAYNE, F. E. (XIII) Pres., Crane Packing Co., Chicago, 111.; supplied "John Crane" flexible metallic packing for 

submarine service, air valves, and air compressors at submarine bases and navy yards; supplied Emergency 

Fleet Corporation's requirements from every port in the U. S. 
PICKERSGILL, W. C. (I) Engr., Shipyard Plants Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Houston, 

Tex., design and cons, details of shipyard plants, 24 May '18; District Plant Engr., in charge of all cons, of 

shipyards in Gulf Dist., from the Mississippi to the Rio Grande, 15 May '19. 

PRENTISS, G. W. (II) Pres., George W. Prentiss & Co.,Holyoke, Mass., mfg. wire for textile mills, and standing 
and field telephone cables for Govt. 

PRESCOTT, A. G. (II) Mgr., A. W. Banister Co., South Boston, Mass., equipping and maintaining blower and 
exhaust systems in factories doing war work. 

PRICHARD, C. R. (II) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Beverly, Mass.; Engr., Salem Gas & Electric Co., 
Salem, Mass. and of Citizens' Gas & Electric Co., Nantucket, Mass.; engr. work for Gloucester Electric Co., 
providing power to shell mfrs. 

RADFORD, G. S. (XIII) Mgr., Contract Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., San Francisco, Calif., 
negotiating on contracts for ships, Sept. '17 — Feb. '18. 

RALPH, P. J. (XIII) Technical Aide, Branch, later Section, Head, Cons. Div., U. S. Shipping Board, Emergency 
Fleet Corp., Washington and Philadelphia, securing material and supervising equipment of merchant vessels 
with "other gear" for protection against moored mines, Mch.- — Dec. '18. 

RHODES, G. I. (VI) Mgr., Engr. Dept., Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York City, developing low temperature dis- 
tillation of coal for production of toluol; worked on design of large Scotch boiler mfg. plant at Richmond, 
Va., and consulted on Smokeless Powder Plant, Nitro, W. Va. 

RICHARDS, N. A. (IV) Vice-Pres., Purdy & Henderson Co., New York City, in charge of building Camp Las 

Casas, San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. — Aug. '18; Engr. work for Govt. 
RICHMOND, W. S. (I) applied for commission in Engrs., Feb. '17; Capt., Engr. R. C, June; transferred to civil 

employment at request of Col. Warren, Engrs.; Asst. Engr., War Dept., in charge of special investigation 

of water power situation at Niagara Falls and of all diversions of Great Lakes waters, Sept. '17 to date 

(Aug. '19). 
RILEY, F. B. (II) Production Engr., Ord. Dept., in charge of production, Phillipsdale Loading Plant, Phillipsdale, 

R. I.; operated a new process in explosive work, the stamping of powdered T.N. T. into solid sticks by automatic 

machinery, in mfr. of boosters for Stokes trench mortar shells; Asst. to District Chief of Ord., Boston, Mass., 

15 June '18. (Page 325.) 

RINEARSON, W. C. (II) Sec.-Treas., Solomon Contracting & Engr. Co., Nashville, Tenn., in charge of equip- 
ment and teams on cons, of Old Hickory Powder Plant, Nashville, Tenn. 

RIPLEY, E. H. WHEELER (Mrs. E. P.) (V) Worker, American Fund for French Wounded, and Smith College 
Relief Unit; Chairman for Weston (Mass.) War Savings Stamps Drive, June '18. 

RUSSELL, A. E. (XIII) Charge Draftsman, Machinery Div., Navy Yard, Boston, drafting work on transports, 
mine layers, etc. 

RYAN, IDA A. (IV) Draftsman, Railway-Seacoast-Carriage Sect., Artillery Div., Ord. Dept., War Dept., 

Washington, D. C, 29 Apr. '18, working on designs of railway gun mounts. 
AVILLE, CHARLES (XI) (VII) Consulting Sanitarian, Dallas and Fort Worth Camps; Sec, Public Health 

Dept., Texas State Council of Defense; Ex. Sec, Dallas County Council of Defense; Sec, Dallas Four Minute 

Men; Ex. Sec, Fourth Liberty Loan Comm.; Vice-Chairman, Texas Public Health Commission; Member, 

American Protective League. 
SCHMEISSER, E. G. (VI) R. O. T. C, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Sec. and Treas., Baltimore 

Oil Engine Co., cons, and experimental work on Wygodsky self-starting type, submarine oil engines. 

SCHONTHAL, D. C. (II) Member of Sub-Comm., Scrap Iron and Steel, American Iron and Steel Institute under 
War Industries Bd. 

SHAW, THOMAS (VI) Engr., Dept. Development and Research, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New 
York City, designing loading and other coils used in long distance telephone and telegraph transmission circuits 
devoted considerable time to priority work, insuring keeping open circuits of particular importance to the 
Govt, and war industries. 

SHERMAN, H. N. (formerly Schnurmann) (III) Supply and Production Officer, Dept. of Aircraft Production, 
Ministry of Munitions, London, Eng., responsible for output of complete airplanes built by contractors for 
Air Services; Liaison Officer between Ministry and contractors. 

SIMONDS, F. W. (I) City Engr., Rahway, N. J., keeping roads in shape for heavy traffic of govt, trucks en route 
from New York to Camp Dix and to Colonial Base Hospital No. 3. 

SMITH, A. H. (XIII) Production Engr., Sefton Manufacturing Corp., mfg. paper products, particularly corru- 
gated shipping cases for packing food products. 

SMITH, E. C. (V) Chemical Engr., Research Laboratory, National Carbon Co., Inc., Fremont, Ohio, under direc- 
tion of Bu. of Mines, developing "smoke boxes" to make smoke screens to hide ships from submarines. 

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SMITH, E. L. (VI) Asst. Mechanical Engr., Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wis., providing equipment for the gas 
mask and other mechanical rubber goods depts. 

SMITH, HUNTINGTON (I) Div. Engr., New York, Chicago & St. Louis, R.R., U. S. Railroad Adm., main- 
tenance of way. 

SMITH, P. M. (X) CivilianAide to American Naval Attache, Madrid, Spain, Jan. — June '18; Special Asst., 'Dept. 
of State, and Asst. to the Representative, later Representative of the War Trade Bd. at Barcelona, Spain, 
June'i8 — Mch. '19. 

SPALDING, W. L. (Ill) Chemical Engr., National Aniline & Chemical Co., Buffalo, N. Y., mfg. dyestuffs, 
designing of plant for mfr. of mustard gas, also experimental work. 

STEVENSON, H. J. (II) Corp., Co. C, 9th Tr. Regt., Plattsburg, Aug. '16; Engr., in charge Engineering Dept., 
The Foxboro Co., Foxboro, Mass., design and mfr. of dial type recording pressure gauges, thermometers and 
airplane air speed meters; Member, Local Advisory Bd. for Selective Draft; Secret Service work. 

TAYLOR, J. W. (II) Mechanical Engr., Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., in charge of experimental and devel- 
opment work of artillery ammunition; invented and developed an incendiary bullet, a supersensitive balloon 
fuse, a bore safe fuse for high-explosive shell, an auto-selective delay action fuse for armor piercing projectiles, 
and a ballistic parachute for special and star shell. 

TAYLOR, W. A. (I) Telephone Engr., Engr. Dept., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York (Bell 

System) controlled and operated by Govt., cons, and maintenance of telephone lines. 
THOMAS, G. C. (II) Supt., Russian Works, Singer Manufacturing Co., Podolsk, South of Moscow, until Aug. '17; 

designed and arranged sets of gauges to standardize the mfr. of shells, fuses, and other munitions; mfg. beds, 

pajamas, shovels, gas masks, lathes, and drilling machines, tools, and munitions for Russian Army. 

(Page 368.) 
THOMPSON, L. A. (VI) Asst. Supt., Eastside Factory, W. H. McElwain Co., Manchester, N. H., mfg. army and 

civilian shoes for Russia, and U. S. Army and Navy. 
TOMPSON, MILDRED WHEELER (Mrs. H. F.) (VIII) Chairman, Local Comm. for Canning, etc., Arlington, 

Mass.; Member, State Comm. of Food Conservation. 
TUFTS, WILLIAM (I) Supt., Cotton Goods Mill, Nashua Mfg. Co., Nashua, N. H., mfg. cloth for uniforms, 

blankets, cartridges, and Red Cross. 

WALDO, GRETCHEN HOWES (Mrs. C. S., Jr.) (VII) war farmer and food conserver. 

WALES, F. C. (I) Mgr., Planning Div., and Member, Ex. Comm., Gas Defense Plant, C. W. S., War Dept., 
Long Island City, N. Y., mfg. gas masks. 

WASHBURN, E. W. (V) Vice and Acting Chairman, Div. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Department 
of Science and Research, Council of National Defense; Delegate, International Chemical Union and Inter- 
national Research Council, London and Brussels, '19. 

WEBSTER, F. DeW. (II) Supervisor of Direct Material, Ord. Dept., Standard Steel Car Co., Hammond, Ind. 
increasing production of 240 mm. howitzer gun mounts. 

WELLS, A. W. (Ill) Engr., American Optical Co., mfg. aviation and protection goggles for Govt., also trial sets 
and opthalmic lenses for optical unit in France. 

WENTWORTH, H. A. (VIII) Vice-Pres. American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., Boston, Mass., producing zinc 
for cartridge cases and various war purposes, lead and sulphuric acid; in charge of exploration work for com- 
pany. 

WHITCOMB, R. N. (I) Engr. Mgr., The White Engineering Corp., New York City, Supt. of engr. work on U. S. 
Nitrate Plant No. I, Sheffield, Ala., Electrical station, U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Langley 
Field Sig. C. Hq. Experimental Stations, Hampton, Va., Carlstrom and Dorr flying fields near Arcadia, 
Fla., Concentration and Supply Depot for Sig. C, Hampton Roads; purchasing aircraft for Sig. C. 

WHITE, R. H. (VIII) Technical Director, Abrasive Plants, Norton Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., doing research 
work at request of Govt. Depts. 

WHITEHOUSE, M. H. (IV) Architect, Willamette Iron & Steel Works, Portland, Ore., building warehouses 
and mess hall, and making ship-joiner drawings for wooden ships for U. S. Shipping Bd.; Draftsman, Air- 
plane Production Div., Signal Corps, Vancouver, Wash., making drawings for dry-kiln cut-up-plant; 
applied for Overseas Service with Camouflage Div., Engrs., armistice signed before commission was 
granted. 

WHITMORE, J. B. (II) Equipment Development Engr., Westinghouse Lamp Co., Bloomfield, N. J., mfg. equip- 
ment for mfr. of high speed signal and aero search lights for Army and Navy; in charge of the experimental 
Lamp Div., mfg. special types of lamps for the Govt. 

WIGGINS, E. W. (V) Asst. Mgr., Hopewell Works, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., City Point, Va., '15; built a 
gun cotton plant with equipment and facilities for making everything pertaining to the mfr. of nitro cellulose, 
including nitric and sulphuric acids, cotton purification, water filtration, alum and caustic mfr., acid recov- 
eries, etc.; Supt., later Mgr., Arlington Works, Arlington, N. J., '18. (Page 357.) 

WILCOX, H. M. (X) Industrial Engr., Head of Industrial Engineering Dept., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 
New Haven, Conn., mfg. Browning machine rifles, Winchester bayonets, cartridge cases, etc., for U. S. and 
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WINSHIP, L. C. (VI) Elec. Supt., Boston & Maine R.R., North Adams, Mass., in charge of maintenance and 
operation of electrical equipment, Hoosac Tunnel Electrified Zone. 

WISE, R. E. (I) Designing Engr., building dams for conservation of water for power, Conn. River Reservation Co., 
Turners Falls, Mass. 

WYMAN, A. P. (IV) Dist. Town Planner, U. S. Housing Corp., Washington, D. C, i Aug. '18— i Apr. '19, pre- 
paring town sites; Town Planning Editor of Report, publishing architectural, town planning and engr. plans. 

I906 

ABBOTT, W. G., JR. (VI) Asst. Chief, Mechanical Research and Development Sect., American University Experi- 
ment Station, C. W. S., handling important design work for Chemical Sections, co-operating with them in use 
of toxic materials, explosives and pyrotechnics, 23 July '18 — 11 Jan. '19. Recommended for captain's com- 
mission, Nov. '18. 

ADAMS, A. K. (Ill) Mining Engr. and Geologist, Andes Copper Co., Chile. See Military Record. 

ADAMS, DAN (II) Head, Dept. of Steam Engr., Lockwood, Greene & Co., Boston, Mass., designing power 
plants, heating, ventilating and fire protection systems for new munition plants and industrial plants. 

ADAMS, H. P., Mgr. and Part Owner, Acme Welding Co., and Westgate Co., Fall River, Mass., making textile 
machinery repairs, special steel forgings and doing acetylene welding and cutting. 

AHERN, M. J. (XII) Pres., Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y.; Inst., S. A. T. C, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, 
Mass. 

ANDERSON, J. W. (II) Engr., Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. 

ANSON, C. L. (XIII) Asst. Inspector, Naval Construction, Boston and Adjacent Navy Yards, U, S. Navy Dept., 

superintending alteration and repair of German ships. 
BALL, H. J. (II) Member, Lowell Fuel Comm. and Lowell Public Safety Comm. 

BARBER, R. J. (Ill) Industrial Engr., Div. of Steel Ship Cons., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
BARD WELL, E. S. (Ill) Supt., Ferro-Alloy Dept., Anaconda Mining Co., Great Falls, Mont., producing copper 

and ferro-manganese for Allies and U. S. Govt. 

BARTLETT, E. B. (VI) Sec. and Treas., Milwaukee Stamping Co., handling sub-contracts on munitions. 

BARTLETT, TERRELL (I) applied for active service, but refused on physical grounds. 

BEARCE, W. P. (I) Conduit Inspector, Div. Foreman, General Foreman on conduit construction and Progress 
Engr. on ship construction, American International Shipbldg. Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

BEERS, H. W. (I) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Southern Ferro Concrete Co., Atlanta, Ga., supervising building 
of Camp Gordon, Ga. See Military Record. (Page 318.) 

BELL, A. L. (XIII) Asst. General Purchasing Agent, U S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Washington, 

D. C, 16 May '17 — 1 June '18; Philadelphia, Pa., 1 June — 15 Dec. '18. 
BENT, L. N. (X) in charge, Hercules Powder Co. Plant, San Diego, Calif., mfg. chemicals, potash, acetone, acetic 

anhydride, ethyl acetate, iodine and airplane dope from kelp for U. S., and British Govts., '17; Mgr., U. S. 

Govt. Explosive Plant, Nitro, W. Va., mfg. smokeless powder, '18. (Page 363.) 
*BENTLEY, F. H. (II) Supt. of Cons., Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va., 1 June— 15 Sept. '18; Camp Mills, 

Garden City, N. Y., 30 Sept. to time of his death, 12 Oct. '18. 
BLACKWELL, O. B. (VI) Transmission Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City. 

BREITZKE, C. F. (XI) Sn. Engr. and Acting Sn. Adviser, Water Dept., City of Jersey City, responsible for qual- 
ity of water supply involving health of 40,000 war workers at Jersey City and adjoining towns, and drinking 
water on trunk line railroads bringing troops to the Port of Hoboken, N. J. 

BROWN, H. W. (II) Asst. General Supt., American Agricultural Chemical Co., Michigan Carbon Works, Detroit, 
Mich., mfg. fertilizers, gelatine, bone black, bone ash, and by-products. 

BROWNE, F. A. (XIII) Mechanical Engr., Shipping Bd., 10 Apr. '17; Mechanical Engr., Emergency Fleet Corp., 
15 Apr. — 1 May; General Purchasing Officer of Machinery, 1 May — 1 June; Asst. General Purchasing Officer, 
1 June — 8 Sept.; General Purchasing Officer, 8 Sept. '17 — 20 July '18; Mgr. of Purchase and Production, 20 
July— 1 Nov. '18. 

BUCKINGHAM, G. H. (IV) Architectural Draftsman, Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C, drafting on marine 
hospitals and quarantine stations, at Baltimore, Boston and New Orleans. 

BURPEE, G. W. (I) Asst. to General Supt., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., on construction of Port of Embark- 
ation, Newport News, Va., Aug. — Nov. '17; Resident Engr. for Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. on cons. 
of U. S. Nitrate Plant, No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., Dec. '17 — July '19. 

CARTER, C. E. (I) in charge of design and const, of utilities, U. S. Housing Corp., Bath, Maine. 

CAYPLESS, W. S. (Ill) Chief Chemist, Federal Lead Co., Flat River, Mo., working on analytical and assay de- 
termination and ore testing. 

CHANDLER, EDWARD (XIII) Supt., The U. S. Aluminium Co., New Kensington, Pa., mfg. aluminium can- 
teens, cups and meat cans, for the Army, steam kettles for the Navy, condenser pans and piping for nitrate 
plants, gasoline tanks and various parts for airplanes, radiators for machine guns, and aluminium powder for 
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CHANDLER, F. W. (XIII) Vice-Pres., Nathan D. Dodge Shoe Co., Newbuiyport, Mass., mfg. shoes. 

CHASE, E. K. (Ill) Asst. Supt., Lead Smelter, American Smelting & Refining Co., Durango, Colo. 

CHASE, E. S. (XI) Asst. Sn. Engr. ; Engr. Div., N. Y. State Dept. of Public Health, investigating sanitary condi- 
tion of the public water supplies, Plattsburg Camp, Camp Whitman, Peekskill Naval Camp, Watervliet 
Arsenal and the Newburgh Shipyards. 

CHIDESTER, A. M. (I) Horticultural Inspector, Los Angeles County, Whittier Heights Dist., Calif., engaged in 
control and eradication of agricultural or horticultural pests and diseases, especially in connection with the 
citrus orchards, also in noxious weed and rodent control. 

COE, M. A. (II) Supt., Stanley Rule & Level Co., Newark, N. J., mfg. hand tools for Govt. 

COES, H. V. (II) before U. S. entered the war, engaged through Gunn, Richards & Co., New York City, in 
reorganization of munition plants in Canada: High Explosive Shell Plant of Russel Motor Car Co., Toronto; 
Maintenance and Repair Depts., Canada Carbide Co.; reorganized purchasing methods of Allied Purchasing 
Comm., War Industries Bd., Washington, D. C, purchasing for the Allies in this country; Industrial Engr., 
with Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York City, engaged in designing and cons, of Toluol Plant, Clinchfield, Va., 
for International Coal Products Co., agents for Ord. Dept.; designed Marine Boiler Plant for Newport News 
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co , Richmond, Va.; reorganized Piatt Iron Works, Dayton, Ohio; reorganized, 
Dyneto Electric Corp., Syracuse, N. Y., for Radio Div., Sig. C; miscellaneous consulting work for T. N. T. 
Plant of War Dept., Nitro, W. Va. 

COEY, S. C. (VI) Asst. Supt., Mechanical and Electrical Depts., The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngs- 
town, Ohio; Works Supt., The Celluloid Co., in charge of mfg. airplane dope, map materials, hand grenades, 
gas mask eyes, and protractors, since I Sept. '17. 

CRITCHLOW, P. N. (I) Assoc. Head, Metallurgical Branch, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., U. S.A., in charge on 
inspection of cannon forgings. 

DARLING, H. E. (Ill) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., working for Sig. C, securing, training and 
organizing 650 women telephone operators for service with the Sig. C. in France. (Page 403.) 

DAVIS, D. C. (VI) Patent Attorney, Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., investigating schemes 
submitted to Naval Consulting Bd. (Page 281.) 

DAVIS, R. P. (I) Div. Engr., in charge highway cons., Q. M. C, Morgantown, W. Va. 

DEAVITT, W. J. (Ill) Supt. of Mines, Santa Eulalia Unit, American Smelting & Refining Co., Chihuahua, 
Mexico, producing lead used exclusively for war materials. 

DILL, COLBY (X), Asst. to Vice-Pres., Roessler&Hasslacher Chemical Co., Perth Amboy, N. J.; Works Mgr., 
The Perth Amboy Chemical Co., furnishing formaldahyde to Army and Navy. 

DISQUE, K. H. (I) Business Mgr., Ballistic Tests of Arty. Ammunition, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C. 

DONOVAN, J. J. (IV) Chairman, Business Men's Comm., Red Cross, Oakland, Calif. 

DYER, R. L. (XIII) Member, Local Draft Bd., Walla Walla, Wash., July '17— Mch. '18; Asst. Mgr. and Dist. 
Mgr., II. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Seattle, Wash., since Mch. '18. 

EATON, H. D. (VI) Member, Medical Advisory Draft Bd., Dist. 2 and Dist. 3, Mass. 

ELIOT, E. M. (VI) Service Engr., Diamond Power Specialty Co., mfg. soot blowers to save fuel for ships of Emer- 
gency Fleet Corp., at arsenals, training camps, supply bases and powder factories. 

ELLIOTT, H. C. (I) Mgr., Eco Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. piston rings for destroyers, ambulances, trucks, 
automobiles, motorcycles and tractors. 

EMERSON, C. M. (II) Chief, Order of Work Branch, Estimates and Requirements Div., Progress Sect., Ord. 
Dept., Washington, D. C, Sept. '18 — Jan. '19. 

ENGLIS, W. F. (XIII) Sec. and Mgr., W. H. Bradford & Co., Inc., New York City, miners and shippers of 
bituminous coal. 

FARLEY, W. F. (I) Inspector, Inspection Dept. of the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos., Boston, 
Mass., inspecting munition plants mfg. munitions for the purpose of fire prevention. 

FARWELL, C. A. (I) Div. Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., designing ansd supervising engrs., 
Boston Army Supply Base, Construction Div., U. S. A. 

FURER, W. C. (IV) Inst., S. A. T. C, College of Hawaii, fall of '18. 

GARRIGAN, P. J. (VI) Experimental Dept., Heinze Electric Co., Lowell, Mass., assisting in development and 
production of magnetos for motors used by the Air Service; experimental work on searchlights for Air 
Service. 

GAYLORD, W. W. (II) Chief Draftsman, The American Brass Co., Coe Brass Branch, Torrington, Conn., in 
charge plant maintenance and improvements to handle munition work. 

GEIST, A. W., Jr., (VI) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

GERHARD, N. P. (I) Inspector, Bd. of Water Supply, City of New York, June '06—27 Nov. '18; Resident Engr. 
for James H. Fuertes, Consulting Engr., working on designs for filtration works for the Nitro (W. Va.) Muni- 
tions Plant, I Apr.'_i8; Resident Engr., on public improvements in Cumberland, Md., involving a new distribu- 
tion reservoir, additions to filter plant and water mains necessitated by the construction of a plant for the 
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GIBBONS, M. J., JR. (VI) Engr. and General Supt. with M. J. Gibbons, Engrs. and Contractors, and M. J. 
Gibbons Supply Co., Dayton, Ohio, installing water supply, fire protection, plumbing, heating and ventila- 
tion for Wilbur Wright Aviation Field and concrete warehouse, Wilbur Wright Field; installed plumbing 
and heating, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, July — Dec. 'i8, Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., and other 
munition plants. 

GIDEON, S. E. (IV) Head of Aerial Navigation, Map Reading, Photographic and Observation Dept., U. S. 
Govt. School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Texas. 

GRACEY, F. M., Sgt., I cl., Engrs. Corps, M. I. T. (later became R. O. T. C. and known as Advance Bn.); Inst., 
S.A.T.C. 

GREELEY, S. A. (XI) Supervising Engr., Cons. Div., U. S. A., Washington, D.C., designing and supervision 
installation of water supply and sewerage system and construction of 40 per cent addition to Camp Custer, 
Mich., '17; Sn. Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Feb. '18, reporting on health conditions in shipyard communities 
along Pacific Coast, New England Coast and in Great Lakes Dist. 

GREGSON, R. B. (II) Asst. Supt., Spencer Lens Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., mfg. binoculars, aeroplane sights, machine 
gun sights, navy sights, and high grade optical glass. (Page 409.) 

GROESBECK, E. C. (V) Asst. Physicist, U. S. Bu. of Standards, Div. of Metallurgy, Washington, D. C; 
assisted in carrying out some experimental work in the development of steel helmets at M. I. T. (Page 346.) 

GUERNSEY, G. R. (I) Engr. and Purchasing Agt., Machias Ship Construction Co., Machias, Me., building 
wooden ships. 

HALL, W. R. (I) Cons. Engr., Standard Oil Co., building a large warehouse in Salonica, Greece, for storing lubri- 
cating oils and better grades of kerosene oil used by the Allies; Cons, work in India since '17. 

HARDY, W. A. (II) Attorney in Legal Dept., Thomas A. Edison Industries, Orange, N. J.; Associate Legal Adviser 
in connection with the administration of the Selective Service Law. 

♦HAYES, JAMES (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. Died , 23 May '19. 

HEMPHILL, A. W. (II) Member of firm, Twombley & Hemphill, New York City, doing engr. work for construc- 
tion of Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. See Military Record. 

HERTZ, A. W. (IV) Asst. Engr., Cons. Div., U. S. A., engaged in work of constructing ord. depots and arsenals. 

HILL, GUY (VIII) Expert Radio Aid, Bu. of Steam Engr., Navy Dept., Apr. '16— Apr. '18. See Military Record. 

HOEFER, C. A. (VI) Sec. and General Mgr., Hoefer Mfg. Co., Freeport, 111., mfg. machine tools. 

HOPKINS, W. A. (Ill) Asst., New England Div. Hq., Red Cross. 

HOTCHKISS, W. A. (VI) Machine and tool designer, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn. 

HURSH, ROBERT (III) Asst. Sec, Treas., and General Supt., Ore and Fuel Dept., Empire Zinc Co., Denver, 
Colo., in charge of purchase of zinc ores in Western U. S. A., British Columbia, and Mexico for smelting plants 
of New Jersey Zinc Co. and associated companies producing sulphuric acid, zinc oxide, spelter and zinc dust 
for Allied Govts. 

INGALSBE, F. R. (Ill) Mineral Examiner, Dept. of Agriculture, U. S. Forest Service, protecting forest resources 
in Dist. No. 1 of Forest Service; in charge of Fire Emergency Office, Spokane, Wash., July — Aug. '17; Mis- 
soula, Mont., July — Aug. '18. 

ISENBERG, H. O. (II) Supt. of Assembling and Testing, Wright Martin Aircraft Corp., New Brunswick, N. J., 
1 Dec. '17; Asst. Factory Mgr., 1 June '18; Factory Mgr., 1 Oct. '18. 

JACKSON, R. T. C. (IV) Asst. Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., Designing and Supervising 
Engrs., Boston Army Supply Base; designed a 2500-ton concrete coal barge and a 7500-ton concrete cargo 
ship for the New England Transportation Corp. 

JOHNSON, C. E. (II) Engr. and Designer, Mead Morrison Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass., engaged in mfr. 
of shells for British and French Govts, and gun mounts for the U. S. Navy; completed contracts for Emer- 
gency Fleet Corp.; designed coaling plant for British Ministry of Shipping, at Halifax, N. S. 

KASSON, C. L. (VI) in charge of some electrical test work during the construction of power plants at Watertown 
Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., and Victory Plant, Squantum, Mass.; carried on similar work at Fore River 
Shipbuilding Plant, Quincy, Mass. 

KENDALL, B. W. (VIII) Division Head, and Asst. to the Branch Head : Research Branch of Engr. Dept., Western 
Electric Co., New York City, studying amplifiers applied to various problems in submarine detection and 
producing vacuum tubes for use in radio work. 

KIDDER, J. W. (VI) Engr. Dept., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston, Mass. 

KNAPP, W. J. (II) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Electro Metallurgical Co., Union Carbide Co., National Carbon 
Co., New York City, producing ferro-alloys essential for welding and cutting steel, and lighting purposes, car- 
bon electrodes for steel furnaces for mfg. of chlorine, aluminum, etc. 

LASHER, C. E. (VI) Sales Mgr. and Industrial Engr., Stone & Webster, at Pawtucket Gas Co., Pawtucket, 
R. I., installing and operating gas burning equipment for munition work; connected with the Pawtucket 
Chapter, Council of Defense. 

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LEWENBERG, H. L. (X) Asst. Vice-Pres., St. Louis Car Co., mfg. ammunition, spare parts, portable blacksmith 
shops and freight cars for A. E. F., Aug. '14 — July '17; with the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding 
Corp., for six months; Member of staff, Central Bu., Div. of Planning and Statistics, War Industries Bd., 
Aug. '18 — 31 Mch. '19; associated with various comms. of the War Industries Bd. and Council of National 
Defense; associated with W. C. Mitchell, Chairman of the Price Sect., War Industries Bd., I Jan. — 28 Feb. 
'19; associated with Peek's "Industries and Price Regulation Comm." I Mch. — 31 Mch. '19. 

LIGHT, H. U. (II) Shop Supt., Public Works Dept., Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y., in charge of alterations. 
LUEHRS, D. M. (XIII) Mechanical Engr., Civilian Asst. to a member of Expert Technical Staff, War Ord. Engr. 

Dept., Washington, D. C, in charge of redesign and building of the San Chamond 240 mm. caterpillar arty. 

(Page 261.) 

LYONS, R. J. (XIII) Asst. Purchasing Officer, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., at Washington, D. C, 
and Philadelphia, Pa., handling all cost work and securing supplies and materials necessary for the production 
of ships. 

McDONALD, STATIRA CALDWELL (Mrs. Nathaniel) (V) Clerk in Accountants Branch, Military Hospitals- 
Comm. under Canadian Govt., Ottawa, Canada; Clerk in Stores Branch, Ottawa, Canada. 

McKAY, R. V. (Ill) Supt. of Blast Furnaces, Bethlehem Steel Co., Steelton, Pa., in charge of operation of six 
blast furnaces and construction of a seventh, working on war orders for U. S. and Allied Govts. 

McKERNAN, J. N. (I). Chairman of two Liberty Loan Comms.; Sec, Red Cross and Chairman, W. S. S.Comm., 
Plainville, Conn. 

MANNING, ELEANOR (IV) Member of firm, Lois L. Howe & Manning, Boston, Mass.; planned and fur- 
nished canteens, including Boston Army and Navy Canteen on the Common; served on numerous comms.; 
acted as Sec, Operating Comm., and hostess on one of the shifts; planned alterations and furnishings for 
Suffrage Coffee House for Enlisted Men at Camp Devens, and the East Boston Canteen, connected with 
Y. M. C. A. and under the auspices of U. S. Shipping Bd. ; Speaker on Liberty Loan Campaigns and Red Cross 
worker. 

MEARS, H. S. (Ill) with Columbia Engr. Works, Portland, Ore., building wooden ships and with Portland Cord- 
age Co., mfg. rope. 

MERRIAM, H. C. (V) Chemical Engr., E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., engaged in installation of wood 
distillation plants for production of methyl acetone and acetate of lime in connection with Bu. of Aircraft Prod. 
(Page 398.) 

MESSENGER, W. N. (VI) Div. Traffic Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Springfield, Mass. 

MONKS, GRACE B., Hon. Sec, English Comm., Women Munition Workers' Rest Comm., which provided a 
hostel for women suffering from industrial diseases, London, England, and a creche for babies of munition 
workers. 

MOREY, C. B. (V) Chief Chemist, Larkin Co., Buffalo, N. Y., mfg. glycerine, soaps, anti-dimming compound, etc. 

MUNROE, H. K. (VI) Asst. Supt. of Power, Tacoma Railway & Power Co.,Tacoma, Wash., in charge of con- 
struction and operation of electric railway and industrial power substations. 

MURPHY, J. E. (Ill) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

NASH, S. A. (II) Asst. Inspector, Engr. Materials, Navy Dept., Bu. of Steam Engr., inspecting and testing all 
material under contract or order for the Navy in connection with Bu. of Steam Engr.; Hartford Inspection 
Dist., 1 Apr. 'iS; Resident Inspector, Springfield, Mass., 19 Apr. '18. 

NEWTON, S. P. (V) Mgr., Chemical Dept., The Canada Paint Co., Montreal, Canada; Chief Chemist, The Sher- 
win Williams Co. of Canada. Ltd., in charge of mfg. of insecticides necessary for the protection of Canada's 
crops and in charge of chemical testing of the munitions output of the above companies, such as shell paints 
and varnishes. (Page 396.) 

NOBLE, G. C. (IV) with Henry Raeder, Architect, Chicago, 111., preparing drawings for buildings to be used as 
munition plants. 

NORTHRUP, C. F. (VI) Scout Executive, Waterbury Council, Boy Scouts of America; participated in W. S. S., 
Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and United War Work Campaigns; co-operated with Food Adm., Fuel Adm., and 
Farm Bu. 

ORCUTT, H. B. (I) Inspection Engr., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. 

PAGE, R. E. (II) Volunteer with Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd., acting in advisory capacity on fire 

protection work at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Naval Aircraft Factory, and Naval Stores. 
PATCH, R. R. (XI) Chairman, Stoneham Fuel Comm., Fuel Adm.; Chairman, Drug Trade Sect., First Liberty 

Loan Campaign of New England. 

PATTERSON, H. R. (II) Supt., Scott St. Works, Joliet, 111., American Steel & Wire Co., mfg. barbed wire, nails, 

wire and wire hoops. 
PHELPS, F. S. (II) Supt., Pacific Works American Steel & Wire Co., San Francisco, Calif., producing wire rope 

for Emergency Fleet Corp. for rigging vessels built on Pacific Coast and for Spruce Production Div., A. S. 

PHILBRICK, H. R. (VI) Mgr., Philbrick-Booth Foundry Co., Hartford, Conn., mfg. castings for U. S. destroyers. 
PLACE, M. H. (I) Capt. in the following drives in Milwaukee, Wis.; Third Liberty Loan, Second Red Cross Drive, 

Second War Savings Drive, Fourth Liberty Loan, United War Work Fund, Second Red Cross Membership, 

'19 War Savings, Milwaukee Co. Relief Fund, Fifth Liberty Loan. 

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PULMAN, 0. S. (X) Asst. to Asst. General Mgr., National Carbon Co., Inc.. Lakewood, Ohio, mfg. carbon prod- 
ucts including headlights for locomotives, flashlights, and searchlights for Navy and for coast defense 
work. 

RAYMOND, C. A. (XII) Asst. Supt.,New England Fuel & Transportation Co., mfg. gas, coke, tar, ammonium 
sulphate, benzol and toluol. 

RAYNOLDS, R. P. (Ill) Supt., American Smelting & Refining Co., Durango, Colo.; producing lead and copper; 

County Chairman, W. S. S. Comm. 
REED, R. O. (Ill) Mgr., Planning Div., W. H. McElwain Co., Manchester, N. H., mfg. army shoes. 
RICH, W. C. (VI) (IX) Sec. and Efficiency Engr., Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 

engaged in govt, work for Ord. Dept. and Emergency Fleet Corp. 

ROSS, R. J. (Ill) 1st Lt., American Protective League, investigating pro-German activities, Hartford, Conn. 

Volunteered in several engineering branches but not called. 
ROWE, E. B. (VIII) Asst. to Asst. Engr., American Agricultural Chemical Co., Boston, Mass. 

ROWELL, W. L. (II) Refrigeration Engr., H. W. Johns-Manville Co., Boston, Mass., constructing refrigerators 
and installing refrigerating machinery on destroyers, submarines and emergency fleet ships. 

RUGGLES, G. H. (Ill) Mill Supt., Consolidated Arizona Smelting Co., in charge of mills producing in the form of 
concentrates about 6,000,000 pounds of copper; Mill Supt., Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co., Inspiration, 
Ariz., Apr. '18 — Nov. '19, producing in the form of concentrates 72,200,000 pounds of copper. 

SANTRY, J. V. (VI) Supt. of Machinery, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Oct. '17 — June '18; Vice- 

Pres., Combustion Engineering Corp., New York City, mfg. mechanical stokers. 
SARGENT, R. N. (X) Works Mgr., The Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co., mfg. chemicals used in Chemical 

Warfare Service, and drugs used by Medical Dept. 
SHELDON, W. A. (Ill) Supt. of The Barstow Lease, Ironton, Colo., producing fluor spar for steel works and chemi- 
cal plants. 
SHINGLER, G. P., JR. (V) Associate Field Director, Red Cross, Camp Jackson, S. C. 
*SIMPSON, G. C. (I) Pres., Capote Nitrate Co., producing potassium nitrate; Pres., Llano Manganese Co., 

mining manganese; Pres., W. E. Simpson Co., Engrs., San Antonio, Texas. Died, 16 Feb., '20. 
SMITH, E. M. (II) Salesman and Metallurgical Engr., Halcomb Steel Co., Syracuse, N. Y., mfr. high-grade tool 

steels for munition industries. 
SMITH, LILLIE C. (V) Head of Domestic Science Dept., and Teacher of Chemistry, Brookline High School, 

Brookline, Mass., working on food conservation; lectured for the State Bd. of Education; Chairman, Comm. 

on Canning in connection with the Brookline High School War Gardens. 
STEBBENS, R. G. (IV) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

STEINHARTER, E. C. (VII) Examiner of candidates for 1st and 2d O. R. C. and for Aviation Corps. See 

Military Record. 
STONE, L. E. (VI) Member, Local Service Draft Bd., No. 2, Cleveland, Ohio. 
SWARTZ, PAUL (X) Asst. to Vice-Pres. and Comptroller, Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp., Buffalo. N.Y., 

Apr. '18— July '19. 
TARR, F. A. (II) Plant Engr., and Production Engr., The Atlantic Corp., Portsmouth, N. H., a new shipbuilding 

plant constructing ten 8800-ton ships for U. S. Shipping Bd.; established a graphic control system, made 

special study of processes and established an inspection system and piece rates. 

TAYLOR, A. C. (II) Engr., Allentown-Bethlehem Gas Co., Allentown, Pa., making illuminating and fuel gas for 
essential war industries in Lehigh Valley, including The Bethlehem Steel Co., and The International Motor 
Car Co.; by-product of plant sent to du Pont Powder Works. 

TAYLOR, D. M. (II) Inst., U. S. Shipping Bd. School for Merchant Marine Engr. Officers, New York City. 
(Page 34.) 

TERRELL, W. P. (II) Director of Emergency War Training, S. A . T. C, under Comm. on Education and Special 
Training, Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College, Texas; in charge of training of soldiers as 
mechanics. 

TOMLINSON, E. F. (XIII) Dept. Supervisor, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., purchasing ship's equip- 
ment, 5 Mch. — 15 Dec. '18. 

TRASK, W. H. (II) Consulting Engr., Coal Mining Properties; Consulting Engr., Western Dist., Bu. of Inven- 
tions, U. S. Aviation Service, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
VAN HOOK, F. J. (I) Field Engr., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Muscle Shoals, Ala. 

VARIAN, J. P. (Ill) Investigator, New Jersey Zinc Co., Palmerton, Pa., engaged in experimental work, Spelter 

Dept. 
WALKER, W. F. (II) Asst. Master Mechanic, Wood Worsted Mill, Lawrence, Mass., mfg. serges for army and 

navy uniforms; in charge of repairs and installation of machinery. 
WALSH, W. J. (X) Plant Supt., Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., mfg. tools and side arms for the U. S. 

Govt, and Emergency Fleet Corp. 
WALTER, E. A. (IV) Supervisor of solvent recovery and later Efficiency Engr., Carney's Point Works, Smokeless 

Div., E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. (Page 358.) 

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WARD, FRANCES, (MRS. VINTON) (VIII) Asst. Prof.,Div.of Home Economics, Agricultural College, Univer- 
sity of Minnesota, experimenting on food preparation, with substitutes for flour, and canning without sugar. 

WATT, A. P. (Ill) Consulting Engr., Bu. of Mines, War Mineral Bd., in regard to production of war minerals. 

WEBBER, P. B. (II) Treas. and General Mgr., AtholGas & Electric Co., Marlborough Electric Co., Marlborough- 
Hudson Gas Co., companies furnishing electric power and gas for the mfg. of woolens, shoes, bullets, shells 
and tools used by Army and Navy. 

WEBBER, T. G. (II) General Supt., Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co., Pawtucket, R. I., supplying power 
to mills directly or indirectly connected with producing materials for Govt. 

WELLS, A. E. (Ill) Associate Chief of Sulphur Pyrites, Sulphuric Acid and Heavy Chemicals Sect., Chemicals 
and Explosives Div., War Industries Bd., and U. S. Bu. of Mines detailed to War Industries Bd.; Consultant 
with Raw Materials Sect., Procurement and Production Div., and Ord. Dept. 

WHITE, G. F. (V) Special Expert for Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C, 
investigating T. N. T. poisoning; Inst, in Biological Chemistry, S. A. T. C, Clark College and University, 
Worcester, Mass. 

WHITE, N. A. (XIII) Chief Draftsman, Office of Superintending Constructor for U. S. Navy, New York Ship- 
building Corp., Camden, N. J., inspecting work on destroyers and battleships for the Navy. 

WHITING, H. S. (VI) Consulting Illumination Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., in charge of 
lighting of shipyards; Mgr., Washington Office of J. Livingston & Co., Inc., in charge of electrical construction 
in govt, camps and aircraft factories. 

WILDER, S. W. (II) Sec. and Supt., Dolphin Jute Mills, Patucon, N. J., mfg. jute products for army and navy 
requirements. 

WILFLEY, C. R. (Ill) Local Fuel Adm., Ouray, Colo., producing the only fluor spar ever mined in the San Juan 
Mining Dist., for open-hearth steel mfg. 

WILLCOX, F. H. (V) Sec. and Consulting Engr., Freyn Brassert Co., Chicago, 111., engaged in construction of 
blast furnace plants; Consultant on fuel economy and on burner equipment superheaters, govt, nitrate plant. 

WILLEY, N. C. (XIII) Chief Draftsman and Technical Asst., Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. and U. S. 
Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Seattle, Wash., checking plans from ten steel yards in North Pacific 
Dist. for ships building for U. S. Shipping Bd., and supervising construction of wooden ships in North Pacific 
Dist. building for U. S. Shipping Bd. 

WILLIAMS, H. L. (Ill) Western Representative, Empire Zinc Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. 

WILLIAMS, MARY HUNNEWELL (Mrs. S. M.) (VII) helped Local Red Cross. 

WILLIS, C. F. (Ill) Director, Arizona State Bu. of Mines on mineral production; Sec, Comm. on Scientific 
Research, State Council of Defense; Director, First Y. M. C. A. drive, Ariz., N. M. and West Texas; Director 
for Ariz., Second Y. M. C. A. Drive; Asst. Director, Ariz. United War Work Drive; Director for Ariz., Jewish 
and Armenian Relief Drives. 

WOLFE, S. C. (I) Resident Engr., Lockwood, Greene & Co., of Canada, Montreal, P. Q., on building of Boston 
Rubber Shoe Co. for mfg. rubber boots for Govt, and resident engr. on building for Henry Thompson & Sons 
Co. at New Haven, Conn., for mfg. hack saws. 

WOOD, D. M. (I) with U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; Asst. for Special Assignments; Chief Examiner 
New England Dist. (Wood Ship Div.); Financial Asst., New England Dist.; (wood and steel ships); in charge 
of approval and recommendation in regard to contract extras and claims and financial studies. 

WRIGHT, J. M. (XIII) Govt. Appeal Agent, Local Board 157; Associate Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Selective 
Service Bu. of New York City. 

WYMAN, W. B. (II) Chairman, Liberty Loan Comm. for all Five Loans, Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y. 

YOUNG, H. E. (VI) Sales Mgr., The Minneapolis General Electric Co., and Northern States Power Co., providing 
power supply for many industrial plants doing war work; in charge of organizing certain sections of Minn, 
for Liberty Loan Campaigns; lectured throughout the state. 

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ADAMS, F. 0., JR. (IV) Draftsman, Engr., later Cons. Dept., Liberty Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N. C, 
Agent for U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., working on plans for all work from plant construction 
to launching of ships and on development of concrete ships. (Page 393.) 

ADAMS, P. L. (VI) Engr. and Salesman, John Wood Iron Works, Portland, Ore., producing building equipment 
for the Emergency Fleet Corp., and for U. S. Spruce Production Div., preparing designs and estimates on work 
for shipyards in Columbia River Dist., and overseeing production. 

ALBRO, R. C. (I) Gen. Supt., New England Dist., Fred T. Ley & Co., Inc., Springfield, Mass., managing and 
overseeing cons, work for war industries. 

ALLBRIGHT, CLIFFORD (IV) Asst. Chief, Cons. Div., Washington, D.C., working on standard specifications 
and details for war building projects and emergency structures. 

ALLEN, LAWRENCE (I) Dept. Mgr., W. H.McElwain Co., Boston; assisted in Leather-Rubber Branch, Cloth- 
ing and Equipage Div.; Town Chairman for five Liberty Loan, two Red Cross, all Y. M. C. A. and Allied 
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ALVORD, H. B. (I) Inst., Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass., training specialists for Government. 

ARNOLD, A. B. (II) Mech. Engr., The American Agricultural Chemical Co., Elizabeth, N. J., introducing labor- 
saving devices to keep up normal production of fertilizer with fewer men. 

BACHMANN, FREDERICK (XIII) Member, Legal Advisory Bd., East Orange, N. J. 

BAKER, C. E. (XI) Pres. and General Mgr., Boston Dredging Co., East Boston, Mass., working on emergency- 
contracts for Govt., and for shipyards of U. S. Shipping Bd. 

BAKER, C. F. (IV) Inst., S. A. T. C, Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kan.; Member, Local 
Council, and worker War Camp Community Service. 

BARKER, BERTHA I. (V) (VII) Technician, running electro-cardiograph, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 
Mass. 

BARKER, C. C. (I) Asst. Engr. to County Engr., Essex County, Mass., in charge of highways, etc. 

BARKER, J. M. (I) Consulting Engr., Aviation Div., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington and 

Philadelphia, working on designs of large flying boats, transatlantic type. 
BARNES, R. B. (IV) Resident Architect. U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 4, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Air Nitrates Corp., and 

George A. Fuller Co.; with Cons. Div., Q. M. C, Aug. '18 — Jan. '19, in connection with inventories and 

reports for Cons. Q. M. 

BECK, ISABEL WORTHINGTON (Mrs. J. A.) (IV) Red Cross worker. 

BENNETT, E. E. (V) Mgr., National Milk Sugar Co., New York City, filling govt, contracts for U. S. Army 
British Govt, contracts for allied armies in Europe and field hospitals in France. 

BIGELOW, W. W. (II) Asst. Div. Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Consulting Engrs. on Boston Army Supply 

Base, South Boston, Mass. 
BRADLEY, J. C. (VIII) Metallurgist, The American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., mfg. brass and cupro-nickel 

for small arms and shells, condenser tubes for ships, brass, bronze, nickel silver and copper, in sheets, rods 

and tubes, for war purposes. 

BRAGDON, C. R. (X) Chemical Director, Ault & Wiborg Varnish Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, superintending 
mfg. of paints and enamels for motor trucks, hand grenades, army safes, lockers and gas masks. 

BROOKS, A. A. (II) Mech. Engr., Turbine Research Dept., General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., worked on mfr. of 
feed for Rice centrifugal gun, assisted in development of turbo supercharger. 

BURHANS, H. N. (X) Hardware Merchant, Syracuse, N. Y., supplying essential industries with material. 

BUR WELL, A. L. (V) Asst. Supervisor of Production, Smokeless Powder Depts., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 
Carney's Point, N. J., mfg. smokeless powder. 

BUTLER, C. M. (V) Chemist, du Pont Powder Co., at City Point, Va. 

CENEDELLA, A. H. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

CHAFFEE, E. L. (VI) Civilian Engr., Sig. C, Sept. '18 — Jan. '19, developing a type of radio communication freer 
from interference than ordinary systems; demonstrated system in France in Sept. and Oct. '18, and in Eng- 
land in Dec. '18. (Pages 28 and 278.) 

CHRISTENSEN, A. O. (Ill) Engr., Wharton Steel Co., Dover, N. J., mining iron. 

COFFIN, C. W. (I) Asst. Engr. of Cons., Cantonment Div., Cons. Q. M. Dept., Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. 

CONOVER, J. W. (VI) Electrical Designer, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

CORRELL, J. A. (VI) Inst, in Gas Engines, U. S. Army School of Military Aeronautics, University of Texas, 
Austin, Texas, June — Oct. '17; Member of Comm. for establishing schools for Radio Operators and Auto- 
mobile Mechanics forU. S. Army, University of Texas; Head of Engines Div., School of Military Aeronautics, 
University of Texas, May — Sept. '18. 

COUPAL, J. S. (Ill) Consulting Mining Engr., engaged in essential mineral consulting work until Nov. '18. See 
Military Record. 

COWEN, E. R. (I) Chief Engr., L. W. Hancock, General Contractor, Louisville, Ky., building railroad lines and 
bridge trestles for two cantonments. 

CRANE, G. A. (I) Mgr., George A. Fuller Co., Ltd., Detroit, Mich., constructing grain elevators, paper mills, 
offices, warehouses, and a coal and ore dock. 

CROSBY, R. H. (VI) Designing Draftsman, Curtiss Aeroplane Corp.; Chief Draftsman, Wright-Martin Aircraft 
Corp., and Standard Aero Corp.; Engr., Haskelite Manufacturing Corp., in development of plywood as air- 
plane material. 

DAVIS, J. A. (Ill) Supt., Mining Experiment Station, Bu. of Mines, Dept. of the Interior, Fairbanks, Alaska, 
developing mining industry, Territory of Alaska; in charge of publicity, Red Cross Christmas Drive, '18; 
Auditor, Alaska Comm., Fatherless Children of France. 

DICKSON, V. H. (II) Govt. Inspector of Ord., Holt Manufacturing Co., Peoria, 111., building tractors for British 
and French Govts., 15 Nov. '17; in charge, machine shop inspection, I Feb. '18; in charge assembly inspection 
and spare parts shipments; I May; in charge govt, storekeeping and inspection of incoming materials, 1 Sept. 

EATON, C. A. (II) Resigned Captaincy in U. S. A., Oct. '15; Supt. of Cons, and Operator, Loading Plant for 
British 18-lb. shrapnel, Canada; Supt., shell mfg. plant for 6" British high-explosive shell; returned to U. S. A. 
at request of Ord. Dept., Mch. '18. See Military Record. 

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EGAN, S. J. (XIII) Chief Draftsman, Hull Dept., Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 19 Oct. '17. 

EISENHART, M. H. (X) Production Mgr., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., mfg. range finders, 
field glasses, gunsights, optical glass, and fire control instruments, Dec. '17. (Page 408.) 

EVANS, JOHN (VI) State Director of War Savings for Colo., under Treasury Dept.; Colo. Committeeman for 
Capital Issues Comm.; Vice-Chairman, State Liberty Loan Comm.; Member, State Council of Defense for 
Colo. See Military Record. 

FALES, 0. G. (II) Asst. Mgr., The Gregg Co. Ltd., Hackensack, N. J., mfg. narrow gauge railway equipment for 

U. S. and French Govts. 
FARRINGTON, H. P. (I) Mgr., Appraisal Dept., New York office of Alien Property Custodian, in charge of 

valuation and preparation for sale of enemy-owned properties. 

FISHER, C. W., JR. (XIII) Naval Constructor, U. S. N., stationed at Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., Feb. '18. 

FISHER, H. E. (II) Treas., Machine Shop, Ayer, Mass.; assisted in developing a telephonic device for use on 
motorcycles, by means of which constant communication was established between the motorcycle and its 
station. See Military Record. 

FREDERICK, PAUL (VI) Transformer Specialist, General Electric Co., Pittsfield, Mass. 

FREEDMAN, L. A. (II) Production Expert, Propeller Sect., Equipment Div., Sig. C, Washington, D. C, 16 Jan. 
'18; Special Investigation to increase battery output, Edison Storage Battery Co., Orange, N. J.; invented 
machine for filling glass ampules with chlorinated lime; Aeronautical Mech. Engr., Aircraft Div., Bu. Construc- 
tion and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 30 July — 30 Nov. '18. 

FRIEND, F. W. (IV) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

GAMBRILL, G. T., JR. (Ill) Mgr., Mfg. Dept., The Barrett Co., Fairfield, Ala., mfg. napthalene, anthracene, 

and coke for war materials. 
GARRATT, J. E. (I) Office Engr., Water Supply Engr. Office, Bd. of Water Commissioners, Hartford, Conn., 

supplying water to Colts' Fire Arms Works and other war supplies factories. 
GOODWIN, E. S. (IV) with Builders Iron Foundry, Providence, R. I., testing cylinders for transports and with 

River Spinning Co., millwrighting under French Govt, contract. 
GOULD, G S. (I) General Supt., Roy H. Beattie, Fall River, Mass., marine and submarine cons, for Bu. of Yards 

and Docks and civil corporations. 
GREENE, A. E. (VIII) Vice-Pres. and Engr., Greene Process Metal Co., Greene Electric Furnace Co., andMalle- 

able Steel & Iron Co., Seattle, Wash., constructing and installing electric steel melting furnaces for making 

steel castings for govt. uses. 
GREENE, J. F. (I) Cons. Engr. and General Mgr., Carter Halls Aldesign Co., Ft. Williams, Canada, Contractors 

and Engrs. on cons, of eighteen permanent concrete bridges replacing wooden trestles on Canadian Pacific 

and Govt. Railways. Volunteered as Cons. Engr., Class I; armistice prevented entering service. 
GREENWOOD, P. P. (VI) Inspector for the General Engr. Depot, Panama; Panama Canal Representative and 

Inspector. 
HALL, R. H. (II) Tool Designer, The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co., Stamford, Conn., designing bomb 

release mechanism, rifle grenades, airplane destroyers, and liquid pumps for War Dept. 

HAMILTON, F. E. (VI) Operating Engr., The Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., cons, and operation of by-product 
coke oven plants. 

HAMPTON, L. C. (Ill) Salt Supt., Potash Plant, Hercules Powder Co., San Diego. Calif., extracting potash, 
acetone, acetic anhydride, iodine and numerous by-products from kelp. (Page 363.) 

HANFORD, J. W. G. (II) Chief Draftsman, Machinery Div., Navy Dept., Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., 
15 Nov. '16, in charge of all machinery and electrical design for ships repaired or building at Yard; converted 
passenger ships Great Northern and Northern Pacific into troop transports, two German ships into naval 
auxiliary vessels, and many commandeered vessels into patrol boats. 

HASTINGS, H. B. (I) Chairman, Fresh Fish Comm., Federal Food Adm. for Oregon; Auditor and Adviser, Port- 
land Milk Commission; Special Investigator, Salmon Fishing Industry of Puget Sound, Food Administrator 
for Washington; Dist. Mgr., Y. M. C. A., United War Work, Red Cross Christmas and War Savings Stamp 
Drives; Member, Multnomah County Council of Defense. (Page 313.) 

HASTINGS, WARREN (III) Mine Supt., New Jersey Zinc Co., Ogdensburg, N. J., producing zinc ore for mfg. 
marine paints, tire rubber, special brasses and pharmaceutical zinc oxide for Govt. 

HINCKLEY, J. P. (VI) New York Mgr., L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., mfg. special firing device for Navy Dept., 
scientific instruments and laboratory equipment; Chief Registrar and Asst. to the Legal Advisory Bd. of the 
Local Bd.; Ex., Local Dist. Liberty Loan Organization. 

HOSEA, R. G (I) Hydrographer, South Platte River Div., Engr. Dept., State of Colo., in charge of distribution 
of reservoir runs to Henrylyn Irrigation Dist. to save wheat, a war measure instituted by Water Conservation 
Comm., Council of Defense. 

LIOWE, C. D. (I) Chief Engr., Dept. of Trade and Commerce, Canada, in charge of cons, and maintenance of 
govt, terminal grain elevators. 

HUDSON, R. G. (VI) Director of Electrical Welding Research, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; 
Member, Electrical Welding Comm. (Page 348.) 

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HULL, A. W. (XIII) Chief of Order Dept., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. 

JACCARD, F. C. (Ill) Mechanical Supt., Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Butte, Mont., producing copper, zinc, 
and manganese ores. 

JACOBSON, CONRAD (V) Resident Surgeon, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.; Inst, in Surgery, 
Harvard Medical School. 

JAMES, E. W. (I) Asst. Chief Engr., U. S. Bu. of Public Roads, Washington, D. C, routing trucks for Motor 
Transport Corps from Detroit and Cleveland sections to tide water. 

JANSSON, A. H. (XIII) Representative, Munson S. S. Line, New York City, on cons, of steamships building at 
Newport News and Sparrow's Point, Jan. '17; Resident Inspector, Hull and Machinery, Newport News Ship- 
building & Dry Dock Co., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., in charge of maintenance and upkeep 
of ships engaged in war and domestic trade. 

JOHNSTON, J. F. (I) Service Mgr., Union Construction Co., Oakland, Calif., work in shipyards, '17. 

KEELING, T. C. (VI) Pres. and Gen. Mgr., Nashville Machine Co., Tenn., erecting power plants for Govt. 

Powder Plant, Nashville, Tenn., Air Nitrates Corp., U. S. Engr. Dept., and Wood Alcohol Plant at Lyles, 

Tenn. 

KENDALL, A. S. (IV) Capt., Newton Liberty Loan, War Fund, and Red Cross Drives; Asst., Draft Bd., Newton, 

Mass. 

KNIGHT, R. F. (VI) Asst. to General Supt., United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beverly, Mass., making machines 
for mfg. shoes for army and navy, and for mfg. harnesses and cavalry fittings, soldiers' belts, leggings, and 
other equipment. 

KUDLICH, RUDOLF (II) Mechanical Engr., Bu. of Mines, Dept. of Interior, Pittsburgh, Pa., equipping labora- 
tories used for various war investigations, and experimental work on use of fine coal, in pneumatic stoker for 
Emergency Fleet Corp. 

LAMONT, C. R. (Ill) Asst. Plant Engr., Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy and Squan- 
tum, Mass. 

LANGENHEIM, F. E. (I) Civil and Hydraulic Engr., American Ord. Base Depot in France Div., Ord. Dept., 
Washington, D. C, I Sept. — 10 Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

LEE, E. G. (I) Asst. Engr., Southern Power Co., Charlotte, N. C, design and cons, of hydro-electric stations to 
supply power for ammunition textile plants mfg. war materials. 

LEWIS, H. M., JR. (Ill) Supt. of Tests, Asst. to Mgr. of Shell Plant and Asst. Mgr., Heat Treating Dept., Inter- 
national Arms & Fuze Co., Bloomfield, N. J., testing British combination fuses and U. S. 21° fuses. 

LIBBY, H. C. (I) Asst. Engr. of Bridges, Lines East, Southern R.R.; arranged for disposition of troops guarding 
bridges and structures; routed railway artillery over Southern R.R., and designed structures made necessary 
to handle war traffic. 

LINDSAY, R. W. (X) Mgr., Industrial Sales, Pratt & Lambert, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., furnishing airplane dope, 

shell varnish, and special paints for mfr. of govt, materials. 
LORING, H. D. (I) Chief Engr. and Acting Sec, The Ferro Concrete Construction Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, building 

a small arms ammunition plant in Cincinnati, and buildings for essential industries. 

McCHESNEY, H. H. (VI) Sales Engr., Halcomb Steel Co., Chicago, 111., demonstrating use of tool and alloy steels. 
McELROY, J. A. (I) (II) Mech. Engr., Equipment Div., Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn., in 

charge of building and repairing presses and automatic feeding devices; City Engr. of Bridgeport, Jan. '18; 

called on by the Army Engrs. and U. S. Housing Corp. to do work for their depts.; volunteered for service 

in '17 and '18, but unable to pass physical examination. 

MacGREGOR, F. S. (VIII) Engr., Development Dept., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., 
assisting in utilization of smokeless powder war plants and cellulose supply for powder mfg. 

MacGREGOR, M. E. (VIII) Member, Local Draft Bd. No. 7, Boston and Belmont. 

MARTIN, W. H. (I) Asst. Engr. of Design and Cons., Atlantic Loading Co., Amatol, N. J., for Ord. Dept., 1 Apr. 
— Oct. '18; this plant handled shells, grenades, and trench mortar ammunition. (Page 365.) 

MENNER, F. B. (XIII) Works Engr., Scullin Steel Co., St. Louis, Mo., in charge of govt, contracts, including 
design, cons., and operation of shell forging plant for a 4000 daily capacity of 9.5 high explosive howitzer 
shells. 

MILLER, S. R. (II) 1st Duty Sgt., Co. T, Cincinnati Home Guards; served during Ohio River flood in '18 on 
rescue duty, during a police strike, on police duty, and during a strike in the City Fire Dept., acted as 

fireman. 

MINER, E. A. (I) Machinist, Naval Aircraft Factory, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bethlehem Shipbuilding 
Corp., Quincy Works, and with Norton Co. 

MOLLER, KENNETH (II) Asst., later Chief of Div., Mfg. Branch, Clothing and Equipage Div., Q. M. C, Wash- 
ington, D. C.j and New York City, in charge of relations between this Div. of Q. M. C, and all General Supply 
Depots. Civilian with rank of Col., Q. M. C. 

MOODY, H. L. (X) Mgr., Power Div., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa., in charge 
of turbine, condenser, and stoker work. 

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MOORE, J. G. (IV) Engr. on reinforced concrete design, Truscon Steel Co., Youngstown, Ohio, later Sales Engr. 
in Foreign Trade Dept. 

MORRILL, F. W. (I) Asst. Engr., Ferro Concrete Construction Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, building factories for essen- 
tial industries. 

MORRILL, R. D. (II) Engr., Windsor Machine Co., making Gridley automatic single and multiple spindle lathes, 
used for making shrapnel cases and other munitions of war. 

MURFEY, G. A. (VI) Chief Engr., The Browning Co., Cleveland, Ohio., mfg. locomotive cranes. 

NICHOLS, P. R. (VI) Inspector, Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos., Boston, Mass., inspecting fac- 
tories making war supplies from a fire protection point of view. 

OTIS, G. W. (I) General Mgr., American Blue Stone Co., Portageville, N. Y., furnishing blue stone sills and cop- 
ings for mfg. buildings erected for war work. 

PAGON, W. W. (I) ist Asst. Cons. Q. M., Camp Meade, Md.; 1st Asst. Cons. Q. M., Curtis Bay Ord. Depot, 
Md. See Military Record. 

PALMER, H. S. (VIII) Asst. Traffic Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston, Mass. 

PARLIN, R. W. (XI) Engr. in charge of employment and training of operatives, Personnel Director, Asst. to Ex- 

Mgr., later Asst. to Vice-Pres., Air Nitrates Corp.; Special Agent Ord. Dept., New York City, Muscle Shoals, 

Ala., Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio, charged with design, cons, and operation of Nitrate Plants using air as 

source of nitrogen, Dec. '17. 
PRATT, A. D. (II) Asst. Advisory Engr., The Babcock & Wilcox Co., New York City, mfg. marine and stationary 

water tube boilers and superheaters for Navy, U. S. Shipping Bd. and Govt. Depts. 
RAND, ROBERT (II) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

RANNEY, WILLIS (I) Supt. of Cons., Riegos y Fuerza del Ebro, Spain; aided officers of the Engr. Corps pur- 
chasing stock and cons, machinery for use of the Allies, Dec. '17. 

REED. E. H., JR. (IV) in charge of plans, Edward H. Bennett, Town Planner, Camp Grant, 111., Sept. — 
Dec. '18. 

REED, H. D. (VI) Asst. Traffic Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston, Mass., planning toll 
circuits and specifying toll routings in connection with increased traffic, especially at Camp Devens. 

REMICK, A. T. (IV) Asst. to Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr., Pressed Steel Car Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., which made shells, 
artillery trucks, limbers, and freight cars. 

RICHARDS, K. W. (I) Chief Engr., Cons. Div., Q. M. C; Asst. Engr., later Chief Engr., Cons. Div., North Atlan- 
tic Coast Arty. Dist., constructing temporary buildings, water supply and sewer systems, electric light lines, 
wharfs and roads at cantonments, Jan. '18 — Apr. '19. 

ROBBINS, D. G. (II) Engr., Triplex Safety Glass Corp., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. (Page 66.) 

RUNEY, C. F. (V) Mgr., Potash Reduction Co., Hoffland, Neb., largest producers of potash salts for fertilizer and 
munitions in U. S. (Page 397.) 

RUSSELL, C. B. (II) Service Engr., Dodge Bros., Detroit, Mich., mfg. motor vehicles, regular and special equip- 
ment of repair parts for govt. cars. 

SCHMIDT, F. B. (IV) Asst. to Architect on Symington Corp. plant for mfr. of 155 mm. shell for govt., Chicago, 
111. 

SHARP, B. K. (XIII) Head Draftsman, for U. S. Shipping Bd., on design of Maxim's torpedo-proof ship; Naval 
Architect, with Morgan Barney, on conversion of three ore barges to oil carriers by use of cement bulkheads. 

SHIELDS, F. B. (V) Treas. and Mgr., The Napco Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., producing waterproof glue used in 
cons, of laminated wood for airplanes and seaplanes for U. S. and the xMlies. 

SMALL, GILBERT (II) Asst. Engr. on Foundation Design, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Supervising Engrs., 
Army Supply Base, South Boston, Mass. 

SOULE, WINSOR (IV) Mgr., Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign and Red Cross Drive, Santa Barbara, Calif.; 
Member, Ex. Comm., Local Caapter, Red Cross; Chairman, War Work Comm., Santa Barbara Community 
Council. 

SPEAR, H. G. (X) Dept. Head, Brown Co., Berlin, N. H., making sulphite cellulose for war orders. 
SQUIRE, E. H. (II) Pres., Allen-Squire Co., and Factory Mgr., Allen-Traill Webster Co., Spencer, Mass., mfg. 
standardized work shoes. 

STARKWEATHER, 0. H. (IV) Production Engr., New England Road Machine Co., designing and mfg. gravel 
and rock crushing machinery and screen and conveyor plants at Hingham Naval Depot, Q. M. Terminal, 
South Boston, and for the French Govt. 

STEVENS, H. A. (II) Engr., Arty. Carriage and Motor Vehicle Sects., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C; Repre- 
sentative Member, Sub. -Comm. of Engrs. on U. S. Standard Railway Car Designs, standardizing equipment 
for U. S. Railroa i Adm. 

STEVENSON, A. F. (VII) Sn. Engr., U. S. Public Health Service, New York City, in connection with control of 
milk supplies in Cantonment Zones; designed and constructed "reconstructed milk" plant at U. S. Explosives 
Plant " C, Nitro, W. Va., producing 20,000 quarts of bottled milk daily. 

STOCKWELL, F. C. (VI) Asst. Prof., Electrical Engr., S. A. T. C, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, 
N. J.; Inst., during period of organization, U. S. N. Steam Engr. School for Engr. Officers at Hoboken. 

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SWETT, P. N. (I) Prof., S. A. T. C, Middlebuiy College, Middlebury, Vt., giving courses in Military Topography 
and Map Making. 

TASHJIAN, A. H. (IV) Consulting Engr., Water Transport Branch, War Dept., design of reinforced concrete 
troop transport steamers. 

TAYLOR, G. R. (VII) Sec, Sub-Region No. 6, Region No. 4, War Resources Comm. of War Industries Bd., 
Scranton, Pa. 

TEMPLE, E. H., JR. (I) (III) Cons. Mgr., Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., building Victory Destroyer 
Plant, Squantum, Mass., and plants at Cambridge, Buffalo, Providence, New Britain, Sparrow s Point, and 
elsewhere, for Govt. 

THACHER, S. P. (V) Member, Sub-Comm. on Pneumatic and Solid Tires, War Service Comm. of the Rubber 
Industry of the U. S. A.; aided in standardizing tire types and specifications; helped to develop new types 
for airplanes and motorized artillery. (Page 401.) 

THOMAS, J. J. (II) Consulting Munition Engr., American Can Co., Westfield, N. J.; Chairman, Military Comm., 

Westfield Branch, National Security League. 
THORNTON, E. A. (I) Asst. Supt. of Mines, Ray Consolidated Copper Co., Ray, Ariz., producing 7,500,000 

pounds of copper per month during war. 
TRAUERMAN, C. J. (Ill) Managing Director, U. S. Manganese Corp. and Monarch Mining and Power Co., 

Helena, Mont., in charge of Ophir Mine and Mill, Butte, Mont., producing pink manganese for war purposes; 

Member, U. S. Public Service Reserve, Aug. '17. 

TRESNON, J. E. (VI) Elect. Engr., National Projectile Factory, Lancaster, Eng., under Ministry of Munitions, 
from Dec. '15 — Aug. '18. 

TUPPER, F. W. (I) Field Representative of Education and Training Dept., later Research Asst., Electric Weld- 
ing Comm., Emergency Fleet Corp., Philadelphia and New York. 

TURKINGTON, E. E. (VI) Engr., Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd., Boston, Mass. 

TURNBULL, W. F. (II) Special Agent, U. S. Employment Service. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C, July '18. 

WALDO, W. G. (I) Dist. Supervisor, Community Organization Branch, Industrial Service Sect., Production Div., 
Ord. Dept., in charge of Sheffield, Florence and Tuscumbia (Ala.) living and housing conditions of munitions 
workers at govt, nitrate plants; Chairman for Colbert County, National War Savings Comm. 

WALKER, P. B. (I) Asst. Engr. in charge of the Progress Dept., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Supervising Engrs., 
Boston Army Supply Base, South Boston, Mass. 

WARE, RAYMOND (XIII) Sec. and Washington Representative, Thomas Morse Aircraft Co., Ithaca, N. Y., 

mfg. training aircraft for Govt., and developing fighting machines. 
WELLS, S. D. (X) Engr., acting in charge Pulp and Paper Sect., Forest Products Laboratory, U. S. Forest Service, 

Madison, Wis., developing use of wood pulp for nitro-cellulose for smokeless powder, and a filtering medium 

for gas masks. (Page 348.) 

WHITNEY, P. R. (I) Inst., Vocational Sect., S. A. T. C, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; Supt. of con- 
struction, barracks and mess halls; Draftsman on design of a lap weld pipe mill sent to Bordeaux, France, 
in '17. 

WHITTEMORE, L. C. (XI) Asst. Sn. Engr., Sn. Dist. of Chicago, 111.; Asst., Draft Registration. 
WIGGIN, A. E. (Ill) General Supt., Reduction Works, Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Great Falls, Mont., pro- 
ducing copper, zinc, and ferro-manganese. 
WILSON, W. S. (V) Chemical Engr., Merrimac Chemical Co., Everett, Mass. 
WISEMAN, J. M. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

WOODBRIDGE, R. G., JR. (V) Rifle Powder Expert, Staff Organization, Carney's Point Plant of E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours & Co., '15 — '16; Div. Head, Black and Smokeless Powder Div., Experimental Station, du Pont 
Co., Wilmington, Del.; Co-inventor of process of mfr. of improved military rifle powder. 



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ANGUS, R. A. (II) Engr., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Inc., New York City, in charge air conditioning 
for fuse loading, dry kilns, heating, ventilation, and refrigeration in connection with munition plants. 

ANTHONY, R. B. (VI) Proprietor, E. A. Wilcox Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111., working partly on direct govt. 
work. 

BABCOCK, MABEL K. (IV) Director of Agricultural Courses, Lowthrop School, Groton, Mass., training super- 
visors for units of women agricultural workers; Member, State Comm. on Women in Agriculture in Mass.; 
Member, Central Comm., M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary. (Page 62.) 

BANGS, C. H. (II) Asst. to Head of Supply Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., developing organiza- 
tion and methods for the storage and distribution of materials. 

jBATSFORD, H. E. (X) Research Chemical Engr., Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y., conducting experimental 
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BEEDE, E. J. (II) connected with U. S. Dept. of Justice, Bu. of Investigation. 

BELCHER, F. K. (II) Supt. of Cons., Steel Steam Trawlers for Bay State Fishing Co. of Boston, Mass., 20 Oct. 
'15 — 1 Oct. '17. Steel Ship Cons, for U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.: Asst. Dist. Chief Inspector, 
Baltimore, Md., 1 Oct. '17 — 1 Jan. '18; Inspector in charge, Pusey Jones Co., Wilmington, Del., I Jan. '18 — 
1 Nov. '18; Inspector in charge, Cramp's Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa., 1 Nov. '18 — I June '19; Asst. Dist. 
Chief Inspector, Delaware River Dist., Philadelphia, Pa., I June '19. Work included supervision of actual 
cons, work of steel ships, approval of plans, supervision over entire operation of yards and signature of all 
vouchers covering govt, expenditures on plant construction. 

BELCHER, G. M. (I) Industrial Engr., U. S. Rubber Co., Goodyear Metal Rubber Shoe Co., Naugatuck, 
Conn., Aug. '15 — Oct. '17; Employment Mgr., W. H. McElwain Co., Manchester, N. H., mfg. shoes for the 
Govt., since Oct. '17. 

BIRD, V. E. (VI) Mgr., Conn. Power Co., supplying gas and electricity to the naval bases and munition factories 
at New London, Conn., and to war industries in the Naugatuck Valley. 

BLACKBURN, H. W. (II) Inst., Auto-mechanics Sect., Mechanical School, University of Vt., 15 May — 3 1 Dec. '18. 

BOWMAN, DONALD (VI) Engr. of Apparatus and Materials, Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, 111. 

BOYLSTON, C. H. (I) Supt. of Cons., Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, Ala., contractors for 30,000 k.w. 
steam plant for Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept., in connection with Nitrate Plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals, Ala. 

BROOKS, J. C. (II) Asst. to Vice-Pres., Goodell-Pratt Co., Greenfield, Mass., on govt, contracts. 

BULLARD, BENJAMIN (VI) Electrical Engr., Savannah Elec. Co., Savannah, Ga., furnishing power and rail- 
way extension to companies with war contracts. 

CAIRNS, DOUGLAS (VI) Dist. Mgr., Motor Dept., Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., electrical engr. work in con- 
nection with the Navy Dept. on the gyroscopic compass and submarine signal, and with Medical Dept. on 
X-ray apparatus. 

CALDER, H. W. (VI) Publicity Engr., Poole Engineering & Machine Co., Baltimore, Md., Apr. '17— July '18; 
Sales Mgr., Turbo Gear Dept., Aug. '18 — Apr. '19. 

CALDWELL, W. E. (II) Chief Engr., W. E. Caldwell Co., Louisville, Ky., designing and constructing wood and 
steel tanks and towers for powder works, nitrate works and shipbuilding plants. 

CALLAWAY, H. R. (II) Head of Progress Sect., Ord. Dept., War Dept., May '18— Aug. '18. Special Q. M. 
representative in France and Germany, spring '19. See Military Record. 

CAREY, F. V. (I) (II) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

CHILD, HUNTLEY (III) Head, Baking Div., U. S. Food Adm., Washington, D. C, in charge of rules for com- 
mercial bakers, Sept. '17 — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

CHURCH, E. S. (II) Engr., Motor Transportation Dept., Equipment Div., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 10 Dec. 17 — 
22 Jan. '18. See Military Record. 

CLAPP, C. S. (IV) with Aberthaw Cons. Co., Boston, Mass. 

CLARK, C. W. (X) Supt., Bowker Insecticide Co., Everett, Mass., mfg. insecticide for protection of food 
supply. 

COFFIN, LANGDON (II) Purchasing Agent, Samson Cordage Co., Boston, Mass., producing silk lacing cord for 
cartridge bags for Navy Dept., barrack bag cord, lanyards and rope for Navy Dept. and Marine Corps. 

COLE, H. A., JR. (II) Outside Plant Engr., War Service Comm., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 
Boston, Mass. providing service to various lighthouses and coast-guard stations; installation of complete tel- 
ephone exchange at Camp Devens, Mass., and Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt. 

COLSON, C. S. (I) Engr., U. S. Geological Survey, Dept. of Interior, assisting Fuel Adm., in advisory capacity. 

COOK, A. M. (I) with Stone & Webster, handling executive matters in the following contracts: Rock Island 
Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., American Ord. Base in France, Picric Acid Plant, Grand Rapids, Mich., Hog Island, 
Pa., and Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. 

COYE, J. S. (V) Chief Chemist, Iowa State Engineering Experiment Station co-operating with the C. W. S. by 
carrying on research work in connection with the mfr. of a gas for trench warfare. 

oe VEYRA, M. P. (I) Chief, Orders and Regulations, G. H. Q., National Guard, Philippine Islands; Off. Sch., Ft. 
William McKinley, Pasig, P. I.; Co. 0., Co. F, 6th Inf., National Guard; Aide to Commanding General, 2d 
Brig., 1st Div., Philippine Guard, U. S. A. See Military Record. 

DOUGLASS, A. S. (I) Production Engr., British War Mission, New York City, Sept. '15— July '17. See Military 
Record. 

ELLIS, L. B. (I) Chief Engr., and Works Mgr., Lockwood, Greene & Co., Project Engrs., Div. of Transportation 
and Housing, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; supervised cons, of village of fifteen hundred houses 
for housing shipbuilders at Camden, N. J. 

ELLSWORTH, J. T. (Ill) Supt., Electrolytic Zinc Plant, Judge Mining & Smelting Co., Park City, Utah. 

ELTON, H. C. (I) Asst. Engr. and Chief Draftsman, U. S. Housing Corp., Project 102, Bridgeport, Conn. See 
Military Record. 

ESTEN, P. A. (V) Sgt., Co. B, 13th Regt., Mass. State Guard, 19 June '17— '19. See Military Record. 

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FERRIS, R. W. (I) Sec, Washington office, Technology Clubs Associated, in charge of Information Bu. for Alumni 
Comm. for National Service; Dist. Vocational Officer, Federal Bd. for Vocational Education, at Atlanta, Ga., 
in charge of rehabilitation work for crippled soldiers and sailors in Dist. No. 5 of Federal Bd., including Ga., 
N. C., S. C., Fla. and Tenn. (Page 66.) 

GARDNER, A. L. (X) Asst. Supt., New England Manufacturing Co., North Woburn, Mass., mfg. chemicals). 
GOODMAN, L. S. (VI) Executive Asst., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 
GRIMES, W. F., JR. (VI) Junior Engr., Fortification Div., Dist. Engineer Office, Corps of Engrs., Balboa Heights, 
C. Z., in charge of design and maintenance of Pacific fortifications of Panama Canal. 

GRISWOLD, H. W. (I) Supt., Carroll Electric Co., Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., building concrete 
pipe tunnels, etc., Dec. '17 — May '18. 

GUILFORD, I. M. (II) Sec. and General Supt., Ball & Socket Manufacturing Co., West Cheshire, Conn., mfg. 
army and navy buttons; Local Food Director; Chairman, Home Service Sect., Red Cross; Community 
Labor Bd.; Military Census taker; Capt., fourth and fifth Liberty Loan Drives. 

HALE, J. E. (II) designed gas masks for Govt. (Page 400.) 

HALE, P. J. (I) Resident Engr. on Cons., Freyn, Brassert & Co., Chicago, 111., constructing blast furnaces at 
Mark Manufacturing Co., Indiana Harbor, Ind., and Weirton, West Va. 

HALL, SHERWOOD, JR. (II) Riveter, Boston Navy Yard; acted as Asst. Shop Supt., Hull Div., speeding up 
production in Rope Walk and other shops and as Fire Inspector, inspecting fire apparatus and installing new 
signal systems. 

HANDY, P. L. (VI) general supervision of fire protection in factories and warehouses. 

HAYES, M. C. (VI) Plant Mgr., Titanium Pigment Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., mfg. war chemicals, principally 
sulphuric acid and titanium chloride for Ord. Dept. 

HAZARD, A. E. (Ill) Night Station Clerk and Freight Dispatcher, Eastern Mass. Street Ry. Co., at Brockton, 
Mass. 

HEATH, A. W. (I) Asst. Purchasing Agent, Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., Ord. Dept., engaged in pro- 
curement of tools, machines and material for mfr. of heavy ordnance. (Pa^e 262.) 

HOLLENDER, C. E. (I) with Stone & Webster, Contractors and Builders of Camp Travis, Kelly Field, and Camp 
Jolin Wise at San Antonio, Texas, in charge of purchases. 

HOWLAND, H. H. (I) Senior City Engr., Interstate Commerce Comm. on Federal valuation of railroads. 

HUNTER, W. B. (II) Owner and Mgr., Industrial Machine Works, Fitchburg, Mass., mfg. airplane bolts, and 

gun parts. 
JENNINGS, O. S. (VI) Chief Engr., Krantz Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., subsidiary company of West- 

inghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.; designed switchboards, panelboards and switches, both live face 

and full safety. 
JOHNSTON, W. A., JR. (VIII) Production Engr., Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 
KEDY, S. F. (II) Inspector of Steam Plants, Fuel Adm., Oswego Co., N. Y. 
KENISTON, C. W. (Ill) Chem. Engr., Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept.; in charge of Progress and Efficiency, Chemical 

Production of U. S. Nitrate Plant No. I, Sheffield, Ala., Feb. '18; Asst. Engr., constructing and installing 

equipment and starting production of ammonia gas and ammonium nitrate, Air Nitrates Corp., U. S. Nitrate 

Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., Sept. '18 — Feb. '19. 

KENNISON, K. R. (II) Supervising Engr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., at East Cambridge, Mass., 
in charge of cons, of extension of pump works, Jan. — June '18; Supervising Plant Engr., Mobile, Ala., July 
'18; and Asst. Dist. Plant Engr., at Baltimore, and New Orleans, in charge of cons, of shipyards, plants and 
dry docks, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 

KILBURN, E. E. (VI) Asst. General Mgr., Tide Water Power Co., Wilmington, N. C, in charge of additions to 
and operation of power plant, railway and transmission line to supply power and transportation to two ship- 
yards built and operated by the U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., at Wilmington. 

LEES, G. C. (II) Sec. and Works Mgr., North American Motors Co., Pottstown, Pa., producing ammunition metal 
components, high explosive shell and engines for automobile trucks. 

LESLIE, B. S. (II) Asst. to Vice-Pres., in charge of mfg., United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beverly, Mass., assisting 
in executive work in connection with the production of machines and shoe supplies. Attended Plattsburg, '15. 

LOCKE, J. H. (VIII) Asst. to General Mgr., Commonwealth Steel Co., Granite City, 111., producing parts for 
tractors, and railway equipment. See Military Record. 

LOEB, LEO (II) Engr., Day & Zimmerman, Inc., in charge design and cons, power plant, heating system, water 
supply and fire protection for U. S. Q. M. Terminal and Supply Base, Philadelphia, Pa.; 3000 k. w. turbo- 
generator plant, boilers and auxiliaries for Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., U. S. Shipping Bd., Alexandria, Va. 

LONGLEY, A. A. (II) Fire Prevention Engr., Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos., safeguarding munition fac- 
tories from fire in Chicago Dist. 

LYFORD, E. F. (V) Chief Chemist, Aetna Chemical Co., Drummondsville, P. Q., Canada, making smokeless 
powder for Allies; Technical Adviser for Kirkman & Son, connected with production of glycerine; Assoc. 
Member, Legal Advisory Bd., City and State of New York; Member of Liberty Loan Comm. of New York 
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MACK, H. V. (II) Asst. Supt., Boston Army Supply Base, for Wm. F. Kearns Co., Boston, Mass. 

MACKAY, G. M. J. (V) Research Engr., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.; U. S. Naval Experiment Sta- 
tion, Nahant Group; U. S. Ord. Dept., Nitrates Div.; experimental, inspection and instruction work on sub- 
marine detection devices; research work on fixation of nitrogen. 

MAXWELL, D. H. (XI) Resident Asst. Engr. with Supervising Engr. on water works and sewers, Camp Grant, 
111., '17 — '18; Office and Field Engr. with Supervising Engr., Camp Las Casas, Porto Rico, supervising cons, 
of water works and sewers, '18. 

MAYO, LINCOLN (II) Asst. Purchasing Agent, Naval Aircraft Factory Branch, Murray & Tregurtha Co., 

Atlantic, Mass., building hulls for flying boats of the F-5-L Model. 
MERRILL, A. C. (II) Asst. Supervisor of one of the powder lines, Carney's Point Works, Smokeless Div., E. I. 

du Pont de Nemours Co. (Page 358.) 

MILNE, W. D. (I) Engr., Fire Prevention Sect., War Industries Bd., May— Nov. '18. 

MORELAND, E. L. (VI) with the Technical Board, Office of the Chief Purchasing Agent, A. E. F. Worked with 
Col. D. C. Jackson in gathering supplies of electrical material for the A. E. F. (Page 220.) 

MORRIS, W. A. (I) Pilot Engr., Pennsylvania R.R., Lines West of Pittsburgh, in charge of valuation of all lands 
along Pennsylvania Lines West and affiliated lines. 

MOTT, F. E. (V) Chemist, Boston Health Dept., working on foods and drugs. 

MURRAY, J. F. (IV) Progress Engr., later Supt. of Cons., Cons. Div., U. S. A., 9 Sept. '18; Lakehurst, N. J., 

9 Nov., making progress maps, and surveys, cost reports, and finally in charge of sale of camp; Eagle Pass, 

Texas, on the Mexican Border Project, May '19. 
MYERS, ELEAZER (X) Factory Mgr., Columbia Mills, Inc., Minetto, N. Y., mfg. surgical dressings for Govt. 
NICHOLS, J. R. (V) Night Supervisor, later Chemist, Atlas Powder Co., Landing, N. Y., mfg. nitric, sulphuric 

and mixed acids for explosives. 
NORTON, P. W. (IV) Inst., Architectural Engineering, M. I. T., and Inst., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. (Page 27.) 
PFEIL, W. G. (II) Mech. Engr. in charge of General Repair Shops, Botany Worsted Mills, Passaic, N. J., mfg. 

army and navy fabrics. 
PICKERING, H. B. (VI) Asst. Engr. in delta laboratory at Arlington, N. J. (Page 360.) 

PITKIN, C. L. (IV) Architectural Draftsman, Cons. Div., War Dept., Washington, D. C; Shipper, Metropolitan 
Chapter, Red Cross, Boston, Mass. 

PLACE, A. G. (VI) Electrical Engr., Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngstown, Ohio. 

PLUMER, E. A. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City; during War, Commer- 
cial Engr. in Colorado, Utah and on Pacific Coast. 

POPE, JOSEPH (XIII) Mechanical Engr., with Stone & Webster, in connection with the design of shipyard, 
shops, compressed air plant, cranes, pumping plants and tool equipment, American International Shipbuilding 
Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

PUTNAM, C. D. (I) Engr. on cons, work, Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio; Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

REYBURN, J. R. (II) Cons. Engr., Production Engr., American Chain Co. of Virginia, Norfolk, Va., mfg. stee 1 
link ships cable for U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 

RILEY, E. J. (VI) Member, American Protective League, Chicago, 111., making special investigations for Dept- 
of Justice. 

RIPLEY, R. I. (I) Accountant, Recruiting Service, U. S. Shipping Bd.; helped organize and systematize Recruit- 
ing Service of U. S. Shipping Bd.; Scout Executive of Lowell (Mass.) Boy Scouts of America. 

ROCKWELL, W. F. (V) (VI) Vice-Pres., The Torbensen Axle Co., Cleveland, Ohio, in charge of engineering and 
mfg.; was consulted on design of military truck and tractor axles; built several hundred axles for special war 
jobs. 

RUGGLES, H. J. (I) with Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 

SAMPSON, MILES (II) Chairman, Clark Mills (N. Y.) Red Cross Branch. 

SANDO, J. B. (II) Mech. Engr., Aircraft Sect., Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., War Dept., Washington, D. C, engaged 
in designing fragmentation drop bombs for airplanes. 

SARGENT, H. S. (I) Mech. Designer, Submarine Signal Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. logs for submarines and battle- 
ships for Govt, and adapting an English-designed log to American mfg. methods. 

SCANNELL, A. T. (II) Pres., Archer Iron Works, Chicago, 111., mfg. parts for govt, tanks and special equip- 
ment for shell plants. 

SCHIRMER, R. E. (VIII) General Mgr., The Argo Reduction & Ore Purchasing Co., producing lead, copper, 
gold, and silver; Dist. Vice-Chairman, Liberty Loan Comm.; Chairman, Dist. Council of Defense, Denver, 
Colo. 

SCHOBINGER, GEORGE (I) Asst. Progress Engr. in cons, of Hog Island Shipyard, Nov. '17; in charge of Yard 
Progress Dept., May '18; in charge of Ship Construction Progress Dept., American International Shipbuilding 
Corp., Hog Island, Pa., from Sept. '18. (Page 391.) 

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SEWELL, H. R. (II) Power Apparatus Dept., B. F. Sturtevant Co., Boston, Mass., producing engine and induced 
draft equipment for Emergency Fleet Ships. 

SHAPLEIGH, C. H. (I) Engr. Draftsman, Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C; applied for 
commission, Engr. Corps but refused on account of poor eyesight. 

SLACK, E. P. (VI) Chief Inspector, New York office, Underwriters' Laboratories, supervising inspection of muni- 
tions. 

SLOSS, A. C, JR. (VI) Chief Clerk and Office Mgr., Grand Rapids (Mich.) Ord. Office, Ord. Dept. 

SPENGLER, W. D. (VI) Supt. of Building Erection, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, 
Pa.; Chief Engr. of Cons., for The Foundation Co. of New York, building a water supply system, power plant, 
and chlorine plant at Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md. 

STEWART, J. B., JR. (I) Asst. General Mgr., Mahoning & Shenango Railway and Light Co., Youngstown, Ohio, 
furnishing electric light and power and street railway transportation, artificial gas and steam heat to communi- 
ties in the Youngstown Dist. (Iron and Steel Institute Dist.); Capt., American Protective League. 

SUTTON, L. H. (XIII) Lawyer with Mauro, Cameron, Lewis & Massie, representatives of French firm of 
Schneider & Cie., of Creusot, before the Patent Office and War Dept. in prosecuting applications for 
patents and making contracts for use of inventions relating to artillery and other munitions of war. 

SWEENY, H. P. (Ill) Supt., Ft. Montgomery Iron Corp., Fort Montgomery, Md., mining and producing iron ore. 

TAYLOR, W. C. (V) Chemist, Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y., working on development of special technical 
glasses, especially color filters and optical glass, and also on control of regular technical production of chemical 
glassware, railroad signal ware, thermometers, X-ray shields, bulbs, tubing and miscellaneous ware. 

TULLY, E. J. (VII) State Sn. Engr., State of Wisconsin, in charge of sanitary engr. matters in connection with 
govt, plants and camps. 

WARREN, E. L. (VI) Special Asst., Organization of Shoe and Leather Sect., Clothing and Equipment Div., and 
Hardware and Metals Div., Q. M. C, Washington, D. C; Production Mgr., Stanley Rule & Level Co., 
New Britain, Conn., mfg. tools for War and Navy Depts., Shipping Bd., Aircraft Bd., and other govt, agencies. 

WATERS, E. J. H. (I) Sub-Agent in charge, Sir John Jackson, Ltd., War Dept., England, building camps; Asst. 

Engr., Birmingham Metal & Munitions Co., turning out .303 cartridges and various shell cases for British 

Govt. 
WATTLES, J. W., 3d (II) Commercial Engr. for Sales Dept., The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston., 

endeavoring to centralize source of factory power, to conserve coal and relieve railroads and snipping of heavy 

tonnage. 
WEBB, HARRY (III) Member, American Protective League, Memphis, Tenn.; Scout Master, and active in all 

Scout activities connected with the war. 
WEEKS, A. T. (II) Chief Clerk, Purchasing Dept. (Cessions Office), American A. S. Hq., Paris, 1 Nov. 'if— 

1 Nov. '18, placing all orders for airplanes and equipment obtained from the French Govt., and obtaining 

delivery. See Military Record. 
WEILER, R. B. (II) Inspector and Member, U. S. Fuel Adm., Chester Co., Pa. 

WELCH, G. W. (VI) General Supt., South Dakota Light & Power Co., Armour, S. D., in charge of central 

station serving ten towns; Rebuilt plant equipment. 
WEMPLE, L. E. (V) Mgr., Oxide Dept., and Metallurgist, American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., St. Louis, 

Mo.; invented new process of mfg. pigment zinc oxide; developed commercial operations and supplied Govt. 

and sub-contractors with this material for paint and rubber products. 
WHITMORE, C. W. (I) Engr., Riverside Boiler Works, Cambridge, Mass., mfg. steel tanks for destroyers and 

other navy vessels, exhaust heaters for submarine engines, mines and steel tanks for Army. 
WINCH, A. C. (II) Member, Framingham Public Safety Comm. 

WINT, R. W. G. (V) Asst. Material Engr., Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, in charge of 

specifications and tests of ferrous metals. 

YORK, W. C. (I) Resident Engr., New England Power Co., Worcester, Mass., building high tension transmission 
lines for the Govt. 

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ADAMS, E. Q. (X) Organic and Physical Chemist, Color Laboratory, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 
studying absorption of chlorine by charcoal, synthesis of photosensitizing dyes for Bu. of Aircraft Production, 
and designing apparatus for mfr. phthalic anhydride. 

ALMY, E. T., JR. (Ill) Cons. Engr., Sinclair Refining Co., Chicago, 111., furnishing Govt, with petroleum products; 
Resident Engr., in charge of cons, of new refinery, Kansas City, Kan., Jan. '17; Cons. Engr., on new refinery, 
East Chicago, Ind., Mch. '18. See Military Record. 

AYRES, R. S. (II) Industrial Engr. and Supt., Rice & Hutchins, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., mfg. civil and military- 
footwear. 

BARNES, A. J. (VI) Supt. of Traffic, Maritime Telephone & Telegraph Co., Halifax, N. S., in touch with the 
Intelligence Dept. of the Militia, regarding the regulation and censorship of telephone messages. 

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BATCHELDER, C. L. (I) Asst. Engr., Water Resources Branch, U. S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior, 

Portland, Ore., investigating water resources for power and irrigation purposes. 
BELCHER, DANIEL (II) Engr., in charge of engineering and employment activities, Bemis Brothers Bag Co., 

St. Louis, Mo., mfg. food containers for A. E. F. 

BENNETT, H. H. (Ill) Ship Carpenter's Helper, Receiving Clerk, and later Asst. Employment Mgr., Traylor 

Shipbuilding Corp., Emergency Fleet Corp., Cornwells, Pa. 
BOWMAN, B. A. (I) Div. Engr. in charge of Superstructure Div., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston Army 

Base. 
BOYCE, J. N. (II) Draftsman, later Chief Draftsman in charge Drafting Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 

designing gas masks, airplane tires and wheel rims. 

BROOKS, J. N. (I) 1st Asst. Engr., Hill & Ferguson, Supervising Engrs. on Camp Merritt, N. J.; Designing Engr., 
on three housing developments for U. S. Housing Corp., near Norfolk, Va. 

BROWN, C. J. (IV) Supt. of Instructors, Aviation School for War Dept., until it was taken over by the Govt.; 

Supt., Erection of Barracks, Dunwoody Institute, for War Dept. 
BRUSH, G. S. (II) Supt. of Transportation, Springfield Street Ry., Springfield, Mass.; General Supt., Houston 

Electric Co., Houston, Texas, Oct. '18. 

BULLENS, D. K. (Ill) Consulting Metallurgist, Rogersford, Pa., Ord. and Shipbuilding work for Govt. 

BURGHER, S. L. (VI) Engr. for National Bd. of Fire Underwriters, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 
laying out improved fire protection for shipyards and hospitals in New England, mostly in Maine. 

CAMPBELL, C. L. (X) Chem. Engr., E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., working on construction on muni- 
tion plants. (Page 398.) 

CHAPMAN, E. P. (Ill) Asst. Supt., Pueblo Plant, American Smelting & Refining Co., transferred to Leadville, 
Colo., Mch. '18; producing gold, silver, lead, and copper for Govt. 

CHASE, P. H. (VI) Chief Electrical Engr., The American Railways Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., in general charge of 
electrical design, cons, and operation of power stations; Member, Sub-Comm., Standards Comm., American 
Institute of Electrical Engrs., co-operating with Navy Dept. 

CHRISTIE, J. A. (V) Factory Supt., Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, in charge of production of govt, 

material. 
CLARK, H. L. (I) Supt. of Engr. and Cons, at the mine, Chile Exploration Co., Chuquicamata, Chile, S. A., pro- 
ducing copper. 
CLIFFORD, W. W. (I) Structural Engr., Monks & Johnson, Boston, Mass., working on design of Victory Plant 

of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., at Squantum,Mass.; Structural Engr., Harry M. Hope Engineering Co., 

Boston, Mass., on power station design. 
CONGDON, H. W. (I) Structural Engr., Providence Steel & Iron Co., mfg. structural steel for war industries, 

and ship fittings for Emergency Fleet Corp. 
CRAWFORD, C. H. (I) Member, Storage Comm., Council of National Defense, Washington, D. C, 15 Nov. '17 

— Mch. '18, handling traffic organization, storage, and routing. See Military Record and page 309. 
CRITCHETT, J. H. (XIV) Asst. Metallurgist, Union Carbide Co., and Electro-Metallurgical Co., Niagara Falls, 

N. Y., supervising production of war materials and developing new products; worked on determination and 

mfr. of best quality of ferro-silicon for hydrogen generation for balloon inflation at field stations; developed 

methods for mfg. zirconium alloys; made possible mfr. of lighter and stronger armor plate for tanks. 
DAVIS, M. M. (VI) volunteered for service at Fort Monroe, Va., but refused because of physical disability. 
DEAN, J. S. (IV) Asst. State Architect, Sacramento, Calif., refused commission in Engrs. on account of eyesight. 
DESMOND, T. C. (I) Pres., Newburgh Shipyards Inc., building ten 9,000-ton steel merchant ships for Emergency 

Fleet Corp. ; organized a regiment of nearly 3 ,000 Engrs. for the proposed Roosevelt Volunteer Div. (Page 391.) 
DEWEY, BRADLEY (X) Research Organization, Bu. of Mines, Washington, D. C, working on war gases, Mch. 

'17; in charge of furnishing 25,000 gas masks, May '17. See Military Record and pages 139 and 253. 
DOANE, R. E. (VI) Sales Engr., Standard Underground Cable Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., supplying electrical wire and 

cables to the A. E. F. and to war industries. (Page 404.) 

DORT, J. C. (I) Asst. and Acting Dist. Engr., Dist. No. 5 (Calif.), U. S. Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture, 

1 Aug. '18 — 7 Jan. '19. 
DOW, B. W. (II) Industrial Engr., The Elbert Clarke Co., and Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., producing 

cartridge cases, army overcoats, saddles, and optical gun sights and instruments. 
DuBOIS, W. L. (VI) Electrical Draftsman, Trade Test Comm., Camp Dix, N. J., selecting men from draft to 

enter essential industries; transferred to Hog Island Shipyard, American International Shipbuilding Corp., 

installing electrical equipment on cargo and troop ships and in shops and ways. (Page 391.) 
DURGIN, M. F. (VI) Tester, Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. generators and sets for Navy and 

for Emergency Fleet Corp. 
EARLY, F. H. (XIII) Naval Architect, U. S. Shipping Bd., Cleveland, Ohio, in charge of calculations of work on 

Steamer Van Hise, also of surveys on Welland Canal. (Page 333.) 
EATON, H. I. (XI) Consulting Expert, U. S. Public Health Service, on extra-territorial cantonment work for 

elimination of malaria; Pres. and Mgr., Eaton, Brown & Simpson, Inc., New York City, constructors, Naval 

Training Station, Cape May, N. J. 

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EDDY, L. C. (VI) invented and patented paravane for detecting and paralyzing deep sea mines. See Military 
Record. 

*ELBERT, J. J. (X) Supt., Warners (N. J.) Plant, American Cyanide Co., and Operating Supt., Air Nitrates 
Corp., mfg. aqua ammonia from cyanide at N. J. and mfg. ammonium nitrate synthetically by the cyanide 
process at Muscle Shoals; assisted in design and engr. of U. S. Nitrate Plants 2, 3, and 4 at Muscle Shoals, 
Ala., Toledo, and Cincinnati, Ohio; Supt., Nitrate Div., at Muscle Shoals plant during operation. Died, 
27 Feb. '20. 

FAULKNER, F. R. (I) Designer, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on Boston Army Supply Base. 

FISHER, H. C. (II) Consulting Engr., Design and Construction Mgr., Sayles Finishing Plants, River Spinning 
Cos., French River Textile Co., Hamlet Textile Co. and Central Construction Co., Pawtucket, R. I., mfg. 
cotton materials for war purposes. 

FULLER, B. R. (I) Efficiency Engr., Cons., Dept., Tallassee Power Co., Badin, N. C, testing materials for con- 
struction of dams and power house, ' 17; in charge of Aluminum Plant, controlling materials and mfg. pig alumi- 
num for airplane and automobile parts, Liberty motors and mess kits, May '18. 

GADSBY, G. M. (V) Asst. Mgr., American Water Works & Electric Co., Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., plan- 
ning and installing water supply system; Asst. to Pres. and Vice-Pres., West Penn. Power Co., Pittsburgh, 
Pa., supplying power to coal mines and mills, 1 Nov. '17; during summer '18, under direction of Power Sect., 
War Industries Bd. 

GAMMONS, C. W. (VI) Industrial Control Engr., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., designing automatic 
controllers. 

GILBERT, R. W. (XI) Washington Representative, Stone & Webster, in charge of relations with War Dept. on 
all govt, work of the firm; built Powder Loading Plant, Woodbury, N. J. 

GILMAN, W. F. (VI) General Supt., Central Illinois Public Service Co., Springfield, 111.; Chairman, Beardstown 
Red Cross Drives. 

GLANCY, R. C. (VI) Cons. Engr., Philadelphia Div., Bell Telephone Co., in charge of plans for cable plant for 
private branch telephone exchanges at Camp Dix, Hog Island, and shipyards near Philadelphia; Plant Engr., 
Harrisburg Div., I Mch. '18, with general supervision of plans for telephone plant at Aviation and Ord. 
Depots, Middletown, Pa., and Ord. Depots, Marsh Run and Tobyhanna, Pa., and Carlisle Hospital, Carlisle, 
Pa. 

GODFREY, K. D. (VI) Engr., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Boston, Mass., working on high tension lines to 
arsenals and shipbuilding plants around Boston. Volunteered for service in Sig. and Engr. Corps, notified to 
remain with company. 

GRAM, C. W. (X) Engr., E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. alcohol-ether equipment, acetic acid, 
acetone, and wood distillation plants for mfg. explosives, and equipment for Navy Yards ani Emergency 
Fleet Corp. (Page 398.) 

GROSS, MRS. CORA BURT (V) Worker for Technology Work Rooms; Worker, Red Cross, Surgical Dressings 
Comm., War Camp Community Service and M. I. T. War Service Auxiliary. 

HARRIS, NATHAN (I) Civil Engr., Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Bristol, Pa.; Civil Engr. and Inspector, Q. M. 
Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa., with Day & Zimmerman, Inc. 

HARTSHORN, D. S. (II) General Supt., Isaac Varney & Sons Co., and North Berwick Box Co., Berwick, Me., 
mfg. cartridge, hand grenade, and bayonet boxes, also Berwick spacer blocks for holding shells in cases. 

HAYNES, H. W. (V) Asst. Chemist, U. S. Bu. of Chemistry, Food and Drug Inspection Laboratory, Boston, Mass., 
analyzing samples of condensed milk, canned salmon, soap, chocolate, and cocoa for War Dept. 

HEALY, L. J. D. (V) Chief Chemist and Technical Supervisor of Production, Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wis., 
in charge of development of gas masks, gas apparatus parts, grenade cups and washers, recoil parts for guns 
and howitzers, and airplane accessories. 

HENDERSON, A. B. (I) Engr., Field Office Drafting Room, Hill & Ferguson, Consulting Engrs., Camp Merritt, 
N. J.,' 17; Field Inspector, Monks & Johnson, Engrs., on construction of submarine destroyer plant, Squantum, 
Mass., '18; Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on construction of Boston Army Supply Base, Mch. '18 — 
May '19. 

HERSEY, M. D. (II) Physicist, Aeronautic Instruments Sect., Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C; organized 
this sect, in May '17; Member, Special Mission, abroad, Aug. '18; Member, Sub-Comm. of International Air- 
craft Standards Bd. and National Advisory Comm. for Aeronautics. 

HICKERSON, T. F. (I) Capt. and Asst. Director, University of North Carolina Summer Camp, Asheville, S. C. 

HOYT, R. N. (VII) State District Health-Officer and Extra-Cantonment Officer, San Francisco and South Cali- 
fornia State Bd. of Health, '17. See Military Record. 

HUBBARD, C. W. (II) 2d Vice-Pres., Fuel Engineering Co. of New York, assisting factories making war materials 
to keep power plants going in spite of poor fuel. 

HULSIZER, R. I. (VI) Patent Attorney, Western Electric Co., Inc., New York City; worked in Washington and 
Chicago on patents for vacuum tubes and speech transmission apparatus. 

HUNT, F.L. (VIII) Associate Physicist and Acting Chief, Aeronautic Instruments Sect., Bu. of Standards, Wash- 
ington, D. C, in charge of the investigation and testing of aeronautic instruments, '17. 

HUTCHINSON, B. E. (Ill) Treas., American Writing Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., mfg. paper products for govt. 
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JACOBY, LOUIS (VI) Mgr., Dallas (Texas.) Office, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., in charge of engr., com- 
mercial and service relations between Westinghouse Co. and Southern Power Co. in completing the Bridge- 
"water, N. C, and Wateree, S. C, hydro-electric developments. 

JAEGER, FREDERICK (III) Chemist, American Smelting & Refining Co., and Nichols Copper Co., doing 
analytical and experimental work in chemical and metallurgical lines on copper, lead, and tin. 

JARRETT, H. H. (II) Paymaster (Civilian), in charge of Reimbursement and Pay Dept., New York Dist. Office, 
Bu. of Aircraft Production; in charge of Inventory and Appraisal Personnel, Nov. '18— 6 June '19. 

JOHNSON, C. A. (IV) Architect, with Cass Gilbert, New York; Asst. Executive, Brooklyn Army Supply Base, in 
charge of development of drawings. (Pages 322 and 391.) 

JOHNSON, L. H. (VI) Section Head, Western Electric Co., Inc., New York City, in charge of engr. and shipping 
telephone and telegraph equipment for the A. E F. (Page 404.) 

JONES, ALLEN (II) Purchasing Agent, and Asst. Mgr., French Brood Mfg. Co., Asheville, N. C, mfg. cotton 
goods for Govt. 

JONES, W. H. (II) Inst., School for Merchant Marine Engr. Officers, U. S. Shipping Bd., M. I. T. (Page 34.) 

JOSLIN, G. A. (Ill) Managing Engr., Ramshorn Mines Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. 

KEENEY, R. M. (Ill) Consulting Metallurgical Engr., Bu. of Mines, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D. C, 
and Denver, Colo.; Mgr. and Consulting Engr., Iron Mountain Alloy Co., Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. 
Co., Anaconda Copper Mining Co., and Ferro-Alloy Co., producing ferrochrome, ferrotungsten, and ferro- 
manganese for steel mfg. 

KELLY, W. J. (V) Chemist, Goodyear laboratories, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. (Page 400.) 

KELLOGG, A. G. (IV) Draftsman, Architectural Drafting Dept., Cons. Div.,U. S. Army, Washington, D. C, '18. 

KOPPITZ, C. G. (VIII) Chief Engr., Railway & Industrial Engineering Co., Greensburg, Pa., mfg. 4.7" Ameri- 
can H. E. shells, and gun carriage parts. 

LANG, H. L. (VII) Specialist in Food Preservation, War Emergency Food Conservation, U. S. Dept. of Agricul- 
ture, Washington, D. C, and at various places in the U. S.; in charge of bacteriological investigation of the 
methods used in home and community canning. 

LAUTZ, M. W. (I) Asst. Engr., Steel Sheet Piling Engr. Dept., Lackawana Steel Co., Buffalo, N. Y., designing 
and estimating structures using steel sheet piling. 

LAWRENCE, G. L. (I) Asst. Supt., later Supt. and Factory Mgr., Boston Rubber Shoe Co., mfg. boots and over- 
shoes for U. S. and allied military and naval forces. 

LORD, P. B. (Ill) Div. Foreman, Montezuma Copper Co., Sonora, Mex., mining copper. 

LOUD, F. M. (VI) Signal Engr., Public Service Railway Co. of N. J. See Military Record. 

LUSCOMB, FLORENCE H. (IV) Govt. Speaker, Liberty Loan and W. S. S. Drives; Worker, Red Cross, Food 
Conservation, and Draft Registration; Member, Boston Equal Suffrage Assn. doing war work. 

McAULIFFE, W. J. (I) Purchasing Agent, W. G. Cornell Co., Sub-Contractor to F. T. Ley Co., in connection with 
sanitation and water supply construction at Camp Devens, Mass. See Military Record. 

A'IcCARTHY, J. F. (I) Draftsman, Berlin Construction Co., Berlin, N. H., building munitions factory, sum- 
mer, '17; Draftsman on shipyard construction work for Shipping Bd., Philadelphia, Pa., summer, '18. 

MACHEN, THOMAS (IV) Inspector and Office Asst., with Cons. Q. M., Cons. Div., Camp Meade and at Curtis 
Bay Ord. Depot, Md. 

MAIN, C. R. (II) Supervisor of office work with Charles T. Main, Engr., Boston, Mass., preparing plans and super- 
vising erection of industrial plants and securing men and making estimates for Cons. Div. 

MARTIN, T. deV. (II) Sr. Engr., Boston Office, Underwriters' Laboratories, working on camp equipment material. 
See Military Record. 

MATTE, A. L. (VI) Electrical Engr., Development and Research Dept., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 
New York City. Volunteered for Military Service but refused four times on physical examination. 

MATTE, JOSEPH, JR. (I) Engr. of Cons., Albert Kahn, Architect, Detroit, Mich., working on designs of U. S. 
Air Service Encampments, also U. S. Experimental Aircraft Stations, Dayton, Ohio, Langley Field, Va., and 
San Diego, Calif. 

MAYNARD, C. D. (I) Chief Cost Engr., with Stone & Webster, on addition to Watertown Arsenal, Mass., '17; 
Field Auditor, U. S. War Dept., Cons. Div., on Boston Army Supply Base, Boston, Temporary Warehouse 
and Ft. McKinley pipe line. 

MENKE, A. F. (IV) Inst, in Airplane Rigging, and in charge of instruction, Dept. of Carpentry, Cabinet Making 
and Propeller Repair, U. S. Army Air Service Mechanics School, St. Paul, Minn., Feb. '18. 

MERRILL, E. D. (I) Traffic Engr., Seattle Div., Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co., Seattle, Wash., 
in charge of traffic to newly constructed shipyards, '17. 

MERRIMAN, T. C. (Ill) Metallurgical Engr., Laboratory Div., Cartridge Dept., Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co., New Haven, Conn., solving problems in ammunition mfg., particularly of non-ferrous metals. 

MILLARD, R. W. (II) Pres. and General Mgr., Foster Merriam & Co., Meriden, Conn., mfg. bayonet scabbards, 
6" trench mortar shells, hand grenades, and gas mask parts; Chairman, Trench Mortar Shell Assn. 

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MILLS, JOHN (VI) trained members of Sig. C. and Navy in Radio-telephony; worked on submarine detection 

problem with Western Electric Co., New York City. 
MITCHELL, A. K. (XI) Sec, Lead Producers' Comm. for War Service, New York and Washington, which allotted 

all pig lead purchased by U. S. Govt., and later all pig lead produced in the U. S. and Mexico. 

MORRILL, A. B. (XI) Asst. Engr., Morris Knowles, Inc., Supervising Engrs., Camp Meade, Md., and Camp 
McClellan, Ala., making studies on water supply, spring gagings and pump layouts. 

MORRISON, G. A. (Ill) Mine Supt., International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd. (formerly Canadian Copper Co.), 

producing nickel and copper for use in war munitions. 
MOSES, A. L. (VI) Director of Sales, Dayton Automatic Products Co. and Muskegon Motors Specialties Co., 

making all cam shafts and screw machine parts for Liberty Motors. 
MUNOZ, R. F. (Ill) Supt., Compania de Minerales y Metales, S. A., Monterey, Mex., opening up and preparing 

mines for production of zinc and lead ores in Northern Mexico for shipment to U. S. 
NISBET, L. D. (I) Engr., with Aspinwall & Lincoln, Bath, Maine, and with Lockwood Green & Co., Portsmouth, 

N. H., under Emergency Fleet Corp. 
NORTON, A. E. (II) Sec, Advisory Engr. Comm. for Mass., and Administrative Engr. for Mass., U. S. Fuel 

Adm. 
O'NEILL, HAYLETT (VI) Power Plant Engr., West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., designing and operating plants 

supplying power for mfr. of munitions; Special Adviser on Fuels, Submarine Defense Assn.; developed new 

fuels for marine work and marine protective devices. 
OTTERSON, J. E. (XIII) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., during war, now Pres., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 

New Haven, Conn., mfg. small arms and small arms ammunition; Chairman, Small Arms Comm. of Manu- 
facture, War Industries Bd. 
PAGE, S. H. (II) Vice-Pres., Union Gas Engine Co., Oakland, Calif., designing and developing aircraft engines 

for U. S. N. 
PAINE, H. W. (X) Chemist and Night Supt., Nonnabo Chemical Co., East Providence, R. I., mfg. guncotton. 
PALMER, H. H. (VIII) Engr., General Electric Co., Steam Turbine Engr. Dept., testing and computing. 
PARDEE, H. S. (VI) operated a shop mfg. aerial drop bombs; developed gas engine electric generating units 

for military use. 
PARKER, J. W. (I) Asst. Structural Engr., with Charles T. Main, Boston, Mass., working on structural designs, 

specifications, and supervision of construction on various types of industrial plants for govt. work. 
PEET, A. S. (II) Sec. and Treas., Knoxville Glove Co., Knoxville, Tenn., mfg. leather-faced gloves for shipbuild- 
ers, ammunition and agricultural workers. 
PERKINS, S. F. (V) Inspector of Airplane Engines and Airplanes, later Expert Appraiser on Airplane Parts, for 

War Dept., Boston, Mass. 

PIERSON, RUTH O. (VII) Director of Laboratory, Bu. of Sanitation, Red Cross, Chillicothe, Ohio, Sept. '17 
— July '19; Red Cross Unit No. 12, serving Extra-Cantonment Zone surrounding Camp Sherman, under 
supervision of Public Health Service; Ex. Sec, Civilian Relief Dept., Ross Co. Chapter, Red Cross, Dec. ' 17 — 
May '18. 

POROSKY, MATTHEW (VI) Chairman, Factory Management Comm.; Member of the Ex. Comm. and Head 
of the Planning and Efficiency Dept., The Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., Roxbury, Mass., mfg. radio motor 
generator sets, gun-firing control telephones, navy switchboards, howlers, and other special radio power gener- 
ating equipment for Govt. 

REEDS, CLARENCE (II) Asst. Engr., John A. Stevens, Lowell, Mass., designing and superintending installa- 
tion of 30,000 k. w. power station, Turners Falls Power & Electric Co., Chicopee, Mass. 

REPPERT, G. H. (VI) Production Engr., Ord. Dept., Boston, Mass., increasing production of Ord. Contractors 
in New England Dist., 7 Oct. '18; settled claims on ord. contracts after the armistice. 

REW, M. W. (I) Dist. Engr., later Staff Asst., Passenger Transportation and Housing Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., 
Emergency Fleet Corp., covering all shipyards from Bath, Maine, to Duluth, Minn. 

ROBESON, F. L. (II) Prof, of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., and Inst., S. A. T. C. 
ROBINSON, C. S. (X) Chemical Engr., with E. B. Badger & Sons Co., engaged in production of ord. material, 
especially explosives; Asst. Prof, of Industrial Chemistry, M. I. T. and Inst., S. A. T. C. 

RODMAN, W. S. (VI) Assoc. Member, Naval Consulting Bd.; Member, Bd. of Directors for State of Virginia; 
Representative for Va., Divisional Lighting Comm. of Comm. on Labor, Advisory Comm., Council of National 
Defense; Asst. Supervisor, University of Va. Motor Truck Drivers' Training School, later Sect. B, S. A. T. C, 
in charge of road instruction; Lecturer on Electrical Equipment of Trucks. 

RYERSON, E. L. (I) Production work, Bu. of Aircraft Production, Washington, D. C, 10 May — 15 Aug. '17. 
See Military Record. 

*SAVERY, R. H. (VII) Machinist, Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., shipbuilding for Navy and Emergency Fleet 
Corp. Died, 20 Feb. '20. 

SCHARFF, M. R. (XI) Ex. Sec, Washington Bu., Technology Clubs Associated, giving advice to Tech graduates 
concerning opportunities for service, and assistance to federal depts. in obtaining technical assistance; Super- 
vising Engr., Camp McClellan, Ala., Cantonment Cons. Div., War Dept. See Military Record. 

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SCHNEIDER, FRANZ, JR. (VII) with Div. of Statistics, Council of National Defense, Dec. ' 17— Mch. ' 18. See 
Military Record. 

SHARP, HAROLD (I) Supt. of cons, of factory building for Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co., Boston, 
Mass., mfg. lamps for Govt. 

SLEEPER, D. W. (VI) Member, Advisory Bd., Boston, Mass.; Pres., Dwight W. Sleeper & Co., Inc., fire pro- 
tection engineers. 

SMEATON, D. W. (Ill) Civil Engr., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River Plant, Squantum Works, building 
destroyers. 

SOULE, L. R. (X) Mgr., School of Airplane Cons., Y. M. C. A., under auspices of Aero Club of Pa. 

SPENCER, H. K. (II) Asst. Mgr. and Engr., The Blanchard Machine Co., Cambridge, Mass., supplying standard 

machine tool known as the Blanchard High Power Vertical Surface Grinder to factories, arsenals, and 

navy vards in U. S. A., England, France and Japan. 

SPOONER, THOMAS (VI) Research Engr., Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.,Pittsburgh, Pa., working on heat 
treating of 4" and 6" shells and various magnetic and electrical investigations on electrical apparatus for 
war purposes. 

STEVENS, J. C. (I) Engr., with F. T. Ley & Co., on Picric Acid Plant, Brunswick, Ga.; Asst. Chief Time Inspector, 
Cons. Q. M. C, Camp Jackson, S. C. 

STEWART, H. O. (VI) Production Engr., Ord. Dept. 

TEMPLE, R. B. (II) Designing Engr., Blanchard Machine Co., Cambridge, Mass., builders of vertical surface 

grinders, for U. S. and Allied Govts. 
THORNLEY, A. E. (II) Supt., Narragansett Machine Co., Providence, R. I., building balloon winches for Govt. 
TOBIN, J. J. (XIII) Consulting Road Engr., Cantonment Work, Camp Devens, Mass., June '17 — Jan. '18; Supt. 

of Cons, of Roads and Bridges, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Jan. '18 — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

TOWNE, L. J. (I) Engr., Div. of Cons, and Engr., Stone & Webster, working on design and construction of arsenals, 
cantonments, munitions plants, and shipbuilding. 

TREUTHARDT, E. L. P. (V) Asst. Chemist, Bu. of Chemistry, Dept. of Agriculture; assigned to War Dept., 
Feb. '18. See Military Record. 

WASHBURN, G. E. (VIII) Asst. later Assoc. Physicist, Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, investigating and 
testing aviation instruments; designed and equipped a laboratory for testing aneroids and engine speed indi- 
cators. 

WEINHAGEN, GEORGE JR. (II) Vice-Chairman, Group 4, Div. 5, War Finance Central Comm, Second, Third, 
Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loans, Second Red Cross War Fund, and Red Cross Christmas Membership, Second 
and Third War Savings and United War Fund Campaigns, Milwaukee, Wis.; Member, Food Saving Div., 
Commercial Travelers' Sect., U. S. Food Adm. 

WHIPPLE, M. P. (V) Asst. Supt., Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, Mass., mfg. boots, army gaiters, and slickers; 

Member, Legal Advisory Bd. 
WHITAKER, H. E. (VI) Asst. to Chief Consulting Engr., U. S. Govt. Explosives Plants, Office of Director, New 

York City, building smokeless powder plants, Nitro, W. Va., and Old Hickory, U. S. Govt. Carbocoal Plant, 

Clinchfield, Va., for mfr. of toluol and smokeless fuel, and Marine Boiler Manufacturing Plant, Richmond, 

Va., for U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp. 

WHITE, J. H. (XI) Supt., Welfare Dept., Braden Copper Co., Rancagua, Chile. 

WILLARD, J. A. (II) Engr., Bemis Brothers Bag Co., St. Louis, Mo., in charge of building and power plant design 
and construction; Supt., plant at Minneapolis, Minn. 

WINCHESTER, L. S. (VI) Engr., The Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Boston, Mass. 

WITMER, G. S. (VI) helped censor prisoners' mail in Jamaica; mined copper in Chile. Volunteered for service, 
but refused on account of bad arm. 

ZAHNER, R. V. (II) Engr. in charge Building and Electrical Dept., The Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., producing 
coke by-products. (Page 394.) 

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ABBE, R. H. (II) Asst. Supt., Towle Manufacturing Co., Newburyport, Mass., mfg. head gears for navy gas 
masks, Franklyn Life Buoys for Portsmouth Navy Yard, and brass clock cases for British army trucks. 

AHLERS, J. G. (I) Sec.-Treas., Barney-Ahlers Construction Corp., New York City, constructing warehouses, 
power houses, seaplane hangars, guard houses and gas defense plant; built first timber seaplane hangars in 
Washington, D. C, Oct. '17; built emergency warehouses in record time and at lowest cost, Hoboken, N. J., 
for Army Transportation, Feb. — Mch. '18; called by Navy to finish uncompleted concrete warehouse in 
Charlestown Navy Yard. June — July '18; built the largest seaplane hangar in July — Aug. '18 at Rockaway 
for Navy, in which were built and housed the NC-4, -3 and -1 before starting for Europe. Enlisted in 9th 
C. A. C, N. Y. Guard but was honorablv discharged to take care of govt, rush cons. work. (Pages 244 and 
381.) 

ALLEN, ABBOTT (I) Asst. Mechanical Engr. for Stone & Webster Co.; one of first group to start off the Hog 
Island (Pa.) shipyard job, American International Shipbuilding Corp., 17 Sept. '17. (Page 391.) 

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ANDREWS, A. W. (I) Chief Engr., Hannawa Falls Water Power Co., Pottsdam, N. Y., constructing and main 
taining hydro-electric plants and transmission lines furnishing power to war industries. 

BABCOCK, J. B., 3d (I) Designing Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., engineers of yards and 
tracks, Boston Army Supply Base. 

EALDWIN, J. D. (VI) Farmer, Carthage, S. D.; increased greatly production on wheat, hogs and cattle. 

BATCHELLER, G. E. (II) Organized The Akron Co., Long Island City, N. Y., for manufacturing ammunition, 

'16; completed 1,500,000 M. K. Ill booster casings, 340,000 M. K. Ill adapters for 75 mm. shells, complete, 

with fuse sockets, boosters, and fuse pocket holders. 

BEEBE, H. E. (VI) Chairman, for Edmunds County (S. D.) Liberty Loan Organization for third and fourth Loans. 

BICKNELL, R. S. (X) Div. Supt., Calco Chemical Co., West Works, Bound Brook, N. J., constructing and install- 
ing equipment for the mfr. of tetranitroaniline. 

EIEDLER, W. T. (VI) Supt., Electric Cons., Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. of Baltimore; 
purchased equipment, designed and constructed power sub-stations to supply power to ship plate mills, and 
munition plants; declined commissions in Engrs., andOrd. C. to complete power supply for essential industries. 

BOWERS, G. W. (I) Asst. Engr., in charge of water works cons., Camp Sherman, Ohio, June — Oct.' 17; Supt., 
Water Works Cons., Camp Johnston, Fla.; cons, work at govt, nitrate plant, Toledo, Ohio. 

EROWNELL, W. K. (I) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

BURNETT, R. F. (Ill) Inspector, U. S. Fuel Adm., Oswego Co., New York, of boiler plants for efficiency of opera- 
tion and for allotment for coal; managed People's Gas & Electric Co., Oswego, N. Y., which supplied power 
to N. Y. Central R. R. car and engine shops, The Ames Iron Works, and others engaged directly in mfg. war 
supplies, and also furnished gas and electricity to Base Hospital No. 5. 

EURNHAM, P. W. (IV) Field Supt., Thompson Starrett Co., New York City, General Contractors, in charge of 

concrete work at Camp Upton, N. Y. 
■CHRISTIANSEN, E. 0. (I) Treas. and General Mgr., Standard Woven Fabric Co., Walpole, Mass., mfg. olive 

drab webbing for various purposes in army equipment, large quantities of brake lining and clutch linings for 

army trucks, ambulances and passenger cars, and friction tapes and splicing compounds for Engr. Depot and 

Aviation Sect. Member, Comm. of Brake Lining Mfrs. to standardize the specifications for brake lining for 

Motor Transport Service. 
CLARK, E. S. (I) Squad Chief, Asst. Chief Draftsman, and Draftsman, Stone & Webster, drafting in connection 

with plant cons., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., from its beginning. (Page 391.) 
COBB, F. L. (VI) Telephone Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., locating new officers and relieving 

existing officers. 
COLE, J. F. (VI) Telephone Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., under govt, control, working on 

transmission studies. 
COLSON, H. C, JR. (IX) Biological Chemist, Sharp & Dohne, Baltimore, Md., standardizing pharmaceutical 

products, of which large quantities were supplied to Govt. 

COX, J. S. (XI) Pvt., Co. H, 13th Inf., Mass. State Guard, 15 July '17; 1st Sgt.; Disch. Sept. '17. See Military 
Record. 

■CROSSLEY, F. T. (VI) Engr.of safety, Navy Dept., Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Aug. '17— May'18. SeeMilitary 
Record. 

CUMMINGS, H. N. (I) Inst., Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass.; practical arithmetic for enlisted men of the 
Navy; strength of materials, rigging, and roadbuilding for mechanics in Army; hygiene and surveying in 
S. A. T. C. 

•CURTIS, ALLEN (I) Asst. Engr., and Asst. Supervisor of Track, Boston & Albany R. R., under U. S. Railroad 
Adm. 

DAVIS, LUTHER (V) (VII) Chemical Engr., Walter Baker & Co., Milton, Mass., engaged in research on choco- 
late and cocoa and routine examination of product. 

DILLON, P. L. (VI) Asst. Mgr. of office of Standard Oil Co., Constantinople, Turkey, until '18. See Military 

Record. 
DODGE, R. L. (VI) Senior Engr. Asst., Bell Telephone Co. of Pa., in charge of engineering work for switchboards 

for munition plants and shipyards near Philadelphia. 

DUNBAR, A. R. (V) Chemist, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass., mfg. solid tires for artillery. 

JDUNLAP, C. D. (V) Production Mgr., The Kolynos Co., New Haven, Conn.; in England twice during war, to 
install factory for firm and to enlarge and move the factory; supplied millions of tubes of dental cream to the 
allied armies at almost cost. 

EVANS, 0. D. (V) Expert on Organization, Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Training Center No. 1, Newport 
News, Va., Nov. — Dec. '17; organized training center to train experienced men to become instructors of 
inexperienced men in shipyards; Production Engr., Civilian Personnel, Ord. Dept., directing training in all 
munition plants of the Philadelphia Ord. Dist., July — Aug. '18; Member, Ex. Comm., Mass. Schools Comm. 
of Liberty Loan Comm. of New England during Third, Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loans. 

EVERETT, W. D. (Ill) Chemist, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass., in control of stocks used in the mfg. of 
hip boots for Govt., with supervision of the handling of stocks and final product. 

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FITCH, E. 0. , JR. (XIII) Lt., C. C, U. S. N., retired on account of disability incident to the Service in Dec. '10, 
organized and started the R. 0. T. C, Lafayette College, spring, '17. 

FITZWATER, J. M. (I) Asst. Supt. of Cons, on plant enlargement, Babcock & Wilcox, Bayonne, N. J., mfg. 
marine boilers; Asst. Supt. of Cons, with Post & McCord, building Federal Ship Plant, Kearney, N. J.; Asst. 
Supt., Geo. A. Fuller Co., on Ford Shipbuilding Plant, Kearney, N. J. See Military Record. 

FOLEY, P. L. (IV) Assoc. Architect and Supt. of Buildings, govt, cantonment, Durham, N. H., '17 — '18. See 
Military Record. 

GASCHE, K. W. (X) (II) Chemical Engr., Willard Storage Battery Co., Cleveland, Ohio, engaged in design, test- 
ing and production of batteries, and in direct charge of Chemical, Experimental and Production Laboratories. 

GEARY, L. E. (XIII) Naval Architect, Dist. 8, Div. of Wood Ship Cons., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet 
Corp., Seattle, Wash., Nov. '17; resigned, Oct. '18; office issued all plans and instructions to contractors 
building ninety-three wood ships, rendered opinions and approved plans on all technical matters arising during 
their cons.; designed the Geary type wood ship, largest afloat, for Shipping Bd. 

GEGENHEIMER, R. E. (V) Chief Chemist, Mathieson Alkali Works, Niagara Falls, N. Y., mfg. bleaching 
powder, liquid chlorine, and caustic soda for C. W. S. and Ord. Dept.; first produced in this country tetra- 
chlorethane for airplane dope. 

GREENE, C. E. (II) Factory Supt., E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. chemical apparatus especially 
for explosive plants, including govt, plants at Muscle Shoals, Ala., Nashville, Tenn., Nitro, W. Va., and Edge- 
wood Arsenal, Baltimore, Md., and mfg. copper and sheet iron parts of ship equipment. 

HARRINGTON, WALTON (III) (IV) Senior Engr., Northern Atlantic Dist., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency 
Fleet Corp., I Oct. '18; appointed member of Technical Staff, Dist. Plant Engrs. Office; prepared reports on 
plant and equipment of shipyards located along Atlantic coast from Philadelphia, Pa., to Machias, Maine; 
worked on refrigeration program for cargo hulls, and dry dock program for U. S. Merchant Marine Ships. 

HARRISON, H. N. (IV) Dist. Supt. of Traffic, Bell Telephone Co., Philadelphia, Pa., handled govt, calls and 
traffic. 

HASTINGS, RUSSELL (VI) Asst., U. S. Fuel Adm., Washington, D. C, 31 Dec. '17—15 Dec. '18; work included 
distribution of coal to public utilities and during Sept. and Oct. '18, installed card index systems in some of 
the largest State Fuel Adm. offices for keeping track of the coal supply of every concern using more than 300 
tons per year. 

HEARD, F. C. (Ill) Asst. Dist. Engr., Portland Cement Assn., New York Office, working on housing matters, 
cantonment road cons., concrete barge construction. 

HENDERSON, S. L. (VI) Engr., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., associated in 
design of turbo-generators for battleships and battle cruisers, and in work for generators for merchant marine; 
Inst, of electro-mechanics being trained at Carnegie Institute of Technology. 

HIRSCHFELD, B. S. (IV) Hull Draftsman, Union Construction Co., San Francisco, Calif. Enlisted in Army, 
Nov 17; discharged shortly after to serve as hull draftsman. 

HODGES, F. E. (VI) Engr., Commercial Engr. Dept., New York Telephone Co., working on rate studies and 
questions of commercial policy incolving engr. considerations. 

HOLBROOK, G. G. (XIII) Asst. Supt., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River Plant, Quincy, Mass., in charge 
of dock work on destroyer program at Quincy and Squantum plants. (Page 383.) 

HORNE, R. W. (XI) Asst. Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., Consulting Engrs., in charge of 
sanitary and storm water drainage systems for the Boston Army Supply Base. 

HUERDLER, E. G. (Ill) in charge of Organic Laboratory, Curtiss Aeroplane Corp., making analyses of paints, 
oils, and varnishes, and testing cotton, silk and rubberized material for different uses. See Military Record. 

HUMPHREY, G. S. (VI) Electrical Engr., West Penn. Power Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; helped supply all power possi- 
ble to coal and steel-producing industries in PittsburghDist. 

JACOBY, R. W. (X) Asst. to Mgr., Garner Print Works and Bleachery, Garnerville, N. Y., mfg. piece goods, 

much of it for Govt.; Chairman, Industrial Comm., Red Cross Drive. 
JOHNSON, M. H., JR. (IV).Asst., Exemption Bd. No. 2, Terre Haute, Ind.; Member, Examining Comm., for 

examination of candidates for Arty. Off. Tr. Camp. 

JONES, BRADLEY (II) Instructor in U. S. Shipping Board School for Officers. (Page 31.) 

JONES, R. L. (Ill) Asst. Chief, Oxide Dept., New Jersey Zinc Co. of Pa., Palmerton, Pa., mfg. all grades of oxide 
of zinc used in rubber, tins and paints, and pharmaceutical zinc oxide. 

LAURSON, P. G. (I) Designer, Cons, and Mechanical Dept., Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearney, N. J., designing 
special machinery for shipbuilding processes. 

LEE, LASLEY (I) Engr., Geological Survey, Dept. of Interior, Tacoma, Wash., investigating for Water Resources 
Branch, collecting and compiling data of weekly production of electricity in State of Washington for U. S. 
Fuel Adm. 

LODGE, JOHN (I) Traveling Organizer, Federal Fuel Adm. at Washington, D. C, I Aug. '18 — 7 Jan. '19; work 
included organization of fuel conservation in the Northeastern States. 

LOMBARD, R. H. (XIV) Chemist, Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, doing 
research work on optical glass at Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., and at the Pittsburgh Plate 
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LUFKIN, F. R. (VI) Electrical Engr., Elgin, 111., handled work of an electrical nature for Aurora, Elgin & Chicago 
R. R. Co. 

LUNT, G. P. (X) Chemical Engr , E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass.; work consisted of design, erection, 
and operation of plants for the mfg. of acetone, acetic acid, ether, alcohol, nitro toluol, etc. (Page 398.) 

MACAFEE, R. D. (I) Chairman, Fuel Comm., and Soldiers' Information Bu., Marion, Mass.; Asst. Mgr., South- 
eastern Mass. Power & Electric Co., which furnished power for an aviation station, a naval reserve station, a 
govt, wireless station, Cape Cod Canal, and a large number of factories making war supplies. 

McMURTRIE, D. C. (VI) Director, Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men. 

McRAE, G. W. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City, connected with engr. of impor- 
tant addition to toll line facilities radiating from Washington from the various Army and Navy Hq., and Army 
cantonments. 

MAGLOTT, G. F. (XI) Div. Engr., Morris Knowles, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., Designers and Constructors of Camps 
Meade and McClellan; Asst. to Mr. Morris Knowles, Chief Engr., Div. of Housing and Transportation, U. S. 
Shipping Bd. 

MARCH, W. H. (IV) Architect, in charge of Architectural Dept., Chickasaw Land Co., subsidiary company of 
U. S. Steel Corp., Mobile, Ala. 

MASON, A. B. (I) Aeronautical Mechanical Engr., on cons, of aviation camps, 27 Aug. '17 — 1 1 Jan. '18; in charge 
of heating, electrical and mechanical installation, Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, L. I., N. Y., and Concentration 
Camp, Garden City, L. I. See Military Record. 

MAXFIELD, J. P. (XIV) Div. Head, Research Branch, Western Electric Co., New York City, working on develop- 
ment of anti-aircraft defense systems and of gun ranging system in collaboration with officers of Engr. C. 

MELLISH, M. H. (I) Field Engr., Chief Engr. on cons., and Resident Engr., The J. G. White Engineering Corp., 
Engrs. and Contractors, at Aeronautical Experimental Station, Langley Field, Va., Navy Nitrate Plant, 
Indian Head, Md., and transmission lines and substations from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Nitrate Plant No. 4 at 
Anchor, Ohio. 

MILLER, H. F. (II) Production Expert, Sig. C, U. S. A., and Bu. of Aircraft Production. Entered Service, 15 
Mch. '18; transferred to Production Engr. Dept., Dayton, Ohio, to inspect factories making veneered parts 
for airplanes; carried on experimental work in veneers and waterproof glues, including process for die stamping 
veneer used in airplane wing ribs, built up wing beams, and very thin veneer as a substitute for linen as a wing 
covering. 

MONTO, C. P. (X) Supt., National Carbon Co., Cleveland, Ohio, mfg. batteries for firing guns and mines, and 
field telephones, carbon brushes for aeroplane ignition systems, and trench lighting generators. 

MYLCHREEST, G. L. (I) Chief Designing Engr., Ford, Buck & Sheldon, Consulting Engrs., Hartford, Conn.; 
designed and supervised the cons, of many factories and warehouses for war industries. 

NORTHROP, J. W. JR. (IV) Resident Engr., Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, constructing equipment and quar- 
ters for S. A. T. C. 

ORCHARD, W. J. (XI) General Sales Mgr., Wallace & Tiernan Co., Inc., New York City, furnishing water steril- 
izing apparatus for Army; designed and constructed several fleets of Motor Truck Mounted Water Purifica- 
tion Equipment, comprising complete water pumping station filter plant, purfication works, and testing labora- 
tory. (Page 406.) 

OSBORN, F. W. (Ill) Supervisor of Gas Mask Inspectors, C. W. S., at Long Island City, N. Y.; active in estab- 
lishing Mech. Dept., Gas Defense Plant, Long Island City. 

PARSONS, H. F. (I) Asst. Supt., Sewer Cons., and Supt. of Water, Thompson-Starrett Co., in charge of construc- 
tion of sewers in several areas at Camp Upton, and supt. of all water distribution system cons, at Powder Plant, 
Nitro, W. Va. 

PEABODY, DEAN, JR. (II) Inst., S. A. T. C, and Army and Navy Aviation Schools. (Page 26.) 

PEARL, H. I. (I) Consulting Mining Engr. for company producing manganese, Crosby, Minn. 

PERLEY, H C. (II) Reserve Engr., and Asst. Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd.; acted as Watch Engr. in the transport 
service to France, and in coastwise merchant service, Nov. '17 — Jan. '19. See Military Record. 

PERRY, H. J. (XI) Treas., J. S. Lang Engineering Co., Boston, Mass., engaged in railroad work. 

PERRY, H. R. (Ill) Mgr., Conveyor Shoe Factories, W. H. McElwain Co., Manchester, N. H. 

PHELPS, D. W. (IV) Sec, Ship Protection Comm., U. S. Shipping Bd., which adopted and developed submarine 
camouflage. See Military Record. 

PHILLIPS, A. I. (II) Gas Expert, Ord. Dept., on engr. work connected with contracts for toluol for the Army. 

POMEROY, C. T. (VII) Chief Sanitary Inspector, Red Cross, under direction of U. S. Public Health Service, 
in vicinity of Camp Gordon, Ga.; supervised milk supply and allied products. 

PRESTON, R. A. D. (II) at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; Supervisor of production of aero- 
nautic goods and of cons, of coast patrol dirigibles for Navy, Feb. — June '17; Mgr., Goodyear Balloon School, 
training first class of Navy dirigible pilots and later managing training of kite balloon pilots, June '17 — June 
'18; Chief Pilot, June '18. See Military Record. 

RANSOHOFF, NATHAN (II) General Mgr., The Ideal Concrete Machinery Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, building 
machinery for cleaning 30-caliber rifle and machine-gun shells, also booster casings and other ammunition 
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REYNOLDS, G. B. (II) Plant Engr., Canadian Kodak Co., West Toronto, Canada, furnishing films, plates and 

paper for army use. 
REYNOLDS, H. G. (II) Purchasing Agent, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass.; purchased all machinery and 

mechanical equipment. 
RICHARDSON, H. B. (II) Asst. in Agricultural Technology, Bu. of Markets, Dept. of Agriculture; assigned to 

carry out spinning tests of long-staple cotton to determine best conditions of mfr. and best variety for airplane 

cloth, in co-operation with Sig. C, at Nasharvena Mills, New Bedford, Mass. 

RIETSCHLIN, O. R. (I) Employment Mgr., Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., in connection with 
varied emergency war cons, work of company. 

ROBB, C. A. (II) Supt., Gauge Production, Div. of Gauges and Standards, Imperial Munitions Bd., Ottawa, May 
'16 — Nov. '17; Technical Asst. to U. S. Representative of Imperial Munitions Bd., Washington, Nov. '17 — 
Dec. '18. 

ROBINSON, C. F. (II) Timekeeper on cons., Q. M. Dept., Camp Devens, Mass.; Production Inspector for Aber- 
thaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., New England Structural Co., Everett, Mass.; reported on the loca- 
tion and progress of fabrications of each piece of steel work for Squantum Destroyer Yard at Quincy, Mass. 

ROBINSON, K. C. See Class of '12. 

SAWYER, L. E. (II) Asst. to Asst. Supt., Babcock & Wilcox Co., Bayonne, N. J., mfg. boilers for destroyers and 
other navy ships, and stationary boilers for land installations. 

SHERMAN, M. C. (II) Pittsburgh Sales Mgr., and later Philadelphia Mgr., The Baker Dunbar Allen Co., Con- 
struction Engrs. for both Govt, and private corporations. 

SILSBEE, F. B. (VI) Associate Physicist, Bu. of Standards, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, engaged in laboratory work 
throughout war; in charge of investigations of spark plugs and ignition apparatus for aircraft engines. 

SITTINGER, C. J. (VI) (I) Elec. Engr., with John A. Stevens at Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.; 
Mgr., Plant Engr. Dept., Bethlehem Loading Co.; in charge of all electrical and mechanical engr. in con- 
nection with erection of govt, shell loading plant at May's Landing. 

SMITH, O. S. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

SNEDDON, J. S. (II) Mgr. of Cons, and Supt. of Mfr., The Babcock & Wilcox Co., New York City, in charge 
of additions and extensions to all plants of the company at Ba yonne, N. J., Beaver Falls, Pa., and Barberton, 
Ohio, including forge shops for 9" H. E. shells, machine shop s, boiler plate case shops and complete tube mill, 
necessary for filling govt, contract work. 

SOUTHWICK, L. S. (VI) Production Mgr., Electro Chemical Engraving Co., producing airplane dials, compass 
dials, and range finder plates. 

SPALDING, W. T. (IV) Mgr., army cons, contracts in Hawaii, Spalding Construction Co., until Nov. '17; Supt. 
of Cons., Ord. Base Depots, France, for Stone & Webster, until 14 Apr. '18; Asst. to Public Works Officer for 
France, U. S. Naval Aviation Forces, constructing Naval Aviation Stations, until 12 Jan. '19. See Military 
Record. 

TAYLOR, H. V. S. (VI) Chief Electrical Engr., D. & W. Fuse Co., Providence, R. I., producing war material. 

TAYLOR, P. W. (I) Asst. Works Mgr., with Lockwood Greene & Co., Watertown, Mass., Engrs. for the U. S. 
Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp.; work consisted of building a town for ship workers, houses, community 
buildings, stores, streets, sewer and gas distribution systems. 

TAYLOR, R. R. (X) Chemist, Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., New Haven, Conn.; in charge of laboratory 
work on army rubber footwear and gas mask stock. 

THOMAS, G. S. (XIII) Draftsman and Estimator, Technical Dept., Scientific Branch, U. S. Shipping Bd., Emer- 
gency Fleet Corp., Washington D. C, 8 Oct. '17 — 10 June '18; Philadelphia, Pa., 10 June — 21 Nov. '18. 

TOD, M. S. (I) indirectly engaged with enterprises on war work. 

TREVITHICK, H. P. (V) Official Chemist, New York Produce Exchange; analyzed shipments of fats and oils 
going abroad for British, French, Italian, and Swedish Govts. 

TRIPP, J. G. (I) General Supt., Bent Bros., Contractors, Los Angeles, Calif., making and laying eight miles of 
reinforced concrete pipe for domestic water supply, furnishing Ft. Baker and Ft. Carey. 

TRUEBLOOD, H. M. (VI) Experimental Investigator, Navy Dept., Naval Experimental Station, New London, 
Conn., Jan. '18 — 15 Feb. '19; work on submarine detection conducted on destroyers, chasers, submarines_,and 
seaplanes around New London, and in laboratories at the Experimental Station. 

TUTTLE, J. C. (II) Mgr., Development Dept., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 

WALLER, R. P. (I) coal mining, Indiana, Pa. 

WALLOUR, C. W. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Long Lines Dept., designed and installed 
underground and aerial toll cables between large cities of the East. 

WATERS, L. W. (V) Bio-chemist, Experimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del.; 
developed new processes for producing chemicals essential to the munition industry. 

WHEELER, RODNEY (I) Office Asst., The Stanley Works, Bridgewater, Mass., producing war material. 

WHEELWRIGHT, BARTON (I) (VI) Acting Signal Engr., later, Engr., Maintenance of Way, Grand Trunk 
Lines in N. E., Portland, Maine. 

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WHITNEY, J. T. (IV) Structural, Designing and Constructing Engr., for the Boston Edison Electric Illuminating 
Co., on the addition to the South Boston power house to supply current to the Squantum Destroyer Plant and 
the Watertown Arsenal; Capt. of a team, Wakefield (Mass.) Liberty War Fund. See Military Record. 

WILLIAMSON, D. V. (II) Production and Cost Mgr., Detroit Gear & Machine Co., Detroit, Mich., mfg- 
clutches for the class B, army motor trucks. 

WILSON, C. W. (II) Asst. Shop Supt., Hull Div., U. S. Navy Dept., at Boston Navy Yard. (Pages 234 and 248.) 

WING, R. L. (V) Asst. Engr., Area E (Cotton Purification), Explosives Plant "C", Nitro, W. Va.; constructing and 
operating cotton purification plant with a daily capacity of 500,000 lbs. of purified cotton ready for nitration, 
from linters and hull fibre. 

WOHLGEMUTH, B. S. (Ill) Asst. Supt., Blast Furnace, National Tube Co., Wheeling, W. Va. 

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AARON, J. A. (VI) Clerk, Mfg. Survey Sect., Gun. Div., War Dept., Washington, D. C, I Oct.— 11 Dec. '17. 

See Military Record. 
ADAMS, F. H. (XIII) Asst. to Supt. of Hull Construction, Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Staten Island, X. Y., 

in charge of construction and fitting out of hulls of cargo steamers for Emergency Fleet Corp. 

ALLEN, D. P. (II) Asst. Engr., Des Moines Gas Co., Iowa, in charge of Distribution and Meter Shops; company 

produced toluol for explosives. 
ALLEN, W. D. (XIII) Leading Draftsman, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn., in charge of scientific 

and design work on U. S. Submarines; Naval Architect and Resident Inspector, Bayles Shipyard, Inc., Port 

Jefferson, N. Y., under Emergency Fleet Corp., July '17. 
ALTER, J. F. (IV) Inspector, Inspection Branch, Q. M. C, New York and Boston Depots, 1 Oct. '17 — Mch. '19. 
ANDERSON, C. S. (VI) Supt., Clark Electric Power Co., Tooele, Utah, supplying power to mines producing 

potash and copper. 
BARKER, C. M. (VI) Mgr. of Sect., Employment Service, Dept. of Labor, Boston, Mass.; purchased mechanical 

equipment for Supply Div., Cons. Corps, Hog Island; engaged in cancellation work for Emergency Fleet 

Corp. See Military Record. 
BARR, KESTER (II) Buyer of screw machine products and turnbuckles, Curtiss Aeroplane Sc Motor Corp. 

Buffalo, N. Y., 8 May '17. 
BARTON, R. M. (VI) Asst. Engr. on Tests of Ord. Material, Ord. Dept., 10 June '18. Resigned in five weeks due 

to health giving out. 

BATTY, E. J. (II) Mechanical Engr., Sayles Finishing Plants, Riverside, R. I.; mfg. texiles for Govt, and bleach- 
ing linters for mfr. of gun cotton. 

BAXTER, L. L. (IV) in charge of a company transporting by river grain and live stock, and lumber for the 
du Pont Engineering Co. for smokeless powder plant near Nashville, Tenn.; Engr., on construction of housing, 
units at plant, July — Dec. '18. 

BEAN, O. R. (IV) designed wood vessels for Grant Smith Porter Shipbuilding Co., U. S. Emergency Fleet Corp.; 
designed housing scheme, G. M. Standiter Corp., Emergency Fleet Corp.; designed shipways for Columbia 
River Shipbuilding Corp. 

BIGELOW, J. A. (IV) Draftsman on camp cons, work, War Dept., Porto Rico, Feb. '18; Cost Engr., Camp Bragg, 
S. C, Sept.; Building Engr., Camp Benning, Ga., May '19. 

BOGDASARIAN, SUREN (IV) Structural Draftsman, Carnegie Steel Co., New Castle, Pa. 

BOWMAN, J. R. (XI) Draftsman, New England Structural Co., Everett, Mass., detailing structural steel for 

Squantum destroyer plant, Q. M. Terminal, South Boston, for other buildings for war work, and for steel 

fabricated ships. 

BROOKS, A. W. (VI) Topographical Inspector, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., Military Survey of Panama, May 

'17; in Canal Zone and Republic of Panama, in charge of topographical and geodetic work and of drafting on 

military surveys for defense of the Panama Canal. 
BROWN, G. A. (X) Asst. Supt., Chemical Factory, W. H. McElwain Shoe Co., Manchester, N. H., producing 

waterproofing compounds for army shoes, "Shoe Dubbing" for A. E. F., and chemical supplies for shoe 

industry. 

BURLEIGH, W. S. (II) Statistician, William Whitman Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., supplying textiles for govt. use. 
BURTON, F. A. (IV) Draftsman, Q. M. C, 27 Apr. '18—29 Aug. '18. Confidential Clerk attached to office of 

American Military Attache, The Hague, Netherlands, 19 May '18. See Military Record. 
CHURCHILL, F. R. (II) Engr. Asst., with Stone & Webster, in Boston and Syracuse, N. Y., on construction of 

arsenals and picric acid plant for Semet-Solvay Co. 
COMSTOCK, M. E. (VI) Engr. on Motor Design, later in charge, Special Testing Dept., General Electric Co., 

Lynn, Mass., designing electrical apparatus used in naval vessels. 
COOKE, F. G. (XIII) Asst. on Hull Construction, Bath Iron Works Ltd., Bath, Maine. (Page 383.) 

COO LEY, L. C. (X) Chem. Engr., E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., erecting and operating equipment for 
mfg. chemicals for cordite, smokeless powder, and T. N. T. in U. S. and Canada; supplied equipment for 
recovery of coal gas products. 

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CORNELL, S. H. (XIII) Technical Asst., Ship Protection Comm., U. S. Shipping Bd., in charge of experimental 

work on torpedo protection net for merchant vessels at sea. 
CORTS, F. L. (II) Asst. Chief Engr., Atlantic Factory, National Lead Co., Port Richmond, L. I., N. Y., building 

and designing machines to die cast parts for gas masks, airplane parts, radio sets and bearings for Liberty 

Motors; Chief Engr., Crooke Plant, National Lead Co.; Asst. Supt., Jewett Works, I Aug. '19. 
CORY, M. M. (I) Treas. and General Mgr., Giddings & Lewis Manufacturing Co., Fond du Lac, Wis., mfg. special 

machinery for jigs and fixtures for small arms, field artillery and naval guns, Liberty engines, de Havilands, 

tanks and marine engines, for Ord., Airplane, Navy, and Q. M. Depts., and for repair shops in France. 
COUPAL, E. A. (II) Mgr., P. A. Coupal & Sons, Boston, Mass., mfg. special machinery, tools, fixtures, and jigs. 
CRANE. RUFUS (I) Asst. Engr., Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Madison,. 

Wis. 
CUMINGS, G. B. (VI) Electrical Inspector, with Inspector of Machinery, U. S. N., Fore River Plant, Bethle- 
hem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., inspecting and testing destroyers and submarine chasers. 
DANIELS, F. H. (VI) Sec. and General Mgr., Sanford Riley Stoker Co., Worcester, Mass., supervising installation 

of mechanical stokers for the Govt., munitions factories, and essential industries. 
DARROW, BURGESS (VI) Engr., Tire Design Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, doing special 

work on airplane and pneumatic truck tires. (Page 401.) 
DAVIES, A. C. (XIV) Sales Engr., General Electric Co., Detroit, Mich.; Specialist in the application of motors 

to all sorts of machinery used for war purposes. 
DENISON, O. B. (VI) Production Engr., Simplex Wire & Cable Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. insulated wire and 

cable for Govt.; Sec, Company's War Savings Society. 
DENNETT, M. S. (II) Mgr. of Detroit Office, Dayton Automatic Products Co., Muskegon Motor Specialties Co., 

and Berkshire Magneto Co., producing cam shafts and screw machine parts for building Liberty Motors; 

developed a magneto for Liberty Motor. • 

DOLLIVER, H. F. (I) Chief Clerk in Field Offices, Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., in charge of 

traffic, and expediting materials to all jobs. 
DOW, C. W. (I) Chief Inspector, Ignition Equipment, Bu. of Aircraft Production, 14 Dec. '17 — 29 Jan. '19. 

DUFFY, J. F. (VI) Asst. Supt., Reed Prentice Co., Worcester, Mass.; Factory Accountant, Asst,. Mgr., and Asst. 
Head of Planning Dept., Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., mfg. airplanes for Army and sea- 
planes for Navy, Dec. '17. (Page 369.) 

DUNLAP, J. H. (II) Engr., Experimental Dept., The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, engaged in 
development, specification, and inspection work on tires, tubes, gas masks, and balloons for Govt. (Page 401.) 

ELDER, G W. (V) Supt., Sanhican Rubber Co., Trenton, N. J., reclaiming rubber. 

ESTES, G. H. (II) Supt., Continental Mills, Lewiston, Me., mfg. cotton cloths for Govti 

FALES, E. N. (II) Member, Comm. to visit the Royal Air Force Schools at Toronto (ground schools for training 
aviators were established on the basis developed by this commission); Aeronautical Mechanical Engr., Air 
Service, Airplane Dept., McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, and Washington, D. C. 

FERRIS, L. P. (VI) Electrical Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City, in charge of designs 
for elimination of interfering currents in telephone circuits, and of telegraph transmission development. 

FORRISTALL, G. B. (II) General Asst. to Chairman, Houston War Advertising Comm., preparing war advertis- 
ing copy for Texas. 

FRANCIS, S. A. (IV) Architect with Albert Kahn, Detroit, Mich., on several aviation fields. See Military Record. 

FRAZIER, D. N. (II) Consulting Safety Engr., Air Nitrates Corp., mfg. ammonium nitrate by the Cyanamid 
Processes; supervised accident prevention work during construction of plants and installation of machinery 
and equipment, approved plans and specifications regarding construction of buildings and guards for machines 
and equipment. 

FRISBIE, H. C. (I) Chief of Cornell (Wis.) Div., American Protective League; prepared investigations for Govt, 
under supervision of Wisconsin Agent of the Dept. of Justice. 

FRYER, HERBERT (VI) Purchasing Engr., Cantonment Div., Q. M. C, purchasing materials for Council of 
National Defense for heating and power of all camps; Chief Buyer, Purchasing Dept., American International 
Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa.; Manager, Supply Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., New England Dist. See 
Military Record. 

GARDNER, A. L. (II) Charge Man, Drafting Room, Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., ordering 
material, writing specifications, and designing, chiefly turbine, for the present type of destroyers; compiled 
engr. report of machinery operation during trial trips since May '18; worked on turbine and reciprocating 
engine installations of hulls for the Emergency Fleet Corp. 

GERSHBERG, JOSEPH (VI) with General Electric Co.; Engr., The Terry Steam Turbine Co., Hartford, Conn., 
on improvement and development of their condensing type turbines, I Oct. '18; Asst. Power Plant Engr., 
Fred T. Ley Co. on Atlas Powder Co. Plant, Havre de Grace, Md., 1 Jan. '18; Cons. Engr. for John A. Ste- 
vens on Bethlehem Loading Co. Plant, Mary's Landing, N. J. 

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GLAZIER, L. G. (VII) Special Agent, U. S. Employment Service, Dept. of Labor. Asst. to Chief of Skilled Labor 
Sect., i July — I Aug. '18; Chief of Skilled Labor Sect., Washington, D. C, in charge administration and direc- 
tion of all work pertaining to skilled labor through State Directors and in co-operation with Adj.-Gen. Office 
in furloughing skilled labor from the Army, I Aug. — 3 Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

GRAVELY, J. S. (V) Head of Laboratory Div., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., except 
during period in Ord. Dept., 8 Aug. '17 — 1 June '18. See Military Record. 

GREENLEAF, KENNETH (VI) Sales Engr., Sanson & Rowland, Detroit, Mich., producing tool kits for Liberty 
Engines. 

GROSSMANN, M. A. (Ill) Physical Chemist, in charge of heat treatment of steel, U. S. Bu. of Standards, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

HAINES, T. H. (II) Asst. Supt., Maintenance of Lines Dept., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Boston, Mass., 
furnishing power and light to war industries. 

HAUSMAN, ISAAC (I) Pres., The Building Products Co., Toledo, Ohio, furnishing materials for Govt, buildings 
in vicinity of Toledo, particularly reinforcing rods; Emergency Police Duty; Deputy U. S. Marshal. 

HAYES, S. L. (V) Supt., Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works, West Point, Ga., dyeing and bleaching cotton piece 
goods for Q. M. Ord., Navy, and Aircraft Departments. 

HAYMAN, M. E. (IV) Designer, The Fred T. Ley Co., on govt, powder plant and village, Perryville, Md. 

HESS, H. C. (IV) Structural Engr. designing and inspecting engineering work on plants mfg. war materials and 
fabricating ships. 

HILDEBRAND, W. H. (I) Pres., Walter H. Hildebrand & Co., Chicago, 111., Govt. Contractor for army chevrons 
and navy rating badges; Sec, Swiss Div., Liberty Loan Comm. Volunteered in Air Service but was rejected. 

HOLBROOK, R. A. (X) Chemist, Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., Beacon Falls, Conn., mfg. rubber boots and 
shoes for Govt. 

HOPKINS, W. B. {VI) Electrical Engr., Stone & Webster, in charge of electrical work for American Ord. Base 
Depot, Washington, D. C, 12 Sept. '17; Electrical Engr. and Asst. to Director-Gen. of Construction, American 
Orel Base Depot, France, '17 Feb. — 20 Dec. '18; Asst. to Chief Engr., Technical Advisory Bd., A. E. F.; 
did work on Ord. Shops for A. E. F. at Mehun-sur-Yevre, and cons, work at Bourges, Gievres, St. Nazaire, 
Montoir, Is-sur-Tille and Bordeaux. 

HUGELMANN, J. R. (I) Safety and Welfare Engr., U. S. N. R. F. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., Apr. '18. 

HUMPHREVILLE, W. E., JR. (VI) Inst., Mechanical, Gas Engine, and Auto Dept., S. A. T. C, College Station, 
Texas. 

HUTCHINS, OTIS (XIV) Metallurgical Engr., The Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., mfg. abrasives and 
ferro alloys for War Dept. for production of hydrogen. 

JENKS, H. G. (VI) Supt., Eastern Mass. Electric Co., Salem, Mass., furnishing electricity to essential industries. 

JOHNSON, C. R. (X) Chief Chemist, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, mfg. gas masks, balloons, dirigi- 
bles, and truck tires. See Military Record and page 400. 

JONES, W. T. (II) Asst. to Engr. of Tests, New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., U. S. Railroad Adm. 

KELLOGG, PAUL (IX) Engr., Larkin Co., Buffalo, N. Y., mfg. "sag paste" for Govt. 

KERR, C. P. (II) Inspector, Tire Expert and Mech. Asst., Motor Transport Div., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, Wash- 
ington, D. C, inspecting airplane engines and testing trucks, July — Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

KUSHLAN, MAX (VI) Inst., Steam Engr., U. S. School for Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders for the Merchant 
Marine, Chicago, 111.; wrote, "The Gas Motor," textbook used in schools for military aviation and auto- 
mobiles mechanics. 

LAFRENIERE, T. J. (XI) Sn. Engr., Bd. of Health, Quebec, in charge of water supplies in towns where troops 
were concentrated and hospitals located; helped train sanitary officers. Exempted from military service 
upon request of Health Bd.; tried to enlist as Sanitary Engr. in '15, refused, later accepted to serve at 
Dardanelles, Dec. '15, but British forces retired before his departure from Canada. 

LAKE, H. E. (I) Advisory Engr. on Fire Protection, Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 
passing on the fire protection of all new projects and upon the equipment for such purpose; reported on the 
fire hazards of existing stations with recommendations for improving conditions for Navy Dept. and Housing 
Corp., 15 Sept. — 21 Nov. '18. Physically unfit for military service. 

LARRABEE, H. P. (VI) in charge of Shipping Dept., Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co., Worcester, Mass., 
mfg. bayonet scabbards, revolver and pistol holsters, helmet and gas mask straps. 

LAWRENCE, BEARDSLEY (I) Office Mgr., T. Stuart & Sons Co., subcontractors on construction of Boston 
Army Supply Base. 

LEVY, NATHAN (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thomdike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

LEWIS, H. A. (IV) Engr. Draftsman and Architect, Gallaudet Aircraft Corp., East Greenwich, Conn., construct- 
ing Curtiss Flying Boats and doing experimental work on the Gallaudet Hydroplane. 

LOUD, R. P. (VI) Electrical Heating Engr., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Boston, Mass., installing electrical 
cooking equipment on Commonwealth Pier for Navy Dept. 

LOWENBERG, M. J. (VI) Asst. Electrical and Research Engr., Interborough Rapid Transit Co., New York, 
designing electrical distribution system and protecting against electrolysis, and breakdowns of new and old 
subway and elevated systems. 

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McMILLAN, L. R. (IV) T Inst., Camp Martin, Tulane University, New Orleans, La. 

MacNAUGHTON, ALBERT (IV) Inspector, Inspection Div., later Asst., Requisition Dept., Bu. of Yards and 
Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, requisitioning building materials and supplies, and approving award 
of contracts for all foreign and domestic naval bases, air stations and ship repair stations. 

MacPHERSON, R. G. (II) Cons. Supt., Air Nitrates Corp., Muscle Shoals, Ala., supervising installation of liquid 

air and caustic plant. 
MAGOON, C. A. (VII) Asst. Plant Physiologist, Horticultural and Pomological Investigations Office, Bu. of 

Plant Industry, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, doing research work on problems in conservation 

and utilization of fruit and vegetables. 
MARSTON, N. S. (VI) Inst, in Naval Aviation School, M. I. T. 

MATHER, R. H. (VI) Engr., Ford, Buck & Sheldon, Inc., Hartford, Conn., furnishing plumbing, heating, sprinkler 

and wiring plans and specifications for war industries plants. 
MERRILL, C. H. S. (I) Asst. to General Mgr., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. 

See Military Record. 
MEYER, T. F. W. (II) Production Mgr., later Efficiency Engr., Dusenberg Motors Corp., Elizabeth, N. J., mfg- 

"Bugatti" 16 cylinder, 500 H. P. airplane engine. 
MILLS, L. O. (VI) Inspector, Sig. C, supplies at factories; settled claims arising from cancelled contracts. 

MOREY, C. T. (II) Asst. Supt., Rhode Island Tool Co., Providence, R. I., mfg. material and parts for Emergency 

Fleet Corp., and War and Navy Departments. 
ODELL, L. G. (XIV) Mgr., Crude Rubber Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, in charge company's 

far-eastern rubber-buying houses in Singapore, Batavia, and Colombo. 

OMANSKY, MORRIS (V) Chief Chemist, Technical Dept., in charge of Laboratory and Compounding, Plymouth 

Rubber Co., Canton, Mass., producing rubber sundries; engaged in research and development of toxic-gas 

resistant rubber compounds for gas masks for Govt. 
OSBORN, FRANKLIN, 2d (III) Concentrator Supt., Eustis Mining Co., Eustis, P. Q., remodelling concentrator 

and installing oil-floatation system for treatment of low grade cupriferous pyrites ores needed for mfg. of 

sulphuric acid, '16 — '19. 
PEAD, W. J., JR. (VI) Supt., Lowell Gas Light Co., Mass., mfg. illuminating and industrial gas, and by-products 

used in munitions. 
PEARSON, P. H. (II) Asst. Chief Dispatcher, Boston & Maine R. R., Concord, N. H. Tried three times to enter 

service but rejected on account of occupation. 
PEPPER, C. L. (II) Training Officer, Mass. Bd. of Education, in charge of war training classes; had supervision 

of Training Rehabilitation Div., Federal Bd. for Vocational Education for disabled soldiers, sailors, and 

marines in New England States. 
PERRY, C. R. (Ill) Metallurgist, New England Westinghouse Co., mfe. Russian military rifles, '14 — '17, with 

Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., in charge of all raw material, heat treatment and testing engineering for 

small arms including the Browning, light and heavy, machine gun, and the Vickers-Maxim machine gun, '18. 
PEYCKE, A. H. (II) Mgr., Brake Dept., American Steel Foundries, Chicago, 111., forging shells, miscellaneous 

steel castings, and railway equipment specialties for foreign and domestic war service. 

PHILLIPS, W. I. (VI) Asst. Commercial Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston, Mass. 

PILLSBURY, A. C. (I) Sec, Beverly Hills War Savings Society; Lt., Liberty Loan Campaigns; Member, Secret 
Service Dept., Los Angeles, Calif. 

POWELL, 0. D. (XI) Asst. Camp Sec, Y. M. C. A., Camp Syracuse, N. Y., 27 July— 29 Sept. '17. See 
Military Record. 

PROCTOR, J. A. (VI) Chief Engr., Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co., '12— '18, and with American Radio Corp., 
'18, in charge of radio engr. design and research; designed and had charge of mfr. of radio apparatus for U. S. N.; 
chose location, installed and equipped, Otter Cliffs Radio Station, Bar Harbor, Maine, for radio communi- 
cation with England, France, and Italy; valuable research work at this station resulted in invention of a 
system of static elimination. 

PUGSLEY, EDWIN (VI) Mfg. Engr., in charge of Engr. Dept., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, 
Conn., mfg. rifles, cartridges, primers, and telescope sights for Govt. 

PUSHEE, H. B. (X) Chief Chemist and Dept. Mgr., General Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, producing and 

developing rubber articles. 
*ROBERTS, W. L. (XIII) General Mgr., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., Fore River Plant, Quincy, Mass. 

Killed in automobile accident, 20 July '19. 

ROBINSON, BENJAMIN (IV) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

ROBINSON, H. L. (I) Inspector and Adviser in industries of Worcester, Mass., under Fuel Adm., on fuel saving; 
Mgr., Service Dept., Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 

ROMER, J. B. (V) Chief Inspector and Chemist, National Fireworks Mfg. Co., West Hanover, Mass., mfg. tracer 
incendiary bullets for aircraft and rockets, flares and signals for Trench Warfare Section, Ord. Dept. 

RUNELS, R. E. (I) Engr., Lockwood Greene & Co., Engrs., in charge of rebuilding and equipping with machinery 
the Atlantic Mills (Pacific Mills) for mfr. of tent material for Govt.; Supt., 45 Calibre Colt Dept., U. S. Cart- 
ridge Co . Lowell, Mass. 

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SAVAGE, E. C. (II) Asst. Inspector, Ord. Dept., 10 June— 15 July '18. See Military Record. 

SCHAFER, C. A. (XIII) Asst. to Naval Architect, Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa.; Naval Architect, in charge 
of Designing Dept., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

SCHREIBER, HENRY (XI) Engr., Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston, supplying light and power to 
war industries. Refused for service on account of deafness. 

SCHURIG, O. R. (VI) Electrical Research Engr., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., developing new 
equipment. 

SCOVILLE, J. H. (IV) Production Engr., Black Rock and Fields Point Works and Moore Plant, Bethlehem Ship- 
building Corp., Ltd., Elizabeth, N. J. 

SELIGMAN, W. J. (Ill) Mfr., Import Dept., Hartmann Bros. Inc., obtaining raw materials from overseas for 

war orders. 
SISSON, EDWARD (I) Foreman on steel ship cons., U. S. N, repairing steel ships. 
SMITH, A. N. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 
SMITH, F. G. (Ill) Supervisor, Non-Ferrous Material Inspection, Metallurgical Branch, Inspection Div., Ord. 

Dept., Washington, D. C, 1 Apr. — 1 Dec. '18. 

SMITH, H. A. (II) Dist. Engr., Dept. of Conservation, Fuel Adm., in charge of engrs. covering southern New 

Hampshire. 
SMYTHE, C. B. (I) Asst. to Pres., The Thew Automatic Shovel Co., Lorain, Ohio, mfg. steam and gasoline 

shovels for Govt. 
SOUTHGATE, D. W. (IV) Engr., du Pont Engineering Co., at Old Hickory Powder Plant near Nashville, Tenn., 

designing special buildings in Powder Village, 15 May '18; Asst. to Mgr., Requirements Div., U. S. Housing 

Corp., Washington, D. C, reviewing and recommending licensing of private enterprise bjilding projects, 

compiling data as to availability and advisibility of use of various building materials for projects of U. S. 

Housing Corp., 15 Sept. '18—15 May '19. 
STANLEY, R. R. (II) State Factory Inspector, State of New Hampshire; Engr., Parker-Young Co., Lincoln, 

N. H., furnishing airplane spruce; Chairman, Liberty Loan Drive, Lincoln, N. H. 
STEVENS, D. R. (II) in charge of Goodyear Flying Field, later Factory Mgr., Aeronautics Dept., Goodyear Tire 

& Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, doing experimental work on observation and dirigible balloons and instructing 

naval balloon aviators. (Pages 399 and 401.) 

STEWART, 0. W. (I) Engr., Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Providence, R. I., in connection with 
design and maintenance of fire protection apparatus in munition plants; Expert in Fire Prevention, Fire Pre- 
vention Sect., War Industries fid., Washington, D. C. 

SYMMES, E. M. (V) Asst. Acid Supt., Kenvil, N. J.; Asst. Supt., Bacchus (Utah) Plant; Asst. Chemical Director, 
Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del., mfg. T. N. T, smokeless powder, and black powder for bursting 
charges. 

TISDALE, H. R. (V) Chemist and Supt., Dye House, The Brainerd & Armstrong Co., New London, Conn., 
dyeing silk for Govt. 

TOLMAN, RUTH DUNBAR (Mrs. Mayo) (VII) Bacteriologist, Pierce & Tolman, Chemical and Sanitary Engrs., 
Charleston, W. Va., in charge of filtration plant supplying water to Naval Ord. Plant, South Charleston; made 
vaccine for influenza, Red Cross Emergency Hospital. 

TRUE, G W. (I) Junior Engr., The Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, C. Z., designing pier construction. 

VAN ALSTINE, R. D. (I) Draftsman, and Chief Draftsman, Southwestern Shipbuilding Co., East San Pedro, 
Calif., designing plant layout, buildings and structural equipment; in charge of surveys and construction 
materials. Refused admission to 2d Engr. Off. Tr. Camp because of physical disability, June '17. 

VAN TASSEL, E. D., JR. (X) Pres., in charge of production, Van Tassel Tanning Co., Stoneham, Mass., tanned 
and finished military equipment leather for British, French, and U. S. Govts. 

WADE, N. S. (II) 1st Asst. Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., Nov. '17— Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

WARNER, W. W. (I) Chairman for Nowata County, Okla., U. S. Boys' Working Reserve; Member, Nowata 
County War Bd. See Military Record. 

WATERFALL, H. W. (II) Mechanical Engr., Jute Mill and Engineering Works near Calcutta, The Angus Co., 
Ltd., Calcutta, India, Aug. '17 — Aug. '19; mfg. jute cloth and bags, sand bags for Allied Govts., jute mill 
machinery and special machines for Bd. of Munitions, Calcutta, India. 

WATSON, J. C. (Ill) Contractor, Canadian Steel Foundries, Ltd., Welland, Ont., making furnace size steel from 
scrap steel; prospected for gold, nickel and silver ore bodies in northern and eastern Ontario, '15 — '18. 

WELLS, P. V. (VIII) Associate Physicist, Bu. of Standards, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. C, designing 
optical instruments; co-operated with Research Div., investigating physical properties of toxic smoke, 
with Defense Branch, Gas Mask Research Sect, and with Offense Branch, Dispersal Sect., C. W. S. 

WELTMER, NOYES (III) Head Sampler, later Shift Boss, Phelps Dodge Corp., Tyrone, New Mex., producing 
copper; applied for Officers Reserve Corps but not able to pass physical examination. 

WEST, C. (II) Pres., West & Dennet Co., Chicago, 111., furnishing cam shafts and screw machine products for 
Liberty Motors, also various parts for tanks, military tractors, army trucks and 37 mm. tanks guns. 

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WHITE, P. D. (II) Production Mgr., Babcock & Wilcox Co., New York City, building marine boilers for destroyers, 
mine sweepers, battleships and Shipping Bd. vessels and staionary boilers for Govt, plants. 

WHITNEY, W. 0. (III) Asst. Mgr., later Mgr., Marine Dept., Brunswick Refrigerating Co., New Brunswick, 
N. J., mfg. refrigerating plants for transports, Emergency Fleet Corp. ships and frozen cargo carrying ships; 
consulting work for U. S. Shipping Bd. and various shipbuilding companies. 

WILDS, J. L. (II) Representative, War Industries Bd. at war work plants; Member, American Protective League, 
Chicago, 111., Bu. of Investigation, Dept. of Justice. 

WILKES, G. B. (II) Asst. Prof, of Industrial Physics, M. I. T., doing experimental work for Govt. 

WILLIS, S. C. (I) Resident Engr. and Supt. of Cons, for Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., at Rock Island Arsenal. 

111. 
WILSON, W. C. (X) Treas., Andrew Wilson Co., Lawrence, Mass., mfg. ammunition and detonator boxes of 

copper and clothes lockers of sheet metal for transports. 

WOOD, F. A. (II) Supt., Commercial Point Station, Boston Consolidated Gas Co., Dec. '15 — June '18; Asst. 
Supt., Everett Station; mfg. illuminating gas used by mfrs. of war materials as fuel, also shipment of light 
oils to govt, plants for extraction of toluol and benzol used in explosives. 

YOUNG, E. M. (I) Asst. Supervising Engr. on Cons., Camp Meade, Md.; Resident Engr. on R. R. Cons., Curtiss 
Bay Ord. Depot, Md.; Supt. of Cons, of Concrete Trench and Dugout Work, Gunpowder Reservation, Lake- 
hurst, N. J.; Cons. Engr., under Cons. Q. M., Gas Defense Tr. Sch. for Officers, Lakehurst, N. J.; Engr., 
Field Staff, Picric Acid Plant, Brunswick, Ga.; Asst. Supt. on Cons., Naval Air Station, Key West., Fla. 

ZIMMERMAN, R. E. (IX) Consulting Chemical Engr., War Gas Investigations, U. S. Bu. of Mines; Director of 
Research and Investigations, Research Laboratory, American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; 
Metallurgical Research Engr., Naval Consulting Bd., on problems in connection with materials for submarine 
deck guns. 

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ABEL, G. H. (II) Chief Engr., Engine Dept. and Chief Inspector, Airplane Dept., Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp., 
Ithaca, N.Y. 

AHEARN, W. H. (I) Asst. to Consulting Engr., Public Utilities Comm., Dist. of Columbia, Washington, D. C; 
made studies and reports on transportation problems for War and Navy Depts. 

ALLEN, A. F. (XI) Sn. Engr., U. S. Public Health Service, working in communities and areas around many of 
the southern training camps. 

ALLEN, V. W. (II) Asst. Master Mechanic, The American Brass Co., Torrington, Conn. 

BAILEY, R. T. (I) engaged in general contracting work on industrial plants mfg. munitions after 1 Jan. '18. See 
Military Record. 

BARKER, F. W., JR. (X) Plant Supt., National Aniline & Chemical Co., New York City, making dimethyl- 
aniline and diphenylamine for explosives, sneeze gas for Govt, and dyestuff intermediates for Army and Navy 
uniforms. 

BARNARD, K. H. (V) Supt., Oxide Plant, American Zinc Co. of 111., Hillsboro, 111. 

BARRY, J. L. (VI) Asst. Works Mgr., in charge Brass Depts., National Conduit & Cable Co., Hastings-on- 
Hudson, N. Y., mfg. brass sheets, rods, tubing, and cartridge cups for Army and Navy. 

BAXTER, W. H. (Ill) Works Chemist on soda ash and ammonium chloride for The Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, 
N. Y.; Operator of Picric Acid Plant, Split Rock Plant of the Solvay Process Co. 

BENSON, H. S. (II) Traveling Supervisor of Inspection, Trench Warfare Material, Ord. Dept., 28 July — 10 Oct. 

'17. See Military Record. 
BOND, T. D. (VI) Asst. to Mgr., New Business Dept., Charles H. Tenney & Co., Boston, Mass. Volunteered for 

service but refused on account of poor eyesight. 
BOROVOY, SAMUEL (I) Asst. Mgr. and Mgr., Consolidated Manufacturing Co., Keene, N. H., mfg. horse 

covers and service coats for Army. 
BRACKETT, H. H. (VI) Engr., Engineering Dept., New York Telephone Co., New York City. Volunteered for 

service but refused for physical reasons. 

BRANN, B. F. (V) Assoc. Prof, of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine; Inst., S. A. T. C. 

BRIGHAM, G. B., JR. (IV) Inspector of Cons., Squantum Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., for Monks 
& Johnson, Architects and Engrs., '17— '18; Inst., S. A. T. C, M. I. T., Oct. '18— Jan. '19. 

BROWN, K. H. (VIII) Electrical Tester, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. See Military Record. 

BROWN, P. J. (IV) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

BUSBY, F. H. (VI) Asst. to Structural Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, constructors for Army Supply Base, 

Boston, Mass. 
CALDWELL, F. W. (II) Aeronautical Engr., Air Service, in charge of all propeller engineering, design, research, 

development, and test work; designed all airplane propellers used on American-built planes in France; built 

two types of thrustmeter and many other instruments. (Pages 270 and 278.) 

CARY, C. A. (I) Assoc. Supt., Brandywine Works, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., in charge of loading plant for 
Stokes trench mortar rings. 

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CATHER, J. H. (IV) Purchasing Engr., Aviation Cantonments, Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 8 Mch. — 25 Oct. '17. 

See Military Record. 
CHANDLER, R. W. (formerly L. W.) (VI) Works Engr., Plate Iron Works, Dayton, Ohio, producing shells and 

machinery. See Military Record. 

CHERRY, M. C. (II) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

COLE, W. G. (I) Safety Engr., Maryland Plant, Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa.; conducted all Liberty 

Loan and War Work Campaigns at the works. 
COLEMAN, A. M. (VI) Factory Mgr., The Champion Stove Coal Co., Cleveland, Ohio, mfg. kitchen ranges and 

stoves for railroads. v 

COLLINS, W. L. (XI) Supervising Engr. and Acquisition Agent, Cons. Div., War Dept., supervising construction 
of Camp Franklin, additions to Camp Meade, and roads at Camp Devens. 

COMSTOCK, R. L. (X) Chemist, Electrochemical Plants, Burgess Sulphite Fibro Co., Berlin, N. H., in charge 
of electrolysis of brine, evaporation of caustic soda, and mfg. of anesthetic chloroform. 

COX, R. S. (Ill) Asst. Shop Supt., Bartlett Hayward Co., Baltimore, Md., mfg. time fuses. See Military Record. 

CUMMINGS, L. T. (VI) Senior Engr., Miller, Franklin, Basset & Co., Consulting Engrs., New York City, super- 
vising the installation of methods designed to increase production and reduce labor requirements in plants 
mfg. war products. 

CURTIS, F. H. (Ill) Chemist, The Pyrites Co., Ltd., Wilmington, Del, producing low phosphorous iron sinter 
and metallic copper. 

DALRYMPLE, P. W. (II) Power Engr., Sparrow's Point Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd. 

DAVIS, A. R. (II) Purchasing Agent and Production Engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., procuring 
materials for arsenal construction, placing contracts for machine and tool work, and supervising production 
of gun parts. 

DAVIS, C. D. (II) with the American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

DAVIS, LEWIS (V) Research Biological Chemist, Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich., in Serum Laboratory 
developing production methods for diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins for LT. S. and Allied Govts. 

DAVIS, R. W. (X) Adviser and Asst. to registrants under the Draft. 

df. FLOREZ, LUIS (II) designed and constructed a number of toluol plants for Russian and British Govts.; 
operated British Govt. Plant, Thames Haven, Essex; made experiments on gas masks and flame throwers 
for British Govt.; Asst. Inspector and Inspector, Naval Construction, in charge of Instrument Sect., U. S. 
Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, developing new aircraft instruments. 

DIERKS, F. H. (II) Pres., Dierks-Blodgett Shipbuilding Co., building wooden ships for Govt. 

DOWS, C. L. (VI) Electrical Engr., National Lamp Works of General Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio, mfg. incan- 
descent lamps, flood lights, and X-ray tubes. 

DUNBAR, H. C. (II) 2d Mate on cargo vessels, U. S. Shipping Bd. 

DUYSER, C. A. (XI) Master Mechanic, Simplex Auto Co. until Oct. '17; Aeronautical Engineer, Signal Corps. 
Jan.. — Feb. '18; with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. at Muscle Shoals, Ala., in charge of all sub-contracts. 

EICHER, A. M. (XI) Engr., for Stone & Webster, on construction of American Ordnance Base Depots in France, 
Nov. '17; Material Man, Foreman, and Field Engr., Is-sur-Tille, Nov. '17 — Apr. '18; material work in Tours, 
1 Apr. '18; Foreman, Mehun-sur-Yevres Machine Shop, 15 June; with French Engrs., on installation of tur- 
bine boilers at Mazieres Power Plant, Bourges, under direction of Technical Advisory Bd. in Paris, July — 
Nov. '18. See Military Record. 

ELDRED, C. P. (VI) in charge of course in Electrical Machinery at Navy Co-operative School, Pratt Institute, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., summer, '17; in charge of Radio Course under direction of Sig. C, spring '18, and course 
for electricians, U. S. Training Detachment, summer, '18, and in charge Electrical Engr. Course under the 
S. A. T. C., fall '18, Georgia Institute of Technology. 

FARWELL, J. W-, JR. (XI) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

FERRY, R. M. (II) Supt., Toronto Works, Northern Aluminum Co., Ltd., in charge of fabrication of aluminum 
for military equipment. 

FISHER, T. C. (II) Pyrometric Engr. in Research Laboratories, Norton Co., Worcester, Mass., and Member, 
South American Bauxite Prospective Party; from May '17 — Aug. '19 in British, French, and Dutch Guianas 
and West Indies exploring and prospecting for aluminum ore to be used in mfg. of artificial alumninous abrasive 
wheels by Norton Co. 

FOLEY, H.'M. (VI) Member, Legal Advisory Bd.; Military Inst, of Draftees, Draft Bd.; Trustee, Hampden 
Co. Chapter, Red Cross; Promoter and Trustee, Palmer War Chest; Asst. Mgr., Central Mass. Electric 
Co., engineers for electrification of mfg. plants engaged in production of war goods. Volunteered for 
service in Engr. C, Ord., and Arty., but rejected as physically unfit. 

FREDRIKSEN, NORMAN (X) Asst. Gas Chemist, Chemical Warfare Sect., American University Experiment 
Station, Washington, D. C. 

FREEMAN, J. C. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City, working on design and 
construction of long distance telephone lines and cables, some of which were used almost exclusively bv the 
Govt, in war service. 

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GALE, A. G. (I) Agent in charge of Philadelphia Office of Dierks-Blodgett Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, Miss., 

purchasing material for shipyard to construct 9000-ton steel cargo ships for the Emergency Fleet Corp. 
GERE, W. N. (VI) Head of Shell Drawing and Extrusion Depts., United States Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., 

producing small arms ammunition. 
GLAZE, J. B. (XIV) Research Engr. in charge of electric furnace investigations, Norton Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
GLIDDEN, W. R. (I) Bridge Engr., Executive Head of Bridge Works, Commonwealth of Virginia; work included 

building and maintenance of bridges between Washington and Newport News. 
GOODWIN, L. H. (Ill) Mgr., Ely Copperfield Associates, West Fairlee, Vt.; built and operated oil flotation plant 

for recovery of copper from low-grade pyrrhotite chalcopyrite ore. 
GRAUPNER, M. F. (V) Miner, Butte, Mont., producing copper for U. S. and Allies. 
GREEN, W. P. (1) Civil Engr., Yard Maintenance Dept., Scovill Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn., makers of time 

fuses and three inch shrapnel shells and other brass goods for the U. S., Russian and British Governments. 
HALL, N. A. (VI) Electrical Mechanical Engr., Navy Dept., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Washington, D. C, engaged 

in engr. work in connection with ship auxiliary machinery. 
HAMMERSTROM, W. G. (II) General Supt., Lynchburg Foundry Co., Lynchburg, Va., producing pipe and other 

fittings for powder plants. Application for a commission in the Corps of Engineers practically accepted when 

armistice was signed. 
HANSON, H. H. (X) Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, War Gas Investigation, Washington, D. C, in charge of Div. 

of Pyrotechnics, developing navy smoke screen, incendiary bombs, and airplane smoke signaling, July — Dec. 

'17. See Military Record. 
HARGRAVE, J. M. (VI) Pres., The Cincinnati Tool Co., mfg. regular stock tools and some special tools for all 

government departments. 
HICKEN, G. R. (I) Storekeeper, Remington Arms, Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn., June — Oct. 

'18. Rejected for military service on account of physical disability, 8 Aug. '17. 
HOOPER, L. S. (II) (VI) Trial Engr., Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., in charge of submarine trials for U._ S. 

Govt.; at Vickers, Ltd., in Barrow-in-Furness, England, supervising installation of machinery and running 

trials in Irish and North Seas on British submarines that were equipped with American machinery, May '18 

— Feb. '19; Asst. to Engr. in charge of trials U. S. S. O-3, O-4, O-5 and 0-6 at Provincetown, Mass., Feb. — 

June '19 and O-7, 0-8, O-9, and O-io June — Nov. '19. 

HYDE, R. E. (X) Chemical Engr., Plant Development Sect, of Research Div., C. W. S.: transferred to Felt 
Procurement Sect., Gas Defense Div., C. W. S., developing felt for smoke filter for gas masks. 

JOHNSON, H. A. (II) Master Gauge Expert, Ord. Dept.; Chief Inspector and Testing Engr, on 3" Stokes trench 
mortar shells and 155 mm. gun carriages, Cleveland Dist.; Asst. Claim Adjuster and Analyzer for Cleveland 
Ord. Dist. Claims Boards, Jan. — June '19; did research work at beginning of war on malleable cast iron in 
connection with determining a suitable quality from which to make American hand grenade being perfected 
at Eastern Malleable Iron Co., Naugatuck, Conn. 

KEBBON, H. E. (IV) Asst. Cons. Mgr., Cantonment Cons. Div., Washington, D. C, 30 May— 25 Sept '17; 
office supervision of construction of eight national army cantonments. See Military Record and page 318. 

*KEMP, H. D. (VI) Supt., British Munitions Co., Ltd., of Verdun, Montreal, Canada, in entire charge of produc- 
tion, operation, and maintenance; First Asst. to Chief of Production Div., Ord. Dept., New York City. Mem- 
ber, Imperial British Munitions Bd. Died, 5 Oct. '19. 

KILMAN, E. C. (VI) Assoc. Member, Legal Advisory Bd., Acconsack Co., Va. 

KIMBALL, M. J. (VI) Switchboard Engr., Traffic Dept., The Bell Telephone Company of Pa., Pittsburgh, Pa., 
making studies of telepnone switchboard requirements, designing additions and arrangements of equipment 
from a traffic viewpoint. 

LASIER, E. L. (I) Materials Engr., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, directly in charge 
of materials work which involved problems and questions relating to obtainment of materials, their purchase 
and inspection; instructions of Navy Dept. that civilian technical personnel should be retained intact during 
national emergency prevented active military service. 

LAWRENCE, P. R. (X) Metallurgist and Chief Inspector, American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., Gary Sheet Mill, 
Gary, Ind., mfg. manganese steel sheets for helmets. 

LEWIS, L. G. (II) in charge of team in Red Cross Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. 

LOMBARD, 0. C. (VI) Asst. Cons. Engr., New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Boston, Mass., working 
on general maintenance and supervision of cons, of toll circuits and routes. 

MacDONALD, H. D. (Ill) Quarry Supt., American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., mining zinc in Tenn., and en- 
gaged in exploration work, Ontario, Canada. 

McNEIL, N. T. (I) Designer, Experimental Dept., United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beverly, Mass.; developed 
machinery connected with making of "Pershing" shoes; adapted a heel compressor to reduce size of Red 
Cross bandages to a fraction of original size to enable a greater number to be shipped in a given volume. 

MAGUIRE, W. J. (I) (IV) General Supt. of Cons., Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., May— Sept. '18; General Supt. 
of Cons, of U. S. Naval Tr. Camp, Newport, R. I., Sept. '18— Oct. '19. 

MARCEAU, E. T. (X) Chief Chemist and Supt., Chicago Factory, The N. K. Fairbank Co., mfg. soaps, soap 
powders, and dynamite glycerine, Sept. '16— Feb. '18; Mgr., Feb. — Nov. '18. 

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MASON, M. C. (VI) Electrical Engr., Nitrate Div., Ord. Dept. See Military Record, 

MILLS, C. H. (IV) Architectural Draftsman, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., designing build- 
ings for the mfg. of powder, and housing projects. 

MINTON, J. P. (VIII) Section Head, Transmission Branch, Engr. Dept., Western Electric Co., Inc., New York 
City, having direct supervision of the acoustical problems involved in airplane radio telephony which resulted 
in development of sound-proof helmets for telephone receivers and of anti-noise telephone transmitter for air- 
planes; had direct supervision of early development work preliminary to mfr. of ground detectors to detect 
enemy mining operations at front. (Page 278.) 

MITCHELL, G. W. (II) Chief Draftsman with Remington Arms Co., Bridgeport, Conn., '16 — '17; with Ash- 
croft Mfg. Co., '18; Designer, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Dec. '18; Head of Dept. of Mech. Drawing , Y. M. C. A. 
Evening School, and Special Inst, in Shop Mathematics. 

MITCHELL, H. D. (X) Asst. to Chairman of Sub-Comm. on Rubber and Allied Substances, National Research 
Council; engaged in mfr. of tires and tubes according to Govt, specifications. Not accepted for active military 
service on account of eyesight. 

MORGAN, A. P. (II) Member of firm, Adams-Morgan Co., designing and mfg. aeroplane parts, radio telegraph 
apparatus and fire control panels, for U. S. Army and Navy. 

MORROW, C. E. (IV) Chief Draftsman for Stone & Webster, in charge of preparation of drawings on Water- 
town, Rock Island, and Picatinny Arsenals as well as many industrial plants and public utility improvements. 

MOWRY, F. L. (XI) Cons. Engr., Swift & Company, Meat Packers, Chicago, 111., engaged in cold storage ware- 
house construction and buildings for production of various food products. 

MURRAY, W. J. (X) Asst. Gas Chemist, Dept. of Interior, Bu. of Mines, Gas Defense Service. Research on 
problems of offensive gas defense at American University Experiment Station. Development in laboratory 
of three important war gases to mfg. stage, 13 Mch. — 26 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

NICHOLSON, ERNEST (I) Supt. of Cons., Cons. Dept., Babcock & Wilcox Co., working on extensions to 
plants in New Jersey and Ohio for company to meet Govt, program. 

NOYES, J. A. (II) Mgr., Lake Superior Iron and Copper Mining Dist., Sullivan Machinery Co., mfg. mining 

machinery. 
O'BRIEN, W. G. (X) Chemical Engr., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. (Page 400.) 
ODELL, L. G. (XIV) Manager, Crude Rubber Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. (Page 401.) 
OTIS, H. N. (II) Inspector in Plant Engineer's Office, Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, 

Mass. See Military Record. 
PARTRIDGE, H. H. (II)) Branch Cons. Engr., Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, supervising real 

estate, buildings and mechanical equipment of branch houses; assisted at Second Draft Registration. 
PAULLIS, G. L. (II) Supervisor of Production Control, Small Arms Sect., Rock Island Arsenal, 111., organizing 

work and installing shop systems. 
PERRINE, C. O. (I) Sales Engr., Sullivan Machinery Co. of Chicago, located in San Francisco Branch Office. 
PRATT, J. H. (X) Gen. Supt., The Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago, 111., mfg. airplane propellers, rocket boards, 

and mess tables; designed and manufactured shell filling machines for handling T. N. T. at the Edgewood 

Arsenal. 
PRIEST, H. M. (I) Research Engr., Engr. Div., A. S. At McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, developing new methods 

of stress analysis, designing structural features of airplanes, and investigating ideas submitted to the Govt. 

by outside parties. 

PULLEN, M. W. (VI) Assoc, in Electrical Engr., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Inst., S. A. T. C. 

RANDALL, MERLE (V) Member, Sub-Comm. on Inorganic Chemistry, National Research Council; devoted 
most of time to researches at the University of California suggested by the National Research Council, and 
the California State Council of Defense. 

REIMAN, C. K. (X) Consulting Chemist, Gas Defense, U. S. Bu. of Mines, in charge research problems in gas 

mask design, I Apr. — 23 Oct. '18. See Military Record. 
REYNOLDS, C. V. (XI) Pres. and General Mgr., Canton Engineering Co., Inc., sub-contractors at CampDevens 

and Destroyer Plant at Squantum, Mass., June '17 — I Apr. '18; Branch Mgr., Naval Aircraft Factory at 

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R. I., Apr. '18 — Feb. '19. 
RHODES, W. A. (VI) Telephone Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City; work included engr. 

of telephone switchboards for training camps and for overseas service. 

RICHARDS, G. W. (I) Field and Office Engr., Central Div., Erection Dept., American Bridge Co., a subsidiary 
of the U. S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

RICHARDSON, W. E. (I) Supt., Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., on construction of munition and 
shipbuilding plants. 

ROBERTS, W. T. (I) Mgr., Refrigeration Dept., H. W. Johns-Manville Co. of Boston, Mass.; in charge of design, 
purchase, and installation of refrigerators and refrigerating machines for two hundred and forty-three vessels. 
See Military Record. 

ROBERTSON, S. R. (Ill) Asst. Engr., Sturtevant Aeroplane Co., Jamaica Plain, Mass., drying and testing 
airplane stock. 

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ROBINSON, G. A. (I) Supervising Draftsman, Public Works, Washington Navy Yard in charge of buildings, 

quay walls and slips, and power distribution; aided in practically doubling the capacity of the Naval Gun 

Factory. 
ROBINSON, K. C. (II) Inst., Naval Aviation Detachment, U. S. Shipping Bd., on airplane motors and marine 

engr. (Page 38.) 
ROHLFFS, W. V. (IV) Production Specialist, Schaw Batcher Shipbuilding Co., San Francisco, Calif. 
ROOT, R. P. (II) Social worker, New York City. Rejected for enlistment on account of physical requirements. 
ROWLEY, C. B. (II) Chem. Engr., American Fork & Hoe Co., Cleveland, Ohio, mfg. bayonets and garden tools. 
SALISBURY, W. R. (II) engaged in mfr. of mattresses for Medical Supply Dept. 
SARGENT, S. C. (XIII) Asst. General Supt. of Hull Cons., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog 

Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 
SCANLON, R. H. (II) Asst. Purchasing Agent, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., New York City, 

purchasing machinery and equipment for torpedo boat destroyers and troop-ships, and equipment, buildings, 

and tools for increasing plant capacity. 
SCHELL, E. H. (II) Industrial Engr., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Agents of U. S. Shipping Bd., 

Hog Island, Pa.; Special Lecturer in War Emergency Course in Employment Management, War Industries 

Bd., at Columbia and Harvard Universities. (Page 391.) 
SHORE, J. D. (IV) with General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., instructing men who did work on submarine detectors. 

SOULIS, H. E. (VI) Transmission Engr., Bell Telephone Co., of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa., handling engr. work in 
connection with installing telephone plants in Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co., Emergency Fleet Corp. at 
Hog Island, Bethlehem Loading Co., Woodbury Bag Loading Co., Camp Dix, Merchants Ship Building Co.. 
and Atlantic Loading Co. 

STOBERT, R. C. (VI) Supt., Hardie Tynes Manufacturing Co., Birmingham, Ala., mfg. shells for the Navy and 
triple expansion marine engines for Emergency Fleet Corp. 

SWENSON, G. A. (IV) Chief Material Clerk, Civilian, Q. M. Cons. Corps., 19 June— 19 Aug. '17. See Military 
Record. 

TARR, E. W. (VI) Supply Sgt., 15th Inf., Mass. State Guard 6 June '17 — 6 June '19; one month of duty at influ- 
enza emergency outdoor hospital camp, Gloucester, Mass. 

TAYLOR, J. I. (XI) Expert Cost Accountant, Aircraft Production, at Akron, Ohio, 25 Mch. — 5 O ct - '18; in 
charge of all finances in con'nection with balloon contracts of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., B. F. Goodrich 
Co., and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. See Military Record. 

TOMLINSON, D. A. (I) Recruiting Officer, Recruiting Comm., Citizens' Unit of 1st Regt., 111. Engrs., May and 
June '17. See Military Record. 

TORREY, R. M. (XIII) on the Chemical Engr. Staff of E. B. Badger & Sons Co., mfrs.of brass and copper prod- 
ucts. (Page 398.) 

TROLAND, L. T. (VII) Research Engr., Kalmus, Comstock & Westcott, Inc., Boston, Mass., working on sub- 
marine listening devices: Member, Sub.-Comm. on vision and psychological problems related to aviation, 
National Research Council. (Pages 275 and 306.) 

TULLER, C. L. (VI) General Foreman, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.; in charge of heat treatment of armor 
plate for "baby tanks" and Liberty Motor cylinders. 

TYLER, P. M. (Ill) Special expert, U. S. Tariff Comm. since Apr. '18; Mining Engr. and Metallurgist. 

UPHAM, E. 0. (XIV) Efficiency Engr., Planning Dept., U. S. Rubber Co., mfgs. gas masks, Naugatuck, Conn. 

VICKERS, H. B. (II) Mechanical Designer, Illinois Steel Co., Gary, Ind. 

WALKER, L. B. (II) in General Supt's. Office, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., mfg. submarine torpedo boats, for Govt. 

WALLIS, R. P. (I) Civilian Engr. and Expediting Officer, Cons. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 19 Apr. '18 
— 15 Feb. '19. 

WEBBER, C. W. (VI) Statistician, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., engaged in insurance and accident prevention 
work in connection with cantonments and shipyards; engaged in active safety work which tended to prevent 
accidents and increase efficiency of production. 

WHITE, L. M. (X) Works Mgr., Perth Amboy Chemical Works, Perth Amboy, N. J., producing medical supplies 
and essential chemicals for U. S. and Allied Govts. 

WHITTLESEY, J. E. (II)_ Buyer, American International Shipbuilding Corp., purchasing all fabricated pipings 
for one hundred and eighty ships. 

WILDES, K. N. (I) Div. Foreman, Bridge and Building Dept., Boston & Maine R.R. 

WISEMAN, R. J. (VI) Telegraph Engr., Western Union Telegraph Co., New York City, working on problems of 
telegraphic transmission; Wire and Cable Engr., National Conduit & Cable Co., Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., 
mfg. copper wire and cables. 

WOLFE, W. S. (X) Experimental Engr., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. (Page 400.) 

WOODWARD, C. R. (Ill) Inspector, Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, Mass., inspecting munition 
works. 

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ALLEY, W. W. (IV) Chief Draftsman, Asst. Engr., later Chief Engr., Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. of California, 
Los Angeles, engr. work on production of airplanes for Bu. of Aircraft Production, U. S. A. (Page 369.) 

ARMSTRONG, D. B., (VII), Civil Adviser on venereal disease work, Newport News, Va., War Dept.; Member, 
Mass. Comm. on Public Safety; Chairman, Sub-Comm. on Statistics. 

ATWATER, A. R. (VI) Asst. to Chief of Fabrics Sect., Raw Materials Dept., Aircraft Production, Air Service, 
4 Mch. '18; coordination of development and distribution of airplane and balloon fabrics. See Military Record. 

BARROWS, W. W. (IV) Draftsman, J. G. White Engineering Corp., field work on Aeronautical Experimental 

Station, Langley Field, Va., Nov. '17 — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 
BARTEL, P. W. (II) Engr. in charge of production, Judson L. Thomson Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Mass., 

mfg. rivets used in mfr. of slickers, helmets, leggings, harnesses, and auto trucks; designed and built special 

machinery for handling and setting rivets. 
BERGEN, R. C. (Ill) made investigations for National Research Council and War Industries Bd.; aided in mfr. 

of necessary chemicals, General Supply Co., Perth Amboy, N. J.; as Asst. Editor of Metallurgical and Chemical 

Engineering, furnished information to research and mfg. executives. 

BLACKWOOD, F. W. (VI) Asst. Engr., pier and building construction, Panama Canal. 

BLATCHFORD, JOHN (III) Chemical Engr., Mariner & Hoskins Co., Chicago, 111. C. 0., the " J. B.," his 
own motor cruiser, attached for service to the U. S. N. R. F. 

BONNEY, R. D. (X) Chemist, Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., mfg. wall board, roofing, and building papers, 
for cons, work of army in U. S. and abroad. 

BRETT, C. W. (I) Office Mgr., Dodge Sales & Engineering Co., New York City, which furnished power trans- 
mission machinery for ammunition mfrs., made engines for Emergency Fleet Corp., and airplane parts for 
Dayton-Wright machines. 

BREWER, A. F. (Ill) Mechanical Engr., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., 5 Nov. 
'17 — 13 Aug. '18; prepared estimates for ship machinery cons, and installation for U. S. Shipping Board. See 
Military Record and page 391. 

BREWSTER, E. W. (II) Asst. Supt., Plymouth Cordage Co., North Plymouth, Mass., mfg. cordage and binder 

twine. 
BROOKE, B. E. (IV) Architect, in charge design and cons, of housing developments and mill buildings, for the 

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Ohio, an auxiliary of the U. S. Shipping Bd., producing steel for U. S. and the 

Allies. 
BRYANT, W. A. (I) Office Engr., acting Deputy District Engr., Bu. Industrial Housing, and Transportation, 

U. S. Housirg Corp., Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C. Unable to enter service because of poor eyesight. 

BURNHAM, A. E. (VI) represented Lord Electric Co., Newark, N. J., securing prompt deliveries of material 
for cons, work, in installing electric work in Navy and Munitions Building, Washington, D. C, and at 
du Pont Bag Loading Plant, Tullytown, Pa. 

BURR, H. A. (I) Structural Engr., Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Ry., Nashville, Tenn., designing, detailing, 
and supervising terminal facilities. 

BURRELL, G. N. (II) Asst. Hydrographer, Miami Conservancy District, Dayton, Ohio, cons, work for flood pre- 
vention to safeguard war industries in valley. 

CAPEN, G. P. (X) Leather Inspector, Ord. Dept., Sept. '17, inspecting harness, bag and strap leather. See 

Military Record. 
CARDINAL, A. C. (XI) Sec. and Treas., Third and Fourth Liberty Bond Drives, of the Silk Division in Paterson, 

N. J.- 
CARLSON, H. N. (VI) Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, and Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T; Head of 

Dept. of Radio-Aerial Observation and Photography. (Page 20.) 

CHAMPLIN, S. H. (V) Asst. Chemist, Joseph Campbell Co., Camden, N. J., mfg. soups, and canned pork and 

beaas; Asst. Purchasing Agent for Belgian Relief Commission. 
CHRISTIE, M. W. (I) Designing, with Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, on various rush building projects; with 

Monks & Johnson, Boston, in connection with shipbuilding plant at Squantum; with Fay, Spofford & 

Thorndike on design of Boston Army Supply Base. 

COE, J. P. (X) Experimental Engr., General Laboratories, New York City, and Naugatuck (Conn.) and Provi- 
dence factories of U. S. Rubber Co., doing development work in connection with gas masks for Army and 
Navy. 

COGAN, P. V. (II) Chief Engineering Computer, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., Bethlehem, Pa., in charge 
of calculations made in building engines for war and merchant vessels. 

COHEN, J. H. (X) Plant Mgr., American Glue Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. liquid glues, fertilizer and other by- 
products and materials used for mfr. of gelatine for aeroplane photography. 

CONANT, A. D. (II) Telephone Equipment Engr., in charge of specifications for changes or additions to Central 
Office telephone equipment, New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 

CURRIER, H. S. (II) Asst. Engr., Aircraft Division, Cadillac Motor Car Company. 

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CUSHING, B. L. (II) Asst. Engr. (Physicist), Bu. of Standards, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. C, making 
tests of materials for War and Navy Depts. 

CUSTER, L. L. (II) Pres. Custer Speciality Co., mfg. Custer statoscopes, bomb release mechanisms and experi- 
mental aeronautical instruments. 

DAVIS, E. W. (VI) Asst. Elect. Engr., Simplex Wire & Cable Co., Camoridge, Mass., mfg. electrically balanced 
submarine cable, insulated wires and cables for war work. 

DENKINGER, G. M. (VI) Research Aeronautical Engr. and Inst, in Aeronautics, M. I. T., in charge research 
M. I. T. Aerodynamical Lab., testing model machines and component parts; detailed at intervals to 
Research Dept., Engr. Div., A. S., McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, in connection with performance of full- 
size machines. (Page 26, 27 and 270.) 

DEY, K. VanR. (I) Member, Liberty Loan Comm. of New England, organizing, and alloting quotas. 
*DONALD, E. D. (VI) killed in Toronto, Canada, 26 June '18; refused for military service on account of poor 

eyesight. Engr., Pittsburgh Cable Co., '15; Supt. of Electricity, British Munition Plant, Toronto, Canada, 

'17— '18. (Page 366.) 

DOWNS, D. V. L. (II) Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., constructing buildings for Nitric Acid Plant at 
Hopewell Guncotton Plant, Va., Dye Plant, Deepwater Point, and High Explosives Plant, Gibbstown, N. J. 
(Page 357.) 

EDISON, CHARLES (IX) Chief Operating Ex., Thomas A. Edison Industries, Orange, N. J., mfg. bomb-sights, 

booster casings, adapter plugs for trench mortars, storage batteries, etc. 
EVANS, F. J. (XI) Office of the Engr. of Structures, Boston & Maine R. R. 
FARAGHER, P. V. (V) Consulting Chemist, Bureau of Mines at University of Kansas, doing research work on 

helium for balloon gas. 
FARWELL, J. B. (II) Works Mgr., American Ammunition Company, New York, and Packard Fuse Co. and 

Canadian Standard Products, St. Catharines, Ontario, mfg. and assembling British time and percussion fuses 

for artillery ammunition, and American percussion fuses and adapters. 

FELLOWS, 0. B. (VI) Vice-Pres. and General Mgr., Ideal Wrapping Machine Co., Middletown, N. Y., fabricat- 
ing armor plate for guns and tractors. 

FESSENDEN, H. P. (I) Structural Squad Chief, Stone & Webster, in charge of design and drafting for structural 
steel work shops at Watertown and Picatinny Arsenals, the T. N. T. plant for Semet-Solvay Company, and 
detail plans and structural details of the American Ordnance Base Depot in France. 

FLANSBURG, P. L. (VF.) Safety Engr., later in charge Efficiency and Safety Depts., E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
& Co., Haskell (N. J.) Plant; made special safety survey, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J. (Page 359.) 

FRANKLIN, P. J. (IV) Civilian, attached to Engr. Corps on special service, Washington, D. C, 1 Oct. '17; 
A. E. F., G. H. Q., Chaumont, 21 Nov. '17—17 Feb. '19. 

FREEMAN, R. M. (VI) Supervising Engr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., 22 Nov. '17, in charge of design 
and construction of Erie Forge & Steel Company, Erie, Pa., mfg. destroyer guns and shafting: Forge Plant 
for Pollak Steel Co., Cincinnati, O., mfg. destroyer shafting; Heat Treatment Plant for Allis-Chalmers Co., 
Milwaukee, Wis.; housing development for General Electric Co., Erie, Pa.; in charge of design and cons, of 
Armor and Gun Forging Plant, U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant, South Charleston, W. Va., June '18. 

GANN, J. A (X) Research Chemist, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., working on research and process devel- 
opment of phenol and cellulose acetate. 

GERMAIN, E. B. (II) General Mgr., Moore Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., Elizabeth, N. J.: trans- 
ferred to Harlan Plant, Wilmington, Del , Dec. '18. 

GLIDDEN, H. 0. (IV) Asst. Mgr., Technical Dept., Carr Fastener Co., Cambridge, Mass., mfg. Lift-The-Dot 
and Durable fasteners used on cartridge belts, canteen covers, gas mask knapsacks, first aid pouches and 
breech lock covers. 

GOTHERMAN, C. W. (VI) Asst. Mgr. of Village Store (operated by U. S. A.), later Price Setter for all commis- 
sary sales, Govt. Explosive Plants, (du Pont Engr. Co., Agents), Old Hickory Works, near Nashville, Tenn. 

HALL, L. F. (IV) Draftsman, Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Ore., Aug. — Dec. '18. 

HAMILTON, K. D. (II) Mech. Engr., Geo. E. Keith Co., in charge of new cons., power plants and maintenance 
of ten factories mfg. army shoes. 

HARMON, G. E. (VII) Asst. Professor of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 
Ohio; also taught special Red Cross classes. 

HARRINGTON, HEISLER (X) Guncotton Supt., and later General Acid Supt., at the Hopewell (Va.) plant, 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Page 360.) 

HASTINGS, J. M., JR. (X) Chief of Toluol Branch, Inspection Div., Explosives Sect., Ord. Dept., N. Y. District 
Office, June '18, in charge of refining and inspection of toluol and benzol. See Military Record. 

HESSION, J. H. (I) District Mgr , Corrugated Bar Co., Boston, Mass.; distributed reinforcing steel bars for 
essential construction. 

HIRST, A. E. (V) Chief Chemist and Asst. Supt., American Printing Co., Fall River, Mass., dyeing and finishing 
uniform, slicker, tent and airplane cloths for U. S. and Belgian Govts. 

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HORGAN, P. D. (IV) Consulting Architect, Kearns Construction Co., on Boston Army Supply Base: Architect 
and General Supt., Boston College S. A. T. C. Camp; with Godley, Haskell & Sedgwick, New York City, 
preparing scheme for Naval Ordnance Development, Charleston, W. Va. 

HORSCH, W. G. (XIV) Electrochemist, War Gas Investigations, Bu. of Mines, American University Experiment 
Station, Washington, D. C, working on development of an electrolytic process for production of sodium per- 
manganate. See Military Record. 

HOYT, L. B. (I) Resident Engr., Mass. High Comm. in charge of construction of State Highway, Ayer, Mass., 

'i7- 
HOYT, L. F. (V) Chemist, Larkin Co., Buffalo, N. Y., in charge of General Research Laboratory, research, and 

control of processes for mfr. of soaps for govt, contracts; worked on ointment for protection against gas and 

on mfr. of an anti-dimming compound for use in gas masks. 

HUTCHINSON, FRANKLIN, JR. (X) Chemist, Western Electric Co. Inc., New York City, working on chemical 
problems on telephone and radio apparatus for war use. 

ISENBERG, J. M. (XI) Draftsman, Construction and Planning Dept., Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass. Took 
intensive course in Naval Architecture at M. I. T. 

KATZENSTEIN, L. L. (VI) Head of Mechanical Laboratory, Norton Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y., developing 

suitable abrasives, and methods for production of the Liberty Aero-Motor; assisted other concerns in changing 

over to war work in production of transport equipment. 
KELLY, P. V. (XI) enlisted in Balloon Div., Aviation Sect., Sig. C, 3 Jan. '18, for training as balloon pilot, 

O. T. C. Not called to service. Designing Engr., Morris Knowlcs, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., on war emergency 

housing projects. 

KENNEY, A. W. (X) Jr. Chemical Engr., War Gas Investigations, Bu. of Mines, American University Experi- 
ment Station, research on gas warfare. See Military Record. 

KNIGHT, I. W. (VI) Elec. Engr., General Fire Extinguisher Co., Providence, R. I., doing research and develop- 
ment work for war purposes. 
LANE, F. W. (X) Inst., Organic Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Rejected for military service. 

LANNING, J. G. (II, VI) Asst. to Vice-Pres., Detroit Lubricator Co., handled research and development work 
on mfr. and use of lubricators; mfg. accessories for nine cylinder, rotary LeRhone engines built by Union 
Switch & Signal Co., Swissvale, Pa.; developed a machine used in mfr. of Zenith carburetors for Liberty 
motors. Rejected for military service because of defective eyesight. (Page 372.) 

LAWRENCE, H. M. (Ill) Metallurgist, Kennecott Copper Corp., Latouche, Alaska. See Military Record. 

LEONARD, R. E. (VI) Telephone Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City; worked out 
proMems relating to reduction of interference in telephone circuits due to presence of adjacent power and other 
telephone circuits. 

LESHER, R. A. (IX) Office Mgr., Sect, on Co-operation with States, Council of National Defense, Washington, 
D. C, 23 May — 1 Nov. '17; Sec, Board of Appraisal, War Dept., appraisal of Bush Terminal, New York 
City, 11 Feb. '18—15 Jan. '19. 

LEWIS, MALCOLM (VII) Asst. Epidemiologist, State Dept. of Health, New Jersey; sanitation of extra-canton- 
ment zone surrounding Camp Dix, N. J. See Military Record. 

LOVELL, J. W. (VI) Electrical Engr., Collyer Insulated Wire Co., Pawtucket, R. I., supervising mfr. of insulated 
wire, and "outpost wire" for Govt. 

LOWELL, W. E. (VI) Boat Mfr., mfg. dories for fishing fleets, patrol craft for Govt. 

MacDONALD, EFFIE L. (V) Pathologist, Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Conn.; Member, Public Health 

Comm., Women's Comm. for National Defense. 
MacKINNON, J. C. (VI) Asst. to Pres. of Academic Bd., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. (Page 14.) 
MANGAN, E. H. (II) Asst. Engr., Asst. Supt., later Plant Engr., Norton Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y, mfg. abrasives. 

MERRILL, M. W. (XIV) Engr., Chile Exploration Co., Chuquicamata, Chile, producing copper. See Military 
Record. 

MORRISON, ALEX. (X) Asst. Chemist, American Woolen Co., Lawrence, Mass., testing dyestuffs for army and 
navy cloths and blankets, and general textile chemistry. 

MORTON, F. B. (X) Chief of Acid Department, O'Bannon Corp., West Barrington, R. I., mfg. pyrocotton. 
MURDOCK, F. D. (I) Factory Supt., Buffalo Weaving & Belting Co., N. Y., mfg. army webbings. 
NASON, D. V. (XIV) Member of firm, Helburn Thompson Co., Salem, Mass., mfg. army gloves for Q. M. Dept., 
and sheepskin jerkin leather for mfrs. of army jerkins. Rejected for military service as physically unfit. 

NELSON, A. P. (II) Machinist Foreman, Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Harriman, Pa., agent of Emergency 
Fleet Corp., U. S. Shipping Bd., boring out stern frames, and installing stern tubes and shafting on merchant 
ships. 

NICHOLS, R. B. (I) Asst. Project Mgr., Hosp. Sect., Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, 
'17 — -'19; on projects in connection with cons, of naval hospitals at home and abroad. 

NORTH, R. H. (IV) Chief Clerk, du Pont Fabrikoid Co., Fairfield, Conn., mfg. govt, gas protective cloth, for 
trench suits. 

O'HARA, JOHN, rejected for military service on account of ill-health. 

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O'REILLY, T. A. (I) Prof, of Surveying and Map Making, S. A. T. C, St. Louis University, Sept. '18. 

ORR, S. W. (I) Designing Engr., New England Structural Co., on Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. buildings at 
Buffalo, N. Y., Providence, R. I., and Squantum, Mass.; Designing Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, design- 
ing and in charge of consturction of plans for Wharf Shed, Q. M. Terminal, South Boston, Mass. 

PARDEY, G. R. (VI) Engr., Service Dept., Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Boston, in charge of erection and 

trouble work in New England district. 
PARKER, H. S. (II) Inst., Gas Defense, C. W. S., 5 Sept. '18. 
PASTENE, A. J. (X) Works Mgr., Chemical Co. of America, Springfield, N. J., mfg. materials for airplane dope. 

Refused for military service because of physical disability. 

POOR, N. H., 2d (X) Supt., Nathan H. Poor & Co., Peabody, Mass., mfg. sheep leather. 

POWERS, SIDNEY (XII) Asst. Geologist, Oil and Gas Sect., U. S. Geological Survey, to June '18. See Military 
Record. 

PRENTICE, H. E. (II) Treas., The Prentice Co., Norwich, Conn., mfg. top rolls (necessary repair supply), for 
cotton mills working on govt, orders. 

RAND, F. L. (IV) Sec, Y. M. C. A., Fort Oglethorpe, '17— '18. 

READY, W. A. (VI) Factory Mgr. and Director, National Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. parts for Burgess Aero Co., 
for navy planes, and thread gauges for army ordnance inspection work; invented and mfr. two new types of 
I Beam and Channel Clamps for hanging wire, pipe and lighting systems in American Ord. Base Depots, 
Mehun and Bourges, France. 

REED, K. W. (II) Mgr., Small Tool Sales Department, The Warner & Swasey Co., Cleveland, Ohio, supervising 
layout and erection of machines for a new department producing panoramic, musket, and naval gun sights for 
Govt.; in charge of Apprentice School; Precinct Capt., Red Cross, War Chest, War Savings Stamps and Lib- 
erty Loan Campaigns. 

REYBURN, T. R. (II) on local Draft Bd., St. Louis, Mo. See Military Record. 

RICH, F. D. (X) Asst. Sales and Advertising Mgr., Crescent Belt Fastener Co., New York City, mfg. supplies 
for govt, use in arsenals, munition works, and shipyards. 

RICHARDSON, L. W. (II) Office Mgr., Naval OperatingBase, Hampton Roads, Va., for H. P. Converse & Co., 
Boston, Mass., building pile and timber bulkheads, piers for submarines, timber breakwaters, seaplane run- 
ways, hangars, and a marine railway, 7 Nov. '17, to date (Oct. '19). 

RIDER, R. O. (II) Asst. Purchasing Agent, J. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn., mfg. sag paste, an anti-gas 

preparation for use overseas. 
RUSSELL, J. G. (II) Irist., Marine Engineering, Post Graduate School, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; Inst., 

Marine Engineering School, U. S. Shipping Bd., Baltimore, Md.; Superintending Naval Constructor for Navy 

Dept., on submarine chasers. 
SAGE, N. M. (I) Asst. to Supt., Hull Dept., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., Squantum Destroyer Plant, 

Squantum, Mass. 
SAMPSON, G. B. (II) Asst. Inspector of Ordnance at large, later Chief Army Inspector, Ord. Dept., Yale & 

Towne, Stamford, Conn., mfg. ordnance material for Govt. 

SAMPSON, R. D. (Ill) with American Cyanamid Co., Niagara Falls, Ont., until July '18; Detail Supt., Cons, of 
Lime Nitrogen Oven Room and Supt. Lime Oven Room, Air Nitrates Corp., Muscle Shoals, Ala., July '18 — 
Mch. '19. 

SHAW, H. G. (II) Member, Engr. Div., Sargent & Co., New Haven, Conn.; Foreman, making metallic links for 
machine-guns, later, training to make 30-caliber shells, at Winchester Repeating Arms Company. 

SHEDDEN, J. B. (IV) Inspector, Secret Service Div., Dept. of Justice, May— Nov.'ty. See Military Record. 

SHINKLE, S. D. (V) Asst. Chem. Engr., American University Experiment Station, Bureau of Mines, Washington, 
D. C, testing absorbents against toxic gases. See Military Record. 

SHOUB, H. L. (VII) Sn. Bacteriologist, later Technical Asst., U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C; 
worked on extra-cantonment sanitation. 

SICKELS, G. H. (II) with Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co., Buffalo, N. Y., May '18— May '19. 

SMITH, A. P. (VI) Carpenter, American Woolen Co., Lawrence, Mass. 

SPICER, A. W. (X) General Supt., Pyralin Div., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., producing 

transparent pyralin for gas mask eye pieces, special containers for trench mortar and 155 mm. propellant 

charges and other special-use containers for Ord. Dept. 

STERN FRANCES, (V) Director of Dept., Food Conservation, under U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Mass., 
June '17 — Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

STURTEVANT, A. P. (VII) Bacteriologist in charge of Bee Disease Investigations, Bureau of Entomology, 

Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Armistice cancelled appointment to Sn. C, effective 16 Nov. '18. 
TAYLOR, E. N. (XIV) Process Engr., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., increasing production 

and reducing cost of producing tools for mfg. guns and ammunition. 
TERRY, P. B. (X) Supervisor, high explosive mfr., E. I. du K Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del;, in 

charge of production of ammonia from cyanamide nitrogen, and research work on production of a stabilizer 

for nitrocellulose. 

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THOMAS, B. F., JR. (VI) Mech. Engr., United Railways Co. of St. Louis, Mo., designing utility cars and equip- 
ment. Rejected five times for military service because of heart murmur 

THOMPSON, H. H. (VI) Asst. Insp. of Electrical Material, Office of Inspector of Machinery, U. S. N., Westing- 
house Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., inspecting electrical apparatus for destroyers, 
submarines and battleships. 

THOMPSON, R. C. (X) Asst. Supt., Avon Sole Co., Avon, Mass., and at Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mass., 
mfg. rubber footwear for Army and Navy. 

TIRRELL, H. S. (X) Master Mechanic and Chemical Engr., L. Q. White shoe Co., Bridgewater, Mass., in charge 
of mechanical plant and chemical work, including waterproofing for army and navy shoes. 

TOLMAN, E. M. (XI) Supt., Red Cross Emergency Hospital during influenza epidemic, caring for soldiers; 
Chief Engr., West Virginia State Dept. of Health, in charge of Filtration Plant, Charleston, W. Va.; investi- 
gated sanitary conditions of Kanawha Valley for U. S. Public Health Service for bettering health conditions 
around Naval Ord. Plant; Member, American Red Cross Relief Commission to Guatemala, Feb. — June '18. 

TREMERE, B. B., Jr. (Ill) Assayer, Chino Copper Co., Hurley, N. M. 

TULLAR, R. J. (II) Chief Draftsman, Naval Aircraft Factory, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., 
preparing plans for navy flying boats for submarine patrol work. 

VOGEL, ANDREW (IV) Engr., in charge of building cons., General Electric Co., Bloomfield, N. J., and Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; Asst. Supt., Dept. of Grounds and Buildings, Schenectady, N. Y. 

WALSH, J. V. (I) Senior Structural Engr., Interstate Commerce Commission, Everett, Mass., making bridge 

inventories. 
WARD, M. H. (XIV) Asst., Civilian Personnel, St. Louis Office, Ord. Dept., June '18. See Military Record. 
WEISS, F. C. (VI) Supt. of Cons., Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, Ala., in charge of construction of high tension 

lines and sub-stations, including ninety miles of 110,000 volt transmission line from Gorgas to Sheffield, 

Alabama. (Page 376.) 

WEMPLE, H. R. (X) Gas Mask Inspector and Supervisor of gas mask mfr., American Can Co., Brooklyn, X. Y., 
under Bu. of Mines, 1 June — 15 Aug. '17. See Military Record. 

WETHERBEE, C. P. (VI) Engr., Bell Telephone Co. of Pa., in charge of engr. work for telephone switchboard, 

equipment in shipyards, Govt. Depts. and munition plants in and around Philadelphia. 
WHITE, BENJAMIN (I) Designing Engr., with The National Engineering Corp., on layout and construction of 

The Atlantic Shipyard, Portsmouth, N. H., and with Lockwood, Greene & Co., on The Atlantic Heights 

Housing Development. 
WHITMAN, P. G. (Ill) Engr., Pike Hill Copper Mines; Asst. Engr., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston Army 

Supply Base, Boston, Mass., in charge of engineering payrolls, costs and supplies. 

WOODWARD, J. B., JR. (II) Engr. in charge of Estimating Division, Engr. Dept., Newport News Shipbuilding 
& Dry Dock Co.; assisted in design and testing of propelling machinery for cargo vessels, Emergency Fleet 
Corp., and for destroyers for Navy. 

WRIGHT, L. E. (XIV) Chem. Engr., Bu. of Mines, Washington, D. C, 17 Sept. '17—18 Oct. '18, doing develop- 
ment and research work on gas defense equipment and incendiary offensive ordnance; worked out details of 
aerial drop bomb. See Military Record. 

WRIGHT, R. K. (VI) Asst. Supt., later Supt., Electrical Dept., Eddystone Ammunition Corp., Dec. '15; Asst., 
later Electrical Engr., Baldwin Locomotive Works, Oct. '17; in charge of construction and maintenance of 
electrical equipment in ammunition and locomotive shops. 

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ABBOTT, L. R. (VI) Machine Gun Inspector and Asst. Inspector of Ord. Material, Ord. Dept.; Machine Gun 

School, Springfield Armory, Mass., 14 June '17; Inst, in Machine Gun School, Camp Kearney, Calif., 3 Sept. 

'17 — 5 Mch. '18; in charge of inspection of cartridges, under commissioned officer, Western Cartridge Co., 

Alton, 111., 11 Mch. '18—18 Jan. '19. 
AFFEL, H. A. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City, applying multiplex telephone 

developments of company to meet increased demands of war service. 

ALDRICH, H. R. (Ill) Statistician, Non-Ferrous Metals Sect., Raw Materials Div., War Industries Bd., Wash- 
ington, D. C, Nov. '17 — July '18. See Military Record. 

ATWOOD, F. C. (XIV) Research Engr., Kalmus, Comstock & Westcott, Inc., Boston, Mass., working on prob- 
lem in production of artificial abrasives; assoc. with research work on submarine detection, Naval Sub-Station 
3947- 

BARTLETT, L. D. (Ill) Metallurgist, later Mill Engr., Nicholson File Co., Providence, R. I., mfg. files; also 
working on problems of furnace design, heat treatment and general engineering. 

BATES, R. D. (XI) Asst., in charge of sanitation, for Morris Knowles, Inc., at Camp McClellan, Ala.; in charge 
temporary sanitation during cons. ofU. S. Govt. Explosives Plant " C," Nitro, W. Va., for the U. S. Public 
Health Service; in charge of sanitation under Ord. Dept., Apr. '18. See Military Record. 

BENEDICT, P. F. (I) Inst., S. A. T. C, Co-operative School of Engineering, Northeastern College, Boston, Mass. 

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BENT, H. T. (XIII) Inspector, Office of Asst. Supt., Hull Construction, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry- 
Dock Co., Newport News, Va., supervising progress on various ships built for U. S. N., since July '15. 

BLACK, L. B. (II) Canadian Mgr., Sullivan Machinery Co., Ltd., Toronto, selling, installing and erecting drills 
and air compressors in shipbuilding plants, munition factories and mines. 

BLAKELEY. n W. (II) Consulting Mechanical Engr., Power Specialty Dept., H. W. Johns-Manville Co., Bos- 
ton, Mass., working on insulation and power specialties for former German liners, Navy Yard, Watertown 
Arsenal, Camp Devens, and munitions plants. 

BOWMAN, H. L. (I) Asst. Engr., Philadelphia & Reading Ry Co., in charge of supervision of cons, of Engine 
Terminal at Philadelphia. 

BOYD, E. M. (II) Asst. Supervisor, Carney's Point Plant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., working on solvent 
recovery in the mfr. of smokeless powder. 

BROOKS, N. E. (II) New York Mgr., The Wyoming Shovel Works, supplying shovels and scoops for railroads 
and A. E. F.; an official photographer, 3d Liberty Loan. 

BROWN, L.N. (X) Metallurgist, in charge of production and heat treating, American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., 
Erie, Pa., mfg. 155 mm. shell, 9.2" British shell and 155 mm. howitzers. 

BURDICK, J. P. (II) Advertising Mgr., and in charge of Foundry and Gear Dept., Sales, Brown & Sharpe Man- 
ufacturing Co., Providence, R. I., mfg. machinists' tools, gears and iron castings; graduated from U. S. Ship- 
ping Bd. School for Marine Engrs., M. I. T. 

BURNS, C. H. (X) Asst. Chemical Engr., American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C. See 
Military Record. 

CALLAHAN, C. J. (XI) Engr. on cons, of two reservoirs for Bu. of Yards and Docks, Newport, R. I.; Supervisor 
of Cons., Ord. Dept., in charge of outside work on cons, of remount station and embarkation camp, Charleston, 
S. C. See Military Record. 

CALLAHAN, T. H. (I) Asst. Cons. Engr., later Supervising Engr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept. working 
on steel plant cons, and design. 

CAMPBELL, ROSS (X) Acting Mgr., Dept. of Tests, American Writing Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass.. doing research 
work on gas defense problems in co-operation with Gas Defense Service and Paper Sect., Bu. of Standards. 

CHATFIELD, C. H. (II) Inspector, Waterbury Tool Co., Waterbury, Conn., ord. material for U. S. N. See 
Military Record. 

CLEVERLY, F. C. (XIII) Engr., on merchant ships to many parts of the world, Feb. '14— Mch. '18; Asst. Super- 
visor, New York Dist., U. S. Shipping Bd., Mch. — Dec. '18; Performance Engr., Houston, Texas. 

CLISHAM, 0. C. (X) Chemical Engr., Lowell (Mass.) Gas Light Co., June '14— Jan. '18; Providence (R. I.) 
Gas Co., supervising mfr. of coke and by-products, Jan. '18 — July '19. 

CONKLIN, 0. E. (VIII) Optical Engr., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., working on computation 
and inspection of optical systems. 

CONNER, W. S. (Ill) Mine Engr., Cave Engr. and Mine Foreman, Braden Copper Co., Rancagua, Chile. 

CORXEY, C. A. (VI) Electrical Engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., working on cons, and design of electric 
generating stations supplying power to war industries. 

COVITZ, PHILIP (V) Chemist, Chemical Laboratory, Navy Yard, New York City. 

CRANKSHAW, ALDEN (X) Metallurgist, Spelter Dept., New Jersey Zinc Co., carrying on experimental work 
to improve operations. 

CROMMETT, C. F. (II) General Mgr., Liquid Fuel & Gas Co., Elizabeth, N. J., engaged in liquefaction and 
separation of gases, especially of aerial gases with recovery of power by turbine method. Asked by National 
Research Council to develop the turbine method as rapidly as possible to aid the mfr. of helium for aerial 
navigation. 

CURRIER, L. W. (Ill) Technical Expert, Div. of Statistics, Council of National Defense, Washington, D. C, 
Jan. — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

CURRIER, P. M. (VI) Electrical Engr., General Office, Engr. Dept., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., 
working on sub-stations for mobilization camps and power stations for munitions plants. See Military 
Record. 

DALE, F. A. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Boston Army Supply Base. 

DANFORTH, H. J. (VI) Dist. Engr., The Delaware & Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph Co., Atlantic City, N. J. 

DEAL, H. A. (IV) Architect, Fred T. Ley & Co., Inc., working on design and cons., Camp Devens (Mass.), Machine 

Gun Shop of Merlin-Rockwell Corp., Ammonium-Nitrate Plant at Perryville, Md., and Arsenal Buildings, 

Watervliet, N. Y. 
De WITT, A. B. (X) Production Engr., later Production Mgr., Machinery Scientific Sect., Lake Torpedo Boat 

Co., Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. '15 — Nov. '17; supervision of building and equipping yards, Eastern Shore 

Shipbuilding Corp., Sharptown, Md., Nov. '17 — June '19. 

DICKSON, R. H. (X) Toluol Expert, Civil Service, Ord, Dept., 5 Nov.— 24 Dec. '17. See Military Record. 
DOUGLAS, D. W. (II) Chief Civilian Aeronautical Engr., Air Service, Washington, D. C, until Nov. '17; Chief 

Engr., Glenn L. Martin Co., Cleveland, Ohio; designed the Martin Bomber which was accepted by Air Service 

as standard night bomber. (Page 371.) 

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EASTER, J. W. (VI) Cons. Engr., Mt. Vernon Woodberry Mills, Inc., Owings Mills, Md., mfg. cotton duck. 

EMERSON, ALBERT (II) Inspector and Machinist, Ord. Dept., Studebaker Co. Plant, South Bend, Ind., mfg. 

forged steel treads for "Mark VIII" Road Machines (caterpillar tanks) and rubber-tired artillery wheels. 
FALES, D. A. (II) Head of Aeronautical Dept., U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, School of Military Aeronautics 

and S. A. T. C. at M. I. T. 

FAUNCE, L. D. (IV) Plant Engr., The Bayonne Steel Casting Co., Bayonne, N. J., working on steel castings for 
govt. use. 

FAVORITE, R. J. (II) Leading Draftsman and Engr., The Electric Boat Co., and New London Ship & Engine 
Co., Groton, Conn., working on design, inspection and testing of Diesel heavy oil engines for U. S. submarines. 

FICK, 0. W. (II) Acting Chief Engr., The Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago, 111.; designed and built for the Govt, 
a machine for filling shells. (Page 397.) 

FISH, J. P. (VI) Electrical Engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass., for Rock Island Arsenal, and American Ord. 
Base Depot in France. See Military Record. 

FISK, E. M. (II) Engr. Asst., Western Union Telegraph Co., New York City; installed Multiplex Printing Tele- 
graph, City College of New York for training of Sig. Corps. 

FRANK, E. N. (X) Research Chemist, in charge of chemical testing, Washburn Crosby Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 
mfg. flour. 

GARDNER, H. L. (XIII) Draftsman and Computer, Engr., Div., Cannon Sect., Office of Chief of Ord., Washing- 
ton, D. C, figuring ballistics on guns, including a proposed 18" gun, a long range gun and several British and 
French guns and howitzers built in this country. See Military Record. 

GAZARIAN, H. T. (II) Designing and Experimenting Engr., Fessenden Engineering Corp., Boston, Mass., doing 
experimental work on a new type of Diesel Oil Engine for submarines for U. S. N. Not allowed to enter 
active service until work on engine was completed.' See Military Record. 

GIFFELS, J. E. (II) Resident Engr., Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Mass., producing cloth for Army and Navy. 

GINSBURG, S. M. (X) consultation and investigation work on war-chemical problems; work on dyestuffs, and 
explosives. 

GOETH, R. C. (IV) Chief Draftsman, Beaumont Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Beaumont, Texas, interpreting 
the drawings and specifications of the Shipping Bd. on the Ferris Type of wooden ship; helped lay out two 
shipyards and designed two schooners which were taken over by the Govt. 

GOLDENBERG, MORRIS (II) Asst. to Chief Draftsman, Airplane Engr. Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production, 
Washington, D. C; designed a wind-tunnel for testing airplane models and parts; transferred to Science and 
Research Dept., making engr. calculations and design of an internal combustion rotary gas engine for airplanes; 
Engr., Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., Meriden, Conn., designing special machinery for quantity 
production of Browning machine gun. 

GRAHAM, A. F., JR. (II) Asst. Sec. and Traffic Mgr., Sturtevant Aeroplane Co., Jamaica Plain, Mass., mfg. 

De Haviland battleplanes and Curtiss Airplane spares for training machines. 
HADLEY, E. C. (VI) Asst. Engr. and Ballistic Engr., Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Inc., 

Bridgeport, Conn., testing and developing small arms ammunition for rifles, machine guns and pistols. 
HALE, B. H. (X) in charge of the Diffusion Laboratory, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. (Page 400.) 
HALL, O. C. (VI) Equipment man, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Hartford, Conn, and Providence R. I. 
HAMILTON, L. F. (V) Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., in charge of Military Drill and Dscipline, 

and Inst., Machine Gun and Explosives, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T.; Inst., S. A. T. C; Technical 

Expert in shell cases, U. S. Ord., for civilian corporations. (Pages 20 and 45.) 

HANSON, A. E. (VI) Assoc. Engr., Bu. of Standards, Dept. of Commerce; organized 1st Branch Gage Testing 
Laboratory of Bu. of Standards, New York City, for inspection of munitions limit gages; Asst. Chief of Gage 
Sect., supervising three branch laboratories, Washington, D. C, I July '18. (Page 347.) 

HARPER, S. H. (IV) Architect, Monks & Johnson, at Squantum, Mass., and other shipbuilding plants, Sept. '17; 
Chief Estimator, Public Works Dept., League Island Navy Yard, Pa., Oct. '18. 

HAUSER, W. J. (IV) Inst., S. A. T. C; Topographical Mapper, Naval Aviation Det, M. I. T. and School of 
Military Aeronautics, making landscape paintings on large scale of portions of battle front and seacoast 
from maps and photographs. 

HEALY, F. C. (VI) Engr., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York City; scheduled toll cable output of 
Western Electric Co. for Bell System. 

HILLER, A. D. (VII) inspecting horses and cattle for British Govt., in London, before Nov. '16. See Military 
.-» Record. 

HORTON, J. W. (XIV) Technical Expert, Anti-Submarine Div., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, Apr. '17; 
U. S. Naval Hq., London, England, working on problems connected with detection of enemy submarines, 
Sept. '18 until armistice. 

HOUSTON, W. P. (I) Structural Draftsman, Office of Engr. of Structures, Boston & Maine R. R., Boston, Mass. 
HSU, P. H. (V) Research Chemist, Larkin Co., Buffalo, N. Y., '16— '18; Procter & Gamble Co., Ivorydale, Ohio, 
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HURLBUTT, F. L. (II) Safety Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., designing and operating 

safety devices for explosive plants. 
JUDGE, J. A. (VI) Supt. and Asst. Treas., Highland Manufacturing Co., Holyoke, Mass., mfg. writing pads and 

index cards for War, Navy and other depts. 
KEATING, H. M. (X) Supt. of mfr., Strathmore Paper Co., Mittineague, Mass., mfg. paper for Govt. 
KEITH, W. P. (X) Aeronautical Mechanical Engr., Bu. of Aircraft Production, in England studying foreign 

fibre cons., 14 Nov. '17 — 15 Feb. '18; stationed at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 15 Feb. — 

15 Dec. '18, developing ballon fabrics for use in dirigibles. (Page 400.) 

LANGDON, H. M. (VI) Timekeeper and Engineering Asst., Plant Dept., Brockton Dist., New England Tele- 
phone & Telegraph Co. 

LARKIN, E. W. (I) Estimator, Fred T. Ley & Co., Inc., Springfield, Mass., supervising building contracts for 
Govt. 

LOVETT, I. H. (VI) Electrical Designer, New England Power Co., Worcester, Mass., furnishing power to muni- 
tion plants and essential industries. 

McCULLOUGH, PERCY (VI) General Engr., The Angus Co., Ltd., Calcutta, India, constructing buildings and 
installing machinery in jute mill and machine shop for making mill machinery for mfg. jute used for sand bags 
for Britisl Govt., 4 Oct. '14—31 Mch. '19. 

McENARY, D. R. (IV) Architectural Designer, later Liaison Agent, Engr. Branch, Cons. Div., War Dept., repre- 
senting War Dept. in cons, of temporary office building built by Navy Dept.; in charge of gathering statistics, 
photographs, and plans of all Govt, cantonments, camps and posts, and preparing them for publication, Dec. 
'17— Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

MACKENZIE, M. C. (II) General Mgr., The Benjamin Chase Co., Derry Village, N. H., mfg. reed ribs and harness 
shafts for textile industry. 

McPHERRIN, W. L. (II) Asst. General Supt., Keystone Steel & Wire Co., Peoria, 111., mfg. steel forU. S., French, 
and Italian Govts. 

MAGOON, E. H. (XI) Sn. Engr., U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 29 Mch. '18; in charge of the 
Field Sanitary Laboratory, handling problems concerning disposal of sewage, water supply, mosquito eradi- 
cation, flv suppression and sanitary analysis of water, milk and sewage; transferred Ord. Dept., Washington, 
D. C, Mch. '19. See Military Record and page 375. 

MARSH, L. F. (II) engaged in development of carburetor for airplane use. 

MARTSOLF, J. E. (IV) refused enlistment on account of a loose cartilage in knee. 

MASFERRER, J. R. (II) Erecting Engr. on installation of two hydraulic plants, Navy Yard, New York. Physical 
disability prevented military service. 

MASON, K. C. (VI) Electrical Engr., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Brockton, Mass., furnishing power for 
munition plants. 

MAXIM, M. S. (II) Chemical Engr., Merrimac Chemical Co., North Woburn and Everett, Mass., in charge of 
design of various heavy chemical plants for explosive bases. 

MAYO, D. H. N. (II) Mech. Engr., Power Dept., Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.; in charge of designing and 
inspection of installation of power plants for Eagle Patrol Boats built for Govt., Jan. '18; member of the Marine 
Adjustment Bd. of the Ford Motor Co., Dec. '18— July '19. 

MOORHOUSE, R. W. (X) Chem. Engr., R. T. Moorhouse Paper Co., Philadelphia, Pa., mfg. waterproof case 
linings for exporters and munition shippers until Aug. '18; Chemical Engr., Chemical Dept., Barrett Co., 
Frankford, Pa., in charge of natural phenol production. 

MORRILL, P. E. (I) with Engr. Dept., Bemis Brothers Bag Co., St. Louis, Mo. 

MORRISON, H. A. (II) Transportation Mgr., Scoville Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., mfg. brass muni- 
tion including time fuses, high explosive fuses, cannon case, cartridge case, bullets and rifle cleaning rods. 

MORSE, J. C. (I) Aeronautical Engr., Bu. of Aircraft Production, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, specializing on 
aircraft propellers after 10 Sept. '17. 

MUNN, D. W. (II) Asst. Engr., Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Montreal, mfg. 4,£" and 9.2" shell; Asst. Engr., Algoma 
Steel Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., producing shell steel; Chief Engr., Armstrong, Whitworth of Canada, 
Ltd., Longueiul, Que., producing shell steel and tools for shell mfr. 

OBER, C. H. (I) Jr. Hydrographic and Geodetic Engr., U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, June '17; in Philippine 
Islands, confidential surveys for U. S. N., until May '18; Ex. Officer, Survey Party, Block Island Sound, Naval 
Base, July '18; C. O., U.S.S. Hydrographer, lower Chesapeake Bay, Sept. '18. 

OLESON, C. W. (II) Mech. Engr., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., Sept. '15 — Dec. '17, 
engaged in drafting, and efficiency work on small arms and munitions. See Military Record. 

PARIS, ISRAEL (XIV) Patent Examiner, Patent Office, Washington, D. C. 

PECK, E. B. (V) at American University, Washington, D. C, doing chemical research, before entering C. W. S. 
See Military Record. 

PETTS, A. F. (II) Estimator, Draftsman and Engr., D. M. Dillon Steam Boiler Works, Fitchburg, Mass., mfg. 
steam boilers, smoke stacks and flues, receivers, kiers,_vulcanizers, tank and heavy steel plate equipment for 
industrial and power plants; Member, Draft Bd., Fitchburg. 

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PRICE, W. H., JR. (X) Compounding Rubber Chemist, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, working on 
gas mask rubbers, intermediate fabrics and tires. (Page 400.) 

RALTON, F. A. (I) Resident Engr., Assatet Mill, Maynard, Mass., for American Woolen Co.; built 5000 b. h. p. 
boiler plant and five story mill in a pond and installed 3000 K.W. turbine. 

REBER, J. B. (II) Asst. General Supt., Columbian Rope Co., Auburn, N. Y. 

RICHARDSON, L. M. (I) Field Supt._, Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., Asst. on mfg. building for 

Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., to July '17; Supt. on plant for Smith & Wesson, 

Springfield, Mass., to Nov. '17; on plant for Mattatuck Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., to July '18: 

Supt. of Concrete Boat Plant, Fields Point, Providence, R. I., to Feb. '19 
PRICKER, C. W. (VI) Inst., Dept. of Electrical Engr., M. I. T.; conducted tests to determine power absorbed by 

airplane propellers used in connection with the testing and design of engines for training planes. 

SAYWARD, M. J. (II) Marine Draftsman; Bath Iron works, Bath, Maine; Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co., 

Seattle, Wash.; Brooklyn Navy Yard. 
SCANNELL, P. L. (II) Engr. and Supt., Scannell Boiler Works, Lowell, Mass., mfg. ammunition machinery and 

parts for tanks; designed and constructed a gas furnace for annealing cartridge shells; constructed and installed 

apparatus used in mfr. of picric acid and T. N. T. 

SHAFRAN, M. J. (V) Govt. Chemist., Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., at Washington Steel and Ordnance Co., 
Washington, D. C, testing materials used for making shells. 

SHAW, CHARLES (I) Junior Hydrographic and Geodetic Engr., U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Philippine 

Islands. 
SIMPSON, W. A. (X) Chemist, Chemical Co. of America, Springfield, N. J., mfg. intermediates for khaki dye, 

cellulose acetate for airplanes, benzyl chloride and benzaldehyde. 

SMITH, H. C. (IV) Architect, Housing Company of Boston, Mass., town planning and industrial housing. 

SMITH, M. S. (XIII) Treas. and Chemist., Salem Oil & Grease Co., Salem, Mass., mfg. oils used in army leathers. 

SMITH, S. A. (IV) Structural Engr., Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., in charge of structural design 
of new industrial plants, ammunition factories and machine shops. 

SNYDER, E. E., JR. (X) in Chemical Engr. Dept., Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, N. Y., mfg. by-product coke 

ovens. 
SOMERBY, F. S. (Ill) took charge of gang on 300-acre market garden. Refused for military service. 

SPITZ, S. J. (X) Chemical Engr., Newport Chemical Works, Inc., Newport Hydro Carbon Co., Newport Mining 
Co., Carrollville, Wis., producing phenol for explosives, pharmaceuticals, dyes, and intermediates. 

STANYAN, S. W. (VI) Supervisor of Efficiency, Boston Factory, American Can Co., mfg. cartridge liners and food 
containers for Army. Refused for military service because of defective hearing. 

STUMP, D. J. (II) General Supt., Ross Heater & Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, N. Y.. mfrs. of heaters and con- 
densers for the Bu. of Yards and Docks. 

TALLMAN, V. M. F. (VI) Power Engr., and Technical Asst. to Pres., Worcester (Mass.) Electric Light Co., 
working on design and supervision of electrical power installations; Consulting Steam and Electrical Engr. for 
power customers of the Worcester Electric Light Co. 

THOMPSON, N. A., JR. (V) Sec, Refined Oil Div., Standard Oil Co. of New York, Shanghai, China, operating 

company's ships under govt, instructions. 
TOWNSEND, R. V. (X) Research Chemist and Chemical Engr., Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse, N. Y., doing chemical 

efficiency work in connection with the mfr. of picric acid; in charge of the development of certain poison gas 

chemicals. 

TREAT, H. W. (II) Mgr., Balloon Production Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production, 18 Aug. '17—31 Oct. '17. See 

Military Record. 
TRUE, A. S. (II) Student, Springfield Machine Gun School, Springfield, Mass., 7 June '17; Instructor, 28 July; 

transferred to Experimental Dept., I Oct. See Military Record. 

TRUFANT, R. A. (I) Chief of Party, Dept. of Interior, U. S. Reclamation Service, Clint, Texas; Transitman, 

Chester & Fleming, Supervising Engrs. for Camp Knox, Ky. 
WAGNER, G. A. (VI) Electrical Contractor, Stafford Springs, Conn., engaged in installing motors and power 

wiring for factories making cloth for uniforms. 
WALSH, L. F. (I) Inspector, Bu. of Ord., Navy Dept. 
WALTON, C. J. (VI) Engr. Asst., Bell Telephone Co. of Pa., engaged in design and selection of tools and materia! 

used in the cons, and maintenance of outside telephone plant. 

WARREN, W. H. (II) Aeronautical Mechanical Engr., and asst. to Officer in Charge of Aircraft Engr. Div., Sig. 

C, June — Aug. '17. See Military Record. 

WATERBURY, B. H. (II) General Supt., Eclipse Works, Atlantic Refining Co., Franklin, Pa., mfg. gasolines, 

fuel and lubricating oils, parafines and petrolatums. 
WENTE, E. C. (VI) Research Engr., Western Electric Co., New York City, making studies of anti-submarine 

devices. 
WESCOTT, E. W. (V) Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, at American University Experiment Station, Washington, 

D. C, and Nitrogen Products Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., developing silicon tetrachloride manufacture. 

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WEYERBACHER, R. D. (XIII) Asst. Constructor, C. C, U. S. N., Navy Dept., Washington, D. C, and Navy 

Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. 
WHITTEN, FRANCIS, JR. (IV) with John H. Bickford Co., participating in the design of a hospital group to be 

taken over by Govt, for returned soldiers. 
WILKINS, H. S. (XIV) Chemical Engr., Chemical Development Sect., Research Div., Bu. of Mines, Washington, 

D. C, Mch— Nov.'i8. See Military Record. 
WILSON, L. A. (XIV) Asst. Chief of Testing Dept., New Jersey Zinc Co., Palmerton, Pa., inspecting, testing, and 

analyzing all raw materials, intermediate, waste and finished products. 
WINNINGHOFF, W. J. (V) Chemist, American University Experiment Station, Washington, D. C, Mch.— 

Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

WOODWARD, ROLAND, JR. (II) Design Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del.; worked in 
connection with loading plant for shells, fuses, detonators, primers, tracer and incendiary bullets, aerial drop 
bombs and trench mortar bombs. Tried to enlist but was rejected. 

ZECHA, R. F. (VI) U. S. Naval Inspector of Machinery, Fore River Works, Quincy, Mass.; examined and criti- 
cised plans of submarines, compiled data and lists, recommended changes in connection with machinery and 
electrical items under Bu. of Steam Engr., Washington, D. C. See Military Record. 

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ABRAMS, ALLEN (V) War Gas Investigator, Bu. of Mines, Washington, D. C, 1 Sept.— 20 Dec. '17. See 

Military Record. 
ANDERSON, A. H. (I) Shaft Engr., later Engr., Public Service Comm. on tunnel cons, work; Camp Upton, 

N. Y., for three weeks; disch. for work with Public Service Comm. See Military Record. 
ARMISTEAD, S. W. (I) Expert Aide, Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., at Naval Proving Ground, Indian 

Head, Md., constructing powder mill. See Military Record. 
ARMSTRONG, L. E. (X) Production Expert, Aerial Instrument Sect., Aircraft Production, Hazelhurst Field 

No. 1, Mineola, L. I., N. Y., conducting flight and laboratory tests on oxygen supply apparatus for high alti- 
tude flying. 
ASH, W. E. (IV) Engine Draftsman, Bath Iron Works, drawing plans for destroyers, Bath, Me. (Page 383.) 
BAILEY, L. H. (X) Chemical Engr., F. J. Stokes Machine Co., Philadelphia, Pa., designing amatol mixers and 

poison gas condensers; did experimental work on mfg. pellets of tetryl and other explosives for shells boosters, 

fuses, tracer bullets, and signals. (Page 366.) 
BALL, J. A. (VIII) Scientific Expert, Ord. Dept. at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., working on photography of 

projectiles in flight. 
BASSETT, H. R. (II) Plant Engr., Singer Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, Conn., equipping shop to make Browning machine 

gun parts; Steel Experimenter, Wyman Gordon Co., Worcester, Mass., working on steel for crank shafts in 

Liberty, Rolls-Royce, and other airplane motors; Chairman, Fuel Saving Comm. 
BELCHER, DONALD (X) Chemist, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., '17— '19. See Military 

Record. 

BERKOWITZ, SAMUEL (II) Efficiency Engr., later Asst. General Supt., Worthington Pump & Machinery 
Corp., Hazleton, Pa., constructing buildings, installing machinery, designing and building special tools for mfg. 
shells, forgings, and adapters for 75 mm. shell. 

BIGELOW, L. A. (V) engaged in chemical research work at Yale University. Rejected for active service on 
account of defective vision. 

BLODGETT, C. A. (X) Supt., Eastern Electrochemical Co., South Brewer, Maine, mfg. electrolytic chlorine and 
caustic soda. 

BURTNER, EVERS (XIII) Ship Draftsman, Navy Dept., working on submarine designs; Port Engr., John S. 
Emery & Co., Inc., repairing U. S. Shipping Bd. vessels. 

CASSELMAN, E. J. (X) Asst. Chemist, U. S. Public Health Service at Washington, D. C, and at Ord Dept. Shell 
Loading Plant, Penniman, Va., making chemical investigation of T. N. T. and other explosives with relation to 
poisoning of munition workers. 

CHELLMAN, L. H. (I) Asst. Chief of Production, Turbine Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., Buffalo* 
N. Y., under control of Navy Dept., 24 Dec. '18 — I Oct. '18. Refused enlistment in Engrs. on account of poor 
heart. See Military Record. 

CODWISE, P. W. (X) Inspector of Powder and Explosives, du Pont Cap Works, Pompton Lake, N. J., under Ord. 
Dept., in charge of inspection and tests of mercury fulminate. 

COLBY, H. L. (II) Chief Draftsman, later Asst. Mechanical Engr., Mason Regulator Co., Dorchester Center, 
Mass., mfg. reducing valves and pressure regulators for air, water, and steam, for Navy Dept. and U. S. Shipping 
Bd. 

CONNOR, PAUL (I) Draftsman, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River, Mass., drafting and taking data on 
destroyers on trial trips. 

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COWLES, M. W. (XI) Asst. Sn. Engr., 111. State Health Dept., co-operating with Medical Corps and U. S. 
Public Health Service in national extra-cantonment zones and national guard camps in Illinois, Apr. ' 16. See 
Military Record. 

D ALTON, J. N. (X) Chemical Engr., Providence Gas Co., R. I., for Ord. Dept., supervising toluol production. 
DANA, A. S. (VI) Engr. Asst., Western Union Telegraph Co., New York City, working on Multiplex Printing Tele- 
graph, cable service, and telegraphic transmission on land lines. 

DANIELS, H. W. (I) Asst. to British Govt, at Tsingtau in enlisting coolies for work in Europe. 

DOANE, N. D. (V) Inspector on cons, of roads, sewers and water supply, Air Nitrates Corp., Muscle Shoals, Ala., 
15 July '18; General Foreman on chemical control work, Ammonium Nitrate Dept., I Nov.; Chemical Super- 
visor, Ammonium Nitrate Dept., 5 Jan. — 7 Mch. '19. 

DOANE, R. O. (I) Travelling Shop Time Inspector, Atlantic Coast Line R. R., Wilmington, N. C, under U. S. 
Railroad Adm. 

DUNN, C. T. (II) Acting Asst. Production Supervisor, Tool Dept., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, 
Conn.; Engr. and Asst. Supt., Ansonia Mfg. Co., Ansonia, Conn., mfg. artillery fuses, June '18. 

DURKEE, C. H. (II) Machine Gun Inst., Ord. Dept., 18 June '17 — 4 Feb. '18. Gave instruction on machine 
guns and ammunition requirements at armories, arsenals, and small arms ammunition plants. See Military 
Record. 

EASTER, G. J. (XIV) Chief Inspector for Q. M. C. and Ord. Dept. on steel helmets and mess equipment at various 

plants in U. S. 
EDDY, C. W. (II) (VI) Student, School for Machine Gun Instructors, Springfield (Mass.), Armory, I June '17; 

Inst., Inf. School of Arms, Ft. Sill, Okla., I Aug.; Draftsman, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River, Mass., 

1 Nov. '17, and at Bethlehem, Pa., 1 June '18. 

FALES, D. A. (II) investigated schools of the Royal Flying Corps in Canada as a basis for organization of the 

School of Military Aeronautics at M. I. T. (Page 12.) 
FIELD, B. E. (X) Asst. Head of Laboratory Div. (including chemical and metallurgical control of raw materials 
and product), Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 

FINKELSTEIN, J. L. (VIII) Asst. Physicist, National Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, research work in heat 
and thermodynamics; member of staff, engaged in production of helium for balloons. 

FLETCHER, R. L. (II) Asst. Supt., Providence Gas Co., supervising mfr. of gas, coke, ammonia, tar, benzol, and 
toluol. 

FOGERTY, J. S. (VI) Tester of Electrical Apparatus, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. See Military Record. 

FOSTER, F. R. (I) Safety Engr., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Philadelphia, Pa., acting in advisory capacity on 
matters of safety in the cons, of a nitrate plant at Perrwille, Md., and of a bomb-loading plant at Mt. Pleasant, 
Del. 

FOWLER, G. S. (VIII) Asst. Chemist, Navy Ord. Dept. at Proving Ground, Indian Head, Md., mfg. sulphuric 
and nitric acids, nitrating cotton, and other chemical products. 

HAMBURG, ABRAHAM (XI) Chief of Transit Party, with J. R. Worcester & Co., Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, 
and W. F. Kearns Co. of Boston, Mass., in charge of line and grade parties. 

HANSEN, C. T. (X) Control Chemist, with New England Mfg. Co., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and A. D. 
Little, working on explosives and airplane varnish; Asst. Supt., Standard Fibre Co., mfg. fibre receptacles and 
electrical insulation. Rejected by Aviation Corps and Draft Bd. on account of physical condition. 

HARBAUGH, W. M. (VI) Asst., later Plant Engr., Merrill-Stevens Shipbuilding Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., super- 
vising design of all plant improvements including heat, light, power, and sanitation, installation and main- 
tenance of cranes, plant machinery, and power house equipment. 

HARDING, MARSTON, (VI) Machine Draftsman on automobile engine repair. See Military Record. 

HART, RALPH (X) Chemist in Charge, L. Sonneborn Sons, Inc., Belleville, N. J., mfg. greases, lubricants, and 
cutting cooling oils for ammunition plants and oils for helmet and camouflage paints. 

HAYLETT, R. E. (X) Chief Chemist, Union Oil Co., Oleum, Calif., technical adviser on war problems concerning 
production, specifications, and preparation of special products.. 

HAYWARD, R. L. (I) Engr. for Mass. Fish and Game Commission and Mt. Hope Finishing Co., North Dighton, 
and other clients, developing fish-food supply and assisting in agricultural production. 

HEATH, L. J. (V) Metallurgist, B. F. Sturtevant Co., '15; Asst. Dist. Metallurgist, Bu. of Aircraft Production, '18, 

supervising metal inspection. 
HILBERT, O. W. (II) Asst. to Chief Chemist, Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y., mfg. glass for war purposes. 

HOHL, G. M. (XI) (III) Metallurgical Asst. in blast furnace, later Asst. Supt., Bethlehem Steel Co., Pa , in charge 

of ore shipments, '15 — '19. 
HOOPER, D. O. (II) Marine Engine Draftsman, Bath Iron Works, Maine, designing torpedo boat destroyers for 

Navy. (Page 383.) 
HOWES, P. S. (IV) Engr., Stone & Webster, on American Ord. Base Depot in France plans; Concrete Engr., 

Liberty Shipbuilding Co., in charge Reinforced Steel Sec; Engr., Fred T. Ley &; Co., designing, scheduling, 

and inspecting reinforced concrete on U. S. Ammonium Nitrate Plant, Perryville, Md., and U. S. Picric Acid 

Plant, Brunswick Ga. (Page 393.) 

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HOWLETT, C. W. (X) Rubber Research Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; Chemist and Development 
Mgr., Kokomo Rubber Co., Ind., mfg. gas mask material, watertight clothing, hospital sheetings, and tires for 
searchlight trucks, bicycles, and motorcycles. 

HUFF, T. H. (II) Chief Engr., Standard Aero Corp., Plainfield and Elizabeth, N. J., in charge of the design and 
production of airplanes for Army. (Page 370.) 

HULSE, M. W. (II) Draftsman, Govt. Toluol Plant, Vernon, Calif. 

HURLBUTT, F. L. (II) Safety Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Page 359.) 

HYNEMAN, JOHN (I) Aero Engr., Airplane Engr. Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production, McCook Field, Ohio, 
1 Feb.— 15 Nov. '18. 

JACKSON, B. H. (V) Chem. Engr., Hord Alkali Products Co., Hord Co., Lakeside, Neb., developing potash 
resources to supply potash salts to fertilizer industry. 

JAMESON, G. R. (II) Chief of Piecework Dept., Squantum Works, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., Squan- 
tum, Mass., Jan. '16. 

JOHNSON, K. S. (II) Mech. Engr., Plant C, Sayles Finishing Plants, Providence, R. I., finishing khaki, duck, rain- 
coat, and handkerchief cloth. 

JONES, F. R. (II) Tool Supervisor, Master Mechanic, later Plant Engr., Quincy and Squantum Works, Bethlehem 
Shipbuilding Corp., '15 — '19; supervised installation and operation of portable and stationary tools in new 
Destroyer Plant, Squantum, making special study of electric welding. (Page 383.) 

KAHN, K. D. (X) Asst. Chem. Engr., designing, erecting, and operating experimental plants for mfr. of chemicals; 
Asst. to Personnel Comm.; Editor and Mgr. of publications, editing weekly newspaper of Research Div., 
American University Experiment Station, War Dept., Washington, D. C, 13 May — 10 Dec. '18. See Military 
Record. 

KAUFMAN, M. B. (X) Pres., Archer Strauss Rubber Co., Framingham, Mass., mfg. rubberized cloth; experi- 
mental work on Govt, requirements. 

KELLEHER, J. A. (V) Explosive Chemist, Ord. Dept.; Chief Army Inspector, American Powder Mills, Acton, 
Mass., 15 Aug. '18. 

KIMBALL, N. E. (II) Development Engr., Mechanical Goods Design Div., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 
Ohio. 

KINGSBURY, E. J. (II) Foreman Tool Dept., Kingsbury Mfg. Co., Keene, N. H., mfg. tools for making various 
parts required by the Aircraft and Ord. Depts. 

KLINK, N. S. (I) Resident Engr., Structural Draftsman and Designer for Charles T. Main, Boston, Mass.; work 

included valuation of industries for federal taxes, inspection of hydro-electric development and heavy concrete 

factory construction. 
KNOWLES, H. I. (V) Chemist, Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Ltd., St. John, N. B.; Analytical Chemist, J. T. Donald 

& Co., Montreal, testing munitions for Imperial Munitions Bd.; Research Chemist, Canadian Electro Products 

Co., Shawinigan Falls, mfg. acetic anhydride from acetylene gas for airplane dope. 

KUTTNER, JULIUS (II) Asst. Designer and Diesel Engine Erecting Engr., Sperry Gyroscope Co., Brooklyn, 
N. Y.; Warrant M. M., U. S. N. R. F. (orders revoked to permit above work). See Military Record. 

LACY, C. W. (VI) Equipment Div., War Dept., Washington, D. C, May — Nov. '17. See Military Record. 

LaFETRA, C. W. (II) Overseer of Special Tools, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn.; developed 
heavy duty hydraulic lathe for production of heavy calibre projectiles; assisted in design and development of 
quantity production of heavy type Browning machine gun. 

LAMSON, H. W. (VIII) Radio Expert, Radio Laboratory, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; inspected and developed 
radio apparatus, July '17 — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

LAW, H. H. (IV) Draftsman, Stone & Webster, working on plans for additions to Rock Island and Watertown 
Arsenals, Hog Island Shipyard, and a picric acid plant erected at Grand Rapids, Mich., for Semet-Solvay Co. 

LAWRENCE, G. C. (II) reported draftsman, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C. 

LEWIS, W. R. (IV) Production Engr., Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I., supervising production and quality of 

ammunition, bomb sights, surgical instruments and hand grenades; Production Mgr., Lebanon Knitting Mill, 

Pawtucket, R. I., supervising production and quality of gas mask lining. 

LIVERMORE, J. M. (I) Civil Engr., and Shift Boss in Braden Mines, Braden Copper Co., Rancagua, Chile, in 
charge of construction of underground air compressing plant for increasing the output of copper, '16; left Chile 
to join U. S. Army, Oct. '18; ordered to Camp Lee, Va., when armistice was signed. 

LUCEY, H. J. (X) on the Chemical Engr. Staff of E. B. Badger & Sons Co., mfrs. of brass and copper products. 
(Page 398.) 

McEWEN, W. R. (II) Inst., Machine Gun Course, Springfield Arsenal, Mass., June '17; Inst., U. S. School of 
Military Aeronautics, M. I. T, Oct. '17 — Jan. '18. See Military Record. 

McMURTRIE, D. H. (X) Chemical Engr., in charge Colored Sig. Sect., Pyrotechnic Div., War Gas Investigations, 
Bu. of Mines, Washington, D. C, Sept. — Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

MacNEILL, P. W. (VII) Coal Passer, Merchant Marine Service, U. S. Shipping Bd., on coal tramp and steamer of 
United Fruit Co., cruising Atlantic Coast, Cuba, and Central America. Refused for enlistment in Army and 
Marine Corps for physical reasons. See Military Records. 

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MACONI, G. V. (I) Engr. Physicist, Concrete Experimental Laboratory, National Bu. of Standards, Washington, 
D. C, in charge of waterproofing investigation, concrete for concrete ships, and gun foundations for rapid 
advance of army; special study of Gunite. 

MALONE, C. B. (VI) Asst. Mgr., Plant C, International Arms and Fuze Co., Bloomfield, N. J., Nov. '15— July 
'17. See Military Record. 

MASUCCI, PETER (VII) Chief Chemist, H. K. Mulford Co., Glenolden, Pa., mfg. serums and vaccines for Govt. 

MAXWELL, H. 0. (Ill) Chief Clerk, San Joaquin Light and Power Corp., Taft, Calif., supplying energy for 
pumping oil wells. 

MEAD, G. J. (II) Experimental Engr., in charge Experimental Dept., Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp., New Brun- 
swick, N. J., and Long Island City, N. Y., developing Hispano-Suiza aviation engines for France and United 
States. 

MELLEMA, WILLIAM (IV) Reinforced Concrete Designer, Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., New York City; 
Reinforced Concrete Engr., Cramp & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. '17; Structural Designer, Public Works Dept., 
Philadelphia, Pa., July '18 — June '19. 

MERRILL, E. E. (IV) Shipfitter, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Oct. '17; Ship Draftsman and Acting Chief of Hull 
Div., Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Hawaii, Aug. 'i8-'io. 

MOORE. D. M. (I) Transitman, in charge of field party on cons., Boston & Albany R.R., Aug. '17; Draftsman, 
Designing Engrs. Office, B. & A. R.R., Aug. '18. Refused for military service as physically unfit. 

MORSE, H. E. (II) Engr., Experimental Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, designing equipment 
and mfg. methods for making gas masks, gas mask parts, and airplane accessories exclusive of tires. (Page 401.) 

MOULTON, C. R. (XI) Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, Schenectady, N. Y.; Member, Ex. Comm., 
Liberty Loan Campaigns, Red Cross, W. S. S., and United War Work Drives; made investigations for Intelli- 
gence Dept. of Dept. of Justice. 

MUNN, P. J. (I) Asst. Office Engr. and Concrete Designer, Stone & Webster, on construction of Watertown Arsenal 
Apr. — Aug. '18, and in Syracuse and N. Y. Offices on design of Picric Acid Plant for Govt, at Grand Rapids, 
Mich., Aug.— Nov. (Page 377.) 

NORBERG, E. P. (IV) Shipfitter, Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., San Pedro, Calif., erecting gun 

foundations and deck-houses, Apr. '18. See Military Record. 
NORTON, 0. G. (II) Civilian Motor Mechanic, Aviation Sect., Sig., C, Detroit, Mich., 28 May '17; Motor 

Mechanic with Boiling Mission to obtain engr. data in English and French factories for airplane construction 

service of U. S. Army, 16 June — -15 Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

NOYES, C. W. (VI) Testman, later Draftsman in Switchboard Dept., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., 
testing mfr. machinery and designing switchboard wiring for govt, plants. 

PAINE, C. G. (II) Mechanical Supt., Katahdin Div., Eastern Mfg. Co., Lincoln, Maine, pulp and paper mill. 

PHELAN, J. F. (VII) Sanitarian, H. P. Hood & Sons, Dairy Experts, Boston, Mass., supervising general sanita- 
tion and laboratory; refused for active service in Army and Navy on account of arterial trouble. 

PICKERING, H. B. (I) Asst. Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., constructing powder and high explosive 

plants. See Civilian Record. 
PIKE, W. F. (I) Structural Designer, Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike, Boston, Mass., designing Boston Army Supply 

Base. 
PIZA, ST. E. T. (IV) Draftsman and Asst., Field Cons, and Repair Div., U. S. Army Transport Service in port of 

Embarkation, New York, Jan. — Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

POLLARD, R. F. (X) Supervisor of Cordite Mfr., Canadian Explosives Ltd., Nobel, Ont., Sept. '15 — May '16; 

Expert Chem. Engr., British Cordite Co., Beloeil, P.Q., Aug. '17; returned to Canadian Explosives Ltd. for 

development work on T. N. T., May '18. (Page 366.) 
PUTNAM, C. P. (II) Inst., Machine Gun Course, Springfield, Mass., '17. 

ROBINSON, G. D. (VI) Asst. Prof., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Md., instructing midshipmen and naval reserve officers in radio telegraphy and electrical engi- 
neering. 

*R0GERS, HOMER (V) Research Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. worked on dye mfr. 
and explosives. Rejected in draft on account of heart. Died 2 Feb. ' 19, after an operation, his strength having 
been exhausted by work during the war. (Page 360.) 

ROONEY, G. T. (I) Supt., U. S. Housing Corp., in charge of cons, of brick apartment houses, Bridgeport, Conn., 
1 Aug. '18. 

ROONEY, W. J. (VI) Asst. Ballistic Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Experimental Station, Wilmington, 
Del., Jan. '15; Ballistic Engr., Old Hickory Plant, Nashville, Tenn., June '18 — Feb. '19; made ballistic tests of 
black and smokeless powder and did experimental work on powders and special ammunition. (Page 360.) 

RUNELS, C. M. (IV) Asst. on Power Cons., for Stone & Webster, Buffalo, N. Y., Resident Engr., Buffalo General 
Electric Extension, supplying power for war industries. 

SANTOS, J. R. L. (II) Asst. Ord. Engr., The Bartlett Hayward Co., Baltimore, Md.; Mfg., assembled, and loaded 

artillery ammunition. 
SAUCHELLI, VINCENT (I) Research Chemist, Laboratories of the Financial Rubber Co., Batu Caves, Selangor, 
Federated Malay States, producing rubber for war purposes. See Military Record and page 403. 

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SCHIESS, U. C. (IV) Structural Engr., Fred T. Ley & Co., on Ammonium Nitrate Plant, Perryville, Md. 
SCHUMUCKER, R. A. (Ill) Mining Engr., Braden Copper Co., Rancagua, Chile, producing copper for war 

purposes. 
SCHNEIDER, SOLOMON (V) Chemist, New England Mfg. Co., mfg. picric acid for Allied Govts., Nov. '17; 

Asst. Chemist, Navy Yard, at Philadelphia, Pa., May '18. 

SCRANNAGE, L. E. (II) Asst., Planning Dept., later Chief Planner, Forge Dept., Remington Arms Co., Bridge- 
port, Conn., mfg. arms for French, Russian, and British Govts.; Works Mgr., Boston Auto Gage Co., mfg. 
gages for Curtiss, Wright-Martin, Standard Aero, Navy and other planes; Asst. Supt., Hull Div., Navy Yard, 
Philadelphia, Pa., 1 May '18. 

SEARS, L. E. (VI) Electrical Draftsman, Office of Inspector of Machinery, Bu. of Steam Engr., Navy Dept. ; Navy 
Inspector, Bath Iron Works, Maine, of electrical material for torpedo boat destroyers. 

SIMONS, G. W., JR. (XI) Chief Sn. Engr., Florida State Bd. of Health, Jacksonville, Fla., in charge of extra- 
cantonment sanitation around Carlstrom and Dorr Fields near Acadia, Fla., also around Camp Johnston near 
Jacksonville; directed sanitation in civil zones surrounding several govt, camps and shipyards. 

SKOLFIELD, G. L., JR. (I) Draftsman in Marine Engr. Dept., Sept. '15; Engr. and Supt. of Cons., later Plant 
Engr., Chester Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Jan. '16; Agent, Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., for U. S. Shipping Bd., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, C. L.(VI) took M. G. Course, Springfield Armory, Mass.; M. G. Inst., Camp Sheridan, Ala.; attached to 
Div. School of Arms, 37th Div., June '17 — 1 May '18. See Military Record. 

SPEAR, T. F. (X) Chemical Engr., Small Scale Mfg. Div. of Toxic Gas Investigations, Bu. of Mines, Hastings-on- 
Hudson Plant, 16 Feb. '18; Medland, Mich., 25 May; Hastings, 30 June, designing, erecting and operating 
apparatus for mfr. of mustard gas. See Military Record. 

SPENCER, W. B. (IV) Designer, Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.; Consulting Engr., Southern Pacific R.R.; 
Estimating and Designing Engr., White Construction Co., New York City, designing and constructing Naval 
Hosp., govt, storehouses and war industry mfg. plants. 

STEPHENSON, W. W. (IV) with Hopeman Bros. Lumber & Mfg. Co., Rochester, N. Y., in charge of sub-con- 
tract at Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa., outfitting tankers, freighters, and troop ships. 

STEWART, V. T., (X) Chem. Engr., in charge of Thomas A. Edison's laboratory, Bloomfield, N. J., handling 

storage and primary battery work. 
STRINGFIELD, R. B. (X) Supt., Chemical Dept., Pacific Minerals & Chemical Co., Los Angeles, Calif., in 

charge of plant mfg. potassium permanganate for French Govt. 
SWIFT, H. D. (II) Mechanical Research Engr., Scovill Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn.; Engr., Brass and Estimating 

Dept., National Conduit & Cable Co., Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
TEESON, E. A. (II) Engr., in charge Balloon Dept., U. S. Rubber Co., New Haven, Conn., mfg., testing, and 

flying kite balloons. 
THOMAS, H. C. (I) Draftsman, later Designer, Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike, Boston Army Supply Base, working 

on design and layout of railroad yard and substructure of buildings. 

THOMAS, W. S. (II) M. G. School, U. S. Armory, Springfield, Mass., 1 June '17; Inst., U. S. School of Military 
Aeronautics, M. I. T., 1 July; Inst. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 1 Sept. See Military Record. 

TISDALE, E. S. (XI) Asst. Engr., later Director, Div. of Sn. Engr.,' State Dept. of Health, Charleston, W. Va.; 

inoculated men against typhoid faver; made sanitary and bacteriological examination of drilled and dug wells, 

Nitro, W. Va.; in charge of examinations of all railroad and public drinking water supplies in West Virginia. 
TOABE, KEBE (V) Chemist, Calco Chemical Co., directing laboratory work, and developing process for mfg. 

beta napthol. 
TURNER, N. W. (Ill) Chief Chemist, Reynolds Works; Travelling Inspector, Chemical Div., Asst. Acid Supt., 

Supt. Powder Line, and Asst. Supt., Electric Blasting Cap Plant, Atlas Powder Co. 

VOGEL, F. J. (VI) Electrical Draftsman, Office of Superintending Constructor, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy 
Dept. inspecting machinery, electrical apparatus and plans; Govt. Representative, trials of submarines. 

WALCOTT, R. H. (X) Chemist, Supervisor and Asst. Supt., Canadian Explosives, Ltd., Montreal, Ont., mfg- 
guncotton, cordite, T. N. T., and dynamite, Sept. '15 — Jan. '19. 

WALKER, E. C, 3d (XIV) Pres., Genesee Chemical Co., Batavia, N. Y., developing gas shell lined with 
electrolytic-lead, mfg. plumbized acid pails and perchloric acid. 

WARD WELL, V. E. (I) Supt., Marine Cons., F. S. Wardwell, Stamford, Conn.; work included launching ways for 
Shipping Bd. at various points, submarine pipe overflow and intake chamber for Edgewood Arsenal, and foun- 
dation and dock for Yale & Towne at Stamford. 

WARFIELD, G. H. (I) Asst. Engr., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Inc., New York City; Field and Asst. 
Engr., Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Va., on entire layout of Warehouse Group No. 2; Asst. Office 
Engr., U. S. Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala. 

WARREN, R. A. (VI) Special Agt. for Director of Military Enrollment for Mass. ; prepared publicity for Mass. and 
helped organize and direct formation of draft districts, registration, and classifications; Supt., Public Employ- 
ment Office, Worcester, Mass., supplying munitions workers. See Military Record. 

WATERMAN, R. D. (IV) with the American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

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WATERS, F. E. (II) Engr. Asst., Bell Telephone Co., of Pennsylvania, handling efficiency work in connection with 
construction of outside telephone plant at Govt, munition plants and shipyards. 

WERLICH, McCENEY (X) Erecting Engr., American Locomotive Co., erecting steam locomotives for A. E. F. 

and French Govt, at Bordeaux and St. Nazaire, Oct. '17 — Oct. '18. See Military Record. 
WEYMOUTH, P. W. (V) Analytical Chemist, Picric Acid Laboratory, New England Mfg. Co., No. Woburn, Mass. 
WHITCOMB, H. H. (II) Research Engr., Scovill Mfg., Co., Waterbury, Conn., in charge of rolling mill production 

of small arms ammunition. 

WILLIS, S. L. (Ill) Plant Metallurgist, later Asst. Supt., Oxide Dept., American Zinc, Lead, & Smelting Co., 
engaged in research to improve recoveries in zinc furnaces, roasting kilns, and sulphuric acid plant. 

WOLFE, C. F. (I) Asst. Engr., later Chief Engr., E. C. Maxwell Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., in charge of estimates, 
designs, and details of fuel and water tanks for govt, tugs, and cranes and derricks for shipyards for Emergency 
Fleet Corp.; rejected for active service eight times. 

WOOD, C. W. (I) Resident Engr., Stone & Webster, on construction at Watertown Arsenal; Asst. Engr., later, 
Chief Engr., Kelly Field, Texas; Asst. Engr., Ship Cons., Hog Island Shipyard, Pa., for Emergency Fleet Corp., 
U. S. Shipping Bd., Jan. '18. (Page 391.) 

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ALBERT, C. D., Ex. Asst. in charge Technical Dept.; Chief Inspector to Senior Engr., later Ex. Asst., Middle 
Atlantic Dist., U. S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., at Baltimore, Md. 

AMES, WARREN (II) Asst., later Active Mgr., B. C. Ames Co., Waltham, Mass., mfg. dial gauges and bench 
lathes for govt, work on airplanes, guns, and ships. 

ARONSON, MARK (I) Ship draftsman, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., working on alteration and repair of ships; 
designed and developed with the inventor, the Partridge Military Hydro-Kite. 

AUSTIN, P. P., JR. (II) Mech. Engr., Freeport Sulphur Co., Freeport, Texas, mining sulphur for Govt, and the 
Allies. 

BAKER, P. C. (II) Engr., Plane Design Div., Air Service, Washington, D. C, redesigning foreign planes to fit home 
mfr. See Military Record. 

BARKER, D. N. (XIV) Chemist, later Asst. Chief Chemist, Butterworth Judson Corp., New York City, and 
Newark, New Jersey, in charge of sulphuric acid for mfg. picric acid, and inspection of picric acid and ammo- 
nium picrate for U. S., French, and Russian Govts. 

BARNEY, E. J. (VI) Engr., The Domestic Engineering Co., mfg. Delco-Light, special development of engine 
generating set for army X-ray service. 

BERKE, S. R. (formerly Berkowitz), (II) Cons. Engr., W. F. Kearns Co., Boston, Mass., supervised and designed 
cons, layout, Boston Army Supply Base, temporary warehouses and S. A. T. C. barracks at Boston University. 
See Military Record. 

BERRIGAN, T. A. (XI) Structural Draftsman and Inspector of Construction, Bu. Yards and Docks, Navy Dept.; 
designed radio towers, structural features of storehouses, and inspected cons, of Seamanship and Navigation 
Buildings, Naval Academy; inspector in charge of reinforced concrete quay wall and new Bancroft Hall at 
U. S. Naval Academy. 

BICKFORD, H. L. (VI) Asst. Packing Mgr., U. S. Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, mfg. special packing for U. S. N. 
See Military Record. 

BOLTON, MEADE (IV) Architectural Designer, working on Army and Navy buildings, Panama Canal. See 
Military Record. 

BOULTON, B. C. (I) Aeronautical Structural Engr., Air Service, McCook Field Experimental Station, Dayton, 
Ohio, 26 Nov. '17; in charge of Stress Analysis Sect., designing structural parts of airplanes and conducting 
experimental work. Unable to enter active service on account of heart. 

BOUSQUET, L' R. G. (X) Chief Chemist and Metallurgist, Director, Chemical and Physical Laboratory and in 
charge of Casting Dept., New Jersey Tube Co., Harrison, N. J.; responsible for chemical composition of 
condenser tubes for battleships, copper driving bands for projectiles, and brass discs for 75 mm. and 155 mm. 
shells. 

BRANDEGEE, M. M. (X) Chemical Engr., and Asst. to Chief Chemist and Vice-Pres., International Coal Prod- 
ucts Corp., New York City, working on design and cons, of by-product apparatus; research work on crack- 
ing of oils for toluol. (Page 394.) 

BRESTH, ALEXANDER (XI) Chief Sn. Inspector, Red Cross Unit No. 4, Camp Dodge, Iowa, engaged in extra- 
cantonment sanitation, Aug. '17 — Apr. '18. See Military Record. 

BUSH, V. (VI) Consulting Engr., American Radio and Research Corp., Medford Hillside, Mass., developing and 
mfg. apparatus for Navy and Sig. C; Assoc. Member, Naval Consulting Bd., and Special Naval Bd. on sub- 
marine devices in development of submarine detectors. 

CALDWELL, A. P., JR. (VI) Asst. to Vice-Pres. in charge of ordnance, New York Air Brake Co., New York 
City, 18 June '17; Inst., U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., 5 Dec. 
'17—18 May '18. See Military Record. 

CHANDLER, C. H. (V) Asst. Chemist, Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., doing research work for mfr. of 
torpedoes and explosive detonators, and developing electrolytic process of plating torpedo air flasks and other 
parts of torpedo with non-corrosive coating of pure lead and lead-tin alloys. 

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CHANDLER, F. D. (VI) Electrical Engr., later Technical Ex. and Mgr., Chandler Engineering Corp., Brooklyn, 
N. Y., doing experimental and development work on torpedoes and submarine detectors. 

CHANDLER, W. S., Asst. to Cuban Representative, U. S. Food and Fuel Adm., Havana, Cuba, Dec. '17 — 

April '18. See Military Record. 
COFFIN, W. E. (II) (XI) Junior Chemist, Research Div., C. W. S., at Laboratories of L. H. Shaw, Boston, Mass. 

COMISKEY, D. L. (I) Inspector, Yard Maintenance, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., U. S. Emergency Fleet 
Corp., Quincy, Mass., I Feb. — I Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

CONNOLLY, J. I. (XI) Sn. Engr., Red Cross Sn. Service, Camp Gordon, Ga., 22 Sept. '17—28 Feb. '18; Member, 
American Relief Comm., Syria, Turkey and Armenia, building hospitals and rebuilding Armenian houses 
and villages and providing sanitation in refugee camps, 15 Jan '19. See Military Record. 

CROSIER, C. L. (XI) Asst. Engr., Morris Knowles, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.; investigated and reported on water 
supply and sewerage systems for communities mfg. war materials. 

CROWELL, G. I. (II) Asst. Engr., Field Engr., and later Asst. Supt., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., New 
York City; at Cleveland, Ohio, erecting a shell forging plant; Progress Engr., Muscle Shoals, Ala., on cons, 
of Nitrate Plant No. 2. 

DA VIES, R. V. (V) Chief Chemist, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., mfg. small arms ammunition. 

DELABARRE, L. H. (VI) (XV) Chief Inspector, American Ammunition Co., mfg. combination fuses, detonators, 
hand and rifle grenades and primers, '16; Asst. to Mechanical Engr., fiullard Engineering Works, Bullard 
Machine Tool Co., Bridgeport, Conn., mfg. 155 mm. field guns. See Military Record. 

DESMOND, R. R. (VI) Junior Inspector of Ord., Ord. Dept. at U. S. Light & Heat Corp., Niagara Falls, N. Y.; 
inspection of incoming adapters and booster casings, and of completed boosters for gas shells. 

DODGE, CHARLOTTE PHELPS (MRS. PARKER), (IV) Asst., Medical Sect., Council of National Defense, 

Washington, D. C, making charts and maps. 
DODGE, H. F. (VI) Engr., Western Electric Co., co-operating with U. S. Navy, in field work on development, 

installation and operation of shore station submarine detection systems at experimental stations, New York, 

and on New England Coast. 
DRAKE, F. E., JR. (II) Asst. to Field Supt., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., Bethlehem, Pa. 
DRUMMEY, W. W. (IV) Asst. to Production Engr., Emergency Fleet Corp., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., 

west of Mississippi River and at Quincy, Mass.; located material for 61 torpedo boats. Rejected for service 

because of physical defect. 
DUNN, D. O. (IV) Supt. of Cons., Hubbell & Benes, Cleveland, Ohio, on work at National Malleable Castings Co. 

Rejected for Army and Navy for physical disability. 

DURSIN, HENRY, JR. (II) Asst. Mgr., Lafayette Worsted Co., Woonsocket, R. I., in charge of power plant, and 
wool grease and potash recovery. 

*EASLEY, C. B. (VI) Military Inst., Ground Sch. of Aviation, M. I. T., '17. Died, 20 Jan. '20. See Military 
Record. 

EDWARDS, E. A. (VI) (II) Office Mgr., Schumaker-Lantry Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. turbines for Army and Navy, 
machinery for arsenals, navy yards, govt, warehouses, and power plants. Rejected in the draft and for naval 
aviation for underweight. 

ENGSTROM, K. E. (II) Machine Gun Inst., Springfield Armory, Mass., June — Aug. '16 and Apr. '17 to end of 
war; Inf. Sch. of Arms, Ft. Sill, Okla., Aug. '16 — Apr. '17. 

EVANS, J. M. (II) Inspector of Airplanes and Airplane Engines for Sig. C, at Curtiss Aeroplane Corp., Buffalo, 
N. Y. and Standard Aeroplane Corp., Plainfield and Elizabeth, N. J., 15 Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

FAIR, G. M. (XI) Inst., Hygiene and Sanitation, S. A. T. C, Harvard University, Oct. — Dec. '18. See Military 
Record. 

FAIRFIELD, J. G. (II) Inspector, U. S. Fuel Administration; Machinist, Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y.; Inst., 
Mechanical Engr., S. A. T. C, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. 

FLEMING, W. H. (II) Production Engr., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, speeding up production of 
gas masks, airplane bumpers, rings and other rubber articles for Govt. (Page 401.) 

FLETCHER, R. A. (I) Inst., Machine Guns and Bombs, Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., 27 Aug. — 21 Nov. 
'17. See Military Record. 

FOOTE, F. C. (I, XI) Asst. Engr. with Supervising Engr., in charge of temporary water supply and camp sanita- 
tion, Camp Meade Contractors' Camp, Md., Cantonment Cons. Div., Q. M. C, 26 June — 31 Aug. '17. See 
Military Record. 

FOSTER, H. L. (XI) Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., 12 Feb.— 7 Sept. '18. 

FREED, E. S. (V) Research Chemist, Nitrate Div., War Dept., worked on development of a catalyzer for Haber 
ammonia process, and made study of conversion of nitrogen peroxide gases to nitric acid. 

FREEMAN, E. E. (VI) Chairman, Installation Comm., Equipment Engineering Staff, Winchester Repeating 
Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., mfg. arms and munitions. 

FREEMAN, J. R., JR. (XIV) Asst. Physicist, Dept. of Metallurgy, Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, devel- 
oping special light alloys for aircraft construction. 

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GORDON, B. D. (X) Asst. Chemist, Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, working on investigations on hydrogen 
and helium gases for balloon purposes. 

GORE, JOHN (X) Junior Gas Chemist, Bu. of Mines, American University Experiment Station, Washington, 
D. C, working on pyrotechnic signals and camouflage smokes, developing navy smoke box, and -rmr smoke 
candles, also a series of colored smoke signals for Army and Navy, Nov. '17. See Military Record. 

GRAVES, W. L. (VI) Statistical Expert, Progress Sect., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 8 Jan.' 17— June '18, 
pending issuance of commission. See Military Record. 

GRAY, H. P. (II) Technical Representative, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., with A. E. F., Nov. '17— Feb. '19; 
experimental and service work on gas masks, balloons, and tires supplied by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 
to A. E. F. He says, "My hardest work was dodging the French Secret Service and trying to prove I wasn't 
a Boche. A civilian in France was out o' luck." (Page 401.) 

GREEN, H. W. (XI) Chemist, acting as Sn. Engr., Miraflores Water Purification Plant, Panama Canal. 

GROSS, C. F. (XIII) Inst., Marine Engineering and Naval Construction, U. S. Naval Academv, Annapolis, Aid., 
'16— '18. 

GRUBER, R. E. (X) Chemical Engr., Merck & Co., Chemical Works, Rahway, N. J., in charge of research, and 
production of svnthetic drugs and medicinal chemicals for Armv, Navy, Red Cross, hospitals and clinics in 
U. S. 

GUNTS, R. F. (VI) Production Engr., Dept. of Methods and Operations, later Planning Engr., Dept. of Stand- 
ards, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Emergency Fleet Corp., Hog Island, Pa. 

GUPTILL, A. L. (IV) Inst., Structural Engr., S. A. T. C, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. 

GUSS, M. C. (I) Representative, Standard Oil Co., in interior of China. Told to stay in his position until called 
by U. S. Govt, into active service. 

HALE, E. D. (X) Chemical Engr., Pittsburgh Plant, Liquid Carbonic Co.; Educational Director, Navy Y. M. C. A., 
Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Feb'. '18. See Military Record. 

HALE, G. R. (VI) Supt., Canadian Electrode Co. and Elect. Engr., and Staff Asst., Canada Carbide Co., mfg. 
acetone and acetic acid from acetylene for dope for airplane construction, for British and U. S. Govts. 

HALL, E. R. (IV) Foreman and Asst. Shop Supt., Bartlett Hayward Company, Baltimore, Md., loading time, 
percussion and detonating fuses for Russian, British and U. S. Govts. 

HANFORD, E. F. (XIII) Naval Engr., Bayles Shipyard, Port Jefferson, Long Island. 

HARROWER, P. D. (II) Machine Gun Inst., Ord. Dept., Springfield, Mass., Utica, N. Y., Camp Greene, N. C, 
and Camp Mills, L. I., N. Y., 3 June — 20 Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

HART, R. F. (XIII) Quarterman Shipfitter, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River and Squantum Plants, 
Quincy, Mass., in charge of hull construction of submarines AA2 and AA3 (cruising type). 

HEFLER, R. E. (I) Resident Engr., on new cons., Galena Signal Oil Co., Elizabeth, N. J. See Military Record. 

HEPINSTALL, JACK (I) Asst. Cons. Engr., later Supervising Engr., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept., 
working on cons, and design of steel plants at Erie Forge & Steel Co. Plant, Erie, Pa., Pollak Steel Co., Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, Allis Chalmers Heat Treatment Building, Milwaukee, Wis., and U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant, 
Charleston, W. Va. Inst., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Oct. '18. 

HEWINS, E. F. (XIII) Draftsman, Engr. Dept., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va., on battle- 
ship, battlecruiser and repair work; Special Representative to a western mfg. company, to report on progress 
being made on main shafting for eighteen destroyers. 

HICKEY, J. J. (XI) Structural Steel Draftsman, Navy Dept., Washington D. C; Checker, in charge structural 
steel, Power Plant Div. 

HOLMES, E. 0. (X) High Explosive Chemist, Eastern Laboratories, Gibbstown, N. J., E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
& Co., Wilmington, Del., doing research on mfr. on new high explosives. 

HOWARD, W. F. (IV) Asst. Engr., Northport Smelting & Refining Co., Wash., producing lead. 

HUNT, F. S. (X) Asst. Mgr., Hunt-Rankin Leather Co., Peabody, Mass., making navy leather for Navy Dept.; 

Student, Harvard-Technology Sch. of Public Health, training to enter Sn. C, 10 June — 7 Sept. '18. 
HUSTED, D. R. (XIV) Aero Engr., in charge of aerodynamical laboratories, Curtiss Engineering Corp., Garden 

City, L. I. (Page 244.) 
INGLE, J. B. (II) Rubber Buyer, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., in Straits Settlements, Sumatra and Java; 

prepared crude rubber for export under supervision of the War Trade Bd.; Member, American Contingent 

of Singapore Volunteer Corps, a British unit for local defense. (Page 401.) 

JACKSON, H. W. (IV) Asst., Packing and Boxing Sect., Bu. of Aircraft Production, Cleveland, Ohio, and Wash- 
ington, D. C, designing boxes and methods of packing airplanes and airplane parts. 

JENKINS, E. S. (I) Research Asst. and Mathematical Designer, Curtiss Engineering Corp., Garden City, L. I. 

JOHNSON, E. B. (VII) Chief Sn. Inspector, Red Cross, in charge field work on malaria control, extra-cantonment 
zone, Montgomery, Ala. Transferred to U. S. Public Health Service, Chief Sn. Inspector, Ma}- '18; Asst. 
Sn. Engr., in charge malaria control, extra-cantonment zone, and installation sanitary system. Montgomery, 
Ala., 1 Nov.; Sn. Officer, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Greenville, S. C. 

JUNKINS, W. H. (VII) Sn. Inspector,. and Health Officer, later Asst. Sn. Supt., du Pont Engineering Company, 
Nashville, Tenn., mfg. smokeless powder. 

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KALLEJIAN, R. M. (V) Chemist, American Cotton Oil Co., Guttenburg, N. J., mfg. cooking oil, lard compound, 
and soap powder. 

KEMP, E. L. (II) Reorganizer, under Asst. Sec. of War, War Dept., Washington, D. C; Mechanical Engr., Vic- 
tory Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Squantum, Mass. 

KNOWLAND, R. G. (X) Asst., later Chem. Engr., Bu. of Mines, and C. W. S., Washington, D.C., doing emergency 
work on gas protection, Jan — Aug. '18. See Civilian Record. 

LEWIS, C. F. (I) Inspector, Bu. of Public Roads, Dept. of Agriculture, in charge of surveys for and cons, of roads 
at Gas Shell Filling Station, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Apr. — Aug. '18, and between Alexandria and Camp 
Humphreys, Va., Aug. — Oct. '18. 

LIDDELL, W. A. (I) Asst. Engr. on toll line efficiency, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York, I Aug. 
'17 — 1 May '18; engineering work connected with planning toll line facilities radiating from Washington to 
various army and navy headquarters, and cantonments. See Military Record. 

LITTLEFIELD, L. H. (VI) Senior Aeronautical Mech. Engr., Bu. of Aircraft Production, at various stations, 
27 June — 15 Mch. '19. Request for a commission as Engr. Capt., A. S., favorably acted upon, but stopped by 
the armistice. 

LONG, W. E. (XIII) Asst. Foreman Ship Fitter on Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Ship- 
building Corp., Squantum, Mass., Nov. '18. 

LOVELL, C. W. (I) Asst. on Engr. Corps, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. (Pennsylvania 
Lines West of Pittsburgh, Pa.); Resident Engr., New Cumberland Branch Extension, for developing new coal 
fields. 

LOWE, R. E. (V) Electrometallurgist and Plant Mgr., Maine Power Sales Co., Rumford, Maine, mfg. ferro alloys. 

McDEVITT, J. N. (II) Vice-Pres. and Treas., Lincoln Machine Co., Pawtucket, R. I., producing munitions for 
Allies and U. S. 

McKOWN, F. W. (VI) Engr., Western Electric Co., New York City, worked on design of special telephone sets 
for military purposes, and of anti-submarine devices. 

MAHLMAN, O. L. (XIV) Consulting Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, mfg. carbon for Gas Defense, 30 May — ■ 
23 Aug. '17. See Military Record. 

MELLEN, E. R. (VI) Correspondent Engr., Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Newark, N. J., in charge of corre- 
spondence with Govt, and private individuals on highly specialized electrical indicating instruments for wire- 
less, signal, and ordnance purposes. Tried four times to enlist in Army or Navy, but failed. 

MERRITT, J. C. (VI) Meter Engr., '17, Power Sales Engr., '18, and Transmission Line Supt., '19, Shawinigan 
Water & Power Co., Montreal, P. Q., producing power for munitions and industries mfg. aluminum, magne- 
sium, carbide, acetic acid, ferro-silicon, ferro-chromium, and shells. 

MILLER, DOROTHY DAY, (MRS. T. W.) (VII) Sec, Home Service Sect., Red Cross, Augusta, Ga. 

MILLS, R. H. (VI) Cable Engr., Western Union Telegraph Co., Engr., Western Electric Co., on development of 
submarine detection apparatus for the Navy, at Nahant, Mass. 

MONROE, M. A. (XI) Designer and Estimator, Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., furnishing steel to Govt, for 
tanks at Nitrate Plant, Nitro, W. Va., ship plates for Submarine Boat Corp., towers for observation purposes, 
Aberdeen, Md., and Mulberry Island, Va., and for overseas shipment. See Military Record. 

MORSE, H. G. (II) Engr., Angus Co. Ltd., Calcutta, India. Left 10 Apr. '18, to enlist. See Military Record. 

MOXON, H. A. (X) Chemist, New England Manufacturing Co., doing chemical control work on picric acid and 
phenol. See Military Record. 

MUESER, ELSA HABICHT, (MRS. E. E.) (V) Research Chemist, The Celluloid Company, Newark, N. J., 
H. Koppers Company at Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa., and for United Engineer- 
ing Societies; research chemical work in the laboratory and researches in French and German literature on 
chemical subjects. 

NEAVE, A. S. (X) Chemist, Chatfield Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, working on coal tar distillation, puri- 
fication of naphthalene and phenol, creosote oil, pitches and sheep dips; Chemical Engr., later Plant Supt., 
Wiborg Co., Cincinnati, mfg. printing inks, varnishes, dry color, dyestuff and intermediates. 

NEWCOMBE, G. M. (II) Engr., Gun Design and Explosives Divs., Engineering Bu., Ord. Dept., Washington, 
D. C; Dist. Inspector, machinery and equipment of explosives plants. See Military Record. 

NIBECKER, A. S., JR. (IV) Checker of structural drawings, later Supt. of Cons., Pacific Marine & Construction 
Co., San Diego, Calif., building reinforced concrete ships, Emergency Fleet Corp. 

OBER, SHATSWELL (XIII) Naval Architect, Bath Iron Works, Maine, designing torpedo boat destroyers for 
Navy; Aeronautical Engr., Research Dept., Airplane Engineering Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production; stationed 
at Aero Laboratory, M. I. T, Nov. '17 and McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. '18 — Feb. '19, making experi- 
ments and tests of model and full sized airplanes to improve performance and simplify design. 

OWLER, D. S. (VI) Asst. Supt., Fall River Electric Light Co., Mass., laying out substations to transform and con- 
trol power at cotton mills mfg. war materials, and supervising power and lighting distribution. 

PAGE, ARVIN (II) Machine Gun Inst., Ord. Dept., 29 May '17—5 Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

PARSONS, T. D. (II) Asst. to Cutlery Engr., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn.; production 
control of mfr. of machine guns and U. S. Rifles, Model of 1917. 

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"PITMAN, E. C. (X) Supt., Brown Co., Berlin, N. H., mfg. sulphur chloride, and acetic anhydride for Govt, for 
mustard gas; Supt., Lustron Co., Boston, Mass., mfg. cellulose acetate for airplane dope and windshields. 

PIZZORNO, P. P. (VI) Tester and Test Calculator, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., in charge of special A. C. 
Motor tests. Jr. Electrical Draftsman, Stone & Webster, on Rock Island and Watertown Arsenals; in charge 
of Electrical Drafting Rooms, American Railways Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PROCTOR, H. E. (VI) Electrical Designer with Monks & Johnson and Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, and Electri- 
cal Engr. with Richard D. Kimble Co., on design of electrical work, Squantum Plant, and Army Supply Base, 
South Boston, Mass. 

REESE, R. C. (I) Chief Draftsman, Building Dept., General Electric Co., Pittsfield, Mass., maintaining and con- 
structing buildings for Pittsfield Works. 

ROBERTSON, J. D. (II) Engr., Staff of Cartridge Dept., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., 
June '16 — Aug. 27, '17. See Military Record. 

ROSS, F. D. (IV) Adviser on Fire Protection to plants, U. S. Shipping Bd. See Military Record. 

ROWLETT, R. S. (II) Civilian Student and Inst., Machine Gun School, Springfield Armory, Mass., 1 June '17 — 
11 Jan. '18. See Military Record. 

SAWENS, R. H. (X) Technical Asst., Caustic Soda Dept., Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y., doing work on 
picric acid, T. N. T., and recovery of waste acids, development of ammonia oxidation to nitric acid on heated 
platinum gauze as catalyzer. 

:SCHAEFER, A. G. (II) Inspector of airplanes and airplane engines, Bu. of Aircraft Production, Standard Air- 
craft Corporation Plant, Elizabeth, N. J., and designer of dies, punches, and gauges. 
SHUEY, A. F. (XI) Supt., Tampa Water Works Co., Fla. 

SMITH, R. G. (VI) Statistician, The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co., Wis. Unable to enter military 

service on account of heart. 
STOWELL, R. M. (IV) Architect, Cantonment, later Cons. Div., War Dept., Washington, D. C, June '17— '18. 

SWEET, G. A. (X) Foreman, by-product coke plant, The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Ohio, extracting by- 
products from coke-oven gas. 

THEXTON, C. H. (IV) Supervising Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd., in charge of costs and progress of housing projects 
from Bath, Maine, to Jacksonville, Fla. and west to Manitowoc, Wis. 

LILLIAN, H. B. (I) Engr., connected with layout of Camp Custer, Mich., Aviation Station, Langley Field, Va., 
and Boston Army Supply Base. See Military Record. 

UPTON, F. P. (VIII) Laboratory Asst., later Asst. Physicist, Aerodynamical Laboratory, U. S. Bu. of Standards, 
Washington, D. C, testing airplane models and equipment, radio forms, bomb releases, radiators and air 
speed indicators. See Military Record. 

WAREHAM, C. M. (XI) Inst., Dept. of Chemistry, M. I. T., and Inst., S. A. T. C. and S. N. T. C. 

"WEBSTER, D. B. (X) Civilian Student and Inst., Machine Gun School, Springfield Armory, Mass., July — Nov. 
'17. See Military Record. 

WEISSBACH, E. A. (II) Mech. Engr., Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, Mo., in charge of erection of 

stills for mfr. of ether for Medical Corps. 
"WELLINGTON, M. S. (XI) Sn. Engr., Wallace & Tiernan Co., New York City. See Military Record. 

WENTWORTH, W. E. (XIV) Supervisor of nitrating and of solvent recovery, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 
mfg. celluloid for powder containers, Jan. '18. See Military Record. 

"WHITE, H. E. (II) Civilian Machine Gun Inst., Ord. Dept., June '17; Camp Ord. Depot, Camp Hancock, Ga., 
in charge of repair and inspection of Springfield rifles and all types of machine guns, Aug. — Dec. '17. See 
Military Record. 

WHITING, E. A. (II) Sales Agent, The Allied Machinery Co. of America and The Allied Machinery Co. of France, 
exporting machine tools and shell-turning lathes, and purchasing stock, Sept. '16 — Dec. '17. See Military 
Record. 

"WHITTEMORE, H. E. (VI) Electrician, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, Wash., in charge installation and main- 
tenance of yard equipment, June — Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

"WILSON, R. E. (X) Consulting Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, Washington, D. C; Gas Chemist, in charge of 
defense chemical research work on absorbents, smoke production, mustard gas protection, etc., Feb. '18; 
in charge of first Govt, research laboratory on war gas problems; in charge of two units of Defense Chemical 
Research Sect., C. W. S.; worked on development of all types of gas absorbents, smoke filters, smoke producing 
apparatus, protective clothing, and ointments for mustard gas. See Military Record and page 258. 

WOOD, E. C. (II) Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., Aug, '17; Engr., in charge experimental testing, 
Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp., Sept. '18 — Feb. '19. See Military Record. 

"WRIGHT, L. S. (XV) Production Engr., Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, Ohio, Oct. '17— Oct. '18, making 

J-i training planes, and DH-4 and DH-9 bombing and fighting planes. See Military Record. 
WYMAN, G. W. (VI) Inst, in Gas Engines and Machine Guns and Gunnery, School of Military Aeronautics, 

M. I. T, Aug. '17— 1 Mch. '18. See Military Record. 
.ZILLIACUS, LAURIN (X) Chemical Engr. for research work on poison gas respirators in factory of Messrs. 

Boots Pure Drug Co., Nottingham, England, '17. Poisoned by arsenic, July, and obliged to stop work. Inst. 

of Mathematics, Bedales School, Petersfield, England. 

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ABELE, C. A. (VII) Scientific Asst., U. S. Public Health Service. Chief Sn. Inspector, Red Cross Sn. Unit, 

No. 8, Camp McClellan Extra-cantonment Zone, Anniston, Ala., Sept. '17; Director, Bu. of Venereal Disease, 

State Bd. of Health, Jackson, Miss., Feb. '19. 
ADAMS, C. G. (X) Research Chemist, du Pont Powder Co., N. J. Research work on diphenylamine used as a 

stabilizer in smokeless powder; Member, Secret Govt. Post, Willoughby, Ohio, working on design of chemical 

plant for mfr. of the new gas, "methyl." See Military Record. 

ALDRIN, E. E. (VI) Member, National Advisory Comm. for Aeronautics; Asst., Aerodynamical Experimentation, 
Wind Tunnel at M. I. T., June— Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

ALTHOUSE, A. K. (XV) General Supt., Phoenix & Georges Creek Mining Co., in charge of operation of Phoenix 
Mine (coal), Piedmont, W. Va., before enlistment. See Military Record. 

AMES, N. B. (VI) Radio and Electrical Draftsman, National Electrical Supply Co., Washington, D. C, 8 June — 
24 Nov. '18, working on design and construction of radio apparatus for U. S. Sig. C, and Navy. See Military 
Record. 

ANGAS, W. M. (I) Inst, in Navigation, Navigation School, Boston, Mass., and later in Baltimore, Md., under the 
U. S. Shipping Bd. See Military Record. 

ATKINS, W. E. (II) Overseer of Maintenance, Fairbanks-Morse, Ltd., Toronto, Ont., producing 18 lb. shrapnel, 
75 mm. and 6" and 8" shells. 

ATWATER, DAVID (XV) Supt., Atwater Knitting Co., Westfield, Mass., mfg. knit goods for Army. Enlisted 
in Sig. C., but unable to meet physical requirements. 

AUTY, CLARENCE (VI) worked on design of power plant for Bethlehem Loading Co., May's Landing, N. J.; 
worked on fuel conservation in Mass., especially for American Writing Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass. 

AYER, H. E. (IV) Asst. Engr., Aberthaw Construction Co., Boston, Mass., 19 Nov. '17 — 9 Mch. '18, working on 
cons, of a steel building for the Mattatuck Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., for the making of cartridge 
clips for the Allied Armies; worked, for same company, on a dry dock for the Cumberland Ship Yard, Portland, 
Maine, Mch. — Apr.; Dept. of Public Works, City of Portland, surveys, supervision of all cons, and repair 
work, and compiling of cost data, May '18 — June '19. See Military Record. 

BAKER, A. DeW. (V) Research Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; Research Chemist, laboratory investi- 
gation, development and mfr. of dyestuffs, Eastern Laboratory, Gibbstown, N. J., June — Nov. '17; Asst. in 
charge of Div. Research Laboratories, and Div. plant operations, Jackson Laboratory, Deepwater Point, 
N. J., Nov. '17 — Oct. '19; Representative of Chem. Dept., Intelligence Div., Jackson Laboratory, since Oct. '19. 

BATTIS, J. T. W. (II) Employment Mgr., Standard Woven Fabric Co., Walpole, Mass. See Military Record. 

BELL, K. E. (X) Research Chemist on high explosives, Eastern Laboratory, Gibbstown, N. J., E. I. du Pont de 
Nemours & Co., I June '17 — 14 Sept. '18; research on and development of new high explosives and secondary 
detonators, and improvements in mfr. of older high explosives. See Military Record. 

BERTELSEN, P. J. (IX) General Supt., Bertelsen & Petersen Engr. Co., East Boston, Mass., in charge of fitting 
out the Cincinnati, of the Hamburg-American Line, as a troop ship, renamed the Covington. See Military 
Record. 

BICKNELL, ESTHER W. (VII) Worker, Red Cross, Special Aid Society American Preparedness, War Camp 
Community Service, War Savings Stamp Drive. 

BIRK, G. M. (X) Chemist, The Napco Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; developed new waterproof glue for airplane and 
seaplane use. 

BLAKEMORE, T. L. (XIII) Aeronautical Engr., Bu. Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., supervising lighter-than- 
aircraft design and cons., Washington, D. C, and Akron, Ohio; Engr. in direct charge of design of first twin 
engine dirigible flown in this country. (Page 26.) 

BOND, B. M. (V) Material Engr., Paint and Varnish Dept., Bu. Chemistry, Washington, D. C; research work. 

BONE, H. L. (II) Engr., Dept. of Tests, Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 

BROCK, M. C. (XV) Asst. to Supt. of Production, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, coordinating and 
upbuilding kite balloon and dirigible production. See Military Record and page 401. 

BROWN, D. M. (IV) Field Architect, J. G. White Engr. Corp. at Langley Field, Va., Aug. '17— Feb. '18. Con- 
tinued same work after enlistment. See Military Record. 

BROWN, R. B. (X) worked under Professor Mulliken's direction at M. I. T. making poison gases (acrolein); 
Chemical Engr., Brockton Gas Light Co., Brockton, Mass.; supervised production of light oil (benzene, tol- 
uene, solvent, etc.), for Govt. Rejected four times for military service on account of physical disability. 

BURKHART, T. W. (II) Junior Inspector of Naval Cons., Boston and Norfolk Navy Yards, Navy Dept. Com- 
pleted first intensive course in Naval Architecture at M. I. T. and Boston Navy Yard, Nov. '17; Inspector, 
Norfolk Navy Yard, Dec. '17 — July '19, in charge of organization and management of tool service and shop 
stores to meet war needs. 

BUTTERWORTH, F. L. (IV) Inspector, Naval Cons., Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. See Military Record. 

CAMPBELL, J. W. (I) Commercial Asst. The Angus Co., Ltd., Calcutta, India; mfr. and shipment of trench 
sandbags, cloth and twine made from jute for use by the Allied Forces in France, Russia, Italy and Mesopo- 
tamia, and bags for carrying wheat to Europe from Argentina and U. S. 

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CANBY, A. T. (X) Research Chemist on explosives, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; experimental work for the 
Ord. Dept., loading and testing various new bombs, shells, grenades, boosters for gas shells, etc., Eastern 
Laboratory, Gibbstown, N. J. 

CHANG, Y. T. (X) Asst. Chemical Engr., Nitrate Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala. 

CHISHOLM, H. V. (II) Products Engr., Walworth Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass., estimating on and han- 
dling specifications for brass and iron products for U. S. Navy, and U. S. Shipping Bd. 

CLARK, E. L. (VI) worked in connection with tests on ship turbines, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.> 
summer '18. 

CLARKSON, J. J. (II) Laboratory Div., Heat Treatment of Steels, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, 
Conn., until I Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

CLAYMAN, SAMUEL (X) Chemist, Arthur D. Little, Inc.; research on gas warfare in conjunction with C. W. S., 
U. S. A. 

COAKLEY, C. C. (X) Operating Chemist, National Aniline & Chemical Co., mfg. dinitro-toluol and benzol for 

intermediates in khaki brown. 
CRANE, F. N. (I) Junior Inspector of Naval Cons., Squantum, Mass. Ships Draftsman, 2 July '17; Junior 

Inspector of Naval Cons., Navy Dept., Charlestown Navy Yard, supervision of repairs and alterations to 

various naval vessels, 24 Nov.; inspection work on destroyers building at Squantum Works, 9 Nov. '18 to 

date (Aug. '19). 

CRIBBEN, L. T. (II) with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, on development of pneumatic tires for 
heavy trucks. (Page 401.) 

CRONIN, J. T. (IV) Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T, Feb.— Aug. '18; Editor of Manual for Guidance 
and Informatiqn of Govt. Inspectors of Airplanes and Airplane Engines; Bu. Aircraft Production, Washing- 
ton, D. C, Sept. '18 — is Apr. '19. 

CROWELL, C. C. (IV, II) Aeronautical Engr., Experimental Dept., Standard Aero Corp. of New York, June 
'17 — Jan. '19; in charge of engr. calculations and experimental testing of airplanes; assisted in design of Stand- 
ard Models E-i, E-4, E-5A, E-5B, E-6, and E-10. 

DANIELS, SAMUEL (III) Metallurgical Engr., Greenfield Tap & Die Corp., Greenfield, Mass., '17— '18; Bu. 
of Aircraft Production., New York City, '18; Air Service, Engr. Div., Dayton, Ohio, '19; supervision, Metal- 
lurgical Dept., of research and production work in mfr. of tools, machinery, gauges, ammunition, and airplane 
motors; research work in connection with development of 30-caliber armor-piercing bullet, involving extensive 
research with alloy steels. 

DEAN, C. M. (X) Asst. Dept. Head, Merrimac Chemical Co., Woburn, Mass., supervising mfr. of nitric, muriatic, 

and acetic acids, Glaubers salt, and miscellaneous chemicals. See Military Record. 
DeMERRITT, J. E. (XI) Motor Inspector, U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T. (Pages 40 and 41.) 

DICKSON, J. B. (V) Chemist, Bu. of Mines, working on standardization of gas mask testing, 21 Feb. — 12 Sept.'i8. 
See Military Record. 

DODGE, B. F. (X) Chem. Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Eastern Laboratory, Gibbstown, N. J., 1 June 
'17; did research work on amatol, and process for filling shells; aided in starting operations at U. S. Shell- 
loading Plant, Penniman, Va., remained there in charge of chemical engr. experimental work, 17 June — 21 
Nov. '18. 

DONOVAN, G. W. (II) Asst. to Div. Engr., Equipment Div., Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike, Designing and Super- 
vising Engrs., Boston Army Supply Base. Twice rejected for military service, due to physical disability. 

DROBISCH, RAYMOND (II) Aeronautical Designer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, working on 
balloon design and development. 

DUNHAM, A. P. (II) Machine Gun Inst., Ord. Dept., Springfield Armory, Mass., and Waco, Texas, 13 June — 
9 Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

du PONT, F. V. (I) Supervisor, Airplane Dept., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T.; Inst., Naval Aviation 
Detachment and also Merchant Marine School, U. S. Shipping Bd., M. I. T. (Page 12.) 

EATON, I. C. (XIV) Asst. Supt., Union Carbide Co. of Canada, Ltd., Welland, Ontario, in charge of operation 
and production. 

ERB, R. C. (XV) Civilian at Gas Defense Plant, Long Island City, N. Y., Jan.— Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

FARR, W. G. (II) Ship Draftsman, U. S. N., Charlestown, Mass., 1 July— 13 Nov. '17. See Military Record. 

FAY. R. D. (VI) Engr. in charge, anti-submarine experimental station, Nahant, Mass., U. S. Navy Dept., General 
Electric Co., Submaiine Sig. Co., and Western Electric Co., cooperating; Sec. of the Group (to Special Naval 
Bd.), and assisted in the developments. See Military Record. 

FERRETTI, A. J. (II) Inst., Mech. Engr., Northeastern College; Inst., Mech. Engr. Drawing, Merchant Marine 
School, M. I. T., and Mech. Engr.,~S. A. T. C., Northeastern College. Draftsman on design cf tank America. 

FISHER, J. C. (VI) Asst. Elect. Engr., Bu. of Standards, developing bound ranging apparatus for Engr. C; fifteen 
months at home, abroad six weeks, returned because of armistice. 

FORD, F. L. (IV, XIII) Aeronautical Engr., Engr. Div., A. S.; Experimental Research work in aerodynamics, 
M. I. T. Aerodynamical Laboratory, and at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. 

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FORD, W. B. (IV) Chief Draftsman, Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., Keyport, N. J., Airplane Mfrs.; Liaison 
Officer, representing Production Engr. Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production. U. S. A., Dayton, Ohio, at Detroit, 
acted as clearing house for all correspondence and engr. information regarding planes affecting Detroit Dist. 
of Production. 

FOSS, F. D. (XI) Structural Engr., F. T. Ley & Co., Inc., on govt, cons.; Cons., shipyard, Merchant Shipbuilding 
Corp., Bristol, Pa.; Design, 14 buildings, Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va.; Design, two buildings, 
Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y.; designed and detailed three buildings, Staten Island Shipbuilding Corp., Staten 
Island, N. Y.; Design, explosives plant, Senter, Mich.; Design, Aerial Bomb Loading Plant, Rockwell Park, 
Del. 

FREED, SAMUEL (V) Chemist, Naval Proving Grounds, Indian Head, Md., working on explosives. 

GAGNON, JULES (VII) Chemist, North Star Chemical Works, Lawrence, Mass., June '17, furnished lanolin for 
Govt, for anti-gas work; Sn. Bacteriologist and Industrial Hygienist, U. S. Public Health Service, Nitro, 
W. Va., Aug. '18 — Feb. '19, in charge of water situation at U. S. Explosives Plant "C." 

GAMAGE, F. L., JR. (VI) Research Engr., Scovill Manufacturing Co.,Waterbury, Conn., doing electrical research 
work. 

GANNETT, ROBERT (II) Asst. to Engr. in charge, Bijur Motor Appliance Co., June '17 — June '18, working on 
development of starting and lighting equipment for motor trucks, tanks, airplanes and dirigibles. See Mili- 
tary Record. 

GARGAN. J. A. (XV) in Planning Dept., Gas Defense Plant, L. I. Qualified for 2d Lt., U. S. Marine C, not 
accepted for physical reasons. 

GAUGER, R. R. (IV) Architectural work and specifications, Hospital Sect., Bu. of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept.. 

Washington, D. C. 
GAUS, G. H. (II, VI) Machine Gun Inst., Ord. Dept., Springfield Armory, Mass., 1 June '17; Camp Fremont, 

Calif., 15 Aug. — 15 Nov. '17. See Military Record. 
GAY, R. N. (XV) with Sturtevant Aeroplane Co., working on govt, contract with Stone & Webster, on the Ord. 

Base Depot in France; American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. See Military Record. 

GIBBON, C. O. (VI) Special Lecturer, U. S. A. Telephone Electrician Detachment, Franklin Union, Boston, Mass. 

GILLESPIE, K. A. (X) Research Chemist, Eastern Laboratory, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Gibbstown, N. J., 
developing and testing military explosives; developed an explosive for use as a bursting charge in hand gre- 
nades. See Military Record. 

GILLIARD, C. T. (II) Naval Inspector, Charlestown Nay;'- Yard, Mass., supervisor of repair work and new cons., 
battleships, transports, and various naval vessels. One of the supervisors of repair work on the Mt. Vernon, 
Charlestown Navy Yard, after it was torpedoed. 

GILT, C. M. (VI) Testman, Genera! Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., testing steam turbines for naval, merchant 
marine and industrial use; testing electrical apparatus for govt, requirements. 

GOLDSMITH, H. F. (X) Consulting Chem. Engr., J. S. Simsohn, Chem. Engrs., efficiency engineering for muni- 
tion and essential industries, June '17 — Apr. '18 See Military Record. 

GOODALE, FRANCIS (XI) Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass.; Junior Inspector of Naval Cons., 21 
Nov. '17 — 3 July '18, Navy Yard, New York; supervision of repairs and cons, of naval vessels. See Military 
Record. 

GOUDEY, R. F. (XI) Asst. Engr., Calif. State Bd. of Health, July '17— Aug. '18; made sn. survey of Camp Fre- 
mont site, assisted in designing sewerage system, Camp Fremont, inspected water supply, Camp Fremont and 
Camp Kearny; Chief Chemist and Bacteriologist, Bu. of Sn. Engr.. Berkeley, Calif., Aug. — Oct. '18. See 
Military Record. 

GRAY. G. A. (VI) Laboratory Asst., Gas Sect., Electrical Div., National Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C; 
asst. in making field tests on by-product ovens, chiefly high temperature measurement tests, for an engr. 
report to the Pres. of the U. S. 

GREEN, M. T. (XIII) Pres. and General Mgr., Richard T. Green Co., Chelsea, Mass., constructing and repairing 
steamers, towboats, barges, schooners, etc.; constructed annex to Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass. 

GURNEY, S. W. (IX) Chemical Engr., The Barrett Co., Philadelphia, Pa., doing work on synthetic phenol for 
U. S. and Allied Govts. 

HALL, B. T. (II) Asst. Mgr., Govt. Work Sect., Fabric Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; directly 
connected with purchasing, classifying and handling of textile materials used in balloon and gas mask work; 
on Aeronautical Council of factory. 

HAND, C. N. (X) in charge of the hydrogen plant, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. (Page 399.) 

HATCH, F. M. (II) Mech. Engr., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago, 111.; 
Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C; designed machine for filling shells with T. N T. 

HENDERSON, G. W. (I) Ship Supt. on repair and new cons., Navy Dept.; Charlestown Navy Yard, 2 July — 
8 Dec. '17; Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 Dec. '17 — 1 Dec. '18. See Military Record. 

HILLS, L. H. (XIV) Chemist, Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., doing research work on commercial pro- 
duction of silicon tetrachloride from carborundum and chlorine in the electric furnace. See Military Record 

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HOFFMAN, L. A. (II) Asst. Engr., Dept. of Commerce, Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, working on investi- 
gation, testing and development of aeronautic instruments. Enlisted in Air Service, Dec. '17, never called to 
active duty. (Page 346.) 

HOLT, O. W. (II) Head following-up man on submarine work. Machine Shop, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., 
Ltd., Fore River Plant, I May '17 — '19. 

HOLTON, J. H. (X) Asst. Gas Chemist, War Gas Investigations Dept., Bu. of Alines, 5 June '17 — 14 Sept. '18; 
served at Akron, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Washington, D. C, Pensacola, Fla., Langley Field, Va., Astoria, N. Y., 
Atlanta., Ga., and other eastern cities and camps, on design, cons., and operation of hydrogen gas plants, and 
development of high temperature furnaces for the activation of gas mask charcoal. See Military Record. 

HUANG, H. H. (Ill) Research Asst., National Tube Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., investigating special steels for Ord. Dept. 

HUBBARD, F. S. (I) reported Draftsman, Engr. C, Naval Aviation, Washington, D. C. 

KEACH, LEON (IV) took intensive course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T.; Charlestown Navy Yard, under 
direction of C. C, U. S. N 

KEATING, A. E. (II) Asst. to Chief Engr. and Fuel Engr., American Tube & Stamping Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; 
reorganized producer plants supplying fuel gas for open-hearth furnaces, soaking pits, reheating furnaces, 
etc., acted as chief chemist and as govt, inspector. Rejected for military service on physical grounds. 
(Pages 41 and 60.) 

KENIGSBERG, A. H. (I) worked in shipyard, N. Y. Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J., summer '17; Structural 
Draftsman, govt war work, American Bridge Co., Gary, Ind., Sept. '18. Tried to enter active service, 
barred by citizenship, final citizenship papers obtained July '19. 

KIMBALL, H. M. (IV) Junior Inspector of Naval Cons., shipyards in the port of New York. U. S. Navy Dept., 
2 July '17. 

LANE, K. M. (XI) Aeronautical-Structural Engr., Engr. Div., A. S., McCook Field, Dayton. Ohio, Dec. '17 to 
date (Aug. '19); Asst. to Chief, Research Dept.. general aeronautical research in connection with design of 
American DH-4, aerodynamical computations, etc. ; Chief, Static Test Sect., testing and reporting static tests 
of structural parts of airplanes. See Military Record. 

LAUER, L. M. (X) Asst. Supt., H-Acid Dept., Merrimac Chemical Co., Woburn, Mass.; developed process for 
mfr. of a dyestuff intermediate from laboratory to plant scale. (Page 394.) 

LEWITON, SAMUEL (II) Tool, Design and Engr. Depts., Remington Arms Co , Pratt & Whitney Co., Colt's 

Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Sperry Gyroscope Co.; production and production methods, etc., on ordnance, 

army and navy supplies. 
LOW, C. E. (XV) Jr. Inspector of Naval Cons., Bu. of Cons, and Repair, U. S. N.; Charlestown Navy Yard; 

Camden, N. J., Dec. '17 to date (Aug. '19); Resident Inspector of cons, of no' submarine chasers Nos. 

381-385 and 426-430. 

LUNN, J. A. (II) Mechanical Engr., office of Northeastern Dept. Engr., U. S. Engr. Dept., Boston, Mass., Sept. 
'17 — Jan. '18. See Military Record. 

McDONALD, R. E (X) Analytical Chemist, later Night Supt., New England Manufacturing Co., North Woburn, 
Mass., 6 June '17 — I Nov. '18; handled control and specification work on benzol, phenol, and picric acid; 
general supervision of night shift mfg. these products. See Military Record. 

MAEDER, R. A. (II) Inspector of Naval Cons., Hull Div., Navy Dept., Boston, Mass.; Ship Supt. on repair and 
alteration work. 

MANN, H. G. (XV) Ballistic Inspector, Ord. Dept., Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Works, Bridge- 
port, Conn.; transferred to Process Inspector, Remington Arms, Hoboken, N. J., May '18. See Military 
Record. 

MILLER, H. L. (VI) Machine Gun Inst, and Machine Gun Expert, Ord. Dept., Springfield Armor.-, Mass., until 

Nov. '17. See Military Record. 
MORTON, A. R. (VI) Radio Electrician, Radio Div., Bu. of Steam Engr., Navy Dept., New York City.; drafting, 

designing, inspecting of contractors' plants and product, and direction of radio installation work. 
MOULTON, R. S. (II) Inspector of Naval Cons., Navy Dept.; supervision of cons, and repair work on destroyers, 

gun boats, cruisers, etc., U. S. Navy Yards, Boston, Mass., and Charleston, S. C. 

MULLIKEN, R. S. (V) Junior Chemical Engr., American University Experiment Station, U. S. Bu. of Mines, 
Washington, D. C, doing organic chemical research on poison gases. Received severe mustard gas burn; in 
hospital, Mch. — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

NEUBERG, W. D. (X) Engr. of Tests, Inspection Div., Metallurgical Sect., Ord. Dept., making physical and 
chemical tests on 3"-i6" shells and 8"-i2" guns, Wm. Wharton Co., Easton, Pa., Bethlehem Steel Co., 
Bethlehem, Pa., Tacony Ord. Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., and Eddystone Munitions Co., Eddystone, Pa. 

PALMER, R. B. (II) in Production Office, United States Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., June— Nov. '18. Pvt., 
Cav. Unit, Norwich University, Northfield, Yt., Sept. '16; 1st Sgt., Inf. L T nit, University of Kentucky, Sept. 
'17. Not accepted for military service, owing to broken leg. 

PANETTIERE, VINCENT (II) Designer, Shell Gage Testing Div., Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, design- 
ing machines and instruments for testing all kinds of shell gages, June — Nov. '17; Poole Engineering &; Mach- 
ine Co., Baltimore, Md., designing engines and auxiliary machinery used on govt, war vessels, Nov. '17 to 
date (Oct. '19) 

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PARKER, D. H. (X) Explosives Engr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., in charge of preliminary operations, and 

technical adviser, Penniman Shell Loading Plant. 
PAYNE, E. B. (VI) Machine Gun Inst., U. S. Civil Service, Springfield Arsenal, Mass., previous to enlistment. 

See Military Record. 
PEACOCK, F. E. (I) Designer, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., designing fabricated 

ships, Oct. '17; Inst., Motor Transportation, Sch. for Aeronautical Engrs., M. I. T.; Special Aid, Shipbuilding- 

Dept., McClintic Marshall Construction Co., inspecting and expediting deliveries of ship machinery. 

PFOHL, R. E. (IV) Inspector, Sturtevant Aeroplane Co., Boston, Mass., Dec. '.17; Foreman, Curtiss Aeroplane 

& Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. — June '18. See Military Record. 
PIERCE, ALFRED (I) Material man, Submarine Boat Corp., Newark, N. J., builders of ssoo-ton fabricated steel 

merchant ships; ordering, receiving, and distributing ship material, fourteen months. 
PIERCE, D. E. (X) Chemical Engr., High Explosives Div., Chemical Dept., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.;. 

doing experimental work on loading shells, submarine mines, and airplane bombs with new explosives, Eastern 

Laboratory, Gibbstown, N. J., until Dec. '17; operating fume recovery plant at mercury fulminate factory,. 

Cap Works, Pompton Lakes, N. J., until after armistice. 
POLLARD, E. V. (II) Overseer of Planning, Gun Part Shop, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn.,. 

mfg. parts of the Model of 1917 rifle and Browning light automatic rifle. 
POLLEY, E. G. (II) Asst. Inspector of Ord., Govt. Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., Jan. '18— Mch. '19; in charge of all 

inspection, 6" to 16" guns, last three months. 
POWERS H. F. (II) Ship Draftsman, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Charlestown Navy Yard, 1 July — 

1 Dec. '17; Junior Inspector of Naval Cons., in charge of inspection of material and cons, work on one of the 

new submarines being built at Portsmouth, N. H., 1 Dec. '17 — 15 Jan. '19. 
QUILHOT, H. J. (II) Aeronautical Mechanical Engr., Sig. C, building aviation concentration camp, Morrison T 

Va., 15 Oct. '17 — 12 July '18. See Military Record. 
RANDOLPH, F. H. (II) in charge of Gas Mask Experimental and Research Laboratory, Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

Co., Akron, Ohio, working on development of overseas-type gas mask for U. S. A., putting same on production 

basis, 31 May '17 — 14 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

RAY, L. S. (II) Inst., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T. 

REYNOLDS, E. D. (VII) Bacteriologist, U. S. Public Health Service, in charge of public health laboratories in 

extra-cantonment zones; Newport, R. I.; Macon, Ga.; Greenville, S. C; Washington, D. C. 
ROBINSON, R. K. (I) Junior Inspector of Naval Construction, U. S. N, New Orleans, Dec, '17— Sept. '18. See 

Military Record. 
ROCKETT, F. H. (VI) Engr. Asst., Outside Plant Engr. Dept., Bell Telephone Co. of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa.; con- 
nected with work at Hog Island, Camp Dix, Neville Island (Pittsburgh), New York Ship Yard, Bethlehem 

Steel Co., Midvale Steel Co. 
ROSS, R. H., (VI) with American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Washington, D. C, responsible for transmission on 

long distance telephone circuits out of Washington. 
ROUNDS, E. W. (II) Inst, in Aeronautics, Ground School, M. I. T., July— Oct. '17. See Military Record. 
ROWE, P. N. (Ill) with The Angus Co., Ltd., Calcutta agents for Bemis Brothers Bag Co., in charge of shipment 

of and payment for large quantities of jute cloth and grain product bags for U. S. Govt. 
RUSSELL, G. W. (II) General Mgr., James Russell Boiler Works Co., furnishing steel plate cons, for Navy, 

Quartermaster, Ord., Chemical Warfare Depts., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Submarine Boat 

Corp. Operative of American Protective League. 
SALT, L. B., (VI) (XV) Asst. to Purchasing Agent, B. F. Sturtevant Co. in charge of looking after material 

purchased for govt. work. 
SCHROEDER, R. A. (XII) Asst. Geologist, Tennessee Geological Survey, Nashville, Tenn., conducting special 

investigation of war minerals (oil and ball clay) in Tenn. in co-operation with U. S. Geological Survey. 
SMALL, F. S. (Ill) Assayer and Engr., Empire Zinc Co.; assayed ores and surveyed underground. Failed to pass 

examination for aviation on account of eyesight. 
STAHL, T. E. (XIII) Foreman, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River Plant, Quincy, Mass., Apr. '17 to 

date (Nov. '19); Leading Man, Outside Hull Dept., in charge of cons, of destroyer hulls, 279 and 303; Foreman, 

in charge of Bolt and Rivet Reclaiming Dept., Structural Stowage Dept., and Plate Yard. 

STEBBINS, G. H. (XIII) Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass.; made preliminary 
layouts and arrangement, final layouts and machinery locations for most of big shops, bought machinery and 
equipment, for Squantum shipyard, '17; transferred to Squantum Works, in charge of machine shop follow-up 
work on destroyers, Jan. '18; transferred to office of Asst. Supt., in charge of Engr. Work, Jan. '19; supervised 
engr. work on Reid, launched 36 days after laying keel. 

STEVENS, G. R. (VI) Equipment Engr., Submarine Signal Co., July '17 to date (Oct. '19); supervision of instal- 
lation of, testing, repairing, instructing in use of, submarine signal apparatus on navy ships; carried on exten- 
sive experiments in submarine detection. See Military Record. 

STEWART, H. R. (XV) Mech. Engr., Stewart Boiler Works, Worcester, Mass., making apparatus to extract 
helium from natural gas, also large storage tanks, boilers, etc., for use in indirect war work; Production Engr., 
Emergency Fleet Corp., in charge of production records in shipyard shop, building 8800-ton merchant vessels. 

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STOCKMANN, E. B. (XV) Estimator, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn., makers of submarine torpedo 
boats for U. S. Navy; Asst. Inspector of Ord., Ord. Dept., Remington Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridge- 
port, Conn., in charge of process inspection. See Military Record. 

STORROW, J. J., JR. (VI) Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., 17 June— 29 Aug. '17. See Military Record. 

SYLVANDER, R. C. (II) Asst. Mechanical Engr., Dept of Commerce, Bu. of Standards, Washington. D. C; 

research and development work on aeronautical instruments, cooperating with War and Navy Depts., 1 Dec. 

'17 to date (Sept. '19). 

THOMSON, G. W. (I) Ship Draftsman, Charlestown and Philadelphia Navy Yards. See Military Record. 

THRASHER, W. E. (XI) Asst. Engr., Morris Knowles, Inc., Supervising Engr., Camp Meade, Md., making sur- 
vey for distribution system of water supply, and supervising cons, and operation of filter plant, July — Nov. '17. 
See Military Record. 

TOOLE, H. S. (XV) Chemist, chemical research work on dyestuffs, and work connected with research on toxic 
gases. 

TUTTLE, W. F. (XI) Ship Draftsman, Navy Dept., Brooklyn, N. Y., doing scientific work, making calculations! 
tests, and designs. 

TWOMEY, E. F. (XI) Asst. Engr., cons, of Camp McClellan, July— Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

VENABLE, C. S. (V) Chemist, Bu. of Mines, War Gas Investigation, working on development of mustard and 
other war gases, Jan. — 5 Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

WAECHTER, I. E. (Ill) Metallurgical Engr., in charge of metallurgical laboratory and heat treatment dept., 
The Standard Tool Co., Cleveland, Ohio; metallurgist, and melter on Heroult Electric Furnace, making steel 
and heat treating of castings for Emergency Fleet Corp., The Crucible Steel Casting Co., Cleveland; metal- 
lurgical work, Carnegie Steel Co., Youngstown, Ohio. Refused for military service, as final citizenship papers 
could not be taken out. 

WAITE, D. E. (V) in charge of laboratory, Tyndel-Morris Co., Eddystone, Pa.; metallurgical research on subma- 
rine crank shafts and wire for govt, use, American Steel & Wire Co.; Asst. Director of the physical labora- 
tories of the Worcester Dist. 

WALLACE, J. M. (Kill) Office Mgr., Trench Warfare Branch, Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, reporting on mfr. 
of trench warfare materiel. See Military Record. 

WARNER, E. P. (II) Inst, in Aeronautical Engr., special army and navy courses in aeronautical engr., M.I. T.; 
gave special lectures on propellers in Naval Inspectors' School, wrote reports on aeronautical subiects for 
McCook Field; at M. I. T., 23 Apr. '17 — 28 Jan. '19; Aero. Engr., Airplane Engr. Dept., Bu. of Aircraft 
Production, Nov. '17 — Nov. '18; operated M. I. T. wind tunnel throughout the war, first for the Institute, 
later for the Bu. of Aircraft Production. 

WATSON, P. B. (X) Asst. Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, at toxic gas station, American University Experiment 
Station, Washington, D. C, 10 Oct. '17 — 14 Oct. '18; worked on initial investigation of war-gas problems and 
their semi-commercial development. See Military Record. 

WEBBER, P. C. (XI) Ship Draftsman, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Navy Dept., Charlestown, and Norfolk Navy 
Yards; made stability calculations. 

WESTON, T. H. (I) took Intensive Course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T.; worked in shops of Hull Div., Charles- 
town Navy Yard, five months; Ship Draftsman, Portsmouth Navy Yard, doing work connected with sub- 
marines, until armistice. 

WHEELER, E.R. (VI) Engr. Asst., The Western Union Telegraph & Cable Co., handling investigations and devel" 
opment connected with ocean cable telegraphy; had charge of installation of printing telegraph system at 
cable station at Hearts Content, Newfoundland. 

WHITE, L. B. (VII) Bacteriologist, Red Cross Sanitary Service, 26 Aug. '17; eight months at Little Rock, Ark., 
in charge of sanitation of environment of Camp Pike. 

WOOD, W. A. (XV) Supervisor of Methods, Shepard Electric Crane & Hoist Co., Montour Falls, N. Y., devising 
and installing improved methods of procedure to increase production by increasing efficiency. See Military 
Record. 

WOODWARD, P. G. (X) Junior Gas Chemist, Bu. of Mines, War Gas Investigations, research on smoke screen 
production, Pittsburgh and Washington, 4 June — 7 Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

YEATON, P. 0. (II) Mech. Engr., Procter & Gamble, 1 July— 1 Dec. '17; Inst., Dept. of Mech. Engr., M. I. T., 
Dec. '17 — Sept. '19, teaching men in the Engr. R. C, Naval Aviation Detachment, Aeronautical Engr., and 
S. A. T. C. Units. Tested textiles in the laboratory at M. I. T. for Govt. See Military Record. 

YOUNG, I. W, JR. (XV) Employment Mgr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., until 8 Sept. '18- 
See Military Record. 

1918 

ADAMS, M. W. (VI) Research Engr. with Western Electric Co., New York City, on problems connected with Sub- 
marine Base, New London, Conn., Dec. '17 — June '18. See Military Record. 

ALLEN, L. J. (II) in charge of Design and Drafting Dept., General Radio Co., Cambridge, Mass., working on 
design and construction of transmitting, receiving, and laboratory radio apparatus for Army and Navy, Oct. 
'17 — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

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ANDERSEN, 0. W. (I, II) Designer, International Harvester Co., Chicago, 111., designing equipment and stand- 
ardizing methods for the mfg. of ordnance material; Mobile Gun Carriage Sect., Arty. Div., Ord. Dept., Wash- 
ington, D. C, working on designs of light and heavy artillery. 

BARNES, A. H. (V) Metallurgical and Explosive Chemist, Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., 
10 Sept. '16 — I Dec. '17. S,ee Military Record. 

BARRON, SAMUEL (X) Research Chemist on commercial development of the sulphate-nitrate process for the 
mfr. of ammonium nitrate and shell loading with amatol, U. S. Experimental Ammonium Nitrate Plant, 
Reynolds, Pa.; Asst. Supt., U. S. Ammonium Nitrate Plant, Perryville, Md. 

BASSETT, C. E. (XV) Asst. Inspector of Hull Material, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, U. S. N. 

BEACH, C. C. (I) Supt., Rock Run Coal Co., Canton, Pa., operating coal mines at Leolyn, Pa., and supplying local 
munition plants with coal. 

BEATTIE, C. M. (II) Inspector, Bethlehem Shipbulding Corp., Ltd., Fore River Plant, Squantum, Mass. 
BEAVER, RUDOLF (I) Inst, in Navigation, and Officer on merchant vessels, U. S. Shipping Bd., preparing sea- 
men and deck officers for masters' and mates' examinations. See Military Record. 

BERG, ALBERT (X) Foreman of Milling Machine Dept., C. H. Cowdrey Machine Works, Fitchburg, Mass., 
mfg. 3 " anti-aircraft guns and 37 mm. guns. 

BEVINS, H. D. (II) Asst. Engr., Brown Co., Berlin, N. H., handling general cons, and engineering work. 

BLAISDELL, S. B. (II) Draftsman, Engr. C, U. S. A., working on Technology Tank. Inst, in Shipping Bd. 
School at M. I. T. See Military Record. 

BOICE, F. S. (II) Engr. in the Transmission Branch, Western Electric Co., Inc., New York City, doing experi- 
mental work in the development of submarine detection apparatus for the U. S. N. 

BRAISLIN, J. C. (XIII) Asst. Inspector of Naval Construction, Hull Div., Navy Yard, N. Y. in charge of trans- 
port cons, and repair. See Military Record. 

BROSNAHAN, T. V. (XV) with Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa., investigating delays and misplacements 
of material through various departments of the plant. 

CAIRD, A. W. (I) Ship Draftsman, U. S. N. at Charlestown Navy Yard. 

CATLIN, N. T. (XIII) Naval Constructor and Ship Supt., Charlestown Navy Yard, 1 June '18—15 A P r - ' l 9- 

CAUST, M. L. (XIV) Metallurgical Chemist, Niagara Electric Furnace Co., Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y., supervising 
production of ferro-alloys in electric furnace. 

CHAMBERLAIN, S. H., JR. (II) Asst. Inspector of Materials, Ord. Dept., Inspection Div., Gun Carriage and 
Small Arms Sect., testing steel for gun carriages, also rifle barrel forgings. 

CHIANG, C. H. (XIII) Aeronautical Engr., Gallaudet Aircraft Corp.; Sperry Aeroplane Co.; Sturtevant Airplane 
Co.; designed parts of DH-4, Liberty Fighter, and D-4 airplanes. 

CHURCHILL, F. L. (II) Q. M., Merchant Marine, under U. S. Shipping Bd. Sea., 26 Apr. '18; Able Sea., June; 
Q. M., Oct. Made five trips to South America. 

CLARK, J. A. (VIII) Lens Inspector, American Optical Co., Southbridge, Mass., inspecting bomb sights for air- 
planes, sights for 37 mm. guns and machine guns. See Military Record. 

CLARK, J. L. (XV) Laboratory Asst., Bu. Mines, War Gas Investigations, doing research work on absorbents for 
gas masks, 15 Oct. '17 — 1 Feb. '18. Gassed and spent three months in hospital. See Military Record. 

CLEVELAND, B. R. (II) Designer, Engr. C, on secret work at M. I. T.; Asst. in Mechanical Engr. Laboratory 
under S. A. T. C; Instructor, Merchant Marine Course, U. S. Shipping Bd., at M. I. T. 

CYR, H. M. (X) Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, Gas Defense Dept.,U. S. War Dept.; helped erect first mustard gas 
plant at Cleveland, Ohio; made charcoal at Springfield, Mass., July '18. See Military Record. 

DAVIS, G. C. (VI) Power and Electric Heating Engr., Narragansett Electric Light Co., Providence, R. I. 

DERRAH, R. V. (II) Designer and Experimental Engr., Utah Copper Co., Arthur, Utah, designing and testing 
ore refining machinery and apparatus. 

DINKINS, P. M. (X) Junior Chemist, U S. Bu. of Mines, American University, Washington, D. C, and Edge- 
wood Arsenal, Hastings Plant, Hastings-on-Hudson. See Military Record. 

DONNELLY, T. J., JR. (I) Bookkeeper and Mgr., Coleman Bros., Chelsea, Mass., working at U. S. Naval Air 
Station, Chatham, 20 Nov. '17 — Apr. '18. See Military Record. 

DOWSLEY, F. R. (II) in Engr. Dept., The Bartlett-Hayward Co., Baltimore, Md.; research and experimental 
work on shells, fuses, powder and high explosives. Rejected for service by Engr. Dept. of Naval Aviation and 
by the Army for physical reasons. 

FENNESSEY, ELIZABETH M. (VII) Industrial Health Inspector, Bd. of Labor and Industries, Commonwealth 
of Mass., inspecting factories, in:luding plants mfg. govt, supplies, with special attention to sanitary con- 
ditions. 

FISCHER, F. W. (I) Draftsman, Office of U. S. Surveyor, -Helena, Mont., later transferred to Phoenix, Ariz.; 
Inst, in Surveying and Military Mapping, S. A. T. C, University of Oklahoma. See Military Record. 

FITCH, H. W. (II) Draftsman, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Co., Hartford, Conn., 10 Jan. — 9 Apr. '18, doing pre- 
liminary work on design of tools and gauges for Browning machine guns. See Military Record. 

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FLETCHER, S. W. (II) worked on Naval Construction at Charlestown Navy Yard. Member, Course in Naval 

Architecture, M. I. T. 
FLETT, L. H. (V) Research Chemist, National Aniline & Chemical Co., at Marcus Hook Works in Pa., and 

Buffalo, N. Y., improving and investigating certain processes for mfg. coal tar products used in dyes. 

FLINT, J. A. (II) Inspector, with E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass. See Military Record and page 398. 

FOLSOM, R. A. (XIV) Radio Engr., Radio Development Sect., Sig. C, Washington, D. C, testing and developing 
radio apparatus for Sig. C. Service, 5 July — 27 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

FULLER, SAMUEL (I) First Class Shipfitter, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., 
constructing wooden templates from which steel plates were laid out. 

GELINAS, M. E. (VI) Member, Naval Architecture Course, M. I. T.; Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard. 

GIDLEY, R. T. (IV) Member, Naval Architecture Course, M. I. T.; Ship Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard, 

making inspection trips to Fore River Shipyard and the Victory Plant at Squantum, Mass., June '18 — Feb. '19. 
GILES, E. P. (IV) Ship Supt. on mine layers, colliers, mine-laying vessels, and transports, Hull Div., Charlestown 

Navy Yard. See Military Record. 

GOTTLIEB, JULIUS (VII) worked for Selective Service Dept. in following capacities: Chief Clerk, Local Bd., 
No. 1; Sec, Local Bd. of Instruction and Chief Registrar, Div. No. 1; Draft Expert, Hodge Boiler Works, 
Ship Repairers, Boston, Mass. See Military Record. 

GRAY, C. H. G. (VI) Laboratory Inst, in Electrical Engr., S. A. T. C. and S. N. T. C, M. I. T. 

GREENLEAF, E. A. (I) Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard, after taking intensive Naval Architecture Course. 

M. I. T.; worked in connection with repair work on transports; Asst. Supt. on conversion of three mineplanters 

to troopships after armistice. 
GROHE, R. F. (VI) Engr. of Tests, Ord. Dept., Boston Dist. Office, testing and inspecting raw stock and finished 

parts used in making the 37 mm. tank gun. 

GRUNSFIELD, E. A., JR. (IV) training for commission in Cons. Corps, U. S. N. R. F., Charlestown Navy Yard, 
after taking intensive course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T., Feb. — May '18; attached to Office of Inside 
Supt. on completion of course, Dec. '18. 

GUIRANOVICH, A. J., JR. (I) Ship Draftsman, Navy Dept., after completing intensive Naval Architecture 
Course, M. I. T. See Military Record. 

HALF ACRE, G. F. (Ill) Chemist, later Spelter Investigator, New Jersey Zinc Co., supplying Ord. Depts. of both 
Army and Navy with sulphuric acid, high grade spelter, and zinc oxide. 

HAMILTON, A. L. (II) Aeronautical Instruments Research Engr., Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, com- 
piling, collecting, and dispensing information to army and navy engrs. regarding mfg. of instruments, May — 
Nov. '18; work consisted of a co-operative movement to aid industrial instrument makers in technical details 
so that govt, specifications could be established in practice. 

HARRALL, E. R. (I) Production Asst., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., 25 Feb. — 
1 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

HENRY, W. J. (VI) Production Mgr. for Emil J. Simon, New York City, designing and mfg. radio equipment for 
Allied Armies and Navies. 

HERFURTH, W. R. (XIII) in charge of Seaplane Engine Dept., Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T. See 
Military Record. 

HERMAN, E. 0. (VIII) Technical Expert on the Technical Control Staff, The Aluminum Castings Co., Cleve- 
land, Ohio; in charge of technical work at plant mfg. parts for army and navy aircraft. 

HERZSTEIN, JOSEPH (VII) Scientific Asst., U. S. Public Health Service, investigating plants mfg. war mate- 
rials, June and July '18. See Military Record. 

HOLT, W. R. (X) Junior Chemical Engr., War Dept., Bu. of Mines, Gas Mask Development Div. See Military 
Record. 

HOPKINS, F. H. (I) Plant Engr. and Architect, Sandy Point Shipbuilding Corp., Sandy Point, Maine, on foun- 
dation work, sanitation, water supply, and ship design. 

HOYE, S. A. (XV) Production Asst., American International Shipbuilding Corp., HogJIsland, Pa., since June '18. 
(Page 391.) 

IREDELL, L. N. (IV) Designing Engr., worked on const, of Chelsea Naval Hospital, Squantum Plant of Fore 
River Shipbuilding Co., plant at Buffalo mfg. boilers for destroyers, and Hartford Turbine works mfg. turbines 
for destroyers; Foreman, Shipfitter, and General Foreman in charge of ways at Hog Island, Pa. 

JONES, W. A. (I) Drill Master for U. S. Naval Aviation Detachment, M. I. T., Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

KATZ, H. L. (I) Acting Ship Supt., Naval Construction, U. S. N.; Intensive Course for Naval Constructors, 
U. S. N., 28 May '18; Junior Inspector and Acting Ship Supt. at Atlantic Works, East Boston, Mass., in 
charge repairjjand alterations on U.S.S. Tallapoosa, Acushnet and Destroyers Delphy and Palmer, 28 Sept. — 
18 Dec. '18. 

KAYSER, W. H. (II) Computer on Ry. Arty., Engr. Div. of Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, in charge of compu- 
tations on anti-aircraft fire control. 

KEITH, STEWART (I) Engr., Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp; in charge of tool rooms. 

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KILDUFF, J. W. (XI) Engr. of Tests, U. S. Ord. Dept., at Carnegie Institute of Technology, 2 Aug.— 1 Oct. '18; 

Bu. of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1 Oct. — 1 Dec. '18; Gray & Davis, Amesbury, Mass., 1 Dec. — 31 Mch. '19. 
KILEY, J. T. (VI) Laboratory Asst., Bu. of Standards, testing and developing airplane instruments. 
KLEINSCHMIDT, HELEN (IV) Laboratory Asst., Dept. of Commerce Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C; 

scientific work, testing of weights, chiefly high grade analytical standards. 

KLEINSCHMIDT, R. V. (II) Asst. Physicist, U. S. Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, Div. II, Sect. 7, Aero- 
nautic Power Plants Investigation, in charge of radiator investigation, experimental and theoretical investi- 
gation of heat transfer and aerodynamical properties of cooling radiators, Aug. '17 — May '19. 

KNOWLAND, T. M. (X) Junior Chemical Engr., Bu. of Mines, Dept. of Interior, at Gas Defense Plant, Astoria, 
N. Y. and at American University, Washington, D. C, until commissioned, Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

LEGGE, E. E. (II) Asst. Supt. of Shops, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., engaged in design and cons, of 
Heat Treating Plant, Dec. '17 — Dec. '18; Non-Ferrous Metallurgist, Technical Div., A. S., McCook Field, 
Dayton, Ohio, for four months. 

Le VINE, H. C. (II) Mechanical Engr., Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., and Watertown Arsenal, Mass., mfg. 240 mm. 

howitzers; Foreman, in charge of assembly of 240 mm. carriage body. 
LEVINE, L. I. (II) trained for Naval Constructor, Charlestown Navy Yard. 

LINDGREN, C. A., JR. (VI) Draftsman, Ord. Dept., Engr. Div., Trench Warfare Sect., working on design and 
improvement of hand grenades, gas and flame projectors and pyrotechnics, Washington, D. C, Aug. '18 — 
Jan. '19. 

LINSCOTT, C. E. (V) Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., engaged in chemical laboratory and plant work 
at Carney's Point, N. J., and Nashville, Tenn. 

McALLISTER, PAUL (XIV) gave up deferred classification in draft, 3-K, as technical expert in an essential 
industry, Oct. '18, and received notice of assignment to Ft. Monroe, Va., just before armistice. 

MacARDLE, D. W. (V) Acting Asst. Chief Chemist, Essex Aniline Works, Inc., South Middleton, Mass., mfg. 
dyestuffs on govt, contracts and subcontracts. 

McGREENERY, P. A. (II) Asst. Ord. Inspector, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., inspecting guns, testing 
metal for breeches and gauge setting, Dec. '17 — June '18. See Military Record. 

McGUIRE, W. S. (X) Chemist at Experimental Ammonium Nitrate Plant, Atlas Powder Co., Reynolds, Pa.; 

transferred to Perryville, Md., and to Toch Bros., New York City, originators of "Battleship Gray" and 

"Camouflage Blue" for Govt. 

McINTIRE, R. D. (V) Inst, in Inorganic Chemistry for S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

McLAUGHLIN, G. E. (II) Asst. Metallurgist, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass. 

McNARY, H. L. (XV) Receiving Clerk for Coleman Bros, at Chatham Naval Air Station, Mass., Aug. '17, and 
Supt. of Housing, Camp Devens, Mass., Mch. — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

MAGOUN, F. A. (II) Naval Constructors' School, Charlestown Navy Yard. 

MAHONY, R. G. (II) Inspector of ordnance, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., Dec. '17 — May '18, inspect- 
ing breech mechanisms of anti-aircraft field pieces and large guns. See Military Record. 

MANNING, E. R. (X) Research Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 

MANUELIAN, H. D. (XV) Asst. Works Engr., U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., studying manufacture of 
small arms ammunition, and devising methods of carrying work from one operation to next. 

MARSHALL, L. H. (X) Research Chemist, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven. Conn., rust-proofing 
gun parts. 

MERRILL, D. G. (II) Mechanical Engr., Ord. Dept., at Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y., Emergency Cons. 

Div. 
MILLER, H. L. (II) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

MONROE, W. P. (VI) Laboratory Asst., Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, doing research work in electric 
railway operation efficiency. See Military Record. 

MULLOWNEY, J. M., JR. (VI) Meter Tester, Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., in general charge of switch- 
boards and meters. Rejected in Navy because physically unfit. 

MUMFORD, A. R. (XIV) 2d Asst. Engr., U. S. Shipping Bd.; instructed students in the theory and practice of 
Marine Engr., 2 Dec. '18 — 6 Mch. '19. See Military Record. 

MURRAY, A. F. (VI) Inst., Signaling and Radio Dept., U. S. Army School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T. See 
Military Record. 

NEFF, E. W. (IV) Moulder with the Chandler Shipbuilding Co., San Pedro, Calif.; Draftsman and later Asst. 
Supt. of Cons., Fulton Shipbuilding Co. 

NORTON, F. H. (VIII) Aeronautical Engr., Bu. Aircraft Production, at M. I. T. doing research work in wind 
tunnel, and instructing officers in airplane design. 

O'BRIEN, J. W., JR. (II) Ord. Inspector, Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 

•OLSON, FRANK (VI) Asst. Inst., School of Military Aeronautics, M. I. T., Feb.— Sept. '18. 

PALMER, GRETCHEN A. (V) Chemist and Bacteriologist, Morris Knowles, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

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PARKER, M. F. (X) Chemical Engr., Western Electric Co., New York City. Was refused enlistment into active 
service; placed in Class VA by Draft Bd. 

PARKINSON, D. B. (IV) Construction Foreman, Emergency Fleet Corp. at Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry 
Dock Co. See Military Record. 

PARSONS, J. L. (V) Research Chemist in Gas Offense, Bu. of Mines, at M. I. T. 

PEARSON, J. K. (II) (VI) Technical Asst., Engr. Dept., American International Shipbuilding Corp., U. S. 
Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

POLLEYS, H. R. (XV) with Gallaudet Aircraft Corp., East Greenwich, R. I., developing gear drive for Liberty 
Motor. Refused enlistment for physical reasons. 

REID, KENNETH (IV) Ship Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard, June '18— Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

REIDY, M. A. (I) Engr., Purdy & Henderson Co., New York City, on munitions plants; Consulting Engr. on 
Structure, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., for Ord. Dept. 

RICHARDSON, H. M. (XV) Engr. of Tests, Asst. Metallurgical Chemist, Metallographer and Asst. Metallurgist, 
Ord. Dept.; Army Ord. School, Pittsburgh, Pa., 6 Aug. '18; Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Oct. '18. 

ROBERTSON, W. H. (I) Water Supply Engr., Morris Knowles Construction Co., installing water supplvfor Camp 
McClellen, Ala. See Military Record. 

ROBINSON, W. R. (I) with Bartlett Hayward Co., Baltimore, Md., mfg. munitions, Jan.— July '18 and Nov. '18— 
Feb. '19. See Military Record. 

ROWE, J. E. (II) Appraisal Expert, Bu. Aircraft Production, Finance Dept., Boston Dist., 4 Feb. '19 — 28 Apr. '19. 

See Military Record. 
RUSSELL, A. L. (VI) Inst., Dept. of Electrical Engr., M. I. T., '18, and Inst., S. A. T. C, and S. N. T. C. 
SACKETT, G. A. (X) Chemist, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. Unable to enter active service 

because of poor eyesight. 

SANGER, A. B. (Ill) Asst. Testing Engr., Anaconda Copper Co., Mont.; Mining Engr. and Assayer, Winona 
Copper Co., Mich. Tried to enlist but was not accepted. 

SATTELS, J. T. (XV) Staff Asst., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 
SELTZER, MAX, (X) Chemical Engr., U. S. Bu. of Mines, on development of methods of mustard gas mfg., 
Cleveland, Ohio, 15 Apr! — 5 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

SHELTON, P. S. (VI) Turbine tester, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., Apr.— Oct. '18. See Military Record. 
SHERMAN, E. M. (II) Rod and Transitman, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, at Quartermaster Terminal, South 
Boston, Mass.; Draftsman, Ashton Valve Co., work on valves and gauges for Navy Dept. and Shipping Bd. 

SIDMAN, EDWARD (II) Inst, of Apprentices, and Machine Designer, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., mfg. 
Curtis turbines for torpedo boat destroyers. 

SMITH, A G. (II) with Kalmus, Comstock & Wescott, Boston, Mass. (Page 275.) 

SOUTHWICK, A. M. (X) Leveller, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., '17-28 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

SPOONER, F. C. (II) Quarterman, later Foreman, Hull Construction Dept., American International Shipbuilding 

Corp., Hog Island, Pa. See Military Record and page 391. 
STARR, D. L. (XI) Member Scientific Sect., Lake Torpedo Boat Co. 
STEPHENS, H. C. (Ill) Furnace Man, Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., June '17— Jan. '18; Asst. to General 

Supt., Whitaker Glessner Co., Portsmouth, Ohio, Feb. '18 — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

STEVENSON, E. P. (V) Asst. Chemist, Bu. of Mines, American University, Washington, D. C, doing research 

work. See Military Record. 
STRANG, P. M. (XV) Staff Worker, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., in charge of 

making a report on a new system for "The Rapid and Economical Construction of Standardized Steel Ships 

at Hog Island." ( Page 391.) 
SWEENEY, S. W. (VI) Rate Setter, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., at Fore River Plant, Squantum, Mass. 

Unable to enter active service on account of health. 

TAVENER, C. H. (II) Asst. Project Engr., Curtiss Engineering Corp., Garden City, N. Y., in charge of mathe- 
matical calculations connected with design of new airplanes developed at plant. (Page 370.) 

TIPTON, J. H. (VI) Student, Govt. Radio Course, M. I. T. and Harvard University, Feb.— 25 May '18. See 
Military Record. 

TRAVIS, E. P. (XIV) Designer, Remington Arms Co., Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. '17; Checker on tools with Ameri- 
can Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., Erie, Pa., Feb. '18; with Metz Co., Waltham, Mass., working on design of 
tools for making airplane parts, July '18. 

UNDERWOOD, H. R. (II) Tool Designer, Engr. Dept., Marmon Aircraft Engine Plant, Indianapolis, Ind., 
designing jigs, fixtures, special machinery used in mfr. of "Liberty 12" aviation motor. See Military Record. 

VAN ZELM, L. F. (IV) Material Supervisor, Northern Atlantic Dist. (Hog Island to Canada), Emergency Fleet 
Corp. 

WADE, H. R. (II) Machinist's Helper, Watertown Arsenal, 22 Aug. '17; Mechanical Draftsman, General Electric 
Co., Lynn, Mass., 24 Sept. '17; Stone & Webster, Boston, 5 Nov.; Blake & Knowles, Cambridge, I Apr. 
'18—10 May '19. 

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WALKER, A. C. (X) Jr. Chemical Engr., Chemical Development Sect., Research Div., C. W. S., June '18— 

Nov. '18; stationed at American University, Washington, D. C, Boston, Mass., and Long Island Laboratories. 

See Military Record. 
WALKER, SIBYL (XII) Salt Lake Draft Bd.; Salt Lake Motor Corps; Red Cross Canteen; Comm. Soldiers 

and Sailors Club, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
WEBER, H. C. (X) Inst, in Radio Telegraphy and Aerial Observation, Army School of Military Aeronautics 

M. I. T., June '17— Dec. '17. See Military Record. 
WEISCOPF, M. W. (II) Aeronautical Mechanical Engr., U. S. Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa. (Page 

251.) 

WILLIAMS, J. A. (IV) Member, Intensive Course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T.; Course in Naval Construction 

Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass. 
WILLS, R. B. (IV) Training Course for commission in C. C, Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass. 

WOODRUFF, G. W. (II) Emory Base Hosp. Unit.; transferred by U. S. Shipping Bd. to Hull Dept., Terry Ship- 
building Corp., Port Wentworth, Savannah, Ga. See Military Record. 

WOODWARD, BOUDY LEMP (MRS. J. B.) (IV) Architectural Draftsman, Building and Maintenance 

Dept., General Electric Co., Erie, Pa. 
YOUNG, I. R. (II) Intensive Course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T., Feb. — May '18; Ship Draftsman, Hull Div. 

Charlestown Navy Yard, May '18 — Jan. '19. 
YOUNG, JACOB (VI) Machinist, The Atlantic Works, East Boston, Mass., making repairs on transports, interned 

German ships, and U. S. battleships. 
ZEITFUCHS, E. H. (V) at M. I. T. did experimental work under Prof. Noyes; with Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co., 

Hoboken, N. J. 

1919 

AMES, P. D. (II) on S. S. San Saba, Merchant Marine, '18. See Military Record. 
BEAN, R. C. (VII) worker for Exemption Bd., Boston, Mass. 

BEAULIEU, L. E. (VI) Inspector in Superintendent's Office, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va., 
constructing torpedo boat destroyers and other ships, 23 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

BECKETT, M. M. (X) Chemist, C. W. S., Development Div., Ord. Dept., Cleveland, Ohio. See Military Record. 

BERKOWITZ, MORRIS (II) Asst. to Production Engr., Metz Co., Waltham, Mass., checking changes in design 
of DH-4 and Handley-Page airplanes. 

BLUMBERG, H. B. (II) Production Engr., Hull Dept., Chester Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Pa. 

BOLAN, R. S. (X) Research Chemist, National Aniline & Chemical Co., Marcus Hook, Pa., on dyestuffs, inter- 
mediates, and tear gas. 

BOURKE, N. T. (II) worker in steel mills in summer of '17. See Military Record. 

BRAVERMAN, JACOB (X) Technical Asst., .Etna Chemical Co., Carnegie, Pa., mfg. T. N. T. for Govt. 

BREED, S. H. (II) Inspector in Plant Engineer's Office, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, 
Va., in charge of delivery and installation of machinery in new shops and sheds. 

BRENNAN, C. J. (VII) Sn. Inspector, du Pont Engineering Co., Penniman, Va.; later Chemist, Ord. Dept., 

testing T. N. T. and smokeless powder. 
BROWN, L. A., JR. (IV) Draftsman, Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, 1 July— 5 Sept. '18. See 

Military Record. 

BROWN, L. J. (II) Ship Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., July — Oct. '19. 

BRUNELLE, S. A. (IV) Asst. Engr., Fabricator Shop No. 11, Submarine Boat Corp., auxiliary to U. S. Emergency 

Fleet Corp. 
CASHIN, R. F., JR. (V) Operating Chemist, Essex Aniline Works, South Middleton, Mass., directed production 

of khaki, sulfur brown, and sulfur green for Govt. 
CHANDLER, L. VAN D. (VII) Mosquito Engr., later Asst. Sn. Engr., du Pont Engineering Co., Nashville, 

Tenn., in charge of anti-fly work, delousing, sanitation of cons, and foreign-labor camps and of Dept.of Streets. 

CHAYNE, C. A. (II) Junior Mechanical Engr., Intelligence Office, National Advisory Comm. for Aeronautics, 
Washington, D. C, examining aeronautic inventions submitted for approval and reporting on their practi- 
cability; handled and supervised classification, filing, and distribution of technical reports. 

CHILDS, F. W. (II) Inspector of Ord. Material, Worcester, Mass., making final tests for 155 mm. howitzer gun 
carriages, June '18; Boston Dist. Salvage Bd., July '19. 

CHURCH, W. E. (IV) Civilian Asst. to Chief of New Works Dept., Puget Sound Navy Yard, Wash., May— Sept. 
'17. See Military Record. 

CLARK, W. B. (I) Inspector, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va. 

COLEMAN, F. T. (XV) Asst. Material Agent, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Sept. '18—14 Oct. 

'19. Enrolled for limited service on account of defective eyesight, but not called. 
CONNORS, M. F. (I) Draftsman, Engr. Div., Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C, engaged in secret and confidential 

work with Tank Corps on design of fighting tanks. Debarred from active service on physical grounds. 

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DALTON, L. M. (II) Inspector on steel construction work, Emergency Fleet Corp., Newport News Shipbuilding 
& Dry Dock Co., Va. Twice refused for enlistment on account of heart. 

*DAUBE, H. J. (X) rejected for active service by draft board. Died, 13 May '20. 

DAVIS, I. W., Registration Officer, Local Draft Bd. No. 5, Boston, Mass., 5 June '17 — Feb. '18. See Military 
Record. 

DEARDEN, R. H. (IV) Draftsman, Stone & Webster, Boston Office. Unable to enter active service on account 
of physical disability. 

DEHON, THEODORE, JR. (VI) applied for enlistment in Engr. C, Sept. '18; failed on physical examination; 
underwent operation to correct difficulty, discharged from hospital after armistice. 

DENISON, H. W. (VI) Inspector, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va. Enlisted in U. S. N. R. F., 
July '18, but sent on graduating from M. I. T. in Sept. to Newport News, work being considered more impor- 
tant by naval authorities. 

EDGARTON, L. S. (XV) Building Sec, Y. M. C. A. Sec, Ft. Stark, Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. '18; Building Sec, 
Springfield, Mass., June — Dec. '18. 

ELLIOTT, J. T. (VI) Tester and Draftsman on submarine detector parts, General Electric Co. See Military 
Record. 

FLECKENSTEIN, JACKSON (XV) Mech. Engr., Engr. Dept., Grand Rapids Airplane Co., doing experimental 
work on production of Handley-Page planes. See Military Record. 

FREEMAN, E. A. (I) Draftsman and Computer, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Engrs., Boston Army Supply Base. 
Unable to enter active service on account of defective eyesight. 

GAIL, G. P. (II) Steam Engr., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., installing machinery in engine 
rooms of destroyers, 1 Oct. — 20 Dec. '18. See Military Record. 

GOLDSTEIN, L. J. (XV) Supervisor of Inspection of lock and parts of Vickers Machine Gun, Colt's Patent 
Firearms Co. Tried to enlist in C. W. S. but had not succeeded when armistice was signed. 

GOULD, J. H., JR. (II) Machinist, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va., building turbines and 
machinery for destroyers and cargo vessels for Shipping Bd. 

GRIEBEL, F. W. (II) Inspector, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va., on piping in the ships. See 
Military Record. 

HALL, D. C. (X) Chemist, later Chief Asst. Chemist, Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., analyzing 
brass for primers, fuses, and condenser tubes, also gunpowder and steel. 

HAMILTON, RUSSELL (X) Chemist, TremontNail Co., under United Shoe Machinery Corp., Wareham, Mass., 
analyzing raw and finished product, including shoe nails for Army and Navy. 

HEDIN, C. H. (VI) Inspector, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. See Military 

Record. 
HERZOG, H. A. (X) Chemist, Chas. Cooper & Co., General Chemists, Newark, N. J., mfg. ether, refined solvents, 

and collodion for Govt. 
HEYMAN, SAMUEL (II) enrolled in intensive course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T. 
JACOBS, J. E. (X) Requisition Secretary, Materia] Sect., Hull Div., Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., inspecting work 

on large German liners taken over by the U. S. and converted into transports. 

JENNEY, P. G. (I) Engr. of Surveys, U. S. Forest Service, making boundary surveys of lands acquired by the 
United States in the White Mountains, and southern Appalachians under the Weeks Law. 

JOHNSON, A. S. (XIV) Inspector, Plant Engineer's Dept., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va. 

KARG, E. E. (X) Member of firm, Superior Glove Co., Johnstown, N. Y., mfg. gloves for Q. M. C. See Military 

Record. 
KAUFMAN, S. A. (X) Chemist, Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, Mass., mfg. trench rubber boots, tires, and 

tubes. 
KENISON, A. C. (VI) Steam Engr. (Mach. 2 cl.), Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va. Tried to 

enlist in Sig. C. 
KIMBALL, W. F. (XV) Inspector, Hull Fitting and Plant Dept., Newport News Shipbuilding & DrvDock Co., 

Va. 
LIU, G. C. (I) Draftsman, J. B. Ferguson & Co., Supervising Engrs., Oct. '18 — June '19; worked on topographical 

maps, railroad track layouts, highway plan and profile and record drawings at Camp Eustis, Va. 
LOVEJOY, D. H. (IV) Production Engr., American International Shipbuilding Corp., Philadephia, Pa. (Page 

39I-) 
MACKAY, W. R. (VI) Inst, in Physi s, S. A. T. C, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. 
MacMULLIN, R. B. (X) Supervising Plant Chemist, du Pont Dye Works, Deepwater Point, Md., building new 

dyeworks and turning out intermediates and colors. See Military Record. 
MARDOIAN, H. H. (I) Transitman, Old Colony Div., N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Sept. '17— June '18. See Military 

Record. 
MAYNARD, W. A. (XV) Inspector of machinery, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Va., Sept. — 

Nov. '18. 
MEADER, JOHN (XV) Production Observer, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., 

14 Oct. — 31 Dec. '18. 

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MICHELSON, GEORGE (VI) took intensive Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Course, M. I. T., in 

preparation for ship construction with Emergency Fleet Corp. or Navy. 
MITCHELL, R. W. (II) Rodman, J. B. Ferguson Co. of Hagerstown, Md.; construction work on roads and drains, 

Camp Eustis, Va. See Military Record. 
MORSE, G. A. A. (VII) on duty at Brooks' Tent Hosp., Corey Hill, Brookline, established for influenza patients 

from U. S. Shipping Board, East Boston. 
MULLER, A. L. (IV) Draftsman, C. W. S., Washington, D. C, Sept. '18. See Military Record. 
NOYES, M. S. (XIII) Hull Draftsman, Bath Iron Works, Maine, preparing standard plans for flush deck de- 
stroyers for Navy, II June — 19 Sept. '17. See Military Record. 
OSGOOD, W. R. (II) Aeronautical Engr., Airplane Engr. Dept., Bu. of Aircraft Production, War Dept., Washing- 
ton, D. C, 22 July — 21 Dec. '18. See Military Record. 
PAGE, SHERWOOD (II) Inspector, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va. See Military Record. 
PHELPS, C. W. (X) Shipfitter's Helper, Boston Navy Yard, Mass., 6 June— 6 Oct. '18. See Military Record. 
PIERSON, MARGARET (X) Director, Analytical Laboratory, American Association of Creamery Butter 

Mfrs., Calif., providing butter for Russian and other governments; Recreation Director for Y.M.C.A., Oakland, 

Calif. 
POPPIC, CLARA (V) Chemist, E. A. Starke, Berkeley, Calif. 
POWERS, RAY (VII) Asst. in Dehydration Investigation, Bu. of Chemistry, Dept. of Agriculture, investigating 

means of packing dehydrated vegetables for the A. E. F. Unable to enter military service on account of 

poor eyesight. 
RHODES, P. L. (XIII) Draftsman on destroyers, Bath Iron Works, Maine, July— -Aug. '17; Draftsman, L. E. 

Knott Apparatus Co., Cambridge, Mass., made original plans of mine that stopped the German submarines; 

Naval Draftsman, Scientific Sect., Hull Dept, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., Sept. and Dec. '18; Sch. for Naval 

Constructors, M. I. T., Oct. and Nov. See Military Record. 
RICHARDS, A. S. (VI) Technical Asst., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va. 
RIEGEL, J. L. (XV) Chemist, Warren Manufacturing Co., Riegelsville, N. J., mfg. rope and jute manila paper. 

Enlisted in F. A. but not called. 
RIGSBY, R. W. (XV) passed examination for 1st Lt., Engr. C, Nov. '18. 
SCHINDLER, E. F. (I) Ship Draftsman, Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Boston Navy Yard. 
SEARLES, H. H. (IV) took intensive Naval Architecture Course, M. I. T.; Checker, Draftsman, and 

Progress Man, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., constructing torpedo boat destroyers and 

submarines for Navy and merchant vessels for Emergency Fleet Corp. Rejected for Engr. C. on account of 

underweight. 
SEIFERT, E. F. (V) in charge of Analytical Laboratory, Essex Aniline Works, Inc., South Middleton, Mass., 

producing khaki dye. 
SHEA, T. E. (VI) Asst., Dept. of Electrical Engr., June '18— June '19; Inst., S. A. T. C. and S. N. T. C, Oct.— 

Dec. '18. 
SHERMAN, B. H. (X) Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Hopewell, Va., mfg. gun cotton. See Military 

Record. 
SKOGSTAD, H. W. (IV) Architect, designing and planning industrial housing, La Crosse, Wis. 
SMITH, M. A. (VI) Inspector of Hull Cons., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va., Sept. '18, while 

waiting to be called for active service. See Military Record. 
SMOLEY, E. R. (X) Investigator, Oxide East Plant, New Jersey Zinc Co. 

SNOW, L. I. (X) Operating Chemist, Essex Aniline Works, South Middleton, Mass., mfg. dyestuffs for Govt. 
SORENSON. L. R. (VI) Inspector, in charge of hull castings for torpedo boat destroyers and battleships, Newport 

News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Va., Sept. '18. 

STAUBACH, A. B. (IV) took special course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T., Oct. — 7 Dec. '18; on account of the 
armistice went to Wm. Cramp & Sons, Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEWART, C. C. (X) Research Chemist, National Aniline & Chemical Co., Marcus Hook, Pa.; worked on poison- 
ous gases for Navy Dept., and on intermediate dyestuffs; improved existing methods of mfg. sneeze gas 
and tear gas. Gassed badly once. 

STRANG, J. M. (VII) Asst. in Dehydration Investigation, Dept. of Agriculture, Bu. of Chemistry, Div. of Dehy- 
dration Investigations. (Page 274.) 

UNTERSEE, MAXIMILIAN (IV) at M. I. T. Off. Tr. Camp, East Machias, Maine, June— Sept. '17; Intensive 
Course in Naval Architecture, preparing for a commission in the Bu. of Cons, and Repair, Sept. — Nov. '18. 

VAN NESTE, RAPHAEL (XIV) Supervisor of hull steel, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog 
Island, Pa., June — Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

WALWORTH, W. F. (XI) Asst., Civil Engr. Dept., S. A. T. C, M. I. T. 

WEBSTER, D. K., JR. (X) Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Deepwater, N. J., working on laboratory 
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WHITAKER, M. M. (X) Technical Clerk, Production Officer, Mosler Safe Works, Hamilton, Ohio, mfg. 155 mm. 
howitzer carriages. See Military Record. 

WHITE, H. D. (I) took third Intensive Course in Naval Architecture, M. I. T., Sept. '18; Naval Draftsman on 
ship hulls, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Bethlehem, Pa. 

WILLER, D. F. (II) Engr. in charge of Pyrometer Systems, Ord. Dept., Springfield Armory, Mass. 

WILLIAMS, ELLEN E. (XV) Worker, Army and Navy Canteen, Boston, Mass. 

WINKFIELD, H. S. (VI) Mech. Engr., General Electric Co., Boston, Mass., making turbine calculations. 

WOOD, K. F. (IV) Asst. Engr., Div. of Standards, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. 
(Page 391.) 

1920 

ALLEN, L. H. (VI) Experimenter, General Electric Company, Lynn, Mass., I June — I Oct. '18, experimenting 
with apd testing submarine detectors. See Military Record and page 276. 

ATWATER, A. C. (X) Helper, Charlestown Navy Yard, 10 June— 1 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

BARRETT, S. J. (II) Engr., U. S. Marine School, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BIBBER, H. W. (VI) Toolmaker, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., working on submarine detectors, May — Sept. 
'18. See Military Record. 

BOWDITCH, F. C, JR. (XV) Asst. Inst., Signaling and Arty. Observation, U. S. Army School of Military Aero- 
nautics, M. I. T., 7 June— 7 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

BOWER, H. G. (XV) Special Temporary Helper, U. S. Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. See Military Record. 

BROWN, G. I. (II) Draftsman, assisting Layout and Equipment Engr., U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., 
June — Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

COUCH, H. R. (X) Chemist, Rollin Chemical Co., Inc., Charleston, W. Va., June— Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

DeMEULENAER, JOHN (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military 

Record. 
DENNISON, H. T. (IV) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

DES MARAIS, G. F. (II) Mould Loftsman, Naval Construction, Charlestown Navy Yard, June — Oct. '18. See 
Military Record. 

DE ZUBIRIA S., ALFREDO (V, VII) Shipfitter, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., 
5 July — 15 Sept. '18. Citizen of foreign country (not a belligerent), unable to enter service. 

FIELD, HOWARD, JR. (II) Mechanic with Air Service, Ashburn, 111., and Chanute Field, Rantoul, 111., 7 June— 
1 Oct. '17. See Military Record. 

FRANCE, J. J. (X) Shipfitter, Charlestown Navy Yard, 7 June— 14 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

GEE, R. H. (II) Shipfitter and Machinist 2 cl., Texas Shipbuilding Co., 1 June — 1 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

GILLIATT, L. W. (X) Worker, Charlestown Navy Yard, June— Sept. '18. See Military Record and page 49. 

GLASSETT, A. T., with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military Record. 

HALL, M. C. (VI) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

HOWE, M. S. (XIII) Ship Carpenter, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Squantum, Mass. See Military Record. 

LEVY, H. M. (X) Draftsman, Charlestown Navy Yard, '18. See Military Record. 

LIPP, M. N. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

LOGAN, J. W., JR. (VI) Apprentice, Experimental Laboratory of Elihu Thomson, General Electric Co., June — 
Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

MAHER, P. F. (XIII) Inst., Machine Gunnery and Bomb Sights, Schools of Military and Naval Aeronautics, 
M. I. T. See Military Record. 

MINER, H. A. (II) Farm Hand, North Danville, Vt., June— Aug. '18. Worked in factory mfg. 3" shells. 

MOORE, I. L. (VI) Laboratory Asst., later Asst. Chemist, Chemistry Div., Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C. , 
developing and testing work on balloon fabrics and gases, July '17 — Jan. '19. 

MURPHY, H. R. (VII) Clerk, Post Supply Office, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D. C. See Mili- 
tary Record. 

NOLEN, JOHN, JR. (I) Worker, Emergency Fleet Corp., Bath, Maine, building steel tankers, June — Oct. '18. 
See Military Record. 

PADILLA, J. A. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

PERKINS, E. R. (VI) Shipfitter, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., converting German ships Amerika and Kronprin- 

zessin Cecilie into transports. Unable to enter military service on account of physical disability. 
ROBILLARD, R. E. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike on Boston Army Supply Base. 

SANDERS, M. S. (VI) Equipment Inspector, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Washington, D. C, making 
transmission tests on commercial and govt, circuits, June — Sept. '18. 

SANDIFORD, R. B. (VI) physically disqualified for active service. 

SHAKESPEARE, MONROE (XV) Production Mgr., Wm. Shakespeare Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., mfg. trench 
mortar fuses and Zenith airplane carburetors. See Military Record. 

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STANWOOD, C. B. (X) Student, later Sub-Inspector of Ord., Ord. Dept., Worcester, Mass., inspecting parts of 
155 mm. howitzer carriages., 5 June — 23 Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

STOCKBARGER, D. C. (XIV) Laboratory Asst, Gas Offense Research, Bu. of Mines, Clark University, Worces- 
ter, Mass., Mch.' — 22 Aug. '19. See Military Record. 

TIRRELL, R. W. (II) Statistician, Production Div., New England Div., U. S. Shipping Bd., recording movement 

of materials, I July — 19 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 
WARRINER, R. P. (XV) Draftsman, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., June— Sept. '18: Officer in Junior S. A. T. C, 

M. I. T. 
WELLS, S. H. (II) Munition Worker, Gray-Davis Co., Cambridge, Mass., '18. See Military Record. 
WILSON, G. A. (II) Shipyard work during the summer of '18. (Page 49.) 

1921 

AVERY, W. K. (II) Draftsman, American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., '18. See Military 
Record and page 391. 

BANKS, L. H. (X) Reamer, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., See Military Record. 

BARROW, W. B., JR. (XV) Foreign Installation Engr., Electrical Engineering Staff, American Radio & Research 
Corp., design installation and operation of Bush submarine detector; Medford Hillside, Mass., and New 
London, Conn., Aug. '17 — Aug. '18; Plymouth, England, Aug. — Dec. '18. 

BLOMQUIST, H. R. (VI) Shipfitter, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn., '18. See Military Record. 
CANTERBURY, M. P. (I) Inspector, Civil Service branch of Ord. Dept., summer '18. See Military Record. 
CASTONGUAY, LAWRENCE (II) in Engr. Dept., Pratt & Whitney Co. See Military Record. 
COES, MARION L. (X) Laboratory worker, Rochefeller Commission for Prevention of Tuberculosis in France, 
Mch. '19; transferred to Y. W. C. A. as chaperon for war-brides on return trip. See Military Record. 

DELANY, E. F. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military Record. 

DENNISON, E. P. (II) rejected for military service because of defective eyesight. 

DREW, S. T. (I) Helper, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., '18. See Military Record. 

FARREN, M. F. (IV) Draftsman, Civil Engr. Dept., N. Y. Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J., making drawings 

of buildings for a new yard for Emergency Fleet Corp., June — Sept. '18. See Military Record. 
GIVNER, JOSEPH (XIV) Material man, Shipping Supt., later Asst. to Shop Supt., Hull Div., Charlestown Navy 

Yard, Mass. 
GRIFFIN, S. P. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military Record. 
HARTSOOK, A. J. (X) Head of Dept. of Electricity, Dept. of Radio Telegraphy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; 

Head Inst., Dept. of Electricity, Govt. Radio School, Nebraska State University. 
HARVEY, A. R. (XV) Laboratory Asst., Bu. of Standards, Washington, D. C, working on investigation of air- 
craft radiator design. 
HATHEWAY, D. H. (VI) Machinist's Helper, Installation Plant, Portland Ship Ceiling Co., Maine, installing 

engines and auxiliaries on merchant vessels for Emergency Fleet Corp., U. S. Shipping Bd. See Military 

Record. 
HEMEON, J. R. (II) Machinist, Squantum Shipyard, 14 June — 14 Sept. '18; worker, Boy Scout Drives for Liberty 

Loan Campaigns. See Military Record. 

HOWARD, E. M. (I) Electrical Draftsman, C-i, Electrical Scientific Sect., Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, 
Conn. See Military Record. 

IRWIN, W. H. (XV) Clerk, with Constructing Q. M., Camp Devens, '17. See Military Record. 
JACKSON, A. L. (XIII) Layer Out, Squantum Plant, Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., laying out plates for 
destroyers, 10 June — 15 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 

JOHNSON, C. H. R. (II) Chief Draftsman, Boston Belting Corp., Roxbury, Mass., doing gas mask and sub- 
marine signal experimental work. See Military Record. 

KENDALL, J. W. (XV) Draftsman, Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., Nov.' 17— Feb. '18. See 
Military Record. 

KURTH, H. L. R. (VI) Tester, Inspector and later Supt., Frank B. Perry & Sons, Newton Centre, Mass., mfg. 
radio signal sets for Signal and Marine Corps and for aviation training stations. 

McALLISTER, D. G. (VI) Draftsman, Schaw-Batcher Shipyard, U. S. Shipping Bd. See Military Record. 

McNAUL, J. W. (II) Machinist, Watertown Arsenal, doing mechanical and electrical work on electric cranes, 

10 June — 1 Oct. '18. See Military Record. 
MAFFITT, H. C. (V) Chief of Labor, Chas. Weitz Sons, Constructing Contractor, Camp Dodge, Iowa, 26 June '17 

— 9 Mch. '18. See Military Record. 

MERRILL, EDGERTON (X) Clerk, Gas Defense Plant, Long Island City, N. Y. See Military Record. 

MILLES, R. F. (XV) rejected for National Army and S. A. T. C, on account of heart trouble, Sept. '18. 

MITCHELL, TERRY (II) Student Shipbuilder, Harlan Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, Del. 
Feb. — Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

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NIXON, STUART (XV) Clerk, Draft Bd. for Dist. No. 2, Detroit, Mich., Aug.— Oct. '17; Asst. Statistician, Ord. 
Dept., Detroit Dist., June, July and Sept. '18. See Military Record. 

PEARLSTEIN, M. B. (I) Machinist, Squantum Ship Yard, and with American Steam Gauge and Valve Company. 

Rejected for Naval Aviation, being underweight. See Military Record. 
RIVKIN, B. M. (I) Transitman,later Accountant, Engineering Sect., Construction Div., U. S. A.; construction 

work at Camp Meade, Curtis Bay Ord. Depot and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; valuation surveys of 

Camp Meigs, American University and Camp Upton, N. Y. 

ROSE, E. L. (VI) tried to join Canadian and U. S. military organizations, including S. A. T. C; below required 
age. Allowed to take military drill with S. A. T. C. but not to join. 

RUSSELL, E. S. (II) Mechanical Draftsman, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., Fore River, Mass., working on 
design and trials of turbine and reciprocating engines. See Military Record. 

SHERBROOK, W. A. (II) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military Record. 

STEVENS, A. H. (VI) with American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa. (Page 391.) 

SUTHERLAND, K. R. (II) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military 

Record. 
WHIPPLE, J. VAN H. (II) Structural Designer, J. G. White Engineering Corp., on steel work on Govt. Nitrate 

Plant No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala. See Military Record. 
WINSOR, C. E. (VI) Member, American Railway Mission, American Relief Administration in Europe. See 

Military Record. 
YOUNG, A. M. (V) Shipfitter's Helper, Charlestown Navy Yard, June— Oct. '18. See Military Record. 

1922 

ABRAHAMS, D. J. (XV) Farmhand, U. S. Boys' Working Reserve for farm service, Camp Thomas, Concord, 
Mass.; (2) Clerk, Legal Advisory Board, Ward 19, Dorchester, Mass. 

BIGELOW, E. E. (I) with Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, on Boston Army Supply Base. See Military Record. 

BRITTAIN, J. F. (I) Templet Maker, New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J., summer, '18. See Military 

Record. 
BROCKETT, C. P. (X) Instrument (altimeter) Engr. and Designer, Taylor Instrument Companies, Rochester, 

N. Y., under govt, administration in work for Sig. C. and Air Service. 
BROWN, R. H. (XV) Aeronautical Mech. Engr., in charge Research Dept. Materials Testing Sect., Engineering 

Div., Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. 
CHURCH, J. W. (X) Shipfitter's Helper, Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn. See Military Record. 
COBB,H. L. (XIV) Radio Electrician, assisting in research work, Radio Laboratory, Navy Yard, Phila., July '17 — 

Jan. '19; supervised radio installations on destroyers and merchant ships, Jan. — Oct. '19. 
DOUBLEDAY, J. S. (X) Sgt. of the Guard in service of Ord. Dept., L. A. Gillespie Shell-Loading Co., South 

Amboy, N. Y., 1 June — 15 Aug. '18. See Military Record. 
HEMPHILL, J. W. (II, XIV) Drill Pressman, and Govt. Inspector, Brass Shell Dept., Allegheny Steel Co., 

Brackenridge, Pa., May — Aug. '18. See Military Record. 
JOHNSON, A. L., 2d (XV) Laborer, Berst Mfg. Co., Cloquet, Minn., mfg. war supplies and hospital supplies. See 

Military Record. 
JONES, J. E., JR. (XV) Inspector of Lewis machine guns, 15 July — 15 Sept. '18. 

KNIGHT, D. P. (VI) U. S. Boys' Working Reserve, Concord, Mass., May— Oct. '18. See Military Record. 
MARK, ISAAC, JR. (VI) Pvt., R. O. T. C, M. I. T. 
MORGAN, W. V. (X) farm work, summer '17; taught telegraphy afternoons; Analytical Chemist, Hodgman 

Rubber Co., Feb. '18; Laboratory Asst., Bu. of Standards, July '18. See Military Record. 
PATISTEAS, M. J. (I, VI) Interpreter, Local Draft Bd., Boston. 

PATTY, J. C. (XV) Laboratory Asst., Bu. of Standards, Washington D. G, testing and research work with air- 
plane thermometers. 
PERKINS, A. M. (II) Asst. to Research Engr., electric furnace, mfg. abrasive materials and a metal for mfr. of 

ordnance, Thorold, Ontario, June — Sept. '18. See Military Record. 
SCHULMAN, WILLIAM (X) Tool Setter and supply man, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Pompton Lakes, 

N. J., supplying shells to workers and repairing machines, summer '18. See Military Record. 
SINCLAIRE, F. S. (X) Asst. Chemist and Physicist, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 
SKINNER, FRANK (II) Machinist, Fore River Shipyard, summer, '18. See Military Record. 
THORON, B. W. (IX) Asst., American Legation, The Hague, Holland, 26 Feb. — 27 Aug. '19. See Military Record- 
WALCH, D. E. (VI) Foreman, General Assembly of Airplanes, Gallaudet Aircraft Corp., East Greenwich, R. I. 

See Military Record. 
WHITMAN, V. E. (XIV) Laboratory Asst., Aeronautic Instrument Sect., Bu. of Standards, Dept. of Commerce. 

See Military Record. 

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1923 

EDISON, T. M. (VIII) engaged in experimental and development work for Army and Navy, Naval Consulting 
Bd., at West Orange, N. J., Key West, Fla., and a few tests at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. 

HILDRETH, C. W. (XV) Junior Inspector, Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp., Buffalo and Hammondsport > 
N. Y.; Bu. of Aircraft Production, Engine Sect., Aircraft Production Service, stationed at Wright-Martin 
Aircraft Corp., New Brunswick, N. J., and Long Island City; ready to be sent to France wien armistice was 
signed. 

LANGE, F. F. (II) Gauge Designer, Gauge Design Sect., Gun Div., Office of the C lief of Ord., War Dept., Wash- 
ington, D. C, Oct. — Dec. '17. See Military Record. 

THOMPSON, J. H. (VI) Shipfitter's helper, building submarines, The Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 

WEILL, DAVID (II) Inspector on shells, American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., Erie, Pa.; Head of Rate-Setting 
Dept., Bijou Motor Appliance Co., Hoboken, N. J. See Military Record. 



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